IBM Sterling and AWS Integration Developer - 70543851

Summary

Cognizant is seeking an IBM Sterling and AWS Integration Developer to join its Cards and Payments Integration team. The role designs, implements, and optimizes secure integration solutions across AWS Cloud and IBM middleware platforms, while supporting transaction processing, monitoring, incident resolution, testing, and service reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement integration solutions using AWS Cloud services and IBM MQ MFT to support high-volume cards and payments transaction processing with a strong emphasis on reliability and scalability
• Configure and optimize IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and develop and maintain IBM Sterling B2B interfaces to ensure secure, compliant file transfer and transaction exchange between internal systems and external partners
• Collaborate with architects and business analysts to translate complex cards and payments requirements into detailed technical designs leveraging IBM Sterling and AWS Cloud capabilities
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting strategies across IBM MQ, IBM Sterling, and AWS components, and analyze production incidents to identify root causes and implement corrective actions that improve service reliability
• Perform impact analysis, develop code changes for enhancements and defect fixes, and conduct thorough unit and integration testing to validate performance, resilience, and adherence to regulatory expectations
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including solution designs, configuration details, and data flow diagrams for audit and enhancement purposes
• Experience optimizing AWS Cloud resource utilization (compute, storage, networking) to balance performance, cost efficiency, and security for transaction processing workloads
• Experience coordinating with operations and support teams on deployment plans, configuration documentation, and runbooks in a hybrid work environment
• Experience engaging directly with business stakeholders to review solution behavior, gather feedback, and refine integration flows
• Familiarity with emerging AWS and IBM middleware features and a track record of proposing enhancements to strengthen payments integration platforms

Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud services applied to integration and middleware workloads, including design, implementation, and optimization
• Deep, practical expertise in IBM MQ MFT for secure and reliable file transfer, including configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning in complex enterprise environments
• Advanced skills in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy administration and configuration, including secure inbound/outbound connections, authentication, and policy enforcement for financial data
• Solid knowledge of IBM Sterling B2B solutions for partner integrations, transaction routing, and message transformation in cards and payments ecosystems
• Proven domain experience in cards and payments operations and processing flows, including transaction lifecycles, regulatory constraints, and typical integration patterns
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including solution designs, configuration details, and data flow diagrams for audit and enhancement purposes
• Experience optimizing AWS Cloud resource utilization (compute, storage, networking) to balance performance, cost efficiency, and security for transaction processing workloads
• Experience coordinating with operations and support teams on deployment plans, configuration documentation, and runbooks in a hybrid work environment
• Experience engaging directly with business stakeholders to review solution behavior, gather feedback, and refine integration flows
• Familiarity with emerging AWS and IBM middleware features and a track record of proposing enhancements to strengthen payments integration platforms

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud services applied to integration and middleware workloads, including design, implementation, and optimization
• Deep, practical expertise in IBM MQ MFT for secure and reliable file transfer, including configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning in complex enterprise environments
• Advanced skills in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy administration and configuration, including secure inbound/outbound connections, authentication, and policy enforcement for financial data
• Solid knowledge of IBM Sterling B2B solutions for partner integrations, transaction routing, and message transformation in cards and payments ecosystems
• Proven domain experience in cards and payments operations and processing flows, including transaction lifecycles, regulatory constraints, and typical integration patterns

Nice to Haves

• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including solution designs, configuration details, and data flow diagrams for audit and enhancement purposes
• Experience optimizing AWS Cloud resource utilization (compute, storage, networking) to balance performance, cost efficiency, and security for transaction processing workloads
• Experience coordinating with operations and support teams on deployment plans, configuration documentation, and runbooks in a hybrid work environment
• Experience engaging directly with business stakeholders to review solution behavior, gather feedback, and refine integration flows
• Familiarity with emerging AWS and IBM middleware features and a track record of proposing enhancements to strengthen payments integration platforms

Benefits

• Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Remote from the United States