IBM WebMethods ESB Administrator- Riyadh, KSA
Skills
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Overview
- Administer and maintain IBM WebMethods ESB ecosystem, including Integration Server, Universal Messaging, Trading Networks, API Gateway, and adapters.
- Manage ESB node clustering, high-availability, disaster recovery, capacity planning, JVM tuning, and resource optimization to ensure continuous uptime and peak performance.
- Perform platform patching, upgrades, and license management with minimal disruption.
- Manage ESB deployments via CI/CD, implementing deployment standards, environment parity, rollback plans, and coordinating with development and QA teams.
- Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging for real-time visibility; define SLAs and proactively address performance issues.
- Harden ESB platform per banking security standards, enforce RBAC, audit logging, data masking, and conduct security reviews to ensure compliance (PCI-DSS, GDPR, banking regulations).
- Act as escalation point for production incidents, lead root cause analysis, maintain incident response documentation, and implement corrective actions.
- Design and validate backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans, ensuring compliance with RTO/RPO and regular failover testing.
Core ESB Platform
Extensive experience with IBM WebMethods (Software AG) including installation, Integration Server administration, Universal Messaging/Broker management, API Gateway setup, platform clustering, load balancer integration, and session affinity for multi-node deployments.
Proficient with WebMethods Optimize, Monitor, and MWS for dashboard and analytics.
Banking Systems & Integration
Knowledge of core banking (Equation), enterprise archiving (Laserfiche), and card management (Cortex) systems, focusing on ESB interface stability, document handling, performance tuning, and understanding end-to-end banking integration impacts.
Messaging & Middleware
Expert in enterprise messaging with queue/topic management, durable subscriptions, message persistence, large payload handling, and protocol bridging (MQ, HTTP/S, FTP, SOAP, REST).
Familiar with banking messaging standards like ISO 8583, SWIFT, FIX, and flat-file exchanges.
Systems & Database Administration
Strong Linux/Windows server admin skills, shell scripting, performance tuning, plus database management for JDBC, connection pooling, and query optimization (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server).
Experience
d with scheduling tools and storage configurations for high-volume ESB logging.
Security & Networking
Skilled in enterprise security for integration platforms including digital certificate lifecycle, keystore/truststore management, firewall coordination, VPNs, and knowledge of OAuth 2.0, SAML, LDAP/AD integration, and API security policies on WebMethods API Gateway or similar.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- IBM WebMethods (Software AG) administration or infrastructure certification, *(Preferred)*
- Relevant platform certifications in Linux/Windows administration, cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), or banking technology operations. *(Preferred)*
- **7+ years** of progressive experience in middleware or integration platform administration, with at least **3 years** in a dedicated ESB administration role.
- **Proven operational experience supporting ESB or enterprise middleware platforms within the banking or financial services sector**, ideally in 24/7 mission-critical environments.
- Direct hands-on experience administering WebMethods in contexts involving core banking migrations, high-volume transactional messaging, or regulatory compliance mandates.
- Prior exposure to Equation, Laserfiche, Cortex, or analogous banking systems from an operational/infrastructure perspective is highly desirable.
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