Applications Integration & RPA Support

Tawteen

Employer Active

Posted 14 hrs ago

Experience

10 - 15 Years

Job Location

Muscat - Oman

Education

Bachelor of Science(Computers)

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Design, Develop, Test and Publish APIs in the Bank s API Banking platform. Integrate Bank s Corporate clients, FinTechs & other Institutional clients with the core business applications and services.

Contribute in the end-to-end architecture & design, technical implementation, security policy enforcement (both technical & procedural) and infrastructure configuration for the API Management solution built using IBM s API Connect and IBM s DataPower Gateway products.

Expand the current platform to industry standard Open Banking and Open API solutions in line with Central Bank of Oman s Open Banking Framework.

Provide technical support & assistance to bank s Corporate/SME customers and FinTechs in the onboarding journey, API testing and production support.

Coordinate all required monitoring activities for the supported systems, including operation of utilities to support customer system and data implementations. Responsible for maintenance and emergency response outside of normal business hours as necessary to maintain general network health and/or upgrades.

Responsible for Issue resolution & RCA for support incidents and follow proper escalation processes to meet or exceed target resolution timeframes. Responsible for involving resources outside of Operations when necessary to resolve identified issues.

Provide technical support for all projects involving APIs; this includes, configuration fixes, code fixes, end-to-end testing support, user acceptance testing, performance and security testing support.

Perform all required monitoring activities for the supported systems, including operation of utilities to support customer system and data implementations.

Collect and analyze system usage statistics and engage in capacity planning required to manage the supported systems to accommodate growth and to support ongoing engineering initiatives. Provide periodic updates to Senior Management on the System usage, performance & improvements.

Responsible for maintenance and emergency response outside of normal business hours as necessary during production implementations, customer issues, system upgrades, etc.

Responsible for issue resolution & support in RCA analysis for incidents. Follow proper escalation processes to meet or exceed target resolution timeframes. Must ensure that appropriate corrective and preventive actions are undertaken and resolve problems as soon as they arise.

Must adhere to all standards & processes defined in the team for project delivery, peer review, security, incident & problem management.

Must contribute ideas to help the support team to become more effective and seek ideas from other team members.

Principal Accountabilities

Responsible for design, development & supporting the APIs used for integration of institutional customers and fintechs with bank s core business applications

Liaison between the infrastructure and the applications groups, aiding one to understand the other and to ensure completion of development and/or maintenance activities of Bank s Middleware systems

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

Requires Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other engineering discipline.

Mandatory:

Professional Certification on IBM API Connect

Professional Certification on IBM DataPower Gateway

Desired

Professional Certification on IBM App Connect Enterprise

Professional Certification on IBM MQ

Professional Certification on other API Management products in the market (Kong, WSO2, etc.)

Other relevant technology professional certifications

Experience

Minimum 10 years of experience in design, development & support of IT software solutions.

Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience in design and development of API & Integration solutions using IBM API Connect product (mandatory)

Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in design and configuration using IBM DataPower (mandatory)

Understanding of industry API standards, such as PSD2, Open API 3.x, OAuth 2.0, etc. is required.

Previous experience in implementing Open API or Open Banking solution will be a strong advantage

Hands-on experience in development of integration solutions using IBM App Connect and IBM MQ is strongly desired

Extensive knowledge and experience in RESTful API design, development and testing.

Hands-on experience in other API gateway products and microservices solutions is preferred.

Training

Formal training in IBM API Connect is required

Formal training one or more of the IBM Middleware products listed below is desired

IBM DataPower

IBM App Connect Enterprise

IBM MQ

Formal training in industry standard API management products (such as Kong, WSO2) is desired

Other skills and Abilities

Good knowledge of Unix/Linux systems, Banking applications & RDBMS databases

Programming experience in Java & J2EE systems. Working knowledge of java-based open source technologies.

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both oral & written form.

A clear and practical understanding and experience integrating technical services which support applications and users in the organization;

Experience communicating by phone and face-to face with customers collecting requirements and implementation details, implementing solutions, and providing technical support;

Interpersonal skills Ability to establish confidence, rapport and foster cooperative relationships with business & coworkers. Comfortable initiating regular business contacts.

Analytical Thinking Good at acquiring an understanding of a problem or solution, and developing an approach to interacting with situation

Strategic Perspective Needs to keep overall objectives and strategies in mind, and not be deflected by matters of detail.

Applying standards Good in application of relevant industry and process standards to all tasks undertaken

Key Interaction

Individual / Entity Purpose

Skills updates and Industry Developments Take initiative to ensure technical skills and specializations are kept up to date in line with industry developments

Achieving Results Be aware of key business objectives, and ensure these are applied appropriately to all business activities.

Building Relationships Work to develop effective relationships and technology professional growth plans with all staff, and be recognized as providing a supporting role.

Able to anticipate and understand customer expectations, and ensure customer requirements are met and expectations appropriately managed.

Able to build professional relationships with customers and focus on solving their problems.

Communication Good communication skills suitable for the liaison with departmental staff and senior management. Demonstrate good communication, both orally and in writing, with colleagues, clients and customers including producing reports, preparing, organizing and delivering presentations using appropriate tools and techniques.

Team Work Able to contribute effectively towards the objectives of a team, and be able to share knowledge, ideas and information. Aware of the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions.

Influencing and Impact Act in a professional manner, and exhibit the required behavior that should act as an example to other employees. Good at Identifying goals and objectives, and motivating others towards their achievement.

Innovation, Flexibility and Adaptability Undertake tasks with a positive attitude and respond well to management and client requests. Must be prepared to meet business goals and respond well to change.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Applications Integration & RPA Support

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