- Total Experience: 5+ years in Enterprise Integration, Middleware, or API Architecture.
- IBM Integration Platforms: 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and running integration flows on IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE / IIB) OR IBM webMethods Integration (webMethods Integration Server, Enterprise Gateway, or webMethods.io).
- Event Streaming: 3+ years of hands-on experience building streaming pipelines with Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka.
- Modernization Track Record: Proven background in refactoring legacy synchronous patterns (SOAP, RPC, File Batch, IBM MQ) into asynchronous event-driven flows using IBM integration tools connected to Kafka.
Requirements
Core Technical Requirements
A. IBM Integration Capabilities (App Connect or webMethods)
- Deep experience authoring, deploying, and maintaining integrations using IBM App Connect (ESQL, Java, Compute nodes, REST/SOAP API flows) OR IBM webMethods (IS Flow Services, Java Services, Designer, webMethods.io).
- Ability to map complex data formats (JSON, XML, Copybooks, Flat Files) into enterprise canonical models.
- Experience leveraging native IBM nodes/adapters to produce and consume directly to/from Apache Kafka / Confluent topics.
B. Confluent Kafka & Streaming Capabilities
- Strong grasp of Kafka architecture: Topic partitioning, Producer/Consumer tuning, Consumer Groups, and Offset Management.
- Hands-on implementation of Confluent Schema Registry (Avro/Protobuf) for enterprise data governance and backward/forward schema compatibility.
- Experience with Kafka Connect framework for streaming data between databases, IBM MQ, and Kafka topics.
- Knowledge of stream transformation using Kafka Streams or ksqlDB.
C. Infrastructure, DevOps & Security
- Deployment experience on Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, or IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I).
- Experience automating integration deployments using CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD) and Terraform/Ansible.
- Solid understanding of security protocols across hybrid clouds: mTLS, SASL/SCRAM, OAuth2, API Key Management, and RBAC/ACLs.
Benefits
At InnovationTeam, we strive for excellence in everything we do. We offer a collaborative and inclusive work environment, where innovation and creativity are encouraged. We provide opportunities for professional growth and development, and believe in recognizing and rewarding our employees for their contributions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- At least 5 years of experience developing integrations
- At least 2 years of experience designing and developing integrations using IBM DataPower
- Experience developing, optimizing, and maintaining XSLT transformations for complex XML and JSON conversions and validations
- Strong knowledge of integration patterns, protocols, and standards
- Experience with various data formats and transformation techniques
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
- Experience in KSA and/or the MEA region
- Experience working with government organizations
- Knowledge of OpenShift technologies and IBM product deployment using OpenShift
- Spoken and written Arabic communication skills
What We Do
Innovation Team is an IT consulting company that provides a comprehensive range of specialized professional solutions and services to businesses. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and branches serving other regions in the world, Innovation Team seeks to assist businesses operating in various industries to achieve their business objectives and to perform their day-to-day operations as competently and as efficiently possible. Our solutions and services are delivered at the hands of some of the most dedicated professionals in the field. In providing our scope of offerings, we work closely with vendors/manufacturers, experienced consulting firms, and system integrators; ensuring all our clientele receive optimum and timely services, consistently.
