Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Sr Sterling File Gateway SME
LOCATION:
Owings Mills, MD - 2 days onsite, or remote (EST)
DESCRIPTION:
Compass Pointe has partnered with a global financial company in the Owings Mills, MD area that is looking for a Sr SFG SME. Will support the Sterling File Gateway environment in a production support role and assist in the migration from SFG to an in-house developed application suite hosted within AWS infrastructure.
RESPONSIBITIES:
- The successful candidate will have an overarching understanding of all things related to Managed File Transfers (MFT) using IBM products including SFG, Sterling Integrator/B2B, use of the Sterling Control product as well as Connect: Direct in a distributed Linux/Unix-based environment.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5-10 years experience in Managed File Transfer, Unix Shell, Linux, and Windows scripting, SSL/TLS certificates, Autosys job scheduling, load balancing, and the implementation of alerting and notifications and monitoring systems performance and availability.
- Experience in the IBM file transfer products including SFG, Sterling Integrator/B2B, use of the Sterling Control product as well as Connect: Direct.
- Strong managed file transfer experience including file transmission protocols (SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, Connect:Direct).
- Knowledge and/or experience with common AWS services S3 and IAM.
- Strong knowledge/understanding of PGP encryption.
- Ability to troubleshoot SSH connectivity/authentication issues (SSH key-based authentication) and troubleshoot SSL connectivity/configuration issues (understanding of SSL certificate concepts).
- Understanding of multi-tiered application architectures and ability to troubleshoot/diagnose interconnectivity issues between components.
- Knowledge and/or understanding of perimeter security concepts (DMZ, Firewalls, IP Whitelisting).
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Knowledge and/or experience with other AWS services (SQS, SNS, EC2, ECS, Lambda).
- Strong knowledge/understanding of TCP/IP network routing concepts (common TCP protocols such as DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS, IP routing).
- Experience with F5 application delivery controllers.