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.