DE Manager-IBM-ACE

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Integration Architect – 15+ Years Experience Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Integration Architect with 15+ years of IT experience to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise integration solutions. The candidate should be hands-on with IBM ACE, have exposure to IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I), and be capable of acting as a trusted technical advisor to clients.   Key Responsibilities

Design and architect scalable, secure, resilient enterprise integration solutions using IBM ACE and related integration technologies. Be hands-on in designing and developing IBM ACE applications, including complex integration flows, APIs, messaging, transformations, and error-handling frameworks. Provide architecture leadership across integration, API management, messaging, event-driven architecture, and microservices. Define integration standards, design patterns, reusable frameworks, and best practices. Provide technical guidance and mentoring to development teams and ensure adherence to architecture and engineering standards. Lead technical discussions with clients and act as a trusted technical advisor, understanding business needs and translating them into practical technology solutions. Participate in solutioning, estimations, technical proposals, architecture reviews, and client presentations. Drive delivery excellence by identifying technical risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and mitigation strategies. Work closely with Business Analysts and Product Owners to understand requirements and translate business requirements into technical integration solutions. Understand and contribute to key BA and delivery activities, including requirements analysis, user stories, acceptance criteria, planning, estimation, and stakeholder management. Provide technical leadership throughout the complete SDLC—from requirements and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and production support.

Required Technical Skills

15+ years of overall IT experience, with significant experience in enterprise integration. Strong hands-on experience with IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE). Experience in designing and developing IBM ACE applications. Exposure to IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) and containerized integration platforms. Strong understanding of API-led, service-oriented, event-driven, and microservices architectures. Good understanding of Kafka / event streaming and asynchronous integration patterns. Working knowledge/exposure to Java and ability to understand Java-based integration components. Strong understanding of REST, SOAP, APIs, messaging, MQ, JSON, XML, and data transformation. Understanding of integration security concepts including OAuth, JWT, TLS/SSL, authentication, and authorization. Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD, DevOps, monitoring, logging, and production support is highly desirable.

Leadership & Client Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong stakeholder management and ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences. Ability to operate confidently in client-facing and consulting environments. Demonstrated ability to act as a Client Trusted Advisor and challenge existing approaches constructively. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Ability to lead technical teams and mentor architects/developers. Comfortable working across architecture, delivery, BA, and business stakeholder responsibilities.

Additional Expectations

Should be able to balance architecture with hands-on