IBM Sterling MFT Sr. Developer - 70221611

About the role

As a Senior Developer, you will design, implement, and support secure integration and managed file transfer solutions that enable critical cards and payments business processes. You will collaborate with cards and payments stakeholders, operations teams, architects, infrastructure teams, and business partners to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable transaction processing solutions across enterprise financial services platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure integration solutions using IBM MQ MFT, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct, and IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.
• Develop and optimize cards and payments transaction flows supporting authorization, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and dispute-related processes.
• Configure and maintain secure file transfer solutions that enable reliable data exchange between internal systems, payment networks, and external partners.
• Build and support proxy-based integration patterns that improve security, scalability, observability, and operational resilience.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues involving message queues, file transfers, payment interfaces, and partner integrations.
• Collaborate with business, technology, operations, and risk stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable integration solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational controls to ensure high availability and rapid incident response.
• Participate in testing, deployment planning, release management, and post-implementation validation activities.
• Document integration architectures, configuration standards, operational procedures, and support runbooks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and platform modernization.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in enterprise integration, middleware, file transfer, or payment technology environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ MFT administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and support.
• Extensive experience with IBM Sterling Connect:Direct implementing secure, reliable, and scalable file transfer solutions.
• Strong experience with IBM Sterling B2B Integrator including workflow development, partner onboarding, transformations, routing, and exception handling.
• Experience supporting cards and payments business processes, including transaction processing, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, chargebacks, and dispute management.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, messaging architectures, managed file transfer solutions, and partner connectivity frameworks.
• Experience troubleshooting production incidents involving file transfers, messaging platforms, and payment processing interfaces.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, alerting, operational support, and incident management best practices.
• Strong understanding of security, encryption, authentication, data protection, and compliance requirements within financial services environments.
• Experience with system integration testing, release management, deployment activities, and production support processes.

Skills

• Experience working in large-scale financial services, banking, cards, or payments organizations.
• Knowledge of payment network integrations and industry standards.
• Experience with high-volume transaction processing environments requiring strict service level commitments.
• Familiarity with API integration platforms and modern integration architectures.
• Experience implementing automation, operational monitoring, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Experience mentoring team members and contributing to integration best practices and standards.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position requiring 3 or more days a week in a client or Cognizant office.

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 - $102,500 depending on experience and qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to plan terms.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan with contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.