Senior Middleware Support Engineer-Vice President

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC Rail Services LLC, Manufacturers Bank, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $126,000.00 and $196,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.
Role Description
SMBC is in process of leading a Digital Transformation across our Americas Division as we continue to modernize our technology, focus on our data driven approach, grow and plan for the future. As a result of this expansion we are seeking a Senior Middleware Support Engineer to work in the Applications Architecture and Production Support departments. The candidate for the IBM Integration Bus (IIB) formerly known as WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) support position will be responsible for documenting, maintaining and dynamically building simulated message to test IIB flows and message models. The IIB candidate is also responsible for troubleshooting issues and assisting with code reviews to ensure optimal solutions are being delivered. The IIB Support candidate will be involved with on-going maintenance and Production support of all Bank's application internal and external interfaces.
The ideal candidate must have at least 8 years of experience in IIB and also a very good understanding of UNIX, Linux and Windows operating systems as well as Korn Shell scripting. The candidate should also be familiar with IBM's Rational Integration Tester application (Green Hat) and websphere service registry and repository (WSRR). This candidate will work with various application team members and developers to perform their duties and they will be responsible for maintenance and support of the existing interface processes including investigation of issues and production support for the Bank's operation. The candidate will also be responsible for creating documentation for the processes that they support as well as updating documentation for processes that they are changing and/or enhancing. This position will be a key member of JRIA's Production Support team.
Role Objectives: Responsibilities

• Provide support on technical issues requiring in-depth debugging and expertise in production Middleware software applications.
• Work with the Development Middleware and Interface teams to support changes through the SDLC.
• Work with team members and technologies to fulfil projects and technical requirements.
• Support various development teams across the Americas and EMEA to ensure middleware components are tested and deployed through the environment.
• The role requires a high level of skills to support critical middleware components providing technical guidance and leadership across the organization.

Qualifications and Skills

• 8+ years of experience with IBM WebSphere Message Broker 7.0+/IBM Integration Bus 9.0
• Strong WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere MQ technology skills required to provide architecture and design solutions in the areas of Information Integration Architecture and Governance.
• Provide subject matter expertise based on past experiences of SOA and ESB implementations.
• Experience in creating Message Models/Sets and Message Definitions using WSDLs, XML Schemas, MRM and TDS formats (CSV, SWIFT, NACHA and X12).
• Experience in migrating message flows and message sets from WMB 7.0 to IBM Integration Bus 9.0.0.1
• Experience in creating, performance tuning, and troubleshooting message flows.
• Experience in supporting message flows using Compute Nodes, SOAP Nodes, HTTP Nodes, Routing Nodes, Mapping Nodes, Java Compute Node, Java Custom Nodes, FileInput and FileOutput Nodes and Database Nodes. Experience in Programming Languages: Korn Shell scripts, PERL, Java, SQL, C, C++.
• Experience with project management, business analysis and IIB toolsets.
• Experience in working with Operating systems such as UNIX (AIX), Linux (RHEL), Windows (2008/2012).
• Experience in working with Databases such as Oracle 9i, 10G, 11i, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures.
• Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques (ex. MBTestClient, JUnit and Test Director).
• Management skills to coordinate Change Management and production issues among multiple departments (Business, Operations, Vendor).
• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills are a must.
• Experience with DataPower, WSRR, BPM, Rational Integration Tester (IBM Green Hat) and some other IBM tools preferred.
• Computer skills are a must with the following software tools:
• Database: Oracle 9i /10G/11i, PL/SQL Stored procedure.
• Application: WebSphere Message Broker v7.0 or higher and/or IBM Intergration Bus 9.0, IBM WebSphere MQ v7.0 or higher, MQFTE v7.0 or higher
• Programming languages: Korn shell, Java, XML, Perl
• Ensure Service implementation consistency, speed of delivery, and promote reuse through creation of reusable middleware assets.

Additional Requirements
Ability to work on an on call rotation for weekend maintenance or out of hours support as needed.
SMBC's employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.