Mainframe Modernization - IBM DataPower Engineer

DCV Technologies Limited

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Compensation

£ 163K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API

Customer Information Control System (CICS)

Databases

Continuous Integration

IBM DB2

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

DevOps

IBM WebSphere MQ

Java Database Connectivity

JSON

PostgreSQL

Mainframes

OAuth

PCI Data Security Standards

Performance Tuning

Ansible

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

XML

Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)

Z/OS

System Availability

Firewalls (Computer Science)

Backend

Kafka

REST

Jenkins

Job description

Our client, a major UK-focused bank offering retail, commercial, and private banking services are urgently looking for an IBM DataPower Engineer with mainframe Modernization experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing secure, high-performance integration solutions using IBM DataPower Gateway to expose mainframe services (CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ) as modern APIs (REST/JSON, SOAP). Enable legacy-to-digital transformation by bridging z/OS applications with API platforms and cloud., * Develop and configure DataPower services (MPGW, XML Firewall, WS-Proxy) for protocol mediation and security.

Implement OAuth2, JWT, TLS/mTLS, and AAA policies for secure API access.
Integrate with CICS, IBM MQ, and DB2 for backend connectivity.
Connect to database like PostgreSQL via REST/HTTP Services Via JDBC through Integration Layer, MQ or Kafka Bridge.
Perform XSLT/GatewayScript transformations and schema validations.
Automate deployments via SOMA/REST APIs, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible).
Ensure high availability, performance tuning, and compliance (PCI DSS, GDPR).