Axway SecureTransport Advanced Routing Engineer

Our direct client is looking for an Axway SecureTransport Advanced Routing Engineer for a 100% Remote Long Term Contract (Client in OH).

Note:

• Interviews - Teams
• Remote
• 8-10 hours per day
• M-F, JFS core hours: 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. ET (any 8-10 hours within those times)
• Subject to on-call rotation for mission-critical transfers, Model and configure Advanced Routing decisions for complex partner ecosystems, including conditional logic and error?handling behaviors
• Validate routing integrity, perform test transfers, and document routing controls and escalations
• Manage certificate/key rotation schedules and ensure alignment with enterprise policies

Technical Advisor:

• Collaborate with application, security, and network teams to ensure secure, compliant data flows
• Advise stakeholders on routing impacts, partner onboarding standards, and security considerations
• Champion operational best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident response within ST

Operational Quality:

• Implement and tune monitoring/alerting for routing flows, partner failures, certificate expirations, and transfer health
• Author and maintain SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge articles for common operational scenarios
• Support audit/compliance activities and vulnerability remediation related to ST routing and partner configurations

SKILL MATRIX:

• Administering Axway SecureTransport in production - Required
• Linux/RHEL system administration - Required
• Designing/supporting Advanced Routing (policies, routes, partners, transfer sites, subscriptions, schedules) - Required
• Tier-3 operational troubleshooting across ST protocols and routing decisions - Required
• Enterprise security (SSH/PKI/PGP, TLS, certificates) - Required
• relevant certifications (Linux/Security/Axway) a plus - Strong Plus to have

Question 1: All consultants are prohibited from taking or using government-issued equipment outside the United States. Violation of this policy may result in serious consequences, as the equipment is government property. Do you understand and agree to abide by this provision? Question 2: Fingerprint background checks are a requirement. Does your candidate agree and understand? Question 3: Where is your candidate currently located? City, State Question 4: This position required to work 8-10 hours per day, Mon-Fri, JFS core hours: 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. ET (any 8-10 hours within those times). Are you fine with this? Question 5: Subject to on-call rotation for mission-critical transfers. Are you fine with this?

We are seeking a candidate with hands-on Axway SecureTransport (ST) engineering experience with designing, building, and supporting Advanced Routing (AR) for managed file transfers (MFT).

• The ideal candidate is proficient with an Axway ST 5.5-2026x platform running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), ST MFT automation, enterprise security practices, and can operate in a highly regulated, mission-critical environment.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical study; relevant certifications (Linux/Security/Axway) a plus.

Knowledge:

• Axway SecureTransport architecture, deployment, and administration on RHEL
• SecureTransport Advanced Routing concepts: route design, policy configuration, subscriptions, partner setup, rule evaluation, and SLA enforcement
• Secure transport protocols: SFTP/SSH, HTTPS/TLS, FTPS and message security (PGP/GPG)
• Enterprise networking fundamentals relevant to ST operations (load balancers, firewalls, NAT, DNS, IP subnets, routing)
• Identity & access management and role?based access control for ST users and partners
• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace) and log analysis techniques for MFT platforms
• Certificate lifecycle management (CSRs, issuance, renewal, pinning) and trust store/key store administration
• Security hardening aligned to enterprise/CIS/NIST guidance and audit requirements

Skills:

• Design and implement Advanced Routing flows that enforce partner?specific policies and SLAs
• Tier?3 troubleshooting across OS, network, and ST application layers; drive root?cause analysis and remediation
• Develop lightweight scripts to support operations (log parsing, certificate validation, routing checks)
• Create and maintain partner/configuration objects (users, roles, routes, policies, certificates, keys)
• Produce clear technical documentation, SOPs, and runbooks for ST operations
• Communicate effectively with technical and non?technical stakeholders; prioritize workload and meet deadlines