Senior IBM Sterling Integration Engineer

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer with strong IBM Sterling B2B Integrator experience to join the Business Platforms team at a leading UAE bank. You will own the design, development, and support of business processes and integrations that move critical banking data securely between internal systems and external partners.

This is a hands on engineering role for someone who knows Sterling deeply, enjoys solving integration problems, and can work directly with business and technology stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Development and Integration

• Design, develop, test, and deploy business processes in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator using BPML
• Build and maintain integrations using Sterling services and adapters, including SFTP, FTP, HTTP, Connect:Direct, and file system adapters
• Develop and maintain data transformation maps in Sterling Map Editor across XML, flat file, and EDI formats
• Write custom code and SQL where needed to extend Sterling capabilities and analyse integration data

Partner and File Management

• Onboard and manage trading partners, communities, and certificates through Sterling File Gateway
• Configure secure file routing, encryption, and transfer policies in line with bank security standards

Performance and Support

• Monitor business process performance, identify bottlenecks and failures, and recommend improvements to throughput and reliability
• Provide production support, investigate incidents, and resolve issues within agreed SLAs
• Support release management and deployments across development, UAT, and production environments

Stakeholder Collaboration and Documentation

• Work with business and technology stakeholders to map, document, and optimise integration workflows
• Maintain clear technical documentation for business processes, maps, adapters, and partner configurations

Standards and Mentoring

• Enforce development standards, code quality, and best practices across the integration landscape
• Guide junior developers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing

Requirements

Must Have

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years hands on in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
• Strong experience developing business processes in BPML
• Hands on experience with Sterling Map Editor and data transformation across XML, flat file, and EDI
• Solid working knowledge of Sterling File Gateway, adapters, and trading partner management
• Good understanding of secure file transfer protocols (SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS) and certificate management
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases such as Oracle, DB2, or SQL Server
• Experience supporting production integration environments with defined SLAs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong English communication skills and the confidence to work directly with stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Banking or financial services experience, especially payment flows, host to host integrations, or SWIFT related file exchanges
• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct administration experience
• Java or scripting experience for building custom Sterling services
• Experience running Sterling on containerised or cloud platforms such as OpenShift
• IBM Sterling certification
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams