IBM Sterling File Transfer Administrator || Atlanta, GA

Role: IBM Sterling File Transfer Administrator (IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer / Connect: Direct / B2B Integrator Administrator

Location: Atlanta, GA or remote for excellent candidate

 

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain IBM Sterling File Transfer products.
• Monitor daily file transfer activities and ensure successful processing of inbound and outbound transfers.
• Troubleshoot file transfer failures, connectivity issues, performance bottlenecks, and application problems.
• Configure and manage protocols such as SFTP, FTP/S, AS2, HTTP/S, and Connect:Direct.
• Support onboarding of new trading partners and file transfer integrations.
• Manage user accounts, security certificates, encryption keys, and access controls.
• Perform system upgrades, patches, migrations, and environment maintenance.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams to resolve incidents.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, documentation, and runbooks.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and audit requirements.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability configurations.
• Participate in on-call support and incident management activities.

Required Skills

Technical Skills

• Experience with IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling File Gateway, or Connect:Direct.
• Strong knowledge of Managed File Transfer (MFT) concepts.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and Windows administration.
• Knowledge of SFTP, FTPS, FTP, AS2, SSH, SSL/TLS, and PGP encryption.
• Experience with certificate management and key rotation.
• Familiarity with networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Understanding of job scheduling tools and file transfer automation.
• SQL/database knowledge for troubleshooting and reporting.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar.

Desired Skills

• Scripting experience (Shell, Python, PowerShell, or Perl).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Experience working in ITIL-based environments.
• Understanding of DevOps and automation practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience administering IBM Sterling File Transfer solutions.
• Experience supporting production environments and critical business applications.
• Relevant IBM certifications are a plus.

Preferred Experience

• IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
• IBM Sterling Secure Proxy
• IBM Sterling File Gateway
• IBM Connect:Direct
• Managed File Transfer (MFT) Operations
• Certificate and Encryption Management
• Incident and Problem Management
• Production Support