Job description
This is a remote position.
Position Overview
Seeking a hands-on Senior IBM Datacap Administrator / Developer to support the design, development, implementation, administration, integration, and ongoing enhancement of an internal enterprise document-processing product for PBGC.
The role combines IBM Datacap development, platform administration, integration engineering, troubleshooting, testing, deployment, and production support. The consultant will work within an Agile product engineering team to build a secure, reliable, and scalable document-processing solution.
This is not purely a Datacap administration role. The candidate must have strong hands-on Datacap development experience and be able to move from requirements and technical design through development, integration, deployment, and production support.
Key Responsibilities
1. IBM Datacap Development
Design, develop, configure, and enhance IBM Datacap applications.
Develop and maintain:
Datacap rulesets
Tasks
Actions
Document hierarchies
Workflows
Validation rules
Verification processes
Configure and optimize:
OCR
Document recognition
Document classification
Data extraction
Field validation
Image processing
Batch processing
Develop reusable Datacap components and custom actions/extensions.
Implement business rules for document processing, routing, validation, and exception handling.
2. Datacap Administration
Install, configure, administer, and maintain IBM Datacap environments.
Support:
Datacap Server
Rulerunner
Datacap Studio
Datacap Navigator
Configure and administer Rulerunner services.
Manage Datacap environments across Development, Test, QA, UAT, and Production.
Monitor application health, processing queues, logs, throughput, and performance.
Troubleshoot failed batches, Rulerunner failures, OCR issues, extraction errors, workflow failures, connectivity problems, and performance issues.
Perform patching, upgrades, configuration management, and environment migrations.
3. Product Development
Participate in requirements analysis, solution design, sprint planning, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
Translate business requirements and user stories into Datacap technical solutions.
Develop new product functionality and enhancements.
Participate in architecture and technical design discussions.
Estimate development effort and contribute to release planning.
Perform code and peer reviews.
Support functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing.
Troubleshoot defects and implement permanent fixes.
Support releases and post-deployment stabilization.
4. Integration Development
Develop and support Datacap integrations using:
REST APIs
SOAP Web Services
Databases
File-based interfaces
Enterprise content repositories
Business applications
Workflow platforms
Integrate Datacap with IBM FileNet P8 and IBM Content Navigator where applicable.
Handle database lookups, metadata mapping, document/metadata exports, API data exchange, retries, error handling, audit logging, and exception management.
5. Custom Development
Develop and support custom Datacap components using:
C#
.NET
Java
JavaScript
SQL
XML
REST
SOAP
Strong C#/.NET experience is especially valuable for custom Datacap actions and extensions.
6. Security & Federal Environment
Work within secure enterprise and federal government environments.
Support security practices involving:
NIST
FISMA
Federal information security controls
Secure software development
IAM/RBAC
Audit logging
Vulnerability remediation
Application security
PII protection
Change/configuration management.
7. DevSecOps / Release Management
Support Git/source control and CI/CD.
Participate in automated deployment and build/release management.
Manage environment configuration, version control, branching, deployment automation, monitoring, and incident management.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Must-Have
5+ years of hands-on IBM Datacap experience
Strong IBM Datacap 9.x / 9.1.x
Strong Datacap Studio development
Strong Rulerunner administration and development
Experience developing:
Datacap rulesets
Workflows
Tasks
Actions
Strong understanding of document capture/intelligent document processing
Experience with:
OCR
Classification
Extraction
Validation
Verification
Enterprise Datacap administration experience
Strong production troubleshooting experience
Datacap integration with databases and enterprise systems
Strong SQL
REST and/or SOAP integration experience
Windows Server and IIS
Strong root-cause analysis and troubleshooting skills
Agile application/product development experience
Strong written and verbal communication.
Highly Preferred
IBM FileNet P8
IBM Content Navigator
C# / .NET
Custom Datacap action development
Java / JavaScript
SQL Server, Oracle, or DB2
Federal government IT experience
FISMA / NIST
DevSecOps
CI/CD
Enterprise application integration
Experience handling sensitive/PII data
Experience building new enterprise products, not only maintaining legacy applications.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.