# IBM Sterling Connect Direct Engineer

IBM Sterling Connect Direct EngineerJob Category: IT Infrastructure / Managed File Transfer (MFT) Experience: 5+ years Role Focus: Tier 3 Production Support & Platform Engineering Job Summary We are seeking an experienced IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Engineer to administer, support, secure, and optimize enterprise Managed File Transfer (MFT) environments. The role provides Tier 3 production support, resolves complex file-transfer and connectivity issues, manages Connect:Direct nodes and Secure Plus configurations, and leads platform upgrades, migrations, monitoring, and operational improvements. The engineer partners with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams to ensure reliable, compliant, and highly available data exchange.Skills & Expertise Required IBM Sterling MFT: Connect:Direct administration, nodes, processes, Secure Plus, enterprise MFT operations Secure File Transfer & Security: SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, certificate and SSH key management, encryption controls Infrastructure & Networking: Linux/Unix, Windows, TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, connectivity diagnostics Production Operations: Tier 3 support, monitoring, incident/problem/change managem

- **Id**: 4128516
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/infinite-computer-solutions-ibm-sterling-connect-direct-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T04:12:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3860
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams

## Company

- **Id**: 1886342
- **Name**: Infinite Computer Solutions
- **Domain**: infinite.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/infinite-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BrassRing

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 36
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Technologies

- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **AppDynamics** — Optional: yes
- **Dynatrace** — Optional: yes
- **Grafana** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **OpenShift** — Optional: yes
- **PowerShell** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Splunk** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T01:53:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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