Connect Direct Developer

Title: Connect Direct Developer
Experience: 5-9 yrs
Location: Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon
Must-have skills
IBM Power systems knowledge
DB2
RPG- RPGLE
SQL
Connect Direct
IBM Iseries CL language
Description:
DB2 for i
Querying physical and logical files.
Data lineage analysis.
Mapping file fields back to DB2 source tables.
RPG Development
Read and understand RPGLE and RPG programs.
Trace how outbound files are built.
Identify field derivations and business logic.
Understand file creation and update processes.
CL Programming
Analyse CL programs controlling batch execution.
Understand scheduling and job dependencies.
Trace program flow between jobs and Connect:Direct processes.
Job Scheduling / Operations
IBM Job Scheduler.
Robot Scheduler (if used).
Batch chains and dependencies.
Critical processing windows.
Connect:Direct Administration
Understanding of Connect:Direct process definitions.
PNODE/SNODE relationships.
Transfer directions.
Process logs and execution history.
Identifying source and target datasets.
Key Activities include:
Create a complete inventory of all Connect:Direct and SFTP file feeds.
Identify which files are sent and received by each interface.
Analyse file layouts, record structures and field definitions.
Map every file field back to the originating data source.
Identify the RPG, CL or batch processes that create and process the files.
Document job schedules, dependencies and operational processes.
Analyse Connect:Direct process definitions, transfer routes and execution history.
Determine which Avaloq functions consume each feed and the associated business purpose.
Produce end-to-end data lineage.
Complete impact assessments and migration artefacts for the programme.
Feed inventory and interface catalogue.
Source-to-target field mapping.
Program and batch dependency analysis.
Connect:Direct process documentation.
Data lineage documentation.
Migration impact assessment.
Scope definition for Avaloq migration workshops.

Work arrangement
No