Webspher Administrator

Responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain IBM Web Sphere Application Server Network Deployment version 6.1.0.x/7.0.0.x/8.5, IBM HTTP Server 6.1.0.x/7.0 and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 6.x/7.x for all application environments from non-prod to prod on Z/OS, Linux and Windows machines.
• Monitor and support web-interface applications as well as back-end services, deployed applications on Web Sphere Application Server Network Deployment at various releases.
• Perform upgrades to the major Web Sphere products as well as third-party products used within the environment.
• Provide PEGA administration, perform deployments and day-to-day maintenance.
• Experience with administering the IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Software including Process Center, Process Server and Deployment manager; experienced with IBM BPM golden topology.
• Knowledge of the IBM BPM and SOA product stack including Web Sphere Application Server, ESB, Process Server.
• Administer, install and maintain the Data Power server’s appliances, ensuring that all changes are performed with minimal operational impact; provide 3rd-tier 24 x 7 support and software maintenance; document all applications.
• Manage configuration and maintenance of the Data Power appliance; should be familiar with SSL protocol, key exchange (public and private), digital signatures, cryptographic algorithms, and certificate authorities; configure and manage network access to the appliance; be familiar with XML, XML style sheet language transformation (XSLT), XPath, and XML Schema Definition (XSD) SOAP and Web Services.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the appliance; manage the domain backups, as well as lifecycle migration of primary objects; manage access to all resources, access policies, role-based management (RBM), cryptographic keys, authentication, and authorization; manage the firmware image and be able to apply firmware images and rollback an upgrade.
• Interface between the applications, other IT operation teams, IT Dev group, and other corporate teams; install and maintain Java applications, J2EE application servers, and assure optimum performance of the applications.
• Monitor the performance of the Data Power appliance using service-level monitoring and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP); troubleshoot and debug services using the problem-determination tools, logs, and probes provided with the Data Power.
• Ability to navigate the AIG ticketing system and work with everyone along the way;
  Jenkins setup and maintenance along with assisting in getting the tests running inside Jenkins.
• Deploy a Ruby on Rails infrastructure on Red Hat, provide Git Hub Enterprise support, HAProxy, Nginx, and Unicorn support.
• Ability to perform server scaling, performance testing, and load balancing.
• Provide 24 x 7 application/infrastructure production support via on-call rotation.

5–7 years’ experience with IBM Web Sphere suite of products, WESB, IBM Process Server, ITCAM, IBM HTTP Server, PEGA, IBM Datapower, IBM MQ on Z/OS, AIX, Solaris and Windows platforms, Ruby, Jenkins, Rails infrastructure on Red Hat, Git Hub Enterprise support, HAProxy, Nginx and Unicorn support. Proficient in setting up, configuring and optimizing application performance. Experience with application infrastructure design and application architecture.

Good communication skills and documentation and problem-troubleshooting skills. Has to be a good team player.

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Job Type: W2 Contract

Rate: $51/hr