Senior Associate, Middleware Administrator

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Middleware to join our Digital Nexus technology organization.

Responsibilities:

Provide administrative day-to-day support for IBM Web Sphere, Jira, and Confluence that includes configuring, patch, and upgrade Confluence, Jira, and Web Sphere Application Servers Troubleshoot and resolve application, configuration, connectivity, authentication, integration, and performance issues; monitor platform availability, health, performance, and capacity

Assist with backup & recovery, restart, and operational maintenance activities including coordinating with third-party vendors when vendor support is required

Contribute to standardizing, documenting, and automating support operations processes and application configuration

Develop and maintain scripts to perform installation, configuration, and upgrades of supported platforms

Operate out of Service Now ticket queue to ensure support requests, changes, and incident SLAs are met; provide 24X7 support for Middleware products on call

Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

Minimum three years of recent hands-on administration and support experience in similar role Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED required

Strong proficiency in administering Windows and Red Hat Linux environments, with hands-on experience managing IIS, Web Sphere Application Server, Confluence, and Jira Proficiency in writing Python, Power Shell, and Bash scripts and experience in configuring Web Sphere Network deployments, clustering, and IIS Plug-in for WASStrong troubleshooting and organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration, analytical, and presentation skills

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
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