Application Administration Support Specialist
Listed on 2026-05-26
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IT/Tech
Systems Administrator, Cloud Computing, IT Support, Network Administrator
Location:
- Montgomery, AL (preferred)
- Ogden, UT
- Mechanicsburg, PA
- Oklahoma City, OK
Candidates must be within one and a half hours' drive from the place of performance to meet the on-site requirements as scheduled by DISA.
Education: Associates Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Clearance: Secret
Employment Type: Full-Time (24x7x365 Operational Support); MID Shift time:
Friday to Monday (Central Time Zone)
We are seeking a skilled Application Administration Support Specialist to provide comprehensive administration support for DISA-managed systems. This position is responsible for the 24x7x365 operational management, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring of application, web, and middleware components within complex enterprise environments.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in a range of application technologies and platforms including IBM Web Sphere, Apache/Tomcat, Oracle Web Logic, Red Hat JBoss, JAVA, and Microsoft IIS, among others.
Key Responsibilities:- Perform daily administration of vendor software, application memory, storage, and integration with networks and OS.
- Manage application-level security, logging, auditing, replication, and high availability architectures.
- Handle user access control, account creation, modification, and privilege management.
- Execute and monitor application-level scripts and system jobs for operations and maintenance.
- Install, configure, and administer web technologies supporting web-based applications.
- Maintain performance, security, and integration of web services.
- Administer middleware systems including configuration, updates, patching, and performance tuning.
- Support middleware components across distributed computing environments.
- Conduct version analysis, compatibility testing, and integration planning for middleware components.
- Plan and execute middleware upgrades and new deployments.
- Develop and maintain operational processes to ensure middleware stability and up-to-date patch levels.
- Configure middleware components after provisioning new server capacity.
- Schedule and execute scripts or system jobs for operational tasks and one-time changes.
- Monitor and validate successful job execution and log outcomes.
- Manage all aspects of application accounts for system operation, including account metrics reporting.
- Web/Application Servers: IBM Web Sphere, Apache/Tomcat, Oracle Web Logic Server, Microsoft IIS, Red Hat JBoss EAP, Oracle HTTP Server
- Middleware Technologies: JAVA, Microsoft XML Web Services (.NET)
- Scripting: Application Scripts, OS-Level Scripts
- Security & Auditing: Logging, auditing, access control, COOP architectures
- Strong experience in enterprise-level application administration (5+ years preferred)
- Experience supporting 24x7x365 environments
- Deep understanding of middleware and web technologies
- Familiarity with job scheduling tools and scripting
- Security-conscious mindset with knowledge of application access control and auditing
- IAT II Certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+)
Experience working in DoD or DISA environments.
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