Senior Middleware Infra Engineer – WebSphere; Onsite NYC)
Listed on 2026-10-17
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IT/Tech
Systems Administrator, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, IT Infrastructure
Job Title: IT Infrastructure Engineer
Location: New York, NY
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: $ $ to $ annually
Job Description
The NYC Financial Information Services Agency–Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Web Sphere Administrator to support ongoing production maintenance and phased rollout implementation of the HR, Benefits, and Timekeeping functions of HR/Payroll systems. This role will be a technical position responsible for the installation, maintenance, and configuration of our Middleware infrastructure (IBM Web Sphere, MQ, and Cognos).
Tasks will include supporting the infrastructure of critical citywide applications. This person will function as one of the technical administrators for the group, work with various teams, and must have the ability to work independently and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines.
Preferred Skills:
- 5+ years' experience of Middleware Administration, specifically in IBM Web Sphere Application Server Traditional (tWAS) and Web Sphere Liberty on Linux or UNIX based platforms.
- Experience managing Web Sphere Liberty server configurations including server. xml, bootstrap. properties, and jvm. options.
- Experience using Git for source control and configuration management.
- Experience using Ansible for middleware administration, automation, configuration management, and application deployments.
- Experience with Jenkins, Cloud Bees, or similar Cl/CD tools is preferred.
- Experience with Configuration as Code and Dev Ops methodologies is preferred.
- Experience in administration of other associated middleware products like IBM MQ, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Web Sphere Message Broker, Oracle Web logic, Cognos.
- Perform Middleware application upgrades and patch installations.
- Experience in understanding and debugging Java errors.
- Good understanding of relational database concepts and experience in SQL.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Previous experience working with an enterprise wide, large scale environment.
- Ability to support 24x7 and be able to work nights/weekends as required.
- Ability to perform detailed Root Cause Analysis of problems.
- Ability to plan, manage time according to schedules, and provide status updates when required.
- Ability to work quickly to learn new applications and resolve issues.
- Ability to clearly document and explain symptoms and solutions to complex problems.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment.
- Ability to be self-motivated and find answers on his/her own.
- Excellent communications skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required.
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,
2.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or, 3.Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or"2" above.
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