WebSphere Portal Administrator

Sovereign Technologies is an USA based information technology consulting and software services firm providing cost effective services and solutions to clients in North America and Asia Pacific.

CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL TO ST. LOUIS

We are looking for a Senior Web Sphere Portal Administrator with 6-8 years’ experience supporting Web Sphere Application Server on Unix and Windows operating systems. The candidate must demonstrate solid experience with system administration, change management, user management and software logistics to ensure smooth and efficient operation of Web Sphere Application Server environment. The candidate should be able to provide 2nd level of support to 1st level Web/Web Sphere/Portal Administrators within the team.

• Supporting Web Sphere Application Server and Web Servers (Apache, IHS, IIS) in Web Sphere environments
• Day to day administration of Web Sphere Portal environments including configuration changes, troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Applying fixes/fixpacks, Upgrades/Migrations based on the need/requirement
• Support aggressive deployments from development to pre-production and production Web Sphere environments
• Troubleshooting performance problems considering infrastructure, database and other Web Sphere interfaces
• Supporting production environment during non-business hours
• Technical Support to application developers
• Documenting all the changes/issues/resolutions

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Six to eight years Web Sphere Application Server experience

Strong expertise with Web Sphere Portal

• Strong expertise performing Web Sphere Application Server administration in a cluster environment on Linux, AIX and Windows
• Proven experience installing, upgrading and supporting Web Sphere Application Server with Oracle RDBMS as a backend database and Apache/IHS as frontend webserver in Web Sphere Application/Portal environments
• Good understanding of concepts and technologies such as SOA, Messaging, Transformation Engines, Webservices and Data integration techniques
• Must have completed at least 2 upgrades/migrations
• Experience with wsadmin, jacl, jython, perl, and shell scripting
• Knowledge in other supporting products such as Splunk, Jira, SVN/Maven/Artifactory is preferred
• Willing to learn new middleware software like Tibco, SAS along with reporting software like Tableau and Webfocus
• Web Sphere Application Server Administration certification is preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.