WebSphere Application Server Administrator
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Negotiable
Outside
Onsite
USA
Summary: The role of WebSphere Application Server Administrator requires a subject matter expert in enterprise systems with advanced skills in administering WebSphere Application Server and cloud systems, including Azure, AWS, and Google. The candidate should possess hands-on experience in multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise environments and be prepared for on-call duties. The position is based in Columbus, OH, and is on-site. The ideal candidate will also have experience with containerized application platforms on Linux/AIX.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer WebSphere Application Server and cloud systems (Azure, AWS, Google).
- Perform upgrades, patches, and security fixes for WebSphere.
- Monitor application and system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement fixes.
- Collaborate with development teams to design, deploy, and maintain applications.
- Manage containerized applications in cloud environments.
- Participate in on-call rotation and respond to infrastructure alerts.
- Communicate with clients to ensure satisfaction and coordinate releases with stakeholders.
- Champion best practices and quality standards in system administration.
- Conduct system and software audits and assess business requirements for security solutions.
- Implement security and best practices for cloud-based systems.
Key Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and version control (Git, Subversion).
- Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical topics.
- Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
- Knowledge of application development, implementation, and deployment.
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Experience with monitoring tools (Splunk, Dynatrace) and cloud monitoring (Azure Monitor).
- Familiarity with Salesforce and messaging/integration techniques.
- Experience with security solutions and privileged access management.
- Certifications in WebSphere, AIX/Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, and Docker.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Columbus
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Seeking a WebSphere Application Server Admin to function as a SME on enterprise systems, with advance skills in administering WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration (including Azure, AWS, and Google) and containerized application platform on Linux / AIX. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in a multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise class environments.
Interview: Teams
Location: Columbus, OH
Posting: 778237
Work: ON-SITE
Role and Experience
- Subject to On-Call (24/7 daily, 365 days a Year)
- Strong knowledge of Unix, Linux, Windows operating system and system administration tasks
- Highly available vertical / horizontal scaling, disaster recovery capabilities
- Single Sign On, network load balancer, firewall, IP subnets.
- On-Prem monitoring tools like Splunk, Dynatrace,
- Cloud monitoring capabilities like Azure Monitor
- CI/CD pipelines: Jenkins, Nexis, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Version control subsystem like: Git, Subversion, etc.
- Storage subsystem
- Salesforce
- Knowledge of application development, implementation and deployment experience.
- Web services and data integration techniques, messaging and transformation.
Skills
- Experience performing system and software audits.
- Assesses and analyzes business requirements, current state environment and technology choices to evaluate security solution alternatives that meet solution architecture needs and support enterprise requirements.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills related to Cloud, IAM and privileged access management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, on both technical and non-technical topics
- Prioritize tasks effectively to ensure that project deliverables and deadlines are met.
- Advanced root cause analysis and written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience supporting and participating in 24 X 7 on-call weekly rotation.
- Experience handling and reacting to infrastructure alerts reacting quickly.
- Communicating:
- Communicate with clients, assisting them with their needs to ensure client satisfaction. Communicate the deployment/release schedule, release artifacts, priorities, and status to all stakeholders.
- Coordinate releases with internal stakeholders.
- Champion best practices and quality standards.
- Participate in functional and technical meetings throughout the development lifecycle.
Abilities
- WebSphere
- Perform upgrades, patches, and fix security issues.
- Monitor application performance, system performance, troubleshoot and diagnose issues and implement fixes.
- Work closely with the development teams to design solutions, deploy and maintain application.
- Install, configure and deploy new WebSphere application servers on AIX and Linux
- Write and deploy shell scripts, automate tasks.
- Experience with one or more webserver setup Apache, IBM Http Server and IIS
- Experience working with SSL and application security in WebSphere.
- Troubleshoot, collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues.
- Participate in defining corporate implementation and integration strategies of new technologies.
- Experience administering platforms like MuleSoft, RabbitMQ, Docker / Podman, Azure CI / CD.
- Containers and Cloud Management
- Work with cloud platforms Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
- Experience support SaaS products in the cloud Adobe enterprise, MuleSoft Cloud Integration
- Deploy and manage containerized application in a cloud environment.
- Understands clustered container orchestration configuration and setup of Kubernetes / OpenShift platform.
- Work with cloud vendors and cloud hosting service providers and recommend infrastructure solutions.
- Experience implementing security and best practices for cloud-based systems.
- Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud.
- Experience in deploying infrastructure as code using Azure CI/CD Pipe lines from Azure repos
WebSphere
- Perform upgrades, patches, and fix security issues.
- Monitor application performance, system performance, troubleshoot and diagnose issues and implement fixes.
- Work closely with the development teams to design solutions, deploy and maintain application.
- Install, configure and deploy new WebSphere application servers on AIX and Linux
- Write and deploy shell scripts, automate tasks.
- Experience working with SSL and application security in WebSphere.
- Troubleshoot, collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues.
- Participate in defining corporate implementation and integration strategies of new technologies.
- Experience administering platforms like MuleSoft, RabbitMQ, Docker / Podman, Promethus, Azure CI / CD.
- Containers and Cloud Management
- Work with cloud platforms Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
- Experience support SaaS products in the cloud Adobe enterprise, MuleSoft Cloud Integration
- Deploy and manage containerized application in a cloud environment.
- Understands clustered container orchestration configuration and setup of Kubernetes / OpenShift platform.
- Work with cloud vendors and cloud hosting service providers and recommend infrastructure solutions.
- Experience implementing security and best practices for cloud-based systems.
- Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud.
- Experience in deploying infrastructure as code using Azure CI/CD Pipelines from Azure repos
Certifications
WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker, Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript.
Nice To Have Skills
Azure repos and Azure DevOps.