SR International
Middleware Administrator engineer Product Specialist Hybrid
SR International, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43224
SME in WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration (including Azure, AWS, and Google) and containerized application platform on Linux / AIX.
Years of Relevant Experience: 12+ Years
Client: State of Ohio - JFS-
Position: Product Specialist 5/PS5 (Middleware Administrator engineer) - 745824 (Hybrid)
Contract: Until 06/30/2025
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Closing Date: 08/30/2024
Job Description:
Ohio Department of Job and Family service is looking for candidate 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.
8-10 hours per day
M-F, JFS core hours: 7 AM – 6 PM (any 8-10 hours w/in those times)
Subject to On-Call (we have an on-call rotation)
Knowledge:
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: Ansible, Jenkins, Nexis, Mavin, Bitbucket 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.
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.
Must Haves:
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, 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 Pipe lines from Azure repos
Certifications and Desired skills:
WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker,
Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript, Azure repos and Azure DevOps
Years of Relevant Experience: 12+ Years
Client: State of Ohio - JFS-
Position: Product Specialist 5/PS5 (Middleware Administrator engineer) - 745824 (Hybrid)
Contract: Until 06/30/2025
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Closing Date: 08/30/2024
Job Description:
Ohio Department of Job and Family service is looking for candidate 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.
8-10 hours per day
M-F, JFS core hours: 7 AM – 6 PM (any 8-10 hours w/in those times)
Subject to On-Call (we have an on-call rotation)
Knowledge:
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: Ansible, Jenkins, Nexis, Mavin, Bitbucket 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.
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.
Must Haves:
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, 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 Pipe lines from Azure repos
Certifications and Desired skills:
WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker,
Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript, Azure repos and Azure DevOps