Vignetic
Websphere Administrator (JVN-545639) New York City, NY
Title: Websphere Administrator
Job Type: Permanent
Primary Location: New York City, New York
The Challenge:
Vignetic is looking for a Websphere Administrator who will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, and configuration of our Middleware infrastructure (IBM WebSphere and MQ).
Role & Responsibilities:
- Support the infrastructure of critical citywide applications.
- Function as one of the technical administrators for the group and work with various teams.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines.
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and ten years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
- Education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1” or “2” above.
Preferred Skills:
- 5+ years’ experience of Middleware administration specifically in WebSphere Application Server on Linux or UNIX based platforms.
- Hands on experience installing, configuring, and administering middleware products like IBM MQ, IBM HTTPServer, IBM WebSphere in a UNIX environment.
- Perform Middleware application upgrades and patch installations.
- Must have experience in deploying web and enterprise archive applications in cluster and non-cluster environments.
- Must have experience in configuring data sources for different vendor databases.
- Must have experience in managing SSL digital certificates in IBM WAS.
- Experience in understanding and debugging Java errors.
- Knowledge of WebSphere Horizontal/vertical Clustering, Webseal, and Tivoli Access Manager is preferred.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies is highly desirable: Business Objects, BMC Patrol/WebSphereKM, WordPress, and Unix shell scripting.
- 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 perform detailed Root Cause Analysis of problems.
- Ability to plan, manage time according to schedules, and provide status updates required.
- Ability to work to quickly 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.
- Candidate will be self-motivated and find answers on his/her own.
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