Job Description:

Title: Middleware Administrator

We are looking to fill a Long-term Contract role as Middleware Administrator in Chesterfield, VA

Mode of Interview: In person

Work Arrangement: Onsite

We seek a candidate to function as a Middleware SME on enterprise systems, with advanced skills in administering WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration (including Azure, AWS, and Google), and containerized application platforms on Linux / AIX.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise-class environments.

Mandatory Skills:

• A Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience as a Middleware Administrator.
• 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 subsystems like: Git, Subversion, etc.
• Storage subsystem
• Salesforce
• 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.
• Knowledge of application development, implementation and deployment experience.
• Web services and data integration techniques, messaging and transformation.

Desired Qualifications:

• 4 Year college degree or equivalent Computer Science
• 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.