Middleware Administrator

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities

PD ALTESS provides Information Management policy, guidance, automation, support and services to the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) and provides information management support and services to other DOD and Army elements, and the Acquisition Community in support of the AAE mission.

Located onsite in Radford VA, the Middleware Administrator will be responsible for all facets of engineering and administering the mid-tier at PD ALTESS. This includes architecting infrastructure installing configuring and hardening of Application and Web Servers Portals and associated software products and operating system configuration in Windows and Linux environments. Once deployed responsible for maintaining the infrastructure to meet availability and performance standards. Experience with Tomcat Apache IIS Coldfusion or JBOSS. Specific activities and associated deliverables include: support of these technologies in Dev, Test and Prod environments; assisting in project releases; configuring and installing the middleware technologies; assisting in troubleshooting of reported outages.

** This position requires the ability to obtain a Secret Security clearance

or higher (US Citizenship is required) **

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- CompTIA Security + certification required
- Knowledge of Application Server architecture in a large enterprise environment using IIS Apache Tomcat JBOSS ColdFusion or similar class server systems.
- 1-2 years of experience with automating maintenance tasks in an IT Configuration Management Deployment & Orchestration tool such as Ansible

Clearance:

- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance or higher (US Citizenship required).

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- 1-2 years of experience with Powershell
- Knowledge of Windows and Linux administrations skills.
- Knowledge of Web Services both SOAP and REST.
- Knowledge of XML
- Knowledge of the Cyber Command Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) processes and procedures.

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