Job Description
Title: Middleware Administrator
We are looking to fill a Long-term Contract role as Middleware Administrator in Hartford, CT
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.
