Websphere Platform Admin

Description

Description of Engagement This is a 6month contract (through 9/30/2019) supporting WebSphere MQ, WAS, BPM, DataPower and DataStage applications.
Desired Deliverables Flexible work schedule to enable evening and weekend work within 40 hr week
Operation support on WebSphere MQ, WAS, BPM, DataPower, DataStage dev, test and production platforms
Promote middleware developer changes to the test and production environments
Support quarterly infrastructure and application patching. This involves bringing some of our middleware applications back online and validating that all systems are up and running
Troubleshoot and resolve middleware break\fix incidents in a timely manner
Replacing expiring certificates
Assist with automating manual tasks and enabling selfservice capabilities
Documentation of all configuration changes, processes, procedures, development, and all work performed
Support scheduled disaster recovery testing
Experience and Skills Requirements Require minimum 5 years experience with WebSphere MQ, WAS, DataPower
Require minimum 5 years experience with Linux command line & scripting
Require experience with SSL Certificate management
Require strong troubleshooting skills
Require Strong communication skills
Desire minimum 5 years experience with WebSphere BPM, DataStage
Desire minimum 5 years experience with Source Control tools (GIT preferred)
Desire experience with Puppet or similar Infrastructure As Code tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
Desire experience with Python, AppWorx and Jenkins
Desire experience with ITIL concepts
General Expectations Adhere to Guiding Behaviors
Collaborate well in team environment
Ability to make and meet commitments