WebSphere administrator role with State Of Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services in Columbus, OH

Hybrid - working 2 days a week onsite. 

Years of Relevant Experience:	12 Years
Preferred Education:	4 Year college degree or equivalent– Computer Science
Job Description:	Ohio Department of Job and Family service is looking for candidate to function as a SME on enterprise systems, with advance skills in administering WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration (including Azure, AWS, and Google) and containerized application platform on Linux / AIX. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in a multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise class environments. - 8-10 hours per day - M-F, JFS core hours: 7a-6p (any 8-10 hours w/in those times) - Subject to On-Call (we have an on-call rotation) Knowledge · 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 subsystem like: Git, Subversion, etc. · Storage subsystem · Salesforce · Knowledge of application development, implementation and deployment experience. Web services and data integration techniques, messaging and transformation. Skills · Experience performing system and software audits. · Assesses and analyzes business requirements, current state environment and technology choices to evaluate security solution alternatives that meet solution architecture needs and support enterprise requirements. · Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills related to Cloud, IAM and privileged access management. · Excellent written and verbal communication skills, on both technical and non-technical topics · Prioritize tasks effectively to ensure that project deliverables and deadlines are met. · Advanced root cause analysis and written and verbal communications skills. · Experience supporting and participating in 24 X 7 on-call weekly rotation. · Experience handling and reacting to infrastructure alerts reacting quickly. · Communicating: o Communicate with clients, assisting them with their needs to ensure client satisfaction. Communicate the deployment/release schedule, release artifacts, priorities, and status to all stakeholders. · Coordinate releases with internal stakeholders. · Champion best practices and quality standards. · Participate in functional and technical meetings throughout the development lifecycle. Abilities 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 with one or more webserver setup Apache, IBM Http Server and IIS · 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. Containers and Cloud Management · Work with cloud platforms Azure, AWS or Google Cloud. · Experience support SaaS products in the cloud – Adobe enterprise, MuleSoft Cloud Integration · Deploy and manage containerized application in a cloud environment. · Understands clustered container orchestration configuration and setup of Kubernetes / OpenShift platform. · Work with cloud vendors and cloud hosting service providers and recommend infrastructure solutions. · Experience implementing security and best practices for cloud-based systems. · Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud. Experience in deploying infrastructure as code using Azure CI/CD Pipe lines from Azure repos
Mandatory skills	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. Containers and Cloud Management · Work with cloud platforms Azure, AWS or Google Cloud. · Experience support SaaS products in the cloud – Adobe enterprise, MuleSoft Cloud Integration · Deploy and manage containerized application in a cloud environment. · Understands clustered container orchestration configuration and setup of Kubernetes / OpenShift platform. · Work with cloud vendors and cloud hosting service providers and recommend infrastructure solutions. · Experience implementing security and best practices for cloud-based systems. · Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud. · Experience in deploying infrastructure as code using Azure CI/CD Pipelines from Azure repos
Certifications or Desired skills if any	WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker, Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript
Nice To Have Skills	Azure repos and Azure DevOps.

Thanks,

Prashant

Senior IT Recruiter

E : prashant@intellixsoftware.com

A : 134 Northwoods Blvd, Suite B-2,

Columbus OH 43235, United States

 

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