| Duties & Responsibilites : | -Install application server software and create the necessary environments required by the system development life cycle.
-Configure all environments to each application’s specific requirements (such as JDBC, JMS, web services, High Availability, Session Management,
-Security, Service Integration Bus, etc…). Proactively performance tune each environment as well as reactively troubleshoot problems that occur. Provide development support to the application development teams.
Responsibilities:
· Design systems architecture including fault tolerance and high availability solutions.
· Work with application project teams to provide feedback on designs and gather requirements for the application server environment.
· Install the WebSphere Application Server software on Linux, Unix and Windows based environments.
· Create and Modify WebSphere clusters required to implement the different logical environments in the system development life cycle (dev, test, stage, prod).
· Create and Configure application instances within each of the cells as required.
· Configure Security as required (SSL, single sign-on, administrative, application, etc…).
· Configure the required web server (IIS, iPlanet, IHS) with the Application server software plug-in.
· Configure the Application server software to each individual application’s requirements (Services Integration Bus – JMS / Web Services, JDBC, Security, etc…)
· Set up the Application server software and each application to be highly available with the goal of 24x7 up-time.
· Performance tune the Application server software so that it is optimized for each application. This will include working closely with the application development teams to administer load testing and monitoring.
· Deploy applications to the Application server as well as define and set up automated application deployment mechanisms.
· Provide development support to the application development teams.
· Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation in support of Production systems
· Research and troubleshoot problems related to the Application server software, the applications that run on them as well as the external systems that they interact with.
· Communicate regularly and effectively with other team members, clients (application developers) and vendors (other technology teams).
Requirements:
· 5 years experience with administering WebSphere Application Server 7.0 and 8.5
· 2 years experience with WebSphere Commerce or Portal Server, ideally Commerce
·Experience with SOLR/Search
· Operating Systems: Linux, Windows 2003/2008, AIX
· Web servers (IIS, iPlanet, IHS)
· Experience with Endeca, Google Search Appliance and extreme scale all plusses
· Experience with administering WebSphere Virtual Enterprise a plus
· Experience with Process Server a plus.
· Experience with WebSphere Sensor and Events (WSE) and WebSphere Business Events (WBE) a plus.
· Experience with MQ, Message Broker a plus.
· Experience with other JEE application servers a plus
· JEE development skills a plus
· Excellent testing, technical and analytical skills
· Ability to multi-task
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
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