*Requirement for Systems Architect*
*Location:* VA *Duration:* 1 year Maintenance - This position requires an understanding of the Call Center applications using Java, J2EE Technologies with Struts Framework and IVR/VXML, Nuance Frame work, OSR, TTS for healthcare insurance. Knowledge of the interaction between these products is critical and the candidate will need to have the skills and knowledge to evaluate the health of our IVR systems and remedy any issues quickly. - Knowledge of the environment in general, connectivity and surrounding disciplines in this space are a definite plus. - Ancillary knowledge of current technology platforms such as Websphere Process server and Enterprise Service Bus are also desired skills. - Development and support of automation scripts and deployment of code functions to enable customer environments to self support non-production environments. - Assistance with performance analysis of J2EE based applications, integration and configuration of connection functions such as MQ, JDBC and HTTP. - Responsible for distribution of customer created EAR files to clustered environments, troubleshooting implementation and customer interaction for application delivery. - The WAS admin is responsible for the overall health of the VSS Websphere application servers. This includes the CIT, SIT regions also handling support with IBM for UAT and Production. - Included in this role will be the routine deployments of VSS code to the CIT environment coordinated by the Buildmeister and IVR Technical leads. Job responsibilities include: - Perform daily proactive health checks of all Production IVR environments. - Program transactional testing and monitoring to Provide tier-1 support for issues and outages - Attend SWAT calls to diagnose and resolve issues - Provide RCA (root cause analysis) and Preventative Actions related to production outages Activities of this Role include: • Daily password checkouts of each server • Trouble shooting possible Websphere related issues • Configure new Websphere instances as needed • Configure datasource settings as needed (i.e new MQ channels) • Deploy VSS code to CIT daily during Testing phases of projects and twice weekly during the development phases of projects • Create ADR scripts for UAT & PROD code deployments by IBM • Support patching requirements done by IBM quarterly for unix servers • Work with resources to support proactive health monitoring of WAS • Additional Responsibilities/Accountabilities: • Installing the WebSphere software on AIX • Creating Cells/Nodes/Application Servers, Federating nodes and creating/configuring application server clusters • Configuring Enterprise Applications and MQ resources • Configuring WebSphere Security using LDAP • Automating Enterprise application installations and resource configurations using scripting • Understanding webserver plugin configurations • Understanding J2EE platform. • Basic Shell scriptting (maintenance for the Framework scripts and reports compoent scripts). • Basic LDAP knowledge. • Basic Java skills. • Basic understading of MQ • Unix Scripting • Troubleshooting • Unix/AIX/Linux background The successful candidate will possess strong technical and analytical skills. Effective written and verbal communication skills are a must. Thanks & Regards *Ajay * *(469-713-1976 (M)* * 972-607-9595 Ext- 6 (O))* ePower. Inc, 7423 Las Colinas Blvd, Suite 102, Irving, Texas 75063. a...@epowerus.com Fax: (972) 409-9018 www.epowerus.com
