TCI has an immediate need for a Remote Web Server Administrator. This is not a Corp2Corp opportunity. This is a long-term contract opportunity with the possibility of hire. In addition to competitive, market-rate based pay, TCI provides all our Consultants with Comprehensive Medical/Dental Insurance, 401k, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits.

Please note that this position requires US Citizenship and a Public Trust Security Clearance prior to start.

SUMMARY

The Remote WAS Administrator will support our government client in Parkersburg, WV. The WAS Administrator will manage and maintain the web environment by identifying requirements, installing upgrades, monitoring system performance and performing daily Administrator functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect high-performance, high-volume business critical systems using industry standard technologies and design patterns.
• Administering high performance, volume and business critical systems.
• J2EE Container creation, modification, and troubleshooting.
• Technologies include: WebSphere Application Server (WAS), IBM HTTP Server (IHS), IBI WebFocus, Oracle database, Apache/Tomcat, IBM Spectrum Protect, Veritas NetBackup, Data Transport/Managed File Transfer, and IBM Connect:Direct middleware applications.
• Supporting the platform hosting of applications using Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and object-oriented (OO) programming languages (including Java) providing support for deployment of products into Test, Pre-production and Production environments.
• Deploying applications using web technologies including, but not limited to, WebSphere and IBI WebFocus.
• Mainframe support, including IBM DB2, Message Queuing Service (IBM MQ Series), and Job Control Language (JCL).
• Designing, developing and optimizing Relational database management systems (RDBMS), including systems such as IBM DB2 (z/OS and LUW).
• Assist with performance tuning.
• Experience and familiarity with AIX, Linux and Windows operating system platforms.
• Development of a capacity monitoring and planning process and assisting in license true-up.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience as an IBM WAS/IHS administrator.
• Previous hands-on experience in government and/or financial industry.
• Web administration experience in automation, cloud services and containerization.
• Cloud computing experience especially in Azure.
• Experience with J2EE Container creation, modification, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Multi-tier architecture; Architecture integration in a large enterprise.
• Single sign on configurations using Trust Association Interceptors, Siteminder, or equivalent Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).
• SOA Integration.
• Spring Framework deployments as they pertain to WAS/IHS.
• J2EE Application configuration and troubleshooting.
• HTML configuration and troubleshooting.
• Configuring connectivity to external sources (RDBMS, including but not limited to, Oracle, DB2, and MS-SQL).
• Working with multiple operating systems (such as Windows, IBM AIX, and Linux).
• The ability to make recommendations to peers and executives on subjects relating to software, middleware, back-end platforms, libraries, and tooling.
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.