IT Specialist

Senior IT SpecialistThe IT Specialist position supports the UISIM project, a multi-year program to redesign, implement, operate, enhance, and maintain the integrated systems used by the New York State Department of Labor's Unemployment Insurance program. The resource will provide specialized technical support, knowledge transfer, incident resolution, enhancement delivery, and documentation for UISIM applications and platforms.Day-to-Day Tasks:Administer, configure, maintain, monitor, patch, and troubleshoot Red Hat JBoss BAM/BPM, IBM WebSphere 8.5, ActiveBatch, PSPDF, OccuCoder, JMeter, and related middleware components.Support application deployments, batch scheduling, integrations, interfaces, and production operations across UISIM environments.Monitor middleware availability, capacity, performance, logs, and alerts; diagnose incidents and implement corrective actions.Conduct performance and load testing using JMeter and analyze results to identify bottlenecks and remediation options.Coordinate with application developers, cloud engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to resolve incidents, defects, and enhancement requests.Support software upgrades, security patching, configuration changes, disaster-recovery readiness, and change-management activities.Create and maintain architecture diagrams, configuration records, runbooks, operational procedures, and troubleshooting documentation.Assist with technical-debt remediation and modernization or replacement of UISIM middleware and workflow components.Provide knowledge transfer and mentor State staff in middleware administration and operational support.Required Qualifications:Works in the field of Information Technology, experienced in the usage and support of a collection of development platforms, technical architectures or business applications and products that run on those platforms - beyond that of a Programmer.60 months of experience administering and supporting enterprise middleware or application-server platforms in production environments.36 months of experience administering enterprise workload automation or batch scheduling tools such as ActiveBatch.48 months of experience installing, configuring, maintaining, patching, upgrading, and troubleshooting Red Hat JBoss BAM/BPM or IBM WebSphere.36 months of experience conducting application or middleware performance testing and analysis using JMeter or a comparable performance-testing tool.36 months of experience supporting application integrations, interfaces, deployments, and production incident resolution across distributed systems.24 months of experience creating operational runbooks, architecture or configuration documentation, and providing knowledge transfer to technical staff.MVP Consulting Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process.