Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator

What success looks like in this role:

Role Summary
The Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator is responsible for the administration configuration maintenance security remediation compliance management automation troubleshooting and operational support of enterprise IBM WebSphere platforms and supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on maintaining highly available secure and compliant environments while using automation to improve operational efficiency reduce manual effort and ensure consistency across middleware services.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (traditional and Network Deployment) IBM Server and WebSphere Portal environments including cell node cluster and application server configuration.
• Support WebSphere Liberty environments where applicable.
• Support secondary web platforms (Apache Tomcat IIS) as needed.
• Perform security remediation vulnerability management patching fix pack and upgrade activities and compliance validation.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates keystores truststores LDAP Kerberos Active Directory integration SSO and LTPA security.
• Administer Linux and Windows servers supporting middleware environments.
• Design develop and maintain automation for WebSphere administration patching compliance validation and operational support using Shell Python and JACL/wsadmin scripting.
• Automate deployments configuration updates certificate management reporting and system health checks.
• Support CI/CD deployment processes and enterprise automation tools where applicable.
• Perform performance monitoring JVM tuning thread dump and heap dump analysis troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Execute change management incident management and service restoration activities.
• Maintain documentation procedures audit evidence and compliance records.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS degree and 6-8 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 6 years of middleware administration experience with a primary focus on enterprise WebSphere environments.
• Experience in security remediation vulnerability management and audit compliance.
• Demonstrated experience developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Must be a US Citizen with ability to obtain a government security clearance.

Required Technical Skills

• WebSphere Application Server IBM Server WebSphere Portal
• wsadmin scripting (JACL and Jython) Shell Python XML HTML Awk Sed Curl
• Linux (RHEL SUSE) AIX and Windows Server administration
• SSL/TLS LDAP Active Directory Kerberos SSO LTPA security hardening
• REST API integration task scheduling and operational scripting
• IBM DB2 (and general database connectivity/data source configuration)
• JVM tuning monitoring and performance analysis
• Working knowledge of Apache Tomcat and IIS

Preferred Qualifications

• WebSphere Liberty experience
• Kafka Zookeeper Artifactory WordPress ServiceNow or Remedy administration
• Ansible Jenkins Git GitLab CI/CD or similar tools
• Experience supporting security audits and compliance frameworks
• Working exposure to Oracle WebLogic (a plus not required)

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