Systems Architect

Provide a short description of the Position: Candidate to perform IBM WebSphere, HCL Portal and other middleware system administration under Enterprise Platforms/ITS

Provide a list of the day to day tasks to be performed by the Selected Candidate: Candidate will perform IBM WebSphere design, administration and Other Middleware System architecture and administration tasks on Red Hat, Windows and AIX operating systems. Candidate will perform IBM WebSphere, HCL Portal, Elastic product design, administration and Other Middleware System architecture and administration tasks on Red Hat, Windows and AIX operating systems.
• Work with various agencies WebSphere middleware to consolidate, on-board, configure and maintain the WAS ND 8.5/9.x environment on Linux, AIX and Windows.
• Support highly visible P1/Sev1 applications such as IJAB Portal which hosts Electronic Fingerprint Process, Criminal and Non-criminal background checks, RAP Sheets, maintain Criminal history, SafeAct, Sex Offenders, NYSPIN applications for Public Safety.
• Support HCL Portal Product which includes day to day support for deployment of and configuration of Portal and Portlet Applications and Resources, upgrade and maintain.
• Assist and help to Automate the Enterprise Application using Jenkins and other Automation frameworks.
• Responsibilities which require Installation, Administration, Problem determination and resolution of WebSphere Process Manager and Elastic Products.
• Provide assistance in migrating and configuring Java applications from Windows environment to WAS ND Linux and AIX environment
• Responsibilities include providing web server support for the agency's developers running mission critical java application. This responsibility includes troubleshooting java errors, java code, web server errors and database connection issues.
• Candidate will be tasked with applying software enhancements, security patches and bug fixes to the WAS and other supported middleware environment on a schedule basis.
• Work with the development staff and other teams on a regular basis to determine best approach for new application development (ex. Database connections, Security, External vs. Internal)
• Candidate will proactively monitor server and web server logs in order to meet service level agreements for application uptime.
• Candidate will be tasked with maintaining the WebSphere and other middleware with regular configuration Backup's.
• Candidate will be responsible for running UNIX commands in order to perform UNIX OS and Middleware tasks.
• Address and resolve technical issues in a timely manner. If necessary to work with vendor support to resolve web server and operating system issues ,24 x7 x365.
• Candidate will be tasked with documenting procedures into Wiki articles and training staff members as needed.

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