Remote Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator
About The Position
The Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator administers, configures, maintains, secures, and provides operational support for enterprise IBM WebSphere platforms and supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on keeping environments highly available, secure, and compliant while using automation to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and maintain consistency across middleware services. The administrator supports IBM WebSphere Application Server (traditional and Network Deployment), IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere Portal, and, where applicable, WebSphere Liberty. The role also supports secondary web platforms and the Linux and Windows servers underpinning middleware environments. Responsibilities include security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, upgrades, certificate and identity-security administration, performance analysis, troubleshooting, change and incident management, documentation, and audit evidence. The position develops and maintains automation using Shell, Python, and JACL/wsadmin scripting, and supports deployments, configuration updates, certificate management, reporting, health checks, CI/CD processes, and enterprise automation tools. Applicants need a BA/BS and 6–8 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience, at least six years of middleware administration experience focused primarily on enterprise WebSphere environments, and must be a U.S. citizen able to obtain a government security clearance.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree and 6–8 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 6 years of middleware administration experience, primarily focused 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 U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a government security clearance.
- Experience with WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere Portal.
- Experience with wsadmin scripting (JACL and Jython), Shell, Python, XML, HTML, Awk, Sed, and Curl.
- Administration experience with Linux (RHEL, SUSE), AIX, and Windows Server.
- Knowledge of SSL/TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, LTPA, and security hardening.
- Experience with REST API integration, task scheduling, and operational scripting.
- Experience with IBM DB2 and general database connectivity/data source configuration.
- Experience with JVM tuning, monitoring, and performance analysis.
- Working knowledge of Apache, Tomcat, and IIS.
Nice To Haves
- WebSphere Liberty experience.
- Administration experience with Kafka, Zookeeper, Artifactory, WordPress, ServiceNow, or Remedy.
- Experience with Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
- Experience supporting security audits and compliance frameworks.
- Working exposure to Oracle WebLogic; a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (traditional and Network Deployment), IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere Portal, including cell, node, cluster, and application server configuration.
- Support WebSphere Liberty environments where applicable.
- Support secondary web platforms, including Apache, Tomcat, and 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
