Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator
About The Position
The Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator administers, configures, maintains, secures, and supports enterprise IBM WebSphere platforms and their supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on maintaining highly available, secure, and compliant environments while applying automation to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and ensure 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 Linux and Windows servers. Responsibilities include security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, upgrades, certificate and identity-security administration, performance analysis, troubleshooting, change and incident management, service restoration, and maintaining operational and compliance documentation. The role develops automation using Shell, Python, and JACL/wsadmin scripting and supports CI/CD processes and enterprise automation tools where applicable. The position requires a BA/BS degree and 6–8 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, including at least six years of middleware administration experience focused primarily on enterprise WebSphere environments. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a government security clearance. The role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology, so applicants should be eligible for any required U.S. Government authorizations.
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 and able to obtain a government security clearance.
- Technical skills in 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.
- IBM DB2 knowledge and general database connectivity/data source configuration experience.
- 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.
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 and secondary web platforms such as 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
