Senior Systems Administrator-WebSphere - Madison, United States - Novalink Solutions

Description

Job DescriptionAs part of the IT Strategic Initiative, DET is interested in attaining professional services

to provide support for the Websphere service and applications for several state

agencies like Client Assistance for Reemployment and Economic Support (CARES -

Department of Health Services (DHS)), Department of Transportation (DOT) and

Department of Children and Families (DCF)'s Web Platform Services which includes

WebSphere and MQ applications. This professional services engagement is responsible

for providing support for the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of

Corrections (DOC), Department of Health Service (DHS), Department of Natural

Resources (DNR), Department of Children and Families (DCF) applications running on

WebSphere and IBM WebSphere MQ. These services provide customers with the

framework for running WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Liberty, and

WebSphere MQ in a secure environment at the Division of Enterprise Technology

(DET) Data Center.

Presently, there are numerous business applications that utilize these technologies

which are critical to the State of Wisconsin for example, Client Assistance for

Reemployment and Economic Support (CARES), Access to Eligibility Support Services

(ACCESS), Contract Administration & Reporting System (CARS), Commercial Vehicle

Info. Exchange Window (CVIEW), Electronic Version Of Motor Vehicle Forms (EMV)

and Wisconsin Carrier Registration System (WISCRS), Wisconsin Statewide Automated

Child Welfare Information System (eWisacwis), Wisconsin Asbestos and Lead

Database Online (WALDO), Substance Abuse Prevention Services Information System

(SAIS), Organ Donor, etc. The applications mentioned above will be supported by this

professional services engagement and are used by local and/or state government

agencies to provide services to citizens throughout the State. An outage to these

systems can be detrimental to state and local government functions and/or their ability

to provide service to the State's citizens.

A Systems Administrator III is appropriate for this position because we rely on

experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, they perform a variety of

complicated tasks, and a degree of creativity and latitude is expected.


Responsibilities:

• Provide support for various departments' applications running on WebSphere

and IBM WebSphere MQ

• Responsible for the installation, maintenance, support, and configuration of

hardware and software

• Responsible for application deployments
• Maintain and update infrastructure documentation
• Complete implementation of security policies and filters associated with the tools
• Provide additional troubleshooting support

Qualifications/Required Skills:

• Experience with installation, maintenance, administration and monitoring of the

WebSphere Software in a multi-platform environment (Linux and Windows) (5)

• Ability to provide proactive resolution of problems and/or alerts received by

various monitoring and management systems.

• Ability to provide resolution of connectivity problems, assisting users, and

debugging problems.

• Hands-on technical experience in support of software tools such as WebSphere

Application Server.

• Experience with a broad range of technical skills in support of all WebSphere

customers.

• Training and/or experience with scripting tools such as Bash, Korn, and Jython.
• Knowledge of change management best practices in a complex hosting

environment.

Requirements

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience: (5+ years)

Installation, maintenance, administration and monitoring of the WebSphere Software in a multi-platform environment (Linux and Windows)

Proactive resolution of problems and/or alerts received by various monitoring and management systems.

Resolution of connectivity problems, assisting users, and debugging problems.

Hands-on technical experience in support of software tools such as WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal.


Nice to Have Skills:
Provide a broad range of technical skills in support of all WebSphere customers.

Training and/or experience with scripting tools such as Bash, Korn, and Jython.

Knowledge of change management best practices in a complex hosting environment.
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