The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Senior Middleware Administrator in Atlanta, GA.

Role Description

The Senior Middleware Administrator is responsible for supporting all aspects of the GDOL Middleware environment, including, but not limited to, builds/deployment, patching and maintenance, automation (scripting), Project Support, troubleshooting, design, and certificate management. This position works closely with Network Security, Application Development, Project Management, and Linux and Microsoft OS Server administration teams and is responsible for all facets related directly to or projects involving Middleware platform and infrastructure. The successful candidate should be highly skilled technically, with the ability to adapt quickly and provide solutions to complex scenarios.

Responsibilities:

1. Perform administrator duties for IBM WebSphere Application Servers V7, V8 & V8.5, creating scripts to automate manual tasks.

2. Build/deploy and maintain WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat and IIS environments.

3. Adhere to standards, processes, procedure and audit compliance controls. Maintain security audit requirements for Middleware Products.

4. Design and build automated code deployment systems that simplify development work and make deployments more consistent and issues predictable.

5. Perform patching, and ensure security compliance

6. Leverage open source technologies such as Jenkins, Grafana, etc.

Provide Linux support and develop/maintain Linux/Unix shell scripts. Implement and maintain Linux/Unix security.
Perform appropriate Change Management duties to comply with IT policies and procedures.
Perform appropriate Incident Management duties to comply with IT policies and procedures.
Report progress on a weekly basis of status on all assigned work tasks in a written report.
On call support and occasional weekend onsite support. Provide L2/L3 support.
Create process documentation for team and provide internal training to team members.
Document complex design items through documents and whiteboard sessions.

Skills & Requirements

Required Experience/Skills:

5+ years’ experience in supporting the Production environment running on Middleware Products such as IBM WebSphere Application V7, V8.5 & 9.0, IHS and IIS.
2+ years of experience in Tomcat, Apache HTTP server and Oracle WebLogic
3+ years of experience with installation and maintenance of software on Windows and Linux/Unix.
2+ years of working experience with Jenkins pipelines (declarative scripts)
3+ years’ experience with Windows, Linux (Centos, RHEL, SLES) and AIX.
Proficiency with shell scripts, such as bash or sh.
Experience with applying patches to middleware environments.
Experience supporting audits and providing evidence of compliance
Experience in analyzing memory leaks, thread dumps and heap dumps.
Proven ability to design automated CI/CD solutions for our middleware and IIS environment.
Knowledge of Jenkins pipelines to deliver automated deployments and testing.
Experience with creating and maintaining certificates using openssl, keytool, SSL protocols, ciphers and other security requirements.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

Knowledge/experience working with Citrix Load Balancers and Edge servers.
Knowledge/experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, subversion, Maven and Ansible.
3. Knowledge/experience working with web services and micro services technologies.

Familiarity with IBM COTS applications like Maximo, connect direct and eClient.
Proficiency scripting languages, such as YAML, JACL, JYTHON, PowerShell and Python.
Experience with Microsoft’s Active Directory.

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays’ guiding principles is ‘do the right thing’.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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