Senior Systems Administrator, Team Lead (Middlewar

ROSS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Toronto is seeking a hands-on team leader to manage a Middleware development team. This role involves overseeing Middleware infrastructure, defining operating procedures, and ensuring effective team management. Ideal candidates should have a computer science degree, excellent technical skills, and experience with Middleware products. Competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated team lead experience in IT.
• Relevant experience with Middleware products required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Middleware development team.
• Manage Middleware infrastructure.
• Define and manage operating procedures.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Technical troubleshooting skills

Team player attitude

Strong teamwork ethic

Experience with Middleware products

UML tool experience

Windows Host scripting

Education

University degree or diploma in Computer Science or related

Tools

Tibco components

BMC Patrol

BMC Control-M

Weblogic

Oracle databases

SQL Server databases

UNIX scripting

Job description

In this hands on team leader role, you will manage a middleware development team while also contributing to the design and implementation of solutions.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

• Lead team of 3 to 5 Systems Management administrators
• Manage support, and administration of Middleware infrastructure consisting of: Savvion BPM, BMC Patrol, BMC Control-M, Tibco ESB, and Weblogic servers
• Responsible for defining, auditing, and managing defined operating procedures for the day to day operations of Middleware infrastructure
• Review IT projects with regards to labor estimation, hardware sizing and recommendations for Middleware infrastructure
• Ensure proper deployment, auditing, and tracking of enterprise Middleware product licenses
• Manage configuration and maintenance of Middleware products/platforms
• Manage security models/mechanisms associated with each Middleware product
• Trouble-shoot Middleware infrastructure problems of various levels of magnitude in timely fashion
• Manage support of Middleware development efforts, including some design, construction, and implementation
• Develop and maintain best practices and enterprise standards for Middleware infrastructure
• Evaluate and perform associated hot-fixes/patches/upgrades
• Provide capacity planning
• Plan and manage disaster recovery plans for Middleware infrastructure
• Provide key performance metrics of Middleware infrastructure for management dashboard
• Remain aware of latest versions, new product capabilities, set up and installation requirements and base product functionality associated with portfolio of Middleware products
• Responsible for developing/co-coordinating/supporting system implementation notices for Middleware infrastructure changes
• Provide problem resolution following ITIL incident mgmt principles through use of
• Remedy-based trouble ticketing system

Qualifications

• University degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and technical trouble-shooting skills
• Strong verbal, written communication, skills and team player attitude is essential
• Demonstrated strong team work ethic
• Demonstrated team lead experience in IT
• Minimum 1-3 years relevant work experience using 1-3 of the following Middleware products: Tibco components: Business Works, EMS, Hawk, and Rendezvous; Savvion BPM; BMC Patrol; BMC Control-M; Weblogic; FTP/PGP encryption;
• Experience with integrating Middleware with Oracle and Sqlserver databases
• Experience with UML tool desirable
• Experience with UNIX scripting on SUN Solaris/HP-UX platforms required
• Some experience with Windows Host scripting language required
• Experience with XML/XSD/XLST/XPATH desirable
• Experience with Java/J2EE, C/C++, JavaScript, .NET (Visual Basic/C#) desirable
• Experience administering PGP encryption, as well as using SSH, SSL
• Some demonstrated experience with monitoring tools
• Some demonstrated experience with job control tools
• Demonstrated experience in working in IT environments having set incident and change management processes required
• Working experience with 3rd party Remedy tool as vehicle for incident management is a definite plus
• Knowledge/experience with ERWin/related data modeling software an asset
• Knowledge/some experience with EMC SANs required
• Knowledge/experience in related Systems management products such as Tivoli, and Unicenter would be considered

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