WebSphere Infrastructure Engineer — DevOps & Automation

Computer Task; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

CTG is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer for our client in Manhattan, NY. The role focuses on installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting enterprise middleware and infrastructure that power critical applications.

You will manage IBM WebSphere Traditional and Liberty on Linux/UNIX, perform upgrades, patches, and deployments, and drive automation with Ansible, Git, and CI/CD tools. The position requires 24x7 production support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field and four years of relevant full-time experience in datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, or complex IT infrastructure engineering.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and support enterprise middleware and IT infrastructure supporting critical applications.
• Administer IBM WebSphere Application Server Traditional and WebSphere Liberty environments on Linux/UNIX platforms.
• Manage WebSphere Liberty configurations, including server.xml, bootstrap.properties, and jvm.options.
• Administer and support associated middleware technologies, including IBM MQ, IBM HTTP Server, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle WebLogic, and Cognos.
• Perform middleware application upgrades, patches, deployments, and configuration changes.
• Use Ansible for infrastructure administration, automation, configuration management, and application deployments.
• Support Git-based source control and configuration management, as well as CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or CloudBees.
• Apply Configuration as Code and DevOps methodologies to infrastructure management.
• Troubleshoot Java application and middleware errors and perform detailed root cause analysis.
• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve complex infrastructure issues in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Document technical issues, symptoms, resolutions, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and technical teams while independently managing priorities and deadlines.
• Provide production support and participate in after-hours, night, weekend, and 24x7 support as required.

Skills

IBM WebSphere

Linux/UNIX

Ansible automation

Git and CI/CD

Java troubleshooting

SQL

Problem solving

Communication

Independent work

24x7 support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field + 4 years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years of relevant experience

Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Tools

IBM WebSphere Application Server Traditional

WebSphere Liberty

Linux/Unix

IBM MQ

IBM HTTP Server

IBM WebSphere Message Broker

Oracle WebLogic

Cognos

Ansible

Jenkins

CloudBees

Git

Job description

CTG is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer for our client in Manhattan, NY. The role focuses on installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting enterprise middleware and infrastructure that power critical applications.

You will manage IBM WebSphere Traditional and Liberty on Linux/UNIX, perform upgrades, patches, and deployments, and drive automation with Ansible, Git, and CI/CD tools. The position requires 24x7 production support as needed.