Websphere Middleware Engineer

Procom Consultants Group; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable IT services provider is seeking a Websphere Middleware Engineer for a contract role in Durham, NC. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience in WebSphere middleware roles. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining the middleware infrastructure, providing support for applications, and troubleshooting database issues. The position requires onsite work and support after hours as needed. Competitive compensation and a contract length of over 3 months are offered.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years in a WebSphere‑Middleware Engineer role.
• Experience administering WebSphere and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain WebSphere middleware infrastructure.
• Provide level 3 and 4 support for applications.
• Configure JDBC providers for database connections.

Skills

Troubleshooting skills

UNIX command line experience

Scripting or programming experience

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

WebSphere

WebSphere MQ

Oracle

DB2

Job description

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.

With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian‑Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.

Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:

• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy

Specialties

• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

Job Description

Websphere Middleware Engineer

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Websphere Middleware Engineer for a contract opportunity in Durham, NC.

Websphere Middleware EngineerJob Details

• Design, build, and maintain the operational readiness of the WebSphere‑middleware infrastructure in a 24 x 7 x forever computing environment.
• Provides level 3 and 4 support (occasionally outside of business hours) for projects and implemented applications
• Create and configure clusters having multiple vertical and horizontal clones, configuring and tuning JVM parameters, class path settings, virtual hosting and session management.
• Configure JDBC providers, Data sources, connection pool for Oracle, DB2.
• Troubleshoot many database issues and work with DBA for fixing those issues.
• Configure WebSphere MQ JMS provider that provides J2EE connection factories for making connections to MQ queue and destination.
• Set up environment for application packaging and deploying Enterprise Application Archive (EAR), Web Application Archive (WAR) in WebSphere on Development, QA, staging and production environments.

Websphere Middleware Engineer Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 to 7 years in a WebSphere‑Middleware Engineer role
• Experience administering, and engineering any combination of the following: WebSphere WAS‑WebSphere MQ‑Serena Dimensions‑Wily
• Well‑developed troubleshooting skills
• UNIX command line experience
• Scripting or programming experience

Soft Skills/Abilities

• Data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Communication Skills
• Process flows
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies MS ExcelMS WordMS VisioInternet/Intranet in addition to other job related systems
• Professional Certification Working Conditions
• This position requires work onsite, after‑hours, and on weekends as needed.Websphere

Middleware EngineerStart Date

ASAP

Websphere Middleware EngineerAssignment Length

3+ months

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.