WebSphere Portal Administrator

Sovereign Technologies; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sovereign Technologies in St. Louis is seeking a Senior WebSphere Portal Administrator with 6-8 years of experience in managing WebSphere Application Server on Unix and Windows. The ideal candidate will provide support for system administration activities and assist team members with technical issues.

The role includes troubleshooting and performance tuning of WebSphere environments and requires strong expertise in WebSphere Portal and various supporting technologies.

Qualifications

• Six to eight years of experience with WebSphere Application Server.
• Strong expertise in WebSphere Portal administration.
• Proven experience in a clustered environment.

Responsibilities

• Administer WebSphere Application Server and Web Servers in environments.
• Perform configuration changes, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Support deployments from development to production environments.

Skills

WebSphere Application Server administration

Unix and Windows OS

Change management

User management

Troubleshooting

System administration

Shell scripting

Apache/IHS

Web services

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

WebSphere Portal

Oracle RDBMS

Splunk

Jira

Job description

Sovereign Technologies is an USA based information technology consulting and software services firm providing cost effective services and solutions to clients in North America and Asia Pacific.

Job Description

CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL TO ST. LOUIS

We are looking for a Senior WebSphere Portal Administrator with 6-8 years’ experience supporting WebSphere Application Server on Unix and Windows operating systems. The candidate must demonstrate solid experience with system administration, change management, user management and software logistics to ensure smooth and efficient operation of WebSphere Application Server environment. The candidate should be able to provide 2nd level of support to 1st level Web/WebSphere/Portal Administrators within the team.

Essential Functions

• Supporting WebSphere Application Server and Web Servers (Apache, IHS, IIS) in WebSphere environments
• Day‑to‑day administration of WebSphere Portal environments including configuration changes, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Applying fixes/fixpacks, upgrades/migrations based on needs
• Support aggressive deployments from development to pre‑production and production WebSphere environments
• Troubleshoot performance problems considering infrastructure, database, and other WebSphere interfaces
• Support production environment during non‑business hours
• Provide technical support to application developers
• Document all changes, issues, and resolutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Six to eight years WebSphere Application Server experience

Strong expertise with WebSphere Portal

• Strong expertise performing WebSphere Application Server administration in a cluster environment on Linux, AIX and Windows
• Proven experience installing, upgrading and supporting WebSphere Application Server with Oracle RDBMS as a backend database and Apache/IHS as frontend webserver in WebSphere Application/Portal environments
• Good understanding of concepts and technologies such as SOA, Messaging, Transformation Engines, Webservices and Data integration techniques
• Must have completed at least 2 upgrades/migrations
• Experience with wsadmin, jacl, jython, perl, and shell scripting
• Knowledge in other supporting products such as Splunk, Jira, SVN/Maven/Artifactory is preferred
• Willing to learn new middleware software like Tibco, SAS along with reporting software like Tableau and Webfocus
• WebSphere Application Server Administration certification is preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.