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Sovereign Technologies

WebSphere Portal Administrator

Sovereign Technologies, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146

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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 the need/requirement

Support aggressive deployments from development to pre-production and production WebSphere environments

Troubleshooting performance problems considering infrastructure, database and other WebSphere interfaces

Supporting production environment during non-business hours

Technical Support to application developers

Documenting all the changes/issues/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.

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