Hi
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*We need a **Websphere Administrators at Somerset, NJ, Scranton, PA.*
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*(Citizens only)*
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*Please respond with the Requirement Number*
Position Type: *Contract/Full Time*
We will also consider candidates who can be at the below location for 3
months and then work remotely. Please submit both remote and onsite
inclusive rates.
Rate - *Open*
*Requirement 1*
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Job:* Websphere Technical Support – 7 positions*
Location:* Somerset, NJ, Scranton, PA*
Start Date:* ASAP*
Visa Status:* US Citizens only*
*Principal Responsibilities:*
Provides 24/7 technical assistance for a number of platforms, during issues
and/or outages. Areas to include but are not limited to Mainframe and
Distributed business applications, operating systems, hardware components
and the network infrastructure.
Assists in identifying and implementing process and processing improvements
for a number of operational, development and support teams
Performs basic programming/scripting in the distributed environments
Composes and reviews documentation supporting operational processes and
service restoration.
Deploy, monitor and troubleshoot applications in the WebSphere Application
Server and Portal environments
Incident and problem management
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*Knowledge/Skills/Competencies Desired:*
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technology field strongly
desired
3-5 years experience working with WebSphere Application Server and Portal
environments
Strong problem solving skills
Strong analytical and communications skills
Strong listening skills
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*Requirement 2 – 5 Positions*
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*Requirements/Skill sets: Websphere Engineer*
Location:* Somerset, NJ, Scranton, PA*
Start Date:* ASAP*
Visa Status:* US Citizens only*
*Functional Responsibilities - Engineering/Design/Implementation of Web
Application Infrastructure, include:*
Requirements gathering in the areas of performance, scalability and
availability
Requirements gathering and documentation of application characteristics,
including means of implementation, backend resources, third-party software
requirements, etc
Design of web hardware infrastructure Authorship of design documents,
topologies, and guiding these through the design approval process
Specification of implementation instructions, monitoring requirements,
network hardware requirements, application-modification instructions
Authorship of runbooks, restoration of service guides.
Technical support for web application developers Providing leadership in the
areas of standardization and best practices, as well as application trouble
shooting activities
Monitoring, tuning and performance testing activities for live and in-flight
applications
Hands-on implementation and trouble-shooting in all pre-production
environments Trouble-shooter of last resort in all production environments
*Typical Experience:*
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline with
3-5 years experience in all phases of Web and e-commerce Systems or
equivalent, LAN/WAN application systems development or UNIX operating
system, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
*Key Competencies:*
In-depth knowledge of Web and traditional systems end to end Though our
group’s core competency is web/application tier system software and hardware
a working knowledge of all application components, such as RDBMS’s, LDAP,
queueing solutions is required.
A strong working knowledge, including design and advanced trouble-shooting
skills, of major web and application tier software offerings is required.
Experience w/ WebSphere Application Server and IIS/.NET implementations is a
must.
A good working knowledge of the capabilities of current state network
devices, particularly load-balancers, DNS and hardware encryption devices
Ability to communicate w/ network personal in their own language is a must
for specifying the use and configuration of these devices.
*Key Competencies:*
Strong skills in operating system (Unix/Windows Server) configuration and
maintenance
Software engineering experience is a strong plus, as the infrastructure
engineer’s customers will generally come from this community.
Advanced leadership and communication skills essential The engineer will be
taking the lead on projects involving many technical disciplines, and be
driving all involved towards successful implementation of highly complex
projects.
Ability to ramp up on new technology quickly We are required to support our
customers no matter what platform they require. Engineers are often asked to
learn and acquire expert level skills with unfamiliar technology in a very
tight time-frame.
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*Requirement 3*
*Requirements/Skill sets: Senior Websphere Administrator – 3 positions*
Location:* Somerset, NJ, Scranton, PA*
Start Date:* ASAP*
Visa Status:* US Citizens only*
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