WebSphere Systems Engineer

Job ID GBS-0604007 Job type Full-time Regular Work country USA Position type Professional Work city Bethesda,MD Posted 22-Oct-2013 Travel No travel Job area Consulting & Services Business group Global Business Services Job category IT Specialist Business unit ConServ Job role Infrastructure Specialist Job role skillset AIX/UNIX Commissionable/Sales-Incentive jobs only No

Job description

We are seeking a WebSphere Engineer who is responsible for developing and designing scripts in an IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) environment. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for Application installation, tuning, JVM (Java Virtual Machine) configuration, Application Root Cause Analysis, and Heap Dump Analysis. Candidate is expected to provide leadership and direction for the WAS environment. Must have specific recent experience with WAS version 6 and 7. Should have experience in both AIX and Red Hat Linux. Should have experience with WAS and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) integration, system deployments and application upgrades. Demonstrated experience of capacity planning, performance management, and security compliance (Nist 800-53), as well as the tools and processes that monitor the operational status of WAS. Should have experience with ITCAMS (Tivoli Composite Applications Manager). The candidate Should have reasonable knowledge of Java and JavaScript. Should have experience with Scripting, Cron, and Perl. Should have good technical writing and speaking ability and must be able to be comfortable in a high stress environment. Must be able to work effectively in a team environment. The actual work location for this position is Suitland, MD. Selected candidates may not need to travel for all projects outside of their metro area. However, all candidates must be able and willing to travel based on assigned project demand. Travel requirements may vary but could be up to 100%. Candidates are not able to refuse project based on travel Be a part of making the world more instrumented, interconnected - and intelligent. Join us. Interested in learning more about IBM? Check out the IBM Global Careers newsletter. (2252) R2CJ LI-DNP

Required High School Diploma/GED At least 3 years experience in system engineer for WAS in RHEL & AIX environments. At least 3 years experience in writing and maintaining scripts (e.g. kornshell or Perl) and cron jobs. U.S. citizenship required English: Fluent

Preferred Bachelor's Degree At least 5 years experience in Java, JavaScript. At least 5 years experience in Oracle (10g & 11g) database, Endeca, ArcGIS. At least 5 years experience in large complex heterogeneous environments(AIX, Red Hat Linux, Windows). Security clearance of MBI

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