Position title: websphere admin
Location: 100 percent remote in USA
Contract: 6+ months contract to hire
Pay rate: open w-2
Interview process: one and done video interview
Work Status: anyone who can work on apex w-2
Must have: websphere admin experience, mainframe, z/os or any mainframe technologies
Websphere Admin – MAINFRAME ONLY
US OS and do level of automation and experience in managing, admin and config with some support on Websphere Serve on Mainframe
On-call and weekend support needed – migrations and upgrades.
Taking systems down, migrate and patch
Set-up, policy and procedure experience
App Server on Mainframe only – infra sitting on mainframe and need help
Because infra role focused with the on-call/weekend (Saturday night maintenance) will make up for the hours from weekend during their M – F – flat 40 hours
On-call is rotation once a month – if get call for support the hours are “given back” from the current week or following.
ACTUAL JOB TITLE: Web Middleware Engineering provides centralized Middleware Infrastructure support for DTCC’s business applications.
Job Description:
• Responsible for leading several projects that involves design and development of the complex Middleware environment involving IBM HTTP server and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
• WebSphere Application Server z/OS Installation, Configuration, Support and Troubleshooting
• Production Support Skills for the WebSphere Application for z/OS Environment.
• WebSphere RACF security, access and roles setup and configuration
• WebSphere Application Server Administration & working knowledge of IBM mainframe Operating System
• Knowledge of webserver integration with WebSphere Application Server
Middleware team delivers infrastructure capabilities that emphasize the collaboration between development and infrastructure to meet business needs. This is done by providing technology services that are highly available, cost-effective, and risk appropriate.
*Work as a Member of The Web-Middleware Engineering Team in The Configuration, Maintenance, And Support of various Middleware Technologies.
The primary responsible role will be for to:
*Provide support to the various middleware technologies managed by the team with primary focus on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
Will be responsible for Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures such as automation through scripting, programming, etc.
*3-4 years’ experience in supporting real time production environments.
*Extensive debugging skills and troubleshooting experience
*Experience with Middleware technologies like z/OS Connect and APIs is a plus
*Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages: Rexx, Java, C, C++
*General knowledge of industry principles and familiarity with modern technologies like Amazon cloud, Unix/Linux, virtualization, etc. is good to have but not a requirement
Mainframe skills:
MVS: z/OS , TSO/E, ISPF, JES2 , JCL, RACF, VTAM, USS, OMVS, SMF, zFS, MQ, CICS TS, DB2
TCP/IP knowledge
Encryption Protocols & Ciphers