Sr. Administrator, WebSphere and MQ recruitment

Scope of Work:
* Primary Administrator and Support for Middleware technologies including Websphere ND Application Server, MQ Series, Pega PRPC application software.
* Responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of complex, mission-critical middleware installations.
* Coordinate and direct research efforts to discover modifications and enhancements to existing configurations and procedures.
* Manage Middleware release and patch levels, technology versioning and product roadmaps.
* Conduct evaluations of overall system performance to develop and implement recommendations to address and resolve issues.
* Responsible for the configuration, maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting of high-availability middleware and web services that make up the strategic Application Infrastructure/enabling Technologies (WebSphere, MQ, IIS, Apache, Pega PRPC)
* Work with application development groups to tune and troubleshoot their applications within a fault-tolerant WebSphere/WAS environment
* Advises on and resolves issues that may occur within middleware services and inter-operability with RDBMS and other integrated back-end systems.
* Develop processes needed to model, integrate, automate and manage reliable, highly-available, and flexible business Middleware installations
* Acts as a liaison with application teams and infrastructure teams to define requirements and/or determination of problems
* Evaluate overall system performance to develop and implement recommendations to address and resolve issues.
* Manage system integrity and availability
* Interfaces with division personnel, applications/systems analysts, manufacturer's representatives and departmental personnel to implement new projects and provide assistance in resolution of technical issues.
* Design and implement monitoring and alerting technologies and processes
* Off-hours support and on-call rotation required
* Capacity planning and performance tuning
* Assist in defining, documenting, and socializing clear and effective support and escalation processes
* Software package review, installation, configuration and maintenance
* Research, planning and coordination of the implementation of new technology
* Create and update system documentation

Technical Requirements
* 5+ years hands-on experience in System Administration and Support with a focus on Middleware technologies, including at least 3 years current experience with WebSphere installation, configuration, administration and support in high-availability, multi-platform environments.
* Expert knowledge of IBM Websphere Application Server ND, WAS clustering and failover, Deployment Manager
* Experience installing and maintaining J2EE-based Application Server environments
* Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
* Skilled at monitoring performance of software and hardware and recommending and implementing changes to maintain acceptable performance
* Experience anticipating future performance requirements to support growth and scalability
* Able to develop new technical processes and make recommendations for the improvement of existing processes
* Shell scripting for administrative purposes
* Experience implementing and managing SSL certificates
* Strong communications skills and the ability to self manage

Empiric Solutions were established in 2005 and are one of the foremost providers of niche and specialist recruitment services within IT, Finance and Industry and Commerce globally. In December 2010, we became a Virgin Fast Track 100 company for the second consecutive year (3rd Fastest Growing company 2009).