Description
Top financial institution seeking WebSpehere AS Mainframe/zOS expert to join as a contractor.
Responsibilities:
- Adhering to SLAs
- ITIL Processes awareness and adhering to
- Data Center planning/Migration and designing of Web & Middleware infrastructure module
- High availability and clustering for Application Server and Messaging/Integration Server "like WebSphere AS, MQ and MB" Using Hardware and software products
- Work closely and as a technical team member, determine the best solution from the set of possible solutions based on client needs & existing infrastructure, scalability, maintainability, and extensibility
- Expert in POC for technology refresh, upgrade and transformation
- Translating logical designs into physical designs taking account of target environment, performance requirements, existing systems and any potential safety-related aspects
- Provide on-the-job training and skill transfer to WebSphere Application Server for z/OS to colleagues
- Documenting all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
- Ensuring architecture compliance to the Banks standards are adhered to by all dependent stakeholders and suppliers
- Ensuring that projects follow correct design governance principles.
- Architect/Design Clustering, Work load balancing in client environment.
- Educate the team on new releases of the product
- Conduct Product specific Trainings at department level
- Assist the team in identifying issues and in preparing Root Cause Analysis for Major incidents/problems.
- Analysis and Design application hosting on Middleware product suits.
- Architecture planning and designing the application platform, ie What should be OS, Middleware product, Database and their storage techniques
- Broad knowledge of high-performance, highly-available computing environments and integration of technical products into complex environment
- Vast experience in migrating/upgrading the Middleware product suits
- Mentoring/Training Team Members
- Handling tickets/requests
- Identifying issues with existing implementation level architectures and follows appropriate procedures for resolution
- Troubleshooting technical issues
- Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to
- Oversees and is responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration and migration
- Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA
- Understanding of Multi-geo support environment
- Responsible for building/maintaining a test environment
- Responsible for strategizing a backup plan and test plan for failure scenario
- Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction
- Suggests new technologies and design changes
- Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members
- Planning Backup/Restoration Strategy for 24x7 operation support
- Suggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security level
- Testing/Auditing/processes as required from time to time
- Identify Skill gaps and plan for training/knowledge updating
- Assist/Plan/Procedure in Data center consolidation efforts
- Perform H/W & performance tuning and maintenance
- Day-to-Day reporting analysis tasks
- Vendor co-ordination & follow-up
- Assisting with the creation, monitoring and reporting of progress against project plans and identifying corrective action where necessary.
Technical Requirements
- Installing the WebSphere Application Server( IHS,Plug-ins,App Servers etc ) on zOS
- Configuration for Workload management, High Availability systems using LPARAS/sysplex
- Implementation of recovery, backup procedures on zOS
- Perform Analysis of the Middleware Solution and recommend design improvements
- To work closely with development teams on the design and implementation of Middleware applications
- Troubleshooting Escalated Technical issues related to Middleware Infrastructure
- Manage and assist the resolution of complex issues that span multiple Technologies and teams
- Perform Analysis of the issues, prepare Root Cause Analysis and recommend solutions for improvements.
- Capacity planning and fine tune system for optimal performance
- Performance Management & fine tuning
- Experience in Disaster recovery planning, High availability Design and Business continuity
- Facilitate Migration of WAS from v5.3, V6.0 to v8.0 & V8.5 on MF/zOS
- Configuring the Application, App server with the help of Plug-in