Description
WebSphere Application Consultant
Contract - Dublin, Ireland - 6 months +
My client is searching and selecting for a team member within the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment technical support team to include the system programming support, version migration support, installation, configuration and maintenance of the WebSphere environment on the zSeries platform. Additional duties include the evaluation and integration of new technologies; advanced support issues to insure high availability; coordination and communication; and consulting compliance with all policies, principles and directives.
Succesful candidates will be on-boarded only after the BGV completion
Skills and experience:
- Systems programming experience on the zSeries (Mainframe) platform supporting WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment with a 4 year college degree in computer science or equivalent 6 years of systems programming experience on the zSeries platform supporting WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
- Recent WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment migration experience including from version 6.1 to version 8.5.
- In depth working knowledge of the capabilities and use of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment installation and customization in a large scale high availability deployment manager infrastructure.
- Thorough working knowledge of the capabilities and use of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Scripting administration in a large scale high availability deployment manager infrastructure including applications deployment.
- Detailed working knowledge of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and zSeries performance monitoring software.
- Exposure to other zSeries platform components including "hands on" technical experience supporting CICS TS, DB2, IMS, MQSeries, Webservices, and OEM products.
- Thorough working knowledge and experience with the use of IBM's SMP/E and/or IBM installation manager.
- Strong debugging, dump and trace processing/review skills. In this area, JAVA Enterprise Edition (JAVA EE or J2EE) application programming experience is a plus.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently. Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high pressure situations.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation).
- Exposure to datapower administration is a plus.