IBM Specialist (WAS & ISAM) - Federal Project Remote

Job Title: IBM Specialist (Federal Project) US Citizenship Required: Yes Office Location: Remote Employment Type: Long term Contract General Description: This role will perform Application Middleware engineer tasks to support installation and maintenance of Web Server, Application Server, Application Release and Deployment support, Testing, Troubleshooting, and co-ordination with the data center and integrated application teams. Primary Responsibilities: • Installation and maintenance of IBM WebSphere, IBM Security Verify Access, and IBM Security Verify Governance. • Monitor all installed applications, and infrastructure to ensure the systems and infrastructure availability • Monitor and test application performance for potential issues, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement fixes • Provide system and application installation, patching, maintenance, and updates support as required • Develop and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks. • Collaborate with the application developer, tester, and application engineer for the application release. • Provide testing support for the data center operations and maintenance activities. • Provide research, diagnose, troubleshoot, and identify solutions to resolve any system issues. • Support system infrastructure and network change request tasks. • Collaborate with various support teams for any cross-system troubleshooting efforts. • Support system security finding/vulnerabilities remediation and ensure appropriate response to the risk and findings • Provide clients with technical support as needed and relay information to our development teams for ongoing maintenance and update needs • Support incident response process including documenting, communicating issues, issues analysis and reporting through completion. • Document installation and configuration of product installation and create/maintain the application release implementation and configuration documentation. • Perform diagnostic tests and debugging procedures for improving code and re-designing tasks Required Skills: • 5-7 years of experience as Application Middleware Engineer • Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other equivalent experience. • Must have working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting in UNIX /Linux based environments • Working experience with the AWS Cloud hosted application environment. • Strong hands-on experience in managing incidents, operational issues and driving operational excellence for the services/systems • Knowledge and experience with Oracle scripting and query (SQL or PL/SQL) • Knowledge of the network protocols to identify the network connectivity and DNS requirements. • Have knowledge of data analysis and technique • Experience in RESTAPI, Postman, and other API tool testing • Knowledge of application security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques • Ability to handle client and customer issues tactfully and professionally • Highly organized and detail-oriented • Able to work in a fast-paced work environment • Able to work independently with minimal guidance and supervision • Able to research to solve complex issues and collaboration • Additional Eligibility Requirements: Must be a US Citizen and able to pass security clearance