Websphere Application Server Consultant/WAS Administrator/MQ Build Spe

WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER CONSULTANT/WAS ADMINISTRATOR/MQ BUILD SPECIALIST, HAMPSHIRE

Our client a Software Consultancy company require the services of a WebSphere Application Server Consultant based in Basingstoke, Hampshire with some travel to Paddington in London. The WAS/MQ Build Specialist will be expected to adopt a consultative approach with Middleware Engineering and across other departments as to best practice in the design and implementation of new services.

Essential skills:

- Commercial IT exposure in a large systems (150+) Server environment
- Significant working knowledge with the following WebSphere skills is required for the role:
- Solid experience of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND) with in-depth technical knowledge of V7.0 and preferably V8.5
- IBM HTTP Server (IHS)
- Installation, patching, configuring, problem determination
- Keystore management – CSR, importing, receiving etc
- ISA, AST, working with IBM on PMRs etc
- JDK 1.5 and J2EE 1.4.x or above
- Scripting with Jython and Unix Shell
- Solid experience of WebSphere MQ (WMQ) with in-depth technical knowledge of v7.0, v7.5.x
- Installation, patching, configuring, problem determination.
- In depth knowledge of MQSC scripting, MQ clustering and Publish/Subscriber techniques
- Knowledge on MQ in an HACMP environment, MQ API and MQ multi instance setup.
- Good understanding and use of MQ Exits
- Should be familiar with SSL protocol, key exchange (public and private), digital signatures, cryptographic algorithms, and certificate authorities.
- Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, host file, Virtual Hosts and HTTP traffic)
- Practical experience of other Middleware technologies
- UNIX administration skills on AIX, Solaris would be advantageous
- Problem diagnosis and resolutions skills
- Knowledge of MS Office suite
- Familiarisation with ITIL principles and preferably ISEB accredited
- Experience of problem and change control management processes including use of applications such as Remedy and Quality Center
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable skills:

- The following experience would be beneficial:
- Knowledge of SiteMinder and LDAP
- DataPower XI50 appliance
- Be familiar with XML, XML Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT), XPath, and XML Schema Definition (XSD) SOAP and Web Services.
- Tivoli Monitoring (ITM)/ITCAM
- HACMP, MQ Cluster, MQ API Exits
- HTTP/HTTPS, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
- XML language