Websphere Application Server (WAS) Specialist

Specialists in this job role have expertise in translating IT requirements in the design, development, and assembly of components to create custom information systems. Typical examples of the deliverables are functional and technical designs, models, components, code, unit tests, and documentation. IT Specialists who primarily apply their technical skills in an internal or external customer billable services and implementation environment.

The senior level system administrator is an individual with extensive product knowledge of WebSphere. The candidate will deploy applications by Scripting the automatic deployment based on input from the application vendors. The candidate is expected to plan, install and configure the product, implement applications, set up distributed queuing, enable appropriate security, administer and operate a queue manager network, enforce organizational and operational standards, perform basic problem determination and implement clustering and publish/subscribe topologies.

Extensive description of the required skills

- AIX & Linux skills (incl. shell+D237 Scripting)
- WebSphere Application Server ND (v6.1,v7.0,v8.5)
- Application deployment
- Setup and configure SSL-MA
- IBM httpserver or Apache httpserver & WAS plugin
- networks (TCP/IP, routing)
- clustering & loadbalancing
- Jython, Urban Code (new standard as deployment tool) is not mandatory but a preference.
- good communication skills.

Work experience needed

- Min 5 years working as a senior WAS engineer within a project environment
- Experience of above within a project environment using ITIL and Prince concepts