Middleware Support System Administration – remote, 12 months contract.  

Minimum Qualifications

·        5 years’ experience installing, maintaining, and operating Informatica ActiveVOS

·        5 years’ experience installing, maintaining, and operating IBM Business Process Manager-BPM family of software (other titles in series: Business Automation Workflow or BAW; WebSphere Process Server or WPS)

·        5 years’ experience installing, maintaining, and operating IBM Integration Bus-IIB family of software (other titles in series: IBM App Connect Enterprise or ACE; WebSphere Message Broker)

·        5 years’ experience working with healthcare program packages: HHS Integration Software (HHS Content, HHS Notify, & HHS Audit. (All titles also previously released under Engage Point branding.)

·        4 years’ experience working with F5 Big-IP solutions for load balancing and web service security management

Desired Skills

·        Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

·        8 years experience providing analysis, architectural design, and/or implementation of:

o   WebSphere Application Server Network Deploy topologies

o   IBM messaging software

o   IBM business process software

o   IBM service bus software

·        7 years experience with Linux OS administration, operation, and scripting

·        6 years experience working with IBM Middleware hosted systems integrated with Oracle Identity and Access Management solutions

·        6 years experience working with IBM Curam

·        3 years experience supporting, maintaining, and operating IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLC) change management software

Tasks

·        Build, configure, deploy and support IBM middleware products including but not limited to: WebSphere Application Server Network Deploy, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Business Process Manager, WebSphere Transformation Extender, IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management, IBM MQSeries, and IBM Integration Bus

·        Provide support and consultation for the following custom-developed software systems, software families TPIN METS (built on IBM WebSphere & BPM, Informatica ActiveVOS, HHS Audit, HHS Content, HHS Notify) and IBM Curam for MN DHS (meeting the minimum experience requirements specified below)

·        Implement and support highly available, recoverable, and secure systems using F5 load balancer technologies

·        Create and maintain automated deployment scripts for WAS, BPM, IIB, and WTX applications using Jenkins & Ansible

·        Support and build integration between business program software and enterprise IAM security solutions

·        Respond to break/fix issues, troubleshoot and resolve server hardware and operating system issues and make recommendations for corrective action

·        Monitor supported systems through direct observation and established State of Minnesota procedures

·        Deploy code updates to middleware and in-house software packages to support testing and release schedules

·        Apply required fix-packs to the WAS, HTTP, BPM, & IIB servers

·        Maintain consistent architectural topologies in all application environments while integrating application changes and infrastructure improvements

·        Provide other middleware-related functions to support the METS and dependent applications and subsystems

·        Create technical architectural design documents

·        Provide updates as required for MNIT, MNsure and DHS leadership as required by State of Minnesota

·        Manage small to medium level projects

·        Provide knowledge transfer