Product Specialist 5 / PS5

Idealforce has  CONTRACT position available immediately for a Product Specialist 5 / PS5 to join our customer in Columbus, OH. This is a Remote position. The person in this role should be someone that is seeking and is excited by new challenges.
Job Description: Looking for candidate to function as a SME on enterprise systems, with advance skills in administering WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration (including Azure, AWS, and Google) and containerized application platform on Linux / AIX. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in a multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise class environments.
Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of Unix, Linux, Windows operating system and system administration tasks
• Highly available vertical / horizontal scaling, disaster recovery capabilities
• Single Sign On, network load balancer, firewall, IP subnets.
• On-Prem monitoring tools like Splunk, Dynatrace,
• Cloud monitoring capabilities like Azure Monitor
• CI/CD pipelines: Jenkins, Nexis, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Version control subsystem like: Git, Subversion, etc.
• Storage subsystem
• Salesforce
• Knowledge of application development, implementation and deployment experience.
• Web services and data integration techniques, messaging and transformation.

Skills

• Experience performing system and software audits.
• Assesses and analyzes business requirements, current state environment and technology choices to evaluate security solution alternatives that meet solution architecture needs and support enterprise requirements.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills related to Cloud, IAM and privileged access management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, on both technical and non-technical topics
• Prioritize tasks effectively to ensure that project deliverables and deadlines are met.
• Advanced root cause analysis and written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience supporting and participating in 24 X 7 on-call weekly rotation.
• Experience handling and reacting to infrastructure alerts reacting quickly.
• Communicating:

o Communicate with clients, assisting them with their needs to ensure client satisfaction. Communicate the deployment/release schedule, release artifacts, priorities, and status to all stakeholders.

• Coordinate releases with internal stakeholders.
• Champion best practices and quality standards.
• Participate in functional and technical meetings throughout the development lifecycle.

Containers and Cloud Management

• Work with cloud platforms Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Experience support SaaS products in the cloud – Adobe enterprise, MuleSoft Cloud Integration
• Deploy and manage containerized application in a cloud environment.
• Understands clustered container orchestration configuration and setup of Kubernetes / OpenShift platform.
• Work with cloud vendors and cloud hosting service providers and recommend infrastructure solutions.
• Experience implementing security and best practices for cloud-based systems.
• Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud.
• Experience in deploying infrastructure as code using Azure CI/CD Pipe lines from Azure repos

Abilities and Mandatory skills WebSphere

• Perform upgrades, patches, and fix security issues.
• Monitor application performance, system performance, troubleshoot and diagnose issues and implement fixes.
• Work closely with the development teams to design solutions, deploy and maintain application.
• Install, configure and deploy new WebSphere application servers on AIX and Linux
• Write and deploy shell scripts, automate tasks.
• Experience working with SSL and application security in WebSphere.
• Troubleshoot, collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Participate in defining corporate implementation and integration strategies of new technologies.
• Experience administering platforms like MuleSoft, RabbitMQ, Docker / Podman, Promethus, Azure CI / CD.

Certifications or Desired skills if any WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker, Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript
Nice To Have Skills:Azure repos and Azure DevOps.
Years of Relevant Experience:10 Years
Preferred Education:4 Year college degree or equivalent – Computer Science
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience

• 10 years experience- Required
• 4 Year college degree or equivalent – Computer Science-Required
• Experience administering platforms like MuleSoft, RabbitMQ, Docker / Podman, Promethus, Azure CI / CD- Required 8  Years
• Install, configure and deploy new WebSphere application servers on AIX and Linux- Required 8 Years
• Experience deploying Containers, Microservices, Kubernetes, etc. both in on-prem and cloud- Required 8 Years
• Certified in WebSphere, AIX / Unix, Linux, Azure CI/CD, Azure or AWS. RedHat Open Shit, Docker, Python, Windows Power Shell and JavaScript- Highly desired 
• Azure repos and Azure DevOps experience- Highly desired
• Highly available vertical / horizontal scaling, disaster recovery capabilities- Required 10 Years
• hands-on experience in a multi-tier and multi-platform enterprise class environments- Required 10 Years
• advanced skills in administering WebSphere Application Server, cloud system administration and containerized applications- Required 10 Years

  THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES:
Email your candidate/s resume to  jb dot resumes at idealforce.com  along with the following details: Rate, Current location and Availability.
Disclaimer :
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.