Tibco Admin/Platform

Position: Tibco Admin/Platform
Location: Portland OR
Contract

Essential Responsibilities

Platform Management
Install, configure, and maintain TIBCO and ESB product environments.
Apply updates, patches, maintenance packs, and fixes across all environments.
Perform periodic health checks and generate platform status reports.
Collaboration & Optimization
Work closely with developers, DBAs, network engineers, QA, and support teams.
Design and optimize ESB environments for performance and scalability.
Automation & Standards
Develop scripts to automate administrative tasks.
Define and enforce server configuration standards.
Release & Deployment
Manage off-hours releases of code and configuration changes to QA and Production.
Own environment administration tasks across assigned projects.
Support & Monitoring
Provide on-call support as needed.
Categorize and respond to support issues with appropriate urgency.
Use tools like TIBCO Hawk for proactive monitoring and diagnostics.
Documentation & Compliance
Create and maintain operational documentation (procedures, checklists, instructions).
Ensure compliance with CarMax security standards and practices.
Capacity & Training
Conduct system capacity planning and performance tuning.
Provide 2nd and 3rd level support.
Train junior staff and hand over documentation and artifacts.
Infra /Server/Admin production support
Qualifications & Requirements

Technical Expertise
10+ years in technology roles; 10+ years as TIBCO administrator
5+ years in integration development disciplines.
Experience in Infra /Server/Admin production support
Strong understanding of Linux/Unix and Solaris clustering.
Deep knowledge of infrastructure domains: storage, networking, security.
TIBCO Product Knowledge
TIBCO EMS: create topics, queues, bridges.
TIBCO RV, Hawk: configuration and monitoring.
TIBCO BusinessWorks, , Administrator.
ESB service environment administration.
Integration & Security
SOAP, JMS, SOA development.
XML, XSD, XSLT standards.
API Gateway technologies.
PGP key and certificate management.
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD tools and scripting (PowerShell preferred).
Experience with IBM Mainframe, Oracle, SQL Server.
Familiarity with Java, XML, HTML.
Soft Skills
Excellent client-facing communication.
Strong documentation and mentoring capabilities.
Ability to manage timelines and influence team delivery.