Lead Systems Engineer

Title: Lead Systems Engineer

Duration: Long Term Contract, Hybrid

Location: Dallas, TX

Pay Rate: $60/Hr to $80/Hr

Shift Timing (Day/ Evening/ Night): Day

Job Description:

• Work as Lead System Engineer is a valued member of The Middleware Delivery Services Team in the Configuration, Maintenance, And Support & Delivery of various Middleware and MQ Technologies.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration, and Administration of Middleware Technologies such as IBM MQ, Tomcat, Liberty, Kafka and PingAccess.
• Support and Troubleshooting of Middleware Technologies such as IBM MQ, Tomcat, Liberty, Kafka and PingAccess
• Troubleshooting issues related to access management solutions like IBM HIPAM etc.
• Load Balancing, High Availability, and Disaster recovery plans and configurations.
• Environment Integrations with other interfaces and 3rd party applications
• Experience in providing support and good troubleshooting experience.
• Support any new application deployed in all Dev, QA, PSE and PROD environments
• Use of monitoring tools and other 3rd party tools to maintain system health and uptime.
• Expert knowledge of incident, problem and change management (ITIL) processes and ITSM tools.
• Performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.
• Open cases and knowledge of working with vendors.
• Knowledge in Automation / Configuration management/tools (Chef, Ansible, TFE, etc.)
• Support coverage for scheduled application shakeout and production release
• Support 24/7 shift coverage for BAU production support.

Required Skills:

• Work closely with Solution Architect and application developers to identify and specify the complex business requirements and processes (e.g., diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools, etc.).
• Participate in Agile squad and build the Middleware Infrastructure upon agreed Engineering workflow standards
• Work with a cross-functional team leveraging agile development methodologies and tools
• Perform research, analysis, documentation, testing implementation and on-going support for the infrastructure builds.
• Validate tomcat build requirements, leverage automation tools to complete requirements
• Provide all aspects of Middleware provisioning and onboarding (IBM MQ, Tomcat, Liberty, and PingAccess) including initial planning, configuration, deployments, troubleshooting, maintain instances with automation tool
• Also providing the daily status on the JIRA tasks which all is assigned on the board.
• Requires excellent analytical ability for architecture and flows, strong judgment and probe analysis techniques, an in-depth knowledge of business unit's functions and applications, and broad knowledge of technology platforms
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Support 24/7 shift coverage for BAU production support. Ready to work in Shift and flexible to work on weekends.

Education:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Additional Qualifications:

• 10+ years' experience in supporting real time production environments.
• Extensive debugging skills and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with Middleware technologies like IBM MQ, WebSphere, Tomcat, Liberty, Kafka, PingAccess.
• General knowledge of industry principles and familiarity with modern technologies like Amazon cloud, Unix/Linux, virtualization, etc. is good to have but not a requirement.
• Familiar with monitoring and ticketing tools like SNOW, SPLUNK etc.
• Certifications in any one of middleware areas will be a plus.
• Automation knowledge and experience will be a plus.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.