Company: Financial Services Firm
Location: St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Employment: Direct Hire
Salary Range: Open to negotiation
Position Title: Senior WebSphere Engineer
They Need a Strong Websphere Systems Engineer with strong Design implementation. Relocation available plus for the right person will look at remote opportunity.
Job Summary:
Under general guidance with a high degree of self-management, uses specialized knowledge in server, workstation, and application infrastructure technologies and skills obtained through education and experience to recommend enterprise solutions. Operates as a technical resource in the development of an integrated enterprise infrastructure strategy. Produces designs which balance the fulfillment of business requirements with technical considerations. Acts as project manager for medium to large, cross-departmental initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages the evaluation and implementation of new product technologies, with a concentration on one of the areas of specialization listed below, but with a familiarity of a variety of enterprise-class infrastructure disciplines.
- Researches and recommends innovative, automated approaches for enterprise infrastructure management, upgrades, or improvements, while adhering to technical or budgetary constraints.
- Resolves complex technical issues and conducts research in areas where established solutions are not available.
- Creates strategies for Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
- Submits written project plans as required by management.
- Creates system documentation and technical diagrams.
- Must be able to work independently, with minimal direct supervision.
- Coordinates between associates and team members as part of large project implementations.
- Mentors less experienced Engineers in the areas of technical best practices, project management, and team dynamics.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the following at an intermediate level:
- IP network design practices and principles.
- Strong Websphere experience required with implementation and design.
- Linux and Java experience highly preferred.
- Windows Server and Workstation Operating Systems.
- Intel-based hardware configurations and components for desktops and servers.
- Security best practices for Windows-based systems including PKI principles and components.
- Microsoft Active Directory architecture.
- Storage Area Network technologies.
- Messaging concepts and components including SMTP mail, web-based mail and Instant Messaging.
- Backup and restore technologies.
- System monitoring and event analysis.
- Virtualization concepts and technologies.
In addition, knowledge of one of the following specialized areas at an advanced level:
· Messaging:
- Design, implementation and administration of enterprise-class messaging infrastructure, with an emphasis on using Microsoft Exchange.
- Design, implementation and administration of enterprise-class collaboration infrastructure using Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server.
- Unified communications technologies.
· Web:
- Design, implementation and administration of Windows-based, enterprise-class web application infrastructure.
- Design, implementation and administration of application integration technologies using web services, service-oriented architecture concepts, middleware and other related software.
· Storage:
- Design, implementation and administration of Storage Area Networks, with emphasis on block-based disk arrays.
- Storage replication technologies.
- Storage virtualization technologies.
- Storage archival solutions.
- Backup and restore technologies.
- Troubleshooting storage systems and components such as HBAs, fibre channel switches.
· Platform:
- Windows Operating systems, management tools, 3rd party solutions, and Intel-based hardware (desktops and servers).
- Server/desktop image creation and related processes and procedures.
- 3rd level support for resolution of compatibility and performance issues.
- Server provisioning and monitoring using industry-leading management tools.
Skill in:
- Design, implementation and administration of Windows-based, enterprise-class server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS and related core technologies
- Design, implementation and administration of fault tolerant and disaster recovery solutions using clustering, load balancing or other related technologies
- Server infrastructure maintenance including patch management, service pack updates, anti-virus administration, performance tuning and capacity management
- Troubleshooting issues affecting hardware, operating systems and applications
- Process automation utilizing scripting, batch files, or other related utilities
Ability to:
- Manage large or complex projects to achieve timely, successful completion.
- Assist in strategic server and application infrastructure planning at an enterprise level.
- Produce complex designs that meet integration, technical and business requirements.
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Balance conflicting resource and prioritization demands.
- Manage and track multiple tasks and projects, while responding to changing priorities, in a fast-paced work environment.
- Work independently, with little direct supervision.
Educational/Previous Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of seven (7) years Information Technology (IT) experience with three (3) years responsibility for enterprise server infrastructure design and implementation.
~or~
- An equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training in an emerging product or software (i.e. PeopleSoft and/or SharePoint).
Licenses/Certifications:
- None required.
Please contact Matt McCollum from Open Systems Technologies for further details:
Phone: 215-399-1235
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