Project Role: Custom Software Engineer

Project Role Description: Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements.

Must have skills: IBM Web Sphere Application Server Application Deployment

Good to have skills: NA

Minimum 3 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary:

Responsible for the overall day-to-day activities and hands-on experience on Web Sphere Administration and IIS activities as per primary role, also having minimal hands-on experience on the Web Logic Apache Tomcat and JBoss.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Primary Skill: Web Sphere Application Server (WAS) Administration, Microsoft IIS
• Secondary Skills: Apache Tomcat, JBoss, IBM HTTP Server,
• Application Server Tuning & Performance Optimization
• Middleware Migrations and Upgrades
• High Availability & Clustering (ND/DMGR)
• SSL Certificate Management
• Scripting (Jython, Shell, PowerShell)
• Disaster Recovery & Backup Strategies
• Linux & Windows Server Environments
• Load Balancing & Reverse Proxy Configuration
• Main responsibilities & requirements
• Manage and maintain a distributed environment with over 50+ Web Sphere Application Server instances across multiple environments (DEV, QA, PROD).
• Perform upgrades and migrations from WAS 8.5 to 9.0 including federated node configurations and DMGR tuning.
• Integrate IBM HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat with Web Sphere for load balancing and failover configurations.
• Develop and execute scripts for automated deployment and monitoring using Jayton and Shell.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and work with development teams to resolve memory leaks, thread hangs, and deployment failures.
• Coordinate SSL certificate renewals and key store management across all environments.
• Support Cloud applications hosted on JBoss and IIS, ensuring security patches and version compliance. Experience in Apache Tomcat Server Administration such as Installing, configuring, and maintaining Apache Tomcat servers (recent versions) and related software components.
• Installed and configured Web Sphere ND clusters with IBM HTTP Server in Linux-based environments.
• Provided second-line support for Apache Tomcat and JBoss middleware applications.
• Configured virtual hosts, context roots, and JDBC resources in WAS console.
• Implemented reverse proxy configurations on IBM HTTP Server using mod ibm directives.
• Led a project to automate Web Sphere health checks and alert using custom Bash scripts.
• Provided 24x7 on-call production support and led root cause analysis sessions for major incidents.
• Deploying web applications and configuring them to run on the Tomcat server.
• Monitoring the Tomcat environment and identifying and resolving issues
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting assistance to end-users and other IT teams
• Providing technical support to JBoss Application Servers and work with other IT departments and user organization on relevant technical issues.
• JBoss Application server 7.x server installation and configuration.
• Application deployment, JDBC creation, JMS creation. SSL installation, certificate renewal and configuration.
• Installing and configuring Plug-in for Web and Application servers.
• JBoss Clustering and troubleshooting related issues. Using Ant and Eclipse to Simplify JBoss Administration JBoss Logging Tools Integrating JBoss with Apache Web Server Installing and configuring SSOagent.
• Maintaining the JBoss Application server and monitoring the processes for CPU / Memory /Disk usage and reviewing the server logs.
• Analysing technical problems and creating solutions involving the use of existing techniques and/or tools.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skills to connect with customers at varying levels of the organization.
• Ability to operate independently and make decisions with little direct supervision.

Education Qualification:

• Higher Level Qualification in a technical subject is desirable.

Additional desired skills:

• Basic knowledge of AIX Solaris/Red Hat/Windows administration, including shell scripting, Batch processing and task scheduler management.
• Experience with AWS Platform (preferable AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or better)
• Understanding of ITIL and ITSM frameworks.
• Experience with change management processes and tools (preferably Service Now)
• Ability to work, learn new applications, and resolve issues quickly.
• Ability to clearly document and explain symptoms and solutions to complex problems.

Additional Information:

• A: Strong written & oral communication skills.
• B: Should be open to work in shifts.

15 years full time education

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