Was Administrator

**Introduction**
Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today - planes and trains take off on time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

**Your Role and Responsibilities**
IT Specialist/Systems Management Specialist/WAS Administrator

These engineers have knowledge and skills in software and systems, and are responsible to analyze business needs, determine problems, advise, design, build, test, deploy, implement changes, and maintain information systems and ecosystems.

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a senior infrastructure specialist in an Agile Project model.
- Demonstrated experience in a production support environment.
- Exposure to Automation Tools such as Ansible or Robotic Process Automation.
- Demonstrated communication skills in a customer facing environment.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience supporting Websphere Application Server (WAS).
- Install, configure and fixpak upgrade on IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5 and v9
- Problem and performance troubleshooting on IBM WebSphere Application Server
- Knowledge in AIX and Linux Red Hat (filesystems, file permissions, sftp, ssh, vi, shell scripting etc)
- Experience on Vulnerabilities related with JVM and IHS.
- Maintenance and development of WAS/MQ Ansible playbooks.
- Advanced skills on IBM WAS configuration and deployment.
- WAS Clustering.
- Knowledge in IBM Content Manager v8 or IBM FileNet.
- Knowledge in IBM Websphere Commerce.
- Will perform on-call with other WAS and MQ admins (24x7 support).
- Incident and Change management using ServiceNow
- Knowledge with Dynatrace and Tivoli monitoring configurations and analysis.
- Knowledge with RHEL Open Shift

**Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise**
- Certification as a Java Developer
- Expertise in developing models and scalable Microservices components
- Worked on building integration flows on various Application Programming Interface (API) development platforms
- An authority on Cloud Native Application architecture, Docker’s and Microservices.

**About Business Unit**

Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world's most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it's time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.

Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change - to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.

It's time to define your career.

**About IBM**

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

**Location Statement**

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.