Remote Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator
- Location
- Norwich, CT, United States of America; USA Remote
- Work mode
- Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
What success looks like in this role:
Role Summary The Senior WebSphere Middleware Administrator is responsible for the administration, configuration, maintenance, security remediation, compliance management, automation, troubleshooting, and operational support of enterprise IBM WebSphere platforms and supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on maintaining highly available, secure, and compliant environments while using automation to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and ensure consistency across middleware services.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (traditional and Network Deployment), IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere Portal environments, including cell, node, cluster, and application server configuration.
- Support WebSphere Liberty environments where applicable.
- Support secondary web platforms (Apache, Tomcat, IIS) as needed.
- Perform security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, fix pack and upgrade activities, and compliance validation.
- Manage SSL/TLS certificates, keystores, truststores, LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory integration, SSO, and LTPA security.
- Administer Linux and Windows servers supporting middleware environments.
- Design, develop, and maintain automation for WebSphere administration, patching, compliance validation, and operational support using Shell, Python, and JACL/wsadmin scripting.
- Automate deployments, configuration updates, certificate management, reporting, and system health checks.
- Support CI/CD deployment processes and enterprise automation tools where applicable.
- Perform performance monitoring, JVM tuning, thread dump and heap dump analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Execute change management, incident management, and service restoration activities.
- Maintain documentation, procedures, audit evidence, and compliance records.
You will be successful in this role if you have: Required Qualifications
- BA/BS degree and 6-8 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 6+ years of middleware administration experience, with a primary focus on enterprise WebSphere environments.
- Experience in security remediation, vulnerability management, and audit compliance.
- Demonstrated experience developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Must be a US Citizen with ability to obtain a government security clearance.
Required Technical Skills
- WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere Portal
- wsadmin scripting (JACL and Jython), Shell, Python, XML, HTML, Awk, Sed, Curl
- Linux (RHEL, SUSE), AIX, and Windows Server administration
- SSL/TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, LTPA, security hardening
- REST API integration, task scheduling, and operational scripting
- IBM DB2 (and general database connectivity/data source configuration)
- JVM tuning, monitoring, and performance analysis
- Working knowledge of Apache, Tomcat, and IIS
Preferred Qualifications
- WebSphere Liberty experience
- Kafka, Zookeeper, Artifactory, WordPress, ServiceNow, or Remedy administration
- Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools
- Experience supporting security audits and compliance frameworks
- Working exposure to Oracle WebLogic (a plus, not required)
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