WebSphere Administrator

at  Cognizant

We are seeking a passionate WebSphere Administrator to join our growing and dynamic team! This role will be for Cognizant’s Infrastructure practice.

What will you do?

• Enhance availability and performance for WASND, IBM HTTP Server Plugins, and IBM HTTP Server systems.
• Involved in the full cycle - installation, implementation, upgrading, performance, security, patching, clustering, and monitoring.
• Administer JDBC, JMS, JNDI, and Node Manager for Managed Servers.
• Create and manage clusters for High Availability.
• Handle Windows and/or Linux Sys Admin tasks.
• Manage Log Files, Thread Dumps, JVM Dumps, and provide RCA.
• Monitor, analyze, and tune WebSphere environments.
• Install and configure Apache web servers & Tomcat application servers.
• Deploy applications in various environments (war, ear, jar, etc.).
• Support DR exercises in the Middleware environment.
• Configure JMS/Queue connection factories/Queues/Activation Specifications

Must Have:

• 7-10 years experience in Middleware Administration with primary skill in WebSphere & Apache webserver.
• Must have skills- IBM WebSphere App Server admin
• L2 level Apache Tomcat Administration.
• Proficiency in URL re-writing, virtual directories, application Pools, etc.
• Experience in Web services (e.g., SOAP, UDDI, WSDL) and WebSphere performance tuning.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, Ontario. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a balanced work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations

• Enhance availability and performance for WASND, IBM HTTP Server Plugins, and IBM HTTP Server systems.
• Involved in the full cycle - installation, implementation, upgrading, performance, security, patching, clustering, and monitoring.
• Administer JDBC, JMS, JNDI, and Node Manager for Managed Servers.
• Create and manage clusters for High Availability.
• Handle Windows and/or Linux Sys Admin tasks.
• Manage Log Files, Thread Dumps, JVM Dumps, and provide RCA.
• Monitor, analyze, and tune WebSphere environments.
• Install and configure Apache web servers & Tomcat application servers.
• Deploy applications in various environments (war, ear, jar, etc.).
• Support DR exercises in the Middleware environment.
• Configure JMS/Queue connection factories/Queues/Activation Specification