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Operations Engineer – JBOSS
Toronto, Canada (Hybrid – 1 day a week in office)
5+ Months Contract (Possibility of extension)
We are seeking an Operations Delivery Engineer with extensive JBOSS who will be responsible for supporting the computing infrastructure and enterprise applications that provide services to our Corporate teams and external clients. The role requires you to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach to complete projects in environment planning and implementation for servers, networking, scheduler, workflow, and security services. This specific position is centered on the middleware components as its primary skillset.
Work-Mode: We are made up of high performing teams that meet in person to learn and collaborate as needed. This role is considered hybrid, which means you’ll be assigned to a client office and given the flexibility to work remotely.
Key Job Functions/Responsibilities:
Maintain and manage ASP/SaaS-based production system, to ensure its availability, performance, scalability, and security.
Establish and maintain Middleware (JBoss or Websphere) components. This includes all aspects of running a SaaS Middleware solution.
Write documentation as necessary
Work closely with Operations & Infrastructure team members, Project Managers, Software Development and Business Analysts to ensure successful delivery for all projects.
Responsible for general systems administration, including system configuration management, OS installations, security updates, and urgent system patching.
Software code deployment, upgrades and client support as required.
Management of systems in a virtualized environment to ensure availability.
Assist the team in migration and provisioning of various Linux/Unix servers.
Write and implement scripts to automate tasks for continuous process improvements.
Ensure critical system security through the use of best-in-class security solutions.
Work includes participation in afterhours, weekend work and participation in on-call rotation for 24/7 support as required.
Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
Deep hands-on experience of J2EE Application servers like WebSphere, JBoss, or Class loader policies.
Experience with VMWare Virtual Machines, including in-depth experience in support, and storage administration.
Strong understanding of load balancer, firewalls, switches, routers, VPN, TCP/IP, SSL, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, PXE.
Team player: intra- and inter-departmental cooperation that fosters morale and productivity.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Able to understand the impact of decisions on other disciplines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to details
A proactive, “service-first” attitude combined with ability to work independently on projects with tight deadlines and minimal supervision.
Bachelor’s degree, college diploma or exceptional equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience in System Administration for Red Hat/CentOS/RPM-based Linux
2+ years of experience in managing Web Application servers.
Prior experience in managing AIX/Unix servers is preferred.
Experience with Python, Perl, Korn/Bash, or PowerShell scripting.
Experience with automated tools and software deployment, configuration management (Ansible) and system monitoring is an asset.
Financial business experience is considered an asset.
Nice to have:
Experience with Oracle databases.
Certificate implementation and management (SSL certificate).
Knowledge of Enterprise Schedulers such as Active Batch.
Experience in Windows System Administration is considered an asset.
Prior experience with a Data center move is considered a definite asset.
About US TECH Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.