Under minimal supervision, work with mid and upper level management team at FISA as a senior level WebSphere Administrator to implement manage, and monitor multiple WebSphere environments at FISA/FMS. Job responsibilities will include the following: design and installation of WebSphere Application Server, deploying enterprise applications, installation and configuration of new applications, configuring or modifying application content, proactively monitoring the health of applications, configuring and managing the security of the applications. Job will also entail monitoring, optimizing, tuning and troubleshooting WebSphere applications. The successful candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in WebSphere Application Server and its related components. The candidate will be a self-motivated individual who works well in groups and independently with minimal supervision to achieve stated goals and project tasks.

Experience:
Candidate must have proven knowledge with a minimum of 4-5 years’ experience with WebSphere and specifically with WebSphere versions 8x and 9x running on AIX and RedHat.
- Experience designing and installing WebSphere Application Server and new applications.
- Experience configuring or modifying application contents.
- Experience troubleshooting complex WebSphere issues related to integration with products like ADVANTAGE, SAP, etc.
- Experience building and executing disaster recovery of all WebSphere components.
- Experience working with CICS Transaction Gateway.
- Experience supporting WebSphere on a distributed platform.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and ten years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

The candidate must have a high level of motivation in learning new technologies and software products and reviewing these technologies for enhancements to the current middleware environment. - Installation, configuration of Middleware products on AIX, RedHat and Windows platforms. - Candidate will have proven performance management skills and demonstrated ability to interact with management to review and triage identified problems. - Knowledge with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in analyzing and identifying WebSphere application performance issues. - Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies is highly desirable: Business Objects, BMC Patrol/ WebSphereKM, Pervasive Data Integrator, ICN, Spectrum Group1, WordPress, and Unix shell scripting. - Knowledge of WebSphere Horizontal/vertical Clustering, Webseal, and Tivoli Access Manager is preferred. - Basic level understanding of AIX/RedHat/Windows including basic shell scripting is required. - Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required.

New York City Residency is not required for this position.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.