Operations Engineer with JBoss

Our client, a leading financial company, is hiring an Operations Engineer with JBOSS on a contract basis

Job ID # :  80293

Work Location :   Toronto, ON M5J 0A8, Canada

Summary :

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.