Technical Specialist – Middleware with operational and systems delivery experience in web application server administration.

Our public sector client is looking for a Technical Specialist – Middleware with operational and systems delivery experience in web application server administration.

Permanent role, Vancouver based, hybrid (2 days in office)

Must Haves:

• 8+ years experience in Middleware platform integrations
• Web application servers (IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Liberty, Apache Tomcat)
• Linux (Red Hat)
• Leadership experience

Nice to Haves:

• Key infrastructure supporting web application environments (e.g. reverse-proxy, DNS, Certificates / PKI, load balancers, directory services firewalls)
• Automation, development, manageability and deployment tools (eg. Jenkins, Gitlab/Gitrunner, Dynatrace, Nagios) as well as scripting and JAVA
• Understanding of ITSM, ITIL, Agile / Waterfall and DevOps (ideally both cloud as well as containerization)

Requirements:

• Provide technical leadership across key IS support groups to effectively engage the Middleware department;
• Establish best practices and standards across our applications environments including deployment standards, patching, security and automation methods;
• Lead technical planning and solutions design to effectively provide enhanced service to the corporation;
• Team leadership, mentoring and coaching;
• Resolve Level 3 complex troubleshooting on web applications platforms across critical business systems;
• Meeting facilitation, leading IS groups and presenting information to key senior level stakeholders including but not limited management and external stakeholders (vendors);