Weblogic Middleware Administrator

Knowledge Services is seeking a Weblogic Middleware Administrator for a 6month contract (likely for extension) with the State of Indiana working 100 onsite in downtown Indianapolis.

The Weblogic Middleware Administrator is responsible for the design build/deployment and maintenance of the Middleware environment with normal maintenance routines automation (Scripting) and DevOps tools expertise.

Essential Duties:

Provide advanced administrator duties for Oracle WebLogic servers and writing scripts to automate the manual tasks in a highly Virtualized Environment running on VMWare.
Responsible for installing configuring securing and optimizing enterprise web and middleware deployments on Linux platforms.
Coordinating system development to include design modeling security integration and formal testing.
Managing and documenting system configurations.
Creating and maintain system architecture for new and existing computer systems.
Build deploy configure and maintain Oracle WebLogic environment.
Manage and monitor SSL certificates private/public key pairs and be up to date with the latest cipher strengths as per Security Requirements.
Adhere to standards processes procedures and audit compliance controls. Maintain security audit requirements for Middleware Products and Servers.
Design and build automated code deployment systems that simplify development work and make deployments more consistent and issues predictable.
Leverage opensource technologies such as Jenkins Rundeck SaltStack.
Provide Linux support and develop/maintain Linux shell scripts. Implement and maintain Linux security and authorization integration with Active Directory.
Perform appropriate Change Management duties to comply with IT policies and procedures.
Perform appropriate Incident Management duties to comply with IT policies and procedures.
Report progress weekly of status on all assigned work tasks.
Oncall support and occasional weekend onsite support. Provide Level2/Level3 support.
Create process documentation for the team and provide internal training to team members.
Explain complex design items through documents and whiteboard sessions
Advanced experience with WebLogic Application Server Oracle Enterprise Manager and WebLogic Scripting Tool.

The Weblogic Middleware Administrator Requirements:

5 years of handson experience with Weblogic administration

5 years of working experience within:
o Production/QA/DEV environments running on Middleware Products such as Oracle WebLogic IIS IBM WebSphere Tomcat Apache HTTP server.
o Installation and maintenance of software on Linux.
o Applying patches to Middleware environments.
o Responding to and implementing mitigations from security audits.
o Analyzing memory leaks Java thread core and heap dumps.
o Tuning and capacity planning.
o Jenkins pipelines or equivalent continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) tools.
o Creating and maintaining certificates using iKeyman openssl keytool SSL protocols ciphers and other security requirements.
o Shell scripts such as bash or cron shell.
o File transfer protocols such as FTPS or SFTP.
Knowledge on the build deploy and management of Middleware environments on cloud platforms such as AWS Azure OCI or Google Cloud Platform
Oversee seamless integration between onpremises systems and cloud environments.
Able to implement container technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes to streamline cloud deployments.
Knowledge of Java Infrastructure (JDK JRE JKS etc.
Apply cloudspecific security practices including identity and access management (IAM) and monitor compliance with cloud regulatory standards.

Nice to have:

Familiarity with the Linux command line and Linux architecture.
Strong understanding of database concepts like SQL data manipulation query optimization schema design and the ability to interact with various database systems (like Oracle MySQL PostgreSQL) to effectively manage data flow between different applications through the middleware platform.
Working experience with NGINX webserver
Knowledge and understanding of VMware Snapshots Revert and Storage.
Knowledge and understanding of VMwarefocused server virtualization.
Applied experience handling performance monitoring and tuning.
Basic to intermediate shell scripting knowledge and skills.
Demonstrate the ability to:

o Comprehend and plan systems architecture and design.
o Gather interpret document and evaluate server requirements.
o Conduct incident triage research into server and application issues as required.
o Read analyze and interpret technical documentation.
o Present technical ideas problems and solutions to nontechnical business partners.
o Follow instructions work independently or function in a team as needed.
o Prioritize plan organize and manage multiple tasks efficiently.

Understanding of how to manage Middleware solutions on cloud platforms like AWS Azure OCI or GCP.
Familiarity with serverless architectures (e.g. AWS Lambda or Azure Functions) for Middleware components.
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and persuade at all management levels and thrive in a crossfunctional evolving business and technical environment.
Highly selfmotivated with keen attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
Strong customer service orientation and work ethic.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex age national origin or disability.

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