Senior WebSphere Portal Administrator

Senior WebSphere Portal Administrator

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Sr WebSphere Portal Administrator Job for a Remote opportunity in St. Louis, MN location!

Position Title: Senior WebSphere Portal Administrator

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: May

Please note this is the target date and it is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6+ months (with possibility of extension or conversion)

Job Type: Contract, 40 HRS WEEKLY, Onsite

Pay Range: $48/hr. - $51.09/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

• WebSphere Portal/HCL DX (Digital Experience)

Job Description:

Main Accountabilities

* Supporting WebSphere Portal/HCL DX (Digital Experience), Web Content Management, WebSphere Application Server

* Designing/Creating new portal pages, Adding/Configuring portlets, Content syndication from one environment to another, User provisioning

* Applying fixes/fixpacks, Upgrades/Migrations based on the need/requirement

* Support aggressive WebSphere Portal deployments from development to pre-production and production environments

* Troubleshooting performance problems considering infrastructure, database and other portal interfaces

* Supporting production environment during non-business hours

* Installing/Configuring/Supporting Webservers - Apache, IHS

* Technical Support to application developers

* Documenting all the changes/issues/resolutions

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

* 6-8 years WebSphere Portal/HCL DX (Digital Experience) experience

* Strong expertise performing WebSphere Portal/HCL DX (Digital Experience) and WebSphere Application Servers Administration in a cluster environment on Linux

* Proven experience installing, upgrading and supporting WebSphere Portal/HCL DX (Digital Experience) with Oracle RDBMS as a backend database and Apache/IHS as frontend webserver.

* Good understanding of web analytics, pmi metrics

* Must have completed at least 2 upgrades/migrations

* Experience with xml access, configengine, wsadmin, jacl, jython, perl, python and shell scripting

* Fluent in English

* Knowledge in other supporting products such as Grafana/Prometheus, Splunk, Watson Enterprise Search, SVN/Bitbucket/GIT/Maven/Artifactory/Jenkins is preferred

* WebSphere Portal Administration certification is desirable.

What are must-have skills and years of experience:

1. WebSphere Portal/HCL DX(Digital Experience) experience

2. WebSphere Application Servers Administration

What are nice-to-have skills and years of experience:

1. Oracle RDBMS as a backend database

2. Apache/IHS as frontend webserver.

3. Good understanding of web analytics, PMI metrics

* What type of education is needed for this position: Engineering graduate

* Is industry experience needed for this role and why: Not necessary

* Remote/In Office/Hybrid (office/remote): Remote

* Work location, provide zip code: St. Louis 63017

* Does this role require vaccination mandate: No

* Will there be travel, if so, will the project cover expenses: No there won't be travel

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 238222 when responding to this ad.

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