Job Description:

The Division of Welfare and Supportive (DWSS) services seeks a System Administrator and DBA contractor. We are looking for an individual skilled in multiple areas of IT to assist the Operations Center with tasks, in support of ongoing projects and development efforts. The chosen candidate will be required to work a standard 8:00 am to 5:00 pm shift as well as support additional activities both after hours and on weekends, as necessary to achieve project deadlines.

SCOPE OF WORK

The chosen contractor will be responsible for

• Assisting system administrators with applying patches to and upgrading middleware components of the DWSS environment including but not limited to WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ, FileNet, and DB2.
• Assisting with FileNet suite management, cleanup, and FileNet security policy as it applies to scanning of sensitive documents.
• Support vendor staff as they continue to work on projects including configuration of WebSphere family of products, requests for log reviews, assistance with troubleshooting, and service and/or server restarts.

DELIVERABLES

The contractors must have the skillset to provide the following for each of the projects or activities they will be assigned to do:

• System Documentation: The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS system and database administrators with creating and maintaining system documentation for active projects, systems, databases, and development efforts already in progress.
• System Administration: The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS System Administrators with various tasks including but not limited to installing middleware, and applying fix packs. The chosen candidate will also be responsible for assisting with monitoring application servers, web servers, file servers, content repositories, and various middleware.
• Database Administration: The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS DBAs with various tasks including but not limited to creating, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing existing databases.
• Performance Tuning: The chosen candidate will be responsible for, in whole or in part, ensuring that systems and databases are performing optimally. Duties may include monitoring system and database performance using agency-provided tools, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing solutions to improve performance.
• Training and Support: The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS staff by creating training materials, conducting training sessions and providing ongoing support to junior DWSS System Administrators and DBAs in areas of expertise where skill gaps exist and align with the candidate s experience.
• Weekly Work activity Log: The chosen candidate will be required to keep a weekly work log of activities performed by the contractor throughout the engagement. Weekly status meetings will be held to review the work activity log, accomplishments, challenges, and goals.

Required Skills:

• 3 years of experience with IBM Websphere Application Server installation, maintenance, and support
• 3 years of experience with IBM DB2 database installation, maintenance, and support
• 3 years of experience with IBM FileNet maintenance and support
• 3 years IBM Datacap maintenance and support including but not limited to Task Master, Rule Runner, and associated IIS components.
• 3 years of experience with command line shells bash and ksh, and scripting.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with other IBM / WebSphere products.
• Experience with Perforce Helix Core
• Experience with CA Workload Automation