What are the responsibilities and job description for the IBM BPM Platform Engineer / Administrator position at Cynet Systems?
We are looking for a IBM BPM Platform Engineer / Administrator for our client in Chicago, IL
Job Title: IBM BPM Platform Engineer / Administrator
Job Location: Chicago, IL
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Pay Range: $55hr - $60hr
Requirement/Must Have:
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM BPM / IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) administration.
- Experience with installation, configuration, deployment, and support of IBM BPM environments.
- Strong expertise in WebSphere Application Server (WAS) administration and clustering.
- Experience with deployment and release management of BPM artifacts, process apps, and toolkits.
- Experience in JVM, WebSphere, and database performance tuning.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Experience with Oracle, DB2, or SQL Server database integration.
- Knowledge of LDAP, SSO, certificates, and authentication mechanisms.
- Scripting and automation experience using Shell, Python, or Jython.
- Experience working in Linux/Unix and/or Windows server environments.
Experience:
- Proven experience in IBM BPM / BAW platform engineering and administration.
- Experience managing development, QA, UAT, and production BPM environments.
- Experience with platform upgrades, patching, and environment migrations.
- Experience in monitoring, performance optimization, and platform support.
- Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and backup strategies.
- Experience with enterprise release and change management processes.
- Experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, UrbanCode Deploy, or similar.
- Experience with REST/SOAP services, messaging systems, and enterprise integrations preferred.
- Familiarity with cloud, container, or hybrid infrastructure environments preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, maintain, and support IBM BPM / BAW environments.
- Manage clusters, nodes, application servers, profiles, and middleware components.
- Perform environment setup, upgrades, patching, and configuration management.
- Manage deployment and migration of BPM applications, process apps, and toolkits.
- Support release management activities including deployment validation and rollback planning.
- Monitor system health, application performance, and platform utilization.
- Troubleshoot memory issues, thread issues, deployment failures, and environment instability.
- Tune IBM BPM, WebSphere Application Server, JVM, and database configurations.
- Provide L2/L3 production support and incident resolution.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive solutions.
- Support integrations with enterprise systems, databases, and middleware services.
- Implement platform security, access controls, and environment hardening practices.
- Support audit, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery activities.
- Create and maintain architecture documents, runbooks, deployment guides, and operational documentation.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, development, DevOps, and business teams.
Should Have:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in enterprise-scale production support environments.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
Skills:
- IBM BPM.
- IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW).
- WebSphere Application Server (WAS).
- JVM Tuning.
- Performance Optimization.
- Deployment and Release Management.
- Linux/Unix Administration.
- Windows Server Administration.
- Oracle / DB2 / SQL Server.
- REST/SOAP Services.
- LDAP / SSO / Certificates.
- Shell Scripting.
- Python.
- Jython.
- Jenkins.
- GitHub.
- UrbanCode Deploy.
- Incident Management.
- Root Cause Analysis.
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
Qualification and Education:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred.
- Equivalent practical experience in IBM BPM / BAW platform engineering is accepted.
Salary : $55 - $60