What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technology Engineer - Senior position at Techstra Solutions?
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer to support and enhance enterprise data center environment. This role will be responsible for building, automating, and managing Linux-based infrastructure that hosts mission-critical, Java and other modern language-based applications. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in infrastructure automation (Ansible) along with hands-on experience supporting middleware platforms such as IBM WebSphere, IBM MQ, and Connect:Direct, and working within structured enterprise deployment pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Provision, configure, and maintain physical and virtual servers in a Linux-based data center environment
- Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and automation
- Automate operational workflows and ensure consistency across environments using Infrastructure as Code practices
- Install, configure, and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (v9) environments
- Manage and support application deployments using IBM UrbanCode Deploy (uDeploy) and integrate with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
- Support and troubleshoot enterprise applications (java and other modern language based) running on Linux
- Monitor system performance, logs, and infrastructure health; proactively identify and resolve issues
- Administer and support IBM MQ for messaging and IBM Connect:Direct for managed file transfers
- Troubleshoot middleware, application, and infrastructure issues across multiple environments
- Perform patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management of servers and middleware components
- Support release management processes, ensuring compliance with enterprise change and approval workflows
- Work closely with development, DevOps, and application teams for deployments and issue resolution
- Maintain detailed system and process documentation
- Participate in on-call support rotation for production systems
Required Qualifications/Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- 6 years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, or system administration
- Must-Have Skills (in order of importance)
- Ansible (Infrastructure Automation)
- Strong hands-on experience creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles for Linux-based environments. Proficiency with YAML, inventories, host groups, variables, loops, and conditionals.
- Linux Administration (Basic to Intermediate)
- Comfort navigating Linux file systems, executing shell commands, and reviewing system/application logs for troubleshooting.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server (v9)
- Solid understanding of installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of WebSphere environments.
- IBM UrbanCode Deploy (uDeploy) / Jenkins
- Creating and managing components, applications, and deployment processes
- Managing deployments across multiple environments
- Handling versioned artifacts and troubleshooting failures
- Integrating with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
- Following enterprise release, promotion, and approval processes
- IBM Connect:Direct
- Solid understanding of file transfer processes including monitoring transfers, process definitions, and troubleshooting failures.
- IBM MQ
- Working knowledge of messaging fundamentals including queues, producers/consumers, message formats, and common application errors.
Preferred Qualifications
OpenShift / Kubernetes
- Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads, including namespaces, builds, deployments, services, and troubleshooting pods.
- Understanding of topics, partitions, producers/consumers, replication, and troubleshooting messaging issues.
- Knowledge of configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting in Liberty environments.
- Experience with implementation, upgrades/patching, monitoring, and issue resolution.
- Working knowledge including basic query writing, application connectivity, and performance troubleshooting.
- Experience with job scheduling, dependencies, alerting, monitoring, and recovery procedures.
Locations: Pittsburgh, PA
About Techstra Solutions
Techstra Solutions is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) management consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and implementation services for large organizations undergoing digital and talent transformation. Our experienced team partners with clients to co-create innovative solutions in applications, data, AI, and automation that accelerate measurable, sustainable change. From advisory consulting through technical execution, we are dedicated to driving world-class business solutions that fit your strategic requirements and deliver results. For more information: www.techstrasolutions.com
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Techstra Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. The Company makes its decisions on merit, and its policy of equal opportunity prohibits discrimination in all phases of the employment process, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotion, selection, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. The policy of equal opportunity applies without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, military status, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship, domestic partnership status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other protected categories under federal, state, or local law. The Company also prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon the perception that a person has, or is associated with a person who has, any of these characteristics.
Salary : $90,000 - $110,000