Systems Administrator located in Madison, WI. Our client is a government agency looking for high-quality talent to make a difference. They are known to respect a traditional work week and often extend contracts for added job security and stability.

Note: Candidate must be a CURRENT WI resident. No relocation allowed. Remote work within the Wisconsin State.

Job Description:

• As part of the IT Strategic Initiative, client is interested in attaining professional services to provide support for the WebSphere service and applications for several state agencies like Client Assistance for client's Web Platform Services which includes WebSphere and MQ applications.
• This professional services engagement is responsible for providing support for the client's applications running on WebSphere and IBM WebSphere MQ.
• These services provide customers with the framework for running WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Liberty, and WebSphere MQ in a secure environment at the client's Data Center.
• Presently, there are numerous business applications that utilize these technologies which are critical to the client.
• The applications mentioned above will be supported by this professional services engagement and are used by local and/or state government agencies to provide services to citizens throughout the State. An outage to these systems can be detrimental to state and local government functions and/or their ability to provide service to the client's citizens.
• A Systems Administrator is appropriate for this position because we rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, they perform a variety of complicated tasks, and a degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for various departments' applications running on WebSphere and IBM WebSphere MQ
• Responsible for the installation, maintenance, support, and configuration of hardware and software
• Responsible for application deployments
• Maintain and update infrastructure documentation
• Complete implementation of security policies and filters associated with the tools
• Provide additional troubleshooting support.

Qualifications/Required Skills:

• Experience with installation, maintenance, administration and monitoring of the WebSphere Software in a multi-platform environment (Linux and Windows) (5)
• Ability to provide proactive resolution of problems and/or alerts received by various monitoring and management systems.
• Ability to provide resolution of connectivity problems, assisting users, and debugging problems.
• Hands-on technical experience in support of software tools such as WebSphere Application Server.
• Experience with a broad range of technical skills in support of all WebSphere customers.
• Training and/or experience with scripting tools such as Bash, Korn, and Jython.
• Knowledge of change management best practices in a complex hosting environment.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

• Installation, maintenance, administration and monitoring of the WebSphere Software in a multi-platform environment (Linux and Windows)
• Proactive resolution of problems and/or alerts received by various monitoring and management systems.
• Resolution of connectivity problems, assisting users, and debugging problems.
• Hands-on technical experience in support of software tools such as WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal.

Nice to Have:

• Provide a broad range of technical skills in support of all WebSphere customers.
• Training and/or experience with scripting tools such as Bash, Korn, and Jython.
• Knowledge of change management best practices in a complex hosting environment.

About MARS Solutions Group:

MARS Solutions Group provides a range of opportunities for meaningful work by understanding that employment fit is a combination of people, process, and technology. We leverage our experienced and compassionate team to bring humanity to matching you with the right advanced technology role, and stay connected with you to help you attain your professional goals.