Websphere/Liberty/Mq Admin

Leidos is seeking a WebSphere/Liberty/MQ Admin to be part of the mission solution and help lead SSA's Digital Modernization Strategy. Join one of our high performing teams responsible for building the next-generation enterprise APIs and modern applications to modernize the speed at which business is done. We serve the Social Security Administration (SSA) and their mission to meet the changing needs of the public, positively impacting at least 65 million American lives per month. Be part of the mission solution and help lead SSA's Digital Modernization Strategy. We are a team of forward-looking professionals in need of a strong candidate with these key required skills: WebSphere / Liberty Server Administration, IBM MQ / RDQM, Deployment Automation (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus), and UrbanCode Deploy/Velocity.

If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

TEAM CULTURE

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer "yes" to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

MENTORSHIP & CAREER GROWTH

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced team members will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status. Find your "Why" with us and take your place in our Leidos Family!!

• Develop, design, code, and implement next-generation deployment automation and application using system/software engineering best practices and the latest technologies:

• DevOps (Jenkins, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker)

• Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code (UrbanCode Deploy, Ansible, Scripting)

• Event Driven Architecture / Message Queuing

• Administer IBM Liberty / WebSphere Application Server including installing, migrating, upgrading, deploying, troubleshooting, and configurating on Linux.

• Provide engineering contributions in one or more of these areas: software deployment, application monitoring and performance tuning, event driven architecture, container orchestration, security, or auto-scaling & application reliability engineering.

• Work closely and collaboratively with a small tightly knit high performing team of Leidos engineers and customer technical leads.

• Investigate and repair application defects with development team regardless of component: front-end, business logic, middleware, queue, UCD script, CI/CD pipeline, or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling). Triage Java exceptions and tune JVM/application server.

• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written and oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.

• All other duties as assigned or directed.

FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field. Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.

• Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.

• 5+ years of combined experience with software development, deployment, automation, systems/application analysis and design.

• 3+ years of combined experience with Application Server Administration (WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Liberty) and IBM MQ / RDQM.

• 2+ years of combined experience with deployment automation tools (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus).

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.

• Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD

• Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week.

FACTORS TO HELP YOU SHINE (Required Skills)

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server administration in Linux.

• Hands-on experience with IBM MQ and RDQM administration in Linux.

• Solid experience using Deployment Automation tools (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus).

• Strong experience in automating tasks scripting languages like Shell, Python.

• Experience developing build scripts using Apache Ant and Apache Maven.

• Basic knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration.

• Solid experience with version control software such as Git/Bitbucket.

• Basic knowledge with Java EE applications including deployment, monitoring, and triage.

HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Preferred experience with AWS cloud technologies or other cloud platforms; AWS cloud certifications.

• Experience with AWS administration (EC2, S3, ELB, EBS/EFS/S3).

• Experience with PaaS using Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes and Docker containers.

• Solid experience automating application deployments for WebSphere using IBM UrbanCode Deploy / Velocity.

• Experience with Kafka administration.

• Basic experience with configuration management and provisioning tools (Ansible automation, CloudFormation / Terraform).

• Knowledge of Social Security Administration (SSA).

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams and contribute to our communities. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find your passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status. We are excited for you to take your place in our Leidos Family.

Are you an US citizen, US resident, or Visa candidate and think you might fit? We recommend you apply and start the conversation today! Join us in supporting our SSA contracts in Woodlawn, Maryland.

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Original Posting Date:

2024-06-06

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $68,900.00 - $124,550.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.