Senior Systems Admministrator

AZAD Technology Partners is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a full-time, W2 Contract position based in Durham, NC.

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week, Hybrid (In office / remote telework schedule)

Assignment Duration:  12 Months with possibility of extending.

Compensation & Benefits:  Compensation is between 50 .00 - 60.00 hourly. Benefits include a  Co-paid Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Cafeteria Plan, and 401k, as well as the option for Paid Time Off  (dependent on amount requested).

Job Description

AZAD requires the assistance of a contract resource to serve as a Sr. Systems Administrator to support the development, Automation, and implementation of portfolio applications. 

This position will be responsible for performing tasks associated with the applications environment management, build/deploy processes for the Client applications, and troubleshooting build related issues for the portfolio applications.

This position is responsible for providing lead role in build and deploy activities in large number of test, development and production environments utilized by the portfolio program applications.
 
This responsibility encompasses configurations and troubleshooting of web layer, OS layer (AIX, Redhat Linux/CentOS and Windows operating systems), the IBM WebSphere with clustering, Job scheduler, Dynatrace, and other related products.
 
This position will also perform functions and enablement tasks which includes Automation; maintaining and using CI/CD pipelines like Copado; Supporting the creation and configuration of AWS EC2 instances using CFT scripts, gathering firewall requests where needed, and installing applications for various components; Supporting the setup of Ansible scripts for automating deployments of various applications, JobScheduler and other components.
 
This position will work closely with the Engineers, Operations and Maintenance Team and Database Administrators to ensure proper environmental functionality and performance.
 
 
 Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience

7 years of nowledge and experience of administering J2EE applications in WebSphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat and Jboss required.
5 years of knowledge and experience working with following operating systems: RHEL and Windows Servers required.
7 years of knowledge and experience in name and ip-based virtual hosts, and clustering/load-balancing technologies required.
7 years of experience in J2EE-specific application hosting, including VM tuning, application tracing/debugging, and application deployment required.
2 years of experience in container resource configuration (JDBC, JMS, et al), and security configuration required.
3 years of experience with J2EE application building/deployment techniques and tools including, but not limited to Ant, Maven, Ivy etc. required.
2 years of experience with automation technologies for the related platforms (OS and Application) such as Ansible, UNIX shell script, Perl, Python, etc. required.
2 years of knowledge and experience with hardware specs evaluation, platform sizing/capacity planning to support an enterprise application hosting environment required.
1 year of experience in creation and configuration of AWS EC2 instances using CFT scripts and installing applications for various components required.
1 year of knowledge and experience in managing AWS based infrastructure and applications required.
Full Understanding of CI/CD Pipelines is highly desired.

About Us:

AZAD Technology Partners values diversity - in backgrounds and in experiences. Since our inception, we have witnessed how our diverse workforce has thrived while contributing to the increases in innovation and advancements in the client organizations we serve.

AZAD Technology Partners is committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and is striving to build an even more diverse, inclusive team that reflects the people and communities where we live and work.

AZAD Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer that considers and employs qualified individuals based upon job related qualifications regardless of race, color, sex, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or any other status protected under applicable local, state or federal law. AZAD Technology Partners takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified employees and applicants who are disabled, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces services medal veterans, and other protected veterans.

AZAD Technology Partners is a Certified Minority Owned Business and OFCCP compliant.