Infrastructure Integration Specialist 9324-2816

Date: 1 week ago

City: Toronto, Ontario

Contract type: Contractor

HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.

Description

Scope

Provide specialized technological support to the SPDC Operations and Application teams to ensure smooth data centre migration and no disruption in service for critical MAG operations and applications.

Assignment Deliverables

Augment the current data centre team to assist with the physical and virtual migrations of devices and application environments.
Manage host and middleware configuration and management, virtualization, deployment.
Build, deploy, manage, and support the SPDC in the new GDC cage.
Perform integration testing ahead of User Acceptance Testing.
Test to validate applications are accessible and functioning once migrated.

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

8+ years experience managing/supporting large enterprise multi-tiered network, infrastructure, and applications
Extensive knowledge and experience with the following:
WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
General OS and Infrastructure

Desired Skills And Experience

WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

Installation and configuration of WAS in both standalone and federated (ND/DMGR) setups
Creation and management of profiles (cell, node, application server)
Deployment of enterprise applications (EAR, WAR, JAR)
JVM tuning and garbage collection management
SSL configuration, keystore/truststore management (e.g. ikeyman)
Understanding of WebSphere security realms
Troubleshooting startup issues, hung threads, application performance

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

General OS And Infrastructure Skills

Security

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria

Criteria 1: WebSphere Application Server (WAS) - 35 Points

Experience installing and configuration of WAS in both standalone and federated (ND/DMGR) setups
Experience creating and managing profiles (cell, node, application server)
Experience deploying enterprise applications (EAR, WAR, JAR)
Experience with JVM tuning and garbage collection management
Knowledge of SSL configuration, keystore/truststore management (e.g. ikeyman)
Understanding of WebSphere security realms

Criteria 2: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) - 35 Points

Experience installing and configuration of JBoss EAP (7.x or later versions) on Linux
Experience migrating from JBOSS Community to JBOSS EAP
Experience with standalone mode configuration
Experience application deployment and tuning
Experience with datasource configuration (JDBC, XA)
Knowledge of log management and troubleshooting

Criteria 3: General OS, Infrastructure, and Security Skills - 25 Points

Strong experience with Linux/Unix command-line and shell scripting (Bash, Python preferred) for automation
Knowledge of file systems, systemd, networking basics
Experience with load balancers and their integration with WAS/JBoss
Understanding of firewalls, ports, and secure communications (SSL, TLS)
Experience with hardening of WAS and JBoss installations
Experience with patch management and vulnerability remediation

Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

Knowledge Transfer

What Needs To Be KT

Build books, technical designs, methods of procedure, architecture documents, configuration documents

To Whom

When

1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation in online repository, throughout the duration of the project lifecycle

Must Haves

8+ years experience managing/supporting large enterprise multi-tiered network, infrastructure, and applications.
Extensive knowledge and experience with the following:
WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
General OS and Infrastructure

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