Middleware Administrator

Skills

Install, patch, monitor, diagnose, performance tune Tibco software
Provide 24x7 third-level support.
Provide SME advice on architecture, design, and implementation of new projects and deliverables to applications.
Follow best practice implementation process – checklist, pre/post implementation validation and checkout, exercised backout procedures for platform stability and high success rate
Analyze and performance tune the Middleware platforms Tibco , Kafka.
Develop and manage Hawk rules, Confluent monitoring, Grafana Prometheus
Devise automation and autonomics trigger and scripts for best performance, self-tuning, and outage avoidance.
Work with the vendor in root cause analysis, managing tickets, collecting doc, devising workarounds, taking corrective or preventative actions, and implementing vendor fixes.
Abide by all requirements from Security, Compliance, and Audit.
Provide backup support for IBM MQ, utilizing QPasa or IR360 monitor tool, SNS/SQS, Redis
Keep all platforms at supported software levels and apply CIS security patching
Team Player
Customer service orientation.
Experience with Jenkins, GIT, AWS , Zenoss, Splunk, AppD

Knowledge

Tibco Suite Administration (BW5, BW6, ActiveSpaces, EMS, iProcess)
Confluent product suite (Zookeeper, Broker, Control Center, Connect, Replicator, Schema Reg)
Developing Hawk rules, Grafana Prometheus, Confluent Monitoring
ServiceNow, or other ticketing management tools, Jira
Strong Windows, AIX/Unix/Linux administration skills and AWS tools.
Diagnostic and root cause determination skills.
Knowledge of JVM , Thread, Core dump reading
Migration experience Tibco iProcess 11.8, BW 5.14, 6.8, EMS 10.x, ActiveSpaces , Kafka latest versions
Experience with JAVA, Shell/Python Scripting, RDBMS, SQL
Experience with web services, certificates, SOAP, API management
Mandatory knowledge of adapters preferably ADB adapter, MQ, SalesForce, ActiveSpaces, CICS, File adapter
Ability to multitask and prioritize responsibilities on a daily basis, often under pressure.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Technology

Tibco Suite Administration (BW5, BW6, ActiveSpaces, EMS, iProcess)
Kafka suite Administration
Windows, AIX/Unix/Linux, AWS
JAVA, Shell/Python Scripting, RDBMS, SQL