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Unix/Linux - Application Support Administrator

Optimal Solutions Inc

Sep 11
Secret
Early Career (2+ yrs experience)
IT - Support
Remote/HybridMontgomery, AL (Off-Site/Hybrid)Ogden, UT (Off-Site/Hybrid)okc, OK (Off-Site/Hybrid)Mechancsbrg, PA (Off-Site/Hybrid)

Job Title: Application Administration Support Specialist
Location: Montgomery, AL (preferred), or Ogden, UT, Mechanicsburg, PA, or Oklahoma City, OK. Candidates must be within an hour and a half drive from place of performance. Need to report to site once a week but could increase based on government requirements.
Clearance Level Required: Secret
Employment Type: Full-Time (24x7x365 Operational Support) MID Shift time: Friday to Monday 2100-0700 (Central time zone)
Position Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Application Administration Support Specialist to provide comprehensive administration support for DISA-managed systems. This position is responsible for the 24x7x365 operational management, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring of application, web, and middleware components within complex enterprise environments.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in a range of application technologies and platforms including IBM WebSphere, Apache/Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic, Red Hat JBoss, JAVA, and Microsoft IIS, among others.
Key Responsibilities:
Application Administration:
Perform daily administration of vendor software, application memory, storage, and integration with networks and OS.
Manage application-level security, logging, auditing, replication, and high availability architectures.
Handle user access control, account creation, modification, and privilege management.
Execute and monitor application-level scripts and system jobs for operations and maintenance.
Web Administration:
Install, configure, and administer web technologies supporting web-based applications.
Maintain performance, security, and integration of web services.
Middleware Administration:
Administer middleware systems including configuration, updates, patching, and performance tuning.
Support middleware components across distributed computing environments.
Middleware Planning and Implementation:
Conduct version analysis, compatibility testing, and integration planning for middleware components.
Plan and execute middleware upgrades and new deployments.
Middleware Sustainment:
Develop and maintain operational processes to ensure middleware stability and up-to-date patch levels.
Middleware Registration and Configuration:
Configure middleware components after provisioning new server capacity.
Job Scheduling and Execution:
Schedule and execute scripts or system jobs for operational tasks and one-time changes.
Monitor and validate successful job execution and log outcomes.
Account Management:
Manage all aspects of application accounts for system operation, including account metrics reporting.
Technologies and Tools:
Web/Application Servers: IBM WebSphere, Apache/Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server, Microsoft IIS, Red Hat JBoss EAP, Oracle HTTP Server
Middleware Technologies: JAVA, Microsoft XML Web Services (.NET)
Scripting: Application Scripts, OS-Level Scripts
Security & Auditing: Logging, auditing, access control, COOP architectures
Qualifications:
Required:
Strong experience in enterprise-level application administration (5+ years preferred)
Experience supporting 24x7x365 environments
Deep understanding of middleware and web technologies
Familiarity with job scheduling tools and scripting
Security-conscious mindset with knowledge of application access control and auditing
IAT II Certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+)
Preferred:
Experience working in DoD or DISA environments
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About Us
Optimal Solutions, Inc. (OSI) is a small, disadvantaged business and certified Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Development (DEV) Level 3, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015, and ISO 27001:2013. It is a business that provides Information Technology services and solutions to the Federal Government. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, OSI takes great pride in successfully supporting the Department of Defense – US Army; US Space Force; DISA; Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Interior. We are a pure-play Agile development firm and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Select Tier Partner. OSI brings extensive experience in Agile Project Management, Software and Cloud Engineering, Microservices Architecture, expertise managing containerized applications on-premises, and Cloud using Kubernetes, modernizing monolithic applications, and migrating workloads to GovCloud by implementing a successful DevSecOps pipe