IBM Consultant

Job Title: IBM webMethods Administrator

Location: Princeton, NJ

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Ownership & Administration

• Own installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching of IBM webMethods components including:
• Integration Server
• Universal Messaging and Broker
• Command Central
• My webMethods Server (MWS)
• Optimize
• Manage multiple environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD) with environment consistency and governance.
• Plan and execute version upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Certificate installation of target partners as per their requirement.
• Knowledge on webMethods designer and coding skills.

Production Support & Incident Management

• Act as L3 escalation point for production issues.
• Lead major incident calls, perform root cause analysis, and drive permanent fixes.
• Analyze logs, heap dumps, and thread dumps to resolve complex JVM and runtime issues.
• Coordinate with IBM/webMethods support for critical SRs.

Performance, Stability & Capacity

• Proactively monitor system health, message backlogs, memory utilization, and thread usage.
• Perform performance tuning, JVM optimization, and capacity planning.
• Design and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) setups.

Security & Compliance

• Manage users, groups, roles, and ACLs within webMethods.
• Integrate authentication with LDAP / enterprise identity systems.
• Configure SSL, certificates, and secure communications.
• Support audit, compliance, and security reviews.

Automation & Operational Excellence

• Automate deployments, restarts, housekeeping, and health checks using Command Central and scripting.
• Standardize operational runbooks and SOPs.
• Drive continuous improvement in platform stability and operational efficiency.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Work closely with developers to support deployments, package management, and environment readiness.
• Provide technical guidance to L2 / junior admins.
• Participate in design and architecture discussions for new integrations and platforms.

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in IBM webMethods Administration
• Deep understanding of:
• Integration Server architecture
• Messaging & API management concepts
• ESB and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience with Linux/Unix, Windows, JVM tuning
• Database knowledge (Oracle / SQL Server/Postgres) and basic networking

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in IBM webMethods Administration
• Experience with Linux/Unix, Windows, JVM tuning
• Database knowledge (Oracle / SQL Server/Postgres) and basic networking

Operational Expertise

• Production support in 24×7 environments
• DR, backup & recovery planning
• Environment refresh and release support