Web Infrastructure Engineer - Web Sphere
Mission context
The Application Hosting squad within Application Production Services (APS) works on the technical design, installation, set-up, industrialization, management, support and documentation of the Web Application Hosting Infrastructure.
The client needs a Web Infrastructure Engineer to enforce the Application Hosting squad and support more specifically the migration of our Legacy applications to our new data center, which will be a model of Infrastructure as a service (IAAS).
Function description
The mission has different aspects:
It goes from configuring certificates & infrastructure configuration kits of applications, to providing support for production release, to troubleshooting (performance) issues in non-prod & prod environments, to regularly patching vulnerability findings on our platforms. Our technology landscape is primarily Web Sphere-based, with traditional WAS ND 8.5/9 to run Java-based applications. The Web Sphere Engineer is responsible for:

• Creation and maintenance of application configuration kits, certificates, DNS & LB modifications, etc.
• Setup & maintenance of lab, development, staging & production platforms running mutualized webhosting setups
• Regular support-of-the-day, out-of-hours standby for projects & on-call duties
• Supporting application releases up to production
• Handover to Operations & Service Management in all its facets (planning, deployments, testing, industrialization, training)
• Troubleshooting & support through all environments, from development to staging to production
  • Participate in the identification of the root cause of an incident and the elaboration (and the implementation) of a solution and if not possible to perform a work-around
• Ensuring optimal application performance through platform & application capacity management and deep-application monitoring via Dynatrace
• Standard ITIL processes (incident, problem, change management)
• Restoring the servicing (by restarting the application or the machines, isolating unstable components)
• Emergency deployment of application, patching, modification of parameters

Language requirements
Dutch Is a plus
French Is a plus
English Fluent
Education
Master or equivalent by experience with at least 3 years' strong experience in a similar function: Web infrastructure in banking sector
Location:
50% on site in Brussels & 50% homeworking, candidates must already be based in Belgium and have right to work in Belgium.
Required experience/knowledge
At least 3 years of experience in Web Security/Hosting and professional experience of at least 5 years.
Technical experience
Mandatory

• Solid and proven experience with the following Web technologies: primarily Web Sphere focused (t WAS ND), certificate management and Dynatrace application & infrastructure monitoring
• Generic knowledge on:
  • Web concepts such as Load balancers, DNS, IP, AV, PKI, DMZ, etc.
  • Networking, network protocols (SSL,TLS), network Firewalls & application Firewalls
  • Linux operation systems
• ITIL processes (incident, problem, change mgt)

Preferable

• Agile experience
• Notions of Java-based programming
• Dev Ops & CI/CD practices
• Logging & monitoring

Business experience
mandatory

• Follows the Customer processes for projects, incident and change management
• Being standalone and team worker, analytical minded, meet commitment, ability to work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment, flexible, customer-oriented, understand risk awareness
• Highly skilled in project management, project life cycle and project methodology, motivated self-starter, process-oriented with high attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and flexibility to accommodate demanding projects schedules, strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community

preferable

• Able to understand bank related business processes and assess impacts on business, Agile methodology