JEE Middleware Sr Technology Engineer

JEE Middleware Sr Technology Engineer position for Travelers Insurance in Hartford, Connecticut

The Travelers "Middleware - JEE" engineering group is seeking a Sr. Technology Engineer to join our Middleware team.  Candidates should have a strong background in JEE and Java technologies.  He/she should have experience in administrating JBoss (4.x,5.x) and WebSphere (6.x/7.x) application servers.  The individual would be responsible for the day-to-day support of Enterprise JEE infrastructures running on a variety of platforms.  The candidate would work closely with numerous teams (Operations, JEE Developers, Performance Engineering, etc.) to troubleshoot complex JEE infrastructure and application related issues.

Candidates should also have an understanding of supporting infrastructure components that comprise JEE application server environments.  Examples of supporting components are load balancers, web servers, operating systems, relational databases, security technologies, monitoring tools/techniques, source control management systems, deployment models/methodologies, IDE’s.

This position requires a candidate to work closely with numerous teams and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

BS/BA degree in Computer Science preferred

Primary Duties:
-Provide day to day support of JBoss and WebSphere application server infrastructures. 
-Provide support to JEE application teams in large scale JEE environments
-Assist application teams w/ deployments to server environments. 
-Responsible for configuring JEE deployment tool and configuring application server resources in an Enterprise server environment. 
-Troubleshoot JEE infrastructure and application related issues in a large scale server environments.
-Assist in designing and architecting Enterprise JEE infrastructures.
-Lead proof of concepts and research projects for lines of business.
-Provide technical consulting for Enterprise JEE projects/initiatives.
-Liaison w/ Operations, Engineering and JEE application teams.


Technical Requirements:
- 2+ years JBossAS 4.x administration experience.  JBoss Operations Network experience a plus.
-WebSphere Application Server experience.  Must have WAS 6.1 Network Deployment administration expertise.
- Java/JEE development background
- Experience w/ web server administration.  IIS 6 experience required.  Apache background a plus.
- Experience w/ UNIX (Linux, AIX) and Windows OS (W2k3).
- Strong scripting skills (I.e. PERL, Jython, Shell)
- Experience with load balancing technologies (F5 BIG IP / 3DNS / Cisco ACE)
- Experience with Enterprise Web Security Models and architectures.
- Experience with performance monitoring tools/techniques. 
- Knowledge of ITIL processes
- Understanding of JEE (1.5, EE5) concepts.
- Understanding of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
- Understanding of Java application frameworks (Similar to Apache Struts and JSF).
- Understanding of Source Control Systems (Example: MKS, Subversion).
- Understanding of Automated build tools such CruiseControl and ANT
- Understanding of DB2, Oracle and MS SQL databases.

If interested in this position, please write back with your availability to interview and to start, the reason you are leaving your present situation OR the reason for leaving your last position, along with either your current salary or your minimum BASE salary figure (not counting annual bonus or other benefits)and  the status of your eligibility to work in the United States?

** Where do you live and are you open to paying your own expenses for relocation to  Hunt Valley, Maryland 

Also, write back with the number of years of experience and a brief explanation of that specific experience in each of the following:

• Experience working for an insurance company (which ones? How long?)


• Sun Certified J2EE Enterprise Architect (how long have you been certified)


• JBossAS 4.x administration experience


• JBoss Operations Network experience


• WebSphere Application Server experience 


• WAS 6.1 Network Deployment administration expertise


• Java/JEE development background


• Experience w/ web server administration


• IIS 6 experience


• Apache


• UNIX (Linux, AIX) [which one? how long?]


• Windows OS (W2k3)


• Strong scripting skills (I.e. PERL, Jython, Shell) [which ones? How long?]


• Load balancing technologies (F5 BIG IP / 3DNS / Cisco ACE) [which ones? How long?]


• Enterprise Web Security Models and architectures [which ones? How long?]


• Performance monitoring tools/techniques [which ones? How long?]


• ITIL processes


• JEE (1.5, EE5) concepts.


• Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)


• Java application frameworks (Similar to Apache Struts and JSF) [which ones? How long?]


• Source Control Systems (Example: MKS, Subversion). [which ones? How long?]


• Automated build tools such CruiseControl and ANT


• DB2, Oracle and MS SQL databases. [which ones? How long?]

Ruthie Powell, Senior Sourcing Specialist for  Travelers Insurance

Travelers has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the most admired companies to work for, ranking 2nd amongst all property casualty insurers in 2009.

Travelers was recently ranked Top Property & Casualty Company in BusinessWeek’s Best Places to Launch a Career Survey!