Sr. Websphere Commerce / Port Dev Engineer (open to telecommute)

email dennis@wirelessjobs.com

Can work at the following locations throughout US:

St. Louis – New York – Reston

If candidate is a strong fit, company will consider allowing developer to work from home office.

*Immediate opportunity for a talented technical professional with a solid understanding of the IBM SOA Lifecycle and experience designing and implementing WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Commerce solutions (WCS). This specialist is responsible for the successful delivery of WebSphere Commerce and Portal solutions to clients.

The WCS performs technical tasks including analysis, architecture, design, programming, testing, product installation and support of complex WebSphere Commerce solutions to meet client requirements. The WCS also manages client relationships within the context of the technical development role.

This role will involve focus on Portal installation and configuration, as well as some portlet development.

The WebSphere Commerce Administrator has overall responsibility for the effective implementation, ongoing growth and day-to-day support of the company’s WebSphere Commerce Stores; the Business Process aspects of WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and WebSphere Commerce Sales Center and works with business subject matter experts to ensure full internalization of WebSphere Commerce within the business and provides ongoing training , marketing and configuration assistance on these products.

This engineer will be part of the 3 member team providing support and on call rotation 24×7. The engineer will be required to work second shift 2-3 months in a year.

Required skills:
•Experience as a member of a technical project team, from design through delivery

•Ability to install and configure WebSphere Application Server ND

•Ability to install and configure WebSphere Portal (experience with clustered environments preferred)

•Ability to install and configure HTTP servers, DB2, and WebSphere Edge Components

•Ability to configure WebSphere Portal for LDAP and Lotus Integration (Mail, Sametime, Quickplace, etc).

•Ability to customize WebSphere Portal themes and skins

•Ability to develop JSR-168 compatible portlets using Rational Application Developer

•WebSphere Portlet Factory knowledge, and ability to build custom portlets surfacing web services and RDBMS. Knowledge of the WPF Dashboard framework.

•Experience with Java Server Faces (JSF) in portlet development

•Familiarity with XMLAccess, ReleaseBuilder, and environment migration

•Solid understanding of web services concepts: building both web service clients and service enabling existing applications.

•Understanding of the IBM SOA Lifecycle and related tools: WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Process Server, and WebSphere Business Modeler

•Understanding of how WebSphere Portal fits into an overall SOA architecture.

•Familiarity with Business Process Choreography API.

•Knowledge of UML and OOAD tools (e.g. Rational Rose)

•Experience installing and configuring WebSphere Content Manager (WCM) and developing WCM solutions a plus, not required.

•Database knowledge in DB2 or other enterprise-class RDBMS

•Ability to work closely with clients and deal with them in a professional manner

Passion and confidence in this field

Desired skills:
• 2 or more years of experience in J2EE web development (Java, JSP, etc)
• 2-5 yrs working experience with IBM Websphere Portal
• Experience developing and/or deploying portlets for WebSphere Portal Server

•Strong understanding of diverse technical environments and platforms

•Demonstrated strong problem solving skills and analytical skills

•Experience with integration and support of various systems.

•Demonstrated experience with the design, development of technical and functional specifications based on Business Requirements

•Experience with IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 or above preferred

•Development experience with IBM Portlet Factory would be a plus

•Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills are required.

•Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies

•Demonstrated operational experience in mission critical environments is required.

Education or Equivalent Experience:
•Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.