Application Support Engineer - Philadelphia, PA

Position Id: NAL-1405-21

Job Type: Contract 

Interview Type: Skype/Phone

Job Description:

• Java, C# or other OO language Core Features/Class Libraries
• Ruby, Groovy, Python, Perl and/or Other Scripting Tools
• Experience with Java Application Servers (e.g., Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss, Glassfish)
• Very Strong Understanding Of UNIX/Linux Environment and Associated Tools
• Thorough understanding of Large Scale Networking and Security Concepts (e.g., Load Balancing, Firewalls)
• Experience with Continuous Integration Tools (e.g., Hudson, Jenkins, Bamboo)
• Distributed System Infrastructure, Emphasizing Common HTTP Idioms
• RESTful Web Service/SOA Development and/or Configuration Experience
• OO Language IDE, Configuration Management, and Build Tools
• Source Code Management Systems
• Thorough understanding of Virtualization (e.g., VMWare, Xen)
• Rigorous Unit Testing Discipline With Code Coverage Targets
• Experience with Automated Test Frameworks and Coverage Analyzers for Java and JavaScript
• Mastery of Deployment Management and CM Tools (e.g. Capistrano, Puppet, MCollective)
• Formal Issue/Bug Management and Team Collaboration Tools
• Experience with Formal Agile Development Techniques
• Ability to Present to Technical and Non-Technical Audiences
• Excellent Written Communications Skills

Responsibilities:

• Deploy our applications to tomcat using our Capistrano/ruby scripts
• Make configuration changes to property files and restart services
• Make Database updates for deployments
• Triage incoming incident/bug reports for our apps
• Troubleshoot network/firewall related security issues and raise tickets to get them fixed
• Become a liaison and expert in our platform and organizations network topology, all the moving parts, handle all our connectivity issues.
• Auditing and improving OS level configuration management of our virtual machines
• Raising requests to have load balancing configurations change for our applications
• Take part in development project to make our applications more configurable and done in a dynamic way using JMX
• Work with our partners on teams who provide SOAP/Rest data services we’re dependent on, to troubleshoot issues or manage change
• Update Maven POM files, cut branches in subversion at release time
• Automate POM updates and Branch creation
• Monitor and enhance Dynatrace performance analysis dashboard

Interested candidates can send resumes to jobs@nallas.com with position ID in subject line