Lead Systems Engineer, Jersey City, NJWe are seeking a Lead Systems Engineer.Responsibilities:– Provide support to the various middleware technologies managed by the team with main focus on WebSphere Business Process Manager and WebSphere Application Server.– Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures such as automation through scripting, programming, etc.– Installation, Configuration WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, IBM BPM, IBM MQ Tomcat application servers.– Support and troubleshoot WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, IBM BPM, IBM MQ Tomcat application servers.– Solve issues related to access management solutions like Ping Federate/Ping Access, IBM ISAM, etc.– Implement Load Balancing, High Availability, and Disaster recovery plans and configurations.– Environment Integrations with other interfaces and 3rd party applications.– Support new applications deployed in all Dev, QA, PROD environments.– Use monitoring tools and other 3rd party tools to maintain system health and uptime.– Performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.Qualifications:– Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.– 5+ years' experience in supporting real time production environments.– Extensive debugging skills and troubleshooting experience.– Experience with Middleware technologies like WebSphere Portal is a plus.– General knowledge of industry principles and familiarity with modern technologies like Amazon cloud, Unix/Linux, virtualization, etc. is preferred but not required.– Certifications in any middleware technologies is preferred.