Systems Engineer (JBOSS / OPENSHIFT/GitOps)

Systems Engineer (JBOSS / OPENSHIFT/GitOps)World Wide Technology is looking for a Systems Engineer . This role is part of WWT's Strategic Resourcing services and is a contract role. The candidate will be supporting a WWT customer and will be employed by one of WWT's preferred partners. The partner will provide full compensation and benefit information prior to employment with the partner.Team members for the Data Center Consolidation effort must have experience with at least the following:Software engineering with an emphasis on Java software development as well as Java application server (Strong JBOSS experience required) implementation.Solid understanding of middleware technologies such as message-oriented middleware and data streaming preferably with experience in IBM MQ and/or Apache MQ.Containerization of applications, preferably with an emphasis towards Kubernetes, specifically OpenShift.Hands-on experience with GitOps deployment patterns, including the use of FluxCD and/or ArgoCD to manage and automate application deployments.Hands-on experience deploying applications in OpenShift-based environmentsStrong understanding of modern application deployment practices, including GitOps-based workflowsExperience managing deployments using code-driven automation rather than traditional build-and-release pipelinesAbility to work with version-controlled deployment configurations and automated synchronization toolsFamiliarity with deployment models where infrastructure and application changes are tracked, reviewed, and promoted through repositoriesExperience supporting teams during platform transitions from traditional deployment methods to cloud-native approachesAutomation of infrastructure delivery with configuration orchestration and management solutions (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Terraform)Ideally, they will have experience with one or more of the following as well:DevOps principles and CI/CD solutions (e.g. GitLab, Jenkins).Knowledge of network and system administration fundamentals.Experience establishing, using and supporting integration and communication protocols between applications, databases, and technology platforms.Incident triage including scope determination, impact assessment and service restoration.