Web Engineer- Chennai, India- 120608Job #: 120608
Title: Web Engineer
Job Stream: Information Management and Technology
Location: Chennai, India
Closing Date: 03/26/2012
Background / General description:
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is the largest multilateral provider of financing for private enterprise in developing countries. IFC finances private sector invest
ments, mobilizes capital in international financial markets, facilitates trade, helps clients improve social and environmental sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advisory services to businesses and governments.
The Corporate Business Technologies Department (CBT) is the Information Technology department within IFC. CBT provides flexible, robust and secure IT solutions and services to enable IFC to achieve its mission and business objectives in all IFC locations worldwide.
An opportunity exists within CBT for a Web Engineer to join this dynamic team and contribute to the continued success of the department’s work program. The selected candidate will be a member of CBT’s Operations Unit, reporting to the ITO Offshore Delivery Lead with matrix reporting to CBT’s Web Administration team Lead at HQ. This individual is responsible for supporting and managing IFC’s Web and Java related technologies hosting IFC’s business processes. His/her primary responsibility is to ensure the Web-based environment is properly maintained, secure and performing optimally. He/she is expected to coordinate and work closely with the onsite counterpart to deliver services efficiently. Working with various ITO teams and Application Delivery teams, he/she will support both IT operations and project activities.
Duties and Accountabilities:
The duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Perform all aspects of Web and Portal Server Administration Services in accordance with established processes and guidelines. These include:
o Install, configure and maintain Web servers, Web application servers, Websphere Portal server
o Install and administer LDAP directory servers, authentication and authorization tools and applications
o Install and administer Java Application servers which include WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss
o Maintain integrity of Web servers and Application servers by having proper backup and recovery processes
o Enhance performance of Web applications interfacing with Oracle/SQL backend
o Apply front-end application changes according to CBT’s change management procedures
o Carry out capacity planning activities
o Perform Application server Backup and Restore activities in close coordination with CBT’s Backup team
• Act as the offshore point of contact for the Web administration team and coordinate activities of the offshore team members
• Review requirements with onsite counterpart and fulfill these in coordination with offshore delivery lead through well defined processes
• Maintain operational documentation, technical diagrams and business continuity/disaster recovery procedures
• Participate actively in all aspects of infrastructure projects and technical upgrades which includes patching and updating web servers /application servers /portal servers
• Provide web related server provisioning and technical support services to application development projects.
• Participate in security audits and compliance initiatives. Ensure the web environment is fully compliant with IFC security policies and internal controls.
• Provide 24/7 incident response for IFC’s production environment thru established escalation processes
• Provide periodic and ad-hoc status reports including KPIs as requested by offshore delivery lead
Selection Criteria:
• Master’s degree, preferably in Math, Computer Science or Engineering, and a minimum of five years’ relevant experience, the majority of which should be in Websphere administration in a large scale operation. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Deep knowledge of IBM Websphere and Websphere Portal Server technologies
• Strong experience with LDAP directories and Single Sign-on authentication and authorization platforms, preferably Netegrity Siteminder technologies
• Experience supporting environments based on AIX, Linux and Windows servers
• Extensive experience supporting complex and integrated application environments, primarily based on IBM Websphere and Oracle relational databases
• Experience supporting a wide range of Web-based technologies, Jive Collaboration a plus
• Experience supporting Web Content Management platforms, IBM WCM a plus
• Strong experience with Business Continuity and Disaster recovery implementations in the Web/Middleware platform
• Certification in Websphere technology a plus
• Experience working with global IT organizations supporting decentralized business operations
• Experience supporting IT operations using an onsite/offshore delivery model
• Ability to work with diverse international cultural backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to train and mentor junior staff
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
• Understanding of Bank, IFC and CBT business and processes preferred
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 2 year renewable term appointment.
Only online applications are accepted: applications by email will be neither accepted nor acknowledged. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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