For our client, a well known and respected financial organization in Rockville, MD, we are in search of a Lead Infrastructure Engineer with expert knowledge of WebLogic and a keen interest in emerging technologies:

Position: Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Rockville, MD
Duration: 9-12 "+" months



Essential Job Functions:

The consultant will support the infrastructure hardware and software in a large-scale software development environment. Planning physical deployment of applications and application upgrades on UNIX/Windows platforms and selecting 3rd party software. Coordinating deployment with data center staff. Providing architectural planning and oversight for solutions implementation. Troubleshooting application outages by providing 3rd tier support, including some limited after-hours support as needed. Analyzing complex business problems and producing systems designs and technical design documents to address business needs. Applying specific and detailed knowledge of internet applications and world wide web technologies to the design and development of complex systems and business tasks. Providing daily consultation to developers and testers in order to facilitate appropriate technical solutions to complex problems. Working with the application development team, operations team, and business stakeholders to ensure continued successful deployment and operation of the portfolio. Responsible for reviewing and training of less experienced engineers. Specifically, provides daily mentoring and coaching to improve productivity and the quality of engineering work products. Operating in concert with the project manager, coordinates the activities of the team to meet project deadlines and resolve the conflicting demands of users. Specifically, assigns project work to individual engineers and monitors work progress on a continuous basis with considerable latitude in establishing and changing work procedures; measures results and initiates personnel actions. Participates in formal architectural review of advanced systems and technologies and prepares plans for the adoption of new technology.


Education/Experience Requirements:

* Bachelors Degree in computer science or equivalent.
* Minimum 8 years hands-on experience with Windows Servers and Linux or Solaris.
* Expertise in WebLogic including performance tuning, optimization and configuration and support.
* Experience working with IIS and Oracle databases preferred.
* Experience with configuring and administering web and messaging applications desired.
* Strong familiarity with TCP/IP networking.
* Scripting on both UNIX and Windows platforms.
* Good technical communication skills.
* Excellent organizational skills.
* Ability to work in fast paced production environment.
* Experience as team lead or project manager over a small team (at least 2-3 individuals).
* Proficient in Microsoft Project including ability to plan project schedules and track resource use. Exceptionally proficient in written technical communication including experience with functional descriptions and technical design documents.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please forward a copy of your resume, along with your availability, current location, and hourly compensation requirements to acrehan@targetlabs.net.