Administration of Websphere/Weblogic/J2EE AppServer, MQ, MQ Broker, Directory server, HTTP Server Installation/Configuration/Administration WebSphere ND 7/8/9, Installation/Configuration/Administration Websphere Portal Installation/Configuration/Administration Cognos System Administrator Installation/Configuration/Administration IBM TAM Understanding of SSL and knowledge of setting up secure communication between WAS and MQ components Strong understanding of High Availability concept and architecture. Automation of middleware processes such as start/stop, monitoring, automated deployments of applications