BizTalk Administrator 507-1116
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Length of Engagement: Contract to Hire
US citizen or permanent resident only.
Position Description:
The BizTalk Administrator has the overall responsibility of monitoring and optimizing BizTalk performance and health, managing risk and recommending and implementing preventative measures. The BizTalk administrator will work closely with developers making development recommendations and facilitating debugging and will help define server specifications, topology and installation best practices. The overall objective of the role is providing the highest quality of service to internal and external clients by helping them to maintain effective, stable products that support the solutions installed.
Responsibilities:
Proactively monitor health of BizTalk servers installed at client sites and take appropriate preventative actions
Develop tools, metrics, and reports to effectively monitor BizTalk server health
Define topology and specifications for variously sized clients, including scale-out architectures for large installations
Effectively troubleshoot using tools such as BizTalk Admin Console, PerfMon, SQL Profiler, Event Viewer, IIS logs, etc. to solve issues with WCF, IIS (including slowness), slow file import performance, file import map issues/data truncation, bottlenecks in the system such as with SQL Server
Perform problem resolution and root cause analysis, spot trends and recommend and implement preventive techniques
Design, install, tune, maintain and monitor BizTalk databases, products, logs and services; including, but not limited to, storage management, BizTalk performance tuning, BizTalk software debugging, backup and recovery, and change/configuration maintenance
Work closely with development and implementation teams to design and implement overall application configuration, associated support tools and processes
Provide technical consulting in identifying, implementing and supporting new BizTalk functions
Ensure standardization of systems implementation, support techniques, and adherence to formal processes, change control, best practices, and total quality practices in all activities
Coach and mentor on best practices for BizTalk
3-5 years of BizTalk administration experience in a production environment including installation, configuration (e.g. scale-out/clustered configurations) and performance tuning/optimization
BizTalk development experience a plus
Experience troubleshooting IIS
A solid understanding of SQL Server 2008 BizTalk related jobs, profiler and tuning for BizTalk performance
Working knowledge of other SQL Server 2008 functions, Windows Server, .Net and C# strongly preferred
Strong problem-solving skills with ability to provide proactive, innovative solutions
Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external clients
Must have initiative and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Bachelor's degree or equivalent required - preferably specializing in computer science, management information systems, or other analytical or computer-related discipline
Up to 15% travel
Preferred Experience:
Experience with Visual Studio 2005+ and TFS is a plus
Microsoft BizTalk certification is a plus
Experience in XP/SCRUM team is a plus
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