Job ID: MNSITE-3855
Remote Govt IBM ECM/FileNet Support Engineer (WebSphere/ICN/FileNet/DataCap) with on-call support, application/server upgrade, technical/security review experience
Location: St. Paul, MN (MNIT)
Duration: 12 Months
Desired Qualifications and Skills
5 years demonstrated expertise in IBM ECM and FileNet technologies.
5 years experience coordinating with IBM support on behalf of customers.
5 years experience and knowledge of IBM applications, including support for
WebSphere v9.0.5.22
FileNet CPE 5.5.8 w/ IF006
ICN 3.0.11 w/ IF016
Datacap 9.1.9 w/ IF002
5 years experience performing application and server upgrades for IBM applications.
5 years of experience performing on-call support for IBM applications and or government entities
5 years experience performing technical and security reviews of IBM applications.
Certifications related to area(s) of responsibilities such as:
IBM
Websphere
FileNet
ICN
DataCap
Description of Project
The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Unemployment Insurance (UI) unit utilizes a range of IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) products including WebSphere, FileNet CPE, IBM Content Navigator (ICN), Datacap and other IBM Infrastructure products. Our current MNIT DEED staff requires vendor support to ensure the IBM applications in use by UI are maintained, upgraded and supported, to keep their business systems running and up to date.
At a high level, the vendor would perform a review of our environment as a health check, and a written and oral report upon completion of the health check. Provide a plan and roadmap for monthly upgrades and modernization, with guidance towards greater security, automation, and native development. This plan would include planning server upgrades as needed to support new software versions. Provide monthly status reports. Guide and train MNIT/DEED staff in IBM Support steps and best practices. Vendor s support services would inlcude helpdesk services to troubleshoot if the State have questions or encounter any IBM issues.
Deliverables
Deliverable 1: Comprehensive Roadmap and Plan
Perform a review of our environment as a health check.
Provide a written and oral report upon completion of the health check.
Provide a plan and roadmap for monthly upgrades and modernization, providing guidance towards greater security, automation, and native development. This would include but not be limited to the following:
a. A written and oral plan that is agreed upon by all parties.
b. Detailed description of service delivery model.
c. Server and software upgrades as needed to modernize and increase security, automation and native development.
d. Resumes of key personnel who would be assigned to the work and references for the key personnel.
Deliverable 2: Reporting
Provide regular communication via monthly status reports to include the following:
o Roadmap status
o Ticket metrics
o Support services status
Deliverable 3: Support Services
On-going Support Services
Vendor will provide on-going support services remotely with a ticketing system for the State to enter support requests. Support requests shall be submitted as a ticket and applied priorities based on an agreed to service agreement between the selected responder and the State. The support services are estimated at 180 hours over a one-year period.
Vendor should provide a dedicated technical personnel responsible for tracking and managing support calls for the State.
a. Personnel shall have subject matter expertise to support/troubleshoot various non-ticketing questions or IBM issues.
b. Respond to and resolve technical how-to questions and troubleshoot issues related to IBM ECM.
c. All on-going support services should be reachable by phone or email during business hours (9am-5pm, CST) and after-hours for emergency and pre-planned support.
d. Guide and train MNIT/DEED staff in IBM Support steps and best practices and provide the following:
o Provide support coordination with MNIT/DEED staff on IBM ECM support
o Provide mentoring/product knowledge transfer to MNIT/DEED Staff on administrative functions and ECM system tasks.
o Transfer knowledge to State
On-call Engineer Support Services
Vendor should provide an on-call engineer during non-business hours for system failures to respond within the timelines in the agreed to service agreement. The On-call support service should be reachable by phone or email during business hours (9am-5pm, CST) and after-hours for emergency and pre-planned support. The engineer support services are estimated at 180 hours over a one-year period.
Pre-planned non-business hours support should be available if needed. This may occur for deployment or patches pre-planned to avoid interruptions during the standard business hours.
IBM Support Coordination
a. Act as a virtual system administrator to open and manage support tickets with IBM
b. Interface with IBM personnel on behalf of DEED/MNIT to resolve issues efficiently
c. Assist in planning for patches, upgrades, and broader ECM strategy
Development and Code Support
a. Perform custom development or integration work
b. Provide debugging, code reviews, and API usage mentoring
Minor Revision Upgrade Support
a. Assist in deploying patches and minor software revisions.
b. Identify upgrade dependencies and ensure backup and rollback processes are in place.
c. Notify DEED/MNIT of new or pending patches.
