WebSphere Portal Tech Lead

Job Title: WebSphere Portal Tech Lead

Location: Remote

Required Skills

Portal Architecture & Administration

Proven experience architecting and administering HCL Portal / WebSphere Portal in enterprise environments.

Strong understanding of portal cluster topologies, deployment manager, node agents, and virtual portals.

Expertise in portal administration: portlet deployment, XML Access scripts, portal configuration, and environment management.

LDAP / SSO Integration, OpenID Connect (Ping) & SSL/TLS Certificate Management

Hands-on experience integrating LDAP (IBM Security Directory Server / Active Directory) with WebSphere Portal for user registry, group management, and role mapping.

Practical knowledge of Single Sign-On (SSO) implementation using OpenID Connect (OIDC) with Ping Identity (PingFederate / PingAccess / PingOne).

Experience managing SSL/TLS certificates including procurement, deployment, renewal, and keystore/trust store configuration across portal nodes.

Portlet Development (JSR-286), Inter-Portlet Communication & Personalization

Strong proficiency in JSR-286 portlet development, including all lifecycle phases: init, render, action, event, and resource.

Experience implementing inter-portlet communication (IPC) using public render parameters and portal events.

Knowledge of portal personalization engines and rules-based content targeting for user-segment-based delivery.

Portlets & Portal Technologies

Deep expertise in JSR-286 Portlet API and full portlet lifecycle management.

Integration with WCM (Web Content Manager) and backend services via REST/JSON APIs.

Security hardening: CSRF token management and XSS output encoding within portlet development.

Accessibility compliance: demonstrated understanding and application of WCAG 2.1 guidelines in portlet UIs.

CI/CD for Portlet Builds (Maven / Gradle)

Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using Maven and/or Gradle for portlet artifact builds and deployments.

Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps for portlet deployment automation and environment promotion.

Understanding of portal XML Access and ConfigEngine scripts for automated configuration management.

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