Middleware Engineer/Admin

Genesis10•Pennington, NJ

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Middleware Engineer/Admin for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution. This role involves providing end-to-end middleware administration for critical banking platforms, including WebSphere, JBoss, and Tomcat. The engineer will be responsible for delivering enterprise projects, ensuring production stability, and keeping platforms patched to the latest versions. The position requires working closely with application and testing teams to provide J2EE architecture guidance and support.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Information Technology professional with 5-7 years of experience
Middleware products: Apache, J2EE, Java, JBoss, WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic, Tomcat
Operating System: Linux
Java/Container Framework Knowledge
Knowledge of Shell, Jython, and Perl scripting
Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Kubernetes experience
Container/Docker experience

Responsibilities

Provide middleware administration duties for critical banking platforms, end-to-end, including WebSphere, jBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WXS (extreme scale cache)
Deliver middleware enterprise projects and regulatory legislative initiatives
Ensure production stability from an ongoing support standpoint
Ensure middleware platforms are patched with the most current version of software, helping to manage risk to the customer
Provide WebSphere Application Server administration that includes server installation, configuration, performance tuning and production support
Work with customers (application teams and/or testing teams) on a daily basis and providing WebSphere and Java support
Serve as a J2EE architect and making recommendations on J2EE best practices in application development
Design WebSphere infrastructure and WebSphere topology design for high availability and failover capability
Provide technical consultation to other team members and their supported areas
Communicate with business partners at an enterprise level; Interfacing with internal customers and external vendors for consultation at various points of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
Execute production changes for client integrated and regulatory releases with precision

Benefits

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)