Middleware Engineer
About The Position
The Middleware Engineer provides end-to-end administration, infrastructure design, and production support for middleware technologies that support critical banking platforms. The role focuses on production stability, performance, software currency, and high availability across WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere eXtreme Scale (WXS). The engineer works closely with application and testing teams to support Java-based applications, deliver enterprise projects and regulatory and legislative initiatives, and provide J2EE architecture guidance. Solutions must align with applicable policies, baselines, standards, and business requirements.
Requirements
- Hands-on middleware administration experience supporting enterprise application environments, relevant to WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WXS.
- Ability to install, configure, patch, upgrade, and performance-tune middleware servers and support production platforms.
- Working knowledge of Java and J2EE application architectures, deployment practices, and application-platform troubleshooting.
- Ability to design middleware infrastructure and topologies for high availability and failover.
- Experience creating and maintaining application deployment templates.
- Ability to translate business requirements and applicable policies, baselines, and standards into middleware solutions.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with application and testing teams.
- Ability to balance ongoing production support with enterprise project delivery and regulatory and legislative initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting critical banking platforms or similarly regulated enterprise environments.
- Experience delivering middleware work for regulatory or legislative initiatives.
- Experience providing J2EE architecture guidance and application development best-practice recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Provide end-to-end middleware administration for critical banking platforms using WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere eXtreme Scale (WXS) caching technologies.
- Deliver middleware components of enterprise projects and regulatory and legislative initiatives in alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Maintain production stability through ongoing middleware support, troubleshooting, and resolution of platform issues.
- Keep middleware platforms current with software patches and version updates to help manage customer risk and maintain platform reliability.
- Install, configure, administer, and tune middleware servers, including performance optimization and production support.
- Partner with application and testing teams to provide middleware and Java support and address application-platform issues.
- Create, maintain, and support application deployment templates for consistent middleware deployments.
- Serve as a J2EE architect and recommend application development best practices that align with middleware platform requirements.
- Design middleware infrastructure and platform topologies to support high availability and failover capabilities.
- Ensure middleware solutions meet applicable policies, baselines, standards, and business requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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