Middleware Engineer

CDW • San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The Middleware Engineer provides end-to-end administration, infrastructure design, and production support for middleware technologies supporting critical banking platforms. The role supports WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WebSphere eXtreme Scale (WXS), with a focus on production stability, performance, software currency, and high availability. Working closely with application and testing teams, this position delivers enterprise projects and regulatory and legislative initiatives, supports Java-based applications, and provides J2EE architecture guidance. Solutions must align with applicable policies, baselines, standards, and business requirements.

Requirements

• Hands-on middleware administration experience supporting enterprise application environments, with experience 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, with 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, including 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 to enable 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed