Middleware Infrastructure Engineer Lead

Bank of America•Pennington, AL

1d•$108,100 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Requirements

Information Technology professional with 7 years of experience
Middleware products: Apache, J2EE, Java, JBoss, WebSphere Application Server, Tomcat
Operating System: Linux
Java/Container Framework Knowledge
Knowledge of shell, jython, and perl scripting
Understanding of Network infrastructure (HTTP/S, TCP/IP, TLS,DNS, Load-balancers, firewalls, proxies, B2B links)
Experience with Release Deploy Tools: Ansible, Ansible Tower, XLR, BitBucket
Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Prior Bank of America experience
Worked with WebSphere Extreme Scale, BPM Middleware Administration
DEVOPS experience
Other products: BMC Truesight Server Automation, Harman mDeliver, Ansible Tower, Terraform

Responsibilities

Confirms that application and business requirements have been translated into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks to guide development and integration of technology solutions
Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains
Reviews and may develop software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
Reviews and guides the evaluation of reference models, blueprints, playbooks and the execution of on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
Mentors and assists Infrastructure resources on infrastructure service along with application integration validation methods and tools to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and help to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
Provide middleware administration duties for critical banking platforms, end-to-end, including WebSphere, jBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WXS (extreme scale cache)
Delivering middleware enterprise projects and regulatory legislative initiatives
Ensuring production stability from an ongoing support standpoint
Ensuring middleware platforms are patched with the most current version of software, helping to manage risk to the customer
Providing Middleware Server administration which includes server installation, configuration, performance tuning and production support
Working with customers (application teams and/or testing teams) on a daily basis and providing Middleware and Java support
Create, maintain and support the application deployment templates
Serving as a J2EE architect and making recommendations on J2EE best practices in application development
Designing Middleware infrastructure and topology design for high availability and failover capability
All solutions must meet all Policy, Baseline, and Standards along with business requirements
Providing technical consultation to other team members and their supported areas
Communicating 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)
Executing production changes for Bank integrated and regulatory releases with precision