Remote WebLogic Middleware Administrator
About The Position
The Senior WebLogic Middleware Administrator administers, configures, maintains, secures, and supports enterprise Oracle WebLogic platforms and their supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on keeping environments highly available, secure, and compliant, while using automation to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and ensure consistency across middleware services. The administrator supports Oracle WebLogic Server components and related web and application servers; performs security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, upgrades, and compliance validation; and manages certificates, identity integrations, and security configurations. The role also covers administration of Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems, automation development, performance monitoring and tuning, troubleshooting, operational incident and change activities, and maintenance of documentation and audit evidence.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree and 6–8 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 6 years of middleware administration experience, primarily focused on enterprise WebLogic environments.
- Experience in security remediation, vulnerability management, and audit compliance.
- Demonstrated experience developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a government security clearance.
- Technical experience with Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle HTTP Server, Apache, Tomcat, and IIS.
- Technical experience with WLST (Jython), Shell, Python, XML, HTML, Awk, Sed, and Curl.
- Administration experience with Linux (RHEL, SUSE), Solaris, AIX, and Windows Server.
- Knowledge of SSL/TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, and security hardening.
- Experience with REST API integration, including WebLogic REST management, task scheduling, and operational scripting.
- Experience with Oracle database connectivity and configuration, including JDBC, data sources, and GridLink/multi data source configuration.
- Experience with JVM tuning, monitoring, and performance analysis.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to Oracle Fusion Middleware, Coherence, or SOA Suite.
- Administration experience with Kafka, Zookeeper, Artifactory, WordPress, ServiceNow, or Remedy.
- Experience with Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
- Experience supporting security audits and compliance frameworks.
- Working exposure to IBM WebSphere; this is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support Oracle WebLogic Server environments, including domains, Admin Servers, Managed Servers, clusters, and Node Manager.
- Support Oracle HTTP Server and Apache, as well as Tomcat and IIS as needed.
- Perform security remediation, vulnerability management, Oracle Critical Patch Update patching, upgrades, and compliance validation.
- Manage SSL/TLS certificates, keystores, truststores, LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory integration, SSO, WebLogic security realms, and authentication providers.
- Administer Linux, Solaris, and Windows servers supporting middleware environments.
- Design, develop, and maintain automation for WebLogic administration, patching, compliance validation, and operational support using Shell, Python, and WLST (Jython).
- Automate deployments, domain and configuration updates, certificate management, reporting, and system health checks.
- Support CI/CD deployment processes and enterprise automation tools where applicable.
- Perform performance monitoring, JVM tuning, data source and connection pool tuning, thread and heap dump analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Execute change management, incident management, and service restoration activities.
- Maintain documentation, procedures, audit evidence, and compliance records.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
