Technical / Functional Skills

• Should work from office from Day 1
• The Middleware Engineer is responsible for the implementation of new applications, upgrades of existing applications and/or code deployments of currently utilized applications.
• In addition, the Middleware Engineer will work closely with internal clients, Integration teams and external vendors gathering requirements, designing and deploying infrastructure components to support those requirements.
• This position must understand the architecture and design, high availability concepts, load balancers, clustering, networking, operating system concepts, databases, continuous integration, and firewalls.
• Deliver enterprise projects that utilize middleware platforms and ensure the support teams have adequate information and knowledge to maintain the environment.
• Directly responsible for provisioning middleware technologies as a service capability for applications.
• Middleware technologies include but are not limited to Jboss, Apache, Weblogic, Tomcat and J2EE.
• Architecting & proposing designs for new projects involving middleware products
• Installation, configuration, and administration of Jboss, Tomcat and Weblogic application Servers and Apache web servers
• Implementing design principles of a service oriented architecture
• Identify opportunities to optimize current solutions and perform technical analysis and/or provide hands-on technical support, on an as needed basis, to troubleshoot problems related to poorly performing systems in production and other test environments
• Ability to quickly assimilate into a complex environment and rapidly learn the existing and inbound technologies
• Automation of support tasks, recovery tasks, implementation tasks - recommendations for process improvements.

 

Required Job Skills

• 8+ years Unix/Linux System Administration experience (RHEL)
• 5+ Experience engineering Java apps infrastructure.
• 5+ Experience administering JBOSS, Tomcat, Websphere and Weblogic application servers.
• 5+ Experience administering Web Servers(Apache and IHS) and messaging(JMS)
• J2EE infrastructure design and build experience
• Knowledge of databases and database technology (Oracle/MSSQL Server)
• Experience using logging and monitoring tools such as SPLUNK
• Experience working in a CICD tools and environment. 
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Write and maintain system documentation
• Knowledge on Pega Engineering would be a huge PLUS.