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.