Senior Middleware Support Engineer - Now Hiring
Description:
• Implement and configure resources as per approved middleware patterns.
• Onboard, Maintain and support enterprise applications deployed on middleware platforms.
• Keep applications and their environments (WebSphere, BizTalk, Tomcat, Apache/IIS) secure by ensuring all vulnerability patches/fixes are applied before due dates. Responsibility includes identifying opportunities for Patching Automation, Process Streamlining, Inventory Corrections, Coordination with 300+ Applications and Weekly/Monthly Reporting.
• Manage patching processes, including golden images.
• Keep platforms and environments stable and available 24/7 by applying the latest industry trends in monitoring, alerting, and predicting possible issues and concerns. Analyze existing configurations and provide advice on possible improvements and environment enhancements.
• Provide administration support for IaaS and PaaS services, including backup and recovery, and first level problem determination.
• Responsible for coordinating with multiple teams and groups for successful implementation of middleware platforms standards and procedures and all integrations such as Single Sign On, Job Schedulers, Cron jobs, Load Balancers/VIP, Proxy servers, Password Management utilities etc.
• Collaborate with Core IT teams; provide guidance utilizing networking, security, monitoring, and services.
• Oversee application environments build activities before go live, coordinate and plan go live activities and provide middleware production support post application go live.
• Document environments build specifications, including diagrams, and scripts to automate processes
• Assist technical teams in identifying appropriate approved middleware patterns to meet technical requirements
• Create professional technical documentation
• Collaborate with global resources outside of normal business hours (when needed)
• Participate in “non-business hours” on-call schedule
• Accountable for system availability and stability of Production Environments
• Support SDLC and ITSM tools for the firm ensuring stability and best practices.
• Keep up with industry trends regarding APM, Observability and Telemetry products.
• Drive innovation and automation of supported products.
• Build and foster relationships with external LOBs for adoption of products
• Establish Customer experience feedback loop
• Establish a Continuous Improvement mindset amongst the team
• Provide technology leadership across enterprise shared services products and platforms in partnership with senior architects and product managers.
Skills:
websphere, middleware
Top Skills Details:
Websphere is a must
Apatche and Jboss
.Net
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.