Middleware Engineer

Job Title: Middleware Engineer
Location: New York City- must be willing to go in office or the client site in New Jersey 3 days a week.
Length: 6-10 months

Required Experience

Extensive hands-on engineering experience with several of the following middleware technologies:
IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Liberty
IBM HTTP Server and Apache HTTP Server
Apache Tomcat
Red Hat JBoss / JBoss EAP
Oracle WebLogic
Deep expertise in Java-based middleware architecture, Linux administration, and enterprise integration patterns.
Proven experience integrating middleware platforms with enterprise applications, security services, monitoring tools, identity platforms, databases, messaging systems, and cloud services.
Demonstrated ability to design and develop POCs, pilot implementations, and automation solutions that accelerate middleware adoption and platform modernization.
Hands-on experience developing middleware automation using Ansible, including installation, configuration, patching, deployment, and operational workflows.
Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation, particularly within AWS environments.
Experience working with APIs, web services, messaging technologies, and service integration frameworks.
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across middleware, infrastructure, networking, and application layers.
Experience engineering and operating middleware across VMs, bare metal, and container platforms.
AWS experience, particularly deploying and operating middleware on EC2 rather than relying exclusively on managed middleware services.
Experience with Java runtime environments, including Oracle Java and OpenJDK.
Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor while partnering effectively with architects, application teams, and platform engineering organizations.
 

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with middleware observability, logging, monitoring, and operational tooling (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
Experience with enterprise messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices supporting middleware deployments.
Experience supporting financial services, banking, or other highly regulated environments.
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