Middleware Engineer

Job Title: Middleware Engineer

Target Start Date: Immediately

Location: New York City / New Jersey

Interview Process: 2 rounds

Job Description:

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.