Middleware Engineer/Admin

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Middleware Engineer/Admin for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Pennington, NJ or Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role involves providing end-to-end middleware administration for critical banking platforms, including WebSphere, JBoss, and Tomcat. The engineer will be responsible for delivering enterprise projects, ensuring production stability, and keeping platforms patched to the latest versions. The position requires working closely with application and testing teams to provide J2EE architecture guidance and support.

Responsibilities:

• Provide middleware administration duties for critical banking platforms, end-to-end, including WebSphere, jBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WXS (extreme scale cache)
• Deliver middleware enterprise projects and regulatory legislative initiatives
• Ensure production stability from an ongoing support standpoint
• Ensure middleware platforms are patched with the most current version of software, helping to manage risk to the customer
• Provide WebSphere Application Server administration that includes server installation, configuration, performance tuning and production support
• Work with customers (application teams and/or testing teams) on a daily basis and providing WebSphere and Java support
• Serve as a J2EE architect and making recommendations on J2EE best practices in application development
• Design WebSphere infrastructure and WebSphere topology design for high availability and failover capability
• Provide technical consultation to other team members and their supported areas
• Communicate with business partners at an enterprise level; Interfacing with internal customers and external vendors for consultation at various points of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Execute production changes for client integrated and regulatory releases with precision

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Information Technology professional with 5-7 years of experience
• Middleware products: Apache, J2EE, Java, JBoss, WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic, Tomcat
• Operating System: Linux
• Java/Container Framework Knowledge
• Knowledge of Shell, Jython, and Perl scripting
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong attention to detail

Desired skills:

• Kubernetes experience
• Container/Docker experience

Pay range: $55.06 - $63.06 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

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Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.