Senior Middleware Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Oversee, configure, maintain, secure, and provide support for enterprise middleware platforms and their associated infrastructure.

• Manage environments including IBM WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server, Oracle WebLogic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, and WebSphere Portal.

• Conduct security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, upgrades, and ensure compliance validation.

• Handle SSL/TLS certificates, keystores, truststores, LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory integration, SSO, and LTPA security measures.

• Administer Linux and Windows servers that support middleware environments.

• Design, develop, and sustain automation solutions for administration, patching, compliance validation, and operational support.

• Create and maintain Shell, Python, and JACL scripts.

• Automate processes such as deployments, middleware configuration updates, certificate management, reporting, and system health checks.

• Provide support for CI/CD deployment procedures and enterprise automation tools.

• Conduct performance monitoring, JVM tuning, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

• Execute change management, incident management, and service restoration tasks.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation, procedures, audit evidence, and compliance records.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.

• A minimum of 6 years of middleware administration experience.

• Proven experience in supporting enterprise WebSphere and WebLogic environments.

• Expertise in security remediation, vulnerability management, and audit compliance.

• Demonstrated success in developing automation solutions that enhance operational efficiency and minimize manual tasks.

• Familiarity with WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, WebLogic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, and WebSphere Portal.

• Experience in Linux administration, including RHEL, SUSE, AIX, and Solaris.

• Proficient in Windows Server administration.

• Knowledge of SSL/TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, and security hardening techniques.

• Skills in Shell scripting, Python, JACL, XML, HTML, Awk, Sed, and Curl.

• Experience with automation, REST API integration, task scheduling, and operational scripting.

• Familiarity with IBM DB2 and Oracle databases.

• Expertise in JVM tuning, monitoring, and performance analysis.

• Applicant must be eligible for any necessary U.S. Government authorizations for access to export-controlled commodities and technologies.

• Preferred: Knowledge of WebSphere Liberty; Kafka, Zookeeper, Artifactory, WordPress, ServiceNow, or Remedy; Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools; familiarity with security audits and compliance frameworks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Assistance with reasonable accommodations for U.S. job seekers with disabilities.