Middleware Engineer

TEKsystems is a subsidiary of Allegis Group, the largest private talent management firm in the world. Our longstanding history and industry-leading position speak to our success in providing the IT staffing solutions, IT services and talent management insight required for you to actualize ROI and sustain a truly competitive advantage in a fast-changing market.

The Middleware Engineer is responsible for the implementation of new applications, upgrades of existing applications and/or code deployments of currently utilized applications. In addition, the Middleware Engineer will work closely with internal clients, Integration teams and external vendors gathering requirements, designing and deploying infrastructure components to support those requirements.

* This position must understand the architecture and design, high availability concepts, load balancers, clustering, networking, operating system concepts, databases, continuous integration, and firewalls. * Deliver enterprise projects that utilize middleware platforms and ensure the support teams have adequate information and knowledge to maintain the environment. * Directly responsible for provisioning middleware technologies as a service capability for applications. Middleware technologies include but are not limited to Jboss, Apache, Weblogic, Tomcat and J2EE. * Architecting & proposing designs for new projects involving middleware products * Installation, configuration, and administration of Jboss, Tomcat and Weblogic application Servers and Apache web servers * Implementing design principles of a service oriented architecture * Identify opportunities to optimize current solutions and perform technical analysis and/or provide hands-on technical support, on an as needed basis, to troubleshoot problems related to poorly performing systems in production and other test environments * Ability to quickly assimilate into a complex environment and rapidly learn the existing and inbound technologies * Automation of support tasks, recovery tasks, implementation tasks - recommendations for process improvements.

* 8+ years Unix/Linux System Administration experience(RHEL) * 5+ Experience engineering Java apps infrastructure. * 5+ Experience administering JBOSS, Tomcat, Websphere and Weblogic application servers. * 5+ Experience administering Web Servers(Apache and IHS) and messaging(JMS) * J2EE infrastructure design and build experience * Knowledge of databases and database technology (Oracle/MSSQL Server) * Experience using logging and monitoring tools such as SPLUNK * Experience working in a cloud based environment- IPaaS (Infrastructure and Platform as a Service) * Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills * Write and maintain system documentation