Akkodis
Middleware Engineer (Washington)
Akkodis, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States, 20022
Akkodis is seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer for a Contract To Hire job that is onsite in Washington, DC, US. The Senior Middleware Engineer will work closely with the Development, Server, DB, and other teams to deliver available and reliable infrastructure support for DOTs web application solutions. The successful candidate will work on the Middleware team to leverage the latest technologies from Cold Fusion, Docker, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Red Hat, and VMware, in our IT environment that are critical to delivering IT infrastructure services.
JOB TITLE: Senior Middleware Engineer EMPLOYMENT TYPE: 6 Months Contract To Hire LOCATION DETAILS: Washington, DC - (Onsite 5 Days Week)
Salary Range: $65- $75 K/W2 (Salary may be negotiable based upon experience, education, geographic location, and other factors ).
Responsibilities: Support the existing middleware infrastructure, troubleshoot incidents and outages, manage risk, and increase performance and efficiency. Work with business architects in support of developing middleware configurations. Serves as escalation point for Middleware and troubleshooting, provides guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application, or system problems. Support Application team with troubleshooting application outage issues. Serves as a subject matter expert in managing Middleware including proposing recommendations for architectural improvements, streamlining processes and troubleshooting during outages. Monitor OEM middleware element patching and upgrade recommendations. Execute processes for the proper maintenance and functioning of middleware systems (e.g., load balancing, tuning, configuration management). Execute all middleware system-level changes (e.g., initialization parameters) associated with underlying infrastructure. Maintain consistent middleware parameters and system settings across all like instances. Implement and administer appropriate middleware management tools across all middleware instances. Patch middleware software as required, per established development to QA to production life cycle. Provide hosting operations and engineering support for Web middleware application components. Provide training as required. Maintain and update environmental documentation, standard Operating Procedures, and engineering documentation. Perform other tasks as directed by Lead Engineers or Project Manager.
Required Education and Experience: Must have a minimum of 8 years of related experience providing business solutions engineering support, to include architectural design, engineering design, proof of concept development, pilots, analysis, results, and documentation. Possess experience with Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, Oracle application server, Oracle SOA suite, PHP, Python, IBM Infosphere, node.js, Microsoft .NET framework, Microsoft IIS, and RedHat JBOSS application platforms. Web server
middleware integration expertise with Microsoft IIS, Apache Tomcat, and Apache HTTPS Database
middleware integration expertise with Oracle and SQL Cloud integration
middleware integration expertise with AWS and Azure Server- Understanding of server administration elements as related to middleware applications. Strong expertise leading research, analysis, and developing recommendations for Tech Refresh alternatives for middleware. Experience implementing and managing middleware management tools across multiple middleware instances Experience with performing root cause analysis, risk identification, and risk mitigation Interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively. Demonstrated experience in a fast tempo ITSM support environment.
Preferred skills and qualifications: Understanding of server administration elements as related to middleware applications, including STIG settings. Understanding of networking concepts relating to web applications (e.g., TCP/IP, port mapping, routing, DNS masking, etc.) Understanding of Oracle and SQL databases in physical and cloud environments as consumed and manipulated by middleware applications. Understanding and ability to configure application middleware settings in accordance with Federal Guidelines including DISA STIGs. Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 operating system experience VMware vSphere and Hyper-V virtualization experience
JOB TITLE: Senior Middleware Engineer EMPLOYMENT TYPE: 6 Months Contract To Hire LOCATION DETAILS: Washington, DC - (Onsite 5 Days Week)
Salary Range: $65- $75 K/W2 (Salary may be negotiable based upon experience, education, geographic location, and other factors ).
Responsibilities: Support the existing middleware infrastructure, troubleshoot incidents and outages, manage risk, and increase performance and efficiency. Work with business architects in support of developing middleware configurations. Serves as escalation point for Middleware and troubleshooting, provides guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application, or system problems. Support Application team with troubleshooting application outage issues. Serves as a subject matter expert in managing Middleware including proposing recommendations for architectural improvements, streamlining processes and troubleshooting during outages. Monitor OEM middleware element patching and upgrade recommendations. Execute processes for the proper maintenance and functioning of middleware systems (e.g., load balancing, tuning, configuration management). Execute all middleware system-level changes (e.g., initialization parameters) associated with underlying infrastructure. Maintain consistent middleware parameters and system settings across all like instances. Implement and administer appropriate middleware management tools across all middleware instances. Patch middleware software as required, per established development to QA to production life cycle. Provide hosting operations and engineering support for Web middleware application components. Provide training as required. Maintain and update environmental documentation, standard Operating Procedures, and engineering documentation. Perform other tasks as directed by Lead Engineers or Project Manager.
Required Education and Experience: Must have a minimum of 8 years of related experience providing business solutions engineering support, to include architectural design, engineering design, proof of concept development, pilots, analysis, results, and documentation. Possess experience with Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, Oracle application server, Oracle SOA suite, PHP, Python, IBM Infosphere, node.js, Microsoft .NET framework, Microsoft IIS, and RedHat JBOSS application platforms. Web server
middleware integration expertise with Microsoft IIS, Apache Tomcat, and Apache HTTPS Database
middleware integration expertise with Oracle and SQL Cloud integration
middleware integration expertise with AWS and Azure Server- Understanding of server administration elements as related to middleware applications. Strong expertise leading research, analysis, and developing recommendations for Tech Refresh alternatives for middleware. Experience implementing and managing middleware management tools across multiple middleware instances Experience with performing root cause analysis, risk identification, and risk mitigation Interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively. Demonstrated experience in a fast tempo ITSM support environment.
Preferred skills and qualifications: Understanding of server administration elements as related to middleware applications, including STIG settings. Understanding of networking concepts relating to web applications (e.g., TCP/IP, port mapping, routing, DNS masking, etc.) Understanding of Oracle and SQL databases in physical and cloud environments as consumed and manipulated by middleware applications. Understanding and ability to configure application middleware settings in accordance with Federal Guidelines including DISA STIGs. Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 operating system experience VMware vSphere and Hyper-V virtualization experience