Middleware Integration Engineer

Middleware Integration Engineer Dallas TX / Chicago IL (3 days onsite) Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Middleware Integration Engineer to join our IT team. In this role, you will serve as the subject matter expert for the implementation, administration, and ongoing support of middleware integration technologies across both production and non-production environments. You will provide technical leadership and guidance to the middleware team, troubleshoot complex integration issues, and ensure the stability, performance, and reliability of middleware platforms. Working under general supervision, you will typically report to a Project Leader or Manager while managing day-to-day operational activities and providing technical expertise as needed.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain 3rd party software components classified as middleware on multiple operating system platforms using Terraform, Ansible and GIT/ops
• Use subject matter expertise with products to advise on design and assist with development of applications using these tools.
• Configure production, development and testing environments and ensure the availability of these application services
• Write complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Provide performance tuning of components and services
• Design disaster recovery solutions for middleware technologies to comply with business continuity objectives
• Resolve configuration related problems
• Resolve complex support issues in both production and non-production environments.
• Assist production support and development staff in debugging middleware application defects.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to middleware products
• Participate in or lead moderately or high complex projects.
• Properly secure middleware technologies
• Advise on industry best practices as it relates to new product selection.
• Manage day to day activities of the middleware staff when called upon to do so.
• Management of Vulnerabilities, SORT’s, Password rotations and Certificate renewals; identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities in middleware integration components in accordance with security policies and patch management standards
• Apply security patches and version upgrades to Apigee, NGINX, and SFTP gateway components to address CVEs; perform pre- and post-patch validation and regression testing in non-production environments prior to production deployment
• Review and harden middleware and API gateway configurations against industry security benchmarks; enforce least-privilege access controls, auditing, and encryption standards across integration platforms
• Coordinate with security teams to track remediation efforts, report on vulnerability posture, and ensure compliance with SIRT/SORT timelines and audit requirements

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to multi-task and work with management to prioritize tasks.
• Demonstrate strong confidence in abilities and knowledge.
• Ability to work well in crisis situations.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision
• Flexibility to be on call as per team’ schedule
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrate accountability and Transparency
• Ability to collaborate, cross train and maintain healthy team environment
• 6+ years of experience in design, develop, deploy and orchestrate the install/upgrade of Middleware technologies (Ideally Apigee/Nginx ) leveraging Terraform, Ansible, Gitops on Kubernetes clusters
• 6+ years of experience on Terraform and Ansible deployment model of Middleware Technologies is a must.
• 4+ years of experience in configuring, troubleshooting proxies on Apigee and applications on Nginx.
• Apigee – API proxy design and deployment, developer portal management, OAuth 2.0 / API key security policies, quota and rate-limit enforcement, environment promotion, and hybrid/X runtime administration
• NGINX – reverse proxy and load balancer configuration, SSL/TLS termination, upstream health checks, rate limiting, and deployment as an ingress controller on Kubernetes/OpenShift
• SFTP – configuration and administration of SFTP gateways and managed file transfer (MFT) solutions; key-based authentication, directory and permission management, transfer monitoring, and integration with downstream processing pipelines
• 2+ years of experience in delivering, supporting and troubleshooting applications on Rancher and Open shift environments.
• 2+ years of experience writing Operational and Environment provisioning Jenkins pipelines.
• Fluid on D.R Strategies, failover plannings and implementation of complex Application Architecture in multi-Datacenters.
• Command on CI/CD stack which includes Harness, Artifactory and Hashi Corp vault
• Supports J2EE application services in containers and legacy systems.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., Nessus, Qualys, or equivalent) and ability to interpret scan results for middleware and API gateway environments
• Familiarity with CIS Benchmark hardening for API gateways and web servers; experience applying CVE-based patches to Apigee, NGINX, and SFTP platforms within a regulated or financial services environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area
• 7-10 years of related experience with
• Minimum 7 years experience working in a distributed multi-platform environment.
• Minimum 4 supporting middleware technologies
• Cloud certification a plus