Senior Middleware & Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Middleware & Platform Engineer who will ensure the uninterrupted, secure, and high-performance operation of enterprise application platforms, and take an active role in middleware, container platforms, observability, and operational processes.🚀

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in system and application infrastructure management.
• Proven experience with enterprise middleware and application platforms.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and incident/crisis management skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Proficiency in English sufficient to prepare and maintain technical documentation.

Technical Competencies

• Hands-on experience with the installation, configuration, performance management, and troubleshooting of Apache Tomcat and Microsoft IIS application servers.
• Experience in the installation, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux (RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Server platforms.
• Experience managing job scheduling tools such as Linux Cron, Windows Task Scheduler, Apache NiFi, and Apache Airflow.
• Ability to develop operational automation solutions using Bash/Shell Scripting, PowerShell, or Python.
• Experience operating, monitoring, and troubleshooting applications running on Docker and Kubernetes platforms.
• Knowledge of the Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Loki, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry ecosystem.
• Ability to analyze application and system performance metrics, proactively identify potential issues, and take corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of application connectivity architectures involving Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases.
• Knowledge of JDBC, ODBC, Connection Pooling, and data access layer principles.
• Experience with SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management, HTTPS configuration, and basic security standards.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Reverse Proxy, and Load Balancer architectures.
• Familiarity with load balancing solutions such as F5, NGINX, HAProxy, or similar technologies.
• Ability to analyze and resolve fundamental network-related issues.
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools, with a solid understanding of pipeline processes.
• Experience in application lifecycle management, release management, maintenance activities, and planned deployment operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure middleware and application infrastructures are managed in accordance with High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) principles.
• Conduct performance analyses of application servers, identify bottlenecks, and perform capacity planning activities.
• Manage maintenance, patching, and version upgrade processes for Linux and Windows Server platforms.
• Collaborate closely with Software Development and DevOps teams to support secure and sustainable application deployments to production environments.
• Respond to system outages and performance issues, and prepare Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of monitoring, logging, and automation processes.
• Support application teams in performance optimization and capacity planning initiatives.
• Create, maintain, and regularly update technical documentation related to operational processes.