Lead Apigee OpenShift Middleware Engineer

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Lead Middleware Engineer with Apigee and OpenShift experience. Candidate will provide subject matter expertise for implementation and ongoing support of Middleware integration technologies in production, non-production legacy and container-based environments. Candidate will provide technical expertise to Middleware staff, as well as manage day to day activities when called upon.

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure and maintain 3rd party software components classified as middleware on multiple operating system platforms.
• 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.

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

Technical Skills:

• Expert understanding of:
• Proxy /Reverse Proxy-oriented middleware (tools such as Apigee, Nginx, Apache in containers is a must)
• Systems administration and change management practices
• J2EE application services in containers and legacy systems
• Message-oriented middleware (tools such as Kafka, MQ)
• Internet / Web based technologies
• ITLT Best Practices
• Scripting and coding
• Network technologies
• CI/CD tools ( Strong on Ansible, Terraform and Cloud Formation)
• Cloud native applications
• Technologies used to support microservices (like RKE)
• File transfer protocols including SFTP
• Encryption technologies (SSL/TLS, PKI Infrastructure management)
• Security controls as applied to software technologies.

Education and/or Experience:

• 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 3 supporting middleware technologies
• Cloud certification a plus.