Oracle Middleware Administrator ( Banking

We have an urgent requirement for Oracle Middleware Administrator (Banking Experience Preferred) for our banking clients in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role supports and maintains Oracle middleware platforms that enable integration between business applications.

We are seeking an Oracle Middleware Administrator to support and maintain critical middleware platforms that enable integration between core banking and enterprise applications. This role owns critical patch upgrades for Oracle Web Logic and Fusion Middleware endpoints, manages SSL/TLS certificate life cycles, and ensures stable performance through tuning and capacity planning. You will safeguard the resilience and compliance of the integration layer by delivering timely patching, proactive monitoring, and reliable middleware services.

• Critical Patching & Upgrades – Plan and execute critical patch upgrades, PSU/CPU updates, and version migrations for Oracle Web Logic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware environments. Manage change windows, pre/post validation, and rollback plans for production systems with zero unplanned downtime.
• Security & Certificate Management – Own SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle on middleware platforms: request, renewal, installation, and keystore/trust store management. Implement security configurations, ciphers, and hardening aligned to enterprise policy and regulatory requirements.
• Performance Tuning & Capacity Planning – Monitor and tune Web Logic domains, JDBC connection pools, JMS, thread pools, and JVM parameters. Perform capacity planning, load analysis, and proactive scaling to maintain integration layer performance under peak banking workloads.
• Middleware Operations & Reliability – Ensure high availability and resilience of integration services. Configure and manage clustering, failover, and disaster recovery for Web Logic and FMW components including SOA Suite, OSB, and OHS. Support 24x7 operations and incident resolution.
• Compliance & Audit Readiness – Maintain middleware platforms in compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements. Apply security baselines, track patch compliance, and provide audit evidence for patch history, certificate inventory, and configuration changes.
• Integration Support & Troubleshooting – Provide L3 support for middleware-related integration issues across business applications. Troubleshoot deployment failures, connectivity, performance bottlenecks, and security errors. Work with App, Network, and DBA teams to resolve cross-domain incidents.

• 5+ years administering Oracle Web Logic Server and Fusion Middleware in enterprise or banking environments.
• Proven track record handling production patching and upgrades.
• Technical Skills – Deep expertise in Web Logic 12c/14c, Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, OHS, and Web Logic WLST scripting. Strong with JVM tuning, garbage collection analysis, thread/heap dump analysis.
• Security – Hands‑on with SSL/TLS, keystores, wallets, cipher suite management, and FMW security realms. Understanding of certificate authorities and PKI in enterprise context.
• Platforms – Experience on Linux/Unix. Knowledge of Oracle DB, RAC, and load balancers like F5. Familiarity with monitoring tools: OEM, Dynatrace, Splunk.
• Integration – Understanding of enterprise integration patterns, web services, REST/SOAP APIs, and message queues. Experience supporting mission‑critical transaction flows.
• Strong change management discipline; ability to produce MOPs, impact assessments, and RCA documents for CAB and audits.
• Certifications:
  
  Oracle Web Logic Server 12c Certified Implementation Specialist, Oracle SOA Suite 12c Certified Implementation Specialist.