Senior Middleware Administrator

## Senior Middleware Administrator Apply:
Norwich, CT, United States of America:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
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** What success looks like in this role:
**** Position Summary
** The Senior Middleware Administrator is responsible for the administration, configuration, maintenance, security remediation, compliance management, automation, troubleshooting, and operational support of enterprise middleware platforms and supporting infrastructure. The role focuses on maintaining highly available, secure, and compliant environments while leveraging automation to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and ensure consistency across middleware services.  
** Key Responsibilities*
* · Manage and support IBM Web Sphere, IBM HTTP Server, Oracle Web Logic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, and Web Sphere Portal environments.
· Perform security remediation activities, vulnerability management, patching, upgrades, and compliance validation.
· Manage SSL/TLS certificates, keystores, trust stores, LDAP, Kerberos, Active Directory integration, SSO, and LTPA security.
· Administer Linux and Windows servers supporting middleware environments.
· Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for middleware administration, patching, compliance validation, and operational support activities.
· Develop and maintain Shell, Python, and JACL scripts to automate recurring administrative tasks.
· Automate deployments, middleware configuration updates, certificate management processes, reporting, and system health checks.
· Support CI/CD deployment processes and enterprise automation tools where applicable.
· Perform middleware performance monitoring, JVM tuning, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
· Execute change management, incident management, and service restoration activities.
· Maintain documentation, procedures, audit evidence, and compliance records.  
** Required Qualifications*
* · Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
· 6+ years of middleware administration experience.
· Experience supporting enterprise Web Sphere and Web Logic environments.
· Experience in security remediation, vulnerability management, and audit compliance.
· Demonstrated experience developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.  
** Required Technical Skills*
* · Web Sphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Web Logic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, Web Sphere Portal.
· Linux (RHEL, SUSE, AIX, Solaris) and Windows Server administration.
· SSL/TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, security hardening.
· Shell Scripting, Python, JACL, XML, HTML, Awk, Sed, Curl.
· Automation, REST API integration, task scheduling, and operational scripting.
· IBM DB2 and Oracle databases.
· JVM tuning, monitoring, and performance analysis.  
** Preferred Qualifications*
* · Web Sphere Liberty experience.
· Kafka, Zookeeper, Artifactory, Word Press, Service Now, or Remedy administration experience.
· Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Git Lab CI/CD, or similar automation tools.
· Experience supporting security audits and compliance frameworks.  
** Key Competencies*
* · Strong middleware administration and troubleshooting skills.
· Security-focused mindset and operational discipline.
· Strong automation and scripting capabilities.
· Strong documentation and communication skills.
· Ability to manage multiple priorities in production support environments.
** You will be successful in this role if you have:
** BA/BS degree and 6-8 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience

This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology.  Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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