Senior Middleware Architect & Systems Engineer; Remote

Job Description - Comptroller - Middleware Analyst VII )

Job Description

Comptroller - Middleware Analyst VII (  )Organization: COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

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Are you ready to grow, make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller’s Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas’ chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager, the agency is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government.

Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on the job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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ABOUT THE Division

The Middleware Team in Information Technology division is mission-critical, serving the people of Texas by providing exceptional systems engineering for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts applications portfolio. We are seeking an experienced Middleware Administrator to support our custom application infrastructure while collaborating closely with application development, security, and IT infrastructure teams. As a Middleware Team member, you will play a key role in enhancing the performance, resiliency, and security of the Comptroller’s application infrastructure.

Your responsibilities will include day-to-day operations, continuous improvement of full-stack and microservices-based solutions, enterprise software maintenance and upgrades, platform monitoring, incident response and resolution, security configuration, and ensuring system stability, performance, and availability. You are an excellent fit for this role if you are self-motivated, automation-focused, detail-oriented, and a skilled communicator with sound judgment.

Work Hours

8AM to 5PM, 40-hour week, Monday – Friday, with occasional evening, weekend and/or holiday hours, including working on-call 24 hours a day during a rotation. Hours may change based on business need.

Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e. report to office 1 day/month, 3days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree.

• Seven (7) years of general technology experience in either software development, middleware or server administration.

• Seven (7) years of experience with middleware system administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.

• Five (5) years of experience with programming/scripting for automation in Ansible, Python, BASH scripts, Perl or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or related field.

• Experience with web application and web services development and/or deployments.

• Experience…