Senior Middleware Engineer

Senior Middleware Engineer Education Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent education and experience.

• Build, install, deploy, configure, and manage infrastructure systems based on Java-related web applications running on IBM Web Sphere Liberty and reporting tools like IBM Cognos BI, Tableau, and Motio servers in Linux platforms.
• Automate application deployments with Jenkins CI/CD.
• Migrate Web Sphere-based Java applications to Web Sphere Liberty and update Cognos-related contents to newer C12 versions.
• Perform Web Sphere and Cognos deployments in all environments following the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Support application upgrades and perform security vulnerability remediation whenever an information vulnerability or application issue is reported.
• Perform user security management in Web Sphere and Cognos administration tools.
• Analyze problems and implement resolution for the architecture, Web Sphere application servers, and MQ migrations.
• Analyze problems and implement resolution for Cognos Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Metric Studio, and Cognos Transformer.
• Manage SSL certificates for all web applications running on Web Sphere/Cognos/Tableau/Jenkins/AbInitio layers.
• Provide on‑call 24/7 support for issues, user report executions, application issues, failover incidents, and log reviews.
• Secure web access and single sign on (SSO) for vendor‑provided web applications integrated with CCTI infrastructure.
• Work with vendor and internal teams to provide 24/7 support and occasional weekend coverage for release and infrastructure upgrade activities.

• 8+ years of experience in IBM Middleware Engineering, configuration, and administration.
• 5+ years of experience in troubleshooting IBM Middleware infrastructure and involved release management configurations and processes.
• Proficiency in configuring and managing Web Sphere Suite (Application Servers, Liberty, MQ) products and reporting tools (Cognos BI, Tableau) running in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience in cloud migration, automation of admin tasks using Ansible, and other third‑party integration scenarios.
• Strong understanding of Java web applications, DB2 database integrations, data source configurations, network/firewall requests, monitoring, and health checks of applications running in Dev/QA/Plan test/Production/DR environments.
• Experience in scripting to minimize day‑to‑day manual efforts and expertise in scripting languages like Python/YAML.

Work location is Portland, ME with required travel to client locations throughout the USA.

Rite Pros is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).