Engineer III - Middleware

What you can expect

Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in “healing and inspiring the human spirit” and to pivot from a “job” opportunity to an authentic experience. The Engineer III – Middleware serves as a senior technical expert responsible for leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of IEHP’s middleware applications such as Nginx, IIS, Kafka, Kubernetes, and others to enable secure, scalable, and reliable integration across systems.

This role leads strategic middleware initiatives, including roadmap development, architecture design, and performance optimization, while ensuring compliance with security and regulatory standards.

The Engineer III – Middleware provides technical leadership, oversees complex deployments, collaborates with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑performing solutions that support organizational goals, and manages incident resolution, capacity planning, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance middleware capabilities and operational efficiency. The role also is responsible for production code releases with the support of the IEHP’s Application Development teams.

• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience required in a combination of the following:
  • Middleware applications like Kafka, IIS, Tomcat, Web Sphere, performance tuning and managing them in clustered environments
  • Container orchestration and automation tools, with a strong focus on Kubernetes and Helm for managing deployments, scaling, and configuration of microservices in production environments
  • Executing scripts and independently performing troubleshooting on Linux and/or Unix (RHEL/Solaris) operating systems
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in a Computer Systems‑related field or similar technical field from an accredited institution required

• Expert comprehensive knowledge and understanding in the following:
  • Installing, configuring, administering, implementing and performance tuning clustered middleware environments
  • Writing UNIX Shell Scripts (Korn, Bourne), WLST and Python Scripts
  • The JVM and how it operates and how to optimize it for best performance and availability, i.e., Garbage Collection, Tuning, etc.
  • Dev Ops toolsets such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, etc. desirable
  • Azure or any other cloud technologies
• Strong planning, organization, critical thinking, decision‑making, and communication (verbal and written) skills
• Skills in root cause analysis and rapid resolution of service interruptions
• Strong analytical skills for performance tuning and optimization
• Proven ability to:
  • Work effectively with application development, infrastructure, and security teams
  • Manage projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals
  • Lead initiatives, provide guidance to junior staff, and influence architectural decisions
  • Communicate technical concepts clearly to non‑technical stakeholders

• Competitive salary
• State of the art fitness center on‑site
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life, short‑term, and long‑term disability options
• Career advancement opportunities and professional development
• Wellness programs that promote a healthy work‑life balance
• Flexible Spending Account – Health Care/Childcare
• CalPERS retirement
• 457(b) option with a contribution match
• Paid life insurance for employees
• Pet care insurance

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