Job Title: Middleware Manager (AWS)

Assignment Type: 6 month contract-to-hire

FTE Salary Range: $120K - $130K

Location: Charlotte, NC

NOTE: U.S. Citizens, GC, EAD and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply.

We are unable to Consider OPT Visa or H1b Candidates for this position.

Manager Notes: Resource must be able to manage 5+ number of resources. Must have experience with AWS Stack. Managed services, applications AWS Stack experience on Microsoft side Middleware knowledge. (20-30%) heads down work.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering or similarly qualified background
• 3+ years of managerial experience leading Middleware team.
• Good knowledge of :
  • Microservices environments including containers.
  • IBM WAS experience (WebSphere)
  • Red Hat v6.0 and above
  • 3+ years in container clustering and orchestration
  • 3+ years in Tomcat 6.0 and above on Red Hat platforms, 32 and 64 bit JDK
  • 3+ years in IBM HTTP server, Apache HTTP server, and Nginx
  • 3+ years in TCP/IP, Internet Technologies, Network Technologies
  • 3+ years with other Java Application Server platforms (Tomcat, WebSphere)
  • Expertise in container monitoring
  • Experience and strong knowledge of security configurations (SSL/TLS) in Apache/Web layer.
  • Knowledge of APM tools Dynatrace, ZABBIX.
  • Expertise in managing and configuring SSL certificates
  • Strong Trouble shooting skills
  • Flexible schedule and available for after hours
  • Excellent oral and written communications and customer service skills

 

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Middleware resources to support enterprise platform build and support initiatives.
• Understanding the existing middleware environment and setting up the next-generation end-to-end infrastructure using AWS cloud and microservices
• Designing and creating services and system architecture for highly available and highly scalable micro services environments (on-prem and AWS cloud)
• Collaborating with dev and build teams to set up non-prod and prod environments with high standards
• Manage and support micro services environments including capacity & topology planning, application deployments, configurations & tuning
• Expertise in setting up and managing micro service environments like Docker, Kubernetes, nodejs, springboot, redis, consul
• Expertise in automation using automation tools like Ansible, AWS cloudformation, Python
• Expertise in setting up and managing middleware webserver environments like Apache, Nginx
• Expertise in setting up and managing middleware runtime components like tomcat, IIS, Websphere
• Expertise in troubleshooting various technologies
• Work closely with application support personnel to operate business critical systems
• Performance management and tuning of micro services environments
• Configure and secure applications and internet facing URLs with strong encryption protocols (TLS/SSL)
• Represent team in corporate projects/initiatives

Category Code: JN008, JN035