Middleware DevOps Lead Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Middleware DevOps Lead Engineer to join our team and play a key role in managing, automating, and optimizing the middleware systems, cloud infrastructure, and deployment processes. This role combines middleware management expertise with DevOps practices to ensure seamless integration, deployment, and performance of enterprise applications across cloud environments. As part of the DevOps team, you will be responsible for automating and managing the deployment pipelines and middleware environments, ensuring that the systems run efficiently, securely, and with high availability. Responsibilities: Middleware Management: Manage and optimize middleware platforms such as IBM MQ, Websphere liberty,Tomcat, or similar. Install, configure, and maintain middleware solutions in both on-premises and GCP cloud environments. Administer & Manage the MQ Systems / Clusters and Objects. Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to middleware systems, ensuring optimal performance and uptime Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Manage and automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform, Ansible. Deploy, configure, and maintain applications and middleware on cloud platforms - Google Cloud Platform Implement scalable and secure cloud-based solutions that integrate with the middleware and applications. Manage the Oracle Cloud infrastructure for Database & Integration provisioning. CI/CD Pipeline Development & Maintenance: Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments and ensure smooth application releases. Integrate middleware components into automated deployment workflows for faster delivery and continuous integration. System Monitoring and Performance Optimization: Use monitoring tools such as Grafana, Newrelic to track performance, availability, and utilization of middleware and cloud infrastructure. Analyze logs, performance metrics, and troubleshoot issues to ensure middleware and cloud environments are running optimally. Security & Compliance: Ensure security best practices for both middleware systems and cloud infrastructure, including identity management, encryption, and secure access control. Perform regular upgrades, patches and keep the tools & systems up to date Conduct regular security assessments and audits to ensure compliance with industry regulations. Collaboration with Development & Operations Teams: Work closely with development and operations teams to define requirements, improve application deployment processes, and troubleshoot system issues. Collaborate with application developers to optimize middleware configurations and performance in production environments. Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Document processes, configurations, troubleshooting steps, and best practices for middleware and cloud environments. Provide training and knowledge transfer to internal teams on cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and middleware management.

Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with middleware technologies such as WebSphere, MQ, Tomcat, or similar. Strong experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud including cloud-based services like compute, storage, and networking. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible for managing cloud resources. Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, Bamboo, ARGO Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes. Knowledge on Windows platform to configure & manage IIS. Strong scripting skills in languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell. Middleware and Cloud Infrastructure: Expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing middleware applications and services on both on-premises and cloud platforms. Familiarity with load balancing, high availability, and scaling for middleware apps. Knowledge of API management tools and integration between middleware systems and other components. Cloud Security: Solid understanding of cloud security practices, including IAM (Identity and Access Management), encryption, and multi-factor authentication. Experience with security and compliance tools, including vulnerability scanning and auditing in cloud environments. System Monitoring & Performance: Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Newrelic or ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills for middleware systems in distributed environments. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related experience. At least 5 years of experience working with middleware technologies, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices. Relevant certifications such as Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer, or similar middleware/cloud certifications are a plus. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments. Knowledge of DevSecOps practices to integrate security into the DevOps process. Experience with enterprise application integration and message queuing technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, or JMS.