Middleware Specialist

Required Skills

-Strong infrastructure knowledge in Linux / Unix, Storage and Networking

-Hands-on experience with load balancers, web servers (Apache / Nginx), application servers (Tomcat / JBoss) to include application integration, configuration, and troubleshooting.

-Expert level scripting skills using Python (mandatory) and Shell

-Familiar with IT Automation & Config Management tools (Ansible / Helm)

-Experience with source control and continuous integration / continuous delivery pipelines

-Hands-on experience on Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS), Docker containers, Kubernetes / OpenShift

-Familiar with basic security concepts for secure hosting solutions using standard encryption methodologies including SSL and TLS.

-Basic operational knowledge of RDBMS and SQL.

-Prior experience managing large web-based n-tier applications in secure environments on cloud

-Should have worked in an agile delivery model with exposure to CI/CD.

Desired/Nice to have skills

-Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Observability tooling

-Exposure and experience in open-source Observability tools (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry and Loki)

-Identity management protocols like OIDC / OAuth, SAML, LDAP integration

-Exposure to Big Data platforms like Hadoop / ELK Stack

-Capacity planning and performance tuning exercise with Observability tools

-A system architecture / developer work experience