Senior Middleware Developer

Farnell

Farnell an Avnet company is a global high-service distributor of technology products services and solutions for electronic system design maintenance and repair.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a senior Middleware developer with a strong background in Oracle Fusion Middleware platform and delivering complex technical solutions in fastpaced global environments.

The ideal candidate brings 8 years of handson experience across multiple middleware and integration technologiesparticularly Oracle Fusion Middleware(WebLogic and SOA/OSB) and Javacombined with strong database knowledge UNIX expertise and modern development practices.

The role of senior Middleware developer requires strong communication skills collaboration with stakeholders to validate user requirements assess available technologies and recommend solution options. You will have the opportunity to collaborate within a global team and interact with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions for strategic projects while meeting deadlines. We are looking for a proactive problem solver highly analytical selfdriven and eager to learn new technologies and processes while also sharing with your peers in the Middletier team.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain solutions across Oracle Middleware platforms ensuring alignment with architectural standards.
• Work with Oracle FMW products Java SQL and other programming languages and tools to deliver highquality scalable integration services to meet business specifications.
• Create and review detailed technical designs ensuring all requirements and use cases are fully addressed and the solution met all the performance criteria and best practices that you will contribute to maintain.
• Develop and maintain UNIX shell scripts scheduled jobs and automation tools using languages such as Perl Python or Jython.
• Write and optimize PL/SQL packages queries AQ queues and jobs within Oracle databases.
• Build maintain and consume APIs using REST or SOAP with strong manipulation of XML and JSON formats.
• Develop transform and manipulate XMLbased data structures using XQuery and XSL/XSLT as part of integration and middleware workflows.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams using GitLab or SVN for version control merge requests and deployment pipelines.
• Use Jira for task tracking release management and project coordination.
• Conduct thorough unit testing regression testing and stress testing properly documented so they can be reviewed by the other members of the team. This will include yourself being the reviewer of those documents when you are leading the project.
• Participate actively in daily team meetings as part of a global MiddleTier team ensuring continuous communication and alignment. Involvement and participation are key in the team where we can all offer guidance to other members of the team.
• Support troubleshooting and triage activities including issues related to system connectivity and middleware integrations.
• Lead projects or components of projects ensuring timely and highquality delivery.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills:

• 8 years of experience in IT including extensive handson work with Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.
• Expertise and development experience in at least three of the following:
  • SOA Suite
  • Weblogic
  • Java
  • OSB
• 5 years of experience with relational databases including strong knowledge of:
  • PL/SQL
  • Queries
  • AQ queues
  • Scheduled jobs
• Strong understanding of Oracle system architecture subsystems and internal processes.
• Solid experience working in UNIX environments and writing scripts in shell scripting Perl python jython or similar.
• Expertise handling XML JSON and designing/consuming REST/SOAP APIs.
• Handson experience with GitLab and/or SVN including merge requests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience documenting designs writing clear technical specifications and validating business requirements.
• Familiarity with test automation unit testing frameworks regression testing and performance/stress testing tools.
• Experience using Jira for issue tracking and project management.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking abilities to work hands-on in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to work with global architects and distributed teams.
• Ability to lead tasks or projects and deliver within established deadlines.
• High degree of selfmotivation and demonstrated capacity for selflearning.
• Willingness to learn new processes and apply them consistently.
• Comfortable collaborating across regions as part of a global Middletier team.

Recommended Skills (Nice to Have) :

• Basic networking knowledge for issue triage and system connectivity validation.
• Experience with Azure services such as Azure Functions App Service Azure SQL DB Azure Databricks or Azure Cosmos DB and exposure to and TypeScript.
• Prior experience working with PCI PII or GDP(R)D compliance requirements.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills.