Middleware Infrastructure Engineer
Middleware Infrastructure Engineer
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Job Description
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Ireland Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
- This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
- Weekend and on call support will be required on a rotational basis.
Role Description
SMBC is seeking a Middleware Infrastructure Engineer will play a pivotal role in designing developing implementing and documenting Java/J2EE Middleware platform implementation. This candidate should be able to install and administer various Java/J2EE Middleware platforms/applications and provide ongoing support.
Also provide support on technical issues requiring in-depth debugging and expertise in production software applications. Identify and implement the necessary components of the technology stack monitoring tools automation solutions and collaborative platforms essential to successfully run applications on middleware platform. This role will report to the Vice President of Application Production Support.
Role Objectives: Delivery
- The candidate for the Java middleware engineer position will be responsible for supporting existing and future Java middleware platforms used by SMBC.
- Work as part of a global team across Americas and Europe.
- Experience in translating business technical requirements into Java application design.
- Install and patch WebSphere application server IBM Liberty server JBoss Tomcat etc.
- Design develop document and implement major product upgrades and migration processes.
- Providemaintenance and support of the existing WebSphere application server and IBM Liberty server.
- Extensive experience with containerization and microservices architecture including designing deploying and managing containerized applications.
- Hands on experience with Python and Shell scripting.
- Experience with agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Hands on experience with cloud platforms such as OpenShift Azure AWS.
- Experienced in deploying solutions in High Availability (HA) Load Balancing Configurations
- Eliminating single points of failure.
- Troubleshooting and resolution of productions failures.
- Performance tuning exercise to increase the productivity of applications.
- Impact analysis for new implementations on existing systems and document back out plans for all implementations performed.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills are expected.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related field.
- 5-7 years of experience with Java/J2EE Middleware application platforms
- Strong cloud infrastructure experience.
- Have experience in a similar position.
- 5-7 years of experience with Unix and Windows Operating Systems.
- Experience with cloud-based technologies such as OpenShift Azure Kubernetes or similar cloud-based technologies.
- Experience with Oracle & SQL databases.
- Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace.
- Experience with Bash/Shell Python MQ XML Json Complex flat files.
- Experience with GitHub Bitbucket Jenkins JIRA Confluence
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to demonstrate a self-motivated and disciplined approach to learning and working.
- Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate leadership skills when needed.
- Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks projects and goals.
Additional Requirements
SMBCs employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Employment Type
Full Time
