RQ10939 Middleware Specialist Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provide planning consulting technical analysis design deployment development testing implementation maintenance upgrades and daily support of middleware products.
  

General Skills:

• Experience with web and applications tier servers
  
• Experience with message brokers
  
• Experience with messaging services
  
• Experience with adapters
  
• Experience with development framework/technologies
  
• Experience in middleware software installation configuration tuning system optimization and administration as well as experience with application development
  
• Experience with change management and release management as processes supporting the implementation of large applications
  
• Experience with incident and problem management processes
  
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design development implementation and maintenance of applications
  
• Experience producing design artefacts code configurations scripts and test cases
  
• Ability to analyze the results from functional security load-and-stress testing and resolve reported issues
  
• Ability to analyze and solve data integrity security configuration and recovery issues
  
• Assess and test Change Requests (CRQ) with technical content and updating as necessary
  
• Ability to participate in release promotions/implementations
  
• Experience with middleware and gateways
  
• Experience on application monitoring and support
  
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Azure DevOps or others.
  
• Experience Building and maintaining automated pipelines for build test and deployment
  
• Experience building and deploying containers and workload orchestration platform
  
• Hands-on experience with AWS Azure or other cloud provider platform deploying and managing cloud-native applications and services
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices.
  
• Knowledge of portal services
  
• Knowledge of GO-PKI Security or similar public/private key Infrastructure
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  
• Experience conducting system and application monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards
  
• Experience sustaining large application implementations based on the following technology products:
  

• Windows Internet Information Server (IIS)
  
• IBM HTTP Server Apache
  
• IBM WebSphere
  
• IBM Cognos Analytics
  
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
  
• Oracle Database 19c (and later)
  
• Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
  
• Oracle Siebel
  
• Oracle Identity Manager / Oracle Internet Directory
  
• Oracle Analytics Server
  
• Oracle Intelligent Advisor
  
• Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (eBS)
  
• Informatica PowerCentre
  
• CTRL-M Workload Automation
  
• Nagios Prometheus DynaTrace GrafanaSiteScope and other monitoring tools
  
• ElasticSearch Logstash Kibana
  
• Solaris Windows AIX and Linux (e.g. Red Hat Ent Linux)
  
• Docker Kubernetes EKS AKS
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must have:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in middleware/integration technologies in complex enterprise environments
  
• Proven experience designing implementing and supporting integration solutions using middleware platforms
  
• Deep understanding of system integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous REST SOAP event-driven messaging)
  
• Expertise in middleware platforms such as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) IBM WebSphere MuleSoft Azure Integration Services or similar ESBs
  
• Experience with API Gateway and Management platforms (e.g. IBM API Connect Azure APIM)
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Core Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in middleware/integration technologies in complex enterprise environments
  
• Proven experience designing implementing and supporting integration solutions using middleware platforms
  
• Deep understanding of system integration patterns (synchronous/asynchronous REST SOAP event-driven messaging)
  
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience troubleshooting across multiple systems and layers (application middleware infrastructure)
  
• Experience supporting mission-critical systems with high availability and performance requirements
  

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Expertise in middleware platforms such as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) IBM WebSphere MuleSoft Azure Integration Services or similar ESBs
  
• Experience with API Gateway and Management platforms (e.g. IBM API Connect Azure APIM)
  
• Proficiency in working with messaging and event platforms (e.g. MQ Kafka JMS Event Grid)
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP) and hybrid integration scenarios
  
• Knowledge of security protocols and integration (OAuth2.0 SAML mutual TLS API keys)
  
• Experience integrating with enterprise platforms such as SharePoint Microsoft Dynamics CRM Siebel Curam or other COTS solutions
  
• Hands-on experience with scripting and automation (e.g. Shell Python Ansible Terraform) for middleware deployment and operations
  
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in integration environments
  

Communication and Documentation Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  
• Experience developing clear accurate and comprehensive technical documentation
  
• Ability to translate business integration needs into technical requirements and solution designs
  
• Strong collaboration skills with a track record of working in cross-functional teams and leading technical discussions
  

Public Sector exp