DevOps Middleware Engineer

Job Title: DevOps / Middleware Engineer

Location: Alpharetta GA (Hybrid 2 Days Onsite per Week)
Employment Type: Contract

STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a DevOps / Middleware Engineer on behalf of our client in Alpharetta GA. We are looking for a highly motivated engineer with hands-on expertise in cloud platforms middleware technologies automation and infrastructure support. This role involves supporting customer-facing applications managing middleware environments automating deployments and ensuring scalable secure and high-performing systems across production and non-production environments.

The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments enjoys solving complex technical challenges and collaborates effectively across engineering product and operations teams.

• Support maintain and optimize middleware environments and customer-facing applications.

• Deploy configure and manage applications across cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS.

• Perform Linux/Unix systems administration monitoring and maintenance activities.

• Design build and support CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions Maven and Artifactory.

• Configure and maintain middleware servers including WebLogic JBoss Tomcat and Apache including patching and proxy configuration.

• Implement infrastructure automation using Ansible Chef Puppet and scripting languages such as Shell Python Perl and PowerShell.

• Support containerized deployments using Docker/Podman and orchestration with Kubernetes.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues through root cause analysis across production and non-production environments.

• Configure and manage identity security and access controls including SSL certificates RBAC MFA Okta LDAP Entra ID OpenSSL and Keytool.

• Monitor system performance and availability using tools such as Datadog Splunk Grafana Kibana Dynatrace AppDynamics and Nagios.

• Maintain technical documentation deployment records release handovers and project updates.

• Collaborate with engineering QA product and leadership teams in Agile Scrum or Kanban environments.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.

• 2 years of hands-on experience in DevOps Middleware Engineering Cloud Engineering or Infrastructure Support.

• Strong experience with Azure AWS or other cloud platforms.

• Experience with Linux/Unix system administration and middleware technologies.

• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines automation frameworks and scripting.

• Understanding of networking concepts including DNS DHCP Load Balancers Firewalls DMZ TCP/IP HTTP SOAP and REST APIs.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in enterprise environments.

• Experience with Blue/Green and Canary deployments.

• Exposure to high-availability systems infrastructure monitoring capacity planning migrations patching and hotfix implementations.

• Familiarity with container orchestration and modern DevOps best practices.

If you are passionate about building reliable systems automating infrastructure and supporting enterprise-scale environments we encourage you to apply and explore this opportunity with STAFFXPERT LLC.