Middleware Specialist

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

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

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

• Experience with web, application servers, and OS.
• Apache HTTP Server.
• IBM HTTP Server.
• IBM WebSphere.
• Linux, Windows, Solari,s and AIX.
• Experience with middleware and gateways.
• Experience with development framework/technologies.
• Experience in application monitoring and support.
• Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, 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 in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of applications.
• Experience producing design artifacts, 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 update as necessary.
• Ability to participate in release promotions/implementations.
• A team player with a track record of meeting deadlines.
• Provide end-to-end solution design, development, and unit testing along with recommendations to achieve business outcomes in alignment with business requirements, Cluster reference architecture, and Ministry-specific objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals and support delivery outcomes.
• Develop code following the SA development standards, architectural governance principles, and design patterns in the development of end-to-end solutions.
• Experience in designing and implementing REST API integrations and best practices.
• Incorporate security requirements into the design, understand and comply with client security standards and policies.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
• Knowledge of portal services.
• Knowledge of PKI Security Infrastructure.
• Experience conducting system monitoring and performance, and data integrity per ITIL standards

Methodology, Testing, and Troubleshooting - 30%:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Ability to provide user and system documentation as required.
• Contribute to the effective management of risks and issues associated with Solution designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and distributed teams, including designers, developers, architects, project managers, and QA.
• Promotes industry standards and best practices with the product teams.
• Perform thorough code reviews, including unit tests, and ensure high quality of the software.
• Fix defects and support developers, testers, and end users.

Planning, Documentation, and Communication - 20%:

• Prepare work plans with CYSSC Managers, report and adjust completion status, and report issues and risks on time.
• Write technical documentation that supports and thoroughly explains the architecture.
• Deliver knowledge transfer sessions to the team on the work completed