Sys Admin-Middleware

Serve as subject matter expert on IBM MQ/IIB/Product/MQ MFT/MuleSoft, includes technical assistance to application developers on Middleware related problems
Understand technology vision and strategic direction of business needs
Production support 24/7 for a week, at least once a month
Assess and make recommendations of best-practice solutions and/or new middleware and web technologies that will enhance the capabilities of the existing infrastructure.
Participate product roadmaps in alignment with other middleware/cloud products and business roadmaps
Participate in designing integrated solutions with design patterns, blueprints, guidelines, and standard methodologies for products
Assist in developing architecture and design conceptual solutions by incorporating cloud native and 3rd party vendor products
Participate in research and perform POCs (proofs of concept) with emerging technologies and adopt industry best practices, in the middleware space, for cloud migration and hybrid solutions
Successfully troubleshoot production issues application developers can't resolve; may include writing build and deployment scripts
Demonstrate automation as Infrastructure as code (IaC) to increase build efficiency in the cloud
Support both rehydration and HA along with emerging processes and technologies
Assist the development of validation and certification processes through automation tools
Monitoring - monitor middleware performance and availability
Demonstrate collaboration on projects and initiatives as a team member

Quals--
Key Skill: MQ -EMSS-ESB

Demonstrates mutual respect, embraces diversity, and acts with authenticity
Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills
Subject matter expertise in IBM Middleware products like MQ/IIB/Product/MQ MFT and MuleSoft
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience; advance degree preferred
3+ years in design/support of MQ/IIB/Product Middleware solutions
Experience in cloud specific solutions related to middleware
Hands on experience in one or more languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript
Experience with other AWS middleware solutions including various compute and storage offerings
Strong background in observability, networking, performance, and scalability.
Experience with leveraging CI/CD pipelines and GitLab is a plus
Hands on experience in Terraform, Python, Ansible and OS Client scripts including automation tools is a plus
Must be familiar with Agile methodologies and able to work in an Agile manner
Must have a very strong application development background
Microservices experience is a plus
Cloud Certification is a plus
Containerized platform experience is a plus
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience is a plus