Middleware Support Engineer

Middleware Support Engineer#26-12119 ISELIN, NJ All On-site Job Description

Location:

ISELIN, NJ

Initially 5 days in office is required based on deliverables but 3 days in office may be likely in the future

Duration:

12 months with desire to extend and/or convert to FTE

Interview:

30-45 min MS Teams call

Job Descriptions:

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Systems Operations Engineering. Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale or longer-term Systems Operations Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of Systems Engineering or Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education..

Key Responsibilities:

Architect, install, configure, and optimize Tomcat clusters on Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual servers. Support application deployment strategies and enforce SDLC, change management, and release governance. Design and manage SSL/TLS, certificate lifecycle management, and secure communications. Implement authentication, authorization, and Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations using LDAP and enterprise identity platforms. Drive security hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and compliance alignment for middleware and Linux systems. Perform advanced root cause analysis and resolution of complex middleware, OS, and application issues. Establish and maintain platform monitoring, logging, and alerting standards. Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment tooling (e.g., Jenkins)

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration (physical and virtual). Advanced experience with SSL/TLS, certificate authorities, and secure communications. Proven expertise in middleware and OS security hardening, vulnerability management, and patching. Experience designing and supporting high availability and disaster recovery architectures. Strong troubleshooting skills across application, middleware, OS, and infrastructure layers. Working knowledge of

LDAP/SSO

integrations and identity management concepts. Experience with CI/CD and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, Control-M). Familiarity with SAN storage concepts and enterprise storage platforms. Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent professional experience accepted. Nice to Have /

Platform Engineering Enhancements:

Experience with infrastructure automation (Ansible, scripting). Exposure to containerization or Kubernetes (Tomcat on containers). Experience supporting Spring Boot or Java microservices platforms. Familiarity with observability stacks (Splunk, ELK, Prometheus).

EEO:

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."