Middleware Engineer

Arm; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm is seeking a Middleware Architect to design and oversee middleware solutions across the development lifecycle, from bid through production. You will produce high-level designs and maintain a roadmap for middleware technologies while collaborating with Delivery, Engineering and Operations teams to ensure performance, scalability, security and reliability.

The role requires translating non-functional requirements into resilient architecture, defining strategic modernization priorities, and

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM middleware solutions.
• Strong Linux platform knowledge.
• Proven ability to design middleware and integration solutions.
• Ability to translate non-functional requirements into scalable architecture.
• Experience building technology roadmaps addressing end-of-support risks and modernization.
• Security-by-design principles and architectural standards knowledge.
• Identify opportunities for automation and reusable patterns.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Produce high level designs for middleware architecture solutions.
• Maintain the technology roadmap for middleware technologies.
• Collaborate with Delivery, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, availability, security and manageability requirements.
• Identify technical risks and communicate them to Business and Operations.
• Evaluate products for project and future usage and trial new technologies.

Skills

IBM middleware

Linux

Non-functional requirements

Middleware design

Integration solutions

Architecture design

Roadmap development

Security-by-design

Automation opportunities

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Middleware Engineer

Contract duration - 4 months

Start - ASAP

Location - Sites are London (Central/bank), Dunstable, Harrogate / PI Planning onsite every couple of months is required / WFH + Onsite once or twice a week

Overview

The Systems and Platform Architecture team is looking for a Middleware Architect to design and provide oversight for Middleware solutions through all stages of the development life cycle from bid, concept through architecture, design, build, test and delivery into production.

Role

Typically, the role will require the holder to:

• Produce High Level Designs for Middleware architecture solutions.
• Maintain the technology roadmap for Middleware related technologies in line with end of support dates.
• Work closely with cross functional teams including Delivery, Engineering and Operations.
• Ensure that new solutions conform to policies and standards and meet defined non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, security and manageability.
• Identify, assess and communicate technical risks to the Business and Operations.
• Evaluate products for project and future usage and take responsibility for trialling new technologies.

All About You

Essential:

• Experience with IBM and Linux is essential
• A clear understanding of how non-functional requirements such as performance and availability are delivered by a technology solution.
• Proven experience designing middleware and integration solutions, with technical depth in one or more relevant technologies.
• Ability to translate non-functional requirements into resilient, scalable, recoverable and observable architecture designs.
• Experience developing technology roadmaps that address end-of-support risks, technical debt and modernisation priorities.
• Strong understanding of security-by-design principles, architectural standards and technical risk management.
• Ability to identify opportunities for automation, reusable design patterns and platform standardisation.
• Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, translating technical decisions into clear business outcomes and actionable delivery requirements.