Senior Middleware Platform Lead — Security & Strategy

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Head of Middleware Platform in Sheffield to lead the security, governance, and strategic direction of a large-scale middleware estate. The role involves defining secure platform standards, driving compliance, and ensuring middleware services remain secure and aligned with business objectives.

You will work with platform teams, architects, service owners, and security stakeholders to maintain configuration standards, drive improvements, and evolve the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise middleware experience and leadership.
• Ability to define secure platform standards and governance.
• Experience driving security compliance in middleware estate.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain secure configuration standards across middleware technologies including WebSphere, IBM MQ, Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, NGINX, and Node.js.
• Drive middleware security compliance and remediation activities.
• Develop platform strategy, roadmaps, and improvement plans.
• Manage and prioritise platform backlogs based on business value and risk.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and compliance metrics.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and technology teams to support ongoing platform evolution.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills

Middleware leadership

Security governance

Stakeholder management

Architectural guidance

Tools

IBM WebSphere

IBM MQ

Apache

Tomcat

WebLogic

NGINX

Node.js

Job description

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Head of Middleware Platform in Sheffield to lead the security, governance, and strategic direction of a large-scale middleware estate. The role involves defining secure platform standards, driving compliance, and ensuring middleware services remain secure and aligned with business objectives.

You will work with platform teams, architects, service owners, and security stakeholders to maintain configuration standards, drive improvements, and evolve the