Middleware Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai/Thane region seeks an experienced Level: L3 – Middleware Support Lead / SME to own enterprise middleware platforms across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will drive architecture, stability, security, and lifecycle management while guiding major incident resolution and platform upgrades.

The role demands deep expertise in JBoss/WildFly/Tomcat/Apache, Kubernetes and OpenShift, along with strong RCA, performance tuning, and security integration skills for

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in enterprise middleware platforms (JBoss/WildFly/Tomcat/Apache).
• Strong experience with container platforms: Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Middleware architecture, design, and standardization.
• Advanced performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Security integration including SSL/SSO/certificates.
• CI/CD pipeline design and governance.
• RCA, problem management, and stakeholder communication.
• Cloud-native middleware deployments.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, design, and governance of middleware platforms.
• Define and enforce middleware standards and best practices.
• Lead major incident RCA and preventive action planning.
• Perform advanced performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Design and oversee high availability and scalability patterns.
• Lead middleware upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure security hardening, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Oversee middleware deployments on Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Guide and mentor L1/L2 middleware support teams.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, and security teams on platform initiatives.
• Final escalation point for middleware-related issues.
• Owns design decisions, platform stability, and roadmap.

Skills

JBoss

WildFly

Tomcat

Apache

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Middleware architecture

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

SSL

SSO

Security integration

CI/CD

24x7 production support

RCA

Observability

Shell scripting

Python

JDBC tuning

MySQL

Postgres

Job description

Level: L3 – Middleware Support Lead / SME

Experience: 6-12 Years

Location: Thane

Role Summary

Acts as the technical owner and escalation point for enterprise middleware platforms. Responsible for architecture, stability, performance, security, and lifecycle management of middleware services across on‑prem and cloud‑native environments. Leads major incident resolution, platform upgrades, and standardization.

Core Skills (Must‑Have)

• Deep expertise in JBoss / WildFly / Tomcat / Apache
• Strong experience with container platforms – Kubernetes / Red Hat OpenShift
• Middleware architecture, design, and standardization
• Advanced performance tuning & troubleshooting
• Heap/thread analysis, GC tuning, memory profiling
• Strong experience with SSL, SSO, certificates, and security integration
• CI/CD pipeline design and governance
• Experience supporting 24×7 enterprise production environments
• Strong RCA, problem management, and stakeholder communication
• Experience with cloud‑native middleware deployments
• Automation / scripting (Shell / Python)
• Exposure to monitoring & observability tools
• Knowledge of databases (MySQL/Postgres) and JDBC tuning

Key Responsibilities

• Own architecture, design, and governance of middleware platforms
• Define and enforce middleware standards and best practices
• Lead major incident RCA and preventive action planning
• Perform advanced performance tuning and capacity planning
• Design and oversee high availability and scalability patterns
• Lead middleware upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
• Ensure security hardening, compliance, and audit readiness
• Oversee middleware deployments on Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Guide and mentor L1/L2 middleware support teams
• Collaborate with application, cloud, and security teams on platform initiatives
• Final escalation point for middleware‑related issues
• Owns design decisions, platform stability, and roadmap

Drives continuous improvement and technical excellence