Middleware Administrator

People's Growth HR Solutions; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

A human resources solutions company is seeking a Middleware Administrator in Mumbai, India, to oversee the installation and maintenance of middleware applications like APACHE, TOMCAT, and JBOSS. The role involves monitoring performance, ensuring security best practices, and assisting with production deployment. Candidates should have PostgreSQL experience, knowledge of network connectivity, and strong communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity for those with production support expertise.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of middleware technologies like APACHE, TOMCAT, JBOSS, and IBM WebSphere.
• Strong PostgreSQL experience is mandatory.
• Experience in production support/monitoring function required.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain middleware application software.
• Perform patch management and handle reported vulnerabilities.
• Monitor CPU and memory utilization and generate reports.
• Assist in production deployment and maintain configurations.
• Develop scripts for security best practices and hardening.
• Configure data sources for applications.
• Assist in production deployment.
• Provide monthly access reports with required approvals.
• Set up clustering & HA for Web, App, RabbitMQ.
• Backup & recovery for middleware.
• Develop scripts to apply security hardening to middleware and MQ.
• Plan DR strategy and periodic backups.
• Implement monitoring standards and incident-tool integration.
• Capacity planning and performance benchmarking.
• Handle escalations for high-impact P1 incidents.
• Plan patch management and inventory.
• Generate self-signed SSL certificates and key pairs.
• POC/vendor evaluations and roadmap planning for production deployment.

Skills

Knowledge of APACHE, TOMCAT, JBOSS and IBM WebSphere

PostgreSQL experience

Network and Internet Connectivity understanding

Information Security knowledge

Good Communication Skills

Job description

• Middleware Administrator (Sound knowledge of APACHE, TOMCAT, JBOSS and IBM WebSphere technologies)
• PostgreSQL experience is a must

Relevant Industry

• ITES

Job Description / Responsibilities

• Installation and maintenance of middleware application software viz. APACHE, TOMCAT, JBOSS and IBM WebSphere.
• Patch management and Fixpack upgrade and adhering to the company policies for Patch Management, Change Management and other applicable processes.
• Closure of any reported open vulnerabilities within the specified timeframe
• Performance monitoring and carrying out configuration changes
• Monitoring of CPU and memory utilization and to provide daily reports and alerts thereof.
• Configuration of data sources for application.
• Assist in Production Deployment
• To provide monthly report regarding authorized user access and seek Internal Approvals.
• Clustering & HA setup and maintenance on all Web, App, Rabbit MQ
• Backup & Recovery on middleware.
• Develop scripts to apply security best practices, hardening to middleware and messaging platforms
• Periodic backup and DR strategy for middleware and MQ configurations.
• Implement monitoring standards, automated alerting and integration with the incident management tool
• Overall capacity planning and drive performance benchmarking exercises.
• Handle escalations for high impacting P1 incidents.
• Plan patch management and ensure up to date inventory.
• Generation of self-signed SSL certificates, key pairs for encryption and decryption.
• Perform proof of concept exercises, vendor evaluations, feasibility study for new tools/products and plan a roadmap for production deployment

Desired profile of the candidate

• Knowledge about Hardware and associated peripherals.
• Understanding about Network and Internet Connectivity.
• Understanding of Information Security.
• Good Communication Skills
• Should have worked in production support/ monitoring function.