IRS Middleware Engineer(Remote)

West 4th Strategy; Mississippi; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled infrastructure support specialist with extensive experience in middleware administration. This role involves managing security certificates, troubleshooting incidents, and ensuring system performance across various platforms. The ideal candidate will possess strong scripting skills and familiarity with WebMethods, contributing to the modernization of infrastructure. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will play a vital role in enhancing operational efficiency and security. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure support or middleware administration.
• Familiarity with WebMethods and various operating systems.
• Scripting or automation experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and renew security certificates for EAIB servers.
• Triage incidents and perform troubleshooting on servers and applications.
• Support capacity planning and performance monitoring.

Skills

Infrastructure Support

Middleware Administration

WebMethods

Linux

Windows

Solaris

Ansible

Python

Shell Scripting

Job description

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Must have IRS MBI Public Trust.

2. Manage and renew security certificates for EAIB servers, including Java Messaging Service (JMS) servers, Universal Messaging servers, and IS Adapters.

3. Triage P1–P4 incidents using EAIB operational guidance; perform server, application, and database restarts and troubleshooting.

4. Create, update, and mitigate security vulnerabilities through POA&M (Plan of Action and Milestones); apply patches and obtain cybersecurity clearance.

5. Perform post-maintenance health checks after OS, DB, and MQ patching; validate system performance and service availability.

6. Monitor MQ connectivity between EAIB and IBM mainframe; ensure messaging integrity across layers.

7. Coordinate with EST to validate and clear EAIB queues for scheduled testing events like PETE.

8. Update credentials for JDBC Adapter, My webMethods Server (MWS), and Optimizer databases.

9. Review and validate EAIB VMs based on daily health check alerts.

10. Support capacity planning, performance monitoring, and workload analysis for infrastructure modernization initiatives.

11. Conduct technical impact analysis of system dependencies; recommend mitigation strategies.

12. Manage traceability of integration activities across development, build, release, and verification phases.

13. Define strategies for applying program management, testing, and development tools throughout the integration lifecycle.

14. Provide technical oversight and coordination during testing phases across multiple projects.

Required Skills:

1. 5+ years experience in infrastructure support or middleware administration.

2. Familiarity with WebMethods.

3. Experience with Linux, Windows, and Solaris platforms.

4. Scripting or automation experience (Ansible, Python, Shell).

5. Must have IRS MBI Public Trust clearance.