Junior Middleware Engineer – Secret-Cleared

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior Middleware Engineer to assist in provisioning, configuring, and administering middleware platforms that connect applications and databases in a regulated federal IT environment.

You will monitor middleware health, perform routine maintenance, and help troubleshoot incidents affecting mission-critical integrations, under guidance from senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 0–3 years of middleware administration or related IT infrastructure experience.
• Experience provisioning, configuring, and maintaining middleware solutions in multi-tier architectures.
• Foundational understanding of security standards, lifecycle management for middleware apps and integration platforms.
• Active SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain/maintain clearance per client.
• U.S. citizenship required for federal IT environment.
• Less than 10% travel.

Responsibilities

• Assist with installing and configuring middleware components (application servers, web servers, messaging platforms) per standards to support enterprise integration.
• Monitor middleware health, logs, and alerts; triage issues and escalate to senior engineers per incident protocols.
• Support routine maintenance: apply patches, update configuration files, validate services after changes per security baselines.
• Assist migration and upgrade activities between development, test, and production; validate integrations after deployments.
• Configure access controls, certificates, and basic encryption to align with security policies.
• Assist in backup/recovery steps for middleware configurations and artifacts for continuity and DR planning.
• Contribute to creation/maintenance of runbooks, topology diagrams, inventories, and lifecycle plans in a regulated government environment.
• Coordinate with application, database, and network teams to validate end-to-end connectivity after deployments or infra changes.

Skills

Middleware administration

Security

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science/Information Technology

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior Middleware Engineer to assist in provisioning, configuring, and administering middleware platforms that connect applications and databases in a regulated federal IT environment.

You will monitor middleware health, perform routine maintenance, and help troubleshoot incidents affecting mission-critical integrations, under guidance from senior engineers.