Middleware Architect

vectorsoft; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vectorsoft in New York is seeking an experienced enterprise middleware and hosting architect to define standards, patterns and lifecycle for global platforms. You will research products, update configurations, packaging and deployment standards, and shape HA/DR strategies.

Responsibilities include authoring comprehensive design and operation documentation, supporting Solutions Engineering with scalable solutions, and creating repeatable deployment procedures.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of defining and deploying global business applications.
• Certifications in Core technologies preferred.
• Significant expertise in IT service management.
• Strong communication and influencing skills for senior management.
• Vendor management experience within engineering programs.

Responsibilities

• Author Product Design, Implementation and Support documentation.
• Provide support to the Solutions Engineering team towards designing solutions to meet project requirements.
• Develop methods to create repeatable and efficient procedures to deploy products.
• Develop frameworks and best practices for disaster recovery and high availability application design, DMZ hosting, test environment specs.
• Manage the lifecycle of the full catalog of application hosting and middleware technology products.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Vendor management

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Scripting (Shell)

Python

Perl

Ruby

PowerShell

Analytical thinking

Cross-platform

Tools

WebLogic

Apache Web Server

TC Server (TomCat)

Coherence

IIS /.NET

Amazon Web Services

Job description

Responsible for enterprise-wide middleware and application hosting technology standards, patterns and lifecycle. This includes: researching new products and changes/updates/patches for existing products – develop and define configuration, packaging and deployment standards as well as HA and DR strategies - development of product and technology patterns - testing and evaluating standards and patterns - writing comprehensive technical documentation.

Core Technologies include but not limited to:

1. WebLogic
2. Apache Web Server
3. TC Server (TomCat)
4. Coherence
5. IIS / .NET
6. Amazon Web Services

Accountabilities:

1. 1.Author Product Design, Implementation and Support documentation
2. 2.Provide support to the Solutions Engineering team towards designing solutions to meet project requirements
3. 3.Develop methods to create repeatable and efficient procedures to deploy products
4. 4.Develop frameworks and best practices for disaster recovery and high availability application design, DMZ application hosting, test environment specifications, etc that can be applied consistently to application infrastructure deployments
5. 5.Manage the lifecycle of the full catalog of application hosting and middleware technology products

Experience:

• Significant expertise (5 to 7 years) in defining, designing and deploying global business applications with both internal and external customer focus
• Certifications in Core technologies preferred
• Significant expertise and experience in defining philosophy and principles for global engineering in middleware and application hosting technologies.
• Shell, Python, Pearl, Ruby and Powershell scripting experience to automate tasks and procedures
• Experience in Unix, Linux and Windows environments
• Self starter with desire to understand work and project objectives, not just execute
• Possesses a good understanding of IT service management
• Strong communication (oral and written) and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate new concepts, and drive change in process and behaviors.
• Significant experience with hardware and software products that provide high availability and disaster recovery functionality such as clustering and data caching and replication
• Significant experience with tuning database environments to ensure optimal performance
• Strong analytical focus, results-oriented and execution driven, with the ability to align technology developments with the generation of potential competitive business advantage.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies
• Ability to identify and elaborate enterprise-wide impact of major product technology trends.
• Has played a lead role in architecture, design and documentation of database infrastructure technologies, with SME knowledge in one or more related areas.
• Has significant experience in vendor management, communication with vendor engineering and vendor product development.
• Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills, with the ability to identify learning opportunities, improve current processes.
• Effective communications and presentation delivery skills, especially to senior management on technology strategies and standards; able to create and maintain cross-segment relationships and foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and cooperation.