Middleware Engineer

Horizontal Talent; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Middleware Engineer to design, automate, and support enterprise middleware platforms in a modern hybrid environment. You will work across application, infrastructure, and cloud technologies to improve platform reliability and modernization.

Responsibilities include supporting middleware across VMs, containers, and bare metal, building automation with Ansible, and provisioning infrastructure with Terraform in AWS.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise middleware platforms in hybrid environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Automation and integration of middleware with applications and services.

Responsibilities

• Support and engineer middleware platforms across VMs, bare metal, and containers.
• Design, build, and troubleshoot middleware solutions connecting apps, services, databases and cloud.
• Develop proof-of-concepts and pilots to drive middleware modernization.
• Automate installation, configuration, patching, deployment, and ops tasks with Ansible.
• Use Terraform to provision and automate infrastructure in AWS environments.
• Work with APIs and service integration frameworks for reliable connectivity.
• Investigate issues across middleware, networking, infra, and app layers.
• Partner with architects and platform engineers to deliver scalable solutions.
• Support middleware deployments on AWS EC2 and other environments.
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and operational support for middleware.

Skills

WebSphere AS

WebSphere Liberty

Apache Tomcat

Oracle WebLogic

IBM MQ

Kafka

Java middleware

Linux admin

Ansible automation

Terraform

AWS cloud

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Job description

We’re looking for a skilled Middleware Engineer to help design, automate, and support enterprise middleware platforms in a modern hybrid environment. This role offers the opportunity to work across application, infrastructure, and cloud technologies while contributing to platform reliability, modernization, and integration efforts.

Responsibilities

• Support and engineer middleware platforms across virtual machines, bare metal, and container-based environments.
• Design, build, and troubleshoot enterprise middleware solutions that connect applications, services, databases, messaging systems, and cloud environments.
• Develop proof-of-concepts and pilot implementations to support middleware adoption and platform modernization.
• Automate installation, configuration, patching, deployment, and operational tasks using Ansible.
• Use Terraform to help provision and automate infrastructure, especially in AWS environments.
• Work with APIs, web services, and service integration frameworks to enable reliable connectivity between systems.
• Investigate and resolve issues across middleware, networking, infrastructure, and application layers.
• Partner with architects, application teams, and platform engineers to deliver scalable technical solutions.
• Support middleware deployments on AWS EC2 and other non-managed environments when needed.
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and operational support for middleware services.

Skills

• Hands-on experience with several enterprise middleware technologies, such as IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Liberty, IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Red Hat JBoss/EAP, or Oracle WebLogic.
• Strong background in Java-based middleware architecture and Linux administration.
• Experience integrating middleware with enterprise applications, security services, identity platforms, databases, messaging tools, monitoring systems, and cloud services.
• Practical experience building automation with Ansible for middleware operations.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation in AWS.
• Working knowledge of Java runtime environments, including Oracle Java and OpenJDK.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor while collaborating effectively with others.
• Willingness to work in a hybrid onsite model, with onsite presence required at least three days per week.
• Ability to complete a background check and drug screen upon offer.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Background working with enterprise messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices that support middleware delivery.
• Experience supporting regulated environments such as financial services or banking.
• Exposure to middleware operations in AWS and other modern cloud environments.

Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive, welcoming workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued and respected. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and bring their unique perspectives and experiences to the team.

For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

The pay range for this role is $31 - $64 per hour based on qualifications and experience.