Middleware Engineer

Akaasa Technologies; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Akaasa Technologies is seeking a seasoned Middleware Engineer to join a client project in a hybrid model in NYC area. The role emphasizes hands-on work across IBM WebSphere, WebSphere Liberty, Oracle WebLogic, and Apache stack, with Linux administration and automation using Ansible and Terraform.

You will join a team focusing on platform modernization, enterprise integration, and automation across VMs, bare metal, and containers, coordinating with architects and platform engineering to deliver

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on engineering with multiple enterprise middleware technologies.
• Proven experience integrating middleware with enterprise apps, security, monitoring, and databases.
• Hands-on automation using Ansible and Terraform for AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, integrate, automate, and support middleware across VMs, bare metal, and containers.
• Collaborate with architects, application teams, and platform engineering for modernization.
• Design and develop POCs and pilot implementations to accelerate middleware adoption.
• Support middleware deployment, patching, and operational workflows.

Skills

Middleware engineering

IBM WebSphere

WebSphere Liberty

IBM HTTP Server

Apache HTTP Server

Apache Tomcat

JBoss/JBoss EAP

Oracle WebLogic

Java-based middleware

Linux administration

Ansible automation

Terraform

AWS

APIs & integrations

Messaging technologies

CI/CD / DevOps

Observability tooling

Tools

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Middleware Engineer

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid 3 days onsite per week at client office or client site in New Jersey)

Contract Duration: 6 10 months

Interview: In-person

Note:

• LinkedIn with location (before 2022)
• Must be local to New York City or at the client site in New Jersey with DL copy.
• Strong senior-level hands-on middleware engineering experience required.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Middleware Engineer to join our client's project. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with enterprise middleware platforms, Java-based middleware architecture, Linux administration, enterprise integration patterns, and middleware automation.

The candidate will be responsible for engineering, integrating, automating, and supporting middleware platforms across virtual machines, bare metal, and container environments. This role will work closely with architects, application teams, and platform engineering organizations to support platform modernization, automation, and enterprise application integration initiatives.

Required

Extensive hands-on engineering experience with multiple enterprise middleware technologies, including IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Liberty, IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Red Hat JBoss/JBoss EAP, and Oracle WebLogic.

Deep expertise in Java-based middleware architecture, Linux administration, and enterprise integration patterns.

Proven experience integrating middleware platforms with enterprise applications, security services, monitoring tools, identity platforms, databases, messaging systems, and cloud services.

Demonstrated ability to design and develop POCs, pilot implementations, and automation solutions that accelerate middleware adoption and platform modernization.

Hands-on experience developing middleware automation using Ansible, including installation, configuration, patching, deployment, and operational workflows.

Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation, particularly within AWS environments.

Experience working with APIs, web services, messaging technologies, and service integration frameworks.

Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across middleware, infrastructure, networking, and application layers.

Experience engineering and operating middleware across VMs, bare metal, and container platforms.

Strong AWS experience, particularly deploying and operating middleware on EC2 rather than relying exclusively on managed middleware services.

Experience with Java runtime environments, including Oracle Java and OpenJDK.

Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor while partnering effectively with architects, application teams, and platform engineering organizations.

Ability to work onsite 3 days per week in New York City or New Jersey.

Qualifications

Experience with middleware observability, logging, monitoring, and operational tooling such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar technologies.

Experience with enterprise messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices supporting middleware deployments.

Experience supporting financial services, banking, or other highly regulated environments.