Middleware Engineer-6

Realign Llc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Realign Llc is seeking an experienced Middleware Engineer to manage IBM BAW and Cloud Pak for Business Automation. The role involves setup, configuration, and administration on-premises and in the cloud with OpenShift/Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and reliability.

Responsibilities include managing WebSphere/Liberty, DB2/Oracle, MQ, FileNet, LDAP integrations, plus automation via Ansible and Jenkins.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is required.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting IBM BAW/BAW-like workflows in production environments.
• Experience setting up and supporting CP4BA on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong knowledge of middleware tech: IBM WebSphere, Liberty, DB2/Oracle, MQ, LDAP integrations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, scripting).

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in setup, configuration, and administration of CP4BA on-premises and cloud (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• Manage middleware components for BAW and Cloud Pak including IBM WebSphere/Liberty, DB2/Oracle, MQ, FileNet, LDAP integration.
• Perform health checks, capacity planning, monitoring, and performance tuning of middleware and workflow environments.
• Apply patches, upgrades, and hotfixes with minimal downtime.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and lifecycle tasks using Ansible, Jenkins, and scripts.
• Develop and maintain runbooks and technical documentation for support teams.
• Collaborate with development, OA, infra, and security teams for provisioning and troubleshooting.
• Configure and monitor HA/DR for middleware layers in BAW and Cloud Pak.
• Provide support for IBM BAW environments, including incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Participate in weekend production deployments and support.
• Ensure security guidelines and best practices across middleware stack.

Skills

IBM WebSphere

Liberty

OpenShift

Kubernetes

DB2

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MQ

FileNet

LDAP integration

Jenkins

Ansible

Bash scripting

PowerShell

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Bash scripting

PowerShell

Job description

New York City, New York 07008 Posted October 15th, 2026

Duration: Long Term Contract

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Middleware Engineer to manage, support, and optimize IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) solutions. This role will also be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability of business automation platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in the setup, configuration, and administration of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA) both on-premises and on cloud (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• Manage middleware components (WebSphere Application Server/Liberty, DB2/Oracle, MQ, FileNet, LDAP integration, etc.) for BAW and Cloud Pak.
• Perform regular health checks, capacity planning, system monitoring, and performance tuning of middleware and workflow environments.
• Execute patches, upgrades, and hotfixes for IBM BAW and related middleware components while minimizing downtime.
• Automate routine tasks involving deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management using tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, or similar.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles for internal support teams.
• Collaborate with development, OA, infrastructure, and security teams for environment provisioning, deployments, and troubleshooting cross-functional issues.
• Implement, configure, and monitor HA/DR solutions for IBM BAW and Cloud Pak at the middleware layer.
• Provide support for IBM BAW environments, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of incidents impacting business workflows.
• Participate in weekend production deployment and support.
• Ensure compliance with security guidelines and best practices throughout middleware stack.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience supporting IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW, BPM, or similar) in production environments.
• Experience setting up and supporting IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA), ideally on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong knowledge of middleware technologies: IBM WebSphere Application Server, Liberty, Elastic Search, Postgres DB. DB2/Oracle, IBM MO, Kafka, and LDAP integrations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Bash/PowerShell scripting).
• Demonstrated expertise in issue troubleshooting, performance tuning, and environment management.
• Strong knowledge on Open telemetry monitoring tool - Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Splunk
• Familiarity with high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR) configurations, and related concepts.
• Experience with cloud and containerization platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Good understanding of ITIL JIRA, Service NOW, Zapplets