Senior Middleware Administrator & Platform Reliability Lead

Coforge; Oaks (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a Middleware Administrator with 8+ years of experience to manage and optimize middleware environments across WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss/WildFly and Tomcat. You will configure web servers, implement high availability, manage Kafka/IBM MQ, Apigee, and implement observability with ELK and Grafana.

Strong IaC, CI/CD, IAM, SSO, and cloud skills are required. The role requires hands-on expertise in automation, scripting, and collaboration with ITIL processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Middleware Administration and Support.
• Hands-on with application servers such as WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss/WildFly, Tomcat.
• Experience with web servers including NGINX, Apache, IIS, IBM HTTP Server.
• Configuring HA and load-balanced middleware environments.
• Experience with Kafka and IBM MQ messaging.
• Hands-on with API Gateway platforms like Apigee.
• Observability tools: ELK, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana.
• IaC/automation: Terraform, Ansible.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps.
• Source control: Git, IBM RTC.
• Incident/Change/Problem Mgmt: ServiceNow, Jira.
• Linux administration and networking basics.
• Docker and Kubernetes.
• Cloud: AWS, OCI.
• IAM: Azure AD/Entra ID, LDAP, Ping, SiteMinder.
• SSO/OIDC: SAML, OAuth2.
• Load balancers: F5, FortiWeb, NetScaler.
• SFA/MFA authentication concepts.
• Scripting: Bash, Python, Perl.
• Java basics; SOAP/REST web services; Angular/Java apps.
• Diagnostics, troubleshooting in production; automation of tasks; maintain runbooks.
• ITIL processes experience; strong communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support middleware environments across multiple stacks.
• Implement and maintain HA/load-balanced configurations.
• Oversee messaging platforms like Kafka and IBM MQ.
• Configure and govern API gateways (Apigee).
• Implement observability and monitoring solutions.
• Automate tasks with Terraform and Ansible; manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain source control and incident/change management records.
• Collaborate with teams; document configurations and runbooks.

Skills

Middleware administration

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python/Perl)

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Multi-tasking

Education

RHCSA or equivalent Linux certification

ITIL Foundation Certification

Middleware vendor certifications (WebSphere/WebLogic/Tomcat)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps Administrator

Tools

WebSphere

WebLogic

JBoss/WildFly

Tomcat

NGINX

Apache

IIS

IBM HTTP Server (IHS)

Kafka

IBM MQ

Apigee

ELK/Dynatrace/Prometheus/Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Git

IBM RTC

ServiceNow

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS / OCI

Azure AD/Entra ID

LDAP

Ping

SiteMinder

SAML/OAuth2/OIDC

F5/FortiWeb/NetScaler

Job description

Coforge is seeking a Middleware Administrator with 8+ years of experience to manage and optimize middleware environments across WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss/WildFly and Tomcat. You will configure web servers, implement high availability, manage Kafka/IBM MQ, Apigee, and implement observability with ELK and Grafana.

Strong IaC, CI/CD, IAM, SSO, and cloud skills are required. The role requires hands-on expertise in automation, scripting, and collaboration with ITIL processes.