Senior Middleware Architect & Production Lead

Bank of America; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is hiring for a middleware specialist who will manage critical banking platforms end-to-end, including deployment, patching, and production support. You will work with application teams to ensure stability, resilience, and compliance across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes collaboration, technical leadership, and delivering strategic middleware solutions within an in-office culture with flexible role-specific requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT experience with the listed middleware and platforms.
• Experience with WebSphere, J2EE, Java, JBoss, and related servers.
• Familiarity with Linux environments and scripting (shell, Python, Perl).
• Knowledge of release/deploy tools such as Ansible, XLR, Bitbucket.

Responsibilities

• Provide middleware administration for banking platforms across the stack.
• Deliver middleware enterprise projects and regulatory initiatives.
• Ensure production stability and patching of middleware platforms.
• Assist with deployment templates and J2EE architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with application teams and testing teams daily.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Application Development

Automation

Production Support

Risk Management

DevOps Practices

Collaboration

Technical Strategy Development

Stakeholder Management

Innovation

Tools

WebSphere

JBoss

Tomcat

Apache

IBM HTTP Server

WXS

Ansible

Ansible Tower

XLR

Bitbucket

WebSphere Extreme Scale

BPM (Appian)

Job description

Bank of America is hiring for a middleware specialist who will manage critical banking platforms end-to-end, including deployment, patching, and production support. You will work with application teams to ensure stability, resilience, and compliance across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes collaboration, technical leadership, and delivering strategic middleware solutions within an in-office culture with flexible role-specific requirements.