Senior Middleware Architect - WAS/MQ/Tomcat | Hybrid IL

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer in a hybrid role (Riverwoods, IL) with 2-3 days in office. You will architect, deploy, and optimize enterprise middleware using WAS, IBM MQ, Apache HTTP Server, and Tomcat to support critical applications.

Strong Linux admin and automation skills are essential. Responsibilities include monitoring, tuning, and securing middleware environments, performing deployments and migrations, and driving improvements with

Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of hands-on middleware administration and architecture.
• Deep expertise with IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), IBM MQ, Apache HTTP Server, and Apache Tomcat.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration, scripting, and automation experience.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools and ITIL service management practices.
• Ability to design, implement, and support large-scale middleware environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect, install, configure, administer, and support enterprise middleware environments (WAS, Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat, IBM MQ).
• Monitor and optimize WebSphere environments for high availability, performance, and security.
• Deploy applications, perform patches, upgrades, and migrations across development to production.
• Troubleshoot middleware, application, and infrastructure issues; perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with development, cloud, infrastructure, network, and security teams.
• Define middleware architecture standards, best practices, and procedures.
• Utilize Datadog and other tools to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance.
• Manage incidents, problems, and changes per ITIL using ServiceNow.
• Develop automation scripts to improve operational efficiency.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, docs, and knowledge articles.
• Participate in capacity planning, DR planning, and health assessments.
• Communicate project status and risks to stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement across middleware platforms.

Skills

Middleware Administration

WebSphere WAS

IBM MQ

Apache HTTP Server

Apache Tomcat

Linux/Unix

Shell scripting

Datadog

ServiceNow

ITIL

Tools

Datadog

ServiceNow

ITIL

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer in a hybrid role (Riverwoods, IL) with 2-3 days in office. You will architect, deploy, and optimize enterprise middleware using WAS, IBM MQ, Apache HTTP Server, and Tomcat to support critical applications.

Strong Linux admin and automation skills are essential. Responsibilities include monitoring, tuning, and securing middleware environments, performing deployments and migrations, and driving improvements with