Senior Middleware Engineer

Arkhya Tech Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkhya Tech Inc. in New Jersey seeks an experienced Red Hat Linux Administrator / Senior Middleware Engineer / Platform Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise middleware and Linux platforms.

You will install and optimize Tomcat clusters on RHEL, manage SSL/TLS, implement LDAP/SSO, perform hardening and patching, support CI/CD with Jenkins, ensure high availability, and participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in physical and virtual environments.
• Advanced knowledge of Apache Tomcat and enterprise middleware administration.
• Solid understanding of SSL/TLS, certificate lifecycle management, and secure communications.
• Experience with security hardening, vulnerability management, and patching.
• Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and production support.
• Experience with LDAP, SSO, and enterprise identity management.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and scheduling tools such as Control-M.
• Understanding of SAN storage and enterprise storage platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident management skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Architect, install, configure, and optimize Tomcat clusters on RHEL virtual servers.
• Support deployments and enforce SDLC, change management, and release governance.
• Manage SSL/TLS configurations, certificate authorities, renewals, and secure communications.
• Implement authentication, authorization, LDAP, and SSO integrations.
• Perform security hardening, vulnerability remediation, patching, and compliance activities.
• Troubleshoot middleware, OS, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Establish and maintain platform monitoring, logging, and alerting standards.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools such as Jenkins.
• Design, implement, and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with application development, database, network, and storage teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production incidents.

Skills

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Apache Tomcat

Security hardening

SSL/TLS management

LDAP and SSO

High availability

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Incident management

Vulnerability remediation

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Control-M

Job description

Location: New Jersey

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Model: Onsite at the designated work location

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Red Hat Linux Administrator / Senior Middleware Engineer / Platform Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise middleware and Linux platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Apache Tomcat, security hardening, certificate management, high availability, and production troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, install, configure, and optimize Apache Tomcat clusters on Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual servers.
• Support application deployments and enforce SDLC, change management, and release governance standards.
• Manage SSL/TLS configurations, certificate authorities, certificate renewals, and secure communications.
• Implement authentication, authorization, LDAP, and Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations.
• Perform security hardening, vulnerability remediation, operating system patching, and compliance activities.
• Troubleshoot complex middleware, operating system, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Establish and maintain platform monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting standards.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment tools such as Jenkins.
• Design, implement, and maintain high‑availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with application development, database, network, and storage teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation for critical production incidents.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux in physical and virtual environments.
• Advanced knowledge of Apache Tomcat and enterprise middleware administration.
• Strong understanding of SSL/TLS, certificate lifecycle management, and secure communications.
• Experience with security hardening, vulnerability management, and patching.
• Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and production support.
• Experience with LDAP, SSO, and enterprise identity management.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and scheduling tools such as Control-M.
• Understanding of SAN storage and enterprise storage platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident management skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ansible and infrastructure automation.
• Exposure to containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting Spring Boot applications and Java microservices.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk, ELK, and Prometheus.

Work Location Requirement

Candidates must be available to work onsite in New Jersey and participate in the required production support and on‑call rotation.