Senior Middleware Engineer – CI/CD & Cloud Integrations

Sammons Financial Group Inc.; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 76,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

ESOP

401(k)

Fridays off

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Volunteer time off

Matching gifts

Ownership culture

Job summary

Sammons Financial Group Inc. is seeking an experienced middleware professional to design, configure, and operate the Company's middleware infrastructure and integration platforms.

You will automate deployments, coordinate with offshore consultants, and continually improve middleware services to support enterprise applications. Responsibilities include monitoring, upgrades, troubleshooting, and on-call rotations, with a strong emphasis on collaboration across teams and adherence to corporate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, IT or related field preferred.
• 5+ years administering middleware apps (MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, IIS) preferred.
• Experience in Windows environments required.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools and CI/CD (Jenkins, Bamboo, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker) preferred.
• Knowledge of building automation for cloud environments and associated tools desired.
• Experience with MuleSoft Anypoint & Confluent Cloud (Kafka) preferred.
• Proficient with connectors for AWS/Azure services (S3, MQ, REST, OIDC/OAuth Okta) preferred.
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/PCF) knowledge preferred.
• Understanding of Linux, scripting, IaC, Agile.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Willingness to work on geographically-dispersed team.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure middleware infrastructure and platforms.
• Partner with Developers/Architects to define integration direction.
• Automate CI/CD implementation and configuration.
• Lead operational tasks and incidents with offshore consultants.
• Analyze processes to develop improvements and automate them where possible.
• Monitor middleware performance and usage.
• Develop strategies for migration, consolidation and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems.
• Administer, maintain, install and operate middleware components.
• Perform daily operational tasks and system reviews.
• Represent IT Middleware Department in projects and business initiatives.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Uphold company values and attendance policies.
• Participate in other initiatives and projects.

Skills

Middleware administration

DevOps familiarity

Windows operating systems

CI/CD concepts

Cloud automation

Linux scripting

Agile

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/IT or related field

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Apache Tomcat

WebSphere

IIS

Jenkins

Bamboo

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Confluent Cloud

Job description

Sammons Financial Group Inc. is seeking an experienced middleware professional to design, configure, and operate the Company's middleware infrastructure and integration platforms.

You will automate deployments, coordinate with offshore consultants, and continually improve middleware services to support enterprise applications. Responsibilities include monitoring, upgrades, troubleshooting, and on-call rotations, with a strong emphasis on collaboration across teams and adherence to corporate