Senior Middleware & OIPA Platform Lead

NTT DATA, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 103,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k match

Paid time off

Employee assistance

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks an experienced Middleware and OIPA Application Lead to join our Plano, TX team. You will manage deployment, automation, and operational stability of our core Oracle Insurance Policy Admin (OIPA) platform, lead end-to-end release management, and mentor delivery squads.

You will optimize CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure high availability across DEV/QA/UAT/PROD environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands‑on IT experience focusing on Weblogic, SOA, BPM and Application Administration.
• 5+ years of experience in Oracle WebLogic Server configuration, clustering, deployment, and Application performance tuning.
• 5+ years of DevOps, Release Management, Proven experience managing or mentoring technical resource teams.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in Oracle Database Administration, Writing/debugging SQL Tuning and administration.
• 2 years of experience in Oracle Insurance Policy Admin is preferred.
• Strong exposure to Integration tools such as SOA, BPM or MuleSoft applications.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipeline tools, Git version control and scripting languages (Shell, Python or Powershell) for automation and deployment activities.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute code deployments, configuration patches, and major releases across OIPA, SOA, BPM or MuleSoft environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD).
• Administer, tune, and troubleshoot Oracle WebLogic Server, Apache web servers, and integration middleware (SOA, BPM, and MuleSoft) supporting high-volume OIPA operations.
• Manage and mentor offshore and onshore resources for Release Management and product enhancement support.
• Perform Oracle DBA activities and Collaborate with Exadata DBA tailored to OIPA batch and transactional workloads, including Oracle database monitoring, schema updates, data fixes, SQL/PL-SQL tuning, and comprehensive Application Performance Tuning.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external teams, such as Exadata / Systems DBAs and Application Owners, to successfully manage environments and execute database refreshes.
• Build and optimize automated CI/CD deployment pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps to streamline software delivery.
• Manage environment provisioning, monitor overall system health, and resolve complex middleware or database bottlenecks.
• Release Manager activities for Code Deployment, application patching and Product enhancements within Oracle Insurance Policy Admin System.
• Architect and Implement initiatives such as Application Integration and Interfaces between OIPA, SOA, BPM and Data Lake/Ware house systems

Skills

WebLogic Admin

Oracle WebLogic

DevOps/Release Mgmt

Oracle DBA

OIPA

SOA/BPM/MuleSoft

CI/CD/Git/Scripting

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

AzureDevOps

Job description

NTT DATA seeks an experienced Middleware and OIPA Application Lead to join our Plano, TX team. You will manage deployment, automation, and operational stability of our core Oracle Insurance Policy Admin (OIPA) platform, lead end-to-end release management, and mentor delivery squads.

You will optimize CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure high availability across DEV/QA/UAT/PROD environments.