Director, Middleware Reliability Engineering
American Electric Power · US
Job Posting End Date 04-28-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job description
Job Posting End Date 04-28-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date. Job Summary: The Director, Middleware Reliability Engineering is a critical technology leadership role accountable for ensuring the reliability, availability, performance, and operational excellence of the enterprise middleware platform. This leader will establish and scale middleware reliability engineering (MRE) practices across mission-critical integration platforms, embedding reliability into the core of how APIs, messaging, event streaming, and orchestration services are designed, deployed, and operated. Operating at the intersection of platform engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), and DevOps, this role drives automation, observability, and continuous improvement to ensure the middleware ecosystem delivers predictable performance, high availability, and rapid recovery at enterprise scale. The Director is responsible for stabilizing today’s operations while modernizing reliability practices to support future growth and transformation. Job Description: Key Job Functions: Reliability Strategy & Operational Excellence: - Define and execute a comprehensive midd...