Middleware Engineer

Job description

The Database/Middleware Engineer, Mid provisions, configures, and administers enterprise middleware platforms that connect distributed applications and databases in a highly regulated government environment. The role owns day-to-day middleware operations, including monitoring, incident troubleshooting, and performance tuning to maintain stable, secure integrations for mission-critical systems. This engineer leads patching, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning activities for middleware software while aligning all changes with enterprise security, change management, and lifecycle standards. Key Responsibilities: - Deploy, configure, and maintain middleware platforms such as enterprise application servers, web servers, and messaging systems, tailoring settings for reliability, scalability, and observability across environments. - Monitor middleware performance and availability using logs, metrics, and alerting tools, diagnose complex integration issues, and implement tuning changes to improve throughput and stability. - Plan and execute middleware patching, upgrades, and environment migrations, including coordination of maintenance windows, rollback strategies, and post-change va...