Middleware Engineer

Job description

Position Overview The Middleware Engineer designs, deploys, and maintains middleware platforms that support integration, messaging, and application hosting for mission‑critical systems in a federal IT environment. The role manages provisioning, configuration, performance tuning, and lifecycle management of middleware components across on‑premises and cloud environments, ensuring stability, resilience, and compliance with security standards. The Middleware Engineer collaborates with application owners, database administrators, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot complex multi‑tier issues and optimize end‑to‑end service performance, while documenting middleware architectures and runbooks to support continuity and disaster‑recovery objectives. Key Responsibilities: - Install, configure, and administer middleware technologies such as application servers, web servers, and integration platforms supporting enterprise workloads. - Monitor middleware availability, throughput, and error rates, tuning thread pools, connection settings, and caching to maintain performance and stability across environments. - Implement secure configuration baselines, TLS configurations, and access controls...