L3 Middleware Administrator / SME

L3 Middleware Administrator / SME This role has been designed as Hybrid with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 days per week from an HPE office.

• Lead the design and architecture of middleware solutions, ensuring they align with business goals and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to create reliable and scalable middleware architectures.
• Develop documentation, architectural diagrams, and best practice guidelines.
• Implement automation scripts for deployment, configuration management, and monitoring using tools like Ansible or Puppet.
• Middleware Administrator supports and documents the installation, configuration, capacity planning, upgrading, problem resolution and debugging of all middleware product environments
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and be a good team player.
• Recommend and lead improvements to provide the highest level of availability and performance
• Provide proactive support to maintain high availability and reliability of middleware systems.
• Follows policies and procedures to ensure corporate compliance, examples include corporate data security and change controlCoordinate with engineering, solution vendors and support teams on problem resolution, design issues and upgrades

• Extensive experience with middleware technologies including Apache Webserver, Apache Tomcat, Apache Solr, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle Java, SSL certificates (e.g., Digicert, Lets Encrypt), and load balancers like Netscaler.
• Strong expertise in advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and issue resolution for middleware systems.
• Proven experience in middleware architecture and design for large-scale environments.
• Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to ensure seamless application integration and performance.
• Deep understanding of middleware architecture, performance tuning, and system optimization.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable, highly available, and resilient middleware solutions.
• Strong familiarity with automation tools (e.g., Ansible) and proactive monitoring solutions.
• Strong knowledge with monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Datadog and SolarWinds etc
• Ability to work with large-scale distributed systems and handle complex integration tasks.
• Proven experience in managing production environments and high-availability systems.
• Scripting - BASH / Python
• Strong Unix / Linux & Windows operating systems
• Good understanding on Networking & Load balancer Concepts.
• Provide training and mentorship to team members on middleware administration, best practices, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Strong Database fundamentals
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Bias, Business Growth, Business Planning, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Solutions, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 5 more} Services Expert