Middleware Engineer

Role : Infrastructure Engineer

Location : Phoenix, AZ - Hybrid 3x per week

Rate : $45-49 / hour

Length : Ongoing Contract

Work Requirements : US Citizen, GC Holder or Authorized to work in the U.S.

Interview : Onsite 1st round. May require 2nd round.

Why you'll love this job :

Responsible for both traditional and cloud-based infrastructure implementations based on designs from infrastructure architects.

What you'll do

• Provides good understanding of concepts related to server load balancing, WAS clustering, and other application scaling concepts.
• Troubleshoots and resolves middleware issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the systems including installing, upgrading / patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
• Encourages an environment of sharing and teamwork among the team.
• Stays current with systems technology best practices and changing technologies, in order to maintain domain expertise and recommend enhancements or changes.
• Supports communication and response process by responding to users on system issues, maintenance, and system status, and advising and escalating on any prolonged or major issues.
• Mandatory rotational schedule for on-call off-hours support

All you'll need for success :

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training.
• 3 years of experience as a network or infrastructure engineer or administrator
• 3 years LINUX (RHEL8) experience, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Cognos and IBM Cloud or MS Azure

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master’s degree in computer science computer engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training
• 5 years of experience as a network or infrastructure engineer or administrator

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Advanced ability to plan strategically for current and future business environments, including future technology and business design changes to create flexible, scalable solutions
• In-depth knowledge of IT business operations, systems requirements, and processes
• Ability to analyze complex problems and implement solutions and / or workarounds
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with a keen desire to learn and expand depth of knowledge
• Ability to thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment and leverage best practices
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing priorities and work environments
• Proficiency in Agile project management methodology, specifically within infrastructure area
• Knowledge and hands on experience with FTP and secure FTP
• Experience in working with IBM WebSphere / Tomcat / IBM Http Server and IBM Cognos Reporting Server
• Knowledge and understanding on SSL certificates , PGP encryption and NAS storages
• Knowledge and support of Dynatrace and Splunk tools installations
• Knowledge and work experience on various components like Kubernetes, VPC, subnets, CI / CD in IBM Cloud / MS Azure
• Shell and Perl scripting capability knowledge in respect to setting up monitoring and alerting for Unix / Linux systems.

Our benefits package includes :

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions :

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs.

Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions.

By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities.

Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.