Middleware Lead

KeyResponsibilities

• Involve in the design, implementation, and support of enterprise middleware platforms.
• Act as L2 escalation point for complex incidents, performance issues, and critical outages.
• Own end-to-end lifecycle management (installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, decommissioning).
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to L1 engineers.
• Architect and implement high availability (HA), DR, and resiliency solutions.
• Manage and support:
• IBM WebSphere Application Server v9

• Oracle WebLogic Server (12c / 19c, including OSB/SOA)

  Red Hat JBoss Application Server

• Oversee application deployments, environment setup, and release coordination.
• Drive performance tuning, capacity planning, and optimization initiatives.
• Ensure middleware security hardening and compliance (VAPT remediation, patching).
• Automate operational tasks using scripting or DevOps tools.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, database, application, and cloud teams.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support DR drills, failover testing, and audit activities.

Required Skills& Experience

• 5-7+ years of relevant middleware experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in:

• IBM WebSphere Application Server v9

  Oracle WebLogic Server (12c / 19c, OSB/SOA)

  Red Hat JBoss Application Server

• Experience with Crystal Reports and Elasticsearch administration.
• Strong experience in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and system optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix environments.
• Scripting knowledge (Shell, Python, or similar).
• Experience handling production-critical environments.

Certifications(Preferred / Strong Advantage)

• IBM WebSphere certification
• Oracle WebLogic / SOA Suite certification
• Red Hat JBoss certification
• AWS certification (Associate or Professional level preferred)

Good to Have (AddedAdvantage)

• Experience with Informatica CDIPC.
• Knowledge of Philips Imaging and Carestream infrastructure and applications.
• Proven experience managing middleware in AWS Cloud (EC2, RDS, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, etc.).
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
• Familiarity with container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes).