Middleware engineer

Middleware engineer Must be on site from day 1 in Charlotte, NC; Plano, TX; Jersey City, NJ; Richmond, VA; OR Jacksonville, FL – 3x/week 18 month contract Must Haves: Ideally looking for 5+ years of middlware exp (( understands core concepts of middleware components, building out environments, troubleshooting production issues--Broad spectrum of Experience in middleware)) Weblogic or Websphere JBOSS Know concepts JEE Applications/ no development experience SSL Experience-certificate knowledge Job Description: Providing middleware administration duties for online banking and eCommerce platforms, end-to-end, including WebLogic, WebSphere, Jboss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, and WXS (extreme scale cache). Delivering middleware enterprise projects and regulatory legislative initiatives. Ensuring production stability from an ongoing support standpoint. Ensuring middleware platforms are patched with the most current version of software, helping to manage risk to the customer. Providing Middleware Application Server administration that includes server installation, configuration, performance tuning and production support. Working with customers (application teams and/or testing teams) on a daily basis and providing Middleware and Java support. Serving as a J2EE architect and making recommendations on J2EE best practices in application development. Designing Middleware infrastructure and Middleware topology design for high availability and failover capability. Providing technical consultation to other team members and their supported areas. Communicating with business partners at an enterprise level. Interfacing with internal customers and external vendors for consultation at various points of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and executing production changes for Bank integrated and regulatory releases with precision.