Application Middleware Infrastructure SME

Job Objectives
To analyze, design, plan, co-ordinate, create infrastructure required to run the application environments, install & deploy the application software and provide BAU support that includes middleware infrastructure build, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, resolution of all environment related incidents to the application development team 


Key Responsibilities

Candidates are expected to:-

Co-ordinate with core infrastructure team to ensure readiness of servers / databases, prepare requirement document

Drive the low level design for application middleware infrastructure for Tier 1/Tier 0 applications

Build application middleware infrastructure

Perform software installation and documentation

Manage the Development/SIT/UAT/Production environment setup and connectivity with partner applications

Troubleshoot server and network related problems

Prepare the system and database backup/restore procedures

Prepare and simulate disaster recovery for the managed applications

Manage the releases from UAT to Production

Manage deployment / promotion of changes within different stages of SDLC

Automate monitoring / enable alert configuration

Troubleshoot Control M job failures and assist in re-run as appropriate

Ensure proper documentation of processes & maintain KOP

Key Requirements

The candidate must have 7 plus years of working experience in the following areas:-

Technical hands on experience in building application middleware platforms

 Working experience in application integration platform (MQ, Connect Direct)

Well versed in working on Unix/Linux OS

Application deployment automation using python, groovy or other scripting languages

Messaging platform expertise to build and support MQ and Connect Direct

Familiar with system and database backup/restore, disaster recovery procedures and Load balancers

Experience in vendor product software installation and documentation of installation steps

Able to document the technical architecture using servers and network diagrams

Candidate with the following knowledge will be preferred :-

Unix/Linux administration

Excellent Middleware platform knowledge (Weblogic, JBOS, MQ & CD)

Middleware deployment automation

Working experience in DevOps Tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket)

Excellent knowledge of MS SQL-Server / Oracle

Excellent communication and influencing skills