Middleware Engineer jobs in Newark, NJ

 Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 4 Years Education level: Bachelor’s degree Job function: Information Technology Industry: Financial Services Pay rate : View hourly payrate Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: No Visa : Only US citizens and Greencard holders

This is a Contract 2 Hire position and Onsite from Day 1.

Information Technology (IT) group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that make  the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The IT teams collaborate to ensure delivery of high-quality information through activities that include development of essential applications for DTCC’s multiple business lines, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Department: Marketplace, Messaging and Middleware

Middleware team delivers infrastructure capabilities that emphasize the collaboration between development and infrastructure to meet business needs. This is done by providing technology services that are highly available, cost-effective, and risk appropriate.

What You'll Do

Work as a Member of The Web-Middleware Engineering Team in The Configuration, Maintenance, And Support of various Middleware Technologies.

The primary responsible role will be for to:

Provide support to the various middleware technologies managed by the team with primary focus on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.

Will be responsible for Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures such as automation through scripting, programming, etc.

Ability to work as a team, and independently as well with minimal supervision.

Job Description:

Responsible for leading several projects that involves design and development of the complex Middleware environment involving IBM HTTP server and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.

WebSphere Application Server z/OS Installation, Configuration, Support and Troubleshooting

Production Support Skills for the WebSphere Application for z/OS Environment.

WebSphere RACF security, access and roles setup and configuration

WebSphere Application Server Administration & working knowledge of IBM mainframe Operating System

Knowledge of webserver integration with WebSphere Application Server

Installation and configuration of WebSphere Application Servers and Web Server

Load Balancing, High Availability, and Disaster recovery plans and configurations

Environment Integrations with other interfaces and 3rd party applications

New Environment setup, configuration, version upgrades using Installation Manager

Support any New application deployed in all Dev, QA, PROD environments

Use of monitoring tools and other 3rd party tools to maintain system health and uptime

Performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.

customization and custom xml configurations

Install/Update/coordinate patches for Security vulnerabilities and bug fixes

Setting up & configuring Webservers

Knowledge of industry best practices for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS

Additional Qualifications

3-4 years’ experience in supporting real time production environments.

Experience in WebSphere Application Server z/OS Installation, Configuration, Support and Troubleshooting.

Experience with Middleware technologies like z/OS Connect and APIs is a plus

Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages: Rexx, Java, C, C

General knowledge of industry principles and familiarity with modern technologies like Amazon cloud, Unix/Linux, virtualization, etc. is good to have but not a requirement

Should have Excellent communication and customer service skills

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering/Science Degree or related field

Mainframe skills:

MVS: z/OS , TSO/E, ISPF, JES2 , JCL, RACF, VTAM, USS, OMVS, SMF, zFS, MQ, CICS TS, DB2

TCP/IP knowledge

Encryption Protocols & Ciphers