Job#: 3032312 Job Description: Job Title: Systems Operations/Middleware Support Engineer Location: Iselin, NJ (Initially 5 days onsite required (3 days onsite may be possible in the future based on deliverables)
Contract Length: 12 Months - Strong Desire to Extend and/or Convert to FTEPay Rate: $67/hour - $72/hour (Hourly, OT40)Note: We are unable to consider C2C or third-party submissions. Role Overview
We are seeking a Middleware Support Engineer to support the adoption of an internally developed application resiliency framework. This role is centered on resiliency, recovery, and availability, with recovery time objectives as a primary focus. The engineer will act as a key enabler for standardizing middleware platforms onto a common resiliency model, while providing advanced operational support. This is a support-focused role aligned to middleware and platform services, requiring deep Linux expertise, strong analytics, and proactive thinking around resiliency and recovery.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, install, configure, and optimize Tomcat clusters on Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual servers.
- Support application deployment strategies and enforce SDLC, change management, and release governance.
- Design and manage SSL/TLS, certificate lifecycle management, and secure communications.
- Implement authentication, authorization, and Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations using LDAP and enterprise identity platforms.
- Drive security hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and compliance alignment for middleware and Linux systems.
- Perform advanced root cause analysis and resolution of complex middleware, OS, and application issues.
- Establish and maintain platform monitoring, logging, and alerting standards.
- Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling, such as Jenkins.
Required Qualifications
Experience: 5+ years of Systems Engineering or Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
Technical Skills:- Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration (physical and virtual).
- Advanced experience with SSL/TLS, certificate authorities, and secure communications.
- Proven expertise in middleware and OS security hardening, vulnerability management, and patching.
- Experience designing and supporting high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across application, middleware, OS, and infrastructure layers.
- Working knowledge of LDAP/SSO integrations and identity management concepts.
- Experience with CI/CD and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, Control-M).
- Familiarity with SAN storage concepts and enterprise storage platforms.
Education: Bachelor's degree is preferred; equivalent professional experience will be accepted.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with infrastructure automation (Ansible, scripting).
- Exposure to containerization or Kubernetes (Tomcat on containers).
- Experience supporting Spring Boot or Java microservices platforms.
- Familiarity with observability stacks (Splunk, ELK, Prometheus).
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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