Middleware Engineer

The Operations Middleware Team supports various web and app servers from vendors including Windows and IBM to support the needs of the business.

As a Middleware Engineer, you will be building, maintaining, optimizing, and automating various tasks that support applications and infrastructure systems that run on various operating systems including, but not limited to Windows and Linux. You will work closely with various other IT teams and business units to design and build solutions to support the growth of the business. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO.

How you'll spend your time:

• Work closely with multiple departments within UMB to deploy and support UMB infrastructure and application stacks.
• Keep systems up to date with patches, break-fixes, and enhancements to existing applications and systems.
• Automate processes and deployments via tools like Ansible, Urban Code Deploy and scripting.
• Coordinate with multiple technical teams including application development, systems, network, and security administrators.
• Assist to triage and coordinate troubleshooting of application issues in development, quality assurance and production environments.
• Identify opportunities to improve availability, reliability, and performance of application infrastructure by staying current on technology and exploring new opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership within team and on project teams to accomplish tasks and projects.
• Identify problems, create solutions, and guide change.
• Document work and follows UMB corporate, department, and work center policies.
• Partner and interact with technology vendors in support of the UMB environment.
• Work in an on-call rotation with shared responsibilities amongst other teammates.

We're excited to talk with you if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 3 years of experience in a technical role supporting n-Tier app infrastructure OR at least 5 years of experience in a technical role supporting n-Tier app infrastructure in lieu of degree.
• Experience with both UNIX and Windows Operating Systems.
• Knowledge of web and application servers including Microsoft IIS, IBM WebSphere Application Servers, IBM HTTPS Servers, Apache Web servers.
• Experience with SSL Certificates.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and incidents simultaneously.
• Advanced knowledge of Internet fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL, HTTP)
• Proficiency in shell scripting (Bash, PowerShell, etc.)

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Certifications and/or professional training.
• Experience with code development.
• Worked with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Experience with JBOSS.
• Understand Active Directory LDAP or eDirectory LDAP.
• Experience working with SSO applications.
• ITIL Foundations Certification.

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range:
$83,200.00 - $178,800.00

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB's standard for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors. In addition, this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

Are you ready to be part of something more?
You're more than a means to an end-a way to help us meet the bottom line. UMB isn't comprised of workers, but of people who care about their work, one another, and their community. Expect more than the status quo. At UMB, you can expect more heart. You'll be valued for exactly who you are and encouraged to support causes you care about. Expect more trust. We want you to do the right thing, no matter what. And, expect more opportunities. UMBers are known for having multiple careers here and having their voices heard.

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