Senior Middleware Engineer (Oracle WebLogic)

CGI Group, Inc. is a leading IT and business consulting services firm, and they are seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer to join their Sacramento, CA team. This role involves applying technical expertise in Oracle WebLogic and other middleware technologies to design, implement, and support middleware and cloud infrastructure for government clients.

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoots and resolves middleware issues across development, testing, and production environments in both on premise and cloud environments
• Performs deployment of custom code/software
• Installs, configures, and manages middleware applications Amazon Web Services (AWS), working with internal service groups as required to ensure system availability and uptime meet project requirements
• Develop scripts to automate systems administration and monitoring activities
• Analyzes monitoring results to produce recommendations for improving system performance and operational efficiency of middleware components
• Works with Infrastructure Architect on issues related to middleware infrastructure design and architecture and assists with Proof-of-Concept testing
• Works with peers within and beyond the Operations team to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and develop & implement new solutions
• As needed, assists with the development of Operations white papers, proposals, and other documentation

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Middleware Engineer experience
• 3+ years of experience in the following: Oracle WebLogic 14 Application Server Administration experience
• Develops and maintains CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Bitbucket, and Terraform
• Installs and maintains Springboot microservices and related infrastructure
• AWS Cloud Practioner certification or equivalent AWS Cloud Engineering/Architecture experience
• Deploying Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform Clous and/or CloudFormation or Terraform, with code managed in Bitbucket repositories
• Working in an environment with automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, with deployment tracking in Jira
• 3-5+ years of experience with Active Directory, LDAP, or equivalent technologies
• 3-5 years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Amazon Linux System Administration experience
• 1+ years of AWS administration experience, including API Gateway, S3, ECS, EKS, Fargate, EC2, Lambda, WAF, and CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and Systems Manager (SSM)
• Experience with Oracle Access Manager, Oracle APEX, Oracle ORDS, IBM ODM, Confluent, and ServiceNow for change management
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in driving technical problems to resolution
• Excellent troubleshooting and root cause-analysis skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Windows and Linux server technologies including RHEL 7/8, Amazon Linux 2, and Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Experience working with third party service providers such as vendors and internal support groups
• Ability to plan and implement change for enterprise systems and adhere to standard change management processes
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Administrator Certification Overview
• Experience administering Informatica and Qlik application platforms
• Experience working in an outsources/managed services environment with some client-facing responsibilities (e.g. technical discussions with the client)
• Familiarity with Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket) and other DevOps tools
• Strong working knowledge of Local and Wide area networking technologies
• Experience supporting fast-paced development environments utilizing Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to less technical staff (e.g. CGI management and client staff)
• Strong understanding of broader technology context (e.g. network and database technologies)
• Ability to mentor other team partners in areas of technical expertise