JBoss DevOps Engineer

Enterprise Solutions Inc. is a company specializing in providing innovative solutions, and they are seeking a JBoss DevOps Engineer to manage and optimize their JBoss EAP environments. The role involves installation, administration, and support of middleware systems, along with automation and performance tuning responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain JBoss EAP environments across Development, QA, Staging, and Production
• Configure standalone and domain mode environments
• Configure clustering and failover for high availability
• Manage integrations between enterprise applications and middleware components
• Configure Azure DevOps integrations for automated deployments
• Support mod_jk and mod_cluster configurations
• Manage Azure DevOps repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, approvals, and releases
• Design and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Deploy WAR/EAR applications using GUI and CLI tools
• Perform rolling deployments across server groups
• Execute post-deployment validation, health checks, smoke testing, and log analysis
• Develop rollback procedures, deployment runbooks, and operational documentation
• Participate in change management and release activities
• Perform day-to-day middleware administration and production support
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, web server, and JBoss runtime issues
• Monitor production environments and implement proactive alerting
• Analyze operational trends and improve platform reliability
• Produce operational and performance reports
• Plan and execute JBoss upgrades, fix packs, and patching activities
• Perform OS and middleware patching
• Maintain environment baselines and configuration standards
• Coordinate upgrade activities across multiple teams
• Tune JVM heap, garbage collection, thread pools, datasource pools, and web server configurations
• Analyze thread dumps, heap dumps, and server logs
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
• Collaborate with development teams to resolve application performance issues
• Coordinate with product vendors when required
• Automate middleware administration using Shell/Bash scripts
• Develop scripts for deployments, health checks, housekeeping, validation, and monitoring
• Improve operational efficiency through automation
• Monitor resource utilization and system performance
• Perform capacity planning for future growth
• Recommend infrastructure improvements to enhance scalability and reliability
• Work closely with infrastructure, networking, security, DevOps, and application support teams
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge base articles
• Provide technical guidance and support to internal teams
• Demonstrate ownership, initiative, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Requirements:

• Strong experience as a Middleware System Administrator / DevOps Engineer
• Hands-on expertise with JBoss EAP 7.x/8.x administration
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, CI/CD, Release Management)
• Experience with JBoss standalone and domain mode administration
• Experience configuring and managing JBoss clustering and failover
• Experience deploying enterprise applications (WAR/EAR) using GUI and CLI
• Strong knowledge of Azure Repos
• Branching strategies
• Pull Requests
• Branch Policies
• Azure Pipelines
• Azure Artifacts
• Release approvals and gates
• Experience with mod_jk and mod_cluster
• Experience configuring datasources, JVM settings, server configuration, and connection pools
• Strong troubleshooting and production support experience
• Experience with Shell/Bash scripting
• Experience in monitoring, performance tuning, logging, and operational support
• Knowledge of deployment automation and release management
• JBoss clustering and high availability architecture
• Azure DevOps CI/CD administration and automation
• Performance tuning of JVM, garbage collection, thread pools, caching, and datasource pools
• Experience analyzing thread dumps, heap dumps, and server logs
• Knowledge of enterprise middleware security and operational best practices
• Experience working with infrastructure, networking, security, and application support teams