Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer to join our Sacramento, CA CGI team! This is a client facing full-time career opportunity to work on a highly visible transformation (Infrastructure services) projects for one of our long-standing government clients! This position can be located remotely anywhere in the US; however, the preferred locations are Sacramento, CA and one of our Onshore Delivery Centers: Reno, NV; Belton, TX; Lafayette, LA; Wausau, WI; Knoxville, TN; Troy, AL; Mobile, AL; or Lebanon, VA. This position requires working PST hours!

This role applies deep technical expertise in Oracle WebLogic and other middleware and cloud platform technologies, to the design, implementation, testing, and ongoing support of our middleware and cloud infrastructure.

• 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

Qualifications

• 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 Practitioner certification or equivalent AWS Cloud Engineering/Architecture experience
  • Deploying Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform Cloud 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

Requirements

• DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
  • Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Administrator Certification Overview
  • Experience administering Informatica and Qlik application platforms
  • Experience working in an outsourced/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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including profit participation program
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Basic life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Matching contributions through 401(k) plan, and CGI share purchase plan
• Flexibility and paid accrued vacation leave, ranging from 10 to 20 days per year, based on job level, years of relevant prior experience, and years of service
• 10 paid holidays per year
• At least 80 consecutive hours of paid sick/safe leave (except where applicable state/local law requires more)
• Paid parental leave, ranging from 20 to 70 consecutive business days based on circumstances of leave and applicable laws
• Bereavement leave, ranging from 1 to 7 days per year based on relationship
• Paid jury duty leave, up to time summoned
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well-being programs