Middleware Architect

Title - Senior Platform architect

Location - O Fallon MO

Duration - 2 years contract with possible extention

Client Note :

Be given requirements to come up with design for the infrastructure design team.

Responsible for design only. Not build

Experience with middleware (design, engineering or admin) Example (JVM, Websphere, Jboss. mq, web servers) and networking, (load balancing, infrastructure, firewalls etc)

Ideal, someone who is a Senior level engineer who wants to design. understand the organization (product team, development team, infrastructure team, management team) technical relationship between middleware and networking and want to do design.

Someone with a great personality who can work with all the level of of technical groups to senior management groups is intuitive and want to know how this works and put a design together.

Experiences

• Gains exposure to systems architecture, new technologies, industry standards and best practices.

• Participates in global technology initiatives for system and platform architecture

• Gains exposure to business resource groups and global communities

• Demonstrated initiative in building relationships with colleagues from multiple areas within Mastercard

• Exposure to internal resources and tools

Education (preferred):

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences, or Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

• Advanced knowledge of Web application architecture and project delivery.

• Intermediate knowledge of how the Java Virtual Machine works, how Garbage collection works.

• Intermediate knowledge of load balancers and web application firewalls

• Intermediate knowledge of network and operating system principles

• Vast knowledge of middleware technologies (Web Servers, Application Servers, Queue Managers, Messaging, Caching)

• Working knowledge of Database technologies.

• Working knowledge of cloud technologies

• Solid knowledge of techniques or methodologies to achieve non-functional requirements like reliability, availability, resilience, performance, security.

• Working knowledge of Role Based Access Control, Authentication and Authorization mechanisms.

• Proficient in root cause analysis and troubleshooting.

Skills/Abilities:

• Detailed oriented and customer obsessed.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize efforts.

• Ability to pick up new technologies at a quick pace and learn on-the-go

• Ability to work with team members located in multiple geographies

• Displays excellent collaborative skills with cross-functional teams.

• Provide positive customer service to internal business partners.