Middleware Engineer

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company • Des Moines, IA • 7h ago

Position Overview

The Middleware Engineer designs, deploys, and maintains middleware platforms that support integration, messaging, and application hosting for mission-critical systems in a federal IT environment. The role manages provisioning, configuration, performance tuning, and lifecycle management of middleware components across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring stability, resilience, and compliance with security standards. The Middleware Engineer collaborates with application owners, database administrators, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot complex multi-tier issues and optimize end-to-end service performance, while documenting middleware architectures and runbooks to support continuity and disaster-recovery objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Install, configure, and administer middleware technologies such as application servers, web servers, and integration platforms supporting enterprise workloads.

Monitor middleware availability, throughput, and error rates, tuning thread pools, connection settings, and caching to maintain performance and stability across environments.

Implement secure configuration baselines, TLS configurations, and access controls for middleware components in alignment with organizational security policies and standards.

Plan and execute middleware patching, upgrades, and migrations, coordinating with change management processes to minimize downtime and service disruption.

Develop and maintain detailed runbooks, configuration documentation, inventory records, and topology diagrams to support operations, audits, and continuity planning.

Collaborate with application and database teams to diagnose and resolve complex performance and reliability issues that span multiple infrastructure tiers.

Support backup and recovery operations, continuity of operations activities, and lifecycle support plans for middleware installations in highly regulated environments.

Evaluate new middleware capabilities, tools, and practices, recommending enhancements that improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.

8+ years of experience in middleware engineering, systems administration, or related infrastructure roles, including provisioning, configuring, optimizing, and maintaining middleware software solutions.

Strong technical proficiency with middleware technologies and tools, including experience monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, migrating, and upgrading middleware environments.

Solid understanding of security standards, best practices, and lifecycle management for middleware applications, including secure configuration and change control.

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with diverse technical stakeholders and follow formal change-management processes.

Demonstrated experience documenting and maintaining comprehensive operational procedures, connectivity diagrams, and lifecycle support plans for enterprise middleware.

Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with middleware stacks commonly used in large enterprise environments such as WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, or equivalent platforms.

Relevant vendor or platform certifications in middleware administration or systems engineering.

Familiarity with complex federal IT environments and compliance expectations for mission-critical application hosting.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

$97,000 - $164,900

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, disability, gender identity, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

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