Middleware Engineer POST NUMBER: 427008

• Must have experience working with Ansible. Linux Administration and HTTP integration platforms
• Know technologies like AWS, AWS Transfer Family and SSL Certificates
• Have 7 - 10 years of progressive work experience with system administration and application implementation
• Are an experienced software product administrator, preferably with Apache httpd, IBM API Connect, DataPower, Redis, Kafka, IBM MQ, Mirth
• Can integrate both in house developed software and externally purchased software for large applications
• Are comfortable working in a 24x7 production environment with rigorous change control
• Have worked with API management systems; web portal API integrations are strongly preferred

• Working with Product and Business Management teams
• Working in cloud-hosted environments; AWS preferred

• Engaged with technology service management, including software upgrades, performance monitoring and application development team collaboration
• Providing guidance and expertise for application service design, data and transaction workflows, system performance, scalability, reliability and performance attributes
• Writing detailed technical documentation for entire systems, including subsystems, and identifying integration points
• Writing detailed operational documentation for standardized actions used for maintenance and support
• Providing on-call rotation support for production operations
• Participating in thorough post-mortem investigations for incidents, changes, and degradations
• Applying learning into continuous improvement and knowledge sharing initiatives
• Performing installation, upgrades, and patching for 3rd party software products
• Conducting planning for platform lifecycle activities to maintain performance and compliant systems
• Configuring and maintaining infrastructure as code
• Developing and managing processes for deployment of changes via rigorous change control procedures
• Performing unit testing and complex debugging, and identifying opportunities for automated testing where appropriate
• Working with other project team members to resolve problems or issues, providing guidance as needed
• Ensuring appropriate testing is being completed by the project team
• Working on large, complex projects that require skill and experience in multiple technical environments and process knowledge of a specific business area
• Estimating work efforts for backlog management and planning, and recommend resource allocations and task assignments for backlog and chartering
• Driving analysis of technical feasibility and feedback on new product objectives
• Partnering with all stakeholders, internal and external, to identify potential slippage or inter-team dependencies, and work to resolve problems or issues

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

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Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.