Role: Middleware Platform Lead (MQ, SWIFT & EAI SME)
Experience: 15+ years hands-on middleware, web hosting and application server platforms
Essential Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 18+ years in information technology, including 15+ years hands-on with middleware, web hosting and application server products in a large organisation — banking or financial services strongly preferred.
- Solid administration expertise across IBM middleware: WebSphere and WebLogic Application Server, WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Liberty, WebLogic Forms and Reports, IHS.
- Hands-on IBM MQ, SWIFT platform and EAI experience, with demonstrable observability capability across those layers.
- Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud — AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Scripting and development depth: WAS scripting, J2EE, XML, SQL, Shell/Perl; Python and Ansible for automation.
- Unix system administration and TCP/IP networking; proficiency across Linux/Unix and Windows.
- IT security compliance experience, including implementation and use of security protocols (SSL, server certificates).
- Familiarity with compliance and risk management frameworks and methodologies (ISO 27002, SDLC).
- DevOps and CI/CD pipeline experience using Jenkins or Spinnaker, with GitHub-based source control.
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform — writing, testing and deploying clean, reusable modules.
- Support services and change management via ServiceNow.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting capability; excellent written and verbal communication with internal customers and team members.
Desirable:
- Certification in a public cloud platform and in middleware products.
- Prior experience leading a middleware modernisation from legacy application servers to containerised or event-driven architecture.