Middleware Engineer

Greetings for the day! I have an excellent opportunity for Middleware Engineer role This position is day 1 onsite in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. 1. Developing a roadmap for middleware efforts including business initiatives, application upgrades, core infrastructure upgrades, middleware platform upgrades (Kafka, IIS, Elastic, Websphere, etc.)2. Release management of all new production code including for containers3. Establish and include in roadmap compliance and operational items including functional andsecurity patches, middleware managed server certificate refreshes, vulnerability remediation,platform upgrades and changes4. Establish and include middleware improvements (e.g. log file rotation, automation) in the roadmap5. Provide inputs for middleware backlog prioritization including, analysis and assessment ofepics/stories, SWAG / estimates, identify dependencies and story sequencing and participate infeature deep-dive working sessions and meetings6. Lead middleware requirements definition, provide middleware architecture and configurationexpertise and details about middleware product capabilities7. Provide technical leadership for middleware efforts - Middleware architecture, configuration,development and deployment8. Coordinate middleware work effort with other teams9. Implement, oversee and ensure adherence to middleware controls10. Technical ownership of middleware applications / products11. Support BAU activities12. Perform hands-on troubleshooting, optimization, performance tuning, installation, configuration, anddesign of large, complex enterprise environments based on industry best practices13. Support middleware on multiple platforms14. Investigates middleware and integration issues to provide resolutions and to develop root cause analyses for supporting maintenance improvements and upgrade planning.15. Manages middleware team tasks to meet project requirements.16. Performs production release of software updates/new functionality in partnership with Client's AppDev teams17. Performs system monitoring to ensure system operation health to meet service level agreements.18. Responds to service performance alerts and service interruptions to restore functionality and support customers.19. Performs capacity planning and performance tuning to prevent issues and minimize serviceinterruptions. Interacts with system and storage teams to perform back-up and recovery procedures for ensuring business continuity.20. Write documentation to support middleware infrastructure21. Maintain good communication with vendors, systems support teams, and local teams as needed; including interfacing with end users and next level management to provide technical consulting22. Develop, enhance, debug, support, maintain, and test software applications and associatedproducts23. Participate in peer reviews for designs, code, and other work products24. Provides 24 x 7 on-call support to ensure application functionality and to minimize disruptions.25. Monitors the IT Service Management System to resolve customer issues and meet serviceexpectations.26. Performs other duties as required by the role Thanks & Regards