Hybrid AWS Cloud Engineer, Middleware

at Gainwell Technologies

• Job title: AWS Cloud Engineer, Middleware
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $107,000 - $152,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, EC2, Kafka, Linux, Oracle, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Gold River, United States

About the role

• AWS Cloud/Middleware Engineer at Gainwell, improving healthcare using technology and innovation. Collaborating on cloud architecture and middleware solutions to enhance service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Perform moderately complex systems and Cloud Middleware administration tasks across Oracle WebLogic, Oracle APEX, Tomcat and Confluent Kafka.
• Monitors, analyzes, and tunes Middleware systems to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Oversees software installations, upgrades, and patching for WebLogic domains, APEX applications, and Confluent Kafka clusters.
• Collects and analyzes system metrics for capacity planning; develops and implements capacity strategies in coordination with senior IT staff.
• Support AWS service including EC2, API Gateway, S3, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, WAF, Route53 and CloudTrail.
• Perform troubleshooting and root cause-analysis.
• Assists in the design and configuration of complex middleware and application environments to meet enterprise application demands.
• Recommends and implement enhancements to system performance and reliability using best practices and automation.
• Manages patching and maintenance activities to maintain the security and stability of middleware and application servers.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation of system configurations, standard operating procedures, and technical workflows.
• Serves as a key point of contact for application teams and end-users, responding to complex system-related issues and requests.
• Provides technical mentorship and guidance to junior administrators and support staff.
• Participate in incident calls and on-call rotations.
• Support DR activities

Requirements

• 10+ years of IT experience
• 6+ years of relevant experience as a middleware engineer with following key skills: Oracle WebLogic, Oracle APEX, Tomcat and Confluent Kafka.
• Software installations, upgrades, and patching for WebLogic domains, APEX applications, and Confluent Kafka clusters
• Support AWS service including EC2, API Gateway, S3, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, WAF, Route53 and CloudTrail
• Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems administration, both on-prem and in a cloud environment.
• AWS Certification preferred.

Benefits

• generous, flexible vacation policy
• educational assistance
• comprehensive health benefits
• leadership and technical development academies