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Systems Engineer – Enterprise Middleware
Location
District of Columbia + 1 moreAll locations: District of Columbia | Washington
Posted
124 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Systems Engineer – Enterprise Middleware
Spry Methods, Inc.
• Provide engineering support for enterprise procurement and financial applications (e.g., PRISM, Oracle-based systems). • Assist with system sustainment activities including configuration, patching, upgrades, and troubleshooting. • Support application workflows, interfaces, and integrations with USDA financial systems. • Develop and maintain system documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures. • Administer and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and IBM MQ in enterprise environments. • Deploy, configure, and maintain WebSphere and MQ workloads on Linux-based platforms. • Support clustering, failover configurations, performance tuning, and secure messaging. • Assist with middleware automation using scripting and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, shell scripting). • Support PRISM and similar enterprise systems across AIX and Linux environments. • Perform system tuning, patching, remediation, and environment troubleshooting. • Participate in efforts supporting the migration of PRISM and related middleware from AIX to Linux-based Azure environments. • Support Oracle-based enterprise applications and databases integrated with middleware platforms. • Assist with PL/SQL development, database automation, and operational support. • Support Oracle APEX-based components, dashboards, and APIs as needed. • Collaborate with OCP, OCIO, developers, architects, security teams, and operations staff. • Provide engineering inputs, documentation, SOPs, and onboarding materials. • Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and change control processes.
Job Requirements
- Experience supporting PRISM, IAS, or other federal procurement or financial systems.
- Exposure to platform modernization or migration efforts (e.g., AIX to Linux, on-prem to cloud).
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes in enterprise or middleware contexts.
- Knowledge of Oracle Financials processes and integrations.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to interface with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Public Trust clearance (or ability to obtain).
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications or systems environments.
- Hands-on experience administering or supporting IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM MQ.
- Experience supporting enterprise Java (Java EE / Jakarta EE) applications.
- Experience supporting systems on AIX and/or Linux platforms.
- Linux administration experience (RHEL, Ubuntu, or SUSE).
- Exposure to Azure or cloud-hosted environments supporting enterprise systems.
- Scripting experience (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).
- Working knowledge of Oracle databases, PL/SQL, and enterprise system integrations.
- Understanding of enterprise security principles and federal compliance requirements.
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