IT Middleware Engineer

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Description

Proteus Europe is searching for an IT Middleware Engineer for a 3 month renewable contract role based in Luxembourg.

Languages: Proficiency in written and spoken English; French and German language skills will be an asset

Our Client:-
- Present in Luxembourg for 20 years
- The second largest IT Consulting firm at country level
- A major player in the Financial and Public sectors
- Organized into 3 services lines: Infrastructure, Development and Testing
- Awarded - Best Workplace- 5 years in a row !

Your New role:-

Division/Section
Investment Fund Services IT, Analysis, Architecture and Project Management

Investment Funds Service (IFS) IT Section builds, maintains and operates a portfolio of applications, which provide clients state of the art solutions to standardize fund processing, and to increase efficiency and safety in the investment funds sector. Our global funds processing platform Vestima
allows for reaching all types of funds, from mutual funds to ETFs and hedge funds.

You will take responsibilities in a broad range of architecture, infrastructure and security engineering
activities, covering the entire IFS IT landscape. As such, you will be a key member of the working
group in charge of designing, delivering for, and supporting those areas.

Your assignments will include:

- Designing, developing and delivering Application Server, Web server and Messaging Middleware
infrastructures
- Maintaining and developing the related automation frameworks, integration components and
DevOps connectors, including their documentation
- Creating and documenting the architecture and the security of IFS systems, including for critical
Internet customer-facing applications; you will also be working on the applicable processes and
standards
- Assessing new infrastructure solutions and innovative technologies, including around public
Cloud services
- Working with the other group members, acting as point of reference for the activities in the
Middleware layer; reporting to the group lead
- Participating in the 3rd level production support (24/6) for the Middleware infrastructure, on a rota
basis
- Managing the interaction with the Middleware software vendor's support engineers

Your Skills and Qualifications:-

Essential Skills:-
- Master's Degree (or equivalent) in a computer-based discipline
- Hands-on experience in deploying, operating and supporting a Web application
infrastructure including a Web server and an Application Server. Knowledge of a messaging.
- Middleware infrastructure will be an asset
- Hands-on experience in installing, configuring and profiling/tuning Apache httpd as well as one standard Java Application Server (preferably RedHat JBoss EAP)
- Practical knowledge of SSL/TLS (PKI), including its configuration in Middleware software; practical knowledge of certificate/key deployment
- Experience in application security design and vulnerability assessment, especially for Web Internet facing applications. Knowledge of an SSO infrastructure will be an asset
- Experience in architecting, and documenting the architecture of 3-tier applications; ability to justify and challenge architecture decisions

Practical experience in the following technologies:
- Linux OS
- a Version Control System, preferably Git
- an IDE (preferably IntelliJ or Eclipse)
- JavaEE services/APIs and their configuration in an Application Server
- XML Schema
- Apache Maven and Apache Ant

Additional assets will be: developing with the Java language/JavaEE; experience with public Cloud services and APIs (preferably AWS); experience with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, RedHat Openshift and Ansible

Proteus Europe operates in partnership with our candidates by building strong and lasting relationships at all levels.

If you apply for this role, we will:

- Contact you within one week to discuss your current situation and suitability for this role.
- Keep searching for other suitable positions should this role not be right for you.
- Keep you informed at every stage of the recruitment process.
- Actively follow up with our client on your behalf to gain useful feedback throughout the process.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
3 months+
(extension possible)
From
PROTEUS EUROPE
Published at
13.12.2017
Project ID:
1469739
Contract type
Freelance
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