Key responsibilities
• operate, configure and optimize middleware platforms for business-critical applications• design, implement and maintain standardized DevOps processes for platform lifecycle and application support
• collaborate closely with application development teams to integrate and configure applications on our middleware platforms
• troubleshoot and resolve complex middleware, performance and integration issues across test and production environments
• automate recurring operational tasks (scripting, configuration templates, Infrastructure-as-Code approaches) to increase stability and efficiency
• contribute to the continuous improvement and modernization of the middleware landscape and related processes, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements
The team
As part of our central Middleware & Application Platforms team in the IT department, you will play a key role in operating and evolving our middleware landscape. Together with application developers, release managers and infrastructure engineers, you will ensure that business-critical applications run reliably, securely and efficiently across our environments.Your skills and experience
• degree in (business) informatics, computer science or similar field, or comparable higher education (e.g. university of applied sciences), ideally with relevant further training in middleware or DevOps• 3–5 years of professional experience in operating and engineering middleware platforms (Open Liberty, IBM WAS and BAW, Tomcat, Node.js or similar) in a production environment
• practical experience with release and deployment processes and tools, ideally IBM DevOps Deploy, plus good understanding of CI/CD and GitOps concepts
• solid technical skills in Linux/Unix, networking and virtualization; basic knowledge of containers and cloud platforms is an advantage
• very good English skills (spoken and written); German skills are a strong plus
• strong sense of ownership, quality and responsibility, combined with excellent communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills