Senior Middleware Engineer

T he Senior Middleware Engineer is responsible for overseeing daily Middleware system administration and for partnering with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, and IT teams to manage data integration between internal and cloud applications using OPPD's middleware platforms like "Axway" and " MuleSoft"

Middleware Platform Management :

• Involved with all the facets of Application Delivery including functional analysis, development of technical requirements, prototyping, coding, testing, deployment, and support.

• Participate in technical design discussions, influencing decisions about integrations.

• Lead the overall middleware platform and continuing development and enhancement of current integrations.

• Identify, formalize and enforce enterprise integration best practices.

• Work with the application teams to understand the business process and help identify the deployment topology (CloudHub vs hybrid vs On-prem).

  Problem and Incident Management:

• Provide knowledge transfer to peers, QA and support teams to ensure open issues are resolved in alignment with

• Debug incidents at the platform and integration level.

• Provide support on an on-call rotation basis. Perform or lead break/fix analysis and troubleshooting. Meet incident

  Planning : Ability to balance multiple projects and competing prioritie As well as le ad and drive upgrade activities for integration platforms

  Technical Leadership Ensure project teams are aligned regarding the architectural direction, scope, quality, and timelines.

• Effectively interface with other teams to understand business requirements, establish thresholds, action plans / run

• Oversee progress of the team to ensure consistency with the initial design.

• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to developers and engineers.

  Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science or related field, or a combination of education and work experience that provides the necessary skills to perform the essential job functions.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with senior-level integration design capabilities using modern technologies

• Strong working experience with Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and fluency in web services standards and technologies (XML, SOAP, WSDL, XSD, UDDI, REST)

• Strong understanding and working experience using database programming, including JDBC and relational databases like SQL Server or Oracle

• Strong working experience in Security, Logging, Auditing, Policy Management, and Performance Monitoring, and KPI for end-to-end process execution

• Working experience and strong understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns, Message Exchange Patterns, and Canonical Model Development

• Experience working with one or more Source Control Management systems like BitBucket/Git, RTC (IBM Rational Team Concert), Subversion (SVN), or TFS (Team Foundation Server).

• Experience with Java/Groovy

• Working experience with agile, iterative, and waterfall software delivery and building and/or managing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Solid knowledge of personal computer software and hardware, mainly Windows 10, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office product suite, Active Directory, and Exchange.

• Knowledge of QA processes and test-driven development

  Desired:

• Experience working on large integration projects with large and multi-sourced data sets.

• Working knowledge of server architecture, configuration, and management.

• Familiar with tools and platforms such as SharePoint, Jenkins, Ansible.

• Interest in learning and applying new technologies and concepts

• Proficiency in MFT platforms

• 5+ years of experience developing and designing integrations

• 3+ years of experience with Anypoint Platform, DataWeave, and API Management

  Closing Statement

  Level S5

  Foundation $94,112

  Maximum $141,168

  At Omaha Public Power District , we're passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it.

  WE ARE: Where the Light Starts. OPPD is the 12th-largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties.

  WE ARE COMMITTED TO: Each other and the people we serve. This commitment drives us. We're dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

  OUR JOB: To provide power with a purpose. We have real impact - on people's lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy. We're always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are wherever you are and know that your ideas will be heard. If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well.

  How To Apply

  Apply online at www.oppd.com on or before 09/11/2024.

  Recruiter: Patique Collins - pncollins@oppd.com #LI-PC

  PLEASE NOTE - Your application has not been submitted unless you have applied for a specific requisition. If you have not chosen a specific opening, your application will remain in 'DRAFT' form and will not be viewed by our Human Capital staff.