Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Middleware & Linux Platform Engineer to manage and troubleshoot enterprise middleware, messaging, and file-transfer platforms. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat Linux, IBM MQ, SFTP, Apache HTTPD, and certificate management across on-premises and Azure environments.

The ideal candidate should have strong production troubleshooting skills and the ability to independently resolve middleware and application-level issues while coordinating with infrastructure, network, and integration teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 59), including CPU, memory, file systems, inodes, NFS mounts, permissions, and system logs.
- Manage IBM MQ components, including queue managers, channels, queues, dead-letter queues, and error logs.
- Configure and troubleshoot ProFTPd SFTP services and Apache HTTPD reverse proxy, including mod_proxy and TLS.
- Manage SSL/TLS certificates, SFTP keys, AS2 certificates, keystores, renewals, and expiry tracking.
- Monitor NFS storage, file growth, inode utilization, and scheduled file-management processes.
- Develop Bash, Python, or Perl scripts for automation and Nagios monitoring.




- Support SFTP portal applications and FTP event daemon components running on JBoss and Linux.
- Coordinate middleware and file-transfer issues with infrastructure, network, and integration teams across on-premises and Azure environments.
- Use approved AI assistants for log analysis and runbook documentation, validating all generated outputs.

Mandatory Skills
- Robust hands-on Red Hat Linux administration and troubleshooting (RHEL 5–9).
- Production experience with IBM MQ administration.
- Experience with ProFTPd or equivalent SFTP platforms.
- Apache HTTPD, mod_proxy, reverse proxy, and TLS configuration.
- Certificate and key management using OpenSSL or Java Keytool; JKS and PKCS12 formats.
- NFS storage management and troubleshooting.
- Bash scripting along with Python or Perl; Nagios monitoring integration.
- Experience using approved AI assistants for technical analysis and documentation.

Good to Have
- Windows Server administration.
- Azure VMs and networking fundamentals.
- Kubernetes / AKS awareness.
- Managed File Transfer (MFT) experience.
- NSS / OpenSSL TLS library knowledge.
- JBoss and enterprise credential/secret management experience.

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