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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IBM Middleware Engineer - **Company:** Ascii Group, LLC - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** JIRA, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, System Configuration, IBM DB2, Disaster Recovery, Elasticsearch, Middleware, IBM Software, Monitoring of Systems, IBM Business Systems, IBM Cloud Computing, IBM Websphere Application Server, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), PostgreSQL, OpenShift, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Prometheus, Runbook, Software Deployment, System Availability, Grafana, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Splunk, Jenkins, Servicenow - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5c0cc023-5480-42d4-b3f2-13a7e5ac16c4 ## About the Role · 5+ years of hands-on experience configuring NETVIBES, 3DSpace indexers, Cloud/On-Premises Data Lakes, and semantic data models. · 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW, BPM, or similar) in production environments. · Experience setting up and supporting IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA), ideally on Red Hat OpenShift. · Strong knowledge of middleware technologies: IBM WebSphere Application Server, Liberty, Elastic Search, Postgres DB. DB2/Oracle, IBM MO, Kafka, and LDAP integrations. · Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Bash/PowerShell scripting). · Demonstrated expertise in issue troubleshooting, performance tuning, and environment management. · Strong knowledge on Open telemetry monitoring tool - Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Splunk · Familiarity with high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR) configurations, and related concepts. · Experience with cloud and containerization platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift). · Good understanding of ITIL JIRA, Service NOW, Zapplets ## Description · Lead or participate in the setup, configuration, and administration of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation (CP4BA) both on-premises and on cloud (OpenShift/Kubernetes). · Manage middleware components (WebSphere Application Server/Liberty, DB2/Oracle, MQ, FileNet, LDAP integration, etc.) for BAW and Cloud Pak. · Perform regular health checks, capacity planning, system monitoring, and performance tuning of middleware and workflow environments. · Execute patches, upgrades, and hotfixes for IBM BAW and related middleware components while minimizing downtime. · Automate routine tasks involving deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management using tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, or similar. · Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles for internal support teams. · Collaborate with development, OA, infrastructure, and security teams for environment provisioning, deployments, and troubleshooting cross-functional issues. · Implement, configure, and monitor HA/DR solutions for IBM BAW and Cloud Pak at the middleware layer. · Provide support for IBM BAW environments, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of incidents impacting business workflows. · Participate in weekend production deployment and support. · Ensure compliance with security guidelines and best practices throughout middleware stack. ## Related Videos - [Integrate your Cognitive Assistant with 3rd-party DBs and software](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/249-integrate-your-cognitive-assistant-with-3rd-party-dbs-and-software) - [GitOps for the people](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/461-gitops-for-the-people) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [GitLab CI pipelines for a whole company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/143-gitlab-ci-pipelines-for-a-whole-company) - [Building with IBM Bob](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100275-building-with-ibm-bob) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)