Middleware Integration Specialist

Middleware Integration Specialist – Lead II (Enterprise Solutions)

Overview

Role: Middleware Integration Specialist – Lead II (Enterprise Solutions). This role applies technical skills to design, build and automate middleware platforms both on-premises and in the cloud.

The Opportunity

• Hybrid: In office/remote
• Coordinate signoffs for non-functional requirement testing with development and business teams
• Maintain a 360-degree view of applications and their underlying middleware and infrastructure components
• Produce reusable infrastructure and middleware design patterns for future reference and refresh existing ones regularly
• Support vendor/vendor technology onboarding following best practices and security blueprints
• Adopt, build and rollout new technology stacks for NFRT for cloud-based and on-prem applications
• Automate daily support functions, improve system stability, support hygiene initiatives and deliver innovations that create efficiency and consistency

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need

• Strong infrastructure knowledge in Linux/Unix, Storage and Networking
• Hands-on experience with load balancers, web servers (Apache / Nginx) and application servers (Tomcat); includes application integration, configuration and troubleshooting
• Expert-level scripting using Python (mandatory) and Shell
• Familiarity with IT Automation & Config Management tools (Ansible / Helm)
• Experience with source control and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Artifactory, Flux)
• Security hardening concepts for hosting applications/middleware, including transport encryption and modern SSO authentication/authorization mechanisms
• Basic operational knowledge of RDBMS and SQL
• Hands-on experience with Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS), Docker/Podman containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Prior experience managing large web-based n-tier applications in secure cloud environments
• Desirable skills: graph databases (GraphDB, Stardog, Neptune) and SPARQL; Kafka, Redis, Airflow; open-source Observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki); identity management protocols (OIDC/OAuth, SAML, LDAP); Big Data platforms (Hadoop/ELK); capacity planning and performance tuning
• System architecture / developer work experience is a plus
• 7+ years in a similar hands-on middleware/applications specialist role
• Experience in a global financial organization is an advantage

Location: Quebec

Compensation Range: $104,000 – $130,000

Benefits

• Full-time regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, 6 days of paid sick leave per year (pro-rated for new hires), paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty
• Canada residents: Supplemental Healthcare coverage and Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage
• Full-time temporary employees: 6 days of paid sick leave per year (prorated), same healthcare and life insurance coverage options
• Part-time regular and temporary employees: 6 days of paid sick leave per year (prorated)
• Ontario-wide or other provincial benefits may apply where more generous sick leave laws exist

Our Beliefs

• We build a culture of Humility, Humanity and Integrity, prioritizing a people-first, human-centric approach, diversity, sustainable solutions, and putting employees and clients at the forefront
• Humility: listen, learn, empathize and help selflessly
• Humanity: improve lives through business
• Integrity: honor commitments and act responsibly

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer; decisions are based on merit and business needs
• We do not discriminate or harass on race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status or other protected statuses

Note: UST reserves the right to redefine roles and responsibilities based on organizational requirements and performance.