Middleware Integrator and SRE Engineer

****Candidate must be eligible to work in Canada.Looking to onboard a middleware integrator and SRE specialist for their Application and Data Engineering (ADE) team.ADE provides application engineering, tooling, automation and elevated production support services conforming to security blueprints and focused on performance, reliability and scalability by understanding the technical requirement from application owners and business, participate in technical evaluation of vendors and vendor technologies, conduct proof of concept, packaging and deploying middleware products.The team supports strategic initiatives like modernization, containerization, observability, SRE, DevOps and automation.This team also partners with central technology teams like Infrastructure, Security, Network, Database and procurement to design and deliver solutions. The team leverages a variety of tools for platform design and application troubleshooting as they also provide elevated level 4 production support to the application operations teams.ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will:The successful candidate will be involved in middleware integration, technical troubleshooting of infrastructure and user incidentsIncorporate Site Reliability Engineering practices into the day-to-day role by developing automated solutions to long-standing problems to ensure minimal downtime and reduce toilExperience with web architecture implementation including performance, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery planning.Experience with monitoring and alerting tools, configuring application monitors using industry standard monitoring tools, as well as developing customized monitoring solutionsRevisit SRE Metrics and confirm against the firm and department goalsIdentify areas for improvement including automation, toil reduction, resiliency and observability across the platforms and help build up the knowledge and documentation for the teamPartner with other teams in Brokerage such as enterprise infrastructure, networking, security, storage, and database and data center to roll out application platforms successfully as per the design.Produce reusable infrastructure designs patterns and periodically review / refresh the patterns.Support vendor / vendor technology onboarding following the Brokerage best practices and security blueprint.Apply technical skills to automate daily support functions, improve system stability, support hygiene initiatives and deliver innovation that creates efficiency and consistency.Occasional weekend availability and on-call work on a rotation basis.Required SkillsStrong infrastructure knowledge in Linux / Unix, Databases, Storage and Networking technologies.Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration platforms OpenShift / KubernetesExperience with scripting in Python and ShellHands-on experience of web servers (Apache / Nginx), application integration, configuration, and troubleshooting.Clear concept of load balancer, web proxies and storage platforms like NAS / SAN from an implementation perspective only.Familiar with basic security practices to ensure secure hosting solutions, including single sign-on (SSO) and standard encryption protocols.Prior experience managing large web-based n-tier applications in secure environments on cloudStrong knowledge SRE Principles with grasp over tools / approach to apply themStrong infrastructure knowledge in Storage, Networking and DatabasesExperience in troubleshooting Application Issues and Managing IncidentsExposure to tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry frameworkExcellent verbal and written communication skills.Desired / Nice to have skillsExposure and experience with data pipeline technologies such as Kafka, Redis and AirflowExposure to Big Data platforms like Hadoop / Cloudera and ELK StackCapacity planning and performance tuning exerciseIdentity management protocols like OIDC / OAuth, SAML, LDAP integrationCloud Application and infrastructure knowledge is a plus.Experience in Cloud / Distributed computing technology or certification is a plusExperience7 to 12 years in a similar role of hands-on application / middleware specialist.Prior experience of working in a global financial organization is an advantage #J-18808-Ljbffr