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Job Description We strive to be Your Future, Your Solution to accelerate your career. Contact Hannah Wilson at hwilson@saigepartners.com, you can also schedule an appointment at to learn more about this opportunity. Position: Senior Middleware Engineer (Omaha, NE) Job Overview: The Senior Middleware Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, administration, and optimization of enterprise middleware platforms that support secure, scalable, and reliable system integrations across internal and cloud-based applications

This role partners closely with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, application teams, and IT stakeholders to deliver integration solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership across middleware technologies, drive platform governance and best practices, and support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and connectivity across the organization. This is a direct-hire position.

Key Responsibilities: Middleware Platform Management Lead the administration, configuration, maintenance, and oversight of enterprise middleware platforms. Participate in all phases of the application delivery lifecycle, including requirements gathering, technical design, prototyping, development, testing, deployment, and production support. Influence architectural decisions and integration strategies through participation in technical design discussions and solution reviews.

Design, develop, and enhance integrations while guiding the evolution of the enterprise middleware ecosystem. Develop, document, and enforce enterprise integration standards, governance processes, and best practices. Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to define and support cloud, hybrid, and on-premises deployment architectures.

Ensure middleware environments remain secure, scalable, highly available, and performance optimized. Problem & Incident Management Provide knowledge transfer and technical guidance to peers, QA teams, and support teams. Troubleshoot and resolve incidents across middleware platforms and integration layers.

Participate in on-call rotation and support break/fix activities as required. Lead incident response and resolution efforts while ensuring adherence to established service expectations. Monitor platform performance, logging, auditing, and operational health to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Planning & Delivery Manage multiple projects, operational initiatives, and competing priorities while maintaining high-quality delivery standards. Lead middleware and integration platform upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance initiatives. Coordinate planning and delivery activities with architecture, engineering, infrastructure, and project teams.

Support CI/CD pipeline development and integration deployment automation efforts. Ensure project timelines, deliverables, and technical objectives remain aligned with organizational goals. Technical Leadership Provide technical leadership to project teams and ensure alignment with architectural standards, scope, quality expectations, and delivery timelines.

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, establish thresholds, and create operational runbooks and action plans. Review and guide technical implementations to ensure consistency with approved integration patterns and enterprise standards. Mentor and coach developers and integration engineers while promoting technical growth and best practices.

Support continuous improvement initiatives and evaluation of emerging technologies. Qualifications: Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Extensive experience in software engineering and enterprise integration design using modern middleware technologies.

Strong understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web service technologies, including XML, SOAP, WSDL, XSD, and REST APIs. Deep knowledge of database programming, JDBC, and relational databases such as SQL Server and Oracle. Experience with security, logging, auditing, policy management, performance monitoring, and KPI development.

Strong understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns and canonical data model development. Hands-on experience with source control and development tools such as Bitbucket/Git, IBM RTC, Subversion, or TFS. Proficiency in Java and Groovy programming languages.

Experience working within Agile, iterative, and waterfall development environments. Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. Working knowledge of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Active Directory, and Exchange.

Familiarity with QA methodologies and test-driven development practices. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting large-scale enterprise integration initiatives involving complex and diverse data environments. Knowledge of server architecture, system configuration, and infrastructure management.

Familiarity with tools such as SharePoint, Jenkins, and Ansible. Experience with Managed File Transfer (MFT) platforms. Advanced experience designing and developing enterprise integrations.

Experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, DataWeave, and API Management solutions. Demonstrated interest in learning and applying emerging technologies and integration practices. Impact of the Role: This position plays a critical role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and efficiency of the company's middleware and integration platforms.

By driving integration strategy, resolving complex technical challenges, and mentoring engineering teams, the Senior Middleware Engineer helps deliver high-quality enterprise solutions that improve operational readiness, accelerate technology delivery, and support long-term business success. Learn more about Saige Partners on Facebook or LinkedIn. Saige Partners, one of the fastest growing technology and talent companies in the Midwest, believes in people with a passion to help them succeed.

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