Comptroller - Middleware Analyst VII

Comptroller - Middleware Analyst VIIThe Middleware Team in Information Technology division is mission-critical, serving the people of Texas by providing exceptional systems engineering for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts applications portfolio. We are seeking an experienced Middleware Administrator to support our custom application infrastructure while collaborating closely with application development, security, and IT infrastructure teams. As a Middleware Team member, you will play a key role in enhancing the performance, resiliency, and security of the Comptroller's application infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include day-to-day operations, continuous improvement of full-stack and microservices-based solutions, enterprise software maintenance and upgrades, platform monitoring, incident response and resolution, security configuration, and ensuring system stability, performance, and availability.You are an excellent fit for this role if you are self-motivated, automation-focused, detail-oriented, and a skilled communicator with sound judgment.Work Hours: 8AM to 5PM, 40-hour week, Monday – Friday, with occasional evening, weekend and/or holiday hours, including working on-call 24 hours a day during a rotation. Hours may change based on business need. Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e. report to office 1 day/month, 3days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.Minimum Qualifications:Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree.Seven (7) years of general technology experience in either software development, middleware or server administration.Seven (7) years of experience with middleware system administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.Five (5) years of experience with programming/scripting for automation in Ansible, Python, BASH scripts, Perl or similar.Preferred Qualifications:Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or related field.Experience with web application and web services development and/or deployments.Experience with MuleSoft, IBM WebSphere Liberty, Red Hat OpenShift, ForgeRock, Red Hat DataGrid, SAG BigMemory MAX, Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat, Form.io or similar systems in Linux or Windows.Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or other Linux distributions.Experience monitoring server and application performance in Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar monitoring tools.Experience in establishing and maintaining security configuration hardening of middleware systems to CIS or DISA STIG benchmarks.In this role you will:Provide architectural and systems analysis.Install, configure, test, upgrade, and maintain middleware services and software.Monitor and respond to system and application performance and alerts.Participate in rotating 24x7 on-call schedule.Participate in disaster recovery testing and events.Automate routines using scripting and other programming languages.The Comptroller's Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.