Middleware Engineer at Tek Experts

Tek Experts provides the services of a uniquely passionate and expert workforce that takes intense pride in helping companies manage their business operations. We care about the work we do, the companies we partner with and the customers they serve.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Middleware Engineer

Req ID: 8859
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Category: Information Technology

Overview

• TeKnowledge is looking for a Middleware Engineer who will be a key player in our Product Development Outsourcing business. Our engineers love to learn and have a passion for technology.
• They’re known for their expertise in solving the most complex challenges while having fun and being part of a dynamic and collaborative team.
• In this role, you’ll join a team creating the financial services and banking industry of tomorrow, helping an innovative fintech company that is committed to transforming the retail space in Africa. Based at our clients’ location on Victoria Island, you’ll create cutting-edge user experiences.

Leverage your engineering skills in the financial services industry:

• As a Middleware Engineer, you will be responsible for building and exposing services in the middleware layer and the API gateway layer, for maintaining the services on the enterprise service bus, as well as configuring new services.
• You’re also responsible for ensuring the right versioning is in place for the dependent systems of the downstream applications.
• The Middleware Engineer also integrates with downstream applications and third-party providers to ensure the channels are abstracted from any of these dependent systems. They are responsible for creating any queues in the middleware for specific use cases.

Accelerating Progress. Securing Futures:

• TeKnowledge stands as the transformative catalyst for digital evolution, providing governments and enterprises around the world with unparalleled cybersecurity, advanced technical skilling, and enterprise technical services at scale.
• Our commitment to technology enablement, security, and advancement positions us uniquely in the market, ensuring our customers are equipped to achieve their strategic imperatives in the digital age with confidence and competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally as part of the platform team designing/creating/deploying APIs, new data transformations, webservices, and supporting production operations
• Implement monitoring and scalability for the middleware services and application
• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture to set clear goals, delegate tasks and set deadlines
• Monitor team performance and report on metrics
• Configure the queues on the middleware technology stack
• Create, deploy, configure, support, and troubleshoot issues with networked application environments
• Responsible for configuring the middleware services in multiple environments and testing the capabilities exposed by these services
• Exposes all required services for the client journeys timeously

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Must have completed the compulsory 1-year NYSC or have an exemption certificate
• 4-5 years of software design and development experience along with 2-3 years of experience in applying modern frameworks and patterns to build highly scalable enterprise SaaS applications
• Strong Java/J2EE experience, Hibernate, JMS, Spring (Core, MVC, Integration), REST APIs, MySQL
• Strong practical knowledge exposing services on middleware technologies such as IBM MQ, etc.
• Good knowledge of integration patterns with third parties and downstream applications
• Extensive experience on how to map XML and other data structures to JSON-based response objects
• Practical knowledge of queue technologies, with working knowledge of how to configure the queues and integrate with upstream systems
• Familiar with SDLC tools (working knowledge of Agile software development a plus)
• Ant, Maven, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Travis, Puppet, Ansible, Docker knowledge beneficial
• Experience with Agile methodology, source control management, and automated testing
• Excellent communication skills
• Banking industry experience is a plus
• Professional fluency in English is essential, both written and spoken

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online