Technical Lead-App Development

Area(s) of responsibility

SRE/Middleware & DevOPS engineer

Years of Experience: 10-12 Years

Remote

FTE

We are seeking SRE/Middleware & DevOPS engineer will be responsible for ensuring high availability, relatability and performance of mission -critical production systems. This role combines deep expertise in middleware platforms (Weblogic, Tomcat, Apache and Nginx), CDN technologies (Akami) , Observability tools (New Relic, Splunk) , Automation (Shell Scripting, Terraform) and strong leadership capabilities.

The engineer will lead a team, collaborate with customers, manage production incidents and drive problem management process end-to-end.

Tools: AWS, Nginx, Akamai, Weblogic, Tomcat, Apache, Splunk, New Relic, Shell scripting, Service Now, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, UDeploy and Jira.

Key Responsibilities:

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of production systems.
• Implement SRE best practices: error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, capacity planning, chaos testing, runbook creation.
• Drive automation to reduce manual operational tasks and improve MTTR.
• Conduct post‑incident reviews (PIRs) and implement long‑term corrective actions.
  
  

Middleware & Application Platform Management

• Manage deployments, rollbacks, and environment synchronization across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache, and Nginx servers. Perform JVM tuning, thread pool optimization, connection pool management, and performance tuning.
• Troubleshoot middleware issues related to memory leaks, thread contention, SSL, certificates, and clustering.

 Monitoring, Logging & Observability

• Configure dashboards, alerts, and performance insights using New Relic and Splunk.
• Develop log‑based monitoring strategies and anomaly detection.
• Implement proactive monitoring to reduce downtime and improve reliability.
  
  

CDN & Edge Platform Management (Akamai)

• Configure Akamai caching rules, WAF policies, edge redirects, and performance optimizations.
• Troubleshoot CDN‑related latency, caching, and routing issues.
• Collaborate with Akamai support for advanced troubleshooting.

Incident, Problem & Change Management

• Lead major incident bridges, coordinate cross functional teams, and provide timely updates.
• Manage problem tickets, root cause analysis, and preventive action plans.
• Ensure compliance with ITIL processes for change, release, and incident management.

Long Description

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and mentor a team of SRE/DevOps engineers.
• Provide technical guidance, training, and performance feedback.
• Act as a customer facing technical SME for escalations and production issues.
• Collaborate with product, QA, development, and business teams to ensure smooth delivery.

Behavioral Competencies

• Ownership & Accountability: Takes responsibility for production stability and issue resolution.
• Leadership: Guides team members, manages workload, and drives operational excellence.
• Communication: Clear, structured communication with customers and internal teams.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Collaboration: Works effectively across engineering, QA, product, and business teams.
• Calm Under Pressure: Handles critical incidents with composure and clarity.