Required Skills
Hands-on experience of Operating Systems (mainly Linux 7 and Windows Server 2016 and above) and virtualization technologies like VMWare
Hands-on working experience of middleware technologies like Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS), Docker containers, Kubernetes, S3, ADLS, web servers (Apache / IBM HTTPD), Application Servers (Web Sphere, Tomcat), Kafka and Airflow to include application integration, configuration and troubleshooting.
Expert level scripting skills using Python (mandatory), Perl and Shell.
Identity management protocols like OIDC / OAuth, SAML, LDAP integration
Basic operational knowledge of RDBMS like DB2, Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres etc. (not all) and query language.
Clear concept of load balancer, firewalls, web proxies and HTTP protocol, storage platforms like NAS / SAN from an implementation perspective only.
Familiar with basic security policies for secure hosting solutions, Kerberos and standard encryption methodologies including SSL and TLS.
Prior experience managing large web-based n-tier applications in secure environments on cloud
Should have worked in an agile delivery model with exposure to CI / CD.
Desired / Nice to have skills
Exposure to tools like App Dynamics, Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Ansible etc.
Familiarity with NoSQL database (MarkLogic, MongoDB) and SPARQL query languages.
Exposure to Big Data platforms like Hadoop / Cloudera and Elastic
Should have performed capacity planning and performance tuning exercise
A system architecture / developer work experience.
Experience
7 plus years in as similar role of hands-on application / middleware specialist.
Prior experience of working in a global financial organization is an advantage