Sr. Middleware/DevOp Engineer

A career at The Auto Club Group (ACG) can be satisfying, exciting and rewarding. By aligning your professional development with our business objectives, ACG can help you attain your career goals — and make a difference. Get started by choosing the career that’s right for you.

Dearborn, MI

The Auto Club Group

AAA was founded over 100 years ago for the purpose of lobbying for driver and passenger rights, fair laws and safer vehicles — all to better promote the love of the open road and the adventure of driving. Since then, AAA has grown to over 50 million members strong, while providing valuable membership services such as roadside assistance. Additionally, AAA has broadened its horizons to include all types of travel-related services, as well as offer a variety of insurance and financial products and services. Today’s AAA is a national federation comprised of more than 50 individual clubs throughout the United States and Canada. Whether you’re traveling around the world or to the corner grocery store, planning a honeymoon or weekend road trip, learning to drive or in need of a battery boost, the best way to begin your journey is with AAA. http://michigan.aaa.com/

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Full-Time

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: The Auto Club Group (ACG) provides membership, travel, insurance, and financial services offerings to approximately 9 million members and customers across 11 states and 2 U.S. territories through the AAA, Meemic, and Fremont brands. ACG belongs to the national AAA federation and is the second-largest AAA club in North America. <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -185px; top: 26.7639px;">&nbsp;</div>
Responsibilities: <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Analyzing and developing cloud-based and on-prem solutions according to customer requirements.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Leading the design and implementation of middleware and integration products in a hybrid cloud environment to meet business demands</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Automating the implementation and configuration of middleware and integration products with CI/CD tools</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Analyze current processes and develop steps to improve them and automate them where applicable</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Working with developers and architects on creating middleware and integration design</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Developing and implementing strategies for migration, consolidation, and upgrade of middleware and integration components.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Coordinating with vendors and support teams on problem resolution and upgrades.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Excellent knowledge management, process management, and documentation skills including middleware and integration engineering diagrams</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Excellent time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and production incidents simultaneously</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Work within a team environment, manage systems, lead upgrades, coordinate installs</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">System recovery</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">TLS certificate management</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Proactive maintenance and patching</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Keep abreast of Middleware and CI/CD best practices and emerging technologies for both on-prem and in the cloud</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Must be able to participate in on-call rotation</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Coach and guide less experienced Middleware/DevOps Engineers&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With our powerful brand and the mentoring we offer, you will find your position as a&nbsp;<strong>Sr.</strong>&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Middleware/DevOp Engineer&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">can lead to a rewarding career at our growing organization.</span></span></span></p> <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; 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Requirements: WS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Professional<br /> <p style="font-weight: 300;"><u style="font-weight: 300;">Education</u></p> <p style="font-weight: 300;">&nbsp;</p> <ul style="font-weight: 300;"> <li style="font-weight: 300;">A Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 300;">Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field&nbsp;</span>or in the alternative a combination of education,<span style="font-weight: 300;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>certifications, and work experience equivalent to a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 300;">Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 300;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-weight: 300;"><u style="font-weight: 300;">Experience:</u></p> <ul style="font-weight: 300;"> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">8 + years of experience in the implementation and support of large scale mission-critical production systems in a business environment or equivalent.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">5+ years of technical leadership experience with Java Application Servers, i.e:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 300;">JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">2+ years of hands-on experience&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 300;">designing, implementing, and automating middleware and integration products&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 300;">with AWS in a technical lead role</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">2+ years of hands-on experience with DevOp tools, i.e: Github, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.</li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Strong experience automating environment build and application deployment with Ansible and Linux/Unix scripting</li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Deep technical experience in TLS certificate management and issue resolution</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Experience/knowledge in a b<span style="font-weight: 300;">road range of systems, i.e: Guidewire Insurance Suite, OpenText Exstream, Mulesoft, Liferay, Spring Boot, IBM Security Access Manager, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Experience with containers, i.e: Docker, Kubernetes</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Demonstrated expertise in system landscape design and implementation.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Proven ability to work business requirements into solutions that map to technology capabilities and integration with existing infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Proven track record of implementing significant IT infrastructure projects on schedule and budget</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Strong experience with Linux based infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associates or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associates</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 300;"><u style="font-weight: 300;">Knowledge and Skills:</u></p> <ul style="font-weight: 300;"> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ability to analyze and resolve performance issues.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Strong understanding of internet and networking concepts and practices.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Good knowledge of load balancer configuration and firewall connectivity</li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Strong knowledge of security and control procedures</li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Good knowledge of relational database concepts</li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and troubleshooting techniques.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Good understanding of Project Management concepts and System Development Life Cycle.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Strong oral and written communication skills.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;">Ability to work in a fast-paced environment</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 300;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-weight: 300;">Successful<strong style="font-weight: 300;">&nbsp;Sr. Middleware/DevOp Engineer&nbsp;</strong>will possess effective communication skills, ambition, motivation and drive!</p> <div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Important Note:</span></strong></div> <p align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The above statements describe the principal and essential functions, but not all functions that may be inherent in the job. This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants, as needed, to enable them to fulfill these requirements.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Auto Club Group, and all of its affiliated companies, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. &nbsp;All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.</span></p>