WebSphere Middleware Engineer

Atlanta, United States | Posted on 06/30/2026 About McCulloh Consulting McCulloh Consulting is a minority-owned HR and Talent Acquisition firm based in Southeast Michigan. With over 15 years of global experience, we help businesses optimize people operations and build dynamic, inclusive workplaces. Our services include HR process consulting, recruiter training, full-time staffing, and strategic advisory—all designed to deliver results and promote positive candidate and employee experiences. Why Join Us? At McCulloh Consulting, you’ll be part of a team committed to building best practices and Centers of Excellence—not just filling roles. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow, and make a real impact for our clients across multiple industries and regions. We believe in mentoring and developing talent, ensuring everyone has the tools and support to succeed. Our Values Integrity and innovation in every engagement Promoting amazing candidate and employee experiences Building best practices to help organizations grow Fostering talent and mentoring junior recruiters Commitment to diversity and inclusion Ready to help organizations grow with us? Apply today! Job Description About the Opportunity McCulloh Consulting is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer with deep expertise in middleware platforms, enterprise applications, automation, and secure digital technology environments. We are looking for the best of the best. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands‑on experience with IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, web hosting technologies, scripting, CI/CD integration, platform reliability, and enterprise application infrastructure. This is a strong opportunity for a senior engineer who enjoys owning complex technical work, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, working directly with stakeholders, and helping guide junior engineers in a highly complex enterprise environment. Why This Role Stands Out This is not a basic administration role. This position sits at the center of platform engineering, middleware infrastructure, automation, application support, performance tuning, and continuous improvement. You will help design, develop, support, and improve the digital infrastructure that keeps critical enterprise applications running securely, reliably, and efficiently. This is a strong fit for someone who enjoys solving complex platform issues, improving deployment processes, supporting application teams, and driving better performance, stability, scalability, and security across enterprise systems. What You Will Be Doing Design, develop, and maintain digital technology infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and services Support, administer, and optimize IBM WebSphere and Oracle WebLogic environments Configure and tune middleware platforms for performance, reliability, scalability, clustering, and security Support web hosting technologies such as Apache, IIS, IBM Server, Oracle Server, NGINX, or similar platforms Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools and languages such as wsadmin, WLST, Python, Shell, or similar scripting technologies Integrate platform automation with CI/CD pipelines to support smooth and reliable software releases Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, stakeholders, and cross‑functional technology teams Write clean, efficient, scalable code and contribute to software development and platform engineering initiatives Support testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex platform and application issues Create and maintain documentation for applications, deployment processes, platform configurations, and system operations Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement efforts Support monitoring, performance optimization, and production reliability using tools such as AppDynamics, Datadog, or similar platforms Apply security best practices related to SSL/TLS, LDAP, SSO, authentication, secure configurations, and compliance standards Support cloud hosting and containerized middleware workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, or related technologies Who This Role Is Best For This role is a strong fit for a Senior Platform Engineer, Middleware Engineer, WebSphere Administrator, WebLogic Administrator, DevOps Engineer, Platform Reliability Engineer, Application Infrastructure Engineer, or Enterprise Systems Engineer with strong hands‑on experience supporting middleware platforms in complex environments. The strongest candidates will have deep WebSphere and WebLogic experience, strong scripting and automation skills, CI/CD exposure, security awareness, and the ability to troubleshoot complex enterprise platform issues. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Next Steps If you have strong experience with WebSphere, WebLogic, middleware engineering, automation, CI/CD, secure platform configurations, and enterprise application infrastructure, we would welcome a conversation. Apply today to McCulloh Consulting to learn more about this Senior Platform Engineer opportunity. Requirements Five or more years of relevant platform engineering, middleware, systems engineering, DevOps, or enterprise application infrastructure experience Deep professional expertise with IBM WebSphere and Oracle WebLogic administration Experience with clustering, performance tuning, secure configurations, troubleshooting, and platform optimization Strong knowledge of web hosting technologies, including Apache, IIS, IBM Server, Oracle Server, NGINX, or similar tools Professional experience with automation and scripting using wsadmin, WLST, Python, Shell, or related technologies Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with security best practices, SSL/TLS, LDAP, SSO, authentication, and compliance standards Experience with monitoring and performance optimization tools such as AppDynamics, Datadog, or similar platforms Exposure to cloud hosting and containerization, including Docker, Kubernetes, or related technologies Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to lead complex platform initiatives Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams and communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers Experience working in a highly complex enterprise environment Experience supporting geographically dispersed teams Experience working directly with stakeholders, application teams, infrastructure teams, and security teams Strong understanding of twelve‑factor application methodology, deployment automation, and platform reliability Experience improving software development and deployment processes Background supporting business‑critical applications with high uptime expectations Base salary range of $125,000 to $160,000 Eligible for discretionary incentive award Full‑time opportunity Opportunity to work on complex enterprise technology platforms Collaborative engineering environment with cross‑functional visibility Opportunity to mentor junior engineers and influence platform engineering standards #J-18808-Ljbffr McCulloh Consulting