The posting
Executive Summary
Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.
We are looking to hire a Senior Middleware Cloud Architect in Singapore to support our client which is a leading global investment bank.
• Architect, standardise and govern enterprise application server platforms using MW products IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Liberty, WebSphere MQ, IBM HTTP Server (IHS), WebLogic, JBoss , Apache and Tomcat.
• Define patching and fix-pack standards that minimise downtime and keep platforms current and secure.
• Middleware installation and configuration standards for core critical banking application server environments.
• Provide L3 escalation support for complex integration, JVM performance and Middleware infrastructure issues.
• Lead the design and evolution of a middleware self-service portal giving application teams secure, UI/API-based access to common tasks.
• Own SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management (Venafi, BladeLogic), including coordination with third-party certificate authorities to prevent service impact.
• Lead vulnerability assessment and remediation of web and application servers in coordination with information security teams.
• Support infrastructure operations (patching, certificates, DR) for payment and messaging systems
• Define the observability and monitoring strategy using tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace for proactive detection of platform and application issues.
• Scripting skills (Shell) and working knowledge of networking, load balancers and firewalls.
• Experience with Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Solid understanding of SSL/TLS, PKI and certificate lifecycle tooling.
• Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible automation.



