Job Description - WebLogic Administrator / Middleware Engineer (Production Support)

Location: Bangalore
Experience: 6+ Years / 8+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled WebLogic Administrator / Middleware Engineer with strong experience in production support, WebLogic administration, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and incident management. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in managing enterprise application environments, troubleshooting critical production issues, deployments, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability of business-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

WebLogic Administration

• Manage and administer Oracle WebLogic Server environments.
• Configure, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot WebLogic domains, clusters, and managed servers.
• Implement and support session replication and failover mechanisms.
• Perform WebLogic upgrades, patching, and security hardening.
• Analyze server logs, thread dumps, and heap dumps to identify issues and improve performance.

Production Support

• Provide L2/L3 support for production applications.
• Handle critical incidents, P1/P2 escalations, and RCA preparation.
• Participate in on-call support and major incident management.
• Monitor application health and infrastructure stability.

Deployment & Release Management

• Execute production deployments and release activities.
• Support rolling deployments, blue-green deployments, and rollback strategies.
• Coordinate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams during releases.

Linux & Middleware Administration

• Manage Linux-based application environments.
• Perform server troubleshooting, log analysis, process monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Support Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, and related middleware technologies.

Containerization & Cloud

• Support Docker containerized applications.
• Troubleshoot container issues and optimize deployments.
• Work with Kubernetes clusters, pods, deployments, services, and autoscaling configurations.
• Manage applications deployed in AWS environments.

Infrastructure & Security

• Support SSL certificate installation, renewals, and troubleshooting.
• Work with Load Balancers and Application Load Balancers (ALB).
• Participate in DR drills, failover testing, and business continuity planning.

Required Skills

Must Have

• 6+ / 8+ years of IT experience in Middleware Administration and Production Support.
• Strong experience in Oracle WebLogic Administration.
• Hands-on experience with Linux Administration.
• Experience with Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat.
• Expertise in deployment and release management processes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in production environments.
• Experience analyzing thread dumps and heap dumps.
• Understanding of session replication and clustering concepts.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to AWS cloud services.
• Experience handling critical production escalations.

Good to Have

• Jenkins, Git, CI/CD Pipelines.
• Monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus.
• Load Balancer technologies such as F5, NGINX, AWS ALB.
• Scripting using Shell, Python, or Groovy.

Experience Expectations

For 6+ Years

• Strong WebLogic and Linux administration skills.
• Good exposure to production support and incident management.
• Experience with deployments, Apache, Tomcat, and SSL certificates.
• Basic to intermediate Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS exposure.

For 8+ Years

• Extensive WebLogic administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Lead production incidents and major escalations.
• Strong expertise in clustering, session replication, performance tuning, and DR activities.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration, AWS infrastructure, and deployment strategies.
• Ability to mentor junior team members and drive technical discussions.
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S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
 

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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