Job Description

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Are you ready to grow, make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller's Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller's office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas' chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager, the agency is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government.

Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on the job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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ABOUT THE Division

General description

The Middleware Team in Information Technology division is mission-critical, serving the people of Texas by providing exceptional systems engineering for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts applications portfolio. We are seeking an experienced Middleware Administrator to support our custom application infrastructure while collaborating closely with application development, security, and IT infrastructure teams. As a Middleware Team member, you will play a key role in enhancing the performance, resiliency, and security of the Comptroller's application infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include day-to-day operations, continuous improvement of full-stack and microservices-based solutions, enterprise software maintenance and upgrades, platform monitoring, incident response and resolution, security configuration, and ensuring system stability, performance, and availability. You are an excellent fit for this role if you are self-motivated, automation-focused, detail-oriented, and a skilled communicator with sound judgment.

Work Hours

8AM to 5PM, 40-hour week, Monday - Friday, with occasional evening, weekend and/or holiday hours, including working on-call 24 hours a day during a rotation. Hours may change based on business need.

Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e. report to office 1 day/month, 3days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree.
• Seven (7) years of general technology experience in either software development, middleware or server administration.
• Seven (7) years of experience with middleware system administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Five (5) years of experience with programming/scripting for automation in Ansible, Python, BASH scripts, Perl or similar.

Preferred Qualifications
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or related field.
• Experience with web application and web services development and/or deployments.
• Experience with MuleSoft, IBM WebSphere Liberty, Red Hat OpenShift, ForgeRock, Red Hat DataGrid, SAG BigMemory MAX, Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat, Form.io or similar systems in Linux or Windows.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or other Linux distributions.
• Experience monitoring server and application performance in Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar monitoring tools.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining security configuration hardening of middleware systems to CIS or DISA STIG benchmarks.

Substitution

One (1) additional year of the full-time minimum experience in middleware system management and administration may substitute for the education requirement on a year for year basis up to 4 years (120 semester hours).

In this role you will:

Provides architectural and systems analysis.
• Architect modifications and enhancements and supports technical and business needs of the agency.
• Analyzes existing procedures for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensures middleware services adheres to agency standards, policies, and procedures.
• May serve as technical lead on projects as necessary.
• May represent team during meetings and projects.
• Stays informed on latest developments in middleware technologies and applications.
• Develops and maintains accurate system and architectural documentation for middleware systems and processes.
• Conducts training of staff prior to implementation of systems, provides advice and guidance during and post implementation.
• Oversees, trains, and mentors other team members on adherence to accepted operating procedures
• Supports management with budgeting and compliance processes.

Provides systems administration.
• Installs, configures, tests, upgrades, and maintains middleware services and software.
• Utilizes agency ticketing system to enter and track problems and work requests.
• Monitors and responds to system and application performance and alerts
• Participates in rotating 24x7 on-call schedule.
• Participates in disaster recovery testing and events.
• Automates routines using scripting and other programming languages.
• Completes all required and assigned training before due date.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Maximize Your Earnings!

At the Comptroller's office, we know potential employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. The agency offers a strong benefits package for you and your family. Insurance, retirement plans, and a flexible work schedule are just the start. See our benefits offering

If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Important Note to the Candidate:

Salary is contingent upon qualifications. If you are scheduled for an interview and require any reasonable accommodation in our interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls you to schedule your interview. Whenever possible, please give the hiring representative sufficient time to consider and respond to your request.

MILITARY PREFERENCE

To receive MILITARY PREFERENCE, you are required to provide proof by attaching the necessary documentation to this job application.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

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Additional MOS can be found at the State Auditor's Office,

Military Crosswalk Guide.

The Texas Veterans Commission provides helpful employment information. Go to: http://www.texasskillstowork.com, http://www.onetonline.org, https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ or www.careeronestop.org for assistance translating your military experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications/requirements and skill sets.

Applications submitted through Work in Texas:

Work In Texas (WIT) applicants must complete supplemental questions to be considered for the position. To complete the supplemental questions please go to CAPPS Recruit to register or login and access your profile.

The Comptroller's Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed applications. The application must contain the necessary information in the work history for the applicant to qualify for the position.

An applicant must be eligible to work in the United States to be hired at the Comptroller's office and must remain eligible, without sponsorship or any assurance of financial or other assistance from this agency, during the term of their employment.