{"id":3540220,"url":"https://alion.io/job/itds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support","title":"Senior Middleware Operations Engineer – WebSphere and Cloud Support","company":{"id":4374591,"name":"ITDS Portugal","domain":"itdsportugal.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/itds-2","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"contractor","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Lisbon, Portugal"],"countries":["PT"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":26000,"max_usd":59000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":8444},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"Incident Management","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Unleash operational excellence — drive innovation and stability in middleware support!\nLisbon-based opportunity with hybrid work model.\nAs a Senior Middleware Operations Engineer, you will be working for our client, a leading entity in the financial industry dedicated to delivering reliable, secure, and efficient platform solutions. You will contribute to supporting and modernizing WebSphere services, ensuring optimal performance, stability, and continuous improvement in a dynamic environment. This role offers a unique chance to influence the future of middleware operations and advance your career in cutting-edge support.\nYour main responsibilities:\nManage incident handling, runtime troubleshooting, and system recovery to maintain system stability.\nSupport and execute standard changes, patching, and lifecycle activities for WebSphere environments.\nMonitor performance metrics, analyze server resources, and optimize platform operations.\nAutomate operational tasks using tools like Ansible, XLD, XLR, shell scripting, and Python.\nContribute to the migration of WebSphere Application Server estates toward Liberty in a financial context.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance runtime stability and support modernization initiatives.\nDocument procedures and support continuous improvement initiatives for middleware environments.\nYou're ideal for this role if you have:\nAt least 4 years of experience in middleware or application support, with a focus on WebSphere.\nStrong knowledge of WebSphere Application Server, Liberty, and cloud support.\nExperience with incident management, troubleshooting, and platform optimization.\nProficiency with automation tools such as Ansible, XLD, XLR, shell scripting, and Python.\nFluent English communication skills, both written and spoken.\nIt is a strong plus if you have:\nCertifications related to WebSphere or middleware technologies.\nPrevious experience working within financial environments.\nKnowledge of platform migration and modernization projects.\nLanguage required for the role:\nEnglish - Fluent\nEligibility to work in Europe:\nOnly candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.\n#MAKEYourCareerBETTER\nInterested? Apply now and include your CV (preferably in English) along with a statement confirming your consent to the processing and storage of your personal data.\n\nhttps://itdsportugal.com/en/it-jobs/10260/?utm_source=itjobs","description_format":"text","description_chars":2453,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Technology","IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams","IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T18:56:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["seen:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/itds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/itds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T23:14:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":35411,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4374591},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4374591"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fitds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fitds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fitds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/itds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fitds-portugal-senior-middleware-operations-engineer-websphere-and-cloud-support"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3540220}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"itdsportugal.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3540220},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}