Senior Tomcat Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX - onsite

o Tomcat Admin / Ansible + OpenShift experience as the base.

A Senior Tomcat Engineer, often titled as a Senior Systems Operations Engineer or Middleware Engineer, focuses on designing, installing, configuring, and tuning Apache Tomcat in complex, clustered production environments, typically within Linux infrastructures. They ensure high availability, security, and performance optimization (e.g., memory tuning, JVM configuration).

Key Responsibilities and Skills

Administration & Maintenance: Managing large-scale Apache Tomcat installations, including upgrades, patching, and configuration management (e.g., MBean attributes).

Performance Tuning: Optimizing JVM performance, thread pools, and connector settings to maintain service levels.

Security: Conducting vulnerability management, r...