Middleware Team lead
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Trace Systems seeks a Middleware Team Lead to deploy and manage middleware software supporting customer applications. The role is associated with a project currently in the proposal stage and involves architecting and maintaining mid-tier infrastructure, supporting deployments, developing security standards and monitoring dashboards, and conducting security readiness reviews. The position requires an active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and at least three years of application server architecture experience.
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Job Overview
Job Title: Middleware Team Lead
Job Location: Radford, Virginia
Job Responsibilities
Trace Systems is seeking a Middleware Team Lead with experience deploying and managing middleware SW supporting customer applications. The project associated with this position is currently in the proposal stage.
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Architecting infrastructure, installing, and configuring Application and Web Servers, Portals, and associated SW products and operating system configuration in LINUX, UNIX and Windows environments.
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Maintaining the infrastructure to meet availability and performance standards.
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Assisting in the scheduling of deployment activity as well as new installations of mid-tier infrastructure.
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Developing security standards in the mid-tier and ensuring all systems and applications meet ARMY security requirements.
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Developing and maintaining mid-tier system monitoring and administrative dashboards to ensure a proactive approach to system management.
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Applying thorough knowledge of the Cyber Command Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) processes and procedures.
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Performing a Security Readiness Review (SRR) and document the SRR findings in a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) document.
Minimum Qualifications
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Active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance.
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Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship is required.
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Experience in Computer Science or IT.
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Three or more years’ experience with Application Server architecture in a large enterprise environment.
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Knowledge of Internet Information Services (IIS), Apache Tomcat (TOMCAT), Apache, Java, WebLogic, WebSphere, or similar class server systems.
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Knowledge of Web Services, both Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Representational State Transfer (REST).
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Knowledge of Extensible Markup Language (XML) is required.
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Must possess a familiarity of the Java or C# programming languages to assist developers in debugging applications.
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Knowledge of UNIX and Windows administrations skills.
Desired Qualification
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Knowledge of Document Type Definition (DTD), Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT), Xerces and Xalan
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Knowledge of the Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and the SQL Server RDBMS
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Knowledge of Python and PowerShell
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Working knowledge of DoW STIGs, and IAVM.
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
Trace Systems
Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
To Apply: We invite you to put your talents to work by joining a growing team of dynamic professionals here at Trace Systems! Be part of a culture at our leading-edge company where you can achieve great things while fostering a satisfying and rewarding career progression. To learn more about our current openings, text ‘tracejobs’ to 97211 or apply directly through our website at: www.tracesystems.com. #jointracesystems
Trace Systems is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,497 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
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- Virginia median$120–184K/yr820 salary ranges
- US median$56–70/hr451 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,039 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,497 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,601 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 4,736 of the 11,497 open Systems Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
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