Farnell

Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a senior Middleware developer with a strong background in Oracle Fusion Middleware platform and delivering complex technical solutions in fast‑paced, global environments.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of hands‑on experience across multiple middleware and integration technologies—particularly Oracle Fusion Middleware(WebLogic and SOA/OSB) and Java—combined with strong database knowledge, UNIX expertise, and modern development practices.

The role of senior Middleware developer requires strong communication skills, collaboration with stakeholders to validate user requirements, assess available technologies and recommend solution options. You will have the opportunity to collaborate within a global team and interact with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions for strategic projects while meeting deadlines. We are looking for a proactive problem solver, highly analytical, self‑driven, and eager to learn new technologies and processes while also sharing with your peers in the Middletier team.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain solutions across Oracle Middleware platforms, ensuring alignment with architectural standards.
• Work with Oracle FMW products, Java, SQL and other programming languages and tools to deliver high‑quality, scalable integration services to meet business specifications.
• Create and review detailed technical designs, ensuring all requirements and use cases are fully addressed and the solution met all the performance criteria and best practices that you will contribute to maintain.
• Develop and maintain UNIX shell scripts, scheduled jobs, and automation tools using languages such as Perl, Python, or Jython.
• Write and optimize PL/SQL packages, queries, AQ queues, and jobs within Oracle databases.
• Build, maintain, and consume APIs using REST or SOAP, with strong manipulation of XML and JSON formats.
• Develop, transform, and manipulate XML‑based data structures using XQuery and XSL/XSLT as part of integration and middleware workflows.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams using GitLab or SVN for version control, merge requests, and deployment pipelines.
• Use Jira for task tracking, release management, and project coordination.
• Conduct thorough unit testing, regression testing, and stress testing, properly documented so they can be reviewed by the other members of the team. This will include yourself being the reviewer of those documents when you are leading the project.
• Participate actively in daily team meetings as part of a global MiddleTier team, ensuring continuous communication and alignment. Involvement and participation are key in the team where we can all offer guidance to other members of the team.
• Support troubleshooting and triage activities, including issues related to system connectivity and middleware integrations.
• Lead projects or components of projects, ensuring timely and high‑quality delivery.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in IT, including extensive hands‑on work with Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.
• Expertise and development experience in at least three of the following:
  • SOA Suite
  • Weblogic
  • Java
  • OSB
• 5+ years of experience with relational databases, including strong knowledge of:
  • PL/SQL
  • Queries
  • AQ queues
  • Scheduled jobs
• Strong understanding of Oracle system architecture, subsystems, and internal processes.
• Solid experience working in UNIX environments and writing scripts in shell scripting, Perl, python, jython or similar.
• Expertise handling XML, JSON, and designing/consuming REST/SOAP APIs.
• Hands‑on experience with GitLab and/or SVN, including merge requests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience documenting designs, writing clear technical specifications, and validating business requirements.
• Familiarity with test automation, unit testing frameworks, regression testing, and performance/stress testing tools.
• Experience using Jira for issue tracking and project management.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking abilities to work hands-on in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work with global architects and distributed teams.
• Ability to lead tasks or projects and deliver within established deadlines.
• High degree of self‑motivation and demonstrated capacity for self‑learning.
• Willingness to learn new processes and apply them consistently.
• Comfortable collaborating across regions as part of a global Middletier team.

Recommended Skills (Nice to Have) :

• Basic networking knowledge for issue triage and system connectivity validation.
• Experience with Azure services such as Azure Functions, App Service, Azure SQL DB, Azure Databricks or Azure Cosmos DB and exposure to Node.js and TypeScript.
• Prior experience working with PCI, PII, or GDP(R)D compliance requirements.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.