HARRINGTON STARR LIMITED
Lead Middleware Platform Engineer
Lead Middleware Platform Engineer at HARRINGTON STARR LIMITED, based in London, paying £100,000 - £135,000 per annum. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Pay
- £100,000 - £135,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · Hybrid
- Location
- London
- Closing date
- Sector
- DevOps Engineer
About 88% above the going rate for devops engineer
Reference candidates/job/bh22618
About the role
- £100,000 - £140,000
- London, United Kingdom
- Permanent
- Infrastructure Support
Middleware Platforms Support Lead (VP)
London | Hybrid Working
Salary: £100,000–£135,000 + Bonus & Benefits
I’m partnering with a leading international banking group looking for a hands-on technical leader to support, engineer and enhance its business-critical middleware platforms.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys getting into the detail of complex technical issues while leading platform improvements and delivering meaningful engineering change.
What you’ll be doing:
- Taking ownership of complex production incidents across middleware platforms, leading investigation, recovery and permanent fixes.
- Supporting and enhancing IBM MQ, AutoSys, Splunk and enterprise integration services.
- Driving platform resilience, automation and service stability initiatives.
- Improving monitoring, alerting and observability to identify issues before they impact the business.
- Leading technical remediation and root-cause analysis following major incidents.
- Delivering engineering improvements to reduce manual intervention, improve operational efficiency and strengthen supportability.
- Supporting critical banking services in a 24/7 environment, including escalation, on-call and out-of-hours activities.
- Working closely with engineering, infrastructure and production support teams to improve reliability and operational standards.
Key projects and initiatives:
- Middleware platform resilience and stability improvements.
- Automation of repetitive operational tasks and recovery processes.
- Enhancements to Splunk monitoring, alerting and service visibility.
- Improvements to workload scheduling and batch processing through AutoSys.
- IBM MQ performance, availability and supportability enhancements.
- Major incident remediation and proactive reduction of recurring production issues.
- Engineering standards and operational readiness improvements across critical platforms.
What I’m looking for:
- Strong hands-on IBM MQ administration and production support experience.
- Solid AutoSys or equivalent workload automation expertise.
- Strong Splunk and monitoring experience.
- A background supporting business-critical enterprise services.
- Proven experience troubleshooting complex incidents and delivering lasting technical solutions.
This is a senior, hands-on VP opportunity combining technical leadership, production ownership and platform engineering within a complex international banking environment.
Interested, or know someone who could be a good fit? DM me for a confidential discussion. For immediate inquiries please contact Harriet Lamplugh de Smith at [email removed]
#Hiring #Middleware #IBMMQ #AutoSys #Splunk #ProductionSupport #PlatformEngineering #BankingTechnology
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Reference: candidates/job/bh22618 · Posted 2 hours ago · Closes 12 Dec 2026 · Listed via HARRINGTON STARR LIMITED
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