RQ11227 - Middleware Specialist - Senior

Job Description

Description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Middleware Specialist to provide strategic and technical leadership for the migration of multiple mission-critical enterprise applications from on-premises infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The consultant will support the migration and modernization of a complex application portfolio that includes Merative Cúram, Oracle Siebel, Oracle e-Business Suite, IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW), Informatica, Cognos, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle databases, and related shared services.

The engagement will focus on a phased "migrate first, modernize second" approach, involving:

• Application and database migration to AWS
  
• Oracle Database upgrades (19c to 26ai)
  
• Infrastructure modernization
  
• Security and identity integration
  
• Migration planning and execution
  
• Future-state containerization and deployment to Amazon EKS
  

Key Responsibilities:

Migration Strategy and Architecture:

• Assess and validate migration approaches for the mission-critical applications, and related systems.
  
• Develop detailed AWS migration strategies, roadmaps, and migration waves.
  
• Produce target-state cloud architecture designs and transition plans.
  
• Validate application, infrastructure, integration, and database dependencies.
  
• Design and review AWS architecture including VPCs, EC2s, EBS, S3, Route 53, Load Balancers, Transit Gateway, Network segmentation, Security Groups, IAM, CloudWatch, Backup and Disaster Recovery
  
• Ensure alignment with government security, compliance, and operational standards.
  

Application Migration:

• Provide guidance and implementation support for migration of Merative Cúram applications, Oracle Siebel CRM, Oracle e-Business Suite, IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW), WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic, Cognos Analytics, Informatica, Shared services and integration platforms
  

Containerization and Cloud Modernization:

• Support future modernization initiatives including Java upgrades to Java 21, Migration from traditional WebSphere to WebSphere Liberty, Kubernetes architecture and implementation, Amazon EKS deployment strategy, CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  

Security and Identity:

• Review cloud security architecture.
  
• Design IAM and access management strategies.
  
• Integrate enterprise identity and SSO services.
  
• Support secure connectivity between AWS and on-premises environments.
  
• Assess compliance, audit, and operational controls.
  

Migration Governance:

• Produce architecture decisions and technical documentation.
  
• Identify and manage migration risks and mitigation plans.
  
• Facilitate architecture reviews and technical workshops.
  
• Mentor internal teams and transfer knowledge.
  
• Support procurement, project planning, and executive reporting.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, system optimization and administration, as well as experience with application development
  
• Experience with middleware and gateways
  
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud provider platforms migrating, deploying and managing cloud-native applications and services
  
• Experience with DevOps tools such as CodePipeline, CDK/CloudFormation, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or others
  
• Experience with web and applications tier servers
  

Skill Set Requirements:

General Skills:

• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud provider platforms migrating, deploying and managing cloud-native applications and services
  
• Experience with DevOps tools such as CodePipeline, CDK/CloudFormation, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or others.
  
• Experience with web and applications tier servers
  
• Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, system optimization and administration, as well as experience with application development
  
• Experience with middleware and gateways
  
• Experience on application monitoring and support
  
• Experience Building and maintaining automated pipelines for build, test, and deployment
  
• Experience building and deploying containers and workload orchestration platform
  
• Experience with development framework/technologies
  
• Experience with change management and release management as processes supporting the implementation of large applications
  
• Experience with incident and problem management processes
  
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications
  
• Experience producing design artefacts, code, configurations, scripts, and test cases
  
• Ability to analyze the results from functional, security, load-and-stress testing and resolve reported issues
  
• Ability to analyze and solve data integrity, security, configuration and recovery issues
  
• Assess and test Change Requests (CRQ) with technical content and updating as necessary
  
• Ability to participate in release promotions/implementations
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of GO-PKI Security or similar public/private key Infrastructure
  
• Experience conducting system and application monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards
  
• Experience sustaining large application implementations based on the following technology products:
  
• Merative Curam
  
• IBM WebSphere
  
• IBM Cognos Analytics
  
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Apache httpd
  
• Oracle Database 19c (and later)
  
• Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
  
• Oracle Siebel
  
• Oracle Identity Manager / Oracle Internet Directory
  
• Oracle Analytics Server
  
• Oracle Intelligent Advisor
  
• Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (eBS)
  
• Informatica PowerCentre
  
• CTRL-M Workload Automation
  
• Nagios, Prometheus, DynaTrace, Grafana, SiteScope and other monitoring tools
  
• OpenSearch, Logstash
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server
  
• Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS
  

Middleware Operational Support

Cloud-based Services and Migration

Service Management

Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements: Must Haves: Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, system optimization and administration, as well as experience with application development Experience with middleware and gateways Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud provider platforms migrating, deploying and managing cloud-native applications and services Experience with DevOps tools such as CodePipeline, CDK/CloudFormation, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or others Experience with web and applications tier servers Skill Set Requirements: General Skills: Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud provider platforms migrating, deploying and managing cloud-native applications and services Experience with DevOps tools such as CodePipeline, CDK/CloudFormation, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or others. Experience with web and applications tier servers Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, system optimization and administration, as well as experience with application development Experience with middleware and gateways Experience on application monitoring and support Experience Building and maintaining automated pipelines for build, test, and deployment Experience building and deploying containers and workload orchestration platform Experience with development framework/technologies Experience with change management and release management as processes supporting the implementation of large applications Experience with incident and problem management processes Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications Experience producing design artefacts, code, configurations, scripts, and test cases Ability to analyze the results from functional, security, load-and-stress testing and resolve reported issues Ability to analyze and solve data integrity, security, configuration and recovery issues Assess and test Change Requests (CRQ) with technical content and updating as necessary Ability to participate in release promotions/implementations A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines Desirable Skills: Knowledge of GO-PKI Security or similar public/private key Infrastructure Experience conducting system and application monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards Experience sustaining large application implementations based on the following technology products: Merative Curam IBM WebSphere IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Business Automation Workflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Apache httpd Oracle Database 19c (and later) Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Oracle Siebel Oracle Identity Manager / Oracle Internet Directory Oracle Analytics Server Oracle Intelligent Advisor Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (eBS) Informatica PowerCentre CTRL-M Workload Automation Nagios, Prometheus, DynaTrace, Grafana, SiteScope and other monitoring tools OpenSearch, Logstash Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS Middleware Operational Support Cloud-based Services and Migration Service Management