RQ11227 Middleware Specialist Senior

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.
  

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