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.
  

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