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