Middleware Specialist (RQ11227)

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.

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

Closing Date/Time: 2026-09-08, 1:00 p.m.

Max no of submission- 1(one)

Onsite

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