Project Overview

The engagement focuses on migrating multiple mission-critical enterprise applications from on-premises infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The portfolio includes Merative Cúram, Oracle Siebel, Oracle e-Business Suite, IBM Business Automation Workflow, Informatica, Cognos, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle databases, and related shared services. The phased approach is migrate first, modernize second, involving application and database migration to AWS, Oracle Database upgrades, infrastructure modernization, security and identity integration, migration planning and execution, and future-state containerization and deployment to Amazon EKS.

Key Responsibilities

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.

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.

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).

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.

Produce architecture decisions and technical documentation.





Identify and manage migration risks and mitigation plans.

Facilitate architecture reviews and technical workshops.

Support procurement, project planning, and executive reporting.

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED

Must be able to work 5 days onsite per week in Toronto

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

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

NICE TO HAVE

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

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Middleware Operational Support - 40 points

Cloud-based Services and Migration - 30 points

Service Management - 30 points

Key Skills & Competencies

AWS, Cloud Migration, Middleware, DevOps, CodePipeline, CloudFormation, CDK, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Web Servers, Application Tier Servers, Application Development, Containerization, Workload Orchestration, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, Java, WebSphere, WebSphere Liberty, IBM BAW, Informatica, Cognos Analytics, Oracle Database 19c, Oracle Siebel CRM, Oracle e-Business Suite, Merative Curam, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Apache httpd, Windows Server, Nagios, Prometheus, DynaTrace, Grafana, SiteScope, OpenSearch, Logstash, GO-PKI Security, ITIL, IAM, SSO, VPC, EC2, EBS, S3, Route 53, Load Balancer, Transit Gateway, Network Segmentation, Security Groups, Backup, Disaster Recovery, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Change Management, Release Management, Incident Management, Problem Management

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📌 Middleware Specialist (Ontario)
🏢 GovTech Talent Solutions
📍 Ontario