Job Description Insight Global is looking for an Application Modernization Specialist to support a large application modernization project with a leading higher education client. This person will assess and modernize a legacy application built on Java 8, Angular/Angular JS, REST APIs, and Db2. This will be a hands-on technical role focused on identifying performance issues, technical debt, and opportunities to upgrade or refactor the application.Skills and Requirements 8+ years of Java development experienceExperience modernizing legacy Java 8 applications to newer Java versionsStrong Angular and Angular JS experience, including Angular JS-to-Angular migrationsExperience breaking apart/refactoring monolithic applications and extracting services Solid Spring/Spring Boot,



REST API, JPA/Hibernate, and SQL experienceExperience diagnosing application performance issues using Java profiling, tracing, SQL analysis, and load testingExperience with Db2 or similar relational databasesExperience conducting code/technical debt assessments and creating modernization recommendationsStrong understanding of secure coding and OWASPAzure experienceDocker/Kubernetes and CI/CDSonar Qube or similar code analysis toolsExperience with IBM environmentsHigher education, student registration, or

📌 Application Modernization Specialist (Toronto)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 Toronto