Middleware Specialist 9254-1213

Foilcon


Date: 22 hours ago
City: Toronto, Ontario
Contract type: Contractor
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.

Description

Responsibilities:

  • Provide planning, consulting, technical analysis, design, deployment, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, upgrades and daily support of middleware products

General Skills

  • Experience with web and applications tier servers
  • Experience with message brokers
  • Experience with messaging services
  • Experience with adapters
  • Experience with development framework/technologies
  • Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, system optimization and administration, as well as experience with application development
  • 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
  • Experience with middleware and gateways
  • Experience on application monitoring and support
  • A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills

  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and
  • Knowledge of portal services
  • Knowledge of GO-PKI Security or similar public/private key Infrastructure
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  • 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:
  • Windows Internet Information Server (IIS)
  • IBM HTTP Server, Apache
  • IBM WebSphere
  • IBM Cognos Analytics
  • IBM Business Automation Workflow
  • Oracle Database 19c (and later)
  • Oracle Director Server Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle Siebel
  • Oracle Identity Manager / Oracle Internet Directory
  • Oracle Analytics Server
  • Oracle Intelligent Advisor
  • Informatica PowerCentre
  • CTRL-M Workload Automation
  • Nagios, Prometheus, DynaTrace, Grafana, SiteScope and other monitoring tools
  • ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana
  • Solaris, Windows, AIX and Linux (e.g., Red Hat Ent Linux)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills: 50%

  • 8+ years experience with COTS based Business Automation and Case Management solutions (ie: IBM Cloud Pack for Business Automation)
  • 8+ years experience with business process management and case management automation software suites
  • 7+ years experience in Java based development utilizing a combination of WebSphere, JDBC, Oracle, DB2, DataPower and associated Web technologies including JavaScript and JSP
  • 5+ years experience in integration of Open Source Software (OSS) products into new and existing systems
  • Experience in development and design of new mid-tier applications or enhancement to existing ones in a DevOPS focused environment
  • Preparation of automated deployment builds (Jenkins)
  • Experience in structured, agile and DevOp methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
  • Experience with one or more platforms, including the operating system, database technology, communication protocols, middleware and gateways
  • Experience developing or maintaining large scale IT systems, including high-volume public facing programs
  • Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones
  • Integration of service API's and micro-services to existing or new web services.
  • Ability to understand and analyze business requirements, and to design structured programs that efficiently satisfy these requirements
  • Ability to write programs that are modular, well-structured, and easy to maintain
  • Demonstrated success writing system design and implementation documents
  • Experience with, and understanding of, relational databases (DB2, Oracle, MS-SQL)
  • Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs
  • Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of modules
  • Participate in business requirements walkthroughs
  • Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs
  • Conduct/participate in testing walkthroughs

Analytical Skills: 35%

  • Analysis of business requirement documents and liaison with clients
  • Experience adopting and adhering to unified I&IT project management methodologies (waterfall, agile and DevOps) enterprise architecture and gating frameworks, and standard systems development methodologies.
  • Respond to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents with proven and demonstrable troubleshooting and analytical experience

Communications Skills: 15%

  • Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • Strong Interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
  • A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
  • Demonstrated success in working productively with business clients, developers, and technical specialists such as DBAs, web administrators, etc.

Must-haves

  • 8+ years experience with COTS based Business Automation and Case Management solutions (ie: IBM Cloud Pack for Business Automation)
  • 8+ years experience with business process management and case management automation software suites
  • Experience in structured, agile and DevOp methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
  • Integration of service API's and micro-services to existing or new web services.
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