Senior Middleware Specialist

Position: Senior Middleware Specialist

Duration: 6 Months assignment (contract)
Client Location: Toronto (Onsite: 7.25 hours/day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
Engagement Model: Professional Services Engagement – B2B (Incorporated Entities Only)

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Note on Assignment Type

This position is provisionally Onsite, requiring 7.25 hours per calendar day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday (excluding breaks). Conditions may change based on organizational requirements and at the discretion of the Hiring Manager.

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About the Engagement

Akkodis is seeking an experienced Senior Middleware Specialist to provide strategic and technical leadership for the migration and modernization of multiple mission-critical enterprise applications from on-premises infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The successful consultant will support a complex portfolio of enterprise applications and middleware platforms, providing expertise across cloud migration, middleware administration, application modernization, DevOps automation, infrastructure optimization, containerization, security integration, operational support, and release management.

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Scope

• Lead migration planning and execution for mission-critical enterprise applications and middleware platforms to AWS.

• Assess and validate application, database, infrastructure, and integration dependencies.

• Design and review AWS architectures, including networking, security, storage, compute, monitoring, and disaster recovery components.

• Install, configure, administer, tune, and optimize middleware platforms and application servers.

• Support cloud-native application deployment, containerization, orchestration, and modernization initiatives.

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Assignment Deliverables

• Develop AWS migration strategies, migration waves, roadmaps, and implementation plans.

• Produce target-state cloud architecture designs and transition documentation.

• Configure, administer, and support enterprise middleware platforms, gateways, and application servers.

• Implement and maintain automated build, test, deployment, and release pipelines.

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Expertise Required

Must Have:

• Experience with middleware software installation, configuration, tuning, optimization, administration, and application development.

• Experience working with middleware technologies and gateways.

• Hands-on experience migrating, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications and services using AWS or other cloud platforms.

• Experience with DevOps tools such as CodePipeline, CDK/CloudFormation, Kiro, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar technologies.

• Experience supporting web servers and application-tier server environments.

• Experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines for build, testing, deployment, and release automation.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Nagios, Prometheus, Dynatrace, Grafana, SiteScope, OpenSearch, and Logstash.

• Experience with workload automation tools such as Control-M.

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Security Clearance

Required.

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Important

This is a business-to-business engagement. Candidates must represent an incorporated entity, hold a valid business number, maintain appropriate insurance, and invoice for services rendered.

How to Apply

 Submit your resume in confidence via the Akkodis Canada website.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be contacted for further discussions.

Accessibility:

At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matter. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.