Middleware AI consultant

Saransh Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Saransh Inc. seeks an experienced Middleware AI consultant in Chicago, onsite only.

You will lead assessment and modernization efforts across IBM WebSphere environments, including WAS 7.x/8.x/8.5.x/9.x and WebSphere ND, plus integration with LDAP/AD, JMS/JNDI/JDBC, and IBM MQ. Responsibilities include inventory discovery, dependency analysis, migration feasibility, and roadmap development for legacy middleware modernization, with emphasis on automation, AI-assisted assessment, and risk-based

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere ND.
• Proven ability to analyze middleware inventories and migrations.
• Familiar with LDAP/AD, JMS/JNDI/JDBC, and IBM MQ integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment, discovery, and dependency analysis for middleware estates.
• Plan and execute WebSphere modernization and consolidation programs.
• Develop migration roadmaps and validation of AI-generated findings.

Skills

Middleware consultant

Client engagement

Onsite delivery

Tools

IBM WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Network Deployment

JBoss EAP

LDAP/Active Directory

JMS/JNDI/JDBC

IBM MQ

J2EE components

Maven

Gradle

Spring Framework

REST APIs

SOAP services

XML configuration

Linux

Shell scripting

Python scripting

Job description

• IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x, 8.x, 8.5.x, 9.x
• WebSphere Network Deployment (ND)
• Cell, node, cluster, and deployment manager architectures
• WebSphere administration and troubleshooting
• WebSphere security configuration
• LDAP and Active Directory integrations
• JMS, JNDI, JDBC, connection pools
• IBM MQ integrations
• Shared libraries and class loading
• Enterprise middleware architecture and administration
• Legacy middleware modernization and consolidation programs
• Application Assessment & Discovery
• Application inventory and discovery
• Middleware dependency analysis
• Configuration analysis
• Integration analysis

• Role/Skills: Middleware AI consultant
• Location - Onsite, Chicago.

Description

• IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x, 8.x, 8.5.x, 9.x
• WebSphere Network Deployment (ND)
• Cell, node, cluster, and deployment manager architectures
• WebSphere administration and troubleshooting
• WebSphere security configuration
• LDAP and Active Directory integrations
• JMS, JNDI, JDBC, connection pools
• IBM MQ integrations
• Shared libraries and class loading
• Enterprise middleware architecture and administration
• Legacy middleware modernization and consolidation programs
• Application Assessment & Discovery
• Application inventory and discovery
• Middleware dependency analysis
• Configuration analysis
• Integration analysis

Core Middleware Expertise

• IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x, 8.x, 8.5.x, 9.x
• WebSphere Network Deployment (ND)
• Cell, node, cluster, and deployment manager architectures
• WebSphere administration and troubleshooting
• WebSphere security configuration
• LDAP and Active Directory integrations
• JMS, JNDI, JDBC, connection pools
• IBM MQ integrations
• Shared libraries and class loading
• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
• Enterprise middleware architecture and administration
• Legacy middleware modernization and consolidation programs
• Application Assessment & Discovery
• Application inventory and discovery
• Middleware dependency analysis
• Configuration analysis
• Integration analysis

Identification Of WebSphere-specific Dependencies

• EJBs
• JMS
• JNDI resources
• Deployment descriptors
• Security components
• Shared libraries
• Custom classloading configurations
• Custom middleware services
• Application complexity classification
• Migration feasibility analysis
• Risk and effort estimation
• Application rationalization and modernization planning
• Java Platform Knowledge
• Java SE / Java EE / Jakarta EE
• EAR, WAR, and JAR packaging
• Maven
• Gradle
• Spring Framework
• REST APIs
• SOAP services
• XML configuration analysis
• Enterprise integration patterns
• Claude Code Experience
• Resource must be comfortable leveraging Claude Code throughout the assessment engagement.

Capabilities Should Include

• Codebase analysis
• Dependency discovery
• Configuration review
• Automated documentation generation
• Technical debt identification
• Migration suitability analysis
• Complexity scoring
• Refactoring recommendation generation
• Migration roadmap development
• Validation of AI-generated findings and recommendations
• Modernization Assessment Experience
• WebSphere-to-JBoss migration assessments
• Identification of low-complexity migration candidates
• Identification of middleware-only remediation opportunities
• Application portability assessments
• Licensing optimization opportunities
• Development of modernization roadmaps
• Development of migration waves and prioritization strategies
• Minimization of application team engagement through automated analysis and AI-assisted assessment techniques

Supporting Skills

• Linux administration fundamentals
• Shell scripting
• Python scripting
• Log analysis
• Performance assessment
• Configuration management concepts
• Enterprise authentication technologies:
• LDAP
• Active Directory
• SSO

Required Deliverables Experience

• Current-state middleware inventory
• Application dependency matrix
• Application complexity assessment
• Migration feasibility report
• Candidate prioritization matrix
• Application team effort assessment
• Modernization roadmap
• Executive summary and recommendations