US Supplier Delivery Consultant – Engineering Lifecycle Management
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Assess and migrate United Airlines applications from Traditional WAS to Open Liberty, analyzing and remediating code and configuration issues during the transition. Provide technical leadership to resolve deployment and performance challenges while collaborating with client teams and IBM delivery partners. Document migration approaches, deliver knowledge transfer sessions, and perform health checks to ensure self-sufficiency. Requires US citizenship, deep WAS and Open Liberty expertise, and strong Java skills. This role supports a large-scale modernization initiative for national security and border protection applications.
Required Qualifications
- US Citizenship
- Strong hands-on development experience migrating client application code from Traditional WAS to Liberty
- Deep expertise with WebSphere Application Server (Traditional WAS)
- Proven Open Liberty / WebSphere Liberty migration experience
- Strong Java development skills
- Application modernization and migration experience
- Hands-on implementation, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and configuration expertise
- Experience working directly with client application teams in an embedded delivery model
- Ability to perform knowledge transfer and create technical documentation
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience serving as a Resident Engineer or technical consultant embedded with client teams
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale Java application modernization initiatives
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices within Java environments
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