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# WebSphere Liberty Migration Consultant

- **Company:** Nfolks Data Solutions LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, DevOps, IBM Websphere Application Server, Performance Tuning
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a67012c4-72c8-4bc5-801c-b968ccbec2a7

## About the Role

Ability to implement, install, configure, customize, upgrade, migrate, develop or design Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) solutions. Support the move from non-production to production environment and participate in knowledge sharing for self-sufficiency. Additionally, be able to perform ELM health checks and performance analysis, recommendations and tuning., We are looking for a highly skilled Resident Engineer to support a large-scale application modernization initiative involving the migration of 20+ applications from Traditional WebSphere Application Server (WAS) to Open Liberty/WebSphere Liberty.

The ideal candidate should possess:

· 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
Transformation Advisor (TA), · 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

## Description

· Work directly with United Airlines application teams to assess and migrate applications from Traditional WAS to Liberty

· Analyze and remediate application code and configuration issues during migration

· Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the migration process

· Troubleshoot and resolve migration, deployment, and performance challenges

· Collaborate closely with client stakeholders and IBM delivery teams

· Document migration approaches, lessons learned, and best practices

· Deliver knowledge transfer sessions to client teams


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