Senior Technical Lead
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Job Description
Senior Technical Lead
Others, Rhode Island

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical System Analyst to lead application discovery, impact assessment, dependency analysis, and migration assessment activities as part of a large-scale IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 to Tomcat on Kubernetes modernization initiative.
The role will focus on understanding the existing application landscape, analyzing WebSphere-specific implementations, identifying application and service dependencies, assessing migration impacts, and defining technical migration requirements for Java-based applications deployed across two independently managed platforms. The engagement involves a lift-and-shift migration with Java upgrades while preserving existing SOAP interfaces, consumer integrations, security mechanisms, and business functionality.

Key Responsibilities

Current State Assessment
Perform detailed analysis of IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 hosted applications and environments.
Document existing application architecture, deployment topology, integrations, and configurations.
Assess Java runtime dependencies and compatibility for Java version upgrades.

WebSphere & Tomcat Migration Analysis
Analyze WebSphere-specific components and recommend equivalent Tomcat configurations.
Evaluate migration requirements for:
Application deployment descriptors
JNDI configurations
JDBC connection pools
JMS resources
Security configurations
Session management

Web Services & Integration Analysis
Analyze SOAP-based web services and service contracts.
Identify service consumers and integration touchpoints.
Assess impact of infrastructure and platform migration on service consumers.
Validate that existing SOAP interfaces remain unchanged post migration.

Dependency Mapping & Impact Assessment
Perform application dependency analysis.
Identify upstream and downstream integrations.
Analyze backend database interactions and data flows.
Produce application and interface dependency maps.

Security Assessment
Analyze existing SAML-based authentication and authorization mechanisms.
Assess migration impact on identity and access management integrations.
Validate compatibility with the target platform.

Create Technical Documentation
Application inventory
Service catalog
Current and target-state diagrams
Migration assessment reports
Gap analysis documents
Risk and mitigation reports


Stakeholder Collaboration
Work closely with architects, developers, middleware teams, infrastructure teams, and application owners.
Facilitate requirement gathering and technical workshops.
Support migration planning and execution teams through design reviews.

Skill Requirements

Application Discovery, Reverse Engineering, Impact Analysis
IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 Administration & Configuration Analysis
Tomcat Architecture and Configuration
Java 6 through current LTS versions
Spring Framework (Core, DI/IOC)
SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema
JMS
JDBC, Connection Pooling
SAML Authentication & Authorization
Maven
GitHub
Docker, Kubernetes
SonarQube
UML, Architecture Diagrams, Technical Specifications

Other Requirements

8+ years of Technical System Analysis experience.
Strong experience with IBM WebSphere environments.
Experience analyzing enterprise Java applications.
Experience supporting application modernization or migration programs.
Experience documenting complex application ecosystems and service dependencies.
Working knowledge of Kubernetes-based deployments.
Experience with SOAP-based enterprise integrations.
Maximum Salary (US):  151000
Minimum Salary (US):  95000
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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.