RQ09955 - Middleware Specialist - Senior
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Posting language
- English
Original job description
RQ09955 - Middleware Specialist - Senior
4-month contract - extension expected
ONSITE - 777 Bay St.
3 Openings - 3 Submissions
Community Services Cluster - Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
The Community Services I&IT Cluster supports multiple ministries (Education, Colleges & Universities, Municipal Affairs & Housing, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Culture). This role focuses on vulnerability management, including:
- Identify and assess vulnerabilities using tools like Qualys or similar.
- Apply security patches and updates promptly to mitigate risks.
- Perform configuration hardening based on benchmarks and best practices.
- Align middleware configurations with security frameworks
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure secure deployments.
- Prepare vulnerability reports and remediation status updates for stakeholders.
MUST-HAVES:
- Strong experience with middleware platforms (IBM WebSphere, JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, Apache Tomcat)
- Proficiency in applying security patches and updates for middleware and .NET components.
- Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows environments and system hardening
- Ability to analyze CVEs, assess risk, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Ability to coordinate and collaborate with project teams to respond to incidents and remediate vulnerabilities.
Nice-to-Have:
- OPS experience
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Middleware Specialist will find and assess security weaknesses in middleware systems, apply patches and harden configurations. The role works with application, infrastructure and security teams and writes vulnerability reports for stakeholders.
Requirements
Source Code needs strong experience with middleware platforms such as WebSphere, JBoss, WebLogic and Tomcat, plus Linux, Unix and Windows system hardening. Candidates must analyze CVEs, assess risk and coordinate incident response. OPS experience is an asset.
Skills
- Qualys
- IBM WebSphere
- JBoss
- Oracle WebLogic
- Apache Tomcat
- .NET
- Linux
- Unix
- Windows
- vulnerability assessment
- CVE analysis
- security patch management
- configuration hardening
- security frameworks
- incident response
- risk assessment
- vulnerability reporting
- OPS
Categories
- Technology
- Government & Public Sector
- Security & Safety
- Software
Keywords
- Middleware Specialist
- vulnerability management
- Qualys
- IBM WebSphere
- JBoss
- Oracle WebLogic
- Apache Tomcat
- .NET
- CVE analysis
- security patching
- system hardening
- Linux
- Unix
- Windows Server
- security benchmarks
- CIS benchmarks
- incident response
- vulnerability reporting
- OPS
- government IT
Seniority
Senior
Tools
- Qualys
- IBM WebSphere
- JBoss
- Oracle WebLogic
- Apache Tomcat
- .NET
Languages
- English