Jasper Upgrade Engineer

Key Responsibilities

1. JasperReports Architecture & Upgrade

• •Lead the end-to-end upgrade of Jaspersoft/JasperReports Server from 6.x to the latest supported version .
• •Assess the existing JasperReports Server architecture, deployment model, configurations, customizations, and dependencies.
• •Define the upgrade and migration strategy , including sequencing, dependencies, rollback approach, and validation.
• •Identify and resolve version compatibility issues across JasperReports, Java, Tomcat, databases, authentication mechanisms, and integrations.
• •Review existing Jasper reports, data sources, repositories, extensions, custom components, and integrations for upgrade impact.
• •Provide technical guidance on upgrade-related architecture and design decisions.

2. Security Architecture & Hardening

• •Assess the current Jasper security architecture and configuration and identify security gaps.
• •Define and implement a security hardening strategy as part of the upgrade.
• •Review authentication, authorization, session management, access controls, and security configurations.
• •Conduct security reviews and coordinate remediation of identified vulnerabilities and security findings .
• •Ensure appropriate security controls are incorporated into the upgraded environment.
• •Support security validation and risk remediation before production rollout.

3. Authentication & Enterprise Integration

• •Lead the upgrade and validation of enterprise authentication integrations, including:
• •SSO
• •SAML
• •OAuth
• •LDAP / Active Directory
• •Assess compatibility of existing authentication configurations with the target JasperReports version.
• •Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, identity mapping, and access-control issues.
• •Validate integration with enterprise databases and application ecosystems.
• •Ensure existing integrations continue to function correctly following the upgrade.

4. Java, Tomcat & Linux Platform

• •Assess compatibility between JasperReports Server and the underlying Java runtime, Apache Tomcat, Linux OS, and database platforms .
• •Lead technical remediation for application-server and runtime compatibility issues.
• •Review Tomcat configuration, deployment settings, JVM configuration, security settings, and application dependencies.
• •Troubleshoot application startup, deployment, connectivity, performance, and runtime issues during the upgrade.
• •Provide technical recommendations for the target platform architecture.

5. Migration, Testing & Stabilization

• •Define the migration approach for application configurations, repositories, reports, users, roles, permissions, data sources, and integrations.
• •Establish technical validation criteria for the upgraded environment.
• •Support functional, integration, security, and regression testing.
• •Lead defect analysis and resolution for upgrade-related issues.
• •Drive post-upgrade stabilization , including production monitoring, issue resolution, and remediation.
• •Provide technical guidance during cutover and production transition.

6. Architecture & Stakeholder Leadership

• •Act as the technical architecture owner for the Jasper upgrade initiative.
• •Make architecture and technology decisions based on compatibility, security, maintainability, and business requirements.
• •Produce and review architecture/design documentation, upgrade plans, technical assessments, and security recommendations.
• •Work closely with application, infrastructure, security, identity, database, and business teams.
• •Engage with business and technical stakeholders to communicate risks, dependencies, decisions, and progress.
• •Provide technical leadership to engineering teams without necessarily having direct line-management responsibility.

Required Skills & Experience

• •12+ years of overall IT experience , with significant experience in enterprise application architecture, administration, or modernization.
• •Strong hands-on expertise in Jaspersoft / JasperReports Server architecture and administration .
• •Proven experience performing JasperReports Server version upgrades , preferably including upgrades from 6.x to newer/latest versions .
• •Strong understanding of JasperReports Server architecture, configuration, repositories, reports, data sources, users, roles, permissions, and integrations.
• •Hands-on experience troubleshooting version compatibility and migration issues .
• •Strong experience with:
• •Java
• •Apache Tomcat
• •Linux
• •Relational databases
• •Strong experience with enterprise authentication and identity technologies:
• •SSO
• •SAML
• •OAuth
• •LDAP
• •Active Directory
• •Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, access control, application security, and security hardening .
• •Experience conducting application security reviews and supporting vulnerability remediation .
• •Ability to assess existing architecture and define upgrade, migration, security, and stabilization strategies .
• •Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.
• •Experience producing architecture/design and technical review documentation .
• •Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• •Ability to make architecture decisions and provide technical leadership across multiple teams.