Jasper Security Upgrade Architect

Location: Hyderabad; Gurugram

Department: Z- S&P SPGI ES Tech

Experience: 12+

• • 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.

• • 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.

• • 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.

• • 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.

• • 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.

• • 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.

• • 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.