SUMMARY:

Over 20 years of IT experience as a Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect on multiple projects. application migrations and consolidations specialized from legacy to Cloud Architecture in Financial, Trading, Insurance, Healthcare, Pharma and Technology firms to meet the strategic direction and aligning the costs & Companies standards

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

J2EE/CRM/ERP/ERM: WebLogic, WebSphere, Siebel 6/7/8, SAP, JBoss, OpenText (Livelink, VistaPlus Reporting) Document Sciences (XPression), Confidential Applications

Operating Systems: RHEL 6/5, VMware ESX virtualizations, VBlock, Windows 2012/2008/2003 , Solaris 10.x, IBM Mainframe OS/390, IBM AIX 5.x

Languages: Java, .NET, PL/SQL, COBOL, Unix - Shell Programming

Databases: Oracle RAC Server 12c, 11g/10g, MS-SQL server Clustering 2012/2008/2003 , MySQL, Delphix Database Virtualizations 4.x Web .Net, Apache, IIS, Firewall rules, CSS/F5 LBs, MPKI and SSLs

Storage & Backups: SAN, NAS, Centerra, SRDF Replication, Golden Gate, Oracle Data Guard, Avamar, Netbackup and Data Domain

Monitoring Tools: Nagios, SComm, Sitescope, Introscope, Splunk, ATS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Enterprise Infrastructure & Applications Cloud Lead

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Working with Business and technical Teams in coordinating, budgeting, implementing the projects into main core applications across the bank and retiring acquired banks applications, rolling all banking centers into thin clients using cloud hosted
• Leading multiple parallel projects migrating Apps and underlying Data with provisioning underlying cloud infrastructure solutions with targeted delivery timeline
• Consolidation of traditional Data centers migrating applications to AWS & Bank owned private cloud platforms
• Engaging teams and planning for projects in waves based in rolling out users to key shared centralized Cloud hosted applications

Enterprise Applications Cloud Lead

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Primary working as Enterprise Lead, leading Amazon & Private Cloud designs and hosting by migrating Windows 2003/2008 to windows 2012, AIX/Solaris to Linux Platform Servers of 3K Applications (web/middleware), databases, Confidential Call Center, CRM, ERP, File Servers, print, Active Directory, branch office consolidations
• Discovery & Compilation of the existing Business Applications and infrastructures, delivering to target solutions where more centralized shared high availability with low cost based AWS/Private Cloud & VM platforms segregated geographical with negotiated licensing & latest Application functionality software on to new OS platforms like RHEL 7.1\6.6\Windows 2012 followed by decommission of current outdated environments7
• Migrating globally located 3000+applications & 1000s Databases onto AWS/Private Cloud with strategic AWS VPCs and Private Cloud for different regions for web applications & databases along with MQs and web Services using automated tools and Cloud formation templates, applying Cloud Computing: virtualization technologies, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service Cloud delivery models
• Consolidation of 1100 independent Data Centers into 18 Enterprise data centers strategically servicing core critical applications of different global business domains, reduced footprint and costs
• Extensive experience implemented AWS platform migrated more than 1000 instances for web, app, DB, file servers, infrastructure servers like AD, print etc on to AWS cloud
• Extensive experience on EC2, Auto - Scaling in launching EC2 instances, Placement groups clusters, Elastic Load Balancer, Security Groups, EBS, S3, Glacier, Cloud Front, RDS, VPC, Direct Connect, Route53, Lamda, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, Cloud Trail, IAM, SNS, Simple Queue Service (SQS) and AWS Cloud Formation
• Leading PMO’s & Architecture on BIG data solutions - Hadoop v2, MapReduce, HDFS, Hadoop cluster using Hive, HBase, mapReduce and Sqoop, NoSQL databases, such Cassandra, MongoDB and Big Data ML toolkits, such as Mahout, Spark
• Delivered global Confidential Call Center (5000 seats) and Avaya ICR designs and Solutions with branch consolidations
• Closely working with Business stakeholders, Account managers and IT Program Leads on various projects preparing SOW, BRDs and delivering cost effective Technical Solutions with full blown architectural diagrams
• Designing and delivering new initiates projects with cost saving, focused centralized shared infrastructural solutions for multiple projects, tier based on various OS, Applications, Databases, storage platforms which includes upgrades, migrations, and backups for hosting/backup/retention for high transactional OLTP, data warehouse and reporting environments
• Delivering high level Solution designs docs for Applications and Databases including for Server builds on Cloud/VM/Physical for Oracle RAC, MS SQL clusters, .Net, WebLogic/WebSphere/Apache/IIS and other 3rd party Applications along with DNS, firewalls, SSLs, GLB/LLB URLs

Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working with multiple divisions Business stakeholders on various projects gathering various requirements, drafting proposals, TCO’s, physical network topology and high level infrastructure along with storage details etc
• Worked on mi
• Identified and brought in Delphix Database virtualization software avoiding Data Duplication and rolled MHF Production and non-production Oracle Database environments reducing more than 100+ TB of SAN storage and backups copies
• Designed and delivered solution using Delphix software for cutting down the storage usage and costs
• Data Copying and moving data environments automatically along with Data online and archival data partitions and with improved performance
• Various Database schema synchronizations (Data Copying) across environments in different network Zones
• Designed and delivered NSX virtual switches network topology for 2 Projects on VMware environments in coordination with Physical switches for opening firewall ports and routing traffic
• Review the proposals with technical teams, draft solution design packages, work configuration spreadsheets and work through approval processes
• Designing and delivering infrastructural solutions for multiple projects, tier based on various OS, Applications, Databases, storage platforms which includes upgrades, migrations, and backups for hosting/backup/retention for high transactional OLTP, data warehouse and reporting environments
• Delivers Solution design docs for Oracle RAC, MS SQL clusters, .Net, WebLogic/WebSphere/Apache/IIS and other 3rd party Applications along with DNS, firewalls, SSLs, GLB/LLB URLs
• Using Amazon Web Cloud solutions, designed many instances (EC2) for multiple web and applications hosting Apache/IIS, J2EE, and other middleware applications and its local Oracle/MQL databases.
• On AWS platform, designed & delivered solutions/TCOs/Build docs for multiple projects defining the Network definitions, File system layouts, DNS, Load balancing, Firewall, SSLs, AMIs, EBS, S3, ELB, Security Groups & access controls, backup/recovery, Patching, logging etc.
• Designed and delivered solutions for EMC VCE VBlock/SAN/VMAX/SRDF infrastructure/storage Architecture and buildouts/provisioning and allocation to DBs and Apps file systems, along with Oracle Data Guard and Golden Gate replications, backups etc
• Delivered lots of projects using VMware (ESX) VSO for mainly Web/App servers and standalone lower Tier SQL servers
• Excellent knowledge on backup and Tape software architectures and its configurations like EMC NAS, Avamar, NetBackup, Tan and Data Domain along with replications
• Working with App teams for various web service, soap, MQ and other services delivering the solutions by studying the capacity and volumes for the best infrastructure platforms like Virtual, Mcloud, Vblock, Blades/Chassis and other hardware
• Delivered solution docs for Confidential Call Center applications architecture to all the way delivery Dev to Prod

Sr.Lead Infrastructure/Solution Architect

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for handling concurrently multiple projects delivering the technology architecture strategy, artifacts, target architecture and road maps to implement an enterprise technology architecture with Customers/Business/technical stake holders on various applications, Databases, storage, Servers Infrastructure (VMware, Cloud Management, Physical, IBM/HP Chassis/Blades, Midrange, Mainframe, Network, replication/backups/retentions, Capacity and security)
• Building/designing/executing Mid-Range roadmaps, architecture for current and future on various ever changing new technologies by scaling, stabilizing the capacity and business uptime high availability along with continuity
• Worked with Amazon Web Cloud designed solutions for multiple web and applications hosting Apache/IIS, J2EE, and other middleware applications and its local Oracle/MQL databases including backups, monitoring, logging, patching, routing etc.
• Architects end-to-end networks and communication platforms on various Applications, Databases, Network Access rules, Email Servers as well as infrastructure technology (servers, mainframe, storage, firewalls, Load balancing, J2EE, CRM, 3rd party apps, Monitoring apps, Databases etc.) that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements and underlying technology standards.
• Deliver multiple Solution documents depicting Infrastructure physical/logical traffic flow diagrams including the Server configurations, cabling, disk layouts, users creations, J2EE, .Net, Siebel, SAP Infrastructure configurations, DB layouts including RAC/Cluster (Oracle, MS SQL etc.), Delphix DB virtualizations, IIS, Apache, monitoring, backups etc. including Oracle replications like Golden Gate, Data Guard etc.
• Responsible for working with vendors IBM, HP, EMC and third party getting quotes on Servers/Storage etc. producing cost estimates for servers, storage, network infrastructure, cabling labor and getting financial approvals
• Responsible for preparing and implementation work orders and getting Business/Implementation teams approvals on Final designs in phases
• Creating work orders and works with multiple teams like System Admins, DBA, App Dev, firewall, monitoring, backups in implementation and delivering from Dev to production go live
• Preparing readiness for Deployments in Prod, Back Out Plans, and final projects closing including Runbook updates Support Model
• Experienced in building new/upgrade/migrating platforms as per the designs and requirements on AD, Print, AntiVirus etc servers, Applications, DBs, infrastructure systems (servers/storage/with right capacity including Data Center migrations/consolidations
• Specialized in J2EE (WebLogic, WebSphere, Jboss), Siebel, .Net, Delphix Databases Virtualization, Oracle, MS SQL, IIS, Apache, mainframe OS390, NFS, NAS, SAN, SRDF, VBlock, VMAX, DFS, RAID, Veritas backup, Centerra, Unix, Windows, VMware, P2V, ESX, Avamar, Data Domain and Net Backup
• Expert in sizing the infrastructure by studying the capacity and volumes including the various network Traffic zones like external, Presentation DMZ, Secure Zone DMZ and Internal, Proxy etc.
• Identify risks/assumptions/issues and providing mitigations/solutions with alternative methods Not compromising the standards and requirements

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Middleware Technical Team Lead /Architect /Applications Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As Middleware Application Servers /Infrastructure engineer, gathering requirements for multiple Clients and their specifications, analysis then building architectural designs, planning(blue prints, Functional, Technical documents), rolling out to successful implementations for 54 different application software vendors
• Hands on & Overseeing installations, configurations, and supporting CSS, Web, Middleware, Databases and OS Applications - J2EE (WebLogic, JBoss, Apache, IIS, Imaging, Reporting, Siebel CRM)
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframes (OS/390 on S/390)
• Installing Apache/IIS setting up websites, tuning, clustering on Unix/Windows platforms
• Setting up Clustering & Load Balancing and High-availability at App/Web servers level
• Implemented industry best practices, optimizations and lowering operational costs
• In depth knowledge & hands on experience in Oracle/MS-SQL database and procedures in Enterprise designing, administration, performance, tuning and backup including DR
• Extensive knowledge in Unix and Windows operating systems and administered and implemented SSL MPKI Certs, CSS and Firewall rules etc
• Architected multiple systems with various storage solutions that include SAN, NFS, DFS and local file systems with popular operating systems including IBM AIX, Solaris Unix, Linux Red Hat and Microsoft Windows systems
• Closely working with release and change management groups to deploy the applications from staging to the production environments
• Responsible for technical documentation that includes architectural artifacts and troubleshooting techniques including production support documents
• Coordinating and managing two teams globally and providing high-availability support, On-Call 24x7x365 ensuring uptime with different severity levels
• Providing and managing the key process documents for day to day support like Architectural, Installation, Triage, Prod Support, disaster recovery etc
• Guiding and overseeing the teams in Applications deployments for all stages including production
• Provide technical consultancy and cross-training to internal and external parties in areas of expertise. Mentoring, coaching and guiding the team as per strategic direction of the company.
• Recommending Proof of Concept (POC) projects to evaluates new application technologies and recommendations that will enhance the capabilities of the applications/environments