PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7+ years of professional IT experience in System design, development and delivery of enterprise software and Implementation of complex EAI Solutions for various customers.
• Expertise as Designer, Developer, Pre - Production and Production of IBM integration stack which includes, but not limited to IBM Data Power XS40/XI50/XI52, WebSphere message broker V6.0/6/1/7.0, IBM Websphere Application Server.
• Expertise in working in both Agile Development process and in the Water fall process and delivered the project within timelines.
• Expertise in DataPower including a strong understanding of design and deployment principles for building a scalable, fault-tolerant SOA runtime deployment infrastructure.
• Have Extensive knowledge of DataPower SOMA, CLI functions, libraries, packages, modules and exception handling.
• Hands-on industry experience in Websphere DataPower XI52 Environment in performance analysis, implementation, project leadership, maintenance and technical documentation.
• Good experience in complete life cycle management of all Middleware software including installation, configuration, tuning, patching, upgrading and migrating.
• Good experience in working with Enterprise Architecture, AD and peer infrastructure teams to identify and fill middleware technology or process gaps.
• Good experience in using IDE tools such as Eclipse 3.3, IBM RAD 6.x/7.x, Soap UI 5.1.3.
• Good experience in using WTX mapping for binary transformation in Data Power configuration.
• Knowledge in usingWebSphere TX Design Studio V8.1 to design WTX mapping.
• Experience in defining synchronized and persistent IBM MQ Series Queue Manager, Channel Mangers and Queues.
• Extensive experience in all phases of SDLC for all the software projects using WebSphere technologies
• Experience with WebSphere Services Registry and Repository (WSRR) in Data Power.
• Executed projects on Java/J2EE, expertise in concepts (JDBC, JMS/MQ, JSP, EJB, JNDI, Hibernate etc.)
• Experience in using servers WebSphere application server 7.0/8.x, Apache Tomcat 7.0.
• Experience in writing Subversion scripts using Perl and UNIX/shell scripting.
• Working knowledge of Databases like MySQL and ORACLE.
• Experience in production Environments and bug fixing.
• Expertise in SQL, PL/SQL and in Oracle 9i, 10g features.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

WebSphere SOA / Integration Stack: IBM WebSphere DataPower XI50/52 V6.0.0.x/7.0.0.x/7.2.x, IBM WebSphere Message Broker V6.0/6.1/7.x, WAS 8.0.0.x, IBM WebSphere MQ Series 7.0/8.0, WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX), WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR).

Languages & S/W: C, C++, Java, ESQL,J2EE, XML, XSLT, XSD, SOAML, UML 2.0, MQSI 2.1.

Application servers: WebSphere Application Server 7.0/8.0, Apache Tomcat 7.x.

Databases: SQL Server (2000)/2005, IBM DB2 Universal Database v 7.1/8.1, 9.0, Oracle 8i, 10g.

EDI Standards: ANSI X12, EDIFACT, HIPAA among others.

IDE/Editors/Tools: IBM RAD, Eclipse, XMLSPY, SOAPUI 5.1.3, TOAD, SQL Navigator, CVS.

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Linux distributions (Centos, Ubuntu), Mac OS

Version Control: IBM Rational Clear case, CVS, SVN.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WebSphere DataPower Consultant

Confidential, Riverwoods - IL

Responsibilities:

• Have been working primarly as a DataPower Middleware Engineer/Platform Engineer.
• Responsible for design and deployment principles for building a scalable, fault-tolerant SOA runtime deployment infrastructure.
• Have been working on initialization of DataPower XI52 physical and virtual appliances. Coordinated with multiple teams. (Network team, IBM..)
• Experience in installation, configuration and administration of Data PowerXI52SOA Appliances v7.0.0.x,WAS v8.5, WAS v7.0andWSRR 7.5.
• Performed administrative tasks on Data Power XI52 appliances using the Command Line Interface (CLI), Web GUI, and XML Management Interface. ConfiguredWAMCtoll to manage Data Power appliances form different environments.
• Have been working on Patterns, Use Cases, Capabilities, Administration, Automation, Performance, Tuning, Sizing, scaling and security.
• Performed strategic planning, upgrades, maintenance, and support of DataPower and its environments.
• Responsible for Maintain, troubleshoot and evolve DataPower scripting/tooling, including debugging existing functionality, adding new functions, new modules, and writing utility and wrapper scripts to support business objectives.
• Responsible for 2nd and 3rd level support of Websphere DataPower.
• Have been troubleshooting complex technical environments.
• Worked with vendors to bring timely solutions and implement fixes.
• Have been working with complete lifecycle management of all middleware software including installation, configuration, tuning, patching, upgrading and migrating.
• Responsible for Websphere DataPower XI52 Environment in performance analysis, implementation, project leadership, maintenance, and technical documentation.
• Have been working on multiple vulnerabilities to work around with IBM and get fix packs.
• Have been troubleshooting complex issues and worked with IBM to find the root cause of the issues.
• Extensively worked on multiple PMR’s with IBM to find the root cause and fix for the issues.
• Good experience in using Data Power security features. Expertise in creatingSSL Proxy(Forward/ Reverse/Tow-Way) Profiles usingCrypto Objectsto connect with the web management interfaces.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of web services processing policy rules and processing policy actions.
• Good experience in using WTX mapping for binary transformation in Data Power configuration.
• Knowledge in usingWebSphere TX Design Studio V8.1 to design WTX mapping.
• Well experienced in developing EDI solution using WTX/Mercator as EAI tool to process the data.
• DevelopedXSLTto transformJSONcontent to XML.
• Development ofXSLT's, Restfulbasedweb services. TX
• DevelopedXSLTand usedXML Transformation nodeto transformXML messages.
• DebuggedXSLT Stylesheetsand message flows containingXSLT nodes.
• Created anXML firewallthat performs Content Based Routing usingXSLTandX-pathvariables
• Experience in implementation of forward and reverseAuthentication, EncryptionandDecryptiontechniques,Digital signatureusage etc.
• Good understanding in firewall updates and management in between different SOA components in both intranet and extranet
• Developed and configured Data Power objects likeNetwork interfaces,Protocol Handlers,Routing Policies,SSL Proxy profiles,WS Proxy Rules,WSRR subscriptions,Load Balancer groups,XML Managers,AAA Policies,User AgentsandMQ objectsetc.
• Responsible for the design and administration of Crypto Configuration Objects likeCrypto Certificates,Crypto Keys, Crypto CredentialsandCrypto Profiles
• Successfully appliedfirmware patchesto firmware v6 and Upgrade firmware to newer major release (from v60.012 to v7.0.0.13/14/16…).
• Responsible for the system performance monitoring, digital certificate maintenance and Crypto certificate monitoring objects
• Involved in theFile Management,Firmware Rollbacks, System Reboots, Configuration updates,upgrading firmware, configuration backup and restore operations. Hands on experience in generate backup off the appliance.
• Experience in working with protocols likeHTTP,FTP,SFTP,and HTTPS.
• Demonstrated AAA policy to authenticate and authorize againstLDAPserver using basic authentication and Identity extracted fromWSSE Soap Headerfor Retrieve Customer Detail and Retrieve Party Detail Services
• Configured deployment policy for migrate configuration in between environments.
• Experience in performing Configuration Export and Import operations in between different application domains and expertise in comparing configuration in between domains or environments.

Environment: Data Power XS40, XI50, XI52 7.0.0.14yv2, WMQ V7.5.0.1, WebSphere Application Server V8.0.0.12/WXS 8.5.0.3, XML, ESQL, JSP, Struts, Java, J2EE, EJB, JNDI, JMS, XML, XSLT, Rational Clear Case, WSRR, Windows 2008, SecureCRT 6.7, SOAP UI 5.1.3, Web Services, CA Wily Introscope 9.7.1

WebSphere DataPower Admin

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Responsibilities:

• Configured XS40 XI50 and XI52 Data Power appliances to provide URI routing, WSDL creation and WS-Proxy setup to secure web services.
• Good experience in new Data Power device initialization and new firmware upgrade.
• Created Multi-protocol gateways, Web Service Proxies, XML firewalls, Web application firewalls and XSL Proxies to provide secured integration between different enterprise web applications.
• Good experience in Domain creation, WS-Proxy setup, WSDL uploads File management, Cert upload, Access control, load balancing, and End-point Route creation on Data Power SOA appliances.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of web services processing policy rules and processing policy actions.
• Configuration of application domains, local User Access Management and LDAP based RBM Access Management.
• Implemented best practices to Troubleshoot and debug services using the Data Power appliance’s problem determination tools, logs and probes. Hands on experience in testing web services using SOAP UI.
• Installed WMQ and WMB on Linux and Windows Servers.
• Deployed BAR files to Broker Execution Groups and Created MQ objects, like queues, channels, listeners in all the environments, including Production.
• Developed Situations for Tivoli to monitor WMQ and WMB and send alerts by email to distribution list.
• Configured the Oracle as database for Message Broker runtime environment.
• Configured Broker and configuration manager and created Execution Groups.
• Applied Maintenance patches for WMQ and WMB binaries on Linux, AIX and Windows servers.
• Configured database for Broker on ODBC data source for message flows.
• Configured broker for connecting to Service Registries for accessing WSRR.
• Configured Queues for JMS messaging and Integrated WMQ with WAS.
• Supported migrating Queue managers to V7.0 and Message Broker to v8.0.
• Provides 24/7 support for WebSphere MQ/Message Broker servers on AIX, Linux & Windows.
• Configured Queues for WAS Java messaging services and MDBs.
• Supported MQ and MB servers on UAT, Pseudo and Productions environments.

Environment: WebSphere Data Power XS40, XI50, XI52, WMB v6.1/6.0, WAS V6.0, WSRR, WMQ v6.0/V7.0, ESQL, J2EE, TCP/IP, Linux, Oracle 10g, EDIFECS XENGINE 6.8.1, Windows 2033/2008, Tivoli ITMV 6,1 for MQ and Broker Agents.

WebSphere DataPower Admin

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, design and development of ESB architecture onDataPower XI50 to better integrate existing and new applications and web services for transformation, routing, mediation and conversion.
• Implementing security services on DataPowerXI50 for better Authentication, Authorization and Auditing purposes.
• Experience in upgrading firmware and creating log targets.
• Configuring Front Side Handler and Back-End Connectivity including HTTP, HTTPS, JMS, MQ Resource, SSH Setup involving various XML Threats.
• Configured various actions while defining rules and policies like Transform action, AAA Action, Match Rule, Encryption, Decryption, Filter action, Validate, Route and various others.
• Configured AAA action and Routing techniques depending on SLA, Digital Signatures, Certificates Keys involved in Public Key Infrastructure and Cryptographic Algorithms.
• Also configured AAA action based on information available for Digital Signatures, Certificates, and generating key pairs and in accordance configuring mapping resources and mapping credentials.
• Extensively configured reusable Policies and Rules inDataPowerMPG, XML Firewall and constantly monitored Web Service Proxy using default SLM.
• XML data validations using customized and available source XSD Validation Frameworks.
• Installed and configured Sun One LDAP server for both DataPowerand WebSphere Application Server and secured the application server using both LDAP server and Local OS authentication.
• Strong in debug, troubleshooting various issues by using logs, probes and problem determination tools which are available in DataPowerdevice
• Created and managed log targets including user management, device configurations including domain creation, updating latest firmware versions

Environment: DataPowerXI50/XI52 WebSphere 6.x,7 Oracle 9i,10g, IHS 6.0, Apache(ERS) 2.0/2.2, Wily … Visio 2000, SiteScope, Solaris 8, Windows … AIX 5.3/6.1, RHLinux3

WMB Developer

Confidential, IL

Responsibilities:

• Message Broker: Administration Installation/Upgrade, Configuration and Support, Deployment and Development of Message flows.
• Designed Flows using SOAP/HTTP nodes.
• Troubleshooting and debugging WBIMB messages flows using Trace Nodes Throw node, Try and catch node.
• Created a deployable broker archive (BAR) file. Configured and deployed the BAR files to a test as well as production environments.
• Transformations from EDI files to XML and XML to EDI.
• Worked with EDI files like 270, 271, 276, 825 & 837.
• Implemented ESQL logic for database lookups, Message Validation/ Translation/Transformation, Exception Handling and Stored Procedures for batched code set lookups.
• Used ESQL to execute database stored procedures to get information from database tables, views.
• Setup Broker domains and execution groups.
• Assign the message flows to appropriate Execution Groups in Broker Runtime Environment.
• Involved in creating and developing test cases, test messages for Unit, Integration and QA testing.
• Helped the team to work with SQL Server connectivity for MS Project from WMB using message flows involved file input and file output nodes.
• Developed and documented all the processes for the migration.
• Knowledge transfer to end users.

Environment: IBM WMB 7.0, WMQ 7.0, Windows XP, UNIX, XML, Net Tool, QMF for DB2, Toad for Oracle11g, Ultra compare.

WebSphere/J2EE Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed generic/helper templates in XSLT to use in transformation action across all the rules.
• Created an XML firewall that performs Content Based Routing using XSLT and X-path variables
• Developed Policy for WS-Proxy, MPGW and XML Firewall Service.
• Configuring Front-End (HTTP, FTP, MQ JMS), Back End Handler Configurations, Processing rules, Matching rules Details, Processing actions, XML manager and Load balancers
• Developed WS -Security using LDAP
• Designed and Developed a POC to show the ESB functionalities of Data Power like Routing and Transformation and Data Power security handling using AAA service.
• Developed a solution in Data Power as per the Message Contract requirement of the client to prove the dynamic routing and reusability of routing and transformation services.
• Define message patterns (SYNC, ASYNC) implementation using Data Power.
• Configured Data Sources in Data Power and developed Style Sheets to persist the Data Power custom variables as per the requirement.
• Installation and configuration of IBM RAD 7.0 and WAS 7.0.
• Writing XSLT for calling stored procedures, Transforming messages, database transactions from Data power XI150.
• Utility Servlets, utility JSPs, EJB & Web Services development and deployment.
• Deploy, test and host the deliverables on Data Power dev and pre-prod environments.

Environments: Java/Java EE, IBM WebSphere Data Power XI50 3.7.x, IBM RAD 7.0, IBM WAS 7.0, WebSphere ESB, Visio, EJB, Web Services, and Oracle 10g.