SUMMARY

• Over 11 years of experience in Requirement gathering, Design, Development, testing and production support in Business Integration implementations involving IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IIB, WebSphere MQ and related technologies.
• Experienced in data transformation and routing using ESQL involving file transfers(FTP) and various formats like XML, COBOL, SOAP and MRM formats.
• Experienced in developing Message flows invoking Web Services.
• Developed monitors for file transfer using MFT in MQ.
• Experienced in debugging, testing and deployment of message flows and sets.
• Experienced in working with database (db2), connecting to external database bycreating and configuring catalogs on the servers and interacting with database inIIB flows by setting up db parameters. Maintaining .ini files to connect to thedatabase from IIB flows.
• Implemented publish - subscribe(pub-sub), performed queue level subscription andtopic level subscription
• Providing production support and resolving issues for existing services which usesWMB, IIB and MQ extensively
• Configured CVS internally in IIB toolkit
• Working experience with integrating different systems like axway for file tranfers, datapower for web service calls with WMB/IIB.
• Experienced using SOAP UI to validate and test the wsdl.
• Working knowledge with RFHUTIL
• Experienced in migrating WMB services from v6 to v7 to IIB v9. Also migrated MQ from v6/v7 to MQ v7.5 and currently to MQ v8. Worked on network migration for all the services
• Performed complete MQ and IIB setup on AIX/LINUX/Windows from installations, configuring of environment and connectivity, load balancing, checking firewall and creating all the necessary objects.
• Experienced in setting up and configuring multi-instance queue managers (MQ v7.5) and integration nodes. Maintaining load balancers for external applications to communicate with queue managers.
• Implemented security and authentications like ssl, channel authentication and connection authentication at the queue manager level, queue level and channel level for external applications to connect to MQ.
• Experienced in remote queuing and multi-hopping of queues
• Implementing SSL between internal and external queue managers
• Build scripts to automate restarts and maintaining queue managers and integration nodes. Implemented ‘trapit’ to monitor the multi-instance queue managers.
• Used Dead letter handler to handle failed messages, mqsi commands, triggering, cronjobs.
• Involved in data center move for MQ and IIB servers
• Involved in configuration and administration of MQ resources and managing MQ channels
• Ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate requirements effectively to team members and manage applications
• Experienced in development and production support (24X7)
• Worked closely with all the teams to integrate various applications in development, testing and production teams to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns
• IBM CERTIFIED SOLUTION Developer - WebSphere Message Broker 6.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Messaging, IT Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering and design discussion to implement using IIB, Globalscape and MQ
• Developed interfaces using IIB v9 and IIB v10 which involves transformation of XML, json formats
• Designed MFT for file transfers and created monitors in MQ
• Plan and report day to day updates of the ongoing project and analyze risks and issues
• Interact with offshore team to assign and navigate through day to day activities
• Involved middleware migration activities from IIB v9 to IIB v10 which also includes MQ appliance and remote connectivity from IIB.
• Providing production support and resolving issues for existing services which uses IIB and MQ extensively

Environment: IIB v9/v10, IBM WebSphere MQ v7.x and v9,AIX, Linux, IBM iseries, Windows, MQ appliance, DB2, Aldon, Globalscape, control M, rfhutil.

Lead IBM Middleware Integration Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed business services using IBM WebSphere Message Broker 7.0 and IIB v9
• Implemented individual message flows for requests involving file transfers, SOAP, COBOL, XML, MRM requests to enable exchange of business information across disparate applications by transformation, error handling, message enrichment and routing.
• Performed complete MQ and IIB setup on AIX/LINUX/Windows from installations, configuring of environment and connectivity, load balancing, firewall and creating all the necessary objects.
• Develop reusable routines and sub-flows.
• Migrated the services from v6 to v7 and then to IIB v9(current version)
• Handled debugging, testing and deployment of message flows and sets.
• Working with database (db2), connecting to external database by configuring catalogs on the servers and interacting with database in IIB flows to setup and interact database tables and catalogs for routing and lookup.
• Experienced in setting up and configuring multi-instance queue managers(MQ v7.5) and integration nodes. Maintaining load balancers for external applications to communicate with queue managers.
• Implemented security and authentications like ssl, channel authentication and connection authentication at the queue manager level, queue level and channel level for external applications to connect to MQ.
• Maintaining load balancers for external applications to communicate with queue managers
• Data transformation and routing using ESQL involving file transfers and various formats like XML, COBOL, SOAP and MRM.
• Developed Message flows invoking Web Services.
• Providing production support and resolving issues for existing services which uses WMB, IIB and MQ extensively
• Build scripts to automate restarts and maintaining queue managers and brokers
• Configuring and administering MQ resources and managing MQ channels and other objects
• Created cron jobs to automate the maintenance of the queue managers and queues
• Prepare MQ environment scripts for migration and set up the configuration of business services.
• Testing and Design unit test cases and test scripts for the core business/process services.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Message Broker v7, v8 and IIB v9, IBM WebSphere MQ v7.x and v8, UNIX, DB2, windows, AIX, Linux, mainframe, CVS, rfhutil.

Confidential

Sr. WebSphere Message Broker Developer

Responsibilities:

• Develop functional specifications and technical specifications.
• Construct SOAP Messages in the Message flow
• Develop error handling sub flow to generate Generic SOAP Fault Exceptions
• Design generic sub flows to Route the Message to the corresponding message switch
• Construct Message Set using the WSDL to validate the incoming SOAP Messages
• Use of XSLT to parse large XML files that are used as a part of IBM Data Power.
• Develop framework components for initialization, message processing, auditing, logging and error handling.
• Design and review unit test cases and test scripts for the core business/process services.
• Perform unit and integration test to record the results.
• Ensure proper documentation for handover to RAT/OAT/Warranty.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.0, IBM WebSphere MQ v6.0, IBM WebSphere SOA Datapower XI50, UNIX, Quality Center, DB2, Oracle 10g, AIX, Harvest, rfhutil

WebSphere Message Broker Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation of Message Broker 6.0 and configuring WebSphere MQ in development and test environments.
• Configure the WBI JText Adapter to work with the WBI Message Broker architecture.
• Implement Blob Datahandler corresponding to JText Adapter.
• Develop message flows and message sets for the interface.
• Develop ESQL Code and tested accordingly with different Mapping Rules involved in Functional Specification document.
• Prepare technical documentation with all the respective details of the interface.
• Also prepare SMTD and understanding docs for other interfaces involved in FSP.

Environment: IBM WebSphere MQ6.0, WBI Message Broker 6.0, IBM DB2 8.1.14, WBI Adapter framework 2.6, Java, rfhutil.