TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: ANT, Bash, COBOL, Java, JavaScript, JSP, JSF, Perl, PHP, XML, KSH, SH, ESQL

PROGRAMMING & CASE TOOLS: NetBeans IDE, Eclipse IDE, WSAD, RAD, CVS, Vi, CURL, Putty, Oxygen XML Editor, Stylus Studio, CA Wily IntroScope, Quartz, Log4J, JDBC, JRat, JMeter, JNI, JUnit, JNDI, JAXB, IBM Content Manager, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM WebSphere Datapower Appliances, IBM WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit, PL/SQL Developer, SQLPlus, SQL Deveoper, QMF, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, Borland StarTeam, Dimensions, Remedy, Subversion, Splunk, ITCAM, ACMS, DMQ

DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: MySql, UDB, DB2, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server

METHODOLOGIES USED: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE, AGILE, SCRUM

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows, OS/390, Unix, HP, VMS

APPLICATION: Telecommunications, Wireless, VOIP, Investments, Demographics, General Ledger, Accounting, Fees and Commissions, IT Finance, Legal, Retail, Food, Supply and Demand

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Technical Analyst

Confidential, Springdale, Arkansas

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and configured Splunk.
• Deployed and configured ITCAM performance monitoring solution for Websphere Application Server, Weblogic, and JBOSS.
• Track deployments using IBM ILMT for PVU/RVU accounting.
• Provide documentation, technical specifications, and architectural drawings.
• Develop/Support IBM Message Broker interfaces and relative maintenance scripts.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Little Rock, Arkansas

Responsibilities:

• Developed projects for client account managers using MKS Integrity. MKS Integrity is a software lifecycle development platform.
• Java and the MKS platform are combined to give users functionality for creating projects that follow a workflow. CAMIT consists of fields, drop downs, text boxes, states, and queries that are used to track the life of a CAMIT project.
• In addition, MKS also provides a platform for requirements, design documents, and workflow diagrams.
• Worked on a telecom order management system(TOMS). TOMS is a Flex - based web client used by the IT Finance team to create and track orders for Confidential retail and admin/ HQ locations.
• This system utilizes Java, XML, MyBatis, and Hibernate to connect to both Oracle and SQL Server backends. The purpose is to collect order, contract, and billing information and deliver it to the user in a central location.

Senior Client/Server Developer/Analyst

Confidential, Little Rock, Arkansas

Responsibilities:

• Attend development project meetings and provide feedback.
• Create code fixes and change controls in middleware relating to WBI, Vitria, and Datapower. Analyze and gather monthly capacity data to ensure smooth running performance of middleware components.
• Used CA Wily Introscope to develop dashboards, monitor transactions in queues, set up alarms, and trace transaction history.
• Write and update scripts to gather report data and send out via email, ftp, CFI. Scripts are written in KSH and Perl.
• Perform on-call production support duties and work critical tickets pertaining to the middleware system architecture. The middleware architecture consists of many instances of WBI, Vitria 3.1,4.3, WAS, MQ, and Datapower SOA applications.
• Duties include tight collaboration with other teams, multi-tasking and working separate probems at the same time, tracing transactions in WBI/Vitria//WAS/Datapower logs, audit database, and mirror queue logs.
• Update and maintain middleware. Confidential .com website. This PHP/CGI website is used by the Enterprise Integration Support team and consists of webtools, reports, and other information related to the EIS team.
• Created middlewaretest. Confidential .com site which is a load balanced Java/JSF application used to test the middleware systems via XML/SOAP injections. This application was developed using Netbeans IDE and runs on Tomcat 6 application servers.
• It is setup for 24/7 automated testing by HP Sitescope and triggers alarms which will send out pages to the team when certain thresholds are met. This application’s webfront is also used by the Enterprise Command Center team to aid in debugging middleware issues.

Programmer Analyst

Confidential, Little Rock, Arkansas

Responsibilities:

• Used the Struts web framework and WSAD to code a per-store inventory tracking system including POS, servers, and other network hardware.
• Coded an accompanying DB2 batch routine so that when a store number changes, the network equipment gets rolled over to the new store number if applicable, and deployed as a stand alone JAR file on AIX.
• Created a task manager application that allowed Dillard’s managers to create projects, phases, and tasks and track the necessary stages that is required when taking on a project such as changing POS registers for all stores.
• Bundled this application as a WAR file and deployed it with Websphere.
• Worked with the Intranet team to enhance a Struts based preventive maintenance program making effective use of Log4J, Java mail, and AIX to create a log file detailing the inner workings of this application.

Programmer Analyst

Confidential, Little Rock, Arkansas

Responsibilities:

• Converted COBOL/DB2 to Java/UDB on Linux servers.
• Developed SWING based user interface in Netbeans IDE.
• Effective use of SAX to parse XML documents.
• Used several different databases including MYSQL, UDB, and ORACLE for testing SQL code.
• Implemented QUARTZ job scheduling framework to schedule documentation and CSV file building for loading of DB2.
• Worked with JUNIT testing framework for writing regression tests and also JRAT to provide run time analysis and ensure that the java code was up to performance standards.
• Wrote ANT scripts to compile and deploy projects.
• Set up VOIP PBX systems utilizing Linux, Asterisk, and Digium hardware.