SUMMARY

• Over 10 years of strong experience in all phases of SDLC including Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and implementation.
• Experience in Installation, configuration, upgrading, development, remote technical support, troubleshooting and system administration of DataPower, IIB, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message broker and WebSphere application server.
• Good experience in agile methodology, creating user stories, Iteration Planning and Release Planning.
• Experience in Work Load Management (WLM) by using cloning and clustering techniques (Horizontal and Vertical Scaling) for providing High Availability and Failover capabilities
• Designed, configured and developed AAA, Multi - Protocol Gateway, XML firewall, Web service Proxy services in Datapower.
• Solid working knowledge of operating systems such as AIX, Linux
• Troubleshooting and managing DataPower, IIB, MQ queues, channels, listeners and triggering.
• Monitoring, event management, alerting, root cause analysis TCP/IP networking WAN, LAN, HTTP, LDAP
• Good experience in implementing policies in API Connect, and provisioning infrastructure.
• Experience in using different Message Broker Message Flow Nodes like, Compute, Mapping, Database, and Java Compute Node, MQ Input node, MQ Output Node etc.
• Experience with both Hypervisor Virtual appliances as well as physical Firmware and experience in Cloud based implementation
• Experience in application of security policies, two-way and one-way SSL, Certificates, Encryption and decryption and SAML token in Datapower
• Good experience in MQ, File, Database, XSLT, HTTP, Mapping and SOAP nodes along with the Transformation, Construction, Routing and Timer nodes.
• Experience in designing web services and building technical infrastructures for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with excellent understanding of system development methodologies, techniques and tools
• Highly organized, able to meet deadlines and have taken the initiative to learn job-related skills on my own.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

WebSphere Family: DataPower XI52/XI50 APP Connect, WMB 8.0/IIB 9.0/IIB 10.0, WebSphere MQSeries 7.0/7.5/8.0,, WSRR, WAS, IBM Tivoli

Languages: XML, SQL/PL-SQL and ESQL, and XSLT

Technologies: HP PPM, MoveIT,transfer Salesforce, Amazon Webservice, Ondot, eGain, Splunk, Erwin, iserver orbus, Asset Manager, Datawatch, SAS, ConnectIT, Dynatrace, Moogsoft

Databases: DB2, SQL server, Oracle, Handoop

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, AIX, Windows

FileTransfer Tools: MOVEit Automation, MOVEit Cloud, DataMotion, WinScp, FileZilla, ConnectIT

Change Management tools: ServiceNow, ITSM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

Senior File Transfer Admin

Responsibilities:

• PGP Encryption and Decryption of Data
• Generating and exchanging of PGP keys, SSL certificates and SSH keys
• Creating mainframe hosts and updating FTPS parameters and destination files names
• Creating folder structure, user accounts, folder and user group, permissions management,
• Creating automated tasks and software upgrades, software installation, and maintenance.
• Creating automated tasks for EDI data interchange
• Collaborating with internal teams to review and deploy software design documents.
• Providing technical support on MOVEit and other software deployed
• Serving as a subject matter expert for the MOVEit Transfer and Automation products
• Ensuring the availability of all MOVEit environments as part of day-to-day operations
• Following and establish best practices for coding standards and software architecture
• Contributing to enterprise infrastructure design discussions pertaining to the administration of the MOVEit MFT products
• Meeting with development team to determine the scope of MOVEit
• Documenting MOVEit standards and best practices
• Monitoring MOVEit system and automation task health and resolve any issues
• Providing recommendations on functional and technical improvements regarding MOVEit
• Creating, updating and auditing DataMotion user accounts
• Upgrading client security certificates and fingerprints in the FTP and SFTP servers in the DataMotion
• Rebooting, testing and maintain Data Bridge DataMotion Servers
• Restarting failed workflows and troubleshooting in DataMotion
• Checking logs in the DataMotion Data bridge and Databases
• Creating and maintaining Control files in the DataMotion Bridge server
• Testing DataMotion host connection with different end points such as mainframe, FTP and SFTP servers
• Fail over and maintaining servers at the time of upgrade and patching
• Working with DataMotion support team in creating tickets and proving logs and files

Confidential, VA

Application and system Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and updating SSL certificates
• Troubleshooting and logging both in Linux and window servers using Splunk and Dynatrace
• Deploying BAR and JAR files
• Opening tickets and working with vendors
• Participating in change request management and implementation
• Starting SAS Metadata, Grid Control, and Midtier servers in AIX
• Stopping SAS Metadata, Grid Control, and Midtier servers in AIX
• Upgrading SAS and EDI security certificates in both window and AIX operating systems
• Adding users in the SAS Management Console and EDI
• Creating change requests, tasks and implementation
• Assuring Business continuity, availability and disaster recovery
• Defining and maintaining Queue Managers and MQ Objects in IIB and MQ
• Installing and configuring MQ, IIB/MQSI, EDI on various platforms.
• Providing support for applications utilizing MQ Series and MQSI products for Enterprise Application Integration
• Starting and stopping websphere servers and deployment managers
• Performing root cause analysis and interpret logs, dumps, and traces
• Configure Application Domains, objects like Front Side Handlers, SSL Proxy Profiles, XML Managers and other Actions as per the requirements.
• Conducting daily health check of applications
• Troubleshoot and manage DataPower, EDI, API Connect, IIB, MQ queues, channels, listeners and triggering.
• Checking log files for websphere application servers and message brokers in IIB
• Generating certificates and Requesting CA approval for Datapower certificates
• Managing certificates in Venafi
• Logging, debugging and troubleshooting in Datapower and the APIs
• Configuring work load management
• Create Various Security Policies, Monitoring Mechanisms and troubleshooting in IIB, Data power, EDI and API Connect
• Restarting, stopping Ondot servers
• Browsing, analyzing and building SQL servers
• Patching and updating DBRE servers
• Restarting, stopping, eGain servers and promoting Articles

Confidential, MA

Middleware Infra and App support Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured, Administered and Maintained one or more IBM integration products: Data power, MQ, IIB, MQFTE, IBM Tivoli, Cleo Harmony and MoveIt tools
• Administered in AIX, LINUX and WINDOWS Operating Systems.
• Administered complex SOA based WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Application Server applications in various Environments.
• Monitored Middleware Applications and environments to ensure availability
• Experienced in interacting with vendors, gathering the requirements and building WebSphere environments and deploying the services as per their project needs.
• Experienced in Configuring SSL security between the WebSphere Application Servers and Web Servers.
• Experienced in leading activities and working in onshore / offshore model
• Participated in change request management and implementation
• Business continuity, availability and disaster recovery
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and interpret logs, dumps, and traces
• Managed incidents by involving on-shore and offshore teams
• Deployed messages flows using HP PPM
• Involved in troubleshooting, logging and updating devices and applications
• Requested certificates from CA Authorities and updating the tools
• Experienced in debugging applications in Base, ND of WebSphere Application Server providing load balancing and clustering solutions.
• Designed, configured and developed AAA, Multi-Protocol Gateway, XML firewall, Web service Proxy services in Data power.
• JAVA performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning
• Implemented Web Service Proxy, Multiple Protocol Gateway Proxy, and XML Firewall for dynamic routing, message transformation, message enrichment, protocol bridging.
• Implemented AAA, Multi-Protocol Gateway, Web services Proxy services in Data power XI52.
• Conducted troubleshooting in Web service proxy, multiprotocol gateway services.
• Configuring Front side handlers for different protocols such as Http, Https, MQ protocols.
• Implemented JSON to SOAP, XML to WSDL and SOAP to JSON transformation in Data Power using XSLT and actions
• Configure a Multi-protocol gateway services to provide HTTP, HTTPS, MQ connections for required services.
• Experienced in analyzing application problems using tools IBM Tivoli Performance Viewer, HP Diagnostic Server and IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager.
• Transformed and routed message using message broker
• Experienced in configuring work load management.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

Sr. WebSphere DataPower/API/MQ Engineer

Environment: DataPower XI52, IIB 10, WMB 7.0, MQSeries 7.5, Git, Linux Red Hat, Service-Now, XMLSpy, Putty, SOAPUI and RHFUTIL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for researching, analyzing, designing, proposing, and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technologies strategy using IBM DataPower, IBM Integration Bus, WebSphere MQ.
• Responsible for the definition, planning and execution of infrastructure activities required to support the DataPower, APIC, IIB and MQ environments.
• Implement Web Service Proxy, Multiple Protocol Gateway Proxy, and XML Firewall for dynamic routing, message transformation, message enrichment, protocol bridging.
• Create and manage API Connect objects such as products and API
• Secure API'S using API connect using SAML assertion, OAuth 2.0, shared secret key.
• Configure Application Domains, objects like Front Side Handlers, SSL Proxy Profiles, XML Managers and other Actions as per the requirements.
• Configure DataPower environment initial setup, self-balancing, and intelligent load balancing and integrate DataPower with F5 load Balancer.
• Configure Log target to log transactions performed on the DataPower on a remote log server and calling a specific server in case of any error occurrence.
• Configured message brokers and Queue managers
• Deployed, routed and transformed message through message brokers
• Create property file to override BAR file, used UDP to override external dependencies.
• Installing and configuring MQ, WMB/MQSI, on various platforms. Provide support for applications utilizing MQ Series and MQSI products for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).
• Conducted message brokers health analysis
• Use GIT, Jenkins, Artifactory and shell script to automate DataPower configuration file and IIB/WMB BAR files.
• Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces.
• Use Service-Now for change management, track defect, track task.
• Providing 24/7 on-call support for APP Team/ data center personnel.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

IBM DataPower/MQ consultant

Environment: DataPower XI52, WebSphere MQ 7.x, 7.x, IIB 9.x,7 UML, XML, SQL, Java, DB2, Oracle 7.x, XMLSpy, WTX, WSRR, SFDC, Window Server 2012

Responsibilities:

• Conduct meetings with stake holders in understanding new business requirements and create Technical Design documents, mapping specifications by participating in Business and Technical Meetings and design reviews.
• Monitored the performance & behavior of WMB, DataPower, WMQ and WAS applications.
• Wrote scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleanup, everyday system tasks, etc.
• Implement AAA, Multi-Protocol Gateway, Web services Proxy services in Datapower XI52.
• Implement JSON to SOAP and SOAP to JSON transformation in DataPower using XSLT and actions.
• Configure and setup SSL, PKI and Trusted CA for Encryption, Decryption of data using cryptography in DataPower
• Defining and maintaining Queue Managers and MQ Objects on various platforms
• Installing and configuring MQ, IIB/MQSI, on various platforms. Provide support for applications utilizing MQ Series and MQSI products for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).
• Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces.
• Administer in multiple operating systems which included clearing queues, modifying object attributes, restarting channel and supporting application development by resolving programming problems with MQI (WebSphere MQ Application Programming Interface).
• Troubleshoot and manage DataPower, IIB, MQ queues, channels, listeners and triggering.
• Wrote scripts to automate administration tasks using shell and Python scripts.
• Create, execute, and document results of all unit test plans and user acceptance test plans.
• Actively involved in support of Websphere MQ & WBI Message Broker infrastructure in Production/QA/Test regions, shared support responsibilities with other members of the team.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

IBM DataPower/MQ consultant

Environment: DataPower XI50, WebSphere MQ 7.x, 7.x, UML, XML, SQL, Java, DB2, Oracle 7.x, XMLSpy, WSRR, Window Server 2012, AI.

Responsibilities:

• Support the installation and configuration of a new DataPower platform with active involvement in all the stages of life cycle from requirements gathering to promotion to Production of services.
• Create Domains for Dev, Test and Production, Rule Based Management Configurations.
• Create an XML firewall that performed as Content base routing using XSLT.
• Configure XI50 to protect against XML threats, malformed XML documents and hidden SQL statements.
• Configure a Web Service proxy service which virtualizes the web services for Xcel Energy Web Services hosted on WSRR.
• Configure a Multi-protocol gateway services to provide HTTP, HTTPS, MQ connections for required services.
• Configure XML firewall to protect the services form XML threats.
• Configure XI50 for any-to-any transformation using WebSphere Transformation Extender.
• Create Various Security Policies, Monitoring Mechanisms and trouble shooting.
• Worked on Web Services encryption and digital signatures.
• Demonstrate AAA policy to authenticate and authorize against LDAP server using basic authentication and Identity extracted from WSSE Soap Header for Retrieving Customer Details
• Configure XI50 to WSRR (Web Service Registry and repository) for access all core Web services.
• Configure a service level monitoring policy to monitor the network traffic to the back-end Web Services.
• Configure Remote Logging of systems Logs/ installed Audit logging for various purposes.