SUMMARY:

• More than 20 years of IT experience with strong hands - on in diverse technologies
• Specialized in DevOps, CI/CD, Containerization, Orchestration, Microservices, Reverse Engineering and Monitoring
• 10+ years of DevOps experience in SCM(SVN/Git), CI/CD(Jenkins/Bamboo), CMT(Ansible/Puppet), Docker/Kubernetes
• 10+ years of Middleware experience in IBM Integration Bus v10, WebSphere MQ v7/8, WebLogic 11g, JBoss/WildFly
• 10+ years of Scripting experience using Bash, Korn Scripting, Ruby, Perl, Python, Powershell
• 10+ years of Database experience in ORACLE 10g/11g, Cassandra/DataStax, MySQL, SQL Server (T-SQL)
• 10+ years of Development experience in C/C++, Java EE on Windows/UNIX/Linux platforms
• 10+ years of diverse experience utilizing Agile as well as Waterfall methodologies
• Outstanding leadership skills with demonstrated capacity to train & mentor the geographically distributed teams
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, analytical skills and ability to communicate with all management levels

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platform: Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux (RHEL/CentOS, SUSE, Ubuntu), Windows, VMware

Language: C, Pro*C, C++, Java 5, 6, 7, 8

JEE Technology: JSP/Servlet, Struts, Hibernate, Spring, Eclipse, JavaScript, jQuery (Ajax), JMS

Open Source: HTML, XML, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Python, Apache HTTP, NGiNX

App Server: WebLogic 10g/11g, WebSphere AS 5.0, 6.0, Tomcat, JBoss EAP / WildFly

Middleware: Tuxedo 6, 7; WebSphere MQ 6.0, 7.0, Msg Bkr 6.0, 7.0, IBM Integration Bus 10

Scripting: UNIX Shells (Korn, C, Bash), Perl, AWK, sed, Python, Windows PowerShell

Database: Oracle 10g/11g, SQL Server 2008, Apache Cassandra (+DSE), MySQL

Version Control: CVS, Git/GitLab, Subversion (SVN), BitBucket, ClearCase

Build Tools: Ant, Maven, CruiseControl, Remedy, Hudson, Jenkins, ClearQuest, HP ALM

Big Data: Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise, Apache Spark, Scala, Hadoop

Design Patterns: UML, RUP, Erwin, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), Microservices

Atlassian Suite: Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, HipChat, Stash, Crucible, FishEye

Containerization: Docker (Docker Engine, Docker Compose, Docker Machine), rkt

Orchestration: Docker Swarm, Kubernetes

Cloud: Amazon AWS (S3, EC2, VPC, ECS, EBS, EFS, so on), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior DevOps Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide Level 2 support for COGECO's Service Integration Layer (CSIL/Middleware) for Non-Prod and Prod
• Deployment automation of IIB v10 as well as MQ v8 in Clustered and Non-Clustered environments
• Developed utility to generate ESB environment status by comparing IIB deployed objects versus SVN Code
• Developed script to identify Queue persist state and update non-persist to persist in MQM.
• Configured Jenkins CI/CD landscape from scratch and configured jobs for Non-Prod and Prod environments
• Automated where possible around common scenarios (like rollback, failovers, standard procedures and so on)
• Monitoring setup for various applications, network and servers within Non-Prod environments
• Working closely with Architecture, Development and QA teams w.r.t roadmap and accomplish the common goal

Confidential

Senior DevOps/Middleware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Level 1 production support for CTC's mission critical application and middleware systems
• Migration of Message Broker v6.1 and v7 with /MQ v6/v7 to IIB 10 include converting/refactoring/rewriting
• Create/Update/Deploy BAR files and involved in trouble shooting the Message Broker issues. Involved in stopping and starting of MQ Managers, Message Brokers, Message Flows and execution groups.
• Troubleshoot IBM MB / MQ failures in non-Prod and Prod environments (Linux/AIX/IMS) and provide timely resolution
• Strong scripting capabilities (Shell, Python), experienced with web frameworks (NGiNX Plus, Tomcat)
• Automated where possible around common failure scenarios (rollback, failovers, escalation procedures and so on)
• Working closely with Architecture, Development, QA and Shared Services teams to accomplish common goal

Confidential

Senior DevOps Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Building, configuring and provisioning VM (Ansible/Bamboo/NGiNX/DataStax) for Agile Non-Prod environments
• Strong Bash; Ruby scripting capabilities, experienced with web frameworks (NGiNX, Apache HTTPD, Tomcat)
• Installation, upgrade/migration and administration of Cassandra / DataStax in Non-Prod environments
• Designed and implemented Ruby utility(locking wrapper) coupled with Git hooks to manage SCM releases.
• Linux OS administration, virtualization, cloud on-demand computing, all configurations and automation tasks
• Designed and implemented CI/CD for Legacy (Jenkins/Maven/SVN) and UTE (Bamboo/Maven/Git/so on)
• Highly proficient with AWS EC2, S3, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy standard processes
• Installed, configured ELK stack for Agile Non-Production environments for centralized logpging
• Setup Docker Container for web server (Apache) to support backward compatibility with cloud environment
• Automated where possible around common failure scenarios (rollback, failovers, escalation procedures and so on)
• Monitoring setup for various applications, network and servers within Agile Non-Prod environments
• Working closely with Architecture, Development, Test, Security and IT Services teams to accomplish common goal

Confidential

Technical Consultant, DevOps and Infrastructure Services (DIS)

Responsibilities:

• Leading Level 1 production support for ADP's mission critical application and middleware systems
• Managed day-to-day production operational support and critical incident management to resolution
• Led large-scale application, middleware infrastructure support and deployment across multiple ADP's line of products, involving significant scope and complexity in Agile Methodology
• Led the network/hardware (NLB) as well as software load balancing for high availability (HA) and failover (FO)
• Led the product migration and upgrade of WebSphere MQ from 6.0 to 7.0.1 version
• Provided maintenance and operational support of IBM WebSphere MQ 7.0 Clustered / HA environments
• Implemented external and internal clients Secure File Transfer (SFTP) automation on AIX platform
• Disaster Recovery (DR) exercise to mitigate the data center failure and recovery program for business continuity
• Defined and established the servers recovery repository (SRR) where server and apps can be built from scratch

Confidential

Technical Consultant, Product Development and Environment Support

Responsibilities:

• Led and mentored the team (onsite & offshore) in CCRD development & delivery in a fast paced environment
• Led configuration and deployment support of WebLogic 11g application servers hosting J2EE applications in clustered Production and non-clustered non-Production environments
• Implemented server side utilities to help out in troubleshooting the critical incidents in AIX and Windows platform
• Designed and implemented the automated data migration via ORACLE PL/SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting

Confidential

Technical Lead / Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led a technical team comprised of 15+ members at onsite and offshore sites in diversed technologies
• Managed the application and middleware deployments to legacy retail and supply chain systems, point of sale (PoS) involving significant scope & complexity (Manhattan WMS, SwedaMart/Aurora, JDA Transportation, Stores)
• Provided 24x7 (carrying pager) technical support in deploying, troubleshooting and monitoring multi-node J2EE applications and Distributed Legacy applications
• Lead applications & environment support part of Data Center Migration (DCM) from Q9 Networks to Loblaw Data Center including before & after validation of performance, scalability and availability (600+ LPAR/Servers)
• Proof of Concept and implementation of Supply Chain and Retail app services virtualization using IBM GreenHat
• Installed/configured IBM WebSphere MQ Manager/Broker 7, Metastorm Integration Manager (MIM) 8.5.1
• Provided L1/L2 technical support in WebSphere MQ Series and WebSphere Message Broker on multi-platforms
• Creation & maintenance Execution Group, QManager, Queue, Channel, Process for ESB (WMB/WMQ) interfaces
• Collaborated with development team to flush out the optimal design and solution for new ESB interfaces
• Creation & maintenance of implementation scripts, deployment guides and operating manuals (run books)
• Configured and deployment support of WebLogic 11g hosting J2EEapps in clustered & non-clustered environments
• Automated the deployment of J2EE applications with security technologies, including SSL configuration
• Developed the tools utilizing shell scripting (ksh, sh, bash), Perl, Powershell on multiple operating systems
• Developed the strategy and migrated the existing code base from CVS to Rational Team Concert tool
• Defined and implemented the software build and deployment procedures utilizing ITIL best practices
• Carried out the investigative, feasibility and analytical studies to produce detailed design specifications required for integration of SAP and Non-SAP systems
• Collaborated with infrastructure and application teams in migration of existing enterprise retail and supply chain systems in to SAP

Confidential

Systems Integration Specialist (DevOps Role)

Responsibilities:

• Led and mentored the team of 5 members in Release and Configuration Management activities.
• Designed and implemented the build and deployment automation with a focus on CI/CD
• Built the QA, UAT, Staging (Production Support) environments from scratch for Java EE in Agile methodology
• Supported BEA Tuxedo environments setup for Pharmacy and Dental ATMI-configured Adjudication systems
• Environment support of WebLogic 9.x/10.x application servers in clustered and non-clustered environments
• Administered CVS for multiple projects under the guidelines of source code control management
• Automated the build and deploy process for multiple non-PROD environments via Hudson, Shell Scripting
• Led the ORACLE 8x to 10g migration project with external vendor from configuration management prospect
• Developed the custom alert monitor utilities to monitor critical app services for high availability (SLA >99%)
• Software builds for middleware, back-office services and database code using GNU make, Shell Scripting
• Prepared the implementation plan for User Acceptance Test, Performance and Production environments

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Regulated Default Supply ( Confidential ) is a custom build project for EPCOR in Edmonton, Alberta to move Distribution & Transmission business into meter-based & bill ready model for tariff calculations. Confidential is driven by Legislative & Regulatory changes, as per standards of Confidential & Confidential

Environment: C++, Java/J2EE, Oracle 9i, WinKsh, Perl, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Test Director, MS VSS, Tomat, ANT, Cruise Control