SUMMARY:

• Middleware Consultant with over 20+ years’ experience in development, administration, configuration, installation, maintenance and providing on - going support in IBM Middleware such as IIB, MQ, and WAS. Recent experience includes: IBM Integration Bus 10.0.0.8, MQ 8.0.0.7, WAS 9, WAS 8.5, Urban Code Deploy, Puppet, FileNet, Methode, and MQFTE. Experience on: Solaris, Windows, AIX, Linux, z/OS.
• Architected solutions that incorporated diverse and large-scale infrastructures using IBM software for corporations such as Confidential ’s Investments, Fidelity Investments, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential .
• Configured multi-instance queue managers in multiple clusters, configured ssl channels and AMS for encrypted data on queues, managed key databases, created self-signed certificates and worked with vendors to order Verisign certs, horizontal and vertical WAS clusters, clustered brokers, designed message flows, GFS fs, Veritas HA solutions configuration on multiple platforms.
• Installed, configured and used a variety of monitoring tools such as Managed Engine, Tivoli, QPasa, appWatch, MQ Visual Edit, CA APM (formerly Wily Introscope).
• Incorporates keen interpretative listening and communication skills to formulate the most efficient systems design. Analyzes and develops workable, durable, easily managed solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: Z/OS Windows AIX

Linux z/OS Solaris: 8/9/10 MVS/O/S390 z/Linux

Database: SQL Server Oracle DB2

Middleware/Programming: IIB v10.0.0.8 COBOL MQ v8.0.07 CICS Java JCL XSLT XML Shell Scripting C# Perl C#.NET PowerShell Scripts JMS JavaScript REXX HTML

Software & Tools: Veritas Cluster Server for HA servers Cloud (Amazon, WMQ APIs) Lync Splunk Amazon SQS

Puppet/Puppet scripting: DataPower configuration MQ Clustering MQ Visual Edit MQ Monitoring (Tivoli, AppWatch) Installed MQ on cloud servers FileNet

SSL MQFTE: Methode Tivoli WAS DMZ webMethods Tibco WebLogic RACF AppWatch OAM WebVault Omegamon Excel/Word/Project/Visio VMware IIS Oracle Designer pcAnywhere Visual SourceSafe InstallShield FrontPage FTP PowerBuilder SAP R/3/IDocs

DataPower: WTX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY, NY

Sr. IT Engineer/Architect/Solutions Designer/IBM MQ Admin/IIB Admin

• Installed and configured IIB on Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris servers
• Installed and configured MQ on Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, Mainframe
• Created installation scripts that the Unix SAs used to install 32 new MQ/IIB servers.
• Created backup and restore scripts for IIBv10.0.0.8 and MQ v8.0.0.7.
• Designed and participated in DR and OR Testing using MQ and IIB.
• Provided MQ/IIB support for Confidential ’s Investments - a trillion dollar investment company in NY city.
• Attended IBM training classes in IIB v10 Development, IIB v10 Advanced Development, IIB v10 Installation and Administration
• Assisted IBM with new Urban Code Deploy plugin release for Was 9 and IIB.
• Installed, configured and implemented dmgrs, clusters, nodes, applications in WAS 9. Assigned WAS 9 Administrator.
• Facilitated CA APM implementation for WAS 9, IIB 10 and MQ 8.
• Coded server scripts for startups, shutdowns, backups, restores for MQ, IIB and WAS.
• Coded server scripts for nightly cleanups of directories.
• Installed and configured Urban Code Deploy and installed cca agents.
• Configured DataPower services. Upgraded DataPower appliances.
• Attended IBM training sessions regarding IBM AMS, channel authentication and SSL channels.
• IIB installation and configuration. Creation of queue managers, Integration Nodes, Integration Servers. Deployment of bar files. Configuration of global cache, security administration and authorization of IIB and MQ. Support of app/dev team and problem resolution. Development of message flows to test specific segregation of messages. Creation of queues, topics, subscriptions, listeners, channels, services to support message flows.
• Created Puppet script to install MQ Client on 1200 servers.
• Designed prototypes for testing iibv10 using various nodes such as (MQInput/MQOutput, MQReply, HTTPReply, HTTPRequest, Input/Output nodes, Compute nodes to transform and manipulate messages, JavaCompute nodes to propagate messages to various output terminals, Mapping nodes to extract parts of a message, etc.)
• Component architecture designed for WebSphere Process Server. Utilized the WebSphere Transformation Extender to detect WMB map failures. The WTX returned needed information about map runs including map return codes and messages in log files.
• Provided MQ and WMB Administration for 1500+ servers and numerous projects such as: Integration of LaSalle Bank Datacenter in Chicago (150+servers) into the Bank’s environment. This involved installation and configuration of MQ on Web Servers and App Servers in the DMZ and behind the firewalls in a domain; additional installations included AppWatch for monitoring and Tivoli Omegamon on 18 to 20 Windows Servers. This involved implementing security exits on channel definitions, SSL and internal certificates
• Configured Solaris 10 servers for Websphere Application Server 7.x incorporating multiple cells, nodes, deployment managers. Installed the Update Installer on multiple servers. Installed Fix Packs for upgrades to WAS on multiple servers. Configured vertical and horizontal clusters.
• Installed and configured WMQv8, WMQ v 7.5.0.4, v7.5.0.3, v7.5.0.2, V7.0.1.7 and v7.5.0.1 and 7.0.1.4 on Linux, AIX and Solaris 10 High Availability Clustered Servers. Configured Veritas Cluster Server for multiple queue managers running simultaneously in the cluster
• Installed over 500 hundred servers with MQ Client v 7.0.1.7, 7.5.0.3
• Installed IIB v10, IIB v9 and WMBv8.0.0.4 on Linux, Solaris and AIX
• Developed message mapping and application transformation rules.
• Creation of queues, channels, listeners, etc. Granting security to objects using setmqauth commands. Installation of co-existing versions of MQ running on the same server.
• Provided 24 X 7 rotational on-call support for MQ(v5.3, v6.1, v6.3, v7.0, v7.5.x, v8) and IIBv10 and IIBv9, and WMB 8.0.0.2 and WAS for approximately 1800 servers utilizing 1800 Queue Managers and thousands of queues and channels on platforms (UNIX, Linux, Windows, AIX, Sun Solaris, z/OS). On-call support involved troubleshooting, problem debugging and correcting error conditions.
• Designed, coded and tested message flows, error handling between nodes, error handling of message flow problems.
• Analyzed IIB and WMB syslog and MQ error logs for problem resolution.
• Configured DataPower appliances for MQ high-availability. Raised firewall requests for AT&T regarding DataPower ports and connections.
• Worked with the network team to test and configure new routers and firewalls to connect to outside vendors.
• Implemented request/reply, publish/subscribe and fan out message flow operation.
• WMB implementation using “hub-and-spoke” architectural design (this design was also implemented at Nestle, Inc. ) and using “semantic hub-and-spoke” or canonical domain model (message formats translated from A into a canonical format, then from the canonical format to B.)
• WMB implementation using XML/XSLT.
• Provided WMQ and WMB Administration for 1500+ servers and numerous projects such as: Integration of LaSalle Bank Datacenter in Chicago (150+servers) into the Bank’s environment. This involved installation and configuration of MQ on Web Servers and App Servers in the DMZ and behind the firewalls in a domain; additional installations included AppWatch for monitoring and Tivoli Omegamon on 18 to 20 Windows Servers. This involved implementing security exits on channel definitions, SSL and internal certificates
• Utilized RACF and MVS security.
• Involved in team effort to upgrade WebSphere MQ Series v6.x to v7.5.0-4 and v8.0.0-3.
• Configured MQ objects including Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, etc. on MVS. Provided 24 x7 Support of MQ and IIB/WMB which involved MQ on the mainframe.
• Created 64 queue managers, 256 queues, and granted authority on two Linux servers for Cashpro Project.
• Involved in a project on z/OS which utilized performance metrics and reporting (SMF) on z/OS. Created SMF datasets using IDCAMS utility.
• Created jobstreams utilizing programs such as IFASMFDL to dump SMF log streams.
• Installed and configured Omegamon V6.01 for Windows.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere MQSeries V6 on multiple operating systems. This project involved heavy utilization of clustering, SSL and Digital s. This project also included over 50+ server installations and configurations of WebSphere MQSeries, AppWatch, and Tivoli Omegamon in 4 environments (Test, QA, Pre-Prod and Prod).
• Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server.
• Prepared MQSeries object definitions scripts.
• Assisted users in with MQ problems and application connectivity.
• Communicated with users and management on all levels to assure stability within all applications and network.
• Prepared Project Plans.
• Used Tibco Hawk for monitoring and management of software.
• Used Tibco Enterprise Management Advisor to support business processes and performance of applications.

Environment:: Mainframe, WTX, WAS, IIB, MQ Java, Veritas Cluster Server on Solaris and Windows Servers, Oracle, SQL Server, MS Office, SOA, WebSphere DataPower, WebSphere Process Server, Rumba, Remote Desktop, SSH Tectia, Hummingbird, Microsoft Office Communicator, Mobile Access Services, SDSF, VSAM, SMP/E, MQ Architect/TADDMS, MQ on UNIX, Linux, AIX, MQ Clustering, MQ security exits, Tivoli MQ Monitoring, QPASA, appWatch, SSL, certificate installation (key database maintenance), Tibco Hawk, Tibco Enterprise Management Advisor, Tibco Enterprise RTView, Peregrine, Clarity, eAriba, Banking Applications, WebLogic, WebSphere Configuration Manager, Message Broker Toolkit, VMware, pcAnywhere, SSH Tectia, Remote Desktop Connection, Telnet, Sun Solaris 10, AIX, Linux, Windows, z/OS, UNIX and UNISYS MF. Knowledge and training of WebSphere MQ Appliance, MQ Explorer with Broker plugin.

Confidential

Sr Consultant/WMQ Admin

• Served as Chief Architectural Designer and Websphere Toolset Administrator. Provided 24X7 on-call support for related problems.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere MQSeries including object definitions, monitoring, clustering and triggering. This included creating over 50 queue managers for each environment (PROD, QA, TEST, SANDBOX.
• Installed and configured clustered servers and Disaster Recovery Servers for backup.
• Configured SQL Server 2005 Enterprise editions for mirroring databases and maintenance plans for databases.
• Assisted and consulted in design and coding considerations for MQ API’s in COBOL and C#.
• Designed network infrastructures and routing protocols and configurations for network connectivity for primary and secondary networks.
• Monitored PRD, UAT and IST environments for proper channel and queue configurations.
• Installed Verizon certificates using IIS manager for websites.
• Installed and maintained certificates for SSL connectivity with MQ.
• Established SSL connectivity with MQ to send and receive data transactions to and from banks and the Federal Reserve bank.
• Coded scripts for server duplication.
• Configured servers for connectivity to host applications.
• Installed MQ and applied fix packs as appropriate.
• Assisted users in Toronto, Montreal, Manhattan, Charlotte, Little Rock and other areas with MQ problems and application connectivity.
• Recommended new equipment (switches, routers) for network.
• Communicated with users and management on all levels to assure stability within all applications and networks.
• Maintained passwords on all servers, certificates, DCOM objects and services.
• Configured monitoring software for monitoring of MQ objects (queues, channels, etc.).
• Environment: IBM WebSphere MQSeries V6.0 with Fix Pack 6.0.2.3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2 (Enterprise, Standard, Express editions), Microsoft Office 2007, FTP, C#, SmartBanker, Fidelity Applications, Bank of Nova Scotia Applications, UNIX, MQ Clustering, Server Clustering, MQ API’s, MQ API coding and technical assistance for applications including COBOL, C#.NET, PowerShell Scripts, WebSphere Application Server V 6.1, XML, MQ Monitoring including Tivoli, WebLogic, Omegamon XE for WebSphere Application Server, Intellipool, Sonic MQ V5 Bridge for JMS, SSL, certificates, MQChat, MQTalk, Veritas Cluster Server, Vantive Case Reporting, WebVault, Banking Applications, Shell Scripting, IIS, MQSeries on Windows, UNIX, z/OS, Linux, Sun Solaris platforms, WebSphere Message Broker administration, Symantec Veritas, VMware.

Confidential

Senior IT Consultant

• Started a company which developed websites for small business owners.
• Provided consulting for small businesses utilizing WMQ, WMB and WAS. This involved creating MQ Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, configuring security, clusters, as well as installation and upgrading of WebSphere MQSeries.
• Mentored developers using API calls for WebSphere MQSeries.
• Architectural designs for small businesses using WebSphere MQSeries.

Environment:: Web Easy Professional, WebPlus, Flash, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Windows Server, SQL Server, Microsoft Office, C#, COBOL, PowerShell Scripts, WAS, XML, IBM WebSphere MQSeries on Windows, UNIX, z/OS, Linux, AIX and Sun Solaris platforms, WMB, WAS, VMware.

Confidential

Senior Technical Team Leader/DBA

• Managed Oracle Designer/Developer Team.
• Redesigned and Developed Oracle PL/SQL Web applications using Designer 6.0, Designer 6i, Oracle 9iAS, Oracle 8i, PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript and various graphics design toolsets.
• Installed and Configured Designer 6i, Oracle 8i and 9iAS.
• Performed DBA administration functions using Oracle 8i on a UNIX platform and Windows 2000 platform.

Environment:: Oracle 8i/7.3.x, Oracle Designer/2000, Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports, Oracle Designer 6i, SQL, SQL*Loader, Mercator, Microsoft Project 2000, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Access 2000, Java, XML, IBM WebSphere MQSeries, webMethods for Trading Network, z/OS, Windows.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

• Designed and developed ASP web pages using Oracle database, COM, ADO, HTML, FrontPage, and JavaScript.
• Redesigned and developed PowerBuilder applications using Oracle, Visual SourceSafe, InstallShield 2 on NT platform.
• Installed and Configured Microsoft Personal Web Server on NT platforms.

Environment:: Active Server Pages, Oracle Stored Procedures, MVS/OS/390, Oracle 7.3.x, Oracle Designer/2000, Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports, SQL, SQL*Loader, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Windows 2000, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Access 2000, Java, XML

Confidential

WAS, WMB, WMQ Global Consultant

• Administrated, installed, configured IBM Websphere Message Broker and IBM WebSphere MQ Series on a variety of platforms including z/OS, HP-UX, Linux, AIX, Unix, Solaris, Windows, AS/400.
• IBM Websphere Message Broker Administration including: creating and configuring broker connections to databases, utilization of WMB commands including recycling of the brokers, displaying broker status and configuration, upgrading, installation and uninstallation of broker software, on-going support of broker configurations within multiple clusters, support for code deployments and new message flow development, message flow best design advisement, etc.
• IBM WebSphere MQSeries Architect and Administration including: application MQ API coding, creation of MQ objects, MQ clustering, SSL, MQ Broker, Omegamon XE, Roma, Candle Command Center, Candle Omegamon (now Tivoli) integration, Shell Scripting, XML to raw data conversion, raw data to XML conversion, Webpage design and integration using MQ, MQ alert monitoring and configuration, training of MQ administrators, and MQ classroom instruction, MQ integration with SAP, MQ ghosting on hundreds of servers, MQ alarm coding, MQ failover and backup configuration for MQ objects and databases, MQ tuning for performance, MQ debugging and tracing of messages between platforms, persistence testing, failover configuration and testing and other MQ Administrator tasks.
• Performed MQSeries Administration including creation of MQ objects, MQ Clustering, MQ tuning, MQ security using SSL, MQ aliases, network and design for MQ connectivity between various platforms including JUMP Servers, HP, z/OS, Windows, Mainframe, AS/400, UNIX, and Sun Solaris.
• Configured and tested the MQ Series link via IDocs within SAP R/3 and Mercator environment.
• Attended SAP R/3 training sessions utilizing materials provided by Confidential .
• Attended MQSeries Administration classes for z/OS, Windows, and UNIX flavors via Confidential .
• Defined channel monitoring and other MQSeries configurations within the Candle.
• Installed MQSeries Agents and the Candle Command Center on various platforms.
• Coded REXX exec that parsed input files on the MVS platform for the U.S. Post Office Package Tracking System.
• Installed, configured and administered and provided 24X7 on-call support for WebSphere MQSeries on MVS for U.S. Postal Service in Raleigh, N.C. This involved creating jobstreams, started tasks, utilizing dumps, logs, trace files for debugging, etc.
• Created working prototypes for topologies incorporating Mercator transformations and IBM WebSphere MQSeries.
• Performed Mercator trace options for input and output data.
• Configured BMC Patrol Agent and Console in enterprise Patrol environment.
• Analyzed log files from Mercator executions.
• Experienced using Mercator adapters such as: the Mercator Oracle adapter, Mercator SAP adapter, Mercator MQ adapter.
• Designed and developed Java programs using WebSphere, Visual Age for Java, MQSeries, DreamMaker, HTML, XML on an NT platform.
• Designed and developed C programs using Visual Age for C++, MQSeries, Roma and XML on an NT platform.

Environment: WMB, Linux, AIX, z/OS, BMC Patrol, CA-IDEAL/CA-DATACOM, SAP R/3, C, Mercator, WMQ, WMQI, MQSeries Link for R/3, Unisys, RS/6000, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 95, DEC/ALPHA, AS/400, MVS/OS, CICS, COBOL, C++, Java, JavaScript, XML, Roma, Lotus Notes, SAP R/3, SAP R/2, REXX, COBOL II, JCL, vi-Editor, Kron Scripts, Oracle, HP-UX 11, Candle Command Center, MQSeries Agents, PQEdit, MQSeries Commands, MVS/CICS, ORACLE, DB2, Microsoft Outlook, WinWord ’97, Tivoli, JD Edwards OneWorld and Microsoft Project. Candle Omegamon XE UNIX, z/OS, Windows, shell scripting.