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Bedford, MA

Summary of Professional Experience

14 years of strong experience in IT, including: information systems security, systems architecture, enterprise systems analysis, systems engineering, BI/DSS engineering ETL, OLAP, reporting , Web services and applications development, software analysis engineering, automation engineering, technical support, team leading, project management, and strategic initiatives. 23 years of total work experience: sales, retail, and business administration.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Advisory Practice Consultant

  • RSA IMG Aveksa Solutions Architect / Lead Implementation Engineer
  • Performed health checks and performance reviews of Aveksa implementation
  • Configured Aveksa on IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x with remote Oracle 11.2.0.3
  • ImplementedAveksa ACM and ARM with varying identity source Active Directory, Lawson HR, Lotus Notes, SAP HR configured accounts/entitlements application collectors via JDBC Oracle, Teradata, MSSQL, etc , CSV, JCL, and DB2
  • Developed custom identity-provisioning component for one Aveksa implementation some JSF/JSP pages integrated with Aveksa ARM request forms
  • Implemented ARM requests with approval and fulfillment workflows including AFX for auto-provisioning flows
  • Implemented BRM for RBAC technical and business roles, including role mining
  • Implemented AFX for fulfillment within Oracle, Active Directory and LotusNotesover DIIOP
  • Implemented DAG with UNIX and Windows file share
  • Designed and orchestrated various workflows, including auto-provisioning via AFX, to support onboarding new user employee or contractor , update user attributes, as well as manual-provisioning to various departments within Fluor via email, for example
  • Documented Architecture Design guide, capturing DEV, QA/Test and PROD appliance configurations in each environment
  • Provided technical assistance as needed

Confidential

  • RSA Identity Data Protection Solution Architect / Lead Implementation Engineer
  • Designed architecture and implemented or Adaptive Authentication on-Premise integrated with Access Manager
  • Designed virtual appliance concept and prototypes for RSA Access Manager and Federated Identity Manager applications for low-end markets SMBs to reduce implementation and maintenance risks designed to scale even for large customers
  • Implemented integrated solution, consisting of RSA Access Manager, Federated Identity Manager, Adaptive Authentication on-Premise , and a custom web application
  • Provided guidance to various groups software system engineering, security analysts, business analysts, program management
  • Implemented RSA AA Adapter components AA Integration Adapter clustered active-active in DMZ RADIUS clustered active-active Data Protection Server active-passive using VMware Fault Tolerance to work with Juniper IVE and Cisco ASA VPN solutions
  • Trained helpdesk staff for user account provisioning administration staff for high availability
  • Developed data migration scripts and utilities using MSSQL Integration Services SSIS

Confidential

  • RSA Risk Analysis Manager
  • Performed fraud analysis for clients subscribing to Adaptive Authentication Hosted SaaS
  • Documented findings into reports using tools, such as SQL Developer and Excel to capture raw data and report elements.
  • Provided guidance on fraud intelligence techniques, confirmed fraud remediation and end-user account stabilization, as well as best practices for fraud case management

Confidential

  • Application architect and lead application engineer of data analytics solution using SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise for reporting engine, SAP BusinessObjects Data Services for ETL, and data warehouse for history data analysis
  • Installation / configuration of SAP BOE 4.0 SP4 FP3 and Data Services 4.1 on Windows 2008 R2 including Explorer
  • Configured access levels, folders, calendars, security queries, and performed other necessary administrative tasks for an OEM solution
  • Designed semantic layer BOE universe in .unx format using Information Design Tool
  • Defined several information spaces and exploration view sets using SAP BOE Explorer
  • Designed several queries and reports using various diagrams, such as radar/spider, column, bar, pie, heat map, etc using SAP BOE WebIntelligence
  • Defined data sources, batch job and other transformation logic, including loading into slowly changing dimension tables, and performing en-route aggregations into fact tables
  • Designed data warehouse schema/database in Oracle 11g R2
  • Defined/facilitated training for professional servicescolleagues
  • Presented solution offering to various customers discussed performance strategies using hot/active backup configured with Oracle 11g Active DataGuard
  • Assisted pre-sales and sales efforts technically

Confidential

Java/Web Developer

  • Development of custom Registration and StepUpAuthentication web applications, built on Stripes Java framework, that 1 uses RSA Access Manager cookie for 1FA, and 2 RSA AAoP for step up authentication
  • Development of custom Identity Provisioning web application, built onJavaServer Faces 2.x JEE 6 , JavaScript, and JPA with Oracle 11g R2l deployed on WAS 8.0.x
  • Customers include:Walmart including Walmart Financial, Bentonville, AR , Fluor Greenville, SC

Confidential

CEO / Solutions Architect

  • Excelled in computing technologies, ranging from business process management, service-oriented design and architecture, and computing technologies training. As webMethods SWE, tasks include, but not limited to:
  • Managed installation/configuration/coordination of classified system stand up, and webMethods 7.1.1 to 8.0 upgrade tasks
  • Designed extended messaging infrastructure using JMS for data staging, abstracting data delivery to support rapid data service production for turnkey service consumption, providing a enterprise-class framework to support fully-automated on-ramping
  • Elaborated best practices in service design and integration patterns, and demonstrated cost savings in document and process management
  • Pitched strategies using webMethods BPMS to manage on-ramping and on-boarding processes, as well as automating various workflows
  • Designed Transformation Plug-in framework using webMethods Trading Networks to leverage services to manage or perform data transformations. Plug-in framework also optimizes by distributing transformation across multiple threads on the local server, or across servers in a cluster
  • Led team of 2 software developers to build the framework and perform capacity and performance analysis against a more webMethods-oriented transformation analysis yielded a plug-in service controlling an external XSLT process 20 seconds outperformed webMethods-oriented transformation of 100 MB data file which did not successfully complete loading the data to transform in 15 minutes before crashing .
  • Provided guidance on using various webMethods applications for runtime performance monitoring using BPMS and webMethods Mediator
  • Designed end-to-end data monitoring capability within IDE system to work with Teradata Data Monitoring application
  • Customers include:US Defense Logistics Agency Dayton, OH , US Transportation Command Manassas, VA

Confidential

Enterprise Systems Architect

  • Designed Integration SOA reducing development time by 80
  • Designed business process models and services to integratewith external military systems to pass through data for aggregation and reporting, and business intelligence dashboard
  • Designed business process models and services to streamline on-ramping systems, reducing design/development costs by at least 75
  • Delivered system architecture artifacts UML diagrams, interface design documents, design specifications, and deployment and sustainment guides.
  • Worked with WSS, WSA, and WSI Basic Profile implementing NCES data brokering systems Web Services guidelines
  • Established best practices around design, development, deployment and maintenance for webMethods applications
  • Evaluated and recommended automation facilities using webMethods Optimize suite for process and assets monitoring for better analysis and reporting capabilities
  • Supported sustainment activities, such as updates to operations guides, issues troubleshooting and resolution, and keeping track of Software AG webMethods updates
  • Customers include: US Defense Logistics Agency US Transportation Command Manassas, VA

Confidential

Principal Consultant

  • Supported customers with post-sales implementation of webMethods applications, including architecture design, installation and configuration, development, performance tuning. Broadened webMethods skills across IS, Developer, Broker, TN, Glue, O4I, BPM/BAM Designer, Task Engine , MWS CentraSite assisted peers with various issues. Tasks included, but not limited to:
  • Upgraded webMethods version 6.5 to 7.1.1 IS, Broker, MWS, O4I, ML, CSGE/X-Broker designed and developed Korn shell scripts to install/configure most webMethods components, saving an average of 70 of time
  • Worked with VERITAS SMEs to add multiple Broker instances cross failover
  • Implemented webMethods-centric change process
  • Evaluated collaborative development implementation strategy for clients webMethods ClearCase support primary/secondary server concept for code replication and backup leveraging Tivoli Activity Planning workflow and Tivoli Desktop utilities
  • Assisted clients team with production issues
  • Customers include: US Internal Revenue Service Lanham, MD

Confidential

  • Performed range of activities installing, configuring, developing applications, and designing system architecture, with a primary focus on ECM systems design and implementation. Tasks for one project included, butnot limited to:
  • Installed 2 instances of IHS on AIX 5.3: Oracle Content Server reverse proxy Web server.
  • Installed/configured Oracle Stellent CS on AIX/HIS Windows/Apache, both with Oracle 10gR3 database.
  • Configured XVFB on AIX to support Oracle CS Dynamic Converter.
  • Developed generic event scheduler component, comprising of service handler and filter.
  • Developed CS event handlers Java classes to trigger content review and expiration notices.
  • Developed custom workflow in CS for content edit and approval process using IdocScript.
  • Developed products search and filtering, breadcrumb trail for products navigation, sitemap, and events details elements with calendar popups.
  • Built Oracle Site Studio templates primary secondary fragments primarily JSP , along with contribution regions with text, image, WYSIWYG, and custom elements with HCSP.
  • Customers include:MeadWestVaco

Confidential

Principal Consultant

  • Supported customers with post-sales implementation of webMethods applications, including architecture design, installation and configuration, development, performance tuning. Broadened webMethods skills across IS, Developer, Broker, TN, Glue, Manager/O4I, BPM/BAM Modeler, Workflow , MWS, Infravio. Tasks included, but not limited to:
  • Implemented 2-way authentication and authorization secured SSL handshake between Integration Server and Broker Server instances, along with secured SSL handshake and encrypted messaging between Integration Server instances
  • Built SOAP/JMS processor service and listener using webMethods JMS Adapter, which pulls messages off of IBM MQSeries/WebSphere MQ queue manager, parses SOAP Request from JMS payload, fulfills web service SLA, builds SOAP Response into JMS format, and finally posts the message onto the queue
  • Installed/configured BPM Design Server to demonstrate reusability and governance
  • Assisted Java programmers with EJB development and deployment used in both tiers, front end and back end , WSDL to Java components, SOAP Q A, and web services development and testing
  • Configured webMethods Broker as a JNDI provider to IBM MQSeries queue manager
  • Developed services invoking remote EJB methods via RMI-IIOP using webMethods EJB Adapter web services that map Java object attribute values into XML DOM structure and SOAP over JMS handler, or processor, built using JMS Adapter that interacts with IBM MQSeriesQueueManager and trigger service on webMethods Broker that enables multithreading SOAP/JMS messages
  • Installed/configured IBM WAS 6, RAD wM IS 6.5, EJB Adapter 6.0, JMS Adapter 6.1, and Broker 6.5
  • Integrated webMethods Flow and Java services with Document Sciences and Adobe components
  • Co-designed/developed UNIX script framework to extend webMethods Integration Servers tasks/services such as package/code rollouts and deployment, and configuration changes greatly reducing trivial tasks dependent on interactivity with GUI or Web interface components particularly in cases of untrained or unfamiliar end users
  • Assisted software engineers test troubleshoot wM Glue client SOAP/HTTP calls by analyzing sub-network issue resolving shortened host name reference in WSDL creating duplicate and proxy flow services in IS for Glue-client/IS testing and testing of SOAP/JMS using wM Glue client to publish SOAP requests through IBM MQSeries, after which wM Glue server subscribed to parse the SOAP request execute the service on IS
  • Customers include: US Internal Revenue Service Lanham, MD

Confidential

Sr. Solutions Architect

  • Assisted with enterprise systems design deepened system administration knowledge built systems replica environments, prototypes and demos for Solutions Center blending COTS products. Directly supported DISA GCCS-J by providing BEA products tier 1 support, developed and maintained segment scripts DII-COE installers , and providing solutions implementation insight to leverage BEA products.

Confidential

Staff Database Engineer

  • Enterprise software engineering, EII, EAI, database design, data/taxonomy modeling, web services, application development, and RUP/UML. Assisted with project planning of Army DoD projects. Led team of 3-8 to build enterprise applications pilot systems. Tasks included, but not limited to:
  • Designed system architecture and integration points among Business Objects XI, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000 and Teradata, providing the DoD with an enterprise-level business intelligence BI and online analytical processing OLAP
  • Assessed Data Integrator XI product to determine efficiency compared to SQL Server 2005
  • Oversaw development of SQL Server 2005 ETL packages, Business Objects XI universe and reports
  • Implemented SOA/web services BI/EII system proving systems readiness for Net-Centricity
  • Engineered virtual DW using MetaMatrix defined data mapping/transformation rules to extract data from a Sybase datawarehouse, and another in Teradata
  • Evaluated EII applications to aggregate data from multiple DW's to support BI at DoD executive level conducted vendor competition BEA/Blue Titan, MetaMatrix winning vendor , XAware, Composite Software, and Software AG
  • Published pilot-to-production roadmap, opportunity analysis technical report, production project plan, financial assessment, COTS Software Evaluation Matrix, COTS evaluation report and recommended strategies to support entire DoD BI, as well as reported Pilot implementation and lessons learned
  • Built reusable ETL procedures via DTS from Teradata to MS SQL Server to establish performance benchmark for post-Pilot production system
  • Helped drive complex intelligence query optimization evaluated/advised techniques to MetaMatrix regarding runtime data federation/web services implementations suggested architectural strategies
  • Designed Business Objects Universe against MetaMatrix virtual tables and Reports to support ASAP predefined and ad hoc requirements
  • Delegated .NET web portal development for real-time spending data analysis portal dynamically discovers/binds report-centric web broker service report service dynamically binds specified data-centric web services. Data services query MetaMatrix virtual DW via web services hosted on WebLogic 8.1 J2EE
  • Delegated security integration of .NET web application AKO single sign-on authentication, and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2003 UDDI Registry Services
  • Installed/configured Business Objects and MetaMatrix servers tools
  • Beta tested version 4.2 of MetaMatrix
  • Reviewed DISA NCES DoD DDMS strategy and documentation

Confidential

Software Engineer

  • Responsibilities include, but not limited to, software engineering, automation engineering, database designing, and process improvement. Various projects/tasks included:
  • Developed Java program to query system of records Unisys / MVS saved 40 testing.
  • Developed Java application, SFX, to perform REST-based Web Service resting, relying on WADL for interface definitions QA team would only need to provide data file with test data , and some styling application used J2SE 1.3 JVM
  • Maintained C application, SuperFly, developed to test C middleware APIs maintenance involved updating code generator application application required QA team to provide data file with test data , and some styling
  • Developed C application/automated with WinRunner, saving 30,000.00 annually.
  • Automated online Unisys mainframe programs testing, reducing 7 hours of testing per 300 tests run. Developed Unisys test processor using WinRunner, hooking to AttachMate.
  • Performed in-depth analysis of LDRA Testbed software to automate testing on Unisys mainframe.
  • Also performed: COTS software analysis database designing and SME for projects, which includes TestDirector web-based software integration/implementation, and enterprise projects test software development/automation Project/Contractor Resource management.
  • Analyzed current processes and optimized development/automation engagements, standardization, and customer satisfaction processes.

Confidential

Software Consultant

  • Communications Engineering including development/maintenance of electronic B2B communications hub using webMethods B2B software hooked to various ERP systems.
  • Implemented RosettaNet XML communications standard to meet CIDX consortium decisions.
  • Other projects included: test implementation BizTalk SOAP technical writing architecture and proposal of Envera Online Certification System OCS for Implementation of eB4B.

Perot Systems / Owens

Confidential

  • Development and re-engineering of Java-based OM Direct online medical equipment system, which utilized Oracle and IBM CICS backend systems.
  • Testing and debugging OM Direct builds.
  • Mentoring Perot Systems employees on Java and Oracle.
  • Technical support for OM Direct users.

Confidential

Programmer/Consultant

  • Worked with webMethods B2B application integration projects between SAP R/3 Java.
  • Developed webMethods Flow/Java services, implemented and invoked in B2B transactions.
  • SAP IDOCs transformed into XML data, according to client DTDs, and vice versa.

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