SUMMARY:

• Experienced professional with technical depth and strong interpersonal skills. More than 22 years of experience in IBM middleware architecture design and system implementation. Capable of delivering complex solutions enabling reliability and high performance.
• Expertise in distributed system integration technologies that span various platforms. Extensive architectural and technical skills in building enterprise level n - tier distributed processing, ESB, SOA, API system. Strong knowledge sharing and transferring skill as a resourceful facilitator. Efficient team works and collaboration skills that excel in a matrixed environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: Sophisticated skills in hybrid cloud integration platforms with ESB engines including IIB/WMB, App Connect Enterprise (Cast Iron) and BPM/WPS server. Ability to think strategically about business needs for ESB and create technical design to successfully deliver in complex situations. Strong skills in data modeling and service creation for SOAP Web Services, REST API to implement highly available, extensible APIs. Capable of advising best practices and developing integration services in Java, .net, ESQL and other toolkits. Excellent trouble shooting skill and knowledge using different tools and techniques for IIB/WMB production systems. Solid hands - on experience in MQ product set solution design, development and support. Competent in leading complex messaging system with challenging HA/DR requirement and extreme high volume. Proficient in messaging infrastructure design and implementation with multiple components including MQ on cloud or Docker, MQ AMS, MQ Appliance, MQ MFT and Message Hub on IBM Cloud etc. Extensive and profound ability to lead architectural design process and producing deliverables for SOA and Cloud architecture. Skills and abilities to manage and deliver project artifacts by following IBM methodologies. Experience in multiple customer domains such as finance, retail, telecomm and public sector. Substantial knowledge of design and implementing cloud-based architecture and guiding cloud application development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Middleware Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As technical support service consultant, support the enterprise level environment for full lifecycle development and deployment. On top of trouble shooting web application issues and tune performance of J2EE servers, conduct daily production system support, create, build, configure, deploy and manage the WebSphere Application Server and MQ systems on Linux and AIX platform. Build and manage HA solution by SteelEye LifeKeeper and security gateway solution by IBM DataPower. Manage and migrate s on DataPower to increase security level. Fine tune XSLT on DataPower for performance and resiliency. Design and implement middleware migration for JEE applications from WebSphere V6/V8 to V9. Developed Jython scripts to facilitate smooth migration.

Consultant IT specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead IBM appliances-based integration solution design for customer in various industries. Provide alternatives by IBM DataPower, MQ Appliance or CastIron Appliance based on customer requirement. Conduct technical feasibility study by developing trail code with Java and XSLT for transformation, performance testing with SOAPUI and Jmeter. Engage in project implementation stage for trouble shooting. Coordinate IBM resources to solve critical issues for customer. Deliver technical update briefing to customer to transfer best practices.
• As integration specialist, support key integration products for customers across Canada such as TD, BMO and RBC. Worked closely with the customers for their system migration and continuously tuning on WebSphere Message Broker / IBM Integration Bus and MQ platform. Promoted and design cloud integration for customers to enable service based integration for core business systems such as SAP and major cloud systems such as SalesForce and Google. Led solution design and assurance for integration system with IIB V9-10 /WMB V7-8 and messaging system with IBM MQ, MQ FTE, MQ Appliance and others. Mentored code review and performance testing for IIB/WMB based system to successfully roll out to production.
• Develop RESTful API on top of IBM API Connect for Microservice architecture design demo case and proof of technology in customer case. Deploy service base integration solution on IBM cloud and Docker containerize environment. Design cross ESB integration solution with 3rd party platform such as Mulesoft ESB.
• Support broad customer coverage across various industry as technical consultant. Kept coverage focusing retail customers such as Loblaws(Shoppers), Sobeys, Canadian Tire and others. Acquired customer relationship with high satisfaction and domain knowledge by active engagement. Led appliance based messaging initiative by enabling customer deployment with MessageSight in Innovapost and MQ Appliance in large financial institute like BMO, TD and TMX. Worked closely with government sector customers on federal level, such as CIC, CBSA, Bank of Canada, and on provincial level such as eHealth Ontario and WSIB.

Senior SOA and industry solution Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led SOA architects in software group to design and implement SOA projects for customers across all sectors. Key project advisor to consult, deliver system integration pattern and guide process optimization.
• As industry solution architect, customized and built IBM solution for Telecomm customer in to eTOM framework. Delivered AMI(Advanced Metering Infrastructure) solution to electric utility customer.

Senior testing specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As WMB and WPS subject matter expert, led advanced usage and testing of integration products. Collaborated with IBM UK lab to manage beta version program of WMB V6.0 and WPS V6.0. Promoted WMB implementation in one of the largest banking system, the core system of People Bank of China. Supported successful WPS implementation for process optimization system in challenging and complex business context.

Senior IT Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As team leader of South China middleware support team, managed the IT specialist team to support WebSphere customers for their solution design, development, test, deployment and maintenance.

Middleware support team lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As team leader of middleware Level 1 support team of China, planned the support process and managed customer service activities. As a skill mentor, developed strong skill of the support team provide diagnostic and usage support to China customers using IBM middleware.

Middleware specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As technical specialist, supported key middleware products including CICS/TXSeries and MQSeries for customer in design, development and deployment. Also assigned in customer engagement to deliver IBM software based service.