SUMMARY:

• 8 years of professional experience in Enterprise Application Integration using IBM WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker. Involved in Installation, configuration, upgrading, development, remote technical support, troubleshooting and system administration of WebSphere MQ and WBIMB
• Experience in Planning, Installation and Administration of WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker on various platforms like Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, AS/400, HP - UX and Windows NT/2000, 2003 server, XP platforms.
• Installing and configuring MQ V7.0 on various platforms.
• Expertise in installing and setting up Q/Process monitoring tools such as Qpasa, Candle, Appwatch.
• Experience in developing client-server applications to understand application point of view of EAI.
• Programming experience in developing MQ adapters using MQSeries for Java and MQSeries JMS.
• Installing, configuring and testing WMB V6.1 on various platforms
• Experience in working with RDBMS like, DB2, ORACLE and SQL Server.
• Experience in application design using Unified Modeling language (UML), Sequence diagrams, Case diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Data Flow Diagrams (DFD).
• Expertise in working with XML, DTD, XSL, XPATH, XSD.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Willingness and ability to quickly adapt to new environments and learn new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

WebSphere Family: MQ Series 6/7/8, Message Broker 6.1/7.0, IIB,Broker Toolkit WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

Languages: C, C++, Ant, JavaScript, SQL, XML, HTML

IDE tools: WSAD, Visual Studio.NET

Monitoring tools: Q Pasa, Tivoli, Nastel AutoPilot suite

Version Control Tools: CVS, Rational ClearCase, Harvest

RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle 10g

Operating Systems: Windows- NT/2K3, Solaris, 7(64-bit), UNIX, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. WebSphere MQ/IIB Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured WMQ 8.0 and IIB 10.0 on Windows, Linux, AIX, and z/OS platforms.
• Provided Application support for various applications and applications running on IBM WebSphere family products i.e IBM Websphere MQ series 8.x, Message Broker 8.0, IIB 10 on various platforms including Windows, Linux, AIX, and z/OS .
• Monitored WMQ and IIB using BMC monitoring tool and Tivoli for performance management.
• Monitoring application and system logs to proactively find potential problems and take required action.
• Requirement gathering/analysis in the environment builds and part of core team in the decision making of new envirnments.
• Worked on Product Migration of WAS 8.0.x to 8.5.x incorporating hardware migration i.e, one host to another.
• Supporting WebSphere MQ in a software Clustered Environment and Supported MQ for High Availability.
• Implemented the clustering of Queue Managers to achieve workload balancing and to reduce system administration.
• Setup MQ security using Channel authentication and Block ip’s .
• Troubleshooting MQ issues involving Cluster and security issues.
• Deployed IIB/WMB message flows using shell scripts to multiple environments and involved in troubleshooting of Message Broker.
• Providing 24/7 support for WebSphere MQ and IIB Issues.

Confidential, Holland, MI

Sr. Websphere MQ/ Broker Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured WMQ 7.0, 7.1 and 7.5,8 and WMB 7 and 8 and IIB on Linux, Windows and AIX servers.
• Migrated WMB 7.5 to IIB 9/10.0 on Linux, Windows servers. Involved in Deployment, configuration and administration of IIB components and troubleshooting.
• Migrated WMQ from V7.5 to V8 on various platfroms like Linux, Windows.
• Providing Application support for various applications and applications running on IBM Websphere family products i.e . IBM Websphere MQ series 7.x, Message Broker 7.0,8, IIB, MQ File Transfer Edition(FTE 7.4.2) and custom JFTT tool.
• Installed IIB on Linux servers from scratch in DEV,QA and Production environments and configured it for High Availability, provided support for any issues.
• Monitoring application and system logs to proactively find potential problems and take required action.
• Involved in Implementation and upgrade of ESB across Organization.
• Handling on call responsibilities and providing assistance to business teams to minimize impact.
• Responsible for implementing integrations with Websphere MQ and Websphere Message Broker.
• Creating and configuring IBM MQ series objects like Queue Managers, Queues, channels, Message Brokers, Execution Groups etc. Deploying Message flows, Message sets to interact with applications running on Distributed systems (Windows, Linus, HP-UX).
• Installed and configured IBM MQFTE(File Transfer Tool) on various platforms like Windows, Linux and monitored it for successful file transfers and troubleshooting.
• Involved in installations and support of MQ monitoring tools like ITCAM and AppWatch . Setup Monitoring of MQ and Broker related objects environment wide.
• Involved in installation, configuration and support of IBM MIM(Metastorm Integration Manager) tool, which is extensively used across environment for File transfers.
• Administered and configured IBM Websphere Cast Iron which is a cloud based platform for integrating cloud and on-premises applications. Deployed flows to Cast Iron and checked logs for troubleshooting.
• Administered MQ objects like Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Process Definition, Clusters and Name Lists.
• Wrote scripts for creating, recreating and maintaining Queue Managers,Queues,Channels, processes, and other MQ Objects.
• Implemented the security using SSL for MQ Channels on various platforms, provided SSL support and management of digital certificates and key repositories .
• Setup and maintained vertical MQ clusters for High availability and load balancing. Involved in various cluster migrations across Windows and Linux environments.
• Installed latest fixpacks for MQ and WMB whenever needed.
• Involved in GO-LIVE of various projects and provided extensive support during go-live.
• Worked with IBM support for PMRs.
• Worked on capacity planning and set naming standards for MQ objects for better identification.
• Setup and administer PowerHA for MQ and Broker servers for high availability.
• Providing 24/7 support for the MQ and WMB issues.

Confidential, Lewisville, TX

Sr. WebSphere MQ / Broker Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WMQ 7.0 and 7.1, WMB 7 and 8 on AIX, Linux, Windows servers.
• Setup MQ and Broker environment involving installations, fix pack updates and setting up lpars and following standards. Setup multi-instance Brokers.
• Remotely administered MQ and Broker while monitoring messages for successful transfers.
• Setup and maintained vertical MQ clusters for High availability and load balancing.
• Proactively participated in weekly switchovers and adapter restarts.
• Worked on capacity planning and set naming standards for MQ objects for better identification.
• Use cron jobs and Korn shell scripts for automating deployments and MQ object creation.
• Worked closely with the application teams in designing new environments and deploying them in production environment for successful results. Used service and user traces for troubleshooting.
• Setup WS-Secuirty with Security profiles and Policy sets. Managed Kerberos transactions .
• Familiar with firewall policies for DataPower WebGUI.
• Performing deployments using custom korn scripts. Created Topics and Subscriptions.
• Setup JMS applications by defining the bindings file using the MQ JMS admin tool.
• Setup and configured SOAP ports. Updated content based filtering strings on several occasions.
• Setting up the organized SSL on the channels, specifically involving RSH encryption.
• Involved with developers for creating subscriptions, topics etc. in the Broker pub/sub.
• Setup the trigger’s and channel initiators which greatly increased productivity.
• Evaluating and configuring QPasa And Hobbit for monitoring MQ Series and Broker.
• Tuning WebSphere MQ as needed for better performance.
• Setup security using the Object Authority Manager and channel authentication records.
• Setup and administer PowerHA for MQ and Broker servers for high availability.
• Worked with IBM support for PMRs.
• Developed documentation for processes and protocols required for effective Administration.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

WebSphere MQ/ Broker Admin

Responsibilities:

• Worked on MQ architecture by setting up standards and procedures
• Worked on capacity planning and set naming standards for MQ objects for better identification.
• Installing MQ7, WMB 6.1 on Linux, Windows, Solaris, Z/OS and AIX servers.
• Defining MQ objects by writing shell scripts which greatly reduced complex tasks.
• Worked closely with the application teams in designing new environments and deploying them in DEV, QA and PROD and gained valuable advice.
• Setup Broker and designed a friendly pub/sub.
• Setup Tivoli Omegamon monitoring tool for monitoring MQ and Broker servers.
• Setup remote administration for all the queue managers.
• Setup JMS applications by defining the bindings file using the MQ JMS admin tool.
• Setting up the organized SSL on the channels.
• Setup MQ clusters for high availability and load balancing the messages.
• Created subscriptions, topics etc. in the Broker pub/sub.
• Setup the trigger’s and channel initiators which greatly increased productivity.
• Evaluating and configuring 3rd party software for monitoring MQ Series.
• Tuning WebSphere MQ as needed for better performance.
• Setup security using the Object Authority Manager.
• Configuring new Brokers by setting up the databases and ODBC connections.
• Worked with IBM support and resolved many critical issues.
• Worked with the Development team in testing the connection and functionality.
• Developed and documented all the processes for the migration.
• Installing the latest patches for MQ and WMB from IBM.
• Providing 24/7 support for the MQ and WMB issues.

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Middleware Admin

Responsibilities:

• As an MQ specialist, worked on the WMQ/WBIMB Architecture and established standards, guidelines and procedures according to the requirements.
• Setup the message Broker and configuration manager.
• Developed ESQL code for various message flow nodes like Filter, Compute, database and try/catch.
• Developed message flows and message sets.
• Deploying the message flows in WBIMB by creating the broker archive file/bar file.
• Experience in testing the message flows.
• Participated in problem identification and resolution on development, test and acceptance.
• Installed and Configured MQ Series 5.3 server on Windows, HP-UX and Solaris platforms.
• Defined MQ objects on all the servers using the scripts.
• Installed MQ series client on the windows servers.
• Setup naming standards for the Queues, channels etc.
• Created Clusters of Queue Managers to achieve Load balancing and also to simplify the overall administration process.
• Developed Shell scripts on HP-UX and Solaris to check the health status of the Queue managers and for the automatic restart of MQ.
• Performed administrative tasks on the local and remote queue managers using MQSC.
• Set up the SSL and the necessary security exits on the channels.
• Setup remote administration for all the queue managers.
• Configured and Setup the Omegamon XE/Candle Monitoring tool on all the MQ servers.
• Customized scripts in OMEGAMON for alerts.
• Monitoring queues and channels using the Candle monitoring tool.
• Troubleshooting WBIMB and MQ issues.
• Installing the Interim fixes and latest CSD’s on the MQ servers.
• Tuning up the performance of the MQ.
• Upgraded all MQ servers from V5.3 to V6.0.
• Setup the disaster recovery and the backup procedures for the Queue mangers.
• Setup the automatic backup of all the MQ definitions in the production servers.
• Talking to the end clients to check for the data validation.
• Providing 24/7 on call support for WBIMB and MQ issues.