WebSphere Consultant Resume

SUMMARY

IT Consultant specialized in software delivery and production support.
Contributed to a number of transformations, migration, and software adoption projects in different enterprise sectors.
Experience in release management, SOA, Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline and automation.
Expert in WebSphere Portal and Application Server with knowledge of a wide range of enterprise software.
Interested in a senior technical position or a technical manager.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior release specialist / Automation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Coordinating and deploying applications to Production (private cloud, IBM Bluemix, physical servers, WebSphere, JBoss, Apache, Linux, AIX, Windows, API, NodeJS, Docker, Blockchain, Akamai, ServiceNow, Jira, XLRelease).
Triage applications and troubleshooting.
Assisted the DevOps transformation program as the Release Specialist consultant and Automation Engineer.
Participated in the process review and evaluation for the DevOps transformation.
Assisted the transformation of applications from private cloud to CI/CD pipeline.
Trained the Application Release specialists and application teams to use the Pipeline.
Assisted the release management in analyzing the process and technical issues.
Interviewed and assisted in the selection of new employees.
Provided advice to improve the day - to-day work processes and change management.

Integration & e-services support manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Lead WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server support team.
Setup WebSphere Application Server Farms (v6.1, 7.0, 8.5), clusters, installed Fix Packs, SSL Certificates, deployed applications, and all administration related tasks.
Capacity planning and performance tuning for WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server.
Migrated WebSphere Portal v6.1 to v8.5 and provided administration support.
Achieved high stability, availability and support quality for bank services.
Defined and reviewed setup, operation, security hardening standards, and access rules.
Verified PCI and SAMA rules compliance on WebSphere software.
Solved critical and complicated problems in different applications.
Analyzed and evaluated new products and vendors’ setup procedures to fit them in the bank’s procedures.
Managed (Middleware, Integration, IVR, Contact Center, and E-Services) support teams.
Managed WebSphere upgrade projects (WAS, WMB, MQ).
Contributed to different projects and architecture initiatives.
Interviewed and formed support teams.
Managed licensing of IBM products.

WebSphere Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Lead WebSphere Portal (v6.1) administration team.
Resolved long lasted production and performance problems.
Implemented SSO between ePortal and external sites using Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL.
Designed and implemented IBM Lotus Sametime (v8.5) for e-Care project.
Provided consultation to application teams integrating with portal
Assisted the Portal DR Project.
Defined Portal release process, access rules, and Portal operation procedures.
Assured following best practices and transferred knowledge to other teams.