PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 5 years of experience in Software Development Life Cycle inclusive of experience in middleware implementation with expertise in Service Oriented Architecture, IBM WebSphere DataPower, IBM MQSeries, WTX on various platforms.
• Experience in configuring and monitoring of DataPower XI50, XI52 , XS40 and XG45.
• Experience in designing, implementing, supporting deploying IBM DataPower XS40 for routing, message transformation and to enforce the security policy using DataPower XI50.
• Responsible for setting up and maintain the policies and configuring rules and actions with DataPower services of MPGW, XML firewall, Web Server Proxy and Web Application Proxy.
• Experience in design and develop Routing, Security Mechanism and validation for the given scenarios.
• Extensively worked on SOA technologies like WebSphere DataPower, WSRR, WebServices, WSDL, SOAP, REST in the Application Servers, ESB environment.
• Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, development, remote technical support ,patch management, troubleshoot, repair, monitor and support of DataPower XI50/XI52
• Experience in configuring and administrating IBM WebSphere SOA Appliances - DataPowerXI50 and XI52.
• Experience in implementing WS-Security infrastructure for all the Web Services publishing outside by creating various AAA policies
• Skilled in XI-51 and XI-52 configurations and development
• Proficient in DataPower Web GUI, CLI interfaces
• Been a part of an on-call support rotation for supporting DataPower production operations.
• Knowledge of UNIX Shell Scripting, Job automations and Scheduling on AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux
• Good debugging and problem solving skills with excellent understanding of system development methodologies, techniques and tools.
• Good understanding of WSDL and SOAP scripts.

PRINCIPAL EXPERTISE:

• Strong Knowledge inData power XI52/XI50.
• Expertise inXML, XSLT, SOAP, WSDL,XSD and PL-SQL.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

DataPower Consultant

DUTIES PERFORMED:

• Involved in changing the method of user access to the DataPower appliances to effectively manage the increasing users.
• Responsible for conducting meetings with LDAP team to get the details required for the connection
• Submitted estimates relating to project planning and technical issues for proper direction.
• Worked on modifying the DataPower configurations to change the user authentication method from local access toLDAP.
• Created a service to query the LDAP server and extract the user credentials to be used for changes in the DataPower configuration.
• Worked closely with the DataPower administration team in reorganizing the access profile groups to make them more precise when defined on the LDAP server.
• Prepared documents relating to meeting proceedings, status and modifications to equipment
• Responsible for notifying the users about the changes made and make sure everyone has access to DataPower appliances.
• Documented the process, proposed future changes and listed the common problems that may result because of the changes and documented the solutions.
• Created the backout documents during the configurations on production for rolling back the changes in case of disabled user access to the appliance.

Confidential

DataPower Consultant

DUTIES PERFORMED:

• Defined the process for turning initial WSDL into Endpoint Interface WSDL
• Administered Websphere DataPower.Major tasks include Firmware upgrade from XI50 to XI52, creation of users, domain, assigning ACL.
• Worked closely with IBM on problem determination, and resolution - PMRs
• Involved in troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Participated in SOA governance meetings to define roles, responsibilities and organizational Structure.
• Migrated the configurations from XI50 appliance to XI52 appliance
• Worked on service versioning standards.
• Involved in firmware upgrades of the DataPower.
• Installed , configured WebSphere Service registry and repository
• Involved in development of REST services using Java.
• Created WS-Proxies and setup subscriptions between DP and WSRR
• Involved in installation of DataPower using CLI commands
• Involved in Firmware upgrade for all development stage and production appliances

Confidential

DataPowerConsultant

DUTIES PERFORMED:

• Acted as primary contact for alters and support questions, configured roles, views and governance profiles
• Performed setup of new users and changes in roles and profiles
• Audited users and content as necessary
• Migrated services and artifacts between environments
• Performed backups as necessary
• Coordinated with Invensys Operations, Infrastructure, Chief Engineer, and SOA Architect as necessary to complete all tasks.
• Worked with Technology Authority TA Leader and TA Architects for supporting user base notifications and communications. Submitted and follow-up on vendor PMR's and Invensys trouble tickets as required.
• Provided both verbal and written hands-on assistance as required to support the import and export of service registry and repository artifacts
• Administered IBM WebSphere DataPower using various management interfaces, such as command-line interface CLI , Web GUI and SOAP to upgrade DP firmware, to monitor system performance and to configure user accounts and various domains in DataPower
• Responsible in creating multiple Web Service Proxies and MPGs Multi-Protocol Gateway and assisted in determining SLAs Service Level Agreements in DataPower XI50
• Developed and configured firewall policies for DataPower
• Designed and developed Publish / subscribe logic for message routing and filtering.
• Created error reports on daily basis and emailed to the concerned teams to resolve the issues.
• DataPower Service development in XI50/52 - WSP, MPGW, XML Firewall.
• Responsible for performance optimizations and analysis of holistic aspects of the DataPower appliances.

Confidential

DataPower Administrator

DUTIES PERFORMED:

• Setting up Data power appliances in DataCenter
• Configure and setup services in XI50
• Provided security solutions based on client requirements AAA Policy, SSL setup, ws-security etc.,
• Mentor and support the integration team on DataPower
• Mentor and support the operation team for administration
• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audience.
• Provided recommended practice document for DataPower.
• Create and deploy services in XI50/XI52- WSP, MPGW, XML Firewall, and WTX.
• Create application domains and automation scripts for deployments.
• Configure Log targets in DataPower.
• Responsible for performance optimizations and analysis of holistic aspects of the appliances
• Monitored performance of appliances using ITCAM to make necessary adjustments
• Configured LDAP using AAA Authentication, Authorization and auditing
• Performed setting up of tested and moved services within TEST, QA and various stages
• Involved in monitoring and debugging DataPower
• Involved in setting up Multi-Protocol Gateway, Web Service Proxy, XML Firewall, web service security
• 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.
• Providing 24/7 support for the DataPower and WSRR issues.
• Performed setup of new users and changes in roles and profiles
• Audited users and content as necessary