SUMMARY:

17.5 years of experience in web enterprise integration technologies specializing in solution architecture, package implementation, middleware web enterprise technology strategies,. These skills have been developed through various projects under different roles including: solution architect, technical team lead, implementation lead, application developer, system analyst and support specialist. Cary has successfully implemented many solutions while working with the projects describedr below.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages and Scripts: Java, C++, HTML, CSS, Java Script, Servlets, JDBC, JSP, ASP/.net, JNDI, JAAS, LDAP, EJB, Jython, wsadmin, ABAP.

Networking & Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, Putty, Hummingbird V7.1, SCP/FTP.

Database: Oracle 10g, DB2 7.1, 8.x, MS SQL Server 2003/2008.

Web/Application Servers: WebSphere 3.5.x/4.0.x/5.x/6.x/7.0.x/8.0.x/8.5.x, IBM HTTP Server 1.2x/6.x/7.x/8.x. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, Tomcat 7, JBOSS 7.

Operating Systems: AIX 5.x/6.x, Red Hat Linux 5.x/6.x, Windows XP/ 7/2000/2003/2008.

Development/Build Tools: Rational Application Developer v7.5/8.0/8.5, Rational Functional Tester v7.x/8.x, Rational Performance Tester v7.x/8.x. Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008/2010, WebSphere Commerce Suite v5.4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Team lead \ Senior IT Specialist \ Architect

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Architected and deploy development, test/QA and production multi - server 3-tier systems consisting of OpenText/Vignette Content Management, OpenText Search, OpenText Builder, OpenText Portal, WebSphere Application Server v7 ND, IBM HTTP Server on Linux Red hat VMware based OS with Oracle 10g databases.
• Participated in all design meetings and provided architectural recommendations and best practices to achieve the goals of the client.
• Deployed web DMZ components to allow high available internet access under https protocol using VeriSign SSL Certs. Documented and implemented all required firewall rules and architecture.
• Created VMware session affinity high availability rules and created and executed deployment strategies for middleware upgrade of all components and application ear file code update releases.
• Conducted code reviews for proper use of and guidance in using WebSphere Rational Application Developer for WebSphere for the developers.
• Lead the progression from development and test stages to the final go-live and production support. This also included pre and post live performance testing strategy by simulating virtual users using Rational Performance Tester and Rational AppScan.
• After go-live Cary was part of the on-going primary support and sustainment which involved various critical system updates for the 27/7 application.
• Architected and deployed the solution to work with the Google Search Appliance (GSA) hardware for search crawling and index search results, Single Sign-On (SSO) via WebSphere Application Server and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services for aggregation of 15,000 user ids from multiple domains of Active Directory.
• Implemented Active Directory including utilizing active directory groups for granting permissions to users to different portal components on the web sites. Lead the progression from development to test then into go-live.
• After go-live Cary was part of the on-going primary support and upgrade tasks of the overall system.

Technical Team Lead \ Senior IT Specialist

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Extended IBM HTTP Server configuration modules for iPad whitelist (allowed access) security.
• Integrated WebSphere Application Server and Vignette/OpenText infrastructure to serve and manage content.
• Deployed web-services application to retrieve data for iPad presentation layer.

Technical Team Lead \ Senior IT Specialist \ Architect

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Proof of Concept (PoC) to add an additional Portal that uses customized security and https protocol for internet based agents to make assistance payments on behalf of other accounts and then deployed to test and live production.
• Participated in all requirement gathering, documentation and team meetings to confirm all required business components are integrated into the portal.
• After go-live Cary was part of the on-going primary support and upgrade tasks of the overall system.

Technical Team Lead \ Senior IT Specialist \ Architect

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Lead the effort to architect and implement the development, test and implement two production farms to create intranet collaboration site collections and create internet collaboration site collections utilizing multiple domains.
• Configured all Shared Service Providers (SSP) and maintained all MOSS, web parts, GAC installation and central administration tasks and scale environments as need.
• Knowledge inAdministered STSADM commands in all necessary environments.
• Lead the support team to continuously on all provide support activites for all site actions and web site deployments and their related web parts, implementing patches when required.

Technical Team Lead \ Architect

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Lead the effort to architect and implement Provide solution architecting and a high available, failover, vertical and horizontal scaling solutions utilizing middleware software and hardware.
• Lead the center of competency including project estimation, developing standard processes, trade-off analysis, evaluation of candidate product designs strategies, architectures, and roadmaps for middleware deployment of different versions of WAS and related bundled products and unrelated open source for over 30 plus different projects company wide.
• Lead Proof of Concept to establish solution architectures.
• Installed and configured WebSphere Application server Network Deployment versions 6/7/8/8.5.
• Implemented Cells, Nodes, Clusters, Data Sources, J2C, JAAS, Virtual Hosts, JVM parameters, Garbage collection, WebSphere Global Security using Active Directory, SSL, Web Servers and Plug-in configurations.
• Implemented batch scripts to automate theautomatic restart of middleware processes upon cold reboots.
• Provided assistance and deployment plans for J2EE applications EAR/WARs on WebSphere Application Servers.
• Installed and configure IBM HTTP Server, Apache and Microsoft IIS.
• Implemented windows services to automatically restart middleware process upon cold reboots
• Implemented Fix Packs for WebSphere Application server.
• Analyzed logs, heap dumps and thread dumps using heap analyzer and IBM Support Assistant Workbench (ISA).
• Opened support tickets with IBM Support (PMR) and worked with teams in resolving issue - running and submitting must gather scripts and output, turning on trace, verbose-gc, taking thread and heapdumps.
• Monitored WebSphere Application Server performance through inbuilt monitoring tool.
• Implemented System test, performance test, load test using Rational Performance Test, Rational AppScan, Rational Functional Tester to troubleshoot various configuration and application issues, as well as part of release strategy testing.
• Troubleshooted networking issues, opening tickets for DNS changes, firewall requests.
• Attended to client initiated tickets through the client Remedy based proprietary ticketing system and completing them in the agreements of the Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Provided operational 24/7 support, best practice trouble shooting, rotating on-call schedules monitoring, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated how to setups and use Rational Application Developer for WebSphere IDE to package solutions for deployment into application server.
• Implemented alternate solutions utilizing the following technologies: that require JBoss, Tomcat, Apache or other simple technologies.
• Created best practices that can bewere adopted by the support team and train other team member in those technics.
• Provided code reviews for all in house custom application development to verify solution are deployable.
• Tracked all work efforts in Clarity time system.
• Provided root cause determination for enterprise-wide issues

IT Specialist

Confidential, Framingham, MA

Responsibilities:

• Implemented best practices for client-server deployed packaged applications.
• Participated in the project lifecycle, from gathering requirements at client meetings, generation of micro documentation, through the JAVA development stage and system integration of the project.in all aspects of the design and development process
• UtilizedVisual Age for JAVA development tasks utilizingusing Model, View, Controller (MVC) implementation ranginged from creating EJBs/LOQS/SessionBeans for the data access layer to, aiding the development of control and task commands, and creating JSP presentation layer assets.

Facilitator

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Created intellectual capital such as installation guides, practice scenarios and documentation to support the delivery of the mobilizations.
• Facilitated the WCBE (WebSphere Commerce Business Edition) 5.4 with accompanying JAVA development environment mobilization.
• Led WebEx discussion sessions and taught course materials on how to implement WCBE in a client engagement.
• Provided technical advice on how to configure the applications in the bundle; IBM Visual Age for Java, IBM WebSphere Studio, IBM WebSphere PaymentManager, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite, Sametime 2.5.
• Provided course assistance to students by answering their questions and aiding in their completing the exercises. He has assisted the IBM Software Group (SWG) in preparation of the documentation for the release of Websphere Commerce 5.4.

IT Specialist

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Visual Age for Java with version control EMSERV for developer’s code for testing and solution deployment.
• Aided development team in code reviews, EJB creation, EMSERV management and package builds for code deployment scheduling.
• Participated in the creation of a B2C website for a company implementing WebSphere Commerce Suite (WCS) 5.1.
• InstalldFirst installation of WCS into the first 3-tier Solaris Oracle 8.1.6 production system.
• Worked as liaison between the client, IBM Practitioner Support Network (PSN) and technical support to solve all issues that arose.

HelpDesk

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Involved in installing WCS (WebSphere Commerce Suite) 5.1 for NT, 2000, Solaris and AIX as well as solving numerous WCS 5.1 technical questions for clients; these questions include package configuration, code deployment, WebSphere Application Server configuration and store creation issues for WCS 5.1 projects.
• CCary, as SDL, coordinated the WCS tasks requested by the practitioners and delegated, monitored, documented and assured that all problems were addressed efficiently and effectively.

Process Control Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed resource’s tasks and status for the change request process queue for bug fixes, regular system maintenance, and upgrades and provided timely status updates to maintain the change control process for the client.
• Performed the role of IT liaison between the clients and the IBM technical staff.
• Performed Y2K on-call for support where necessary for any issue that arose.

IT Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed SAP R/3 business requirements for clients and how to manage and implement solutions for their business case.
• Lead many JAD sessions with clients to identify the requirements for the business case to provide solutions.
• Created theall the necessary design and coded the implementation of the solution which was followed by any extensive testing process management procedures, developed and tested the solutions, implemented the solution into a production environment.
• Each solution that was implemented involved a knowledge transfer that enabled the clients to learn and reuse.