SUMMARY:

• IT Enterprise Platform Architect with 12+ years of multi - industry experience which includes leading network design, configuration, management of Middleware tools, project implementations, managing software products, leading a team of software developers, testers and building environments across platforms.
• Demonstrates a proven ability to manage multiple project priorities, achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Establishes and maintains relationships within diverse working groups.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Software Development Methodologies (Agile/Waterfall, DevOps, ITIL)
• Leadership Skills
• Exceptional Customer focus
• Analytical and problem Solving skills
• Self-motivated and Organized

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Technologist, Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and implement infrastructure needs to support a wide array of IT development teams.
• Design and implement end to end DevOps infrastructure based on Jenkins, Maven, and GitHub to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery of IT solutions
• Manage internal cloud infrastructure to enable self-provisioning of dev environments
• Support production implementation of IT solutions and ensure efficient performance is achieved
• Ensure compliance activities such as security scans, certificate expirations, and disaster recovery plans stay on track
• Document and provide Methods of Procedures on various infrastructure builds and migrations
• Work with various vendors to troubleshoot performance issues and negotiate SLA’s
• Keep track of technology obsolescence and recommend timely migration plans
• Lead the migration effort of legacy suite of applications to alternate application platforms.

Environment: Unix(AIX, Linux), Windows, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Bamboo, Maven, Atlasssian Stack, including Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and Confluence, Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket, ALM, Ansible, F5, service Router, web api, Spring REST Services, cloud computing, mongodb, RabbitMQ, TIBCO, SoapUI, Weblogic, Hazelcast

Confidential

Senior, Platform Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed an innovative solution to accommodate revisions to European regulatory environments, which prevented unintended fee waivers resulting in $5 million in savings
• Designed and implemented multifactor authentication transaction to confirm government issued benefit cards are indeed used by the intended individual
• Champion IT standard processes for design, development, testing, and deployment of applications
• Partnered with software vendors to troubleshoot issues and coordinate necessary upgrades
• Create, review and maintain detailed documentation for functional or technical design that can be understood and used by all project participants
• Work with business stakeholders and IT management to prioritize incoming projects
• Mentor new members on the team and provide guidance on middleware technologies
• Collaborate with cross functional development teams across the globe to ensure the integrity of different environments and timely deployment of code
• Perform capacity planning, performance monitoring and Disaster recovery preparedness
• Oversee production releases and help troubleshoot critical applications.

Senior Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement integration of IT services
• Demo existing date services to application teams and encourage them to reuse them
• Manage different instances and Environments
• Work with different departments and stakeholders to implement new services
• Promote Service Oriented Architecture

Senior Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As part of the Confidential team I am proficient in administering highly available Middleware technologies, including Oracle/WebSphere/JBoss/Tomcat/Weblogic Application Servers, Apache Web Server, TAM WebSeal Authentication and Web Services in various Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Well versed in installation, patching, configuring cluster and managed servers, configuring data sources, implementing complex security integration models, deployment of new software and custom applications, upgrades and application code to remediate known defects, provide support, maintenance and configuration services.
• Provide high attention to details in solving complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation, involving memory leaks, hung threads, analyzing thread dumps and updating the development teams, tuning jvm's for memory usage, various garbage collections, analyzing capacity planning reports for data spikes to better and stabilize application performance.
• End to End monitoring of the entire platform - utilize various monitoring tools including OS checks, Tivoli, Wily, ITCAM for SOA, ipmon third party monitoring tool - Process Monitors, Web checks, Log Scraper, Disk Space monitors, nCipher log monitors, etc
• Perform project delivery utilizing Middleware technologies based on the Technical Architecture Design TAD and keep up-to-date operational documentation covering Disaster Recovery situations.
• Partnered with various user fronts - Architects, development teams, business teams, testing teams, end user customer support and mentored associates on the teams.

Environment: Unix(AIX, Sun Solaris, Linux), Websphere, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Bamboo, Maven, Fusion JIRA, PVCS, Netscalar, F5, CSM, Webseal, Data Services, BPMS Pega, cloud computing, IIS, Oracle 10g/11g, HAGRID Databases, SQL, Messaging queues MQ, XML Gateway, TOAD, SoapUI, IHS, IBM's MAXIMO product Global Systems Management (GSM) for change management, SOA, ClearCase, CVS, Wily, Tivoli, DataPower( ESB ), SoapUI, REST, IBM InfoSphere (DataStage/Quality Stage/Information Analyzer V7.5/8.1/8.5), IBM InfoSphere Information Server Administration (Installations and Configuration), XML files, McAfee FoundStone, Nessus App Scan, Qualys app scan.

Confidential

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design/development of various middleware and platform components, such as application servers, web servers, and ESB components
• Perform production readiness reviews to ensure design meets the business requirements and tested thoroughly
• Triage and troubleshoot software/ system issues and configuration errors.
• Research and gather performance statistics on application servers
• Install third party and proprietary software, Work with vendors to troubleshoot issues
• Promote new or updated software code provided by Product Development.
• Create scripts to automate jobs that were routine and repeatable
• Provide escalation to appropriate resource(s) for problem resolution

Environment: Unix(AIX, SunSolaris, Linux), Oracle Application Server 10g R2 and R3, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform, Oracle Application Server Portal, Oracle Identity Manager(OIM), Weblogic, Single Sign-On solutions, DevOps model, Apache, IIS, change management, ClearCase

Confidential

Senior Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SOX and SAS 70 audit testing, log reviews, evidence collecting.
• Assist Security department with DIACAP auditing.
• Support raw data log analysis and processing.
• Maintain audit log scripts, enterprise password compliance, and generic account management.
• Maintain network security, both local and wide area networks.
• Manage Client Security Email Encryption program.
• Responsible for developing and documenting security procedures.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead on application software packaging, deployment, upgrades, daily support and maintenance
• Trained around 2000 developers and testers on various platforms and software tools.
• Manage server maintenance with application tuning, performance and testing backups.
• Maintain service packs, hot fixes and anti-virus definitions up-to-date.
• Review/Monitor Internal Audit Reports and Uptime/Downtime reports
• Worked very closely with vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, MEGA, and SoftLanding to resolve escalated issues.
• Worked as a SharePoint administrator and created intranet web pages to communicate information among different groups within the company. This also involved maintaining different security roles.

Environment: Unix(AIX, SunSolaris, Linux), Active Directory and Group Policy Management, Wise for Windows Installer, SMS, MOM, IBM Rational Suite, Microsoft Project2003/2007, Rational Rose, Modeling tools - MEGA2005/2007, TOAD, Oracle SQL Developer, Oracle 9i, SAN, Event viewer and trace logs, Firewall, Antivirus, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Operations Manager, Peregrine Problem Management (HP Service Center)

S enior Security Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• User account and System Security Administration for over 70,000 users
• Used Active directory to manage user accounts and security roles in Windows environment.
• Used IBM Tivoli software TUA (Tivoli User Admin) to administer user accounts in UNIX Solaris/AIX platform.
• In depth Blackberry and Wireless Devices, outlook e-mail support and Internet Fax and Email Fax Services.
• End User Support/Coordination on access issues, new hires, transfers, termination requests.
• Review audit policies, audit user rights and privileged local and global groups.
• Involved in maintaining password constraints on user/service accounts, and generic accounts.
• Document problem summary and resolution for upper management’s review.
• Monitor NetIQ Security Manager Console, Intrusion detection system
• Maintain security policies, procedures and anti-virus definitions up-to-date.
• Primary contact on all audit related accesses and issues, on UNIX and Oracle platform.
• Involved in maintaining password constraints, 90-day expiration policy.
• Daily user support in a 50 machine farm Solaris/AIX with over 1000 user accounts.
• Creating VB and HTML scripts to automate several routine processes.

Environment: Identity and Access Management for various tools/ platforms, iSeries/AS400, IDS, Cisco VLAN, Web desktop, RSA Key fobs, LAN-to-Go, Blackberry and Wireless devices, Exchange, PeopleSoft HR and PeopleSoft FS, Security Manager, Antivirus, Postini, OWA (Outlook Web Access). NetIQ Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Storage Area Network, Blackberry and Wireless devices, Internet and FAX software, DHCP, DNS, IIS, and TCP/IP, ITIL methodologies, Tivoli User Admin, Tivoli Identity Manager, Tivoli Security Information and Event Manager