SUMMARY

• 6 years of IT experience in EAI (Enterprise Application Integration), involved in all project life cycle activities - Requirement gathering, Preparing documentation, System Analysis, Application Design, Development, Testing, UAT Support, Implementation and Production support.
• Proven Agile Software Engineer for SOA and Integration with proficiency in design, development & support of Integration Architecture, handling various Middleware technologies such as IBM API Connect and IBM DataPower (IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliances XI52, IDG (Firmware Version: >7.2.x.x)), IBM Integration bus (IIB), IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) and IBM MQ.
• Experienced in design, development and testing for IBM API Connect and IBM DataPower, IBM Integration Bus, IBM WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Web Sphere MQ with different messaging formats like XML, EDI, Fixed and delimited Files and other proprietary data formats.
• Strong knowledge of API maturity model and experience in designing standard based API interfaces using IBM Integration technologies.
• Experience in implementing communication protocols like MQ, EDI, JMS,FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS and SSL to exchange data between source and target applications.
• Strong Knowledge of XSLT, XPATH, XML, JSON, ESQL, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, Web Services, WS-Security, SAML, FTP, JMS, MQ.
• Proficient in implementing interfaces with sources and targets like email, File, Restful Services and MQ.
• Ability to administer all WebSphere MQ objects such as Queues, Process Definitions, Channels and Listeners.
• Solid experience managing and supporting Multiprotocol Gateway and WS Proxy Facade for SOAP and REST Services
• Knowledge of File Management, System Control and Troubleshooting of web services on DataPower SOA Appliances
• Experience working with application teams to design and implement SSL/TLS and Crypto Configuration Objects like Crypto Certificates, Crypto Keys, Crypto Credentials and Crypto Profiles on DataPower appliance.
• Provide general guidance and mentoring for team members on designing and implementing integration solutions based on middleware platforms.
• Ability to govern delivery by acting as the design authority during design/build/release.
• Experience as a Subject Matter Expert being able to understand the overall solution requirements.
• Ability to review Solution Architecture and Solution Design from an integration perspective with an expertise in Retail Domain.
• Working with multiple enterprise wide, large scale implementations.
• Strong technical knowledge and practical experience of all integration types including Batch integration, Real time integration including SOA and API and Event based integration
• Familiarity with EAI tools like, TIBCO BW (Business Works), TIBCO Enterprise Messaging Service for JMS TIBCO Administration
• Hands on experience in independent unit testing and preparing test cases for the interfaces along with volume and performance testing knowledge.
• Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery.
• Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Acted as a Project Manager when necessary.
• Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes.
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information.
• Experienced in analyzing functional requirements in Sprints to write component detailed design technical documents.
• Experienced with code versioning tools like Git, Subversion, and change management concepts.
• Fluid understanding and experience in multiple programming languages, including Core Java, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Angular JS, Node.JS, JQuery, XSLT and Ajax.
• Thorough using of selenium and cucumber testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology Stack: IBM WebSphere Datapower Integration Appliances XI52, IDG (Firmware Version >7.2.x.x), IBM API Connect, IBM Integration Bus(V10), IBM Websphere MQ (V6, V7, V8), IBM Websphere Message Broker (V6, V8), IBM Websphere DataPower (XB60, XI52), MQ File Transfer Edition, Websphere Transformation Extender, Axway API Gateway, TIBCO Mashery, Microsoft products, Kafka, Docker, Container, ZooKeeper and MicroServices

Database: DB2, Oracle

Web Server/ Frameworks: Apache Tomcat, Spring

Tools: /IDE Eclipse, SOAPUI, RFHUTIL, Jmeter, POSTMAN, cURL, Git, svn, BitBucket

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (RHEL & Centos), AIX (5.3, 6.1)

Programming Languages: Java, Perl, Python, Shell Scripting, ESQL, C/C++, Groovy, NodeJS, XSL Query

Skill: Requirements Gathering & Analysis, Design and Development, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Project Management, Enterprise Implementations, KPI Dashboards & Scorecards, Data Mining & Analytics, Release Management and Delivery Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Technical Team Lead

Environment: /Tools: Linux, IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, IBM Integration Bus V10, WebSphere MQ 7.5, Jenkins, SOAPUI, RestClient, BiBucket

Responsibilities:

• Design multiple services based on different standards for REST, web services, data integration techniques, messaging, and transformation engines and non-standard services (APIs).
• Develop the messages flows to integrate with different applications like mainframes, web-service portal applications using MQ,
• HTTP, TCP, SOAP and REST - nodes in IIB V10.7 along with reusable exception handler.
• Create interfaces to have event based communication (Timer Nodes).
• Effective usage of Global Cache and configuration services to avoid having DB in integration
• Requirement gathering and middleware solution designing with expertise in implementing cryptography technologies like Encryption, Decryption, Digital Signature using IBM DataPower and IBM Integration Bus.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of software defects and provide efficient technical review for the completed development.
• Coach team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology
• Update Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.(JIRA, Atlassian, BugZilla )
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Middleware Development teams to identify and execute overall architecture and design of API Connect and DataPower environments as Client site coordinator.
• Expertise in API security frameworks and protocols (Oauth 2.0)
• Perform architecture, design and review of development policies for adherence to standards and best practices. Manage day-to-day system development and maintenance activities for APIM and DataPower deployment in geographically discrete locations.
• Development and enhancement of IBM Integration Bus interfaces which connects 30 applications like NSDL, Mobile Banking, Finacle, AML and CRM etc.
• Administration of Middleware systems by building various tools using Perl, python and shell scripts on top of the WMQ and IIB APIs.
• Test Automation of APIs developed in DataPower and configured in IBM API Connect by using SOAPUI and other continuous Integration tools.
• Create end-to-end integration solutions development for enterprise software or hosted high tech services.
• Maintain working knowledge of API security standards and implementation (Oauth 2.0, OpenID, JSON, Web Token, JOSE, x509 certificates); Maintain knowledge of API security certification, authentication, authorization, IP security setup, and endpoint configuration.
• As a team lead, Setting up the effective team to satisfy the clients need. Project POC for IBM cognos.

Confidential

Senior Middleware Engineer / Acting Lead

Environment: IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower XI 52, IBM Integration Bus V10, WebSphere Message Broker version 8, WebSphere MQ 7.5, Active Integrator Files Gateway, Kafka and Mashery.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the client requirements from Product Owner and the other third-party application architect with very good understanding of existing environment and applications and provided general guidance and mentoring for team members on designing and implementing integration solutions based on middleware platforms.
• Design Integration Logical and functional document, Develop IBM Integrate component to integrate with other application systems, develop the automation groovy script to test the IIB(V10.02) interface and deploy the developed components using Jenkins along with knowledge of implementing end to end SSL configuration for WebSphere MQ and IBM integration bus.
• Create a reusable and scalable flow wherever possible in IIB to have a flexible integration platform.
• Create python/bash script to keep integration resilient.
• Designed multiple services based on different standards for REST, web services, data integration techniques, messaging, and transformation engines and non-standard services (APIs).
• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
• Actively took part in estimating the story points for the stories to be taken in next sprint in the backlog refinement call with product owner and Scrum Master.
• Took responsibility of delivery and management of the tasks.
• Ability to support and lead others to develop API services utilizing onshore and offshore teams. Championed new development and code releases.
• Experienced in designing and developing REST API’s using IBM Integration Bus and IBM Data Power with API-Connect development experience.
• Practical experience and knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices, and API Gateways, with the following technologies: Tibco Mashery, Axway, and IBM API Connect.
• Key member of migration POC of replacing DataPower and IIB with Kafka and MicroServices
• Created multiple POC to publish messages over Kafka for a MicroService environment.
• Development of new listeners for producers and consumer for both MQ and Kafka.
• New library development with micro services architecture using Rest APIs, spring boot and pivotal cloud foundry. All logging into splunk.
• Test plans and Unit Testing using Junit and Mockito.
• Automated all possible components in production like Queue Purging, Queue Monitoring etc.
• Maintained working knowledge of API management platforms and API related activities; requirement analysis, solution architecture and design, resource-based API modeling, micro-services architecture; Maintained knowledge of API design standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Developed Automation test suite using SOAPUI/JUNIT to automate the testing integration components.
• Provided Post Go-live support (24/7) post every 14-day release.

Confidential

Business Analyst/ Integration Designer

Environment: IBM DataPower, WebSphere Message Broker v6 and v8, WebSphere MQ v6, v7.0, WebSphere Data Power (XB60 & XI52), MQ FTE v7.0, Mashery, Informatica ad AIFG

Responsibilities:

• Involve in the Impact Assessment and P&A stages all the way through to Post Go Live Support. Role required to estimate own design time to feed into project commercials, liaising with designers in other technologies to establish E2E solutions, presenting ideas to the ACN and client integration architects, handing over solutions and fielding queries from the Build and AM team, triaging issues during Test, and steering the fix of defects as required.
• Partner with developers to automate manual processes, saving time and money while decreasing errors. Credited as a primary driving force behind a 5% increase in margins this fiscal year.
• Collaborate with stakeholder groups across the organization to ensure business and technology alignment. Proposed solutions meeting defined specifications and needs.
• Perform quality assurance, system integration and user acceptance testing facilitating on-time, on-budget and acclaimed “go-live” of enterprise implementations for up to 2 million users.
• As a technical SME, Configure and administer IBM WMB and IBM DataPower appliances.
• Provide Integration Functional Design and Logical design to build, test and admin team to enable the delivery as approved by architect of client and ACN.
• Provide XSD, WSDL, Cobol copy Book to enable the strict validation for the WMB and IBM DataPower interfaces
• Expertise in One-way SSL, Two - way SSL and Mutual Authentication in IBM WebSphere DataPower.
• Provide risk analysis for the integration components for upgradation which integrates various applications over MQ, MQFTE, SFTP, FTP, HTTPS, HTTP, SAP and EDI protocols
• Experience in enhancement and administration of MQFTE Transfers and Agents based on business requirement across Aix, Wintel and Mainframe platforms with experience in WebSphere MQ FTE build using ANT Scripts
• Handle Installation, implementation, upgrading, performance, security, patching and monitoring WebSphere MQ and WebSphere MQ FTE environment in complex mainframe environments as well as in Wintel/AIX/Linux.
• Support for implementing SSL and OAM security, clusters in IBM MQ/MQ FTE
• Linux experience including shell/Perl scripting for automation of administration tasks
• Participate in on-call support structure for Middleware team by responding to emergency calls relating to middleware application server performance, diagnosis and resolution of problems as needed to meet defined service level agreements
• Maintain documentation to reflect application infrastructure and network topology

Confidential

Integration Developer

Environment: WebSphere Message Broker V8, WebSphere MQ V7, DataPower XI 52

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement analysis by available functional specification documents, high level design document for broker scope, validating the available mapping specification documents with requirements of end applications (Mainframe, WCS, STERLING, DATACASH) .
• Independently research, review and provide recommendations for the solutions based on the in-depth knowledge of WMB
• Develop technical designs based on the agreed Integration design.
• Develop interfaces using WMB v8.0.2 for integrating various protocols such as HTTP(S), MQ, FTP, SFTP, JMS, EDI, SAP for the retail message formats like XML, SOAP, CSV, Fixed Length Message, TDS, IDoc, MOM.
• Design multiple services based on different standards for REST, web services, data integration techniques, messaging, and transformation engines and non-standard services (APIs).
• Take responsibility for singlehandedly fixing all the defects found in pre-production tests and production tests for five consecutive releases.
• Provide reusable exception handling for the synchronous and Asynchronous interfaces of WMB.
• Develop Cook-books to enable the Application Management support.
• Configure the WMB flows per the environment
• Provide MQ object definitions for the new interfaces.
• Expertise in configuring Oracle SQL server, IBM DB2, Data Sources, and Global security LDAP for IBM WebSphere Message Broker and DataPower.
• Manage and support Multiprotocol Gateway and WS Proxy Facade for SOAP and REST Services
• Design and configuration of DataPower objects like Network Interfaces, FSHs, Routing Policies, SSL Proxy profiles, WS Proxy Rules, WSRR subscriptions, Load Balancer Groups, XML Managers, AAA Policies using OAUTH, User Agents and MQ Objects etc
• Created Multiple MPG interfaces to integrate the high volume applications in Datapower XI 52.

Confidential

Middleware Administrator

Environment: WebSphere Message Broker V7, WebSphere MQ V7, Informatica, JBOSS, PeopleSoft, OAS, Webserver, WAS, Tibco

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the technical specifications of the interfaces and supporting in resolving the technical issues in Production
• Performed unit testing for message flows developed with different scenarios and responsible for creating a template test plan.
• Expertise in implementing cryptography technologies like Encryption, Decryption, Digital Signature.
• Configured MQ Series queue managers, queue manager objects viz., queues, channels required for testing the business logic developed in WMB in multiple environment.
• Testing the message flows, message sets, writing ESQL code to fix the defects that were found in Production Environment.
• Creating and deploying the latest bar files as part of release management.
• Expertise in installing and Configuring Multi-Instance Queue Managers and High available broker.
• Configure the WMB flows per the environment
• Configuration of Tibco MQ Series Adapter for integrating with IBM MQ Series.
• Maintain clean environment by taking care of queue depth and other high-volume transactions.
• Provide 24/7 support during peak time.