Principal Solutions Architect Resume

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Solutions Architect: Able to translate requirements expressed by users, regulators, management stakeholders, and developers into tangible design artifacts which can be used in the Systems Development Life Cycle to develop and maintain systems which deliver the intended results. Exemplary skills in problem determination, problem resolution, change, incident, and project management methodologies.

Operating Systems: z/OS, z/VM, Windows v7, 8, 10, Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux, OS X

WebSphere Application Server: Installation, administration, performance measurement and tuning version 5.1, thru v8.5.5 on Wintel, Sun Solaris, and zLinux IFL processors. Designed, installed, migrated, and administered the Websphere Application Server environment for the Department of Health, eMedNY project. This includes 18 WAS cells, 28 IHS web servers, and around 85 WAS application servers on z/Linux IFL and x86 processors. Installed configured and maintained Websphere, MQ Series, Tivoli LDAP, IBM and Apache web servers, and many more products on Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, and Solaris Unix since 2005.

Security and Access Control: Designed and configured a prototype working configuration for IBM Federated Identity Manager. This includes ISIM Websphere components, ISAM appliance, Tivoli (LDAP) Directory Server, and Tivoli Directory Integrator under Red Hat Linux on z/IFLs

Languages: COBOL expert with first hand development experience in CICS macro and command level, Tandem SCOBOL, Ryan McFarland COBOL, and other versions. Have developed and modified many IBM assembly language exits and applications. Familiarity with Java, java script, PHP, CSS, jython, python, shell scripting, JSON, and regex expressions

Networking and Infrastructure Support: Familiarity with current generation Network devices and DMZ architecture. Have interfaced IHS and Apache web servers, and Data Power devices with Cisco and F5 network components. Have configured Multi - Protocol Gateway, and SOA Web Services Gateway instances on Data Power XI50 Integration appliances in and behind the DMZ. Configured both sides of XI50 connections to CICS and Websphere application servers for SOAP and HTTP interfaces.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

Provide consulting support and direction for applications, operations, and infrastructure configuration teams for WebSphere Application Server and CICS application systems supporting NY State Medicaid Applications for the eMedNY project
Lead the implementation of application change management methodologies to systems requiring 24x7x365 availability.
Designed and led the installation, migration and maintenance of WebSphere versions 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.5.5 Network Deployment edition.
Platform experience includes Sun/Solaris systems in front of Oracle databases, commodity x86 running Red Hat Linux, and Suse and Red Hat Linux running on Z9 IFL processors. Integrated WAS Web Services gateway and Data Power appliances with WAS/ND, proxy server architecture, and security components.
Lead the design and implementation of applications and systems software components to deliver 24x7x365 availability for New York State Medicaid Eligibility and Claims applications.
Worked with counterpart architects to implement a parallel sysplex which exploits Sysplex Distributor, DB2 Data Sharing, CICS/TS, CICS Named Counter and Temp Storage Servers, CICS Transaction Gateway, ECI over TCPIP, and TCPIP Sockets.
Developed two CICS / COBOL applications which dynamically route CICS transactions to the least used member of the sysplex and monitor and introduce new transactions into the system as capacity warrants.

Confidential

Strategic Application Engineer

Responsibilities:

Team Leader for the CICS / MQ Series Engineering team.
Coordinate the activities of 10 Systems Programmers responsible for 130+ production CICS regions and around 20 MQ Series Sub-Systems.
Assist in the development and execution of all team project plans.
Provide Strategic direction and design for CICS and MQ Series sub-systems.
Developed COBOL and Assembler programs and procedures to prevent Terminal Owning Regions from going to Max Task when Application Owning Regions become unavailable.
Designed, Lead, and participated in the development of many CICS and MQ Series based projects which facilitated the implementation of multiple language translation in applications, Dynamic Transaction Routing, Storage Protection, and transaction abend information reporting

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