Gabriel Boie
San Antonio, Texas
******@*****.***
An IBM Software Services Business Partner
Technical summary
Gabriel Boie is an experienced IT professional with over ten years of
experience in the private, public (state and federal government), and
education sectors. He is energetic, resourceful and goal oriented with
superior analytical and problem solving skills.
Gabriel Boie has researched, proposed, documented, administered,
architected and implemented with a wide range of enterprise level
proprietary and open source technologies to include Lawson and Jenzabar
ERPs, IBM WebSphere, IBM Lotus, IBM Tivoli and IBM Rational products, IBM
DB2, Oracle 10g, Linux, Sendmail, Nagios, Zabbix, Mantis, etc. He has a
keen interest in of WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Application Server, J2EE
Development and Open Source Software adoption trends and methodologies.
Skills
Gabriel Boie has expertise with the following:
6+ years experience with WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server
implementation
9+ years experience as a developer (J2EE, Python, .NET, HTML, PHP, ASP,
CSS, JavaScript, ANT, etc.)
10+ years experience Linux Operating System.
3+ years experience with Lawson ERP
8+ years experience in requirements gathering and solution design
Gabriel Boie has also experience with the following technologies: Jenzabar
ERP solutions integration, Struts, Hibernate and Django Frameworks,
Rational Performance Tester, Rational Application Developer, Rartional
Software Analyzer, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Mercury/HP LoadRunner, DB2, MS
SQL, Oracle, xmlAccess, Jython, etc.
Professional experience
Ascendant Technology - Senior Consultant (09/2009 - Present) (Various
customers: JP Morgan Chase, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC),
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), MassMutual, Texas Office of
Attorney General's Child Support Division, Walmart, Healthways, Verizon
Wireless, etc.)
Architected, built and administered large WebSphere Application Server and
Portal environments by employing IBM Build Forge and Rational Automation
Framework for WebSphere.
Performed J2EE code reviews and problem determination on performance
related issues.
Performed Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere pre-sales technical
demonstration and numerous implementations and proof of concepts.
Thought IBM Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere Proof of Technology
course.
Implemented Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere as part of the
initial proof of concept and demonstrated all product capabilities.
Lead WebSphere Portal load testing and tuning efforts and extensive
performance problems determination.
Integrate WebSphere Portal with Oracle and Tivoli Access Manager, Oracle
Virtual Directory (custom LDAP attributes), DB2 and Oracle Database.
Designed and integrated the WebSphere Portal build and deploy process (from
source control to production portal).
Trained, mentored and enabled customer to use Rational Automation Framework
for WebSphere at full capacity for WebSphere Application Server and Portal
management.
Provided expertise, reports and extensive documentation as required to meet
customer needs.
Nortel Government Solutions - WebSphere Architect (01/2009 - 09/2009)
US Courts (San Antonio, TX)
Planned, mentored and trained team to facilitate transition of US Courts
nation wide WebSphere Portal and Tivoli Security Services (TAM, WebSEAL,
TIM, TDI, TDS) environments administration to San Antonio.
Installed, configured and administered WebSphere Portal 6.0 and 6.1
clusters (DB2, Tivoli Directory Server) on virtual and physical servers.
Coordinate the transition of WebSphere Portal and Tivoli Security Services'
infrastructure management spread across two national data centers (two
large Linux server farms of 125 servers, running WebSphere Portal, Tivoli
Directory Server, Tivoli Access Manager, Tivoli Directory Integrator,
Tivoli Identity Manager, DB2, Tivoli Storage Manger, Apache Tomcat and
MySQL).
Installed and configured Xen virtual machines for WebSphere Portal
environments creation and testing (+ Tivoli Storage Manager, Zabbix
monitoring, ClusterSSH)
Created Disaster Recovery Plan, network diagrams and additional
documentation as required.
Developed shell scripts and Java application as required (DB2 online and
offline backups, WebSphere startup scripts, etc).
Texas Lutheran University, Seguin TX - System Analyst (08/2008 - 01/2009)
Jenzabar ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation.
Installed, maintained, customized and administered Jenzbar Portal (Jenzabar
Internet Campus Solutions) environment on VMware virtual servers.
Developed portlets and web content as required by customer (Visual Studio,
.NET Framework).
Setup and implemented CVS as source control repository.
Architected, developed and implemented a web based Work Request system for
Facility Services (Eclipse IDE).
Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa FL (09/2005 - 07/2008)
Research Analyst (WebSphere Portal)
Initiated, installed, configured, maintained and administered multiple
stand alone and clustered WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
v6.0,6.1 WebSphere Portal Extend v6,6.1 (Virtual Portals and QuickR)
servers on Linux, AIX and Windows. (z/OS z/VM, P Series and x86 hardware
platforms)
Integrated security with multiple LDAPs and databases with all WebSphere
environments while creating and maintaining Documentation and Disaster
Recovery Plans.
Performed Load Testing (HP/Mercury LoadRunner, OpenSTA, IBM Rational
Performance Tester) and tuning for all WebSphere environments.
Created scripts (XMLAccess, Jacl, Jython and Shell Script) for automated
staging to production deployment and other deployment tasks.
Installed, maintained and administered Suse SLES 9 on z/OS, Fedora 6-7-8
Linux, Red Hat Enterprise 4 and AIX 5.3 Servers
Researched and implemented in production various Open Source servers
including NFS, FTP, Mantis (bug reporting), Nagios (network monitoring) and
SNORT (NIDS Network Intrusion Detection System)
Architected and developed Hillsborough Choice Parent Assistance System
Application using J2EE technologies (Java, JavaBeans, JSP, some Hibernate)
and Struts Application Framework for WebSphere Application Server v6.
(Rational Application Developer 6,7)
Developed JSR 168 Portlets using Rational Application Developer 7 and
customized WebSphere Portal theme (Portal Development, ClearCase).
Created Information Services website to reflect a positive attitude a high
degree of professionalism. (web development ASP, HTML, CSS, Java Script)
Managed and maintained Lawson, Apache HTTP Server 1.3, 2.x and Tomcat 4,5
on AIX and Windows operating systems in support of the critical Lawson ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning).
Apply patches, troubleshoot and open tickets with Lawson as required to
solve Lawson normal operation and emergency issues.
Bidville Inc. Clearwater, FL - Web Developer (09/2004 - 07/2005)
Designed, developed implemented and maintained complex web based
applications (full life cycle development) in various fields including
Customer Service, User Administration, Marketing and Billing.
Installed, configured and maintained local and remote RedHat Enterprise
Linux 3.0 and Fedora servers.
Involved in MS Windows 2003/ MS SQL to Red Hat Enterprise 3.0/Oracle 10g
RAC database migration process.
Installed Oracle 10g database on a Linux cluster and stand alone Linux
servers.
Developed PL/SQL packages, store procedures, functions, sequences, triggers
to accommodate MS SQL to Oracle transition.
Installed, configured and maintained LAMP environments, Sendmail (high
volume traffic), Samba, Apache Web Server (with SSL, PHP, etc.), MySQL,
CVS, etc.
Researched, implemented and managed various Linux and other Open Source
tools to include Tora, MySQL, Nagios, WebMin, Bugzilla, etc.
Created various Shell scripts for system and Sendmail monitoring.
University of Maryland University College, Naval Air Station Sigonella -
Computer Lab Technician (08/2001-05/2004)
Performed System Administrator duties on (Installed, configured and
maintained) Linux RedHat, Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers.
Implemented internet, file and printer sharing across Local Area Network.
Administered users and implemented Local Area Network usage policies.
Installed, configured, and troubleshot all hardware, peripherals and
software.
Responsible for Operating System security and updates.
Propagated Operating Systems across LAN from images using Norton Ghost
software.
United States Navy (08/1997 - 07/2004)
Honorable Discharge. Active Duty. Aviation Quality Assurance
Representative. Information Systems Security Operations Officer. Unit
Training Manager. Awarded Kosovo Campaign Medal, Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, etc.
Education
Master of Science in Management. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, 2010.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Studies. University of Maryland
University College. 2004
Professional Development Courses
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7 Administrator Certification. IBM 2011.
Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution Portal Administration. Jenzabar. 2008
Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution Portlet Development. Jenzabar. 2008
Lawson 9 ERP Administration (Unix). Lawson. 2007
IBM WebSphere Portal v6 Administration I&II. IBM. 2007
J2EE Web Development. Verhoef Training. 2006
Naval Leadership Training Continuum (Management Course). US Navy. 2003