GEORGE LIAO
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OBJECTIVESeeking a position as a WebSphere Administrator
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE More than 15 years of IT experience, including Java/J2EE, WebSphere/WebSphere portal both administration and development experienceOffered a broad design, integration, diagnostics and/or maintenance of applications for government (Health Canada, Agriculture Canada and Canada School of Public Service) and many large-enterprise corporate companies (IBM, CGI, HSBC Bank and Shell Canada) In-depth experience in software full life cycle and design pattern, especially using IBM products (WebSphere, WebSphere Portal and RAD) Bachelor's degree of computer science with 11 certifications:
IBM Certified WebSphere Application Administrator
IBM Certified Enterprise Developer
IBM Certified Developer – XML, OOAD/UML
IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere Studio
IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere Portal
IBM Certified Associate Developer – WebSphere Studio
Sun Certified Web Component Developer
Sun Certified Java Programmer (passed with 93%)Canadian Citizen with Secret Clearance
SKILLSApplication and LDAP Servers: WebSphere 5/6/6.1/7, MQ, WebSphere Portal Server 5/6, JBoss 5/7.1.1, Weblogic 12c, Glassfish 3.1.2, Apache/ IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat, Oracle Application Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, TCP/IP, SSL, SSH and SCPProgramming Languages: Java, J2EE (Servlet/ Portlet, JSP/JSTL, EJB, JDBC and JMS),SQL, BASH and JYTHONDesign Patterns: JSF, Struts, Hibernate, SOA, DAO, Value Object, Factory, Fa ade, JUnit and Log4J Design and Development Tools: Rational Rose, Visio 2000, RAD and EclipseXML Technologies: XML/XSL, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL and Web ServicesRDBMS: Oracle 8/9i, DB2 7.X and Informix 7.23Developing Tools: WSAD 4.03/5.x, RAD 6/7, Jdeveloper10.1.3.5, Eclipse and CVS Operating Systems: Linux, Unix (IBM RS6000 AIX 4.13 and SCO-UNIX 5.0) and Windows
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Project #12
CGI
Online Ticket System
Duration: 06/2012 – presentProvided technical architect solution for the management teamInstalled, configured and updated JBoss Application cluster serverBuilt,deployed and maintained J2EE application Migrated application from JBoss 5 to 7.1.1Evaluated multiple application servers and message queue, created sample applications and tested on different serversTroubleshot, monitored and tuned application serverEnvironment: Java, J2EE, JBoss 5/7.1.1, Oracle, RED HAT Linux, Web Service, Eclipse and SVN
Project #11
Canada School of Public Service
Integrated Learner Management System (ILMS)
Duration: 06/2010 – 03/2012Provided technical guidance and mentoring to team members in Java-based Online learning system for around 200000 federal government employeesDesigned, developed and maintained Web application with IBM solutionsParticipated in software full life cycle including gather requirements, analysis, design, implement, test and maintainWrote proposal to the management and technical document to the teamInstalled, configured and updated WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Automated the tasks(monitor, restart and backup etc) with shell scripts and Jython scriptsDeployed the application and worked with developers and QA team in various stages of development and testing and taking the application from DEV to Test to Pre-PROD and PROD environments Monitored and tuned WebSphere (JVM heap size, data base connection pool size, etc)
with Tivoli Performance viewer, used firebug and apache viewer to monitor http requestTroubleshot problems on the various environments involving the integrations of WebSphere and Apache server, provided technical support for online learning system ILMS
Environment: Java, J2EE, JMS, Apache, WebSphere application server network deployment 6.1/7, Oracle, RED HAT Linux5.3, Web Service, Eclipse, SVN and SABA
Project #10
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agriculture Online Web Application
Duration: 10/2009 – 04/2010Designed, analyzed, developed and integrate ESAS system with AAFC ForumSecured AAFC with e pass security channelDeveloped enrollment module and integrated ESAS with oracle collaboration applicationImplemented front-end design and looks using Struts tags and tilesTroubleshot and debugged applicationsProvided unit and integration testing
Environment: Java, J2EE, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Web Service, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Portal, portlet, Jdeveloper10.1.3.5 and CVS
Project #9
National Judicial Institute
Judicial Library Online Web Applications
Duration: 04/2009 – 10/2009Designed, analyzed, developed and tested Judicial Library Online Web ApplicationsGathered requirements and prepared technical documentationSupported the applications for federal and provincial judges
Environment: Java, Eclipse, JBoss, MS SQL Sever, MS Visual Source Safe and Cold Fusion
Project #8
HEALTH CANADA
Health Canada Online Web Applications (Including Ingredient Database and Dental DB multiple applications)
Duration: 11/2008 – 02/2009Installed, configured and administered Health Canada Online Web Applications on WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server and TomcatTroubleshot WebSphere, IHS, Tomcat and Java Runtime problems including JVM tuning.Performed daily support and upgraded for IBM WebSphere Application Servers Identified and corrected defects found in applications
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, RAD, Struts, Hibernate, WebSphere 5/6/6.1,Tomcat, Oracle, SUSE Linux and Sun Solaris
Project #7
MITEL (Top 1 among SMBs for IP telephone)
Mitel Online Web applications (Including Sales, Product Service and Report applications)
Duration: 12/2006 – 11/2008Designed and developed web application for sale and admin departmentIntegration of business services across multiple domains and applications (WebSphere and SAP)Developed applications, administered, deployed, configured, and supported WebSphere Application ServerSecured the web application by configuration and programming.Created, configured and deployed portletImplemented SSO for WebSphere portal and SAP by using portal credential vault serviceInvolved in various WebSphere projects which included the management and use of various WebSphere technologies such as WebSphere application Server and WebSphere Portal Server 5/6.
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, RAD 6/7, Struts, JSF, EJB, JPA, WebSphere/WebSphere Portal Server 5/6, Oracle, MQ, MySQL and CVS
Project #6
IBM CANADA SHELL CANADA Document Integration and Retailer Web
Duration: 08/2005 – 12/2006Participated in the analysis, design and implementation of Document Integration and Retailer Web ApplicationsIntegrated JDEdwards and LiveLink by using portal and web service technologyAnalyzed alternatives and recommending solutionsTranslated business requirements into systems designDeveloped JSP, Portlet and DAO by using JSFWrote store procedure in Oracle.
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, RAD 6, WebSphere Portal Server 5, Oracle, JDEdwards, LiveLink, CVS and JUnit
Project #5
HSBC BANK CANADA (Top 2 bank)
HSBC Internet Bank
Duration: 04/2005 – 07/2005Worked on CRM application of an online banking subsystemImplemented object oriented application design by using UML and Rational Rose. Developed applications, administered, deployed, configured, and supported WebSphere Application ServerPrepared and review of technical specificationsProvided technical support and mentoring to an application development teamDeveloped unit and functional tests for the new functionalityWrote JSP, Portlet/Servlet and Portlet Service
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, WSAD 5.1, WebSphere Portal Server 5, Rational Rose, Oracle, SQL, JDBC, UML, MKS, JUnit, Log4J and LDAP
Project #4
MicroAge Bellamy (IBM Premier Business Partner)
Government Online Service Application
Duration: 07/2003 – 03/2005Architected, designed and developed subsystem of Government Online Service System, including property management, animal license, cemetery and budget applicationsProvided ongoing development, maintenance and support of business applicationsCreated UML diagrams such as class diagram and sequence diagramWorked with Struts as the web-container frameworkDeveloped applications, administered, deployed, configured, and supported WebSphere Application ServerInstalled, configured and used CVS as a documentation repository and version-controlling tool
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, RAD 6, WSAD 5.x, WebSphere, DB2, Struts, SQL, UML, CVS, Hibernate and Log4j
Project #3
Sivco Inc. (IBM Advanced Software Business Partner)
University of Georgia (4th among US public universities) Chemical Tracking System
Duration: 08/2002 – 11/2002Involved in designing and development of Chemical Tracking web applicationImplemented of MVC architecture using EJB, JSP and ServletDeveloped session bean in business logic layer Worked on modules of Student Training and Vendor Management System
Environment: Java, JSP/Servlet, HTML, WSAD, WebSphere Server, DB2 and Windows 2000
Project #2
Hua Xia Bank (top 10), China
Duration: 10/1995 – 07/2001
Bank Mortgage Loan Management SystemParticipated in the analysis, design and implementation of Bank Mortgage Loan Management SystemDesigned use cases to document the business requirementsPrepared document and analyze business workflows and processesProvided ongoing development, maintenance and support of business applicationsResponsible for developing functionality test plans
Environment: IBM RS6000 AIX, SCO-UNIX,MQ, Informix Online, Visual Basic, C/Java and SQL
Project #1
Second Mechanic Research and Design Institute, China
Duration: 07/1990 – 09/1995
Developed Mechanic CAD related software
Environment: AutoCAD and Auto Lisp
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Computer Science
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGWebSphere Portal Server and Portlet Development – IBMObject Oriented Analysis and Design Using RUP, UML, Java, Rose, WSAD and Design Patterns – IBM