Manager Project
Resume:
Manjot Kaur
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
o Eight years of overall experience in IT, 7+ years Administering,
Performance Tuning, Configuring, Installing IBM MQ Server 5.x/6.x/7.x and
IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.x/7.x/8.x.
o Having Experience in Multi Tier and Web Enabling the Legacy Systems with
IBM Websphere MQSeries and Websphere Message Broker.
o Experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of WMQ and
WMB on various platforms like AIX, Linux, z/OS, OS/390, AS/400, UNIX, and
Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/2008.
o Experience in preparation of Technical design documents based on the
Business Requirement & Functional Specifications.
o Highly experienced in implementing Publish-subscribe mechanisms in
Websphere Application Server & MQ Server.
o Expertise in implementing different monitoring setups using various
monitoring tools like CANDLE, QPASA, TIVOLI, Wily, Applicaiton Manager
and BMC Patrol.
o Expertise in writing shell & batch scripts on various platforms like AIX,
Linux, Windows and Solaris to monitor WMQ and WMB.
o Expertise in design and implementation of WMQ and WMB in huge and complex
environments using High Availability Clustering.
o Experience in resolving critical problems in WMQ and WMB on various
platforms like AIX, Linux, Solaris, OS/390 and Windows NT/2000/2003/2008.
o Knowledge on different clustering environments like VERITAS on Solaris
and HACMP on AIX.
o Experience in J2EE Technologies such as JDBC, Servlets, JSPs, EJBs, JNDI,
JMS and Web Services (SOAP and WSDL).
o Experienced in deploying solutions in High Availability (HA), Load
Balancing & Configurations eliminating single points of failure.
o Provided 24x7 supports for Production and Development Environments.
o Worked closely with Project manager, Development, Testing, Pre-Production
and Production teams to align project deliverables within due dates and
reporting issues.
o Strong Knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
o Developed code for error handling, exception handling, monitoring etc.
o Experience working with RACF, QAM & SSL.
o Experience working with Websphere Registry and Repository Server.
o Experience working with WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Environments.
o Experience working with WebSphere ESB IDE.
o Experience with RDBMS and Web Search Technologies.
o Excellent communication and Problem Solving skills, Management and
Interpersonal skills coupled with proven ability to test with software
specification, limitations and resource constraints.
o Ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent
interpersonal skills.
o Ability to function in Team as well as independently on multiple tasks or
projects as a technical resource and contribute to successful
implementations.
EDUCATION:
. Bachelors in Computer Science
o Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India.
. Master of Business Administration
o New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Middleware MQ Broker 7.x/6.x, MQ Series 7.x/6.x/5.x,
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x/6.x/5.x, IBM
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository 7.x/8.x, IBM
WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus
IBM
Hardware / OS UNIX, IBM AIX 5.3, HP-UX 8.0, Z/OS, Red Hat Linux,
I-series, Windows 95/98/NT/2K/2003/2008, z/VM, z/Linux,
Mainframe, Tandem
Monitoring Tools Thread Analyzer, Log Analyzer, Tivoli Federated
Identity Manager, Tivoli Access Manager, Manage Engine,
Q PASA!
Java/J2EE Tech XML, XSL, Applets, AWT, J2EE 1.2/1.3, JDBC, Servlets,
JSP, RMI, DTD, EJB,AJAX, JNDI, JMS, SOAP
Database Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i/7.x, DB2 UDB 7.x/6.x, SQL Server
2000/7.0/6.5, MS Access 97/2000
Protocols TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, SOAP, FTP, WINSOCK, SMTP, POP, DHCP,
POP3, DNS, UDP, NFS, DHCP. LDAP, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, WSDL
Web Tech HTML, JavaScript, JSP, XML, XSL and DTD
Microsoft Tools PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, MS Project, MS Visio.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
T-Mobile - Bothell, Washington
Sr. MQ/Message Broker Admin
Oct 2011 - Present
Description: The messaging infrastructure at T-Mobile connects all internal
and external agencies providing services to the T-Mobile. The framework is
based on a true SOA architecture in which Websphere Message Broker acts as
an advanced ESB, providing message routing, translation, error handling and
auditing services. The integration (SOA) framework is divided into three
layers, Source Application layer (Source System), Broker ESB layer and the
Target System Layer. Messages generated by the Source Application layer use
ESB for auditing / routing / translation / error handling and use Websphere
MQ/Web services as medium to reach the Target System Layer and vice versa.
Responsibilities:
o Installed and configured WMQ 7.0.1.6/7.1.0.0/7.5.0.0 on AIX & Linux and
clustered these WMQ Queue managers for high availability.
o Installed and configured WSRR 8.0 on AIX & Linux servers.
o Installed and configured Websphere Message Broker 7.0/8.0 on AIX & Linux
boxes.
o Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server 7.0 on AIX & Linux
boxes.
o Performed troubleshooting of various MQ issues like channel issues,
cluster issues and was also instrumental in setting up traces for
resolving complex MQ problems.
o Responsible for developing procedures for logging / recovery of MQ
objects.
o Involved in WMQ Performance tuning, capacity planning exercises which
include discussions on using channel pipelining, manipulating qm.ini &
kernel parameters.
o Worked extensively on the aggregation and http nodes in calling external
web services.
o Wrote scripts for creation, auto deployment of bar files to WMB Brokers.
o Responsible for defining monitoring criteria, event alerts and self-
repair automation procedures for Websphere MQ utilizing Omegamon XE.
o Backup, recovery and trouble shooting for WMQ /WMB.
o Worked on the Clusters and High Availability Clustering to make the
administration task easy and the Workload Balancing of the messages.
o Administered the functioning of the system.
o Involved in documenting, user training and prepared the MQ startup and
shutdown scripts for various platforms like UNIX (SunOS, AIX, and Linux)
and Windows.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x, IBM WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository 8.x, IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, IBM
WebSphere MQ 7.0/7.1/7.5, IBM WebSphere Message Broker 7.x/8.x, Oracle 11g,
Q Pasa!, IBM DB2, IBM Http Server 7.x, Mainframe, Linux, Windows 2003/2008,
Java/J2SE 1.4/1.5, J2EE 1.3.
State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, IL
Sr. MQ/Message Broker Admin
Apr 2010 - Sep 2011
Description: State Farm stores data to Centralized database, DB2 on OS/390
by using WebSphere MQ and WMB messaging. Each branch has Message queue get
information from different vendor and put on Message Queue. The data is
saved to DB2 Database on the intermittent server. This data will be
transformed to xml format and update the database.
Responsibilities:
o Installed and configured WMQ and WMB products on AIX, Linux, OS/390 and
Win 2003 server.
o Administered the MQ Objects like Queue Managers, Queues, Channels,
Process Definition, Clusters and Name Lists.
o Circumvented and resolved many complex and critical WMQ & WMB issues in
production environment.
o Created Clusters of queue managers to simplify the overall administration
process, to achieve workload balancing and to make the administration
task easy.
o Migrated WMQ 6.0 to WMQ 7.0 on Linux, AIX and Windows2003.
o Migrated WMB 6.0 to WMB 7.0 on Linux, AIX and Windows2003.
o Developed Shell Scripts on various Linux/AIX platforms for monitoring
WMQ.
o Developed shell scripts in Linux/AIX for checking the health status of
the MQSeries.
o Installed and configured Tivoli monitoring tool on various platforms.
o Administered the Tivoli workstation server and created various profiles
and distributed as per monitoring requirements for WMQ and WMB.
o Provided performance tuning to the queue managers and queues for optimal
performance and applied tuning to all connected queue managers.
o Configured the Configuration Manager, Message Repository Database, broker
database for WMB.
o Performed administration tasks using MQSC commands.
o Configured DB2 as the database for the WMB Broker environment.
Environment: IBM Websphere MQ 6.x/7.x, IBM WebSphere Message Broker
6.x/7.x, IBM DB2, IBM Http Server 6.0.x/6.1.x/7.x, IBM WebSphere
Application Server 7.x, IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository 7.x,
IBM AIX 5.3, Solaris 10, Linux, I series 5.6/6.1, Windows 2003/2008,
Java/J2SE 1.4/1.5, J2EE 1.3.
Comerica Bank - Auburn Hills, MI
Sr. MQ/Message Broker Admin
Apr 2009 - March 2010
Description: Comerica Bank is one of the leading financial services
organizations involved in businesses like Loans & Credit Cards, Retirement
Plan Services, Mutual Funds, Life Insurance, etc. Comerica Bank had taken
the steps to integrate all the business applications and implemented those
using MQSeries and WMB. Comerica Bank has many business applications using
different software on distributed environment, by implementing middleware
software, MQ, WMB.
Responsibilities:
o Installation, configuration, administration and trouble-shooting problems
related to WMQ, WMB on AIX and Windows.
o Worked with EAI Application Development.
o Administer and Configured SiteMinder.
o Installation & Configuration of IBM HTTP Server 2.x and Sun One Web
server.
o Played a major role in HACMP, Linux clustering & WebSphere clustering.
o Configured and administered JDBC providers, JMS providers, Connection
Pooling and also defining scope level from Admin console.
o Created profiles on WebSphere Application Server ND v6.0 using GUI and
command line.
o Provided 24/7 on-call support on rotation basis for applications running
in production on WebSphere Application servers through VPN /ROVA
connection.
o Involved in trouble shooting and Performance tuning using, Tivoli
Performance Viewer.
o Installed the fix packs for the problems to get solved with the
Application Server and updating the latest fix packs as per requirement.
o Regularly attended meetings on behalf of Middleware Team & co-ordinate
with different teams for task accomplishment.
o Involved in regular reports, feedback and communication with the
management
o Coordinating the team members and maintaining the project log.
Environment: IBM Websphere Application Server 6.x, IBM Websphere MQ 6.x,
IBM DB2, IBM-AIX, IBM Http Server 6.0.x/6.1.x, IBM Message Broker 6.x, IBM
AIX 5.3, Solaris 10, Java/J2SE 1.4/1.5, J2EE 1.3.
Lincoln Financial Group, Omaha, NE
MQ/Message Broker Admin
Oct 2007 - Mar 2009
Description: LFG Insurance is one of the leading financial services
organizations involved in businesses like Life Insurance and Retirement,
Business Insurance and Annuities etc., LFG Insurance had taken the steps to
integrate all the business applications and implemented those using WMQ and
WMB. By implementing middle ware software, MQ, LFG was able to reduce the
costs included, increased the performance and delivered the services at a
higher pace compared to other competitors.
Responsibilities:
o Configured IBM WMQ/WMB software installation/upgrades, standards and new
feature/ functionality development / testing / implementation.
o Responsible for identifying and designing the MQ objects required, and
involved in capacity planning for the MQ objects.
o Planned and Administered MQ environments for all stages of development as
well as production.
o Configured and created Configuration manager, toolkit. Brokers, Queue
Managers, define Objects, channels, SSL, Clustering, shared channels,
shared objects.
o Detailed knowledge of MQ Clustering.
o Coordinated and Communicated with the Business Partners to ensure
complete understanding of re usable messaging fields/flows and
deliverables.
o Coded ESQL procedures and functions for message processing and configured
to the respective node in the message flows.
o Created Fixed Length Messages for transforming transactions from
mainframe to AIX.
o Designed and developed Common sub flows for Audit logging, Error Logging,
catching Business exceptions.
o Configured MQ objects to monitor message interfaces. (QMGR, QUEUE,
Condition, Hear beat Interval and Alter lever).
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1/6.x, IBM Websphere MQ
Server 6.x, IBM Message Broker 6.x, IBM DB2, IBM-AIX, IBM Http Server 6.x,
IBM AIX 5.3, Java/J2SE 1.4, J2EE 1.3.
ExxonMobil Corporation-Houston TX
WebSphere MQ Admin
Oct 2005 - Sep 2007
Description: Member of the Support team for MQSeries, involved with the
team of design, identifies process flow, infrastructure and procedures
documentation, layout plans for better performance, and implementation of
WMQ Workflow Best Practices.
Responsibilities:
o Involved in client requirements gathering, analysis & application design.
o Used Visio UML tool to draw use case diagrams, class and sequence
diagrams.
o Developed the scripts for creating and maintaining Queue Managers,
Queues, Channels, Processes and other WMQ objects
o Provided Naming Standards, Backup & Recovery, and Problem Determination
Strategies for the project.
o Handled the MQ queue managers in clustering for round robin and failover
functionality.
o Developed business logic using EJB Session Beans.
o Implemented Entity Beans for Object Relational mapping.
o Implemented Session Facade Pattern using Session and Entity Beans.
o Developed MDB to listen to JMS queues.
o Performed application level logging using Log4j for debugging purpose.
o Worked with different application teams in resolving the issues related
to MQ and partially worked with Message broker team.
o Involved in fine stunning of application, fixing bugs and capturing
performance maintenance.
o Involved in testing phase and implemented test cases.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1, IBM Websphere MQ 5.3,
IBM DB2, IBM-AIX, IBM Http Server 5.x, Sun Solaris 9 & 10, IBM AIX 5.3, Red
Hat Linux Integrity Site minder Policy Server 6.0, Java/J2SE 1.4, J2EE 1.3.
Strengths:
> Drive, energy, enthusiasm and commitment to complete specific
project on time and the motivation to achieve results.
> The resilience to stay self-confident and positive under
pressure.
> A fast learner and ability to handle the changing situation and
react positively.
> Like to work in challenging environments.
References: Excellent references available upon request.
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