Ramu Tallam +1-302-***-****

(webMethods consultant) ac0279@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:-

oCurrently working as Integration Architect at Tech Mahindra, USA.

o10+ experience with multi-dimensional roles in IT industry and around 8 years of experience in Integration tool webMethods.

oHave worked in multiple roles in the team as various project models e.g. Architect, Lead, Administrator, Developer and Analyst.

oExpertise in Designing, Developing & Migration of B2B and Enterprise Applications

oExtensively worked with Integration Server, Developer, Designer, Broker, MWS, Optimize, TN, Deployer and Aris Mashzone.

oWebMethods Administrator with 5+ years of experience in building the new environments which includes installation of software, support patches updates, configuration of wM environments.

oImplemented web components using SOAP, REST, XML, FlatFiles and Web Services.

oProficiency in Using Adapters like JMS, SAP, JDBC, LotusNotes, with various database applications.

oExpertise in configuring and monitoring webMethods components.

oCertified webMethods Developer using webMethods 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x versions.

oHands on experience on implementing webMethods clustering for IS, MWS and Broker.

oHands on experience on of webMethods upgrades from 6.x 7.x,and 7.x 9.x

oHands on experience on BAM implementation using webMethods 8.2.1.

oGood exposure on webMethods BPM implementation.

oHands on experience on Software AGs Aris Mashzone for creating the customized reports.

oExtensive knowledge and hands on experience in trouble shouting which includes Adapter errors, IS settings, memory optimizations and fine tuning for the live system to support the incremental business transactions in day to day business.

oRich experience working with webMethods technical services and Professional services to resolve the product related issues in implementations and live support.

oExpertise in recognizing the potential risks associated with common coding errors and identifying coding approaches to address them.

oVery strong exposure in UK GAS Distribution, Banking and Manufacturing domains.

oAbility to understand full functionality from source application to target Application.

oCapability to adapt and learn new tools and applications and apply them.

oHighly motivated, good mathematical and Analytical skills, strong communication skills and having the high ability to work in a team or individually.

Skills:-

EAI/ERP Integration Tools:

webMethods IntegrationServer 6.5/7.1.2/8.2/9.5, webMethods Broker 6.5.2/7.1.2, webMethods Modeler 6.5, webMethods Monitor 6.5,, My webMethods Server 6.5.2/7.1.1, Optimize for Process 7.0/7.1.0, SAP BC4.6, Designer 8.2/9.5,Deployer 8.2/9.5, Process Engine, Task Engine, web services, webMethods Trading Networks /6.5/7.1.2.

Developer Tools:

webMethods Developer, webMethods Designer, webMethods Trading networks,

XML & Web Service Technologies:

XML, XSL, DTD, XSLT, SOAP, WSDL, HTML, JSP, Servlets

Adapters:

SAP, SAP BC, WmDB, LotusNotes, JMS,, JDBC with various databases

RDBMS:

Oracle 11g/9i/8.x, SQL Server

Operating Systems:

SUN Solaris 2.x, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11.x, LINUX 6.x, and Windows NT/9x/2000/XP.

Education:

oMasters in Computer Application.

oWebMethods certified webMethods developer.

Work Experience:-

oWorking as Technical Architect with Tech Mahindra from May2013 to till date.

oWorked as Project Lead with WIPRO Technologies from April 2006 to April2013.

oWorked as Software Consultant with Synova Innovative Technologies from November 2005 to April 2006.(Worked for Wipro as consultant)

Projects

Solenis Support and Projects, USA:

WebMethods Lead: August 2016 to till date.

Environment: webMethods product suite 9.5(Integration Server, Designer, Broker, MWS, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter), Oracle 11g, Red hat Linux.

After Solenis migration from parent company Ashland, providing the production support (24/7) for Integration platform of 350 interfaces with 40+ external business partners and working on various projects in the landscape. SAP is a core ERP system and webMethods has integrations with SAP FICO, HCM, OTC, SD, EHS modules along with various internal applications like Salesforce, Infor. Etc. This project included the creation of Data centers across the globe and establishing the connectivity among all the locations and to re integrate the various applications in the system landscape. This project scope is to understand the existing applications and functionality, make the required changes to integrate the applications in the newly created environments and support the various testing cycles until moved to production and provide the support for the day to day business transactions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oSingle point of contact for webMethods production support, platform issues, enhancements and projects from design to implementation.

oProvide production support for webMethods Applications and resolve issues for smooth business flow.

oPerform code review and develop common framework for webMethods applications.

oImplement Fixes & patches and test them accordingly to make the environment on latest fixes.

oPromote code across environments for enhancements and minor and major projects.

oWorking with internal and external teams for the issues in the data transmission for business process.

oProviding the support for Infra related maintenance activities from Integration area.

oTimely updating with business stake holders about the issues in data transmission.

oDiscuss with various stake holders in the project for the new integrations in the new environment.

oResponsible for the communication to all B2B Partners and working for reestablishing the connectivity.

oResponsible for integration platform administration and maintenance.

oResponsible for supporting the various test cycles in the project execution in terms of technical guidance and support.

Solenis webMethods upgrade, USA:

WebMethods Lead: Sept 2015 to July 2016.

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.1.3 & 9.5(Integration Server, Designer, Broker, MWS, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter), Oracle 11g, Red hat Linux.

Solenis webMethods platform is running on the lower version (7.1.3) which is out of support from the vendor Software AG. WebMethods migration project is migrating the webMethods from 7.1.3 to 9.5 version and replacing the deprecated services in the older version with new services across 350 interfaces Post migration working with internal and external teams for integration testing,UAT and make the new environment active in production.

Roles and Responsibilities:

oWorked on impact analysis for the migration and Proposal preparation to present to customer.

oIdentify the deprecated services from the older version and identify the replace services.

oEstimate the efforts based on the deprecated services used in all the interfaces in the platform.

oProvide the hardware sizing to Infra team for the new servers to be built.

oInstall the webMethods components and database components in the new environment.

oMigrate the code from 7.1.3 environment to 9.5 and work on deprecated services.

oPerformed the unit testing for all the interfaces and fixed all the technical issues.

oExtensively involved in Integration testing and User Acceptance testing and fixed all the technical issues.

oCreated the cut over plan and seamlessly executed the migration with no major issues.

Solenis DC migration, USA:

WebMethods Lead: Jan2015 to till Aug2015.

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.1.3 (Integration Server, Designer, Broker, MWS, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter), Oracle 11g, Red hat Linux.

Solenis is a leading global supplier of water treatment and process chemicals, and supports customers with application insights and practical expertise. Solenis migration is a Data Centre migration project, from its parent company Ashland to Solenis Environment. SAP as core system with around 80 various applications are integrated in the solution. WebMethods is the integration platform to integrate the internal applications and with B2B (45) Partners. Along with migration creating new integrations for the new applications replaced the descoped applications in Solenis landscape.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oTook the KT from Ashland SMEs on various integrations in the landscape (350 Interfaces).

oWorked with Infra team for setting up the new servers and databases for the webMethods interfaces.

oWorked with Network team to establishing the connectivity from webMethods to internal and external applications/partners.

oGet the code base from Ashland environment and deploy the code in Solenis new environments.

oHaving discussion with all stake holders (business/internal teams and external partners.

oChanging the configurations for each interface as per the Solenis landscape by working with the source and target teams for each integrations.

oPerforming the unit testing of the interfaces in Development environment after config changes.

oPromoting the wM interfaces from Dev to QA for the integration testing.

oWorking with internal and external teams for integration testing and fixing the issues during testing.

oPlanned the activities (cut over tasks) for the Go live and work with various teams for the smooth go live.

oWorked on integration approaches for descoping the existing application and creating new integrations with new applications brought in Solenis landscape.

oArranging periodic calls with various teams on need basis for smooth execution of the testing.

oProviding the status reports to management on periodic basis and highlight the potential issues ahead.

Military Bank, Vietnam:

WebMethods technical lead: August 2013 to Dec 2015.

Environment: webMethods product suite 8.2(Integration Server, Designer, Broker, MWS, Optimize for process, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter), Aris Mashzone, Oracle 11g, Red hat Linux.

Military Bank Project is a banking project where we have developed three main functions of the bank namely Outward Remittance, Cancellation Amendment and Tracing, and Loans Process. Military Bank, a leading financial institution in the Vietnam, is looking to replace its legacy remittance process maker system with a more flexible and a state-of-art application. The current process maker system is a legacy system which has its own challenges like delay in launching a new case, lots of manual process, less turnaround time. To keep in pace with the market trends, and overcome the challenges, MB would like to implement a new state of the art work flow system for its remittance and loan process. MB would like to move to a state of the art process & systems scalable to meet the future growth of the organization. It wants to implement a new remittance and loan process system by the following key business objectives. The new remittance process system seeks is a one stop solution for the MB – International Outward Remittance process, new CAT flow for Cancellation Amendment and Tracing, the new Loan process system seeks to replace manual process with automated process system.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oResponsible for BAM Module deliverables from requirement gathering to Post Implementation support.

oResponsible for services development in ESB layer.

oInvolved in the various design finalization approaches.

oOnsite Lead for requirement gathering and Design phase.

oLook after the environment as Administrator and troubleshooting the issues and work with technical support for product issues.

oSPOC for all webMethods issues in the project.

oGroomed junior resources to make them productive

Sony AMS, USA:

WebMethods project lead: Aug2011 to April 2013

Environment: webMethods product suite 8.2(Integration Server, Designer, Broker, MWS, Optimize for process, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter), TN, Aris Mashzone, Oracle 11g, Red hat Linux.

Sony Electronics is a leading provider of audio/video electronics and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, design, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution, and customer service. It is based at Sandiago, USA and has business operations in Asia Pacific and Europe regions. To manage daily business transactions with the internal and external business partners, it has built the IT systems which uses SAP as ERP and webMethods as integration tool to integrate various internal and external business systems. Wipro was selected as business partner for maintaining their IT systems and support their daily business transactions. Sony Electronics Inc (SEL) and Wipro Technologies have entered into an engagement under which Wipro will provide Application Maintenance Support (AMS) and services for minor enhancements to SEL. As part of the engagement, Wipro is supporting 287 + applications across 20 + sub groups. Sony webMethods environment has A2A and B2B architecture in place and we are responsible for managing the environment (Administration) and addressing the internal and external team queries on priority.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oResponsible for all the deliverables in support from offshore.

oResponsible for all enhancement deliverables from offshore.

oGuiding team on technical issues and work towards resolutions.

oResponsible for achieving the timelines for the enhancements.

oResponsible for RCA’s in the platform and work towards implementing the RCA’s to fix the repetitive issues.

oSPOC for all webMethods issues and escalations from offshore.

oResponsible for achieving the platform stability by fixing the issues in production environment.

oResponsible for coordinating with various internal/external teams for issues resolutions and clarifications.

Gas Distribution Front Office (GDFO), UK

Integration Consultant: Jan 2011 to July 2011

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

National Grid is international electricity and Gas Company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. NG plays a vital role in providing energy to millions of customers across Great Britain and the Northeast US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner. The Gas Distribution Front Office (GDFO) Program will introduce one integrated solution to replace the majority of the old computer systems across Emergency and Meter work, Maintenance, Repair and Construction. SAP is selected as ERP tool to master the all the asset data and ESRI has selected as Geographical tool for identifying the assets across the network. Click and Syclo are selected as dispatch and mobile application tools. SAP PI has selected as integration tool to connect various applications and integrate, in order to replace the legacy applications and architecture.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oWorked as on site coordinator for the various releases.

oResponsible for reviewing the Functional specs from integration side and get the clarifications in terms of functionality which is required for preparing the Technical specs.

oArranged discussions with Functional Teams and Process and Design team to get the clarification on design.

oResponsible for Technical Specs delivery from integration, this includes TS preparation, internal/external reviews and fixing the review comments and getting sign off.

oResponsible for code delivery, which includes code development by team members, Peer code review and bugs fixing and delivery the quality code as per the project time lines.

oResponsible for Code movement (Transports management) to various environments (DEV/QA/PT/UAT.) and coordination with Basis team.

oProvided the support for various testing phases (Assembly testing, Product testing..) and getting the fixes done by team in time.

oPreparation of Architectural/Technical solutions diagrams and attending the workshops with the Business users’ demonstration.

oCo Ordination with internal/external teams to resolve various issues while execution of the project.

oWorked as single point of contact for the Integration team for any functional/technical issues for the smooth execution of the project.

WWU-FOMSA Support and CR’s, UK:

Technical Lead: Nov 2008 – Dec2010

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

Post FOMSA go live, Wipro was engaged for Application Support and further enhancements in the Application. As per the Business agreement Wipro is responsible for providing 24/7 Support for all the Front office and Back Office Applications of WWU. Integration layer is the key area where all the systems connect and exchange information in various forms. It requires to maintain the application running all the times and smooth message processing. All together 130 Interfaces need to be supported along with platform management which includes applying the latest patches on platform and as administrator. As part of the support need to resolve the Incidents/SR's raised by the users with in SLA time and have to propose new enhancements to improve the system performance application.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oProvided 24/7 support for critical Integration area from site.

oWorked on all webMethods related Incidents/SR's and closed within SLA time without any Business complaints.

oWorked extensively on Problem management and closed many problem records without much impacting the system.

oWorked on various minor/major CR's and delivered all the CR's in time.

oExtensively worked on all major projects in Integration area, which includes various Implementations and Upgrades.

oTrained and Groomed many freshers and enable them to work for the project independently.

oResponsible for all the deliverables in Integration area along with Support.

oWorked extensively with various vendors and their technical teams and R&D departments as part of issues resolutions.

oWorked as Administrator, Project Leader and Developer in all the areas of Integration.

WWU-Emergency Dashboard using wM BAM, UK

Technical Lead: June2009 to Feb2010

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

As per the business agreement with NG, WWU is responsible for attending the all the gas leaks within its region. Emergency call handling is the key business process demanding rigorous follow up at every stage-from the moment an incident is reported to its successful completion, Emergency Dashboard is a customized solution of Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) which tracks all the major stages of the process from receipt of work order to acknowledgement, Order creation, dispatch, suspend, Primary Completion and Final Completion in real time.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Involved in all the stages of the project like Analysis, Design, Installation and Configuration, Implementation and PIS. Also Involved in Proposal preparation.

WWU-webMethods Upgrade, UK:

Technical Lead: Mar2009 to Mar2010

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

WWU has implemented it’s IT solutions in 2006 as webMethods as a core integration tool to integrate various applications in the landscape. With the increase in the business, business transactions also increased, which results WWU need to upgrade their systems to cope of with the increased business transactions. As part of the upgrading the systems, the core integration tool webMethods upgraded from 6.5 to 7.1.2, which involves the upgrade both Hardware and Software. Hardware was upgraded from 32 bit 64 bit, which required to upgrade the operating system as well. As part of software upgrade, all the wM components Integration server, Broker, MWS and all the adapters JMS,JDBC and SAP Adapter and web services from 6.5 to 7.1.2.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Involved in all the stages of the project like Analysis, Design, Installation and Configuration, Implementation and PIS. Also Involved in Proposal preparation

WWU-Appointment Booking, UK:

Technical Lead: Sep2008 to Feb2009

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

As part of business agreement, National Grid gives the metering jobs to IDN’s and IDN’s will complete the job behalf of NG and get paid for that. Appointment Booking is implemented to optimum utilization resources. Appointment Booking is the module, which enables WWU to book the appointments on real time basis so that they can efficiently use the resources which gives greater savings by the proper resource planning.

Roles&Responsibiliites:

Involved in all the stages of the project like Analysis, Design, Installation and Configuration, implementation and PIS.

WWU-Ventyx Upgrade, UK:

Module Lead: Feb2008 to Aug2008

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

Ventyx is a mobile field force solution in WWU’s systems landscape. As part of Ventyx up gradation from 7.1 to Version 8.0 worked on various changes required in the functionality and created many new interfaces.

Roles&Responsibiliites:

Attended the various workshops to understand the changes done in the other Application. Estimate the business impact due to the changes in other applications corresponding changes in Integration Layer. Worked in mapping/document changes and supported for testing.

WWU-webMethods Clustering, UK:

Module Lead: July 2007 – Feb2008

Environment: webMethods product suite 7.2(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, Optimize) Adapters (JMS, JDBC, SAP).

WebMethods clustering is an up gradation project to make the webMethods Clustered Environment from the existing single point server Environment for WWU. It will make the webMethods system as robust and to avoid the single point of failure in the process of Business critical Information and large file/batch job handling. As part of webMethods clustering upgraded the components like SAP Adapter, JMS and JDBC adapter and portal server. This up gradation requires code changes for all the Business processes in various interfaces and testing and deployment of the code in clustered Environment.

Roles&Responsibiliites:

oDownload the required component image from webMethods site. Installed the Integration server, Broker, Portal and all other components.

oConfigured the repo server, Broker server and Integration server. Upgraded the components like SAP Adapter, JMS Adapter and Jdbc Adapter.

oImplemented the required code changes.

oPost implementation support.

WWU-FOMSA Support and Enhancements, UK:

WebMethods module leader: November2006 to September 2008.

Environment: webMethods product suite 6.5(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter). Oracle 7. Windows 2003 server.

After FOMSA go live, Wipro was engaged for Application Support and further enhancements in the Application. As per the Business agreement Wipro is responsible for providing 24/7 Support for all the Front office and Back Office Applications of WWU.As part of the support need to resolve the Incidents/SR's raised by the users with in SLA time and have to propose new solutions for the existing issues in the system to improve the performance of the application

Roles & Responsibilities:

oWorked on all webMethods related Incidents/SR's and closed within SLA time without any Business complaints.

oWorked on various minor/major CR's and delivered all the CR's in time.

oProvided 24/7 support for all webMethods interfaces.

oWorked as Offshore Lead for webMethods and all Non SAP modules.

oPlayed a key role to enable the team to Close all the Incidents/SR's with in the provided SLA time.

WWU-FOMSA, UK:

WebMethods Developer: November 2005 to October 2006.

Environment: webMethods product suite 6.5(Integration Server, Developer, Broker, MWS, JMS Adapter, JDBC Adapter, SAP Adapter). Oracle 7. Windows 2003 server.

Wales & West Utilities Limited (WWU) - formerly part of Transco - was launched on Wednesday 1 June 2005. As a regulated gas distribution business with around 34,000 km of gas distribution pipelines located in Wales and the South West of England, the company's main offices are in Cardiff and Bristol and it serves a catchments area with a population of 7.4 million. As part of building its IT systems they needed to integrate various application and suppliers. Web Methods 6.5 Fabric was selected as central EAI platform to integrate its all future applications and systems. Although many systems were integrated using SAP as backbone this paper talks about integration with Advantex system only. SAP ¦s Work Asset Management (WAM) Module was used as central ERP solution. Advantex is an enterprise workforce automation solution providing scheduling and dispatching functionality in WWU. Advantex Scheduling routes fieldwork while optimally assigning and managing work orders and customer commitments, giving dispatchers the freedom to focus on exceptional conditions. Advantex Scheduling improves your operational effectiveness and customer service levels by providing an enterprise-wide scheduling solution that addresses your entire mobile workforce. Central to Advantex Scheduling is its assignment engine, Workforce Optimization.

Roles & Responsibilities:

oDeveloped interface flows between Sap and Advantex using XML, SAP IDOCS and BAPI ¦s (Synchronous and Asynchronous).

oGathered the requirement and documented the frequent changes. Developed common components which can e used across all the interfaces of the project.

oCreated Test cases and Test data for performing the Unit test as well as Module Testing.

oPerformed Unit testing at interface level and end -to- end module testing.

oWorked on Flat Files and File pooling ports, SAP, JMS and JDBC Adapters.

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