B. A. Beshir
*******@*****.***
Summary
> IT leader who possesses strong interpersonal communication,
organizational, analytical and problem solving skills.
> Proven experience in IT Infrastructure Operations Management with
established SLA and KPI.
> Adept at utilizing Governance, Risk and Compliance experience in both the
US Federal and Commercial sectors.
> Possesses a deep understanding of key trends in technology to include:
Application Architectures, Cloud Architectures, Mobile Application
Architecture, Application Security, Data Management Architecture as well
as Reliable, Fault Tolerant Infrastructure Architectures.
> Demonstrated experience in Process Improvement initiatives using ITIL and
ISO/IEC 20000.
> Vast experience in PMI PMBOK, PMO, Scrum and Agile methodologies.
> Solution Architect in Amazon AWS/MS Azure Cloud, Security, RDBMS,
Identity and HA Web Systems.
> Multi-faceted technical background with hands on experience as a
Developer, DBA and Systems Administrator.
Education
Master of Arts ( M. A.) Economics University of Windsor Windsor - Canada
Bachelor of Arts ( B.A. Economics University of Pune Pune - India
)
Technical Skills
Languages: Java, C, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, XML, WSDL, JSON, Ajax,
jQuery
Web backend: BigIP LTM/GTM, OpenText CMS, Akamai CDN, Apache/IIS, Layer
7
Cloud: Amazon AWS, MS Azure, Verizon Terremark Federal Cloud
Middle Tier: MS Project, Oracle WebLogic, IBM WebSphere
Databases: Sybase, Oracle RAC, MongoDB, Cloudera Hadoop
BI Tools: IBM BI Tool Suite, Oracle BI Tool Suite
Methodologies: PMO, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000
Career Experience
Technical Manager NHTSA - Federal DoT (Centech Group) 6/2007 - Present
> Recruited as Team Lead over the Web Support Group ultimately promoted
to Technical Manager, in 2008, to oversee technical delivery of the
contract.
> Ensure delivery of optimal, reliable, cost-efficient IT service in
support of agency mission.
> Lead and supervise SMEs administering the IT backend infrastructure.
> Oversee system performance of IT infrastructure distributed at three
data center.
> Charged with management and enforcement of proper IT Asset Management,
HA and DR plans.
> Manage the resolution of production incidents within SLAs and OLAs.
> Proactively identify opportunities, conduct needs and cost/benefit
assessments.
> Translate complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety
of audiences and influence customer to adopt new ideas, products,
and/or approaches.
> Work closely with PMO to ensure IT projects are implemented using an
appropriate level of project management rigor and industry best
practices.
> Provide technical solution architecture for:
o migrating on premise infrastructure to Amazon AWS/MS Azure,
o Large deployment of MongoDB implementation,
o Global Web Traffic load balancing across multi data center using
BigIP LTM/GTM,
o XML Web Service data exchange between NHSTA and DHS's CBP, and
o Migration of legacy ColdFusion web application into Java/JSP.
> Charged with Operations Management of three data centers running
VMWare ESX virtualization infrastructure, with more than 400 MS
Windows and Red Hat Virtual Servers, and EMC VNX Storage Array with
Brocade SAN switches.
Environment: VMWare ESX ? MS Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux server ?
EMC VNX storage array
? Brocade SAN switches ? F5 Big-IP LTM/GTM ? Akamai CDN ? Cisco 3200 switches ?
Layer7 technology devices ? MS SharePoint ? MS Project Server ? Shavlik patch
management ? Veeam Backup & Replication ? EMC Avamar backup solutions ? Oracle
RAC and WebLogic ? IIS/Apache web servers cluster ? Cloudera Hadoop ? MongoDB ?
NoSQL ? Amazon Web Services (AWS) ? Web API ? IPv6 ? Oracle BI Enterprise
Edition (OBIEE) ? IBM BI solution suite ? SAS Enterprise BI Server ? SAS
Metadata Server ? MS Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) ? MS SQL Server
and Reporting Services (SSRS)
Systems American Society of Clinical 12/2002 - 11/2006
Analyst Oncology (ASCO)
Led technical team responsible for administering the backend IT hardware
and software infrastructure hosting Enterprise Content Management System
(ECMS) supporting ASCO's family of websites.
> Designed, planned, maintained, fine tuned performance, enhanced and
migrated website content into new CMS.
> Performed Web Traffic analytics and prepared reports to executive
management.
> Team lead for Akamai CDN caching implementation for several websites.
> Administered database, web server, application server and proxy
servers.
> Team lead over an Oracle DBA, Java developers, a System Administrator
and a Business Analyst.
Environment: BEA WebLogic, Oracle RDBMS ? Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?
Eclipse IDE ? MS IIS/Apache server ? Vignette CMS/Portal ? VMWare
virtualization ? Akamai CDN ? Java J2EE ? JavaScript ? HTML/CSS
Senior Develop TeleSystem, Inc. 4/2001 - 12/2002
> Team lead over migration of the legacy website content into a custom
content management system for New York MetLife's website.
> Participated in this effort by developing JSP, Java, XML, JavaScript,
Oracle PL/SQL, Vignette V and Java APIs.
> Implemented application authentication content display layout classes,
programmatic content expiring, and cache clearing on IBM WebSphere 4x,
Oracle 8Ii and Solaris.
Environment: JSP ? Java ? XML ? JavaScript ? Oracle PL/SQL ? Vignette
V ? Java APIs ? WebSphere ? Oracle ? Sun Solaris
Senior Java Developer Xpedior Inc.
12/1998 - 4/ 2001
> Participated in the migration of legacy desktop applications into ATG
Dynamo 5.1 Web Based Intranet for tracking student records by teachers
and administrators.
> Designed and developed XML, JHTML and JavaScript as well as Java
server-side components.
> Worked with the Personalization Server and Dynamo Repository Java API,
with Generic SQL Adapter, to work with FormHandler on Oracle, Apache
and Solaris.
Environment: XML ? JHTML ? JavaScript ? Java ? Java API ? SQL Stored
Procedures ? FormHandler ? Oracle ? Apache and Solaris
Developer Consultant MCI (Maxim Group) 7/1997 - 12/1998
> Participated in the integration effort of new functionalities into
MCI's departmental Sub-Ledger System using PowerBuilder and Sybase.
> Developed Object Oriented PowerBuilder GUI classes and coded Sybase
stored procedures to perform monthly financial forecasting
computations.
> Coded installation program to facilitate installation of this client
server application on user's desktop using C.
Environment: Powerbuilder V5 ? Sybase ? C on Microsoft Windows NT
platform
Systems Analyst Litton / PRC Inc 1/1996 - 7-1997
> Designed and developed PowerBuilder object oriented client server
applications and implemented several GUIs for the new consolidated US
federal DoD Centralized Credential Quality Assurance System (CCQAS)
client server application for entering and searching medical
malpractices data.
> Coded Sybase database scripts to automate conversion and consolidation
of data from a variety of desktop databases into relationship
database.
Environment: PowerBuilder V5 ? Sybase database on Microsoft Windows NT
platform
Programmer COMPUTECH 5/1992 - 12/1995
> As a member of research program coded C language programs to find
solutions for mathematical and econometric problems using SPSS and SAS
packages to run econometric regression analysis on mainframe.
> Prepared conceptual design and high-level specifications for custom
project management software.
> Implemented, tested and maintained the application using PowerBuilder
V3 and V4.
Environment: C ? SPSS ? SAS ? PowerBuilder V3 and V4 ? Sybase database.
Professional Training and Certifications
PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP)
Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Level
[ECD: 2015]
Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level
ITIL Expert [ECD: 2015]
Consultant Manager in ITSM based on ISO/IEC 20000 [ECD: 2015]
EXIN Certified Associate in ITSM based on ISO/IEC 20000
ITIL Intermediate Certificate in Planning Protection and Optimization
(PPO)
ITIL Intermediate Certificate in Release Control and Validation (RCV)
ITIL Intermediate Certificate in Service Offerings and Agreements
(SOA)
ITIL Intermediate Certificate in Service Operation (SO)
Certified F5 Systems Engineer (LTM)
Sun Certified Programmer and Developer - JAVA 2 Platform
Microsoft Certified Professional
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training
IT Project Management Training, American Management Association
PMI PMBOK Aligned Project Management Training
Management Skills Training, Strategic Performance Group
Microsoft Project Server 2010 System Administration Training
F5's LTM and GTM System Administration Training
Oracle SOA Suite 10g and WebLogic Server Administration for RHEL
OpenText Vignette CMS, Portal and Dynamic Portal
National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) classroom technical
training
Clearance
US Federal Government Security Clearance: Public Trust