Name
Sibusiso December
Job Title
Middleware Specialist
Nationality
South African
Date of Birth
Gender
Male
Address
11th road
Telephone
acr81t@r.postjobfree.com
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Professional Summary
COMPANY
EMPLOYMENT DATES
POSITION
Edge consulting(at vodacom site)
February 2013 - Current
Middleware support consultent
Clover
August 2012 – january 2013
Application developer(IBM Broker)
Edge consulting (at vodacom site)
September 2011 – July 2012
Middleware support consultent
RMB Private bank
August 2010 – September 2011
Application developer Java
Vodacom
September 2008 – August 2010
Websphere administrator
Paracon(at vodacom site)
May 2007 – August 2008
Application server monitor
WDS Global
July 2006 – April 2007
International call center agent
Cell c
January 2005 April 2007
Call center agent
My Skills Summary
AIX
UNIX
Oracle Service Bus
Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture
Oracle Weblogic Application Server 11g
IBM Websphere Portal
BEA AquaLogic Service Bus
IBM HTTP Webserver
IBM WebSphere Application Server
IBM WebSphere MQ Broker
Scripting and Auomataion
HTML
CSS
ASP.Net
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
MySQL
PHP
HP Diagnostics Monitoring Tool
SiteScope
BMC Remedy
HP Services Desk
Deployinator
Work Experience
Edge Consulting onsite at Vodacom South Africa
Weblogic SOA Middleware Specialist(FMW)
Providing production support to J2EE Enterprise solutions that comprise of multi-tiered architectures. Some latest technologies include: load balancing through F5 devices, IBM WebSphere Product stacks, Oracle Fusion Product Stacks, and clustered Reporting Tool
This involved the following:
Websphere Portal and Weblogic Server administration and support.
Configuring Weblogic with third party middleware technologies
Clustering
Performance Tuning
JNDI, JDBC, JMS configuration
Experience with transaction processing and directory services/security (LDAP, Active Directory) and SSL certificates.
I have problem solving skills and programming ability in JAVA; an understanding and knowledge of the J2EE architecture and EJB, JDBC, UML modeling & OOD skills
IBM WebSphere Portal Server administration and support
Deploying composites via the EM
Monitoring the application performance through BAM and HP Diagnostics
Deploying Java, J2EE Applications in Weblogic andWebsphere clustered environments via the deployinator.
Specific emphasis is focused on J2EE, Web Services and capabilities.
Day-to-day operational activities surrounding the sites, application and infrastructure.
Monitor daily site performance statistics for any abnormalities and providing analysis and/or solutions
Working with third party vendors in an advisory capacity
24/7 administration support
Experience Service Oriented Architecture and OSB
Troubleshooting and fixing issues with proper RCA & Preventive actions.
Provide troubleshooting and consulting services to the project team(s) when requested.
Knowledge in load balancing through F5 devices
Performed technical assessment, feasibility, capacity forecasting, high availability and secure design focusing on middleware infrastructure
Experience in developing monitoring scripts for continuous improvement of operational processes.
Working on Incidents and Service Requests raised by business users related to runtime issues and deployment requests ensuring adherence to Service Level Agreements
Support for any issues related to application functionality and connectivity (server crashes,message delivery failures,application slowness,URL not loading)arising out of failure of middleware components by co-ordinating with application teams.
Clover
Application Developer(IBM Broker and MQ)
Developing message flows that intergrates external clients with clover internal systems. The role was inclusive of system support since there was no support team.
This involved the following:
Experience in designing and developing integration solutions using WebSphere Message Broker and Message Broker Toolkit
Experience with IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6 or 7 using MRMs, Message Sets and Message Definitions, Message Transformation Nodes, XML/XSLT, XSD, Java Compute Node, Custom Nodes/Plugins, Message Flows, ESQL, Broker/Configuration Manager, mqsi/rfh utilities
Experience with developing complex message flows integrating CICS, SQL Server, and Web Services.
Edge consulting (at vodacom site)
Middleware support: Weblogic Websphere and IBM MQ
Providing production support to J2EE Enterprise solutions that comprise of multi-tiered architectures. Some latest technologies include: load balancing through F5 devices, IBM WebSphere Product stacks, Oracle Fusion Product Stacks, and clustered Reporting Tool
This involved the following:
Administrative and monitoring tasks related to the support of Websphere application servers (WAS), including installing the software, configuring, tuning, and backup and recovery.
Provide technical guidance, and support in the design, development, and deployment of complex applications in distributed computing environments.
Provide troubleshooting services to the project team(s) when requested.
Provide liaison with infrastructure support group in the areas of procurement, procurement scheduling, and architecture integration.
Experience with Websphere Application server, Websphere Software (installation, analyze and plan upgrades, fixes, patches, etc.), Websphere configuration, and knowledge and experience with Windows, UNIX Shell and OS and also scripting.
Knowledge of installing and configuring diverse Web applications J2EE, JSP, Servlets and Network caching PERL TCP/IP networking
Working in a 24x7 production environment
SSL configuration and certificate renewals done as part of security enforcements
Experience with both Sun One and IBM HTTP web server installation and configuration
Working with third party vendors in an advisory capacity
Day-to-day operational activities surrounding the sites, application and infrastructure.
Domain administration, registration and renewals
Keep up-to-date with any security or vulnerability alerts and patches issued on the web directly relating to our infrastructure and technology.
Addressing queries and incidents rose around sites and applications, problem solving and implementing the solution.
RMB Private bank
Application Developer(ASP.NET and JAVA)
Perform Release Management functions for the IBM Websphere environment, including developing automation of Websphere applications.
Assist development teams throughout life cycle on engineering application architectures and standards as well as interacting and assisting through application changes/deployments.
Create and maintain technical documentation for the IBM Websphere environment, including network diagrams, installation and configuration procedures, troubleshooting guidelines, and operational procedures.
Provide Help Desk and Network Operations Centre documentation/procedures for resolving common or recurring problems.
Provide Disaster Recovery services for the IBM Websphere environment by maintaining recovery inventory, plans and actively participating in DR testing.
Monitor application performance and provide recommendations to improve performance when appropriate.
Open, manage, and resolve application issues with external application vendors.
Work with Network Operations Centre and Monitoring teams to fine-tune system and application monitors.
Installation, configuration, troubleshooting and on-going maintenance of IBM Websphere and its installed applications on a AIX platform.
Education
Matric = 2003
Oracle courses (attended)
-Weblogic Administration basic
-Weblogic Advance
-SOA essentials
IBM courses(Attended)
-Websphere Portal
-Websphere application server
-IBM Websphere MQ (messaging systems)
Microsoft Courses(Attended)
-MCSE
Languages
Mother tongue
Xhosa
Understanding
Speaking
Writing
Other Languages*
Listening
Reading
Spoken
interaction
Spoken
production
English