RT Reddy P

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Email : acyw0u@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

Having 8 years of total experience in Middleware and DevOps technologies such as IBM brand of WebSphere (WAS, WPS and Data Power), Tomcat application server environments, Oracle Weblogic servers and DevOps tools with Continuous Integration using Jenkins, Continuous delivery with IBM Urban code Deploy, GIT sources control management, Ant and Maven builds, Including 2.5 years of Functional experience as a Developer in Java/J2EE platform.

Strong working skills on Docker containerization, Configuration tool chain such as Puppet, Chef and Ansible, Continuous monitoring using Nagios and Audit DB with Microsoft Power BI and Artifact repositories on Sonatype Nexus.

Extensive knowledge on AWS cloud computing platform.

Strong Dev-Ops team lead working on a variety of distributed systems.

Setting up the projects in DevOps for continuous integration using Jenkins and continuous delivery through IBM Urban code deploys.

Setting up the scripts to execute the builds on Continuous Integration using Jenkins.

Building and configuring resources to execute the automated build and deployments in IBM Urban Code interfaces.

Installing on Docker containers, Configurations management in Ansible, Chef and Puppet.

Building up new Web Sphere Application servers / Process servers, Apache Tomcat web and application servers from Test to Production Environments.

WebSphere Application Server Installations, configurations & Application services Deployment.

Applying the latest server patches to WebSphere and Tomcat servers.

Creating, deleting, managing clusters, nodes in WAS/WPS.

WebSphere Application server performance monitoring and tuning by setting up application servers using ITCAMS and BSM tools.

Configuring WebSpehere MQ and JMS provide settings. Defining Queue connection factories and Activation specifications for the services.

Creating and updating the WebSphere Data power configurations, Defining the Rules and Transformations and Policy sets for the deployed WSDL services.

Creating new web service proxies and setting up the Rules and Actions depending on the service requirements.

Configuring the Multi-protocol gateways, setting up the front side protocols, policy definitions and updating the SSL client crypto profiles.

Creating the XML firewalls, updating the vendor provided Keys and Certificates in Data Power.

Handling Release management activities of Implementation walkthroughs with Project teams.

Administering Serena PVCS, GIT code repositories: source tree and user account administration, staging the files, branching, merging, patch fixes, building and deployment of code files into the Application servers.

Working with UNIX and Windows environments including Batch, shell and Ant scripts, Serena PVCS Version Manager, IBM RAD, Maven build and GIT version control.

Worked on Python scripting for the Projects whcih I have worked on.

Writing scripts and make files to automate production build release.

Worked on PVCS to GIT repository migration project for all the applications.

User Administration and Support, Change & Incident management.

Excellent problem resolution and communication skills with ability to work under pressure in a highly visible role.

Working with production support environment.

Effective communication with client, cross-functional teams to achieve project priorities/timeline.

Handling all Releases, preparing the implementation plans, executing the release activities, supporting validation part until we get the final sign-offs to all the projects from business.

Involved in Infrastructure, Network and Power Outages.

Provide the technical skills and experience in the areas Disaster recovery procedures.

Educational Qualification:

Masters in Computer Applications from Osmania University, India.

Technical Skills:

Application Servers : IBM WebSphere Application servers 5.x/6.1/7/8.5, Apache Tomcat and

Oracle Weblogic servers.

SOA servers : IBM Websphere Process server and WebSphere DataPower gateways.

Web Servers : IBM http and Apache Web servers.

DevOps Tool Chain : DevOps with Continuous integration using Jenkins, IBM UrbanCode,

Ansible, Chef, Puppet tools, Microsoft Power BI, Docker container, Nagios monitoring and Amazon AWS platform Services on Cloud.

Version Control Tools : GIT(stash), Bitbucket, Serena PVCS and Sonatype Nexus artifact repo.

Operating Systems : Unix, Linux 4, 5.x, 6.x, Windows.

Functional Areas : Java, J2EE, Struts, Spring with Hibernate, JSP and Flex 3.0

Databases : IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL, Oracle9i/10g

Application Dev. Tools : IBM Rational Application Developer v7.5, Flex Builder 3.0

Scripting : Apache Ant, Batch script, Linux Shell scripting and Python scripting.

Monitoring Tools : Site scope, IBM Tivoli monitoring and Business service management.

Ticketing Tools : Service-now, Peregrine Service Center.

Methodologies : Excellent analytical skills, good grasping power with strong conceptual and

presentation skills. Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges.

Professional Experience:

Working as Sr. Systems technical Lead with NTTDATA Inc. from November 29th 2010 to till Date.

Worked as a Software Engineer with USM Business Systems Pvt Ltd From October 6, 2008 to August 20, 2010.

Projects Summary:

Project # 1

Name : Middleware and DevOps Engineering.

Client : The Hanover Insurance Group.

Role : Tech Lead.

Duration : Jan 2014 – Till Date.

Environment : IBM WebSphere, Tomcat and Oracle Weblogic servers, IBM Data Power gateways

DevOps CI with Jenkins, CD with IBM Urban Code Deploy, Docker containers, Nexus

repo, CM with Nagios GIT(stash)SCM, Maven builds, Microsoft PowerBI dashboards

for Audit DB.

Description:

WebSphere, Apache Tomcat and Weblogic administration and configurations, Data Power administration, DevOps Release Management activities for Build and deployments with Continuous Integration using Jenkins with GIT source code management, Continuous delicery with IBM Urban Code deployments, staging the artifacts on Nexus repositories,Generating Audit DB for the build jobs executed through Jenkins servers on the Microsoft Power BI dashboards and Continous monitoring setup with Nagios.

Responsibilities:

Working as Onsite coordinator and Tech lead.

Managing and coordinating with the offshore team.

Setting up the DevOps pipelines to project services with toolchain.

Configuring the projects in continuous integration using Jenkins.

Defining the Urban code interfaces to continuous deployment process.

Integrating the Jenkins, Urbancode and configuration tool chain as a Pipeline.

Integrating Jenkins with Nexus repository to maintain the versioned artifacts.

Orchestrating the complex production deployments of applications and configurations.

Administering and managing the WebSphere Application, Process servers(SOA), Managing Tomcat Application and web server configurations.

Managing the WebSphere Data Power Integration appliances and configurations.

Onboarding new applications/groups and implement project built on top of platform.

Handling all Releases, preparing the implementation plans, executing the release activities, supporting validation part until we get the final sign-offs to all the projects from business.

Preparing the Driver scripts for the Production deployments to execute from staging servers.

Involved in Infrastructure, Network and Power Outages.

Working on activities at Disaster recovery site.

Participating on Change Advisory Board meetings to schedule the Emergency Production moves of critical applications and configuration tasks.

Applying the latest server patches to WebSphere and Tomcat servers.

Setting up Site Scope monitors to all the services.

Administering Serena PVCS, GIT code repositories: source tree and user account administration, staging the files, branching, merging, patch fixes, building and deployment of code files into the Application servers.

Worked on PVCS to GIT repository migration project for all the applications.

Working with UNIX and Windows environments including shell and Ant scripts.

Configuration of Audit DB for the build jobs executed on different Jenkins servers and pulling onto Microsoft Power BI Dashboard reports.

Project # 2

Name : QDirect - Physical Output Job Control

Client : The Hanover Insurance Group.

Role : Tech Lead.

Duration : Nov 2015 – March 2016.

Environment : QDirect client by RSA, Python scripts, Shell scripts, Linux and Windows.

Description:

Physical Output Job Control project, is focused on modernizing, automating and streamlining the Print Process (a.k.a. Physical Distribution). Today, the Print Room controls most large, production output print jobs including the distribution of the printed output via Postal Mail or other physical methods. The Phys Out project will automate a significant portion of the Print Room processes (subsequent projects will complete the automation) as well as pave the way to expand the Print Room operation to control all Hanover print requests, jobs and devices including the Multi-Function Devices (MFD’s). This project also creates an environment to which E-Distribution (E-Delivery) can be added and managed using the same techniques as Physical Distribution, treating E-Distribution as simply a second set of delivery channels.

Responsibilities:

Working as Onsite coordinator and Tech lead for this project.

Working closely with Vendor(Rochester software associates, who is the owner of this Qdirect product ) to gather all the specifications and technical architecture.

Involved in all the discussion regarding the License of this software and maitenance support from Vendor.

Prepared the Technical approach, technical design and Functional specification documents (FSD) for different phases of the project.

Integration with existing jobs feeding QDirect to all the applications those are producing the documetns to physical output.

Coordicating with project teams from different line of busines to gather the requirements to auotmate this pritn roon job processing to Qdirect.

Developed Python and Shell scripts to process the print room jobs through Qdirect client to output.

Defined cron jobs on top of Linux servers to schedule the output process documents from the different applications.

Writing scripts to process the documents by HP Exstream Dialogue engines to respective shared drives for the LOBs.

Mounting the Windows shared network drives to the Linux servers to get the data from the folders to process to Qdirect directories to trigger the jobs.

Ability to work with Print room operators to resolve the Production issues throughout the process.

Application knowledge transfer to support teams to handle the Production issues.

Project # 3

Name : Middleware engineering.

Client : The Hanover Insurance Group.

Role : Team Lead

Duration : June 2011 – December 2013.

Environment : IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, Linux and Windows.

Description:

WebSphere Application and Process servers, Data Power, Apache Tomcat Application and Webserver Administration.

Responsibilities:

Managing and coordinating the offshore team.

WebSphere Application Server Installations, configurations & Application services Deployment.

Creating, deleting, managing clusters, nodes in WAS/WPS.

Work Load Management (WebSphere Cluster) and load testing of the applications.

Deploying J2EE components on WebSphere Application server

Configuring WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling.

WebSphere Application server & Application Security configurations.

WebSphere Application server performance monitoring and tuning by setting up application servers using ITCAMS.

WebSphere process server administration.

Application server troubleshooting & maintenance.

Troubleshooting web service transaction calls by looking at the logs and configurations in Web sphere data power.

Application server Patch upgrade planning and implementation.

IHS/Apache Web server Environment

User Administration and Support, Change & Incident management

Excellent problem resolution and communication skills with ability to work under pressure in a highly visible role.

Working with production support environment

Effective communication with client, cross-functional teams to achieve project priorities/timelines.

Provide the technical skills and experience in the areas disaster recovery procedures.

Enabling SSL Security in Web Environments for IBM HTTP Server & Web sphere Application Server.

Configured Virtual Hosts for newly installed applications.

Project # 4

Name : Account View Eligibility (AVE) & Professional Liability Underwriting System (PLUS).

Client : The Hanover Insurance Group.

Role : Developer.

Duration : November 2010 – May 2011.

Environment : Java, Adobe Flex 3 using IBM Rational Application Developer and Flex Builder 3.0.

Description:

Account view eligibility (AVE) is a flex UI based Web application used to create new account and policies or quotes for various Commercial lines products in Hanover.

Responsibilities:

Studying and understanding the functional specifications and Technical specifications.

Closely worked with Business Analysts to get the requirements clarifications.

Worked on service enhancements using Java classes with servlets, JSP’s, and Frameworks such as Struts and Spring with Hibernate depends on the requirements of business.

Responsible for Flex side UI Maintenance and Enhancement work.

Development of UI in Adobe Flex and business logic and backend interaction in Java.

Participated in defect Fixing.

Analysis of RMPO logs and User Support Logs (USLs).

Production support for AVE & PLUS related applications.

Project # 5

Name : Group Travel System

Client : TUI InfoTech

Role : Java Developer

Duration : June 2009 – August 2010.

Environment : Java Servlets, JSP, Java Script, Oracle JDBC.

Description:

Travel System is a B2B portal where the Travel agents can login into Client’s domain and do reservations for a group of people. It is based on a client-server architecture where the presentation layer uses JSP and Business layer uses Servlets.

Responsibilities:

Client Interactions for requirements, and project related assignments.

Involved in functional specification study.

System design in accordance with the client specification.

Implementing/Coding different modules of the project.

Integration and build work

Defect fixing, Unit Testing.

User Support logs and Production support.

Working with Business Analysts to gather the requirements and statement of work process.

Production support for the Incidents reported by users.

Project # 6

Name : IMS(Inventory Management Systems)

Client : TUI InfoTech

Role : Java Developer

Duration : October 2008 – May 2009.

Environment : Java Servlets, JSP, Java Script, Oracle JDBC.

Description:

This application is to maintain the information related to the inventories. The company can check for the stock options, order for a stock on demand basis. Batch job functionality is provided which runs on daily basis to check for the inventories. A user login will track the records who has logged in to the system and privileges are given only to the user who has an authorized role.

Responsibilities:

Resolving project related issues and problems and providing better solutions if possible.

Implementing Application manager module of the project.

Maintaining Site Information and Inventory module.

Involved in internal code reviews.

Involved in requirement analysis.

Defect fixes and working with QA teams to generate the test cases.

Production Support and Incident resolution.

Technical Trainings:

Websphere application server 6.1/7/8.5 and WebSphere Process server Administration.

WebSphere DataPower domain knowledge training.

Advanced JAVA/J2EE training from NTTDATA Global delivery services.

Workshops and Seminars Attended:

Behavioral and Global information security trainings from NTTDATA.

Training on Telephone/Email etiquette, NTT DATA Global Delivery service Ltd.

Training on Consultative approach, NTT DATA Global Delivery service Ltd.

Training on ITIL Awareness.

Attended IBM Urban code deploy interface demonstrations with IBM technical team.

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