Project Management Technology Solutions
Resume:
Balaji Kodali
ad5uvq@r.postjobfree.com
Status: US Citizen
Objective:
To leverage my extensive experience and industry best practices to lead technology solutions in infrastructure and architectural design, driving complex projects from initiation to successful implementation, including cloud migrations, continuous integration, and deployments.
Quick Summary
With over 18 years of experience in innovative problem-solving, I possess expertise in:
- Cloud architecture and support (public and private)
- Interpreting change requests and enterprise application needs
- Risk assessment and mitigation in automation, agile processes, and scrum methodology
- Cloud concepts, triage support, and continuous integration and deployments
Throughout my tenure at IBM, Fifth Third Bank, BCBSSC, State of Ohio, and EXIM Bank of the United States, I have gained valuable experience in:
- Collaborating with stakeholders, Lines of Business (LOBs), and Project Management Offices (PMOs) to define project scope, develop business requirements, and design architectures
- Initiating Proof of Concepts (PoC) and leading cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery
- Developing timelines and ensuring timely delivery of projects
I also thrive in environments where I can work with cutting-edge and challenging technologies to meet and exceed expectations and requirements.
Experience History
Department of Taxation State of Ohio
Sr. Middleware Infrastructure Specialist Sep 2023 – April 2024
Successfully migrated legacy PSRM Oracle application from v8.5 to IBM WebSphere v9.5, ensuring seamless continuous deployments using Jenkins.
Spearheaded the upgrade of IBM ACE from v11.0.0.7 to v12.0.10, integrating with existing 3-node cluster and MQ 9.1 on AIX, for both internal and external environments.
Demonstrated expertise in vulnerability management, utilizing Qualys scan reports to identify and remediate potential threats across all AIX/WebSphere environments.
Provided support for IBM Workload Scheduler v9.5, ensuring the stability of its infrastructure and proactively monitoring daily batch job incidents in ServiceNow.
Tools: Jenkins, ACE Toolkit, wsadmin, PuTTy, ServiceNow, Shell etc.,
Export Import Bank, Washington DC
Employer – Inquisit LLC.
Sr. Middleware Infrastructure Engineer Jun 2020 – Aug 2023
In an advisory role, leading the migration of legacy applications to IBM WebSphere Liberty, leveraging mono2micro modernization, Docker containers, and Kubernetes clusters to create a cloud-ready platform.
Successfully executed a disaster recovery (DR) migration project to AWS, migrating multiple legacy applications to WebSphere v9.0.5.12 on RHEL 8 virtual instances. This included designing and building ISAM/ISVA appliances for external and internal proxy WebSEAL web server instances.
Designed, installed, and configured WebSphere v9.x, setting up multiple profiles for shared environments with Oracle data sources and JMS Messaging using Service Integration Bus (SIB). Configured logs for Splunk forwarder agents to enable log monitoring for development teams on the enterprise Splunk server.
Spearheaded multiple Line of Business (LOB) projects to ensure compliance with Federal CISC regulations, developing standard operating procedures for internal and external audits, supporting system backups, performance monitoring, and release deployments.
Developed Ansible and shell scripts for DEV, UAT, and Stage environments, enabling CI/CD for Jenkins jobs. Ensured timely application of vulnerability patches for Linux, WebSphere, and Java, utilizing Qualys scans to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
OPERS, Columbus, OH
Sr. Infrastructure Application Engineer / DevOps Engineer Aug 2012 – May 2020
Designed and implemented multiple WebSphere deployment scripts using Ansible, Shell, Jython and Jenkins for DevOps CI/CD.
Successfully completed several upgrades and migration projects are,
WebSphere v9.0.0.4 (clustered) upgrade for zLinux environments
BPM (clustered) upgrade from 8.5.0.1 to 8.5.6.2
DB2 Upgrade for BPM from 10.1 to 10.5
WebSphere upgrade from 8.5.5.0 to 8.5.5.8
Designed and build the WebSphere v8.5/BPM v8.5.0.1 Cells for 8 regions for multiple development and testing groups including Production. Installed and configured multiple WebSphere clusters for Legacy web services and BPM 8.5.0.1 on zLinux virtual host(SuSE 11) which installed on EC12 mainframe LPAR.
Installed and configured 5 WebSphere 8.0.0.1 Cells on ZOS for Legacy applications.
Successfully migrated legacy applications from ZOS to zLinux.
Designed, Installed and configured BPM Process Center with 2 member cluster for workflow development.
Developed the procedures for BPELs, BPD’s deployment process from Process Center to Process Servers for 8 different regions.
Developed auto deployment scripts for developers to deploy as self service for lower environments
Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus, OH
Sr. Middleware (WebSphere) Consultant Nov 2011 – Jul 2012
Designed, Installed and configured 13 environments with WebSphere v7.0 and Cognos v10.1.1 Clusters for implementation of STARS (State Taxation Accounting and Revenue System)
Responsible for creating PMRs for all issues with WebSphere and Cognos support and work with development teams, testing teams to resolve the issues.
Responsible for configuration changes, Cognos application builds, application deployment and code migration
Responsible for day to day operations, administration, configuration and Monitoring application errors and performance tuning for WebSphere and Cognos.
Responsible for On-call support (Evenings and Weekends) for troubleshoot and support the production changes and work with IBM support on service requests and fixes.
TOYOTA Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, Erlanger, KY
Sr. Middleware (WebSphere) Consultant Sep 2010 – Nov 2011
· Responsible for multiple WebSphere projects with v6.1/v7.0 implementation that includes build and configuration of WebSphere/Portal . by securing the environment with LDAP eDirectory server.
· Responsible for 24/7 support for the complex web portal toyotasupplier.com which is interfacing 15 internal JVMs clustered and configured on a multi node architecture.
· Responsible for scheduled deployments on various platforms like Windows (10%), SunOS/Linux(10%) and AIX (80%).
· Responsible for day to day operations, administration, configuration and performance monitoring includes .Net, Apache, iPlanet, Sharepoint, BizTalk etc..
BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Sr. WebSphere/Portal Consultant Feb 10 – Sep 10
· Worked on multiple WebSphere Portal v6.1 implementation projects that includes build and configuration of WebSphere/Portal/MQ
· Specialized in building and tuning the portal environments for highly visible internet and intranet sites for optimal performance.
· Installed and configured WebSphere Portal v6.1 clusters with IBM HTTP v6 web servers for Development, QA, Stage and Production Environments using WCM and zLinux virtualization.
· Responsible for configuring MQ Channels for Claims processing application and other webservices for back-end CICS.
· Responsible for On-call 24/7 support on rotation for troubleshoot and support the production servers.
Cornerstone Brands, OH
Sr. WebSphere Consultant Aug 09 – Jan 10
· Installed and configured WebSphere Commerce v6.x application server clusters with IBM HTTP v6 web servers for Development, QA, Stage and Production Environments using VMWare ESX virtualization.
· Created Commerce instances with stores for multiple brand sties.
· Installed and configured WebSphere Portal v6.x with WCM and integrated with WC cluster environments for content feed.
· Fine tuned the JVMs, OS, Web Servers for optimal performance for load and stress tests using IBM best practices for Performance tuning.
· Responsible for troubleshoot day to day issues, open/close trouble tickets, PMRs etc., and support development teams.
· Setup automated scripts for monitoring alerts for application server and web servers.
· Responsible for running db2 scripts and monitoring backups and alerts.
· Installed and configured SVN repositories for various brands for source code and responsible for managing user accounts on Tomcat AppServer.
· Installed and configured Apache v2 for users to access SVN repositories.
Regions Bank, AL
Sr. WebSphere Administrator July 09 – Aug 09
· Installed and configured WebSphere v6.x application server clusters with IBM HTTP v6 web servers for Development, QA, Stage and Production Environments on Unix and Windows platforms.
· Responsible for setup the WebSphere standards and develop procedures for Line of Businesses.
MindTek Solutions, OH WebSphere Administrator Jan 09 – June 09
· Responsible for Install and configure WebSphere Commerce v6.x cluster for Development, QA, Stage and Production Environments.
· Installed and configured WebSphere Portal with Web Content Management installation, configuration, administration and support in real time cluster environments.
· Responsible for customize portlet templates using Portlet Factory and configure it as webservice (WSRP) to retrieve data from legacy systems.
· Responsible for provide Middleware services and support the customers on Time and Material basis to MindTek customers that includes creating SOWs.
IBM Global Services
Middleware Administrator Mar 2008 – Dec 2008
Case New Holland Dealer Portal and Brand sites Project:
· Redesigned and Implemented the Portal architecture for high availability for v6.0.1.4 cluster for lifecycle environments that includes Portal WCM Authoring and WCM Rendering as separate Clusters. Total of 13 instances have installed and configured in separate clusters in shared UNIX (Production, QA, and Test) environments.
· Designed and created Virtual Portals for Brand Sites that serve the content to different parts of the world for specific user groups.
· Developed the repeatable process for deployments across the Middleware Application Servers.
· Followed the Change/Problem control process to create changes for deployments and patches upgrade.
Platform: AIX v5.3, Windows 2003, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Directory Server, WAS v6.1, WPS v6.0.2.4 & Portal v6.0.1.4, WCM v6, Oracle 10g,
Miracle Software Systems, Novi, MI
WebSphere Portal Consultant Nov 2007- Jan 2008
RFL – Contract Project
· Designed, developed and installed virtual portals for business units and the departments like HR and IT.
· Developed Web Services to integrate legacy applications using WebSphere Portal as User Interface for multiple user groups.
· Deployed Alert portlet and configured it for sending quick alerts to various groups across the organization.
· Responsible for portlet & application deployment, user groups management.
Platform: Windows 2003, IBM HTTP Server, AD LDAP Server, WAS v6.1, WPS v6.0.1.8 & Portal v6.0.1.1, WCM v6, DB2 UDB
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH
Lead Operations Systems Analyst Jun 2005 - Oct 2007
· Implemented multiple complex projects using WebSphere (v5.x, & v6.x), IHS, DB2 on ZOS and AIX shared platform. As a Project lead my role is to evaluate the existing infrastructure and review the new project plans and coordinate between Line of Businesses (LOB) and application teams and work with Engagement Mangers (PMO) to implement the plan.
· Responsible for architect the Portal infrastructure for 53.com, Employee Portal and Master Data System Projects. Installed over 60 instances of WebSphere Portal servers using multi horizontal node cluster configuration that includes WCM (Web Content Management) v5.1 and v6 configuration for DB2_ZOS and DB2UDB on AIX.
· Installed and Configured WebSphere MQ Series v5.x and monitor and provided the Oncall support to reset the Q manager and make sure the messages are processed through the channels.
· Responsible for develop procedures for onsite and offshore 24/7 production support with a secondary Oncall support throughout the Enterprise level applications that were using the middleware technologies like Web Methods and MQ.
· Installed and configured SSO/TAI and SSL for WebSphere, ClearTrust (a similar product of Siteminder) and LDAP (SunOne) for WMM custom registry.
Platform: AIX v5.2, IBM HTTP Server, SUNONE v5.2, Z/OS, LDAP Server, Websphere/Portal (v5.1, v6.0.1 & v6.1), WPS v6.0.1,WCM v6, DB2_ZOS, DB2 UDB, Perl, JDK 1.4.2, PuTTy, Cygwin, ClearCase, ClearTrust
Surya International, LLC
Primary Consultant Dec 2002 – May 2005
Clients - Projects
Department of Corrections, NYC, NY (client of TCS)
Middleware Administrator April 2005- May 2005
· Implemented Websphere Portal v5.1, IBM HTTP Web Servers in a clustered environment and configured and tuned the Node members and applications developed for JBOSS for a new Kiosk project.
Platform: SuSe Linux, Windows2000, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Directory Server, Tomcat, JDK 1.4.2, EJB, J2EE, JSR 168, JSP, WebSphere v5.0, DB2 UDB, JavaScript
Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Inc. White Plains, NY
Middleware Administrator Dec 2004- March 2005
· Responsible for supporting day-to-day development/stage/production environments with high visibility website starwoodhotels.com on a 24/7, which includes global reservation system, corporate portal with 2 data centers. Each data center is supported with 4 clusters, 45 clones with WLM in 3 Tier Architecture.
· Installed WebSphere v5.1.1.3, WebSphere Deployment Manager, SunOne 6.1 Web Servers in a clustered environment and configured and tuned the Node members and applications for a new data center.
· Setup user accounts for development environment and a code repository using CVS and Ant scripts.
· Responsible for deployment process from Development to Stage and Production and performance tuning for JVMs.
· For daily deployments, created auto deployment process using JACL and shell scripts and created a repository for developers and configured in cronjobs for the scheduled deployment.
· Provide day-to-day production support WebSphere and SunOne Web Servers and monitor logs and troubleshoot errors in SunSolaris and Linux platforms.
Platform: Linux, Sun Solaris 5.9, Windows2000, IBM HTTP Server, SunOne 6.1, JDK 1.4.2, EJB, J2EE, JSP, WebSphere v5, Oracle 9i, VNC, JavaScript, Samba
Mercedes-Benz USA, Montvale NJ
Software Release Engineer July 2004- Nov 2004
· Responsible for Import source code from CVS and build tar, jar and ear files for deployment on QA, Stage and Production using perl and ant scripts.
· Responsible for release process from Development to Production.
· Did daily deployments to WebSphere and ATG Dynamo environments and troubleshoot defects and support development and QA teams.
Platform: Linux, Sun Solaris 5.8, Windows 2000, SunOne 5.1, Domino R6, JDK 1.3, EJB, J2EE, JSP, Websphere v5, Oracle 9i, JavaScript
Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ
Websphere Administrator Oct 2003 – Jun 2004
· Provide level 3 support for WebSphere portal with QuickPlace and other domino applications that are used as portlets in the portal application.
· Responsible to work with application development teams to deploy/overlay tar, jar, jsp and image files to stage and production.
· Provide day-to-day support on troubleshoot user login profiles, password reset, network issues, load balancing etc. and debug applications by checking the log files, trace files and core dumps.
Platform: Linux, Sun Solaris 2.8, Windows2000, IBM HTTP Server, IIS, Domino R6, JDK 1.3, EJB, J2EE, JSP, Websphere v4/v5, DB2 v7.0, JavaScript
Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, NJ
Sr. System Administrator Dec 2002 – July 2003
· Responsible for design and develop employee vertical Websphere Portal architecture for HR and Manufacturing business units.
· Installed and configured WebSphere Portal server and implemented portals for HR, Advanced Technologies, EAI, IT Group etc.
· Installed and Configured LDAP with Domino Directory for the portal server and integrated Domino with portlets designed to WebSphere Everyplace Access.
Platform: Windows2000, IIS, Domino R5, ASP, EJB, J2EE, JSP, WebSphere v4.1, Oracle 9i, DB2 v7.0, JavaScript, Linux, Sun Solaris 2.8
Intelligroup/Seranova, Edison, NJ
Systems Administration Manager Dec 2000 – Nov 2002
Diversified experience working as Systems Administration Manager/Project Manager for multiple web in-house maintenance projects and responsible for develop the SOW and work with the assigned resources to develop the work plan and meet the expected timelines for enhancements.
Client Projects
Toys R Us – Labor & Payroll (NT, ASP, Sun Solaris, Java 1.3, EJB, WebSphere 4.0, IBM HTTPS, UDB)
A web application configured, deployed and provided the support for development, staging and production environment.
American Express – Private Payments (Sun Solaris 2.6, Java 1.1.8, JSP, EJB, WebSphere 3.5, Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5, Oracle 8i) a web application supported for the development environment.
PwC - thefinancialcampus.com (Sun Solaris, iPlanet, SSL, Oracle 8i, Java & Perl) A web application that provides financial education services to corporate employees of Harvard, UPS, American Airlines, State of Florida, State of Washington etc.,
IBM Global Services, Poughkeepsie, NY Nov'95 -Nov'2000
IT Specialist (Team Lead Level 3 Problem Management)
· Responsible for manage severity 1 tickets to meet the SLA requirement
· Responsible for Installation, configuration of TDP backup and Transaction logging and automate the process using shell scripts and cron jobs.
Education
Bachelor’s in Commerce
Acharya Nagarjuna University, INDIA
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