Principle Middleware

Ahmed Saber ElMetwaly

Objective

Seeking a Challenging position in a multinational or local promising company to employ my skills and enhance my future career.

Summary

A highly skilled individual whose technical expertise spans across multiple Infrastructure technologies and experience with various technologies including OS, Middleware, Databases, Clustering, DevOps and Cloud Computing.

I'm a multi-skilled IT architect with over 14 years of experience with multiple OS platforms (Linux & Windows), Middleware technologies, Database, Web Servers, Security, Cloud Computing and DevOps tools, including large-scale projects or implementations of such technologies Expert in Oracle Middleware products which include and not limited to:

- Oracle Weblogic application server

- Oracle Identity and Access Management (OID, OAM, OVD, OIM, ESSO, APS)

- Oracle WebCenter Content (UCM, IRM, URM, Capture), WebCenter Portal, Webcenter Sites

- Oracle SOA Suite (BPEL, OSB) and Oracle BPM

- Oracle HTTP Server (Web Server) and Oracle Traffic Director (OTD) Skills

Languages:

Fluent in English and Arabic

Computer:

- Design and implementation of infrastructure solutions

- Linux/Unix/Solaris (Redhat, Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, CantOS, Oracle Solaris)

- Windows administration

- Oracle Fusion Middleware implementation (Weblogic, WebCenter Portal, Webcenter Content, Webcenter Sites, ECM, SOA, OSB, BPM, Identity and Access Management, Secure Enterprise Search……etc.)

- Oracle Identity and Access Management Implementation (OIM, OID, OAM, OAAM, OVD etc.)

- Oracle Cloud Certified (Infrastructure Architect Professional, Platform Data Management, Infrastructure Cloud Operations, Autonomous Database Specialist)

- Database (Oracle, Oracle RAC and Mysql)

- Clouds-practitioner – all cloud providers in the world (AWS, Oracle, Google, Azure, DigitalOcean, Godaddy, OVH etc,)

- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

- Application Servers (Weblogic, IBM WebSphere, Tomcat and JBOSS)

- Weblogic Scripting (WLST) and JVM tuning

- Web servers (Apache, Nginx and OHS) and SSL implementation

- HTTP accelerator (Oracle web-cache and Varnish)

- Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

- DevOps CI/CD tools (Openshift, Kubernetes, Docker, Git, Maven, Ansible, Jenkins and chef)

- Unix Shell scripting

- Strong network and troubleshooting skills

- Design and Analysis of Technical Architecture

- Define hardware requirements and storage capacity planning for Development, Testing, Staging, Production and Fail-over environments for scalable infrastructure growth and performance. Professional Experience

3/2019 – Current PSystems Cairo, Egypt

Job Title: Principal Middleware Engineer

1/2009— 2/2019 Asset Technology

Group

Cairo, Egypt

Job Title: Systems and Middleware Administrator, Technical Expert Job Description:

- Leading the administrators’ team during software delivery lifecycle, from development to production.

- Oracle Middleware Administration and Implementation (Weblogic, Database, WebCenter Portal, Webcenter Content, ECM, SOA, OSB, BPM, Identity and Access Management, Secure Enterprise Search……etc.).

- Successfully delivered the 1st Oracle IDM project in Asset technology for Philips KSA.

- Build strong and trusted relationship with customers which helps my company (Asset) to successfully won different projects and contract support.

- Involved in the preparation of technical proposals and the full software lifecycle covering planning, design, implementation, testing, documentation, delivery and maintenance of OFM 11g and 12c.

- Providing a detailed and high level architecture for Oracle products

- Design and Analysis of Technical Architecture.

- Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems software and related infrastructure.

- Automate the installation process of Oracle Middleware products using Chef.

- WLST scripting, code deployment and analyzing thread dumps

- Install, configure, deploy and administer Oracle Middleware stacks of production and non- production environments.

- Provides technical guidance and explains advanced concepts to other teams (Developers, DBAs, and data center operators).

- Define hardware requirements and storage capacity planning for Development, Testing, Staging, Production and Fail-over environments for scalable infrastructure growth and performance.

- Proactively monitor the Production application and web servers as well as optimizing the configuration for maximum performance and scalability.

- Work with various teams for patching and maintenance activities, also work with Oracle support for resolution of critical issues

Sample Projects

Taibah University KSA - Identity and Access Management Solution Roles:

- Data gathering and project analysis.

- OIM/OIG Design and implementation (Connectors, Roles, polices, workflows, Organizations,

.etc.)

- OIM/OIG Integration with EBS (Provisioning and Reconciliation Process), AD, Office365 and Students Information System (DBAT)

- SOA Administration

- Develop OIM custom plugins

- Customize OIM UI

- OAM Design and implementation

- SSO with ADFS, Oracle EBS,Office365, Remedy, OIM & ABSHER(SAML)

- Configure Multi factor authentication and forgot password OTP

- Configure hybrid solution for Oracle Access Manager

- Project implementation and delivery

Tools and technologies:

- Oracle Identity Manager

- Oracle Access Manager

- Oracle Cloud

- Oracle Internet Directory

- Oracle database.

Philips KSA - Identity and Access Management Solution Roles:

- Conducting demo on Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) and Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO).

- Prepare complete detailed technical proposal and solution architecture

- Project analysis

- OIM Design and implementation (Roles, polices, workflows, Organizations, SoD ….etc.)

- OIM Integration with EBS (Provisioning and Reconciliation Process), AD and Exchange

- SOA Administration

- Using Flat File connector to upload IT Assets.

- Develop OIM custom plugins

- Customize OIM UI

- SSO with EBS, Oracle FMW Products and web applications

- Project implementation and delivery

- Training and support

Tools and technologies:

- Oracle Identity Manager

- Oracle Access manager

- Oracle Traffic Director

- Oracle database.

TAIF University - Access Management Solution

Roles:

- Prepare complete detailed technical proposal and solution architecture

- Project analysis

- Oracle Access Manager installation and configuration on test and production environment

- Configure Access portal service for SSO with different web applications

- Configuring Oracle Access Management for Using OAuth with Service Bus

- Training and support

Tools and technologies:

- Oracle Access Manager

- Oracle SOA Suite

- Oracle Traffic Director

- Oracle database

EKB – Egyptian Knowledge Bank

Roles:

- Leading the administrators’ team during software delivery lifecycle, from development to production.

- Apache configuration.

- JBOSS and Apache performance tuning

- JVM monitoring and tuning

- DB administration

- Support

Tools and technologies:

- JBOSS Application server

- Liferay Portal

- Oracle RAC DB

- Apache Webserver.

Sharjah Department of Economic Development (https://sedd.ae/web/sedd/home) Roles:

- Leading the administrators’ team during software delivery lifecycle, from development to production.

- Apache configuration.

- JBOSS and Apache performance tuning.

- Support

Tools and technologies:

- JBOSS Application server

- Liferay Portal

- MS SQL DB

- Apache Webserver.

Philips KSA - Intranet Portal

Roles:

- Technical Design

- Oracle Webcenter Portal Installation and configuration

- Integration with backend systems (Oracle BI, Microsoft Active Directory, Mail server, Oracle SES, Oracle Webcenter Content and Oracle Access Manager)

- OAM SSO integration with Oracle FMW Products and Windows Kerberos (WNA)

- Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Installation/configuration

- Oracle HTTP Sever

- End user and system administrators training

- Support

Philips KSA - Content Management Solution

Roles:

- Technical Design

- Oracle Webcenter Content Management Installation and Implementation (UCM, Capture, Imaging, IBR, AutoVue)

- Integration with backend systems (E-Business suite using Managed attachment adapter, Mail server)

- Oracle BMP and BAM Installation

- End user and system administrators training

- Support

Etisalat Egypt - Portal Revamp http://etisalat.eg

The solution includes the following products:

Oracle WebCenter Portal

Oracle WebCenter sites (Sites, Analytics, Satellite)

Oracle Access Manager

Oracle Internet directory

Oracle HTTP server and web cache

Oracle ATG web commerce

Roles:

- Team Leader of system administrator’s team during software delivery lifecycle, from development to production.

- Technical Architecture

- Installation and administration of all products

- OAM SSO integration Oracle FMW Products, IIS and Social Media

- Performance tuning

Saudi Fund For Development – Portal (http://www.sfd.gov.sa) Roles:

- Perform the installation, configuration, administration and integrations of the following Oracle Fusion Middleware products on Development, Testing and Production (Cluster) environments:

Oracle Weblogic application server

Oracle WebCenter Portal

Oracle Webcenter Content (UCM, IRM, URM)

Oracle SOA Suite

Oracle Identity Management (OAM, OVD)

Oracle HTTP and WebCache Server

- Configuring Oracle Webcenter Spaces backend services.

- Configuring Oracle Enterprise Content Management (IRM, URM and UCM).

- OAM SSO integration Oracle FMW Products and Java applications

- Data Migration from staging to production environment.

- Support

- Upgrading from 11g to 12c (12.2.1.2.0)

Libya - railway

Roles:

- Installing and Configuring Oracle DB 11g on Sun Solaris OS for staging and production environments.

- Installing and Configuring Oracle UCM 10g on Sun Solaris OS staging and production environments.

- Managing DB backup plan.

- Move the data and configuration between UCM application in staging and production environments.

Vodafone Egypt Website: www.vodafone.com.eg

Roles:

- Installing and Configuring Oracle UCM 10g on Sun Solaris OS staging and production environment.

- Installing and configuring website publishing utility on Sun Solaris OS.

- Managing UCM backup plan.

- Move the website between UCM application in staging and production environments.

- Provides technical guidance and training to VF application support team. TE Data –WiFi Portal:

Roles:

- Technical and solution design.

- Installing and configuring Oracle WebCenter Portal on Staging, Production and disaster recovery environments.

- Installing and configuring Oracle RAC DB

- Installing and configuring OHS

- Support and Training

4/2007— 1/2008 Asset Technology

Group

Cairo, Egypt

Job Title: Application support (Vodafone Egypt)

Job Description:

- Out sourced in Vodafone Egypt in the IT/Technology department as System Analyst and Application Support Engineer.

- Monitoring and Investigation issues on Revenue assurance applications.

- Testing new patches and bug fixes.

- Communicating with Application Vendor for application support. 11/2005— 4/2007 Asset Technology

Group

Cairo, Egypt

Job Title: IT Administrator

Job Description:

- Setup and maintain all systems, applications, security and network configurations.

- Recommend upgrades, patches, new applications and equipment.

- Provide technical support and guidance to more than 150 users.

- Monitoring and Reporting Network Traffic.

- Designing and implementing Hiring Work Flow process using oracle Work flow Builder 7/2003— 10/2005 BestBuy subsidiary of

CITE-Tiba group

Cairo, Egypt

Job Title: Technical Support

Job Description:

- Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft and Macintosh operating systems

(Windows 2000 &2003 server, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server).

- Installs and troubleshoots Hardware and network Equipment o Servers, Desktops and Notebooks (Dell, HP, IBM & Apple) o Laser jet, desk jet printers and Scanners (HP, Microtek, Umax) o Networks Cabling

Education

Degrees

9/1997— 7/2002 Cairo University Cairo, Egypt

First University Degree: Bachelor of Engineering

Major: Electrical Engineering

Grade: Good

Graduation project: Development of PLC Based Simulator For Testing SCADA- PLC Control System

Grade: Distinction

Graduation year: 2002

High School Degree: Thanawia Amma

High School Name: Manor House School

Grade: 94%

Certifications

10/2002— 6/2003 Raya Academy Cairo, Egypt

Microsoft Certified System Engineering (MCSE)

22/11/2010 OCA

Oracle WebLogic Server 11g System Administrator

19/3/2018

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic 2018 Certified Associate Architect 08/7/2020

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional Oracle Cloud Platform Data Management Certified Associate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Cloud Operations Associate Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist Personal Interests

Reading

Running

Squash and Football

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