Systems Engineer

Sarath B. Jayaraman

Mobile: 847-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

Objective:

Seek a challenging position with good potential to demonstrate and further develop soft and hard skills including thought leadership, interpersonal abilities, motivation, management skills, accountability, responsibility, cross training, innovation, program development, technology and etc.

Summary:

About fourteen years of experience in the IT industry. Served in multiple roles and assumed several responsibilities including application design, development, implementation, architecture, engineering, administration and management. Have a very strong understanding of IT operations from both management and technology perspectives.

Results-oriented high-energetic hands-on professional with a sound track record of accomplishments spreading very thin on multiple areas including requirements gathering, solution architecture, project delivery, software development and implementation, infrastructure solution delivery, server engineering and administration. Major strengths include strong thought leadership, excellent communication skills, people skills, competent, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environment.

Have extensive experience in the design and development of intranet and internet web applications, engineering and administration of software systems, operating systems and third party vendor tools. Hands on experience in administering RSA Access Manager (AKA ClearTrust), RSA Federated Identity Manager, Web Logic, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, IBM HTTP Server, IIS, SQL Server, ORACLE , WebTrends, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux, Windows and etc. Hands on experience as System Architect for multiple products including Autonomy’s IDOL search tool, WebTrends, TeaLeaf, Informatica ETL Tools, HP Service Center, CA Clarity and etc. Have a very deep understanding of network, CSS, GSS, ACE, routers, cache device, firewall, RFS process, change management process and etc.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

• Advanced Diploma in Systems Management (Information Management System)

• Diploma in Relational Database Management Systems.

Skills:

Technologies:

ASP, XML, HTML, DHTML, CSS, COM, DCOM, ActiveX, MTS, IIS, JSP, JAVA, Struts, MVC, Web Services, PL/SQL Server Pages, WinHTTP, SAML.

Systems / Packages RSA Access Manager (ClearTrust), RSA Federated Identity Manager, Autonomy IDOL Search, WebTrends Analytics, TeaLeaf, Informatica ETL, Courion

Databases:

SQL Server, ORACLE, DB2 and Sybase

Tools:

HP Service Center, Courion Password Courier, Clarity, SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Microsoft Management Console, SQL PLUS, PL/SQL, PVCS, VSS, Query Analyzer, DTS, Telnet, SSH, VI, WSAD, RAD, Lotus Notes

Operating System:

Windows, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux

Languages/GUI Java, C, C++, COBOL, Clipper, FOCUS 4-GL, HL7, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Power Builder,

Middleware:

BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, Tomcat, Apache Web Server, IBM HTTP Server, I Planet and IIS

Authentication/ Authorization Active Directory, LDAP, RSA Access Manager (AKA ClearTrust), RSA Federated Identity Manager, SAML, IBM LTPA, IWA, Omni Group Server

Professional Experience:

Corporate Applications

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 11/09 – till date

Consultant, IT Architect

Corporate Applications and Shared Services encompass a variety of applications and Systems that were primarily intended to support other applications for efficient IT operations.

Responsibilities

 Solution Architect for Web/Identity Access Management and Single SignOn for One IT Applications.

 Systems Architect for Autonomy’s IDOL, Web Trends, TeaLeaf, CA Clarity and HP Service Center

 Systems Architect for ETL tool Informatica PowerCenter and Data Architect for One IT Applications.

 Participate in disaster recovery planning and business continuity management/planning.

 Manage and develop consolidated application roadmap that aligns with business, technology and vendor roadmaps over a period of three years.

 Consulting services for several web applications/systems at several levels including middleware, network, infrastructure, firewall, security and capacity planning.

 Drive and manage decisions, both strategic and tactical, operations including infrastructure, high availability, upgrades, hot fixes and projects implementations.

 Manage technical debt log along with mitigation plans.

 Design and develop data models for One IT Applications.

 Frequently meet with business partners, technical team to translate requirements and bridge any communication gaps between systems and business areas and influence asset owners, applications teams and peers to close technical gaps.

 Deliver projects by working with multiple teams across different phases of software development life cycle including initiate, solution scoping, design development and implement

 Produce, utilize and present architectural models (conceptual, logical and technical), best practices and deliverables as per enterprise solution delivery framework

 Lead and heavily participate in troubleshooting, incident management, change management, performance testing and capacity planning across heterogeneous environments.

RSA Access Manager, RSA Federated Identity Manager, Autonomy IDOL, TeaLeaf, Webtrends, Clarity, WebSphere, Tomcat, WebLogic, Informatica Power Center, Data Power, IBM InfoSphere CDC, IBM Exeros, Trillium, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, J2EE, Spring, Struts, Hibernate, SuSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows, Active Directory, Novell Enterprise Directory LDAP, Omni Group Server, IHS, IIS, ORACLE, SQL Server etc.

Nationwide Services Company, Middleware Group

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 09/06 – 10/09

Consultant, Systems Engineer

Middleware group offers build and run services for entire Nationwide LOB middleware needs. The services include building middleware infrastructure and daily run operations that cover 24/7 support based on application SLAs.

Responsibilities

 Serve as a middleware administrator managing IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic, IIS and Tomcat.

 Check for updates/patches and apply them on a regular basis.

 Install and support SSO Web Agents, TAI for Single SignOn solutions using RSA Access Manager (a.k.a. ClearTrust).

 Responsible for building middleware components and work on new RFS.

 Participate in capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises.

 Work closely with application teams, code migration team, Unix/Linux and windows administrators.

 Support middleware infrastructure and applications on 24/7 basis.

 Participate in application release cycles.

 Participate in datacenter power down activities

 Enable and manage SSL certificates

 Work with firewall team and DBAs

 Work with LAN Provisioning team for DNS and Load Balancers management

 Work with Change management team for changes within the middleware environment

IBM WebSphere, WebSphere Portal Server, BEA WebLogic, Tomcat, IIS, IBM HTTP Server, Apache, PeopleSoft, IBM Connections, SuSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows, Active Directory, Novel eDirectory LDAP, RSA ClearTrust, TAI, LTPA, IIS, ORACLE, SQL Server, DB2 and etc.

Intranet Technology –Associate Portal and Web Applications

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 06/05 – 09/06

Associate Portal Specialist, IT Application Development

Associate Portal is the gateway for almost 38,000 associates, which enables them to personalize their web content. It serves as single point of entry to access several business applications via Single SignOn.

Responsibilities

 Serve as a middleware administrator managing HTTP Server, WebSphere Portal and Application Server.

 Serve as Application DBA for SQL Server and ORACLE databases.

 Provide Solutions for complex systems and lead projects including SSO efforts.

 Manage projects as Technical Lead.

 Check for updates/patches and apply them on a regular basis.

 Participate in capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises.

 Work closely with application teams, code migration team, Unix/Linux and windows administrators.

 Support middleware infrastructure and portal application on 24/7 basis.

 Participate in application release cycles.

 Participate in datacenter power down activities

 Enable and manage SSL certificates

 Work with firewall team, DBAs, LAN Provisioning team for DNS and Load Balancers management

WebSphere Portal Server, Sun Solaris, LDAP, LTPA, RSA ClearTrust / Access Manager, SAML, RSA FIM, IBM HTTP Server, Linux, SQL Server, ORACLE, Documentum

Internet Technology Solutions

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 01/03 – 05/05

Specialist, IT Application Development

Designed, Developed, Implemented and Maintained several applications and serve as an administrator for few servers including WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, IIS, SQL server, Courion Server for domain password resets, Utility servers and most of the development servers.

Responsibilities

 Serve as a Developer.

 Serve as Application DBA for several SQL Server and Oracle databases

 Serve as lab server middleware administrator.

ASP, JSP, JAVA, Struts, VB, XML, VB Script, JavaScript, COM, DTS, ORACLE, SQL Server, IIS, I Planet Web Server, WAS, WSAD, RAD, WPS, IBM Portlet Development, Unix, Windows, Sun Solaris OS, LDAP, Active Directory, Courion Tool.

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 04/01 – 12/02

POST Software Consultant

POST facilitates vital functionalities of recruiting and staffing including creating and posting requisitions on different job boards.

Responsibilities

 Served as a Developer, Technical Lead and production support.

 Served as a Application DBA for both SQL Server and Oracle databases

ASP, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, LDAP, IIS 4.0, JSP, VB Script, JavaScript, COM, DTS, ORACLE 8i, SQL Server 7.0, I Planet Web Server, Unix, Windows NT, Sun Solaris

Nationwide Insurance Services, Columbus, Ohio 11/00 – 03/01

Agency Sales Management System Software Consultant

Agency Sales Management System manages vital information of an agency and provides the top-level management to review and evaluate the Agents and their respective Agencies.

Responsibilities

 Involved in the development and maintenance of the system and served as a DBA as well.

ASP 2.0, HTML, DHTML, IIS 4.0, MTS 2.0, LDAP, VB Script, SQL Server 7.0, COM, Windows NT

Georgia Department of Corrections, Atlanta, Georgia. 07/99 – 10/00

Offender Trust Fund (OFT) and Computer Inventory Tracking System (CITS) Software Consultant

OFT is a financial web application developed for the Correction Facilities and Institutions in Georgia State to keep track of the offender/probationer funds. CITS is developed to keep track of the computer and related inventory throughout the Georgia State for their Correction Facilities and Institutions.

Responsibilities

 Application DBA, Developer.

ASP 2.0, CSS, DHTML, IIS 4.0, MTS 2.0, VB 6.0, VBScript, ORACLE 8i, COM, Windows NT

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 03/99 – 06/99

Reconciliation Accounting & Balancing System Software Consultant

Reconciliation Accounting and Balancing System was developed using Client-Server technology.

Responsibilities

 Designer and Developer.

VBA, Visual Basic 5.0, Excel , MS-Access 7.0, ORACLE 7.x, Windows NT

Data Solutions, Inc. 09/96 – 03/99

ACME Sales Prescription Drugs Management System (SPDMS) Programmer Analyst

Developed and supported “ACME SPDMS” and “Exporters Operations Control System”.

Responsibilities

 Developer.

Visual Basic 6.0, SQL-SERVER 6.5, MS-ACCESS 7.0, Crystal Reports, DAO, ODBC, Windows NT

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