Experience

Liberty House Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Middleware Specialist

  • May 2019 - Present



HCL Technologies

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Middleware Specialist

  • Nov 2018 - May 2019

  MQ Upgrade Project - V8 to V9 MQ Upgrade Project - V8 to V9



RS Components

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Integration Developer

  • Oct 2013 - Oct 2018

  Designing and developing business critical middleware solutions using various versions of Websphere Message Broker (v6.1 / v7 / v9 / v10) and Websphere MQ (v6 / v7 / v8) Designing and developing solutions which make use of various communication methods such as MQ, SAP (IDOC and BAPI), Web Service (SOAP and JSON), FTP, Database, Email.Completed migrations from Message Broker v7 to IIB v10 and from Message Broker v6.1 to IIB v9Part of team tasked with working with IBM to deliver a new Service Platform (including technologies such as IIB, MQ, WSRR and DataPower)Delivered integration solutions linking both internal systems and also a number of 3rd Party systems (such as Carriers, Inventory Management Software and Payment providers)Completed the training of a number of members of staff in IIB and MQ skillsDeveloped solutions using both waterfall and agile methodologies

• Middleware Support Specialist

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2013

  Provided day to day support of a middleware system which makes use of Websphere Message Broker v6.1/v7.0 and Websphere MQ v6/v7 on both Linux and Windows environmentsSupported complex middleware applications which make use of many communication methods such as MQ, SAP (IDOC and BAPI), Web Service (SOAP and HTTP), FTP, Database, Email.Provide 24 x 7 cover for high usage business critical Message Broker and MQ systemsResolved a number of high profile and complex live issues both individually and working as part of a larger incident resolution team.Worked extensively with both internal colleagues and 3rd party representatives building strong relationships and thus aiding the support processPlayed a major role in a migration of Message Broker v5 to Message Broker v7Established a new process for carrying out controlled, scripted Broker deployments to test and production environmentsCompleted ‘ground up’ server builds installing and configuring all the required middleware componentsBuilt a number of Linux shell scripts to aid with development, deployment and support within the middleware areaPlanned and managed major and high profile middleware implementations



Steria

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Senior software engineer

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  Designing and developing on Message Broker & MQ within the financial services sector. Designing and developing on Message Broker & MQ within the financial services sector.



Lloyds Banking Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Middleware Developer

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2010

  Design and development of large scale middleware projects,also acting as project lead on those projects.Expanding and promoting use of SOAProvide 24x7 cover for business critical middleware Design and development of large scale middleware projects,also acting as project lead on those projects.Expanding and promoting use of SOAProvide 24x7 cover for business critical middleware



TNT

• Information Technology & Services

• Middleware Developer

  • Apr 2008 - Jan 2009

  Design and build of Message Broker solutionsAssist in personal development of permanent members of staffTechnical Lead on Message Broker V5 to V6 migrationProvide technical on call support for production systems Design and build of Message Broker solutionsAssist in personal development of permanent members of staffTechnical Lead on Message Broker V5 to V6 migrationProvide technical on call support for production systems



HBOS

• United Kingdom

• Insurance and Investments Middleware Technical Team Leader

  • Apr 2007 - Apr 2008

  Develop new middleware strategy including promoting the use of SOA concepts on MQ, Broker and Datapower technologies.Manage a number of concurrent middleware development projectsDevelop support model for production middleware systemsManage personal development of 3 junior developersBuild working relationships with other key areas of the organisationRepresent the company at various conferences including the IBM messaging conference in Vienna.

• Senior Middleware Developer

  • Aug 2003 - Apr 2007

  Design and build various business critical Message Broker / MQ solutions.Provide 24x7 support for business critical production systemsWorked on Message Broker Migration projects V2.1-V5 and V5-V6Coaching of junior team members including trainng, management of development plans and carrying out regular appraisals

• Mainframe developer

  • Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

  Support and development of various COBOL/CICS/DB2 applicationsProvide 24x7 support for production systems



Experian

• Information Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mainframe Developer

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2002

  External facing role involving development and support of various COBOL data translation systems.Hugh pressure role due to tight timescales and desire to provide clients with premium service levelsResponsible for client site visits to discuss technical requirements. External facing role involving development and support of various COBOL data translation systems.Hugh pressure role due to tight timescales and desire to provide clients with premium service levelsResponsible for client site visits to discuss technical requirements.



Norwich Union Insurance

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mainframe Developer

  • Jan 1997 - Jul 2000

  Initial role as a PC support technician, after 3 months was offered the opportunity to cross train in mainframe skillsQuickly developed technical skills of COBOL/CICS/DB2/JCL along with a strong understaning of the IT project lifecycleMain role was build and support of of systems to allow tracking and processing of pension mis-selling review cases Initial role as a PC support technician, after 3 months was offered the opportunity to cross train in mainframe skillsQuickly developed technical skills of COBOL/CICS/DB2/JCL along with a strong understaning of the IT project lifecycleMain role was build and support of of systems to allow tracking and processing of pension mis-selling review cases