FirstName LastName
Phone UK: +44 00 000 0000
E-mail: valid@emailaddress
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Address: 81 Oxford Street, W1D 2EU, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: DD.MM.YYY, Nationality: Slovak
Objective
Seeking a job mainly as Senior IT Specialist and IT Solution Architect. Offering extensive knowledge and skills from
various areas of IT (18 years’ experience). Knowledge of IBM software product portfolio (10 years’ experience) and
enterprise solutions including hands on implementation and maintenance of latest versions of MDM, WAS, BPM, ESB,
WCS, MQ, Portal, Content Manager. Problem resolution and teaching as IBM Instructor for WebSphere.
Skills - Certified
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - WebSphere Process Server V6.x [2010] & V6.0 [2007]
IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 DBA for Linux UNIX and Windows [2009]
IBM Certified Solution Designer - DB2 Content Manager V8.3 [2006]
IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Application Server ND V7.x [2010]
IBM Certified System Administaror - WebSphere Portal V6.1 [2009]
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Directory Server V6.1 [2009]
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Access Manager for e-business V6.1 [2009]
IBM Certified System Administrator - Application Server Network Deployment V6.1 [2009] & V6.0 [2004]
IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer [2007]
IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 Family Fundamentals [2009]
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM Lotus Connections 2.0 [2008]
IBM Certified for On Demand Business - Solution Designer V2 [2005]
Linux Certified - Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) [2004]
Skills – not certified yet
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 8.5, 9.0.2, 10.x, 11.4 on DB2 and Oracle
IBM BPM 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server v5.x, v6.x, v7.x, v8.x
IBM DataStage and QualityStage 8.5
IBM WebSphere MQ 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x
IBM WebSphere Commerce Server 7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server v8.1,v11.3 (Acential DataStage and QualityStage)
IBM Rational Build Forge 7.1x - RAFW - Rational Application Framework for WebSphere, RAF v3.x
IBM Rational Team Concert (JAZZ)
IBM WebSphere Integration Developer 6.x/7.x
IBM Process Designer 8.x, 8.5
IBM Rational Software Architect 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x
IBM Data Architect 9.x
IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository 6.x
IBM WebSphere Business Monitor 6.x
IBM WebShere Message Broker
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
Oracle - Fusion Middleware, Weblogic, Sun Java, Oracle Identity Manager (OIM)
SAS, JMeter, Quality Center, SiteMinder, ISA
Languages
English – excellent in writing and speaking
German – good in writing and speaking
Spanish/Russian/Romanian – basic understanding
Slovak – native
Education & Training
ZZ840G Info Sphere MDM Workbench v11
AIX System administration (AU14)
WebSphere Process Server High Availability (SW360)
Administration of WebSphere Application Server V6 (WF381)
WebSphere Portal V5.0 Application Development (PW551)
WebSphere Best Practices Mentored - Development e-business Solutions (WS801)
Integrating Using WebSphere Integration Developer and Process Server I & II (BI111, BI112)
A Technical Introduction to WebSphere MQ (MQ01)
Professional experience
Alexsys Bosh Ltd, London
March 2012 – January 2015
Contract Role (Next Ventures): Senior IT consultant
Project: MDM and BPM Platform setup Client: Bank client (NDA), Location: Europe
Description: Provided architecture layout and automated build of new integration platform with Info Sphere
MDM Hub system on newest stack of WAS 8.5.5 and Information Server v11.3. Integrated MDM solution with
existing platform landscape via Integration Bus v9.5 (Message Broker) using MQ infrastructure. Analysed business requirements to extended data model for custom Entities and Attributes. Extended MDM solution with workflow system based on IBM BPM 8.5.5 using MDM Application toolkit. Installed MDM REST Service and MDM
Application Toolkit. Implemented full stage environment including development workstations based on Integration Designer and MDM Workbench, QA, TEST and PROD. Integrated custom transactions with MDM. Managed
release of new MDM builds across layers. Worked on security implementation and hardening and LDAP integration. Implemented CA certificates on internal components in platform. Resolved issues with MDM virtual eSOA
interface and MDM physical web services in clustered environments. Worked with development team to implement patters and best practices. Troubles hooted infrastructure issues with Adapters and Integration components. Validated E2E data flow and supported operational test for HA and DR. Helped developers to troubleshoot data integration issues. Worked with external teams to implement ETL jobs using Data Stage and ODI and
integrate with MDM Batch Processor and integration with Quality Stage using WISD RMI connector. IBM Info
Sphere experience of following tools: Data Architect, Governance Catalogue, Information Analyser, FastTrack,
Information Server, Quality Stage, Data Click, MDM RDM Hub.
Participated in SCRUM meetings and was leading own infrastructure scrum team.
Platform: BPM v8.5.5 , WAS 8.5.5, MDM v110.4, LDAP, MQ, WBM, IIB, ETL, SCRUM, Linux
Project: Platform architect for BPM/ESB, Client: Philips/Wipro, Location: Eindhoven, NL
Description: Provided management time estimations for delivery of changes and assurance of stability of
BPM/ESB platform. Documented platform architecture of BPM/ESB components, conducted security and architectural review. Worked with team members to implement changes during maintenance weeks and with developers to resolve ad-hoc developer’s questions. Used tools to optimize BPM and ESB platform: ISA, Application
Performance Toolkit for tuning and heap/memory optimization. Resolved performance issues by tracing
BPM/ESB components and tuning connection pools, connection factories, workers. In BPM product used REST
API tester to reproduce issues. Worked on security implementation and hardening. Implemented CA certificates
on internal components in platform.
Worked on to analyse and provided to support team documentation how to implement to achieve successful
resolution in areas of issues:
- Connectivity issue for revers proxies with IBM http server and plugin
- Differences in environments, compared version differences of environments with ISA
- LDAP issues with synchronization
- Connectivity of ORB/Broker components, client connectivity from development workstations to server
- Messaging and SIB service and Message engine issues with message processing and failover
- Completed E2E data flows from Cloud services to Load balancers, IBM http servers and plugin via ESB to
backend systems using ESB Adapters (SAP, SFTP, JDBC)
- Adapter issues: SAP Adapter hang and lock issues, SFTP connectivity and processing with remote archive
directory, SFPP store and forward issues and sequencing, Failed Event Manager resubmission issue
-database related issues with utf8_AL32UTF8_cyrilic schemas
Platform: BPM v8.0 (former TeamWorks) WAS 7.0, Java EE, ESB v7, LDAP, Sap Adapter, FTP Adatper, ISA,
Application performance toolkit, IBM Http Server + Plugin, Load Balancers, Cast Iron, Reverse Proxy
Project: TAM upgrades 6.0 to 6.1 Client: MeyerWerft, Location: Papenburg, DE
Description: working on upgrade of TAM components for manufacturing client in Papengurg.
Upgraded Web Portal Manager on WebSphere Administration console and TAM components (SMS, WebSeal,
Policy Server) , Troubleshooting upgrade issues and ad-hoc operational issues with certificates and client certificates. Penetration testing for Webseal proxy.
Platform TAM, Tivoli Access Manager, WAS, LDAP, POP, ACL, WebSeal, SMS, JACC, TAI++,SSO
Project: TAM v6.0 maintenance Client: MeyerWerft, Location: Papenburg, DE
Description: Upgraded Web Portal Manager on WebSphere Administration console and TAM components
(SMS, WebSeal, Policy Server). Developed script to provision and imported users from LDAP, assigned groups
to users by script. Defined virtual instances of WebSeal and default, transparent and custom junctions.
Defined custom access control lists (ACL) and protected object policies (POP). Worked on troubleshooting
basic, form, http header authentication methods. Defined specific link filtering. Implemented SSO cross multiple
application protected resources. Implemented SMS server for TAM on WAS v7. Provided documentation to implement interaction with J2EE applications using Java authorization contract for containers (JACC) interceptions
in WebSphere Application Server
Platform TAM, Tivoli Access Manager, WAS, LDAP, POP, ACL, WebSeal, SMS, JACC, TAI++,SSO
Project: DB2 v9.7 -Optimization Client: MeyerWerft, Location: Papenburg, DE
Description: Working on tuning and optimizing large database running on IBM DB2 Enterprise Server v9.7.
Implementing concept of optimization techniques for SQL statements and whole data model. Tools used IBM
Optim Data Studio v3.1.x and Optim Performance Manager v5.1.x , Backup concept and recovery (POT)
.Optimizing AIX in virtualized environment - EC/VCPU, AME, tuning of AIX devices for storage Nseries,
Developing load test and managing problem resolution
Platform: IBM DB2, IBM Optim Data Studio, IBM - InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager
Project: Tivoli Access Manager Implementation for IBM CLM product (jazz.net and TeamConcert)
Implemented TAM components with LDAP integration for CLM product.
Project: IBM InfoSphere Information Server and MDM Solutions
Working on IBM InfoSphere Information Server (MDM/Datastage) solutions implementations in Easter Europe.
Description: Responsible for the management of MDM Solution throughout the entire project lifecycle,
including project initiation/proposals, system configuration and customization, project delivery, business
liaison / stakeholder management, post implementation review and project close out / handover, Support
Issues resolution.
Responsibilities:
Involved in technical implementation with architecture and configuration of MDM solutions for client.
Installed complete suite of InfoSphere – MDM/ QualityStage and integration, InfoSphere MDM Collaboration
Server. Defined MDM Data Policies and Business Rules, Designed to extended OOTB data model and
used Initiate Master Data Service applications. Designed batch load process that loads data into MDM
every day from eight source systems. First point of contact for Services/Caller systems for any kind of MDM
relative issues. Installed MDM in Windows and UNIX environments. Created WCC to MDM data base migration scripts. Single point of contact at customer for any MDM related solutions.
Implemented Datastage jobs that transform CSV data to MDM XML format.
Involved in integrating MDM with Quality Stage for Name, Address and Phone Standardization
Implemented several business proxies that handles majority of functionality (Ex: Contract, ContractRel,
ContractRole, RoleLocation, Party, PartyAddress, Names, Interations)
Hands on experience with troubleshooting issues
Involved with Numerical Modelling, Data Analysis, Inverse Modelling
Troubleshooting of integration issues with QualityStage and DataStage jobs. Monitoring jobs and performance optimization of jobs. Designed and prepared for High Availability solution and DR recovery for MDM
Solution. Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress of issues.
Assisting the technical team in their design and development tasks.Supported Operations to roll to production. Troubleshooting JVM system crashes of MDM system. JAVA Cores, Thread Dumps, Cache
sizes and Database Connection Pool performance problems. WSADMIN and SHELL scripting
knowledge with ANT and JACL/JYTHON.
Platform: Java, MDM Server, WCC, IBM Quality Stage, IBM Data Stage, PL/SQL, Oracle, RSA.
Daimler AG/Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, Stuttgart
October 2011 – March 2012
Contract Role (Eurostaff): Senior IT consultant
Description: L3 support. Support EOO, Experienced in automating access to all authorized Enterprisewide applications through Single Sign On (SSO) using Site minder.
Platform: AIX, Solaris, WebSphere Application Server, PAI, SiteMinder, SSO, SAML
IBM Rational BuildForge and Automation Framework for WebSphere v3.0.0.2
Project: PoC BPM - IBM BPM v7.5 (Lombardi) for AlexsysBosh Ltd,
September 2011
Description: PoC of BPM v7.5 to demonstrate capabilities of former Lombardi suite
Platform: Linux, WAS, WPS, Lombardi, Role: Senior IT Specialist
Lloyds Banking Group, Edinburgh
June 2010 – October 2011
Contract Role (iDelta): WebSphere Administrator
Description: WAS server support. Rolling out new services. Transition and integration. Development of
POC. Internal Auditing. 24x7 HBOS Integration support, QualityCenter performance troubleshooting, SAS
automation of deployment, Midvision Rapid Deploy skills, Upscaling existing live systems, Configure Single
Sign on (SSO) using LTPA.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Application Server, RapidDeploy, SAS, SSO, SAML, Oracle Identity Manager,
SAP Business Objects
Tesco Bank, Edinburgh
April 2010 - June 2010
Contract Role (RedRock): STS – IBM Master Data Management
Description: Provided consultancy for Customer Index project that used IBM Master Data Management.
Provided consultancy for release management of new packages, supported infrastructure and integration
with DataStage/QualityStage using WISD.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere DataStage and QualityStage, InfoSphere Master Data Management, Information Server
Ascendant, former OpenLogic Ltd, London
February 2008 - April 2010
Permanent Position: Senior IT Specialist
Project Assignment History:
Project: Nexus – Transformation project for Norwich Union/Aviva, United Kingdom, 2009/03 –
2010/04
Description: Technical lead for WebSphere Workstream, Designed detailed stack designs for WebSphere
software. Developed automation targets using BuildForge & RAFW for the software stack.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Application Server,
WebSphere Bussiness Monitor, WebSphere Registry and Repository, InfoSphere Master Data
Management (MDM) , Automation using BuildForge & RAFW 7.1.x
Role: WS3 Technical Lead – WebSphere
Project: Digital Media POC for BBC, London, United Kingdom,
2009/06 – 2009/08
Description: Engaged to install infrastructure based on WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere
Service Registry and Repository on Linux XEN Platform. Engagement included integration both products.
Supported development team and helped to solve infrastructure issues which occurred during deployments.
Platform: Linux, WebSphere Process Server v6.2, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository v6.2,
Role: Senior IT Specialist
Project: WAS Support team for University of London, UK,
2008/06 – 2008/09
Description: Engaged to install infrastructure based on WebSphere Portal, Lotus Connections and Tivoli
products. Engagement included set up production, staging and development environments and set up
security for components, including setup of secured communication for production environment. Supported
development team and helped to solve issues which occurred during deployments, Experience in implementing LDAP security models using Netscape LDAP (SSO) and LTPA.
Platform: Linux, WAS, WebSphere Portal, TIM, TAM, Shell Scripting, Jython/Jacl, SSO, SAML Role:
Senior IT Specialist
Project: WAS Support team for Nokia, Symbian PLC, UK,
2008/03 – 2008/11
Description: Supported team to administer WebSphere Portal Server and support existing WebSphere
Application clusters where corporate applications were deployed on Solaris Platform. Engagement further
included migration of corporate application in development, system test, pre-production, production from
Solaris to Linux IA32 platform.
Platform: Solaris, Linux, WAS, WebSphere Portal, Shell Scripting, Jython/Jacl Role: Senior IT Specialist
Project: WPS for Thames Water, Reading, UK
Description: Installation and configuration of development server on AIX platform with DB2 database..
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Process Server v6.1.2, DB2 9.1
Project: Process Portal for Haden, UK
Description: Consulted and implemented Process Portal - integration of WebSphere Process Server v6.1
to Portal Server 6.1.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Process Server v6.1.2, DB2 9.1
Project: openPortal demo for Open Logic, UK
Description: Engaged to upgrade openPortal demo to newest versions. Upgrade path included migration
of WPS 6.0.2 to WPS 6.1 on Linux IA32, with DB2. For high availability (HA) purposes Process server
golden topology was used, which was integrated to Portal v6.0.1.3. Additionally HA CEI Cluster was
integrated to Business Monitor.
Platform: Linux, WebSphere Process Server v6.1.2, DB2 9.1, WebSphere Business Integration products
Project: Performance troubleshooting for FXServices, UK
Description: Engaged to help resolve sudden application server crashes and troubleshoot existing issues
with critical corporate application.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Application Server v5.1
February 2005 – February 2008
Permanent Position: SWG Consultant – ISSW - IBM Software Services Websphere
IBM Slovakia s.r.o, Bratislava
Project Assignment History:
Project MultiChanell (WPS/ESB/Portal) for Všeobecná Úverová Banka, Slovakia, 2007/10 – 2008/02
Description: Implementing SOA oriented solution
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Portal
Role: Software consultant, Implementing solution.
Project: WCC proof of concept – WebSphere Customer Center
Description: Implementing WCS proof of concept environment for BP as part of BP enablement
Project ECM (Enterprise Content Management) for SSE, Slovakia,
2006/07 – 2008/02
Description: Replacement of existing document management infrastructure using J2EE technology and
new messaging system implementation.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Application Server
Role: Software consultant, Implementing solution.
Project: Schengen Information System for Ministry of Interior, Slovakia
Description: Assigned to help resolve issues with SIB foreign bus configuration, WAS HA environments
Project: ECM for SPP plc, Slovakia, 2006/05 – 2006/08
Description: Implementing ECM using advanced workflow of WebSphere Process Server in High
Availibility
Platform: Windows 2003, Oracle, IBM Content Manager, WebSphere Process Server, CommonStore
Role: Software consultant. Implementing and WPS system configuration in High Availability
Project: e-Learning portal for Agemsoft, Slovakia,
2006/08 – 2006/10
Description: Implementing learning portal for government. Number of users that use solution 14000.
Platform: Windows 2003, DB2, IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning
Role: Software consultant. Desing, implementing and system configuration.
Project: Document management system for GE Money Bank,Czech republic, 2006/03 – 2006/09
Description: Document management system installation and configuration including setting up High
Availability.
Platform: AIX, DB2, IBM Content Manager
Role: Software consultant. Design, implementing and system configuration.
Project: E-mail archiving for Vimpelcom, Russia,
2006/04 – 2006/04
Description: E-mail archiving implementation for Lotus Domino, 9000 users.
Platform: Windows, DB2, IBM Content Manager, CommonStore for Lotus Domino
Role: Design, implementing and system configuration.
Project: Everyplace Access Portal for Ministry of Interior, Slovakia,
Description: Implementing system for synchronization of mobile devices
Platform: Windows, WebSphere Everyplace Access, LDAP
Role: Software consultant. Design, implementing and system configuration.
2005/11 – 2005/12
Project: Enterprise Electronic Registry for T-Com,
2005/02 – 2005/10
Description: Common electronic archiving system for customer’s 7 core systems, including Siebel, SAP
and Exchange.
Platform: HP-Unix, Oracle, IBM CM OnDemand, CommonStore for Exchange, IBM Content Manager,
Tivoli Storage Manager.
Role: Software consultant. Implementacia IBM CM OnDemand in HP-UX environment.
Project: OnDemand scanning for Allianz, Slovakia,
2005/05 – 2005/05
Description: Scanning of customer’s documents from physical archive and electronic archiving system
implementation.
Platform: AIX, IBM Content Manager
Role: Software consultant. Implementing and configuration in AIX enviroment.
Project: Implementation of WebSphere portal – www.drsr.sk for Ministry of Finance – Tax Office,
Slovakia (2005/05 – 2006/04)
Description: Implemented client facing WebSphere portal for online tax collections.
Platform: AIX, WebSphere Portal 5.1
Role: Software consultant. Implementing and configuration Portal in AIX enviroment.
Actinolix, Bratislava, Slovakia,
April 2003 – January 2005
Project: Internet applications design, System automation
Responsibilities held: Specification for web application projects – CMS, eCommerce. Implementation of
projects using open source technologies, Consulting & Support.
Projects: Cisco Academy router clearing. News Portal. eCommerce shopping.
Role: IT Architect
Jaron Internet GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany,
April 2001 – April 2003
Permanent Position: Web developer and system administrator
Project: Internet applications maintenance & development
Responsibilities held: Maintenance and development of internet application front-ends using JSP,
Installation, upgrade, testing, deployment, configuration and maintenance of Linux servers, DNS, Apache,
Tomcat, JBoss and IIS web servers, mail systems. Security Implementation and auditing(Firewall,intrusion
detection). Database design and development. Technical support, system integration and consulting.
System backup operations. System disaster and recovery operations. PKI Infrastructure.
Adebus Advanced eBusiness GmbH, Germany
May 2000 – March 2001
Permanent Position: Network administrator & system implementation
Project: Network Maintenance & Internet Application Development
Responsibilities held: Installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux server farm, Apache and IIS
web servers, DNS server, MTA, MS Exchange and Statistic Server. Management of customer websites.
Security Implementation and auditing. Technical support and system integration. Java Server Pages
programming and JavaScript Scripting. IT consulting.
Projects during
October 1996 – September 2000
Permanent Position: IT assistant and NT Server Administrator, IT Department Team Support, LAN, WAN
maintenance
Responsibilities held: Lector of MS Windows NT and MS Office, Installation of client/server custom
developed software. Installation, configuration, upgrading, diagnostics and management of server/clients
operating systems MS Windows NT/95 and Intranet services. Maintenance of passive and active network
equipment. Planning, controlling, monitoring and diagnostics of LAN.
Setting up dial up clients, implementation and management of internet services, design and development of
customer websites, scripting and programming, database implementation. Design and development of Ecommerce website generator. Analyse and project database to implement with HTML using (ASP and
ActiveX). Internet Project analysing and consulting. Management & performance tuning of internet
application. Internet traffic & statistic analysing, management of customer websites. Internet marketing &
banner design. Security integration. LAN administration.
Awards
ECM in SSE, Project of the year - 2006, Slovakia, Bratislava
Conferences
Speaker - Softvérové riešenia 2005, Datalan a.s
Speaker - GIS konferencia 2005, YMS a.s
Speaker - Seminár SIUG 2005, Slovak Informix User Group
Speaker - i2S – Informatizácia slovenskej spoločnosti 2005, Datalan a.s
Attendee - IBM Software Services WebSphere conference 2005, Las Vegas
Attendee - IBM Software Services WebSphere conference 2004, Las Vegas
References
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Date: March 2015
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