• Designing MQSeries Cluster Infrastructure.
• Designing High-Availability MQSeries Configurations ; Multi-Instance Queue Managers.
• Incident & Problem management.
• Designing a solution for correcting the ServiceNow / CMDB content with respect to the alignment of the MQSeries servers’ Information and the Queue Manager Configurations and Details. BASH scripting.

Beschreibung:

• MQ Clustering, MQ Queue Sharing Groups (QSG z/OS), OAM, SSL / TLS, Eclipse platform, MO71, MQExplorer, MQ SupportPacs.
• High-Availability MQ & Broker Configurations.
• Multi-instance Queue Managers & Brokers.
• MQ Publish / Subscribe via WMQ V7.x, V8.x
• RedHat Linux, Solaris, z/OS, Windows.
• LDAP, Tectia SSH, SVN, SPUDS, ServiceNow Incident & problem Mgt.

Aufgaben:

Supporting (2nd & 3rd Level) the Middleware Systems & Applications for various Financial Messaging Platforms - the Bankwide Messaging Hub which contains multiple Applications.

Special responsible for the Bank’s new Global Payments Project solution across all environments including all SEPA market-side Payments which are processed via this payment Transaction platform. GPP is a program to incrementally replace the existing Credit Suisse Payment Systems with a new single modernised turnkey solution.

• Planning, Designing, Scaling, Configuring & Maintenance of WebSphere MQ & Broker (IIB) across all environments.
• Setting up WebSphere MQ & Broker for new Applications across all environments.
• Tuning Infrastructure (Linux, WMQ, Broker) & Enhancing Performance.
• Developing shell scripts to Administer & Manage the Infrastructure.
• Incident & Problem management.
• Assisting Teams with troubleshoot, monitoring & problem solving.
• Migration Tasks : from Solaris to Linux ; MQ & Broker versions.
• Participating in MQ & Broker Deployments, Dress Rehearsals & Disaster Recovery Management.
• Participating in Infra week-ends & On-Call Duty.
• Documentation of procedures using Word, Excel & Powerpoint

Beschreibung:

• MQ Clustering, OAM, SSL, MQ Triggering, Connection Factory (JNDI) – connecting JMS to MQ, JMSAdmin Utility, Eclipse platform, MO71, MQExplorer, MQ SupportPacs.
• QPASA V5 Configuration Management & Monitoring Tool.
• RedHat Linux, Solaris 10 & Windows ; Scripting - shell, sed, awk ; Veritas Cluster Server Manager ;
• DHCP, DNS, NFS, scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML, Lotus Notes.
• IDEAL - problem management system.

Aufgaben:

• Supporting Air France’s Middleware & Applications ; Project Integration & Operations.

Beschreibung:

• MQ Clustering, OAM, SSL, Queue Connection Factory - connecting WAS to MQ ; MQ Queue Sharing Groups (z/OS QSG) ; IBM Tivoli Monitoring / Omegamon ; Eclipse platform, MO71, MQExplorer, MQ SupportPacs, Rfhutil.

WebSphere Message Broker Administration V6 / 7 :

• Creating / Deleting WBIMB Brokers, Creating Execution Groups and assigning messages sets and Flows, Trouble shooting Deployment problems and operational problems with Brokers, Tracing Message Flows ; Message Broker Toolkit, Message Broker Explorer.
• RedHat Linux, zLinux, AIX, Windows ; z/OS - JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, IMS, CICS, WMQ & Queue Sharing Groups.
• scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML, Microsoft Outlook, Citrix, VPN, Visio, Powerpoint.
• ServiceNow - for incident & problem management.
• ITIL - disciplines for incident, problem, change and configuration management .

Aufgaben:

• Design, Develop, Build, Support & Test Project driven change using MQSeries & Message Broker Middleware components for Full Project Lifecycles
• Systematically Troubleshooting problems in complex systems and Network Environments, identifying the root cause of any issues
• Providing outside of standard Business hours On-Call service
• Act as an MQ / Broker subject matter expert providing advice and making recommendations on Technical solutions based on experience and industry knowledge

Beschreibung:

• MQ Clustering, OAM, SSL, BlockIP, Connection Factory (JNDI) - connecting JMS to MQ, JMSAdmin Utility, Eclipse platform, MO71, MQExplorer, MQ SupportPacs, Rfhutil, AutoSys.

WebSphere Message Broker Administration V6 :

• Creating / Deleting WBIMB Brokers, Designing and Creating message Flows, Creating Execution groups and assigning messages sets and Flows, Trouble shooting Deployment problems and operational problems with Brokers, Tracing Message Flows.
• QPASA - Configuration Management & Monitoring Tool.
• RedHat Linux, Solaris (8 &10) & Windows.
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk; scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Citrix.
• ITIL service management.

Duties:

Supporting Société Générale Bank’s Global Middleware & Application platforms for WholeSale and Private Banking across Linux, Solaris & Windows platforms in an MQ Clustered environment.

• Architect, Solutions Designer, Technical specialist, Documentation
• Team Leading & mentoring of colleagues and new arrival staff
• Managing the stability of the Production MQ environments to ensure maximum quality of service, supporting a Global Infrastructure across different TimeZones
• Identifying and minimising Risks and coordinating Resources in case of issues
• Providing On-Call support 24x7 (out of Business hours) with a sense of urgency
• Managing MQ server migrations
• Designing and implementing message Flows for WebSphere Message Broker
• Scripting in Shell & Perl

Beschreibung:

• MQ SSL, OAM, Eclipse platform, MO71, MQExplorer, MQ SupportPacs, Rfhutil, PQEdit, QLoad
• Candle Omegamon XE for MQSeries Configuration and Monitoring ; SUN Cluster HA (High Availability) for WebSphere MQ.
• SUN Solaris (8, 9 &10), AIX 5.xL, Windows.
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk ; scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML.
• Peregrine IRMA - service management software including problem tracking and process automation for managing the Middleware service Desk.
• Also, ARS Remedy.
• ITIL - incident & change management processes.
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliant environments.

Aufgaben:

• Supporting ING Bank’s Middleware environments for WholeSale Banking across Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Special responsibility for upgrading Websphere MQ from V5.3 to V6.0 on UNIX (Solaris 8, 9, & 10 & AIX 5.xL) and Windows platforms (180+ Machines) with exceptional access to 'root' UserID for System Administration purposes.
• Building environments and solving technical problems in the Acceptance and Production Environments.
• Monitor the Departmental Mail Box and respond to incidents
• Scripting in Shell & Perl
• 24/7 Standby Duty

Beschreibung:

• WebSphere MQ V5 / V6 Administration.
• Connect: Direct Administration; WebSphere Application Server, Apache, Tomcat, WebStart, Oracle, VMware, Windows, Big Brother Monitoring.
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk.
• Unix Systems Administration - RedHat Linux, SuSe Linux, Solaris, AIX; Veritas Cluster Manager.

Aufgaben

• Day to Day Administration and support of all Unix (Solaris, Linux, AIX) Production and Test Environments of the German Stock Exchange, working alone as well as part of a Team ensuring that the Production environments for the XETRA DAX are stable at all times and that any problems are resolved immediately and with a sense of urgency.
• Unix Systems Administration Tasks for Solaris, Linux & AIX
• WebSphere MQSeries Administration
• Administration of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) V5.x and Network Deployment Manager
• APACHE WebServer V1.x & V2.x (http / https) and TOMCAT 5.x ; IBM HTTP Server
• VMWARE : Installation and cloning of Virtual machines, configuration, patch management, troubleshooting
• Connect:Direct (C:D) File transfer - configuration, technical administration & support, monitoring tasks, troubleshooting and testing
• 24/7 Standby Duty

Beschreibung:

• WebSphere MQ V5.3 Administration
• Solaris (7, 8 & 9) ; RS 6000 AIX (5.1) & Windows (NT / XP / 2000 / 2003) ; MQ Clustering ; MQExplorer ; PQEdit ; QLoad
• Candle Omegamon XE for MQ configuration and monitoring ; Spazio
• IBM MainFrame (z/OS), WebSphere MQ, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS
• scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML. Scripting - Shell, sed, awk.
• Peregrine service management software including problem tracking and process automation for managing the IT service Desk.
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliant environments.

Aufgaben

• Supporting ING Bank’s Middleware Platforms.
• Lead specialist with particular responsibility for MQ Middleware running on all z/OS LPARs.
• Building environments and solving technical problems in the Development, System Test and Production Environments.
• MQSeries Administration & Configuration
• Detect and resolve MQ software and any related issues
• Provide Documentation at Middleware level

Beschreibung:

• MQSeries Administration - V5.2 & V5.3 for Solaris 8 & 9, for AIX 4.3 & 5.2, for NT V5.2
• Connect:Direct (C:D) - V3.1 to 3.5 for Unix ; ORACLE 8 & 9 ; SYBASE.
• scp, winscp, ftp, sftp, secure shell (SSH), putty, XML, Filezilla.
• Unix Systems Administration tasks - SUN Solaris 8 & 9 (SUN E10K & E15K).
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk ; secure shell (SSH).
• BIG Brother & BMC PATROL for monitoring.
• Windows 2000, 2003, MS Office, Lotus Notes, Novell, Citrix Metaframe / Terminal Server, TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)

Aufgaben

Day to Day Administration and support for the following Projects:

• XETRA DAX, DWP Investment Bank, CCP, CEF, Xentric Quote Source, Xontro, Xentric Order (DAX), Lead Broker administration, Miss and Gate Architecture.
• Unix Systems Administration Tasks for Solaris & AIX
• MQSeries Administration & Configuration
• Connect:Direct (C:D) File transfer - configuration, technical administration & support, monitoring tasks, troubleshooting and testing
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk
• BIG Brother & BMC PATROL for monitoring
• 24/7 Standby Duty

Beschreibung:

• MQSeries Administration - V5.2 for Solaris & AIX, IBM V2.1, V5.2 for NT.
• Unix - SUN Solaris & RS 6000 AIX.
• IBM MainFrame (OS/390), MQSeries, SQL, DB2, SPUFI, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS.
• Scripting - Shell, Perl, sed, awk.

Aufgaben

• Design and implementation of new MQSeries Infrastructure for Financial Messaging systems on IBM MainFrame, AIX, Solaris & Windows.
• MQSeries Administration & Configuration
• Technical Administration & support
• Monitoring & troubleshooting
• Scripting in Shell & Perl

Beschreibung:

• MQSeries Administration - V5.1 for Solaris & AIX, IBM V2.1, PQEdit, TMon for MQSeries
• Connect:Direct (C:D) - for Unix, IBM MainFrame (OS/390).
• Microfocus COBOL, Unix (SUN Solaris & RS 6000 AIX), Shellscripts, Makefiles, Animator Debugging Tool, PVCS Version control, Oracle.
• IBM MainFrame (OS/390), COBOL II, SQL, DB2, SPUFI, JCL,TSO/ISPF, DSF, CICS, MQSeries, XPEDITER, AbendAid, Fileaid, Platinum.
• ODBC Database connectivity. C and ORACLE 8.1.6.
• Windows NT, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Access 97, Word 97, Excel 97.

Duties

• Application programming in COBOL (UNIX & IBM Mainframe)
• Development, maintenance and management of environments for Unix (Solaris & AIX) and IBM Mainframe
• MQSeries Administration & Configuration
• Responsibilities for the maintenance of the MQSeries API software
• Management of Connect:Direct (C:D) File transfer
• Scripting in Shell
• Team Leading - managing the Technical Architecture Error Database, assigning tasks to other Team members, supervising progress, finding appropriate solutions to complex Middleware problems and Systems Architecture

Beschreibung:

• IBM MainFrame (MVS/ESA), COBOL II, SQL, DB2, SPUFI, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, QMF, XPEDITER, ABENDAID, OS/2, OS/2 REXX, HPS Case Tool, Lotus Notes.

Aufgaben

• Working on IBM’s International Banking system - Corebank.
• Analysis tasks, writing Technical Specifications, maintenance & enhancement of software, testing, provision of Documentation.

Beschreibung:

• IBM MainFrame (MVS/ESA), ADABAS/Natural (MainFrame), COBOL II, SQL, DB2, SPUFI, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, XPEDITER, ABENDAID, INTERTEST, PANVALET, ENDEVOR.

Aufgaben

• Working on various Teams providing Insurance Software for European clients.
• Analysis tasks, Functional & Technical Specification, maintenance and enhancement of software, testing and provision of Documentation, client support.

Main Skills:

• IBM MainFrame (MVS/ESA), ADABAS/Natural (MainFrame), COBOL II, SQL, DB2, SPUFI, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, XPEDITER, ABENDAID, INTERTEST, PANVALET, ENDEVOR.
• Unix HP9000 'G' Series, COBOL, ADABAS/Natural, Unix Scripting. Exposure to Construct, Predict & ADABAS Administration, Oracle.
• WANG VS mini computers.
• Honeywell Bull DPS6 / 48, DPS6 / 45, DPS 6/ 22, VFORMS, TCL, COBOL.

CSC CONTINUUM - Dublin, Ireland:

Analyst/Programmer - Financial Services & General Insurance Applications

TRACE ISYS - London EC1, England:

Analyst / Programmer - Reinsurance (Lloyd’s of London Reinsurance market)

AMERICAN REINSURANCE CO (UK) LTD - London EC3, England:

Analyst/Programmer - Reinsurance (Lloyd’s of London Reinsurance market)

TARENAX COMPUTERS LTD - Dublin, Ireland:

Analyst / Programmer - Reinsurance Applications

Beschreibung:

• Unix HP9000 'G' Series, COBOL, ADABAS/Natural, Unix Scripting.
• Exposure to Construct, Predict & ADABAS Administration.
• WINDOWS 3.11 and DOS 6.0.
• WANG VS mini computers.

Aufgaben

Systems House providing software solutions to the Lloyd’s of London Reinsurance Broking community.

Beschreibung:

• Wang, VS 7110, VS 5000, VS 100, WP, WSN, Utilities, Useraids, Usersubs, Procedure Language, COBOL.

Duties

• Writing, maintaining and testing programs. Producing Technical Documentation. Providing Technical support for both the UK and International Offices.

Beschreibung:

• Honeywell Bull DPS6 / 48, DPS6 / 45, DPS 6/ 22, VFORMS, TCL, COBOL.

Duties

Writing, maintaining and testing programs for the Reinsurance Industry. Undertaking Technical writing, providing Client support as required.