Rafi Shaik, WebSphere Specialist

Rafi Shaik

WebSphere Specialist

IBM - Saudi Arabia

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

WebSphere Specialist at IBM - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2020

NIC - National Information Center provides IT solutions and services to the Ministry sectors and other government agencies in various parts of the Kingdom through its branches in the Kingdom’s regions, making it one of the largest IT centers in the Middle East.

My Core Responsibilities are:

WebSphere infrastructure migration.

Installation and configurations of IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ and IHS Web Server

Lead Technical Support for non-prod and prod environments.

WebSphere tuning in accordance with Application requirements.

Hands on installations of IBM Products in various Unix OS -Linux & windows.

Handling the large infrastructure support for IBM products like WebSphere App server and MQ on various OS platforms.

Worked on preparing the DR-Disaster Recovery environment for WebSphere infrastructure.

IBM WebSphere Consultant at Versos
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2014 to April 2020

Riyad Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with a strong corporate and retail banking franchise.

My Core Responsibilities are:

Installation and configurations of IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ and IHS Web Server and IBM BPM and Mobile First platform.

Lead Technical Support for non-prod and prod environments.

WebSphere tuning in accordance with Application requirements.

Hands on installations of IBM Products in various Unix OS - Sun Solaris, AIX, Z Linux & windows.

Handling the large infrastructure support for IBM products like WebSphere App server and MQ, BPM and MFP on various UNIX platforms.

WebSphere infrastructure automation for Data Center Migration

Worked on preparing the DR-Disaster Recovery environment for WebSphere infrastructure.

Member of technical review team for WebSphere deployment roll out in Production.

IBM Connections Consultant at Saudi Telecom Company Collaboration Portal
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2013 to April 2014

Saudi Telecom Company is implementing a knowledge management portal with collaboration feature for the employees of the organization. Collaboration, a social networking feature from IBM, provides a medium that would help the employees to share, articulate their ideas based on the inputs from co-workers.

My Core Responsibilities are:

Installation and configurations of IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM WebSphere Application Server and IHS Web Server and IBM Connections, IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator, IBM DB2.

Integration of WebSphere Portal and IBM Connections.

Upgraded the WebSphere Portal Server 8.0 version to WebSphere Portal Enable 8.0 to utilize the Web Content

WebSphere Specialist at eSolutions Road
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2011 to April 2013

This portal is a channel between Ministry of Interior and citizens of SA. Different services (Portlets) are developed and deployed which allow citizens to communicate with ministry for their any related issues, feedback and queries etc. Portal provides multiple e-services for registered and non- registered users. These e-services applications are installed, integrated & running under Application servers /databases in a Visualized environment.

My Core Responsibilities are:

Installation and configurations of WebSphere Portal, Application Server and Web Server, LDAP servers.

Administration of WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server and IBM HTTP Server.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • May 2008

courses: Certifications and Training PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner PRINCE2 Agile Foundation IBM WebSphere Portal Administration and Deployment v7.0

Specialties & Skills

IBM HTTP Server
WebSphere Application Server
WebSphere Portal
IBM Connection 4.0
AUTOMATION
BANKING
BUSINESS PROCESS
CONSULTING
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
FINANCIAL
IBM WEBSPHERE

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

PRINCE2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2020
Valid Until:
August 2023

Hobbies

  • Cricket