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ABDELKADER BENA LLOU

Paris

Summary

IBM MQ consultant

Weblogic and WebSphere specialist

Middleware technical support engineer

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

Mastercard Worldwide
06.2024 - Current
  • IBM MQ administration

- VM creation, FS sizing, binaries installation

- Queues and channels configuration.

- Incidents resolution according to SLA.

- Tasks automation using Ansible, Chef and Jenkins pipelines.

  • Securing transfer with SSL / TLS certificate, Access restriction based on IP address and user rights.
  • Kafka Administration

- Topics and Consumer creation using Jenkins pipelines.

- Certificates management.

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

Mastercard Worldwide
06.2024 - Current
  • IBM MQ administration

- VM creation, FS sizing, binaries installation

- Queues and channels configuration.

- Incidents resolution according to SLA.

- Tasks automation using Ansible, Chef and Jenkins pipelines.

  • Securing transfer with SSL / TLS certificate, Access restriction based on IP address and user rights.
  • Kafka Administration

- Topics and Consumer creation using Jenkins pipelines.

- Certificates management.

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

BPCE NATIXIS
05.2022 - 05.2024
  • Level 3 MQ support, troubleshooting and performance implementation IBM MQ messaging implementation starting from VM creation on Linux Redhat till testing message transfer.
  • Securing transfer with SSL / TLS certificate, Access restriction based on IP address and user rights

DEVOPS ENGINEER

Coface insurance
01.2021 - 04.2022
  • Jenkins pipeline execution and deployment of Docker images
  • Weblogic and MQ Administration and incidents management.

EXPERT MIDDLEWARE

IBM
01.2019 - 05.2020
  • Weblogic 12c, Websphere 8.5, Tomcat 7.5, 8.5 : java performance Optimization (javacores, heapdumps, verboseGC analysis).
  • IBM MQ 9.02 Securing transfers and L3 middleware support for Teams in India.
  • Security audit execution and validation on Weblogic 12 platforms.
  • Unix system access right restriction.

EXPERT IBM MQ

STET (Payment Interbanking system)
11.2017 - 12.2019
  • Integration of IPTR system (Instant payment- real time transaction) for 27 French and European banks.
  • MQ 7.5, and 9.0.2 administration and L3 support.
  • Securing MQ message transfer and authenticating MQ partners with personal certificates.
  • MQ transactions acceleration - L3 Support for Websphere application server 8.5

INTEGRATOR DEVOPS

Europcar
11.2016 - 10.2017
  • JBOSS 7 java application management and support.
  • Load testing with Hp openview (Load runner) and consequently allow Go / NoGo for production.
  • Appdynamics performance analysis (response time, scalability, till JVM crash).

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Euler Hermes (ALLIANCE Group)
09.2013 - 10.2016
  • Migration of IBM MQ 7.0.1 to version 8 and from Aix system to Linux (Red Hat).
  • Securing MQ transfers.
  • WebSphere Administration and L3 technical support.
  • Upgrading PKI EJBCA to version 6.5 and upgrading its Jboss from 5.1 to Wildfly 10.

WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER SPECIALIST

IBM
02.2011 - 01.2013
  • For client GEMB, General Electric Money Bank, Websphere consultant.
  • Maintaining production and pre-production platforms in operational conditions.
  • Java application deployment and validation.
  • Solving issues and incidents.

MIDDLEWARE

I-BP Banque populaire
03.2009 - 01.2011
  • Websphere 6.1 administration and L3 support.
  • Certificates management.
  • Administration IBM MQ 6.1.
  • Java performance optimization : Tuning Heap size, GC, recommendation and documentation.

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

AMADEUS
11.2005 - 02.2009
  • Weblogic, Tomcat, apache, PHP, IIS: installation, configuration, support and troubleshooting, Java applications management on almost 500 servers.
  • Optimization and analysis of JVM (JRE, JSTAT) (CPU consumption, memory leak, thread stuck or blocked, response time degradation analysis).
  • Profiling of java applications (JPROBE, JPROFILER 5).
  • Troubleshooting incidents.
  • Automating deliveries. Investigation and resolution of Weblogic performance degradation.

SUPPORT ENGINEER WEBLOGIC

BEA System
09.2005 - 01.2006
  • Support and solving issue cases for BEA Weblogic clients.

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Banque SOCIETE GENERALE
04.2003 - 06.2005
  • Administration and technical support of MQSeries 5.3 and Weblogic server 6.1.
  • Incidents management and solving.
  • Connect express international file transfer monitoring.

PRODUCT TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Sun Microsystems
10.2000 - 01.2003
  • Implementation of Sun Microsystem solutions within clients infrascture.
  • Support.
  • Writing procedures and compétence transfer to client team.

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

EMS Sungard
04.1999 - 10.2000
  • Study and definition of client needs.
  • Solution and recommendation for Sun Iplanet products (Web, LDAP, messaging and application server.
  • Deployment of Sun Microsystem products within Client SI infrastructure (French Ministry of finance, Peugeot PSA).
  • Management of production and pre-production servers delivering stock market services for several Canadian and American banks.
  • Administration of Netscape (Webserver and Directory server).
  • Production support and incidents management.
  • Delivering services for Crédit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Banque nationale du Canada, Hong Kong Bank.

Education

Master of Science - Biophysics

Université Paris 12
Créteil, France
09-1998

Skills

  • IBM MQ Incidents and problems solving
  • Recommendation for High availability and scalability
  • Performance tuning
  • MQ API administration
  • Certificates and security management
  • Kafka JVM tuning
  • Weblogic, Jboss and WebSphere application servers administration and tuning
  • Ansible and Jenkins tasks automation
  • Client service oriented
  • Procedures and documents writing
  • Analytical thinking
  • Documentation management

Certification

Unix administration and security (ITIN Cergy)

Languages

German
Intermediate (B1)
Spanish
Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian
Intermediate (B1)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Hobbies

Triathlon

Water polo

Timeline

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

Mastercard Worldwide
06.2024 - Current

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

Mastercard Worldwide
06.2024 - Current

IBM MQ SPECIALIST

BPCE NATIXIS
05.2022 - 05.2024

DEVOPS ENGINEER

Coface insurance
01.2021 - 04.2022

EXPERT MIDDLEWARE

IBM
01.2019 - 05.2020

EXPERT IBM MQ

STET (Payment Interbanking system)
11.2017 - 12.2019

INTEGRATOR DEVOPS

Europcar
11.2016 - 10.2017

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Euler Hermes (ALLIANCE Group)
09.2013 - 10.2016

WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER SPECIALIST

IBM
02.2011 - 01.2013

MIDDLEWARE

I-BP Banque populaire
03.2009 - 01.2011

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

AMADEUS
11.2005 - 02.2009

SUPPORT ENGINEER WEBLOGIC

BEA System
09.2005 - 01.2006

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Banque SOCIETE GENERALE
04.2003 - 06.2005

PRODUCT TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Sun Microsystems
10.2000 - 01.2003

PRODUCTION ENGINEER

EMS Sungard
04.1999 - 10.2000

Master of Science - Biophysics

Université Paris 12
ABDELKADER BENA LLOU