SENIOR DEVOPS / MIDDLEWARE CONSULTANT
CLEARSTREAM
Keywords
Skills
MIDDLEWARE, Azure Cloud, CLOUD, AWS, DevOps, Azure, WebSphere, tomcat, Selenium, SonarQube, TFS, XL Deploy, GEMALTO, IBM Bluemix, SoftLayer, Oracle, NoSQL, DB, AMQP, JMS, JBOSS, Java Application Hosting Solution, Red hat, JEE, OpenStack, OpenShift, PaaS, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, WebSphere 6.1, AIX, WebSphere 7, RHEL, SAS, Windows, application server, J2EE, WebLogic, APPLICATION MANAGEMENT, J2EE Server management, JBoss - WebDAV, html, Apache, Tridion, content management, Web Servers, Clustering, Load balancing, Cisco hardware, IBM, IBM testing applications, Windows Vista, local network, BEA WebLogic, Oracle based Billing Applications, HP-UX, SUSE Linux, Novell Netware, system administration, Lotus Notes, MS Office, Blackberry, LANDesk, VPN, database, Java, application servers, Red hat Linux, RAS, IPSec, Cisco router, Windows 2000/2003, Mac OS, XML, WebMethods, Cisco VPN, sFTP, SAP, Dell Server, J2EE Application Servers, Microsoft IIS, MongoDB, Jenkins, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Cloud Foundry, Unix, Windows scripting, Python, Java Script, C / C++, Objective C
Project history
02/2020
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05/2020
External Service Provider for Clearstream in Luxembourg. Assignment is to provide the impact
analyses of splitting the current AMQ 6 solution into 2 instances, Upgrade to AMQ 7 and later
integration with the Applications that will migrate to Azure Cloud. Delivery design and Architecture.
analyses of splitting the current AMQ 6 solution into 2 instances, Upgrade to AMQ 7 and later
integration with the Applications that will migrate to Azure Cloud. Delivery design and Architecture.
06/2018
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05/2020
SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER
RABOBANK
Senior DevOps engineer in the eProducts team at Rabobank. Migrated an online currency trading
app and a treasury funding app from WebSphere to tomcat. Improved the Selenium infrastructure,
Implemented SonarQube. Migrated from TFS to Azure DevOps for the Build process. Setup
connections from Azure DevOps to XL Deploy. Made preparation for a future migration to Azure.
app and a treasury funding app from WebSphere to tomcat. Improved the Selenium infrastructure,
Implemented SonarQube. Migrated from TFS to Azure DevOps for the Build process. Setup
connections from Azure DevOps to XL Deploy. Made preparation for a future migration to Azure.
05/2011
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05/2020
MIDDLEWARE CONSULTANT
CAPGEMINI
Middleware coordinator and WebSphere expert on a project onboarding Sequana as a new
Capgemini customer. Coordination of all middleware aspects, with main topics being a WebSphere
based eCommerce solution.
Capgemini customer. Coordination of all middleware aspects, with main topics being a WebSphere
based eCommerce solution.
01/2011
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05/2020
JBOSS CONSULTANT
ABN-AMRO - TCS
JBoss Consultant on SAS project for ABN-AMRO. SAS upgrade to version 9.2 as well as moved from
Windows to RHEL. Providing JBoss knowledge to the project as there also was a Migration from
WebSphere to JBoss for the application server. I did some additional Training of TCS personnel on
RHEL. I did the performance tuning on JBoss and helped setup performance monitoring for the
whole SAS environment. And assisting TCS with project management skills and assisting with
creating incident and change management procedures.
Windows to RHEL. Providing JBoss knowledge to the project as there also was a Migration from
WebSphere to JBoss for the application server. I did some additional Training of TCS personnel on
RHEL. I did the performance tuning on JBoss and helped setup performance monitoring for the
whole SAS environment. And assisting TCS with project management skills and assisting with
creating incident and change management procedures.
01/2008
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05/2020
APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
YARA
IT outsourcing transfer of supplier from IS Partner to IBM. My responsibility was site survey and
application readiness for the 2 Yara plants in Sweden. Overseeing IBM testing applications for
Windows Vista compatibility and packaging for Delivery via Tivoli. And ensuring that local network
and server are ready for migration and transferred to a IBM datacentre.
application readiness for the 2 Yara plants in Sweden. Overseeing IBM testing applications for
Windows Vista compatibility and packaging for Delivery via Tivoli. And ensuring that local network
and server are ready for migration and transferred to a IBM datacentre.
01/2008
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05/2020
MIDDLEWARE SUPPORT
BT
BEA WebLogic support for Online Banking Application (External Customer) - Project coordinator for
3 internal Oracle based Billing Applications. All projects where on HP-UX, AIX or SUSE Linux.
3 internal Oracle based Billing Applications. All projects where on HP-UX, AIX or SUSE Linux.
01/2007
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05/2020
REMOTE SUPPORT
BASF
Novell Netware and Microsoft Active Domain user and system administration for BASF IT Services
Nordic Region. Lotus Notes, MS Office and Blackberry support. LANDesk remote support and
software management. Nortel Contivity VPN.
Nordic Region. Lotus Notes, MS Office and Blackberry support. LANDesk remote support and
software management. Nortel Contivity VPN.
04/2019
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01/2020
CLOUD / DEVOPS ENGINEER
COHESION
Senior Consultant for Cohesion B.V. in Rotterdam. First client was Ageon in Den Haag, in the AGT
team. Focus was CI/CD tooling hosted in AWS, for internal development teams within Aegon. Last
Client was ING, as DevOps Engineer in the Investment Tribe, Backend Squad. I was working on
updating the ELK implementation and preparing a migration to Azure DevOps.
team. Focus was CI/CD tooling hosted in AWS, for internal development teams within Aegon. Last
Client was ING, as DevOps Engineer in the Investment Tribe, Backend Squad. I was working on
updating the ELK implementation and preparing a migration to Azure DevOps.
03/2017
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06/2018
INTEGRATION SPECIALIST
SYNCHRONE FOR GEMALTO
External Integration Specialist within GGS for the Gemalto Trusted Service Hub:
https://www.gemalto.com/financial/digital-payment TSH is deployed on a hybrid Private / Public
Cloud. I worked on integration of new customers / projects and the migration from IBM Bluemix /
SoftLayer to Amazon AWS.
https://www.gemalto.com/financial/digital-payment TSH is deployed on a hybrid Private / Public
Cloud. I worked on integration of new customers / projects and the migration from IBM Bluemix /
SoftLayer to Amazon AWS.
10/2016
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03/2017
INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT
XPO
Pilot Project for a Cloud migration and Microservice Architecture. Replaced Oracle with a NoSQL DB.
Introduce a middleware architecture based on AMQP. Supported application architects at XPO with
the DevOps and infrastructure skills and advice XPO IT Management on Cloud and DevOps
Introduce a middleware architecture based on AMQP. Supported application architects at XPO with
the DevOps and infrastructure skills and advice XPO IT Management on Cloud and DevOps
07/2015
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05/2016
INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT
VOLVO VGT
Working as Infrastructure Architect in the shared infrastructure team, within service operation. I had
2 primary objectives; one was to build a new JMS messaging platform based on Red hat's A-MQ, that
would interconnect with Volvo's legacy MQ and the new applications deployed in Amazon AWS.
Secondly, I worked on Monitoring. Short term to get monitoring in place for the new applications in
Amazon AWS but was also looking into an overall strategy for a future integrated legacy + cloud
monitoring.
2 primary objectives; one was to build a new JMS messaging platform based on Red hat's A-MQ, that
would interconnect with Volvo's legacy MQ and the new applications deployed in Amazon AWS.
Secondly, I worked on Monitoring. Short term to get monitoring in place for the new applications in
Amazon AWS but was also looking into an overall strategy for a future integrated legacy + cloud
monitoring.
12/2013
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06/2015
JBOSS CONSULTANT
VOLVO IT
Working on the JAHS project (Java Application Hosting Solution) as Volvo IT's JBoss / Middleware
consultant, in cooperation with consultants and architects from Red hat. Goal of the project was to
deliver the future platform for Volvo IT and Volvo Global Telematics JEE applications. The solution
was built around Opensource software primarily from Red hat. A private OpenStack Cloud and
OpenShift PaaS with support for DevOps and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
consultant, in cooperation with consultants and architects from Red hat. Goal of the project was to
deliver the future platform for Volvo IT and Volvo Global Telematics JEE applications. The solution
was built around Opensource software primarily from Red hat. A private OpenStack Cloud and
OpenShift PaaS with support for DevOps and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
01/2012
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09/2013
WEBSPHERE CONSULTANT
PRODUBAN
Produban was Santander Banks Internal IT Company that operated the IT infrastructure. My main
role was WebSphere deployments and Admin. Worked on migration from WebSphere 6.1 on AIX to
WebSphere 7 on RHEL.
role was WebSphere deployments and Admin. Worked on migration from WebSphere 6.1 on AIX to
WebSphere 7 on RHEL.
01/2010
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12/2011
CONSULTANT
ATOS ORIGIN
01/2009
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01/2010
APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
FEDICT
Application Support and J2EE Server management on WebLogic, WebSphere and JBoss - WebDAV,
static html sites and reverse proxy configuration on Apache. 8 projects ranging from the Belgian
government's portal sites (hosting 18 official websites, one example is www.belgium.be) and 7
eGovernment services. The Portal project used Tridion for content management. The Application
and Web Servers where all running RHEL. All Projects had redundancy in form of Clustering or Active
/ Passive failover on all 3 tiers. Load balancing was implemented with Cisco hardware. Migrations
where done on project from WebSphere to WebLogic and also from WebLogic to JBoss.
static html sites and reverse proxy configuration on Apache. 8 projects ranging from the Belgian
government's portal sites (hosting 18 official websites, one example is www.belgium.be) and 7
eGovernment services. The Portal project used Tridion for content management. The Application
and Web Servers where all running RHEL. All Projects had redundancy in form of Clustering or Active
/ Passive failover on all 3 tiers. Load balancing was implemented with Cisco hardware. Migrations
where done on project from WebSphere to WebLogic and also from WebLogic to JBoss.
01/2004
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01/2007
REMOTE SUPPORT SPECIALIST
KODAK
Managing Kodak GCG's remote access system for the EMEA region. The system consists of an Oracle
database and 2 Java based application servers, all running Red hat Linux. There are ca. 5000 RAS and
VPN connections. For the IPSec connections we supply the customer with a Cisco router that we preconfigure
and remotely manage. The systems we support on the customer sites are running
Windows 2000/2003, AIX or Mac OS X. Also provide training and support to the European Support
Center staff and the regions field engineers. On occasion also visiting customers for installations or
problem solving.
database and 2 Java based application servers, all running Red hat Linux. There are ca. 5000 RAS and
VPN connections. For the IPSec connections we supply the customer with a Cisco router that we preconfigure
and remotely manage. The systems we support on the customer sites are running
Windows 2000/2003, AIX or Mac OS X. Also provide training and support to the European Support
Center staff and the regions field engineers. On occasion also visiting customers for installations or
problem solving.
01/2002
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12/2003
ANALYST / SUPPORT
GHX
B2B Internet/XML based procurement system for the healthcare industry. My main function was
Implementing new customers and monitoring XML transactions. Our Infrastructure was mainly
based on BEA WebLogic, JBoss and WebMethods. JBoss was integrated with WebMethods and some
of the more complex XML manipulations where done with custom build apps running on JBoss.
Connectivity was done with Cisco VPN or sFTP. Our clients mainly used WebMethods integrating into
SAP and Oracle. This job was my introduction to Java and J2EE.
Implementing new customers and monitoring XML transactions. Our Infrastructure was mainly
based on BEA WebLogic, JBoss and WebMethods. JBoss was integrated with WebMethods and some
of the more complex XML manipulations where done with custom build apps running on JBoss.
Connectivity was done with Cisco VPN or sFTP. Our clients mainly used WebMethods integrating into
SAP and Oracle. This job was my introduction to Java and J2EE.
01/2001
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01/2002
2ND LINE SUPPORT
EDS
2nd line support for Windows. Training and Technical Documentation coordinator on a pan
European level for the agents that were supporting Ericsson.
European level for the agents that were supporting Ericsson.
01/1997
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01/2001
2ND LINE SUPPORT
CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION
2nd line Support for Windows. Dell Server hardware maintenance. Assisted network department
when needed.
when needed.
01/1991
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12/1995
Field Service Engineer and Technical Sales Support
HANS BODE GMBH
01/1990
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01/1991
PC and Printer product specialist
TA TRIUMPH ADLER VERTRIBS GMBH
01/1987
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01/1990
Office Machine Mechanic
FRITS AUTZEN
Local Availability
Open to travel worldwide
