Muhammad Kashif Siddique Email & Phone Number

415 Yonge Street, Toronto, On, Canada

• Lead the Digital Health Engineering team and successfully Implemented Docker Enterprise Container platform to build, ship and run “Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Ontario” critical Java applications• Exceeded expectations by implementing Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON) On-Prem container platform which resulted in 600K annual savings in tax payer dollars• 3 years DevOps experience in Docker Enterprise Edition, built and upgraded multiple On-Prem Docker environments, administered with Docker Universal Control Plane (UCP), managed private image repositories with Docker Trusted Registry (DTR), automated backups and disaster recovery solutions• Hands on experience with Kubernetes cluster orchestration, wrote Kubernetes configuration YAML files to setup namespaces, persistent volumes, deployments, services, workloads and pods deployments in private and public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)• Managed Docker Swarm clusters, wrote Docker-Compose YAML files and built new nodes to scale clusters• Built GitLab Enterprise and Git-Runner servers from scratch and implemented continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to achieve end to end build, deploy and test automation• Performed R&D and built highly available and fault tolerant infrastructure on top of AWS using EC2, IAM, ECS, EKS, S3, EFS, Route53, VPC, Cloud watch, Cloud trail, SNS, SES, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda• Migrated Java/WebSphere applications and developed best practices for containerizing and modernizing of various applications by writing build books, deployment guides, operational manuals and architecture diagrams• Implemented monitoring tools such as Sematext, ElasticStack (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) for gathering container logs and alerting on errors; Prometheus and Grafana for Kubernetes cluster monitoring and alerting• Automation with Ansible SCM Tool, wrote Playbooks, achieved reliability and consistency

Mississauga Creekside Campus

• Provided 24/7 3rd level MW Eng. Production Support to a massive heterogeneous environment comprising 2000 plus JVMs on multi-platforms, 150 plus services on IBM Datapower, 25 plus mediations on WESB, Portal, Object Grid/eXtreme Scale, IBM HTTP Server, JBoss, Weblogic, Tomcat/Apache for any critical issue• Performed complex problem determination by data gathering and using system diagnostic tools and communicated the action plans to customers for any Infrastructure, Application or Network related issues• Managed and resolved complex ‘System Down’ issues for the Bank’s critical applications such as EasyWeb, WebBroker, US Web Services, Object Grid and Datapower by exceeding client’s expectations and earned high customer satisfaction by providing root cause analysis and designed the guidelines for preventative measures• Engaged App Deploy, Network, Storage, Unix/Linux OS support teams and provided resolutions based on the root cause analysis findings and transferred knowledge and trained teams by hosting lunch and learn sessions• Implemented Websphere configuration changes based on Java performance tuning exercises; identified and recommended code changes to avoid high CPU, Java out of memory and hung thread conditions• Wrote shell scripts to monitor the JVM health checks and automated the Websphere maintenance and patching activities in shared clustered production environment• Responsible for provisioning MW (IBM HTTP, WebSphere, Portal, JBOSS EWP, EAP, eXtreme Scale, WebLogic, Apache/Tomcat) and DB2 & Oracle on (AIX, RedHat, SuSE, Solaris & Windows) for new projects based on Physical Infrastructure Diagrams and business requirements following TD Bank Standards• Achieved productivity and accuracy by developing shell scripts for Pre and Post validation of binaries installs and cut down the build time from 3 days to 5 hours by removing manual interventions and human errors

Eaton Center Downtown Toronto

• Played a key role to implement Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by integrating Websphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Websphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR), WebSphere MQ and IBM DataPower and maintained platform stability by continuous monitoring and tuning• Administered Datapower and configured Objects (Network Interfaces, SSL proxy policies, WS proxy rules, XML Managers, AAA policies, User Agents, SNMP traps), scripted service deployment with cman and performed frequent firmware upgrades• Performed troubleshooting on Production JVM crashes by analyzing Java cores, Heap dumps by memory analyzer and ran diagnostic checks to isolate and pinpoint the source code issues and recommended solutions• Configured WebSphere Application Server for Data Source, LDAP, JMS, Messaging Queues, Connection factories, Security and user administration in Network Deployment clustered environment• Configured and administered Application deployments using “wsadmin” CLI tool and wrote custom scripts for silent installs, upgrades, patch management and maintenance activities

Eaton Center Downtown Toronto

• Software Development - Developed Web Service Mediations using IBM WebSphere Integration Developer and deployed on IBM WESB to accomplish successful systems integration and manageable SOA practices• Served as a lead GUI designer for a large scale J2EE project to automate the Adjustments, Returns, and Cancellations process by providing a centralized repository to improve the communication between sales staff and retail channels. Saved company in millions by reducing returns on big ticket items from 35% to 5%.• Wrote Java code / MVC model using Struts , JSP, JSF, POJO, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP and Perl programming languages for large scale projects using Agile methodology for rapid development and deployment• Distributed Change Management - Successfully implemented source code repositories to improve software quality and assisted in regulatory compliance PCI (Payment Card Industry) and SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley)• Improved productivity by integrating tools that allowed Requirements, Defects and Changes to be synced seamlessly between Borland and HP Quality Center toolsets• Customized Change Request Workflow based on Sears Standards by writing Java Swing application in JBuilder• Managed Software releases in source code repositories and provided support and training on Eclipse IDE and plugins to 75 developers in more than 30 different teams and projects• Web Application Security - Delivered Security awareness lectures (Lunch & Learn, Info Week).• Executed web application vulnerability scans (Fortify security penetration testing) and provided recommendations on fixing Java code for security gaps, bugs and errors• Formulated Application Security Standards and Best Practices and fully implemented in HP Quality Center

Unix/Linux System Administration - Post Graduate Cert., Computer Science

Computer Programming And Analysis, Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Commerce, General