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Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Responsibilities- Product Owner responsible for IBM licensing management, compliance and cost efficiencies- Implemented various integrations with enterprise products within the bank- Led the creation of all required Architectural artefacts, ensuring they met all governance and security requirements.- Provided support, configuration and architectural expertise on various products for both internal and external customers- Incorporated the Banks architectural direction was represented and implemented within various product teams decisions and ways of workingImpacts- Assisted with significant cost saving and risk mitigation from effective license management and renewals- Introduced, conceptualized, designed and implemented an enterprise capable scheduling solution in the Bank- Drove the design for a containerized platform in the Bank

Wellington, New Zealand

On Contract for DatacomResponsibilities- Implement various integrations with other enterprise products within the business- Provided support, configuration and architectural expertise on various middleware products- Generated and updated any required architectural artefacts and ensured they were implemented accordinglyIn-house for DatacomResponsibilities- Maintained, managed and supported Datacom customer infrastructure and systems- Monitoring recommendations and performance tuning across Datacom Customers (Capacity and Performance)- Problem determination, analysis, resolution and root cause analysis for Datacom customers- Adhered to and improved required security practices, principles and processes- Participated in general project delivery with respect to relevant IBM middleware products- New Implementations of products and applications

Centurion, Gauteng

Responsibilities- Management and adherence of all product licensing within my stack.- Administrate and support the various IBM products for ITS MAIS in the MMI Group.- Problem determination and solving as well as root cause analysis across middleware systems- Implement, maintain, configure and support of infrastructure and systems- Participate in project delivery of new system implementations and system migrationsImpacts- Ensuring systems were resilient and performing for the business and customers- Systems were patched and up to date mitigating any risk and security vulnerabilities

Midrand, Gauteng

Responsibilities- Administrate, support and Maintain WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server and WebSphere MQ.- Problem determination and solving as well as root cause analysis across middleware systems- Implement, maintain, configure and support of infrastructure and systems- Participate in project delivery of new system implementations and system migrationsImpacts- Ensuring systems were resilient and performing for the business and customers- Systems were patched and up to date mitigating any risk and security vulnerabilities