Hyder Bakhtiar

Experience

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  Standard Chartered Bank Dubai, UAE

  Mar 1998 - Feb 2001

  Programmer/Analyst

  • Analysis, Design & Development of Applications in ILE RPG on the IBM iSeries/AS400 system.• Development of new modules for the Credit Cards system (CARDS400)• Developed Interface modules that communicate between iSeries/AS400 system and the Host Security Module (HSM).• Developed interface programs that communicate between the Credit Cards System with the IVR System for Telephone Banking.

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  Alsalam Aircraft Co Ltd

  Apr 2001 - Jan 2008

  IBM WebSphere & Database Administrator

  • Leading the implementation of WebSphere technology while migrating the applications from a Client Server Environment.• Setting up and Administering the WebSphere Infrastructure on IBM iSeries V5R4 & Windows environments using the following products:IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (Version 5.1, V6, and V6.1) IBM HTTP Server V6.0 & V6.1• Responsible for installing, configuring, and deploying J2EE applications on clustered WebSphere Application Server environments.• Setting up and managing testing and Production environments.• Continuous Performance monitoring of WebSphere environment and taking corrective actions when required. Also advising the development team for application related issues.• Scripting of repetitive tasks for efficiency using JACL & Jython scripts. Implemented SSL to secure the infrastructure.• Led the Java development team in developing in-house J2EE applications.• Managed database administration (DBA) activity on DB2 UDB (iSeries) and Oracle databases (V8.1.7).• Worked on database migration project involving migration of data from Oracle 8.1.7 to DB2 UDB on iSeries System. Show less

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  Bank Albilad بنك البلاد

  May 2008 - May 2022

  • Principal technical expert on the Middleware Systems & Infrastructure within the IT Operations division of the Bank.• Managing and technically leading the administration of end-to-end Middleware technology stack: (IBM WebSphere App Servers, JBoss, WebLogic, MQ, Message Brokers, IIB, BPM, ODM, etc)• Technical Advisor and mentor to multiple System Admin teams in supporting various middleware systems.• Ensuring 24x7 Operations of Middleware systems and associated business-critical applications. (Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, BPM, ODM, and multiple gateways)• Responsible for providing middleware infrastructure domain technical expertise.• Responsible for supporting Middleware service optimization and continuous service improvement activities/initiatives.• Effective Capacity planning for software and hardware utilization to achieve optimum performance and control licensing & infrastructure costs.• Responsible for optimizing IBM Licenses usage across the Infrastructure using IBM ILMT.• Experience with various Operational areas spanning Virtualization, Servers, Applications, OS, Middleware, networks, Databases, Backup & Storage.• Maintain business applications across multiple data centers to ensure business continuity and high availability of deployed solutions. Show less • Designing, Implementing & Administration of IBM Middleware (Websphere) technology.• Responsibility included installation, configuration and administration of high-availability Middleware Infrastructure using the following technologies IBM WebSphere Application Servers (V6.1, 7.0 & 8.5) ,MQ V7.5 , Message Brokers (IIB V9, MB V7), IBM BPM & BRM V7.2 servers and JBoss EAP V6 and clustered HTTP servers (V7.0, 8.5) on multiple operating systems (Red Hat Linux, AIX, Windows).• Setting up and managing Websphere Infrastructure on test and production environments.• Coordinating with Unix/AIX and Network support teams to identify performance bottlenecks in the Infrastructure and take necessary corrective actions.• Developing support procedures for the deployed applications such as Internet Banking, on-line Share Trading, payment gateways, interface adapters and other applications.• Issues related to the applications are escalated to the development team for corrective action.• Load Testing, Capacity Planning & Performance tuning of the websphere installations is done as needed. Show less

  • Managing Middleware Infrastructure & Systems

    Mar 2013 - May 2022

  • Sr. Websphere Architect

    May 2008 - Mar 2013
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  Alinma Bank

  Jun 2022 - now

  Head of Web Application Support

  • Provide strategic leadership and governance to administration teams overseeing Middleware/Web and OpenShift infrastructure, leveraging over two decades of expertise to deliver unparalleled stability, performance, and scalability for mission-critical web applications.• Architected and implemented the entire Web Infrastructure in Disaster Recovery (DR) site, to support mission critical applications in line with business continuity and DR standards.• Leading the effort to migrate applications that are running on AIX servers to Redhat Linux servers.• Providing expert guidance and IT best practices to the system administration teams, fostering technical excellence in middleware, web, Open Shift infrastructure management. • Develop and implement capacity planning strategies to ensure optimal use of software and hardware resources, ensuring performance, scalability and reliability are maintained. Show less