Sravan Kumar

Integration professional with 12+ years of IT experience across IBM MQ, IBM App Connect (ACE), and IBM API Connect. Delivered end-to-end middleware, messaging, and API integration solutions for banking, insurance, retail, logistics, and investment clients across Singapore, Australia, the USA, and India. Currently focused on IBM MQ and IBM App Connect version upgrades and migrations (including ACE v11 to v12 and v12 to v13), production administration, and MQIPT setup.

Certified in IBM MQ, IBM ACE, IBM API Connect, and Microsoft Azure, with hands-on experience migrating on-premise middleware to Azure cloud and leading production support, SRE, and DevOps functions.

IBM MQ & App Connect Upgrades and Migration (v11 → v12 → v13), Production Administration, and MQIPT Setup at GIC Singapore (U3 Solutions Pvt Ltd) (2023-01 – Present)

Including migration of IBM MQ, IBM ACE, IBM ITX from RHEL7 to RHEL9

• Upgrading IBM MQ, IBM MQIPT, App Connect, and IBM ITX versions based on monthly vulnerability reports from Nessus scans.
• Configuring and administering MQ and App Connect in production environments.
• Handling escalations as L3, performing root cause analysis, and delivering PBI (Problem/Bug Identification) resolutions.
• Configuring Datadog for alerting mechanisms.
• IBM MQIPT setup and configuration from scratch.
• Managing MQ SSL certificate renewals.
• Configuring Control-M jobs for daily, weekly, and ad-hoc scheduled runs.
• Creating shell scripts for MQ and App Connect DR (Disaster Recovery) activities.
• Involvement in Unit DR and Corporate DR exercises.

Migration of IBM MQ to Kafka in Azure Cloud at DBS Singapore (Matrix Process Automation Pvt Ltd) (2022-07 – 2022-12)

Migration of IBM MQ to Kafka & IBM APIC to Service Mesh at Walmart (Infosys Limited) (2018-09 – 2022-07)

MQ and IIB Migration from On-Premise to Azure MQ Cloud (Offshore) at Walmart (USA) (2019-09 – Present)

MQ File Transfer using Spazio Tool with Perl and Batch Scripting (Onsite) at Rabobank (Australia) (2018-10 – 2019-08)

MQ Migration from AIX to Linux (Offshore) at Walmart (USA) (2018-02 – 2018-09)

Developing API Services using IBM IPaaS (Offshore) at DIAGEO (UK) (2017-09 – 2018-01)

APMM Support Management (Offshore) at A.P. Moller Maersk Group of Accounts (2014-06 – 2017-08)

B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Intermediate in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry – Jaya Sri Junior College

SSC – Siddhartha High School