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Nowman Basha

Nowman Basha

Dubai,UAE

Summary

Experienced DevOps engineer with more than 14+ years in CI/CD automation and cloud infrastructure. Specialized in Docker, OpenShift, Jenkins, and Dynatrace, with extensive knowledge in monitoring and middleware administration. Effectively managed production and disaster recovery environments, ensuring zero-downtime deployments.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Senior DevOps engineer| Client: RTA

Star Services LLC
Dubai, UAE
2024.09 - Current
  • Managing containerized production environments using
    Docker & Docker Swarm.
  • Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and
    XLR.
  • Led troubleshooting efforts during critical production issues, ensuring minimal business disruption.
  • Coordinated disaster recovery plans safeguarding business continuity during unforeseen events.
  • Monitored application performance and infrastructure health, implementing automated alerts for potential issues.
  • Monitored application performance and infrastructure health, implementing automated alerts for potential issues.
  • Ensure infrastructure stability and performance by completing periodic security updates .
  • Analysed DevOps data and KPIs, reporting on actionable insights to assist senior decision-making.

Senior Mobile First Platform|Clinet RTA

Trans Skills LLC
Dubai, UAE
2023.01 - 2024.09
  • Managing containerized production environments using Docker & Docker Swarm.
  • Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and XLR.
  • Led troubleshooting efforts during critical production issues, ensuring minimal business disruption.
  • Coordinated disaster recovery plans safeguarding business continuity during unforeseen events.
  • Monitored application performance and infrastructure health, implementing automated alerts for potential issues.
  • Analysed DevOps data and KPIs, reporting on actionable insights to assist senior decision-making.
  • Ensure infrastructure stability and performance by completing periodic security updates .
  • Business Continuity & DR Strategy: Directed the end-to-end Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) lifecycle for enterprise platforms, ensuring zero data loss and strict RTO/RPO compliance for mission-critical banking applications.

Senior Analyst – System Administration

Bank of America Continuum India
Hyderabad, India
2022.01 - 2022.12

Managed middleware infrastructure for critical banking applications, prioritizing high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
• Led infrastructure maintenance projects, coordinating patching and version upgrades to minimize operational risk and downtime.
• Supported Change Management implementation, enforcing strict compliance with banking regulatory standards and internal audit requirements.
• Implemented clustering and workload balancing strategies to directly support enterprise Business Continuity objectives.

Consultant Specialist – Middleware & IT Operations

ICICI Bank
Hyderabad, Indian
2015.08 - 2021.12
  • Deployment of Applications on middleware servers in UNIX (AIX) environment.
  • Provided support by 24x7 shift rotation basis and monitored trouble ticket queues to attend user and system calls.
  • Provided technical assistance in monitoring, tuning, backup/restore, upgrades, failover and recovery of Websphere Environment for availability, scalability, maintainability and WLM using cloning and clustering including horizontal and vertical cloning.
  • Troubleshot and monitored performance of WebSphere application server to ensure optimal functionality.
  • Configured the session management server to improve performance.
  • Incident and change management. Documenting system configuration
  • Scripts used Jacl, Jython, and Shell to automate administration tasks.
  • Expert in analysing Console Messages, Java Exceptions, and log files
  • Applying Refresh packs, Interim fixes Fix packs for Websphere Application Server.
  • Applying Refresh packs, Interim fixes Fix packs for Websphere Application Server.
  • Exhibit flexibility in handling multiple tasks/applications for smooth test operations.
  • Coordinated with third parties and scheduled work to adhere to planned timelines, technical specifications, and regulatory compliance.

Consultant Specialist – Middleware Administrator

Tech Mahindra Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad, India
2010.05 - 2015.08
  • Managed the end-to-end incident, problem, and change lifecycle processes for highly visible enterprise applications.
  • Maintained critical technical documentation, operational runbooks, and foundational BCP/DR manuals.
  • Deployed and administered IBM WebSphere environments across varied AIX/Linux platforms, performing routine fix pack upgrades

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Regular

Osmania University
Hyderabad/India
2011.06 -

Skills

  • Container and DevOps tools: Docker, Docker Swarm, Jenkins, CI/CD, XLR, Git, Shell scripting, OpenShift
  • Middleware: IBM WebSphere (6x–95), IBM HTTP Server, IBM MobileFirst Platform, Apache Tomcat
  • Operating systems: Linux (RHEL), UNIX (AIX), Windows Server
  • Databases: Oracle 11g/12c/19c
  • Monitoring tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, BladeLogic
  • Business continuity and governance
    a) Business continuity planning (BCP)
    b) Business impact analysis (BIA)
    c) Disaster recovery planning and execution
    d) DR drill coordination and validation

Languages

English
Fluent

Certification

IBM Certified WebSphere Application
Server Administrator
IBM Mobile First Platform Certified

Timeline

Senior DevOps engineer| Client: RTA

Star Services LLC
2024.09 - Current

Senior Mobile First Platform|Clinet RTA

Trans Skills LLC
2023.01 - 2024.09

Senior Analyst – System Administration

Bank of America Continuum India
2022.01 - 2022.12

Consultant Specialist – Middleware & IT Operations

ICICI Bank
2015.08 - 2021.12

Master of Computer Applications - Regular

Osmania University
2011.06 -

Consultant Specialist – Middleware Administrator

Tech Mahindra Pvt Ltd
2010.05 - 2015.08
Nowman Basha