
Bharathiraja Sukumar
Senior DataStage Administrator | IBM InfoSphere
Salary / Daily rate
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
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About me
Intro
Senior DataStage Administrator & IBM InfoSphere Architect with 15+ years in enterprise data management. Expert in cloud migrations across AWS/Azure, InfoSphere suite administration, and data governance projects. Specializing in scalable ETL solutions and production support for Fortune 500 companies.
Work experience
Radial Inc.
Nov 2020 - Present
6 years
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Senior Lead Analyst
Sep 2022 - Present
4 years 2 months
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Lead Analyst
Nov 2020 - Present
6 years
• Providing Installation & Configuration of IBM InfoSphere products, Patches update and Version upgrade • Migrating IBM Information Server across different environments and projects in Azure, AWS Cloud platforms • Delivering Production Support for DataStage Application across different environments (DEV, TEST, PROD, DR) • Installing IBM Information server & in place upgrade using modpack in silent mode (response file) • Developing shell script to manage IBM Information server services and for silent mode installation. • Engaging in Data Governance Projects using Information Governance Catalog, Microservices Tier Installation and Configuration • Coordinating meetings with the Project Manager and onshore management to discuss project impediments, resource requirements or issues/delays in task completion • Ensuring proper training of representatives during upgradation of old products or release of new products • Scheduling architectural meetings to review different environments within the organization along with implementing corrective action plans
Senior Technical Consultant
Volvo Group
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 6 months
Bengaluru Area, India
• Provided DataStage Administration Support and executed Data Governance projects using Information Governance Catalogtool (IGC) and managed Information Governance Catalog Administration support • Involved in installation and configuration of InfoSphere Information Server suite latest release 11.7.1.1 and Microservices tier (Enterprise search), Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Pak for Data, Information Analyzer, Watson Knowledge Catalog • Delivered Data Catalog Integration support and GDPR migration activities • Worked with different stakeholders to describe the roles using RACI Model
Product Engineer
Orion Governance
Mar 2018 - Jul 2019
1 year 5 months
Chennai Area, India
• Provided DataStage, Unix/Linux Administration Support for AWS cloud environment • Performed Admin activities on flavours of Linux distribution, Redhat, Suse, Centos etc. • Managed AWS Cloud Server on EC2 instances on different regions • Engaged in Route 53 service, S3 service, Cloud watch monitoring etc. • Handled Devops tools like Containerization using Docker, Dockerfile creation, image building managing harbour registry • Monitored tool Prometheus implementation using Docker compose using Grafana UI on AWS instances
Senior Software Consultant
I2S Business Solutions
Jul 2017 - Mar 2018
9 months
Chennai Area, India
• Served as a liaison between IBM and SCB to resolve the key issues: reviewed and tracked PMR logs and information through various tools and shared feedback with customer • Generated report for all the IBM products under the scope of support and published it on bi-weekly basis
Technical Consultant
Thirdware Solution Ltd.
Jul 2014 - Jul 2017
3 years 1 month
Chennai Area, India
• Supported various Analytics tools in terms of Operational Availability, all middleware products & their migration activities • Acquisition on data clusters and helped to design and administer, analytics tools like Attunity, Business objects, Tableau; Hadoop Configuration with DataStage 11.5 Version & Hadoop Distributions • Handled security and authentication mechanism for different tools • Performed DataStage Administration activities involve versions from 8.1, 8.5, 9.1 to latest version 11.3 and 11.5
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
Apr 2013 - Jul 2014
1 year 4 months
Pune Area, India
• Contributed to export import activities of DataStage components on existing Version and in Wave implementation of Upgrade task from 8.1 to 9.1 • Provided DataStage admin support for all environments like Dev, Test, Stage and Prod • Resolved production critical issues over SRT call and providing solutions with the scope of Platform support • Assisted in upgrading Infosphere Information Server 9.1 from the existing version IIS 8.1
Senior Software Engineer
IBM India Private Limited
Jun 2010 - May 2013
3 years
Chennai Area, India
• Played IBM DB2 DBA role in Linux Unix Windows platform for IBM Internal accounts • Installed & Configured DB2 Enterprise Server v 8.2, 9.1, 9.5, 9.7,10 • Performed DB2 version migration from Higher to lower versions (Versions involved 8.2,9.5,9.7.10) • Overseen Fix pack update and patch update for all the IBM products mentioned • Monitored the Database server using the db2top utility and with various snapshot feature • Explored and implemented LBAC Concept in DB2 • Installed, Configured and Administrated DataStage 8.1, 8.5 and 8.7 in LUW platforms and BI Cognos Server and Cognos reporting in LUW Platforms • Performed Migration Task DataStage (Infosphere Information Server) 8.5 to 8.7 and Information Analyzer configuration (DataStage) • Installed and configured Information Server for SAP Applications used in IIS8.7 and managed Information server Address verification interface feature in IIS 8.7 • Operation Console Setup DataStage IIS 8.7 and performance tuning on DataStage Application • Handled request through lotus notes ticketing tool • Engaged in Oracle 10g and 11g Basic Administration activities
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
Jul 2008 - Jul 2010
2 years 1 month
Chennai Area, India
• Installed and configured Unix OS (AIX 5.3 & LINUX RHEL), DB2 Enterprise Server v 8.2, Content Manager v 8.3, Message Queue Server v 6.0.2.2 and Web Sphere Application Server v 6.1 and Process Server v 6.0.2.2 • Explored on shell scripting OS level and DB level scripts for backup, archive, purging of logs and exposure with several services script based on the IBM Products involved in this application • Overseen Fix pack update and patch update for all the IBM products mentioned • Monitored the Database server for DB deadlocks through snapshots
System Administrator
Amity Resources
Aug 2005 - Jul 2008
3 years
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Installed configured and administrated AIX ver. 4.3/5.2 on RS/6000 Midrange p570 series servers • Installed OS using New and Complete overwrite, Preservation, Migration installation • Created and monitored file systems and checked for error report on servers • Restored regular system backup using mksysb and volume group backups using savevg • Performance monitoring using vmstat, iostat and topas • Managed user Accounts and maintained system security
Education
Mahendra Institutions
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
2000 - 2005
6 years
Valliammal Matriculation School
Matriculation Board
1993 - 2000
8 years
Licenses & certifications
IBM Certified professional AIX and DB2
Issued: Sep 2025