Lia Braga

Professional with more than 10 years of experience in critical Middleware Applications, IBM MQ, IBM MQ File Transfer, STX, IBM App Connect, Welogic, WAS, Windows, Linux, and AIX infrastructure servers. Administration, capacity planning, performance management, and security compliance.
I have a degree in Systems Development and Analysis from the Public University of Tocantins and I specialized in an International Executive MBA, with a focus on Strategic IT Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
I am certified in IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ, DevOps, Docker, Cloud DevSecOps, Linux, Containers & Kubernetes, Design Thinking, Agile, and ITIL.

IBM - System Management Specialist 02/2023 - PRESENT
Escalation point for MQ, MQFT, Broker/ ACE troubleshooting
Environment monitoring (Dynatrace, Instana, Splunk)
Managing SAP Application deployments
Managing S/4HANA migration with partners
TLS project migration
As System Administrator of SAP application, I’m responsible for the operation and maintenance of operating systems 
(Windows, RedHat and AIX) across multiple platforms, SAP applications, DB2 database, high availability solutions and 
load balancing. Solving problems such as security, infrastructure, network, system integration, middleware and file 
transfer. Keeping the environment up to date with the latest product version, certificate management, and 
infrastructure changes.
Focal point of IBM MQ, IBM MQ File Transfer, IBM App Connect and IBM Sterling Transformation Extender. 
ServiceNow incident management, Dynatrace, Instana and Splunk monitoring tools, and Jira.
Building Shell script and Ansible to automate daily tasks.
Daily meeting with the Global infrastructure team to update the status of the tasks. Weekly meeting with the Global 
engineer team to discuss BAU activities, troubleshooting, environment enhancements, capabilities, improvements and 
new infrastructure projects.
CITI –APM Application Management/ DevOps 03/2021 - 02/2023
WebLogic and Apache Tomcat management
IBM WAS and MQ management
WebSphere and WebLogic migration projects 
Vulnerability fix and GEM path
TCP/IP network and F5 load balance
CI/CD pipeline (TeamCity, LightSpeed, Bitbucket, Git, UCD, Blackduck and OpenShift)
Technical documentation
Capacity planning
As APM I was responsible for keeping all critical applications, system integration and infrastructure up and running. 
Solving TCP/IP network and communication issues with integrated systems, GEM Path enforcement, vulnerability fix, 
SSL certificate management, creating technical documentation and operational procedures in Confluence.
Installation, configuration and management of API’s, microservices and java applications, IBM MQ, IBM WebSphere 
Application Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, IIS, Apache Tomcat and OpenShift.
Responsible for implementing WebSphere and WebLogic migration projects which included infrastructure capability, 
software installation and configuration. Automated application deployment in IBM uDeploy

USP – Universidade de São Paulo 2018
MBA em Gestão de Negócios USP/Esalq
FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2015
MBA International Executive, with focus in IT Strategic Management
State University of Tocantins 2008
Graduated in Development Systems and Analysis
EC Toronto 2014
Full professional proficiency English/ Business English
CERTIFICATIONS
• Containers Specialist (O’Reilly)
• DevOps Key Concepts (O’Reilly)
• MongoDB and NoSQL (O’Reilly)
• RedHat Transformational Learning: Introduction to Pragmatic Site Reliability Engineering
• RedHat System Administration I
• Containers & Kubernetes Essentials (IBM)
• Cloud DevSecOps Essentials (IBM)
• Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner (IBM)
• Agile Fundamentals and Explorer (IBM)
• MQ Developer Essentials (IBM)
• Docker Essentials (IBM)
• DevOps Essentials (CertiProf)
• ITIL Foundation (EXIN)
• WebSphere Application Server (IBM)