Wissam Maksoud
Gayal
Summary
Dynamic professional with over 15 years of expertise in digital transformation and solution architecture, specializing in integration platforms and API management. Proven track record in developing robust cloud solutions, leveraging skills in DevOps, CI/CD, and software containerization to enhance operational efficiency. Extensive experience with industry-leading technologies such as MuleSoft, Apigee, SAP Integration Suite and various integration clouds, complemented by a solid foundation in Agile-Scrum methodologies as a Certified Professional Scrum Master and SAFe 4.0 Practitioner. Multilingual communicator fluent in English, French, and Arabic, positioned to drive innovation and deliver impactful results in fast-paced environments.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Enterprise Integration Architecture Lead
NEOM
Gayal, Tabuk Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
07.2022 - Current
- Established and guided integration team focused on improving mission service effectiveness.
- Developed and executed strategies for compliance solution integration, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
- Designed and implemented strategies to support the advancement of integration development capabilities.
- Formulated a comprehensive technology vision and established guiding principles to enhance integration services.
- Conducted comprehensive assessment of integration capabilities and maturity at NEOM, establishing a roadmap for capability development and maturity improvement.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Directed architecture and design of data and application integration solutions.
- Spearheaded development of integration services to facilitate delivery of impactful digital solutions throughout the organization.
- Worked alongside solution architects to integrate application portfolios, ensuring compliance with corporate integration model.
- Engaged with enterprise architecture team to design and optimize architecture review board (ARB) workflow.
- Engaged with external partners to streamline and optimize integration service processes.
- Directed and supported integration team efforts in detailed design phase, ensuring successful implementation of solutions.
- Government Administration, Saudi Arabia
- Technologies/Methodologies: Cloud Services, API Management, ESB, Messaging & Event Streaming, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Apigee Google Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft Cloud Hub, MuleSoft Flex Gateway, Mavim, Confluent, GoAnywhere, ClickUp, Atlassian products (Confluence, JIRA), Microsoft Azure
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Instructor
Desjardins
Canada
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Define the integration design patterns
- Define security patterns for APIs
- Define the integration solution architecture for business projects
- Support the solution architects in defining the integration solution architecture
- Advise on integration solution architecture proven approaches and good practices
- Validate that the integration solutions follow the company's orientations (Principles, guides, and standards)
- Make links between the different initiatives with business sectors
- Define and supervise a new integration capacity request made by business project
- Coach integration practices for solution architects and development teams across the company
- Collaborate in defining the roadmap for the technologies used in the integration solutions
- Cooperative Financial Group, Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: API Management, Microservices, CI/CD, API Gateway Layer 7, SWAGGER, Spring Boot, Spring Security, REST, OAuth2.0, JWT, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, Azure Cloud, PaaS Tanzu, RabbitMQ, WebSphere MQ, Kafka, Splunk, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Bitbucket
Consultant Integration Solution Architect
Energir
Canada
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Define the Principals, Norms and Directives of the integration architecture, API Management and Microservices practices
- Produce the architecture and design of data and application integration solutions between enterprise systems
- Produce the architecture and design of APIs on the Cloud integration platform
- Define and validate application solutions by automating business process models
- Work closely with solution architects on various application portfolios and ensure the enterprise integration model is adhered to and adopted
- Work closely with enterprise architects in defining the guiding principles of the integration enterprise architecture
- Collaborate with external partners to provide integration services
- Define the integration solutions for applicative and security logs, monitoring and notification management
- Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: EDA, Cloud Services, Microservices, API Management, CI/CD, Mulesoft Cloudhub 3.9 et 4.3, REST, OAuth2.0, JWT, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, Azure Cloud, CloudFoundry, Harshicorp, Kubernetess, RabbitMQ CloudAMQP, Event Store Cloud, Logstash, Datadog, Jenkins, Bitbucket
Consultant Integration Specialist
STL - Société de Transport de Laval
Canada
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Provide an analysis of the current and target integration methodology at STL.
- Provide recommendations on the integration methodology and the technology to be recommended to facilitate the control, the interoperability, and the evolution of exchanges of data between different information systems of the STL.
- Canada
Integration Solution Architect
SNC Lavalin
Canada
12.2018 - 10.2019
- Build and lead the IT Integration team (Mission, service to offer)
- Define and lead the integration Compliance Solution (IT Integration Architecture Review Board).
- Initiate lines of business to Integration and SBA
- Develop the skills and tools needed to support the integration development practice
- Establish a roadmap, technology vision and guiding principles for integration services
- Assess existing SBA capabilities and maturity level at SNC-Lavalin and establish strategy and plan to build out new capabilities and increase maturity level
- Lead the architecture and design of data and application integration solutions across corporate systems that meet and align with business needs
- Lead the architecture and design of integration services across SNC-Lavalin's digital platform to enable delivery of high-impact Digital Solutions across the business
- Define and validate the application solutions using Service Business Architecture (SBA) models, automating business process models and cloud services
- Collaborate closely with solution architects on various application portfolios and ensure corporate integration model is adhered and adopted
- Collaborate with business architects and follow guiding principles of enterprise architecture
- Collaborate with external partners to deliver integration services
- Define SBA (Service Business Architecture) governance processes
- Support and supervise the production teams within the detailed design process and implement the solutions
- Monitoring technical issues mitigate measures for integration
- Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: SBA, Cloud Services, Microservices, API Management, CI/CD, DDD, BDD, TDD, REST API, SOAP Web Services, Oracle Cloud SOA Suite 12c and Oracle Integration Cloud, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, Web API, JSON, JWT, OAuth2.0, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft CRM Dynamic 365, AgilePoint, Smart Materials, Ecosys, Oracle EBS, Workday, Docker, Jenkins, Git/GitHub.
Consultant Integration Solution Architect /Development Framework Specialist
Canadian National
Canada
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Responsible to produce Integration Development Standards and Patterns aligned with best practices and architecture principles.
- Responsible to implement Integration standard technologies through PoC/PoT following industry standards, processes and governance aligned with business needs;
- Review technical designs/blueprints for Integration Solution;
- Provide technical support/guidance to the Integration development teams;
- Responsible to Define governance, development Standards and procedures for Web API and Microservices;
- Coach Web API practices for development teams;
- Define integration and security patterns for Web APIs
- Responsible to implement OAuth2.0 Framework
- Responsible to implement Web API Conception and Development on IBM DataPower 7.5
- Provide technical support in Automated SOAP Web Services and Web APIs testing
- Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: API Management, Microservices and SOA, CI/CD, DDD, BDD, TDD, REST, SOAP Web Services, IBM DataPower 7.5, IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10, SWAGGER, JAVA, JBOSS, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, Web API, JSON, JWT, OAuth2.0, JIRA, Docker, Jenkins, Git/GitHub.
Integration Solution Architect and Practice Leader
Interfacing / Dempton Consulting Group
Canada
03.2016 - 12.2018
- Define strategy, advise and help customers to implement a Service Oriented Architecture;
- Manage the practice of the integration expertise center;
- Define the Principals, Norms and Directives of the SOA, API Management and Microservices practices;
- Establish the practice community of the integration expertise center;
- Manage the activities of the practice community;
- Define the evaluation and career development process for the members of the integration expertise center;
- Define the technological reference framework for the integration expertise center;
- Define the management process of the mandates state for the integration expertise center;
- Define the competence and knowledge model for the members of the integration expertise center;
- Define the training program for the members of the integration expertise center;
- Canada
- Methodologies: SOA, API Management and Microservices
- Integration Providers: CA Technology, TIBCO, IBM and Software AG
- Integration ESB Components: API Gateway, TIBCO AMX Service Grid, TIBCO AMX Business Works, IBM DataPower, IBM Integration Bus, IBM Websphere MQ, IBM Websphere Application Server, Software AG WebMethods BPM, Software AG WebMethods Integration Server, Software AG WebMethods Trading Network, Software AG WebMethods Universal Messaging
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Team Lead
Videotron
Canada
06.2017 - 11.2017
- Define and implement strategy on how to migrate WebMethods BPM and B2B platforms from 8.2 to 9.12 version;
- Support the development team during the migration for BPM and B2B platforms;
- Make the primary analysis and recommendations on how to migrate WebMethods Broker 9.6 to Universal Messaging 9.12;
- Define the primary and the impact analysis for the migration of WebMethods SAP Adapter platform from 8.2 to 9.12 version;
- Plan the migration projects using Agile/Scrum Methodology;
- Estimate and Write architecture documents;
- Scrum Master.
- Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: API Management, SOA, Web API, SOA Web Services, WebMethods BPM 9.12, WebMethods Trading Network 9.12, WebMethods Universal Messaging 9.12, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, CrossVista, JIRA
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Coach
Desjardins
Canada
03.2016 - 06.2017
- Define and implement a strategy on how to migrate SOA Web Services from IBM DataPower Appliance to CA Technologies API Gateway
- Coach and support the development team during the migration of Web Services from IBM DataPower Appliance to CA Technologies API Gateway
- Define governance, development Standards and procedures for Web API and Microservices
- Coach Web API practices for development teams
- Define integration and security patterns for Web APIs
- Participate in the implementation of OAuth2.0 Framework
- SOAP Web Services Conception and Development on CA Technologies API Gateway 8.3,9.2
- Web API Conception and Development on CA Technologies API Gateway 8.3,9.2
- Automated SOAP Web Services and Web APIs testing using SOAPUI Pro
- Collaborate with solution architects during architectural issues in touch with integration platform.
- Writing architecture documents in touch with integration platform.
- Participate in the requirement analysis.
- Scrum Master
- Cooperative Financial Group, Canada
- Technologies/Methodologies: API Management, Microservices and SOA, CI/CD, Web API and SOA Web Services, CA Technologies API Gateway, TIBCO AMX Service Grid, IBM DataPower, SWAGGER, Spring Boot, Spring Security, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, REST, JSON, JWT, OAuth2.0, Docker, Jenkins, Git/GitHub.
SOA Practice Lead
National Bank of Canada
Canada
03.2014 - 03.2016
- Audit and Governance
- Enterprise web Services governance
- Audit of the use of best practices and compliance with norms and Standards
- Knowledge Management
- Manage SOA practice community
- Unsure the understanding and the application of the principles, norms and guidelines
- Coaching
- Technical Expert
- Evolved SOA practice standardize processes and ways of doing
- Develops the principles, norms and standards for design and development
- Contributes to the development of architecture norms and standards
- Contributes to the positioning and / or choice of new technology platforms
- Participate in the design of the SOA solutions.
- Collaborate with solution architects during architectural issues in touch with integration platform.
- Participate in the requirement analysis.
- Validation of the SOA solutions.
- Scrum Master
- Canada
- Technologies: SOA: SOA Web Services, DataPower, Websphere Entreprise Service Bus, Websphere Application Server, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, REST, JSON
SOA Senior Analyst, WebMethods
Cogeco Cable Inc.
Canada
09.2011 - 03.2014
- Define strategy on how to implement SOA Methodology
- Implement SOA Methodology within the Cogeco Integration team
- Participate in the implementation of TMForum within Cogeco IT
- Participate in the definition of the canonical models using TMForum Frameworks in collaboration with CableLabs
- SOA Web Services Conception and Development on WebMethods 8.0,8.2
- Participate in the design of the SOA solutions.
- Collaborate with solution architects during architectural issues in touch with integration platform.
- Writing architecture documents in touch with integration platform.
- Participate in the requirement analysis.
- Validation and integration of the solution.
- Writing functional and technical documents.
- Writing process of Unit and integration tests documents.
- Define development standards and procedures within Cogeco Integration team.
- Canada
- Technologies: SOA: Web Services, Software AG WebMethods, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, J2EE: Java, JUnit, Axis2, JAX-WS, Tomcat Server, Eclipse IDE for Java, Database: Oracle 8.0, SQL Server, SQL, PL/SQL, TMForum.
SOA Web Services Tech Lead, IBM DataPower Specialist
TD Bank
Canada
05.2009 - 09.2011
- Participate to define the SOA governance, development Standards and procedures within the TD Bank.
- Participate in the definition of the canonical models using IFX and Accord Frameworks
- SOA Web Services Conception and Development on IBM DataPower.
- Configure Web Services on IBM DataPower SOA Appliances.
- Create test service consumers to validate Data Power flows using SOAPUI
- Data Power XS40 and XI50 devices
- SOA Web Services, SOAP WSDL, WS Security, XML, XSLT
- Configuring IBM DataPower authentication and authorization
- Scrum Master.
- Participate in the design of the SOA solutions.
- Participate in the requirement analysis.
- Participate in SOA Web Services development.
- Validation and integration of solution.
- Writing of technical documents.
- Writing process of Unit and integration tests documents.
- Canada
- Technologies: SOA: Web Services, IBM DataPower, XML, XSLT, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, J2EE: Java, JUnit, Axis2, JAX-WS, BEA WebLogic Server and IBM Websphere, Eclipse IDE for Java, Database: Oracle 8.0, IBM Iseries navigator, SQL, PL/SQL, IBM Web Sphere MQ.
Lead Software Engineer
TD Insurance
Canada
08.2006 - 05.2009
- Coach and support the developers.
- Applying Agile Development.
- Scrum Master.
- Participate in the design of the client/server solutions.
- Participate in the requirement analysis.
- Participate in the software development.
- Validation and integration of the solution.
- Writing of technical documents.
- Writing process of Unit and integration tests documents.
- Canada
- Technologies: J2EE: Java, EJB, JDBC, MVC, SWING, JUnit, BEA WebLogic Server on « Windows 2000/XP » using « Together » as UML utility, « Eclipse IDE for Java», (Database: Oracle 8.0, IBM Iseries navigator), SQL, PL/SQL, IBM Web Sphere MQ, Map Force and TCP/IP.
Software Engineer
2M Industries Canada
Canada
08.2000 - 02.2006
- Conception and development Software to control Robots with multiple axes in C++
- Coaching and supporting clients in United States and Central America
- Technologies: C/C++, Operating system « Windows 9x/NT 4.0 » using « Visual C++ 5/6 » as IDE Development.
Education
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Quebec
Quebec, Canada07-1997
Skills
- Approachable attitude
- Collaborative teamwork
- Service excellence
- Analytical problem-solving
Training
- IBM DB2 UDB for System I SQL and Query Performance Monitoring and Tuning Workshop
- SUN GUI Construction with Java Foundation Classes
- BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 System Administration
- TECHNOLOGIA Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- WEB AGE Programming Advanced JAX-WS Web Services
- IBM DataPower Extension Functions
- TMForum Frameworx, Business Process Framework (eTOM), Information Framework (SID)
- TIBCO TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x Developer Boot Camp
- PYXIS Certified Professional Scrum Master
- Salesforce Anypoint Platform Architecture: Integration Solutions
- Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals
- SCALED AGILE Certified SAFe 4.0 Practitioner
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Native or Bilingual
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Enterprise Integration Architecture Lead
NEOM
07.2022 - Current
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Instructor
Desjardins
07.2021 - 07.2022
Consultant Integration Solution Architect
Energir
01.2020 - 07.2021
Consultant Integration Specialist
STL - Société de Transport de Laval
10.2019 - 01.2020
Integration Solution Architect
SNC Lavalin
12.2018 - 10.2019
Consultant Integration Solution Architect /Development Framework Specialist
Canadian National
01.2018 - 12.2018
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Team Lead
Videotron
06.2017 - 11.2017
Integration Solution Architect and Practice Leader
Interfacing / Dempton Consulting Group
03.2016 - 12.2018
Consultant Integration Solution Architect and Coach
Desjardins
03.2016 - 06.2017
SOA Practice Lead
National Bank of Canada
03.2014 - 03.2016
SOA Senior Analyst, WebMethods
Cogeco Cable Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2014
SOA Web Services Tech Lead, IBM DataPower Specialist
TD Bank
05.2009 - 09.2011
Lead Software Engineer
TD Insurance
08.2006 - 05.2009
Software Engineer
2M Industries Canada
08.2000 - 02.2006
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Quebec