Summary

• Computer Science Engineering Graduate with over 8.5 years of IT experience - this includes working in various development, maintenance and support projects and aware of the SDLC processes.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration teambuilding skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilize the same in a productive manner.
• Experience of preparing various Requirement Documents, Estimations, Technical specification docs, Weekly Status Report, Monthly Business Review Docs, Minutes of Meeting.
• Comfort in working with cross-cultural and Multinational teams, and interacting with people across hierarchical levels for smooth project execution.
• 5 years of experience in Middleware Administration usingIBM WebSphere Application Server on various platforms like IBM AIX, Redhat Linux, SuSE Linux and Windows 2003/2008 platforms.
• Experience in installation, configuration, deployment and management of Enterprise Applications in a clustered and non-clustered environment using IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x.
• Worked on various Web Servers such as Apache, IIS and IBM HTTP Server 5.x/6.x/7.0/8.0.
• Creation of nodes and federating to Deployment Manager and managing it through admin console and through scripts.
• Experience in installing fix packs and refresh packs for WebSphere Application Server using Update Installer and Installation Manager in GUI and Silent mode.
• Hands on experience in Shellscriptsto automate administration tasks.
• Configured WebSphere resources such as JDBC provider, Data Sources to connect databases. Extensively involved in Tuning of connection Pools.
• Good knowledge in administering IBM WebSphere Data Power XI50appliance.
• Experience which includes demonstrated work experience in implementing enterprise wide security applications using CA SiteMinder.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration, Deployment and Maintenance of SiteMinder Components like the Policy Server, Web Agent, ASA Agents, TAI Agents, Policy Store and Key Store.
• Hands-on experience in configuring Policy Server with Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ADLDS and Webserver.
• Expertise in integrating various web applications with Single Sign On.
• Involved in tuning and monitoring application deployed on WebSphere using Tivoli Performance Viewer
• Hands on experience in the Performance Tuning for application optimal performance
• Strong experience in configuring Cisco ACE Application Control Engine for load balancing.
• Hands on experience in the administration of IBM DataPower X150 appliance
• Good at documenting the procedures for day-to-day operations and Maintenance.
• IBM WAS 8.0 Certified Professional
• Provided 24x7 supports for Production Environments.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: UNIX AIX , Linux SuSE/Redhat , Windows2003/08, Windows 95/98, MS-DOS.

WebSphere Products: WebSphere versions 5.x/6.x./7.x/8.0, WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Commerce Server and WebSphere Data Power XI50 appliance.

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server 6.x/7.0/8.0, Apache

Scripting: Bash and Batch.

Monitoring tools: Tivoli Performance viewer, HP OpenView, Manage Engine Applications Manager 11.

Network Analyzer: Fiddler.

Databases: SQL Server 7, 2005, 2008, Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, DB2

Version control: CVS, Subversion, MKS Integrity.

Job Scheduler: AutoSys, Crontab, Tivoli Work Load Scheduler.

Protocols: TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, POP and HTTP.

Professional Summary

Confidential

WebSphere Senior Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, and maintained IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment ND , 5.1/6.0/6.1/7.0/8.0 on both Linux and Windows platforms.
• Created profiles using Profile Management Tool Wizard and silent profile creation through response files .
• Updated fix packs using Update Installer and IBM Installation Manager on both Linux and Windows environment.
• Migrated existing applications from WebSphere V6.x to V8.0 and 7.0 to 8.0.
• Creation of Clusters, JDBC resource and allocation heap sizes using Jython scripts.
• Installed the Refresh Packs and cumulative fixes to WebSphere ND V6.x environment, for WebSphere, plugins and IHS.
• Experience in deploying the applications both from the command line using Wsadmincommands and from the admin console.
• Configured WebSphere resources such as JDBC provider, Data Sources to connect databases. Extensively involved in Tuning of connection Pools.
• Installed, configured and maintained CA SiteMinder Policy Server 6.X/12.x on Windows platforms.
• Experience in installing, configuring SiteMinder policy server Web agents, Active Directory server LDAP and various Web Application servers.
• Created the Clustering Topology in WebSphere Application Server ND V6.x/ 7.x to achieve Work Load Management WLM , High availability, Load balancing and Hardware fail over.
• Configured Web server plug-in to directing dynamic requests to application servers for load balance in clustered environment.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WSADMIN.
• Configured admin console security on WebSphere and creating users with various roles to access the WebSphere admin console users and groups in LDAP and added them as WebSphere console groups.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JVM heap settings, JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, Virtual Hosts, Global Security and SSL.
• Coordinating with various teams to set up databases, set up load balancer CSS load balancers rules, and defines rules on the firewall when IBM Http Server is in the De Militarized Zone DMZ .
• Knowledge of WSADMIN Jython scripts using in order to automate the process of WebSphere deployment and configuration. Working Knowledge in using WSADMIN AdminConfig, AdminApp and AdminsTask commands.
• Experienced in Performance tuning such as tuning the web server by specifying the parameters for the maxclient, start servers and maxspareservers. Tuning the database connection pool settings. Tuning the Java Virtual Machine JVM by specifying the minimum and maximum heap size.
• Used Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly like changing the JVM Heap, and Connection Pool sizes.
• Knowledge of IBM ISA toolfor analyzing the performance issues for of WebSphere environment.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Memory leaks, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues.
• Migration and upgrade of IBM HTTP web servers from SusE Linux to RedHat Linux
• Working knowledge on IBM DataPower X150 appliance for web services security.
• Providing 24x7 production support and on call support.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server V6.1,/7.0/8.0, IHS 6.0/6.1/7.0/8.0, ADAM, ADLDS, XML, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, Unix Shell Scripting, ACE Load Balancer, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Site Scope, HP Open View, Manager Engine Applications Manager, SuSE Linux, Windows 2008

Confidential

WebSphereAdministrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported the complex WebSphere Infrastructure for Harley-Davidson, Milwaukee which included supporting WAS, WCS and WPS environments
• Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 6.0, 6.1 on AIX, Linux platforms.
• Maintained WebSphereCommerce Servers and added a new node to the already LIVE architecture for additional load during the launch of e-commerce website for Harley.
• Installed and configured IHS server 6.0 on AIX, Linux platforms.
• Used Teamsite which manages the content and transferred to WCS.
• Installed WebSphere commerce server feature pack 4.0.0.0
• Creation of Clusters, JDBC resource and allocation heap sizes using Jython scripts.
• Created SSL certificates and CA certificates using IKEYMAN.
• Experience in Designing and implementing multiple stores B2C and B2B using WebSphere Commerce 5.6 and 6.x.
• Installed the Refresh Packs and cumulative fixes to WebSphere ND V6.x environment, for WebSphere, plugins and IHS.
• Experience in deploying the applications both from the command line using Wsadmincommands and from the admin console.
• Configured WebSphere resources such as JDBC provider, Data Sources to connect databases. Extensively involved in Tuning of connection Pools.
• Capacity Planning for the Middleware track
• Project planning including requirement gathering, estimation for WAS Migration from 6.1 to 8.5 for Harley-Davidson.
• Supported Oracle Weblogic Application Administration
• 24 7 Support for handling major incidents

Confidential

Middleware Administrator

• Deployed EAR, WAR and JAR applications through admin console for Weblogic and WebSphere.
• Handled deployments for Informatica.
• Installing fix packs and cumulative fixes, federating Node to the Deployment Manager.
• Configured admin console security on WebSphere and creating users with various roles to access the WebSphere admin console users and groups in LDAP and added them as WebSphere console groups.
• Configured WebSphere resourceslike JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling and Java Mail sessions.
• Utilized TCP/IP and UDP for various applications
• Coordinate with other team members in solving issues.
• On call, 24x7 production support and maintenance for Application servers

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.x, Windows 2003, Linux, IBM HTTP Server, Oracle 9i, Cisco Load balancer, SiteMinder, Weblogic.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead team andresponsible for incident management.
• Maintain 24X7 coverage and 99.95 system availability and meet client Service Level Agreement
• Database Administration activities
• Cluster Administration
• Provided 24x7 supports on a weekly basis for mission critical applications.

Environment

MS SQL 2005, Windows XP/NT/2000