SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of IT experience in a diverse array of disciplines including 5 plus years in Middleware Administration using WebSphere Application Server 8.5/7.0/6.1/6.0 Administration on Linux, Sun Solaris and Windows environments on various platforms like UNIX, AIX, Linux and Windows.
• Experienced in the Installation, Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, IBM edge server and web server plug-in in UNIX and Windows.
• Experience in automating silent installations, EAR/WAR deployment and common operations.
• Created profiles, nodes, clusters, data sources, and configured virtual hosts.
• Implemented Work Load Management extensively to provide Load balancing mechanism and fail over capabilities to the application server.
• Sound knowledge with J2EE specification, J2EE runtime architecture, J2EE containers and J2EE API's JDBC, JSP, Servlet, EJB, JNDI, JMS .
• Provided 24x7 Level 3 support for troubleshooting and maintenance for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Database connections, Managing security and remote computing issues.
• Experience in analyzing the JVM resources and issues using several tools including. Log Analyzer, Thread Analyzer, Heap Analyzer, and Tivoli Performance viewer.
• Experience in managing J2EE distributed systems with interfaces to legacy systems and other middleware solutions.
• Conversant with all phases of software development life cycle. Well Versed with SEI-CMM Software quality guidelines and procedures.
• Configured Session Management at various levels, and configured SSL between web server and application server, and in between web server and web browser.
• Expertise in development of JACL, WSLT, TCL scripts and Shell scripts using WSAdmin, WSCP and XML Config tools to automate the WebSphere regular maintenance tasks.
• Created JDBC Providers and Data sources authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 databases.

Experience in building data driven applications using IBM RAD 6.x/7.x for improving productivity of development process.

• Experience in JMS, MQ Series and monitored, maintained and customized existing MQSeries objects such as Queue Managers, Queues local, remote, alias and model , process definitions, channels, and listeners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and possess strong analytical skills.

Technical Skills:

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Setting up, configuring and implementing various authorization and authentication services including LDAP and map the users and groups in WAS 6.0/6.1/7.0/8.x ND environments.
• Analyzing, performance tuning and troubleshooting WebSphere components, using wily, Tivoli Performance viewer, Log analyzer and Thread analyzer.
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management WLM including horizontal scaling and vertical scaling.
• Created, Configured and Administered Profiles, Clusters, Nodes and Node Groups for WebSphere Application Server.
• Migrated IBM WebSphere Application Server from 7.x to 8.x.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.x on AIX and Linux platform.
• Installed and configured the Web Servers IBM HTTP Server, Apache tomcat.

Developed many Jacl scripts and UNIX Shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere and managed the backup/restore of DM configurations

• Troubleshooting WebSphere environment issue by analyzing trace files, JVM logs, Process logs Activity log , IBM Service logs MQ logs, JMS logs .
• Configured IBM Datapower SOA appliance to accelerate XML and Web services deployments.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere MQ 7.x, JMS, MQ integration.
• Installation, configuration, administration of IBM security Identity manager or Tivoli Identity manager TIM which is used to deliver security and Policy-based user and role management.
• Configured WebSeal for application Authentication and Authorization purposes. Created, Updated and managed WebSeal TAM instances, Junctions and objects.
• Installation and configuration of Tivoli Access Manager TAM and created Single sign on solutions for applications
• Worked closely with developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, web applications, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
• Preparing and setting up environment for application packaging and deploying Enterprise Application Archive EAR , Web Application Archive WAR in WebSphere on Development, QA, and staging and production environments.
• Provided 24 hour on-call support for the production environment.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.x/8.x., AIX 6.x/7.x,Solaris 10, Linux, JACL, Jython, IBM Datapower, TAM 6.x, IBM HTTPserver, Apache Tomcat 6.x/7.x, Serena Dimensions, Websphere MQ 7.x, ISIM 6 TIM 6.x , Unix shell scripts, Jython, Wily 9.

Confidential

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered and supported WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0.x/6.1.x and WebSphere Commerce V6.0
• Involved in upgrading the WebSphere Environment to their latest version.
• Verified the WebSphere Commerce installation by publishing a sample starter store for testing its functionality.
• Involved in migration of WAS from V5.1 to V6.1
• Setting up development, staging, testing and production environments in WAS 6.1.x for the ongoing application development.
• Actively involved in setting up and control WebSphere commerce V6.0 security and successfully enabled the payments framework.
• Configured Global Security in WAS 6.1/7.0 using LDAP, custom.
• Debugging the application problems by working very closely with development teams.
• Designed horizontal and vertical scaling of WebSphere through Clustering of multiple JVM's with independent Java Virtual Machine JVM , for each clone.
• Deployed the .EAR files and scripting automated deployment of the applications.
• Actively involved in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottlenecks.
• Performing software maintenance and installing fix packs and program patches to keep the system software up to date of WAS 6.0/6.1 and WebSphere Commerce V6.0.
• Installed IHS and Generated and configured keys in IHS and Plug-in.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.
• Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling and connection manager with Oracle.
• Building Jacl, Jython, Ant and shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere, and managed the backup/restore of DM configuration.
• Created and configured JDBC, J2C, and JMS connections.
• Involved in IBM AIX, Sun Solaris kernel tuning, performance analysis, and load balancing and shell scripting to automate the system administration jobs.
• Configured CICS resource adapter and installed the RAR files in WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented LDAP security using LTPA and Site Minder, Trust Association Interceptors TAI and Single Sign on SSO on WebSphere.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x/6.0/6.1.x/7.0, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, IBM HTTP Server 6.1/2.0.47.1, Web Content Management 2.5, LDAP Server, WebSphere MQ 5.3, UDB/DB2 8.2, Oracle 9i, Active Directory, UNIX AIX 5.3/Solaris 8/9.0 , Windows 2003, Tivoli Performance viewer.

Confidential

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered and supported WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0.x/6.1.x and WebSphere Commerce V6.0
• Involved in upgrading the WebSphere Environment to their latest version.
• Verified the WebSphere Commerce installation by publishing a sample starter store for testing its functionality.
• Involved in migration of WAS from V5.1 to V6.1.
• Setting up development, staging, testing and production environments in WAS 6.1.x for the ongoing application development.
• Actively involved in setting up and control WebSphere commerce V6.0 security and successfully enabled the payments framework.
• Configured Global Security in WAS 6.1/7.0 using LDAP, custom.
• Debugging the application problems by working very closely with development teams.
• Designed horizontal and vertical scaling of WebSphere through Clustering of multiple JVM's with independent Java Virtual Machine JVM , for each clone.
• Deployed the .EAR files and scripting automated deployment of the applications.
• Actively involved in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottlenecks.
• Performing software maintenance and installing fix packs and program patches to keep the system software up to date of WAS 6.0/6.1 and WebSphere Commerce V6.0.
• Installed IHS and Generated and configured keys in IHS and Plug-in.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.
• Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling and connection manager with Oracle.
• Building Jacl, Jython, Ant and shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere, and managed the backup/restore of DM configuration.
• Created and configured JDBC, J2C, and JMS connections.
• Involved in IBM AIX, Sun Solaris kernel tuning, performance analysis, and load balancing and shell scripting to automate the system administration jobs.
• Configured CICS resource adapter and installed the RAR files in WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented LDAP security using LTPA and Site Minder, Trust Association Interceptors TAI and Single Sign on SSO on WebSphere.

Environment:IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x/6.0/6.1.x, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, IBM HTTP Server 6.1/2.0.47.1, Web Content Management 2.5, LDAP Server, WebSphere MQ 5.3, UDB/DB2 8.2, Oracle 9i, Active Directory, UNIX AIX 5.3/Solaris 8/9.0 , Windows 2003, Tivoli Performance viewer.