PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Over 7 Years of experience, including 6 years of extensive experience in Middleware Administration adept in all facets of administration, maintenance, Deployment, management and migration of IBM WebSphere Application Servers Installation and Configuration.
• Experienced in installation, configuration, Deployment and management of enterprise applications using IBM WebSphere Application server 5.x/6.x/7.x on Different platforms Red Hat Linux, AIX, Solaris, and Windows.
• Experience in installing and configuring IBM HTTP Server 1.2.x/1.3.x/5.x/6.x with Local and Remote Plug-in for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Expertise in WebSphere Application server.
• Strong technical knowledge in WebSphere Application Server implementation, fail-over, workload management(WLM) using horizontal scaling, vertical scaling and performance tuning.
• Well versed in implementing Web server environment and configuring secure sockets layer (SSL) on IBM HTTP Server and Apache Server.
• Expertise in deploying J2EE applications on IBM WebSphere application server through Admin console as well as through WSadmin scripts.
• Experienced in creating data sources and setting up connection pools as well as creation of J2C Authentication aliases.
• Experienced in applying fix packs and plug-ins for WebSphere application server.
• Involvement in writing scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleanup etc. using shell scripting and CRONJOBS.
• Experienced in migration from 5.x to 6.x/7.x.
• Broad experience in developing web based applications using HTML, Java, JavaScript, Servlets, J2EE, JDBC, EJB, JSP, JMS and PERL.
• Good knowledge of application packaging (jar, war, ear modules) to build platform independent applications using WebSphere Application Assembly Tool (AAT).
• Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces.
• Experience in design analysis, application development, debugging, testing and documentation of the various phases in a software development life cycle.
• Used Tivoli performance viewer, Resource Analyzer, and WILY intro-scope Performance tools for monitoring and tuning the WebSphere environment (JVM heap size, connection pool size, etc.).
• Experience in opening PMRs with IBM for the vendor related issues.
• Provided 24/7 production support.

Education:

• Bachelors of Technology, JNT University.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential,King of Prussia, PA. May 2010 – Present
Sr. WebSphere Administration Consultant

• Installed, configured, and administered WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5 and 6.1.0.21, WebSphere Portal 6.1, and IBM HTTP Server 6.0 on Windows 2000, AIX, Linux, and Solaris 10 systems.
• Migrated J2EE applications running on AIX to Solaris and migrated all the WAS applications from WAS 5.1 to version 6.0. Responsible for maintenance and support of Internet and Intranet applications running on AIX, Solaris, and Windows Operating Systems. Configured and deployed web applications on WAS servers.
• Responsible for building the development, test, QA, and production environments by installing WebSphere Application Server and creating the Profiles, Nodes, Federation of Nodes, Application Servers, Clusters, Virtual Hosts, Data Sources, MQ connections, Plug-in configurations, and Service Integration Bus configurations.
• Configured WebSphere security for new applications including Administrative security, Application security, SSL certificates, Global security, and J2EE security.
• Administered MQ series, which included creation and administration of MQ objects, restating Qmgrs, channels, and backing up and purging of the messages in DLQs, BOQs, etc. Troubleshot issues related to MQ by looking at the appropriate log files.
• Responsible for Message Broker applications that involved bouncing the broker and restarting the execution groups, deployment of bar files, and the restarts of execution groups.
• Setting up the DataPower appliance manager using scripting and managing WebSphere SOA applications.
• Monitoring health and performance for VMware vFabric tc Server instances. Troubleshooting insight to reduce downtime and remove performance bottlenecks.
• Maintained and supported Internet and Intranet applications running on AIX and Solaris servers in the development, test, QA, and production environments. Installed and applied fix packs, refresh packs, and e-fixes for the WebSphere Application Server in all environments.
• Used SiteMinder for Single Sign On of applications and automated access to all authorized enterprise applications through a single login using Single Sign On.
• Installed, deployed, administered, and troubleshot WSRR and upgraded the WSRR to a new fix pack. Integrated it with WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, ITCAM, and WebSphere Message Broker.
• Coordinated the monthly implementation plan for the migration part of the project, for the applications running on WebSphere Application Server 5.x and 6.x, and audited the application migration process as and when completed by the other team members.
• Troubleshot application issues and documented the problem resolutions for future reference. Created PMRs and worked with IBM personnel for the unusual issues that were found in the environment. Attended change management meetings for approval for the applications that were supposed to go live. Provided the Minutes of Meeting, on change management to the team for review.
• Wrote Jython, JACL, and Shell scripts to automate the administration of applications, manage deployed applications, create clusters, configure security, configure data access, and configure intermediately services.
• Attended bridge calls for production issues and non-production issues. Performed root cause analysis for the issues encountered. Involved application, database, or networking teams to resolve the issues. Provided 24/7 on call support for all production applications.
• Monitored the health of the applications using WILY Introscope. Also utilized Wily Introscope for load tests.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server (7.0, 6.1, 6.0, 5.1, 5.0), WebSphere Portal Server 6.1, WebSphere, MQ (6, 5.3), IHS (6, 2.0.47), AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows 2003, IIS, LDAP, WebSphere Message Broker 5.0, Oracle (10, 9.0.2, 8.1.x), DB2, Mainframe, TAM, JACL, Jython, XML, Wily Introscope 7, HTML, EJB, JSP, JDBC, and ISA.

Confidential,Claymont, DE. Sep 2008 – May 2010
Sr. WebSphere Administration Consultant

• Maintained the WebSphere and Portal Servers on different UNIX platforms and setup the development, testing, and staging environments for application development.
• Upgraded WebSphere Portal Server from 5.1.0.4 to 6.0.1.1 by applying fix packs, refresh packs, and fixes.
• Served as the Middleware Engineering Lead for regular maintenance updates including OS patches, Security patches, Middleware patches, and OS/Middleware upgrades.
• Clustered WebSphere Portal Server in a multi cluster environment using horizontal scaling on both WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 and 6.0. Evaluated WebSphere Process Server’s capabilities in a WebSphere Portal environment.
• Configured Dynacache with WebSphere Portal Server JVMs to increase the performance on WebSphere Portal Server 5.1. Integrated WebSphere Portal Server with SiteMinder TAI to perform authentication and authorization to the portal.
• Configured Web Content Management to manage the creation, approval, and publication of web content. Configured custom login and logout pages for WebSphere Portal Server. Configured WebSphere Portal Server with portal, likeminds, feedback, member manager, release, customization, and community databases.
• Administered, maintained, and configured a 24/7 highly available, multi-clustered, production portal environment. Implemented security policies, enabled security on components, and configured LDAP and SSL.
• Provided third level technical escalation for problem resolution or circumvention of application deployment issues, and middleware component issues, in Web Hosting environments. Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x/4.0.x, JDBC drivers, and Servlets engines on Linux.
• Configured IBM HTTP Server by creating DNS alias names, assigning ports, transporting and pointing multiple plug-in files to serve various instances in the same node. Efficiently handled Work Load Management for load balancing and failover, improving performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Successfully resolved issues with the DB2 data sources and connection pooling.
• Monitored, troubleshot, and performance tuned applications using Wily Introscope 5.x Monitor, Tivoli Performance Viewer, and Thread Analyzer. Installed and applied fix packs, patches, and e-fixes for WebSphere Application Servers.
• Provided architectural and design assistance to the WebSphere MQI team to migrate applications from WebSphere Application Server to WebSphere MQI. Provided inputs to the database, diamond, and quest teams to resolve WebSphere and database communication issues. Provided architectural and design inputs to support the Enterprise Data Center migration and Disaster Recovery efforts.
• Designed and implemented J2EE application monitoring solutions using Candle and Sitescope. Designed and architected solutions around IBM HTTP Server and iPlanet Web Server. Worked on capacity planning, performance tuning, sizing, and automation of WebSphere Application Server 6.1, 6.0, and 5.1. Designed, administered, installed, and configured around 200 J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.13, 6.0, and 6.1.
• Migrated application configurations from WebSphere Application Server 5.1.x and 6.1.x. Administered, installed, and configured IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 and 6.0 in a clustered environment. Worked on WebSphere Security and Trust Association Interceptors for WebSphere Portal Server and Netegrity SiteMinder.
• Designed performance-monitoring solutions using Wily Introscope, HP Diagnostics, Tonic, and Quest. Automated administration using WSAdmin, WSCP, XMLConfig, XMLAccess, and WPscript utilities.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server (6.1, 5.1), WebSphere Portal Server (6.0, 5.1), AIX (5.x, 4.x), Netscape Enterprise Server, iPlanet, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3.x, 2.x), AIX5L, WebSphere Application Server 5.x, IBM MQ Series, IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere MQ (5.X, 6.X) WebSphere Message Broker 5.3, DB2/UDB 7.2, J2EE, and Wily Introscope 5.x.

Confidential,San Jose, CA. Mar 2007 – Aug 2008
WebSphere Administration Consultant

• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.0, JDBC drivers, and Servlet engines along with troubleshooting and recovery on UNIX and Windows machines. Responsible for application changes across different platforms, development, testing, and production environments.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 1.3.6, iPlanet 4.1, JDBC drivers, and Servlet engines on UNIX and Windows machines.
• Worked on the Blue Squared Project and with Blue Squared version 2.1. Implemented cloning, clustering, performance tuning, and troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0 and 5.0. Configured Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts, and transports for WebSphere Application Servers. Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere. Created MQ Queues and channels in WebSphere MQ 5.3 and 6.0. Configured MQ Objects within the WebSphere Application Environment.
• Created and modified queue managers, and created and modified queue manager objects including queue, channels, Name lists, etc. Set up triggering and security for Users/Groups. Resolved channel and cluster issues. Diagnosed the problem from various logs i.e. MQ error logs. Deployed Bar Files and troubleshot Broker issues. Stopped and started Broker flows and execution groups. Secured J2EE applications by implementing Single Sign On using LTPA.
• Configured and maintained WebSphere applications using WSAdmin commands on command mode and wrote admin scripts using TCL.
• Packaged, built, integrated, and deployed Enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Server 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0. This involved EAR and WAR files.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server (4.0, 5.0.2, 5.1.1.13, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, IBM MQ Series, IBM HTTP Server, iPlanet, Netscape Enterprise Server, EJB, JSP, Servlets, XML, JDBC, JavaScript, HTML, DB2/UDB 7.2, DFS, Sun Solaris 2.8, Linux, AIX, and Windows (2000, NT).

Confidential,St Cloud, MN Oct 2005 – Feb 2007
WebSphere Administration and Java Development Consultant

• Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server 4.0 and IBM HTTP Server on AIX and Solaris platforms. Installed and configured IBM Edge Server and Network dispatchers for load balancing. Handled high availability and recoverability planning and implementation.
• Designed WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over using Workload Management (WLM), horizontal and vertical scaling. Responsible for Web Server and Application Server installation, support, and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s website. Developed WebSphere Application Server regular administration tasks automated by using WSCP and XMLConfig scripts.
• Implemented security policies that protected web applications and resources using Netegrity SiteMinder. Monitored server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottlenecks by enhancing performance, ensuring upstream queuing.
• Configured and tested data sources for the Oracle and DB2 databases. Used SiteMinder for Single Sign On for applications. Automated access to all authorized enterprise-wide applications through a single login using Single Sign On. Configured Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts, and transports for WebSphere Application Servers.
• Applied software maintenance, program fixes, and kept the system software releases current. Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere. Implemented WebSphere Global Security using LTPA and Netscape LDAP Server.

Environmen: Java, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDOM, JDBC, JavaScript, DB2, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, WebSphere Application Server 4.0, HTML, Visual Age for Java, Rational Rose 2000 on UNIX (AIX, Linux, and Solaris) and Windows 2000, and SiteMinder.

Confidential,India Mar 2004 – Sep 2005
Java/J2EE Development Consultant/WebSphere

• Designed and developed a Java profiling tool for a complete profiling of the performance of Java in File I/O, Socket I/O, and DB read. Designed packages and class architecture by studying client requirements specification.
• Identified and implemented new design solutions for requirements. Prepared class and sequence diagrams for Use Cases identified. Resolved technical issues in the VCIM core packages developed at HULSI
• Performed coding and Unit testing using JUnit and DBUnit. Prepared test cases and summary documents.
• Designed the HTML’s for Claims, History and Payment Modules.
• Created JavaScript for client side validations.
• Created Use cases, Technical Documentation and Unit Test Plans for Claims, History and Payment Modules.
• Responsible for configuring the project into VSS and creating access rights for the other team members.
• Involved in Unit Testing and Integration Testing.
• Installed WebSphere3.5.3 and configured servers, server groups, OSE plug-in, virtual hosts.
• Packaged all the web modules in to war and all the EJBs, in to ear using assembling tool.
• Deployed all the ears into WebSphere application server and configured the Web Server communication using OSE plug-in configuration.

Environment: WebSphere 4.0.4, Servlets 2.1, EJB, JSP, JDBC, PL/SQL, XML, HTML, UML, DHTML,WASD4.0, Windows NT, Solaris 2.x., IIS, IBM VisualAge, Rational Rose, JProbe, Oracle 8.1.7, ClearCase and ClearQuest.