PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Specializing in SOA - based J2EE implementations, security, performance tuning, monitoring solutions, high-availability, clustering, and problem determination / resolution, this hands-on, Senior Middleware Architect / Administrator has over 30 years of IT experience, 15 years of Linux experience, 10 years of Java experience, and 20 years of WebSphere Admin experience. He also has extensive experience with many source control and task tools, such as Remedy, and Jira.
• Technically very strong in WebSphere Administrator, AIX System Administrator, Linux System Administrator, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Informix, Sybase, DB2 UDB 7.1/7.2/8 WebSphere Administrator V8.5.5 and 9.0 with Network Deployment Manager (ND), MQ Series V8.x and MQ Integrator, WebFocus Reporting Tool and Object Oriented based development environment.
• In depth experience of building very large-scale transaction intensive Client/Server Applications and building complex sophisticated Windows based products within aggressive time schedules.
• Can work under demanding time schedules and have excellent attitude towards teamwork.
• 7 Years experience as AIX System Administrator.
• 15 Years experience as Linux System Administrator.
• 20 Years experience as WebSphere application server and WebSphere commerce and MQ administrator.
• 5 Years experience as ORACLE and DB2 Database Administrator.
• 4 Years experience as Software developer using PowerBuilder, Visual basic, and C++

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SOFTWARE: WebSphere Application Server v 6.0 / 6.1 / 7.0 / 8.0 / 8.5, 9.0, Liberty profile version 22.0.0.7, WebSphere MQ v5 / 6 / 7 / 8 WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 / 7 / 8 IBM Integration Bus 9 / 10, WebSphere Process Server v 6.0.2 / 6.1 / 6.2 / 7, WebSphere Commerce Suite 4.1 / 5.1, WebSphere Commerce v6 / 7 / 8, SiteMinder v .5, Apache / IBM IHS, DB2 v7 / 8 / 9 / 10, Linux - Red hat, AIX 4.x / 5.x / 6.1, Wily Introscope v5 / 6 / 7 / 8, IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM / ITCAM)

DATABASE: Sybase/MS SQL-Server, Oracle, Informix, DB2 UDB 7/8, Oracle 11i APPS, Oracle 10g.

LANGUAGES: C, COBOL, Powerscript (PowerBuilder), Oracle PL/SQL, DB2 STORED PROCEDURES.

HARDWARE: IBM PC5x86 DOS and UNIX based machines such AIX, HP, Sun workstations.

Scripting Tool: Ansible, Python, Python, Shell scripting, AppDynamics, Splunk, Jenkins

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, PHOENIX

Linux Red hat system Build Engineer/WebSphere admin SME / MQ Administrator SME / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant working for Confidential, a Leading Credit Card company in Phoenix as Linux Red hat system Build Engineer/ WebSphere & MQ Administrator SME.
• Currently Working with TIMS (Technology Managed Systems, a division of AMEX server Hosting for Internal AMEX customers. Worked On server System builds for different Multiple AMEX Customer doing server hosting and Deploying Applications as Required by the Amex internal Customers.
• The following task is currently assigned and worked.
• Currently Building Linux Red hat/ Solaris 10 System Server build for In House Internal Amex Customers for All 3 envionment Dev, QA, production.
• Currently Doing Websphere Administration for multiple Projects for Internal Amex Customer.
• Installing Operating System such as Linux red hat V5.5 and Solaris V10 on Virtual Server Environment (VMware) and Physical Environment Building Systems / Application Deployment to Support the Internal Amex Customers.
• Creating Websphere Clustering and configuring with 10 Nodes for High availability. Installing, testing and performing administrative and monitoring tasks on WebSphere (was) and Network Deployment Manager V 9.0. Other websphere tasks include setting up IBM Http Server and deploying applications (war file) via Websphere application console.
• Performing administrator task as WebSphere 7.0/8.0/8.5.5/9.0 administrators such as monitoring the log file and troubleshooting the error message, making sure the websphere cluster is up and running for High availability, adding new nodes to the cluster as when required.
• Installed WebSphere Application server liberty profile version 22.0.0.7 along with java 11.
• Configure the Websphere SSL on apache web server, WebSphere v8.5.5 and V9.0
• Configured LDAP and integrated with Websphere for sign Sign-on and Configured storage such as Network File Systems, NAS shared file systems on EMC storage.
• Installed, Configured, Setup WebSphere MQ queues and Queue Managers and integrated with WebSphere Application Server V8.5 and 9.0
• Administer and configured more than 800 Queue Managers with interfacing with IBM Bus configuration on WebSphere and setting up queues on the WebSphere application server.
• Configured installed SiteMinder sign on with IBM HTTP Server and configured SSL Cert on IBM HTTP Server and IBM WebSphere Network deployment Manager.
• Experience with Unix shell scripting, Python Shell scripting and Ansible Tower Scripting for automating build and running tasks.
• Experience with F5 load balancing device and AppViewX
• Experience using Agile Scrum/Kanban and Jira boards.
• Expertise in setting and configuring MQ monitoring tools like IBM Tivoli Enterprise portal.
• Hands on experience with DevOps tools like Jenkins, Big data tools like Splunk.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and other cloud services like AWS, Microsoft AZURE. Very fast learner and quick.

Confidential, CALIFORNIA

AIX system Build Engineer/websphere/MQ Administrator / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Creating Data Model on Viso for the Identity Management project.Building Server infrastructure for IDM release 3.3 in test, development, CIT, QA, Production environment.
• Installing DB2 v8 UDB, Tivoli identity Manager, Tivoli directory Server, LDAP, Websphere v8.5.x and 9.x and configure them to work with the IDM application on IBM PSeries AIX 5.3 Operating system
• Build the DB2 database and create schemas and tables necessary for the project.
• Creating Websphere Clustering and configuring with 3 Nodes for High availability. Installing, testing and performing administrative and monitoring task on websphere (was) and Network Deployment Manager V 5.1.1.15. Other websphere task includes setting up IBM Http Server and deploying application (war file) via Websphere application console.
• Performing administrator task as websphere V5.1.1.15 administrator such as monitoring the log file and troubleshooting the error message, making sure the websphere cluster is up and running for High availability, adding new nodes to the cluster as when required.
• Configure the Websphere SSL on apache web server, WebSphere v8.5.X, 9.x
• Loading test data in DB2 Database and LDAP directory services.
• Tuning the Database Performance and SQL select Tuning.
• Tuning of DB2 Performance Parameter for test, development, and QA and production environment.
• Setting up the database statistics, online indexing, and other maintenance in the DB2 UDB database.
• Supporting installed software such as Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM), Light Weight Directory protocol (LDAP), WebSphere V8.5, 9.x for any trouble shooting.
• Writing Shell Scripts to develop and Build Infrastructure, backup and restore of software application and data, DB2 Database Backup and Restore in the event of database recovery.
• Used DB2 Database software Tools such as DB2 Command Center, DB2 control center, and DB2 command line.
• Expertise in performance tuning and optimization for various WebSphere products.
• Extensive experience in design and architecture of enterprise applications using MQSI (IIB), MQ series (IBM MQ), WAS on platforms like windows, Z/Linux.
• Knowledge on WebSphere suite of products (WAS, BPM, IBM MQ, IIB)
• Experienced in deploying solutions to High Availability (HA), Load Balancing Configurations eliminating single points of failure.
• Solaris 10, websphere administration Network deployment Manager Java servlets Java Server pages.

Confidential, Phoenix

Websphere Administrator/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant worked in the capacity of Websphere Administrator on sun Solaris v11. The following task includes Supporting multiple WebSphere projects. Setup WebSphere Application Server testing, staging and production environment. Configured multi-server environments. Mentored junior developers on J2EE Server Side technologies such as Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), JDBC Interfaces, SQL, MVC, deployment environment setups, systems architecture, application testing and Java development best practices. Used Rational Rose for the documentation and design phase of the application.AIX 5.2,5.3Korn Shell Script, UnixDB2 UDB v8Websphere administration, Network Deployment ManagerLDAP, IIS web server, IBM http server

Confidential, Nebraska

Wesphere V6.0 Administrator/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant worked in the capacity as Websphere Administrator for large retail business for an E-commerce Project running on AIX IBM P series v5.3. The Primary Duties Include 6.0 including the installation, configuration, architecture, periodic monitoring, performance tuning, diagnosing, troubleshooting and support of WebSphere Portal servers and Application servers.
• Other additional duties Includes Consult on internal projects dealing with the WebSphere line of products, Advise and create appropriate standards for WebSphere applications standards, Advise and create any appropriate monitoring and reporting facilities for the support of WebSphere, Work with clients in conducting performance testing and analyzing results as part of the project lifecycle, Integrating WebSphere servers with IBM http server and IIS, LDAP (ADAM), SQL Servers and .Net servers, Application deployment and rollout with solid understanding of the following concepts: HTML, XML, J2EE, Secure Sockets Layers, Secure s, Load Balancing. Trouble shoots DB2 database connectivity in respect with websphere application server.
• AIX 5.2,5.3Korn Shell Script, RAID 5TCPIP, NFS file systemHMC configurationLPAR partition configurationDNS configurationCron job schedulingSecurity, disaster recovery, performance tuning

Confidential, Denver

AIX Unix System Administrator/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant worked in the capacity as AIX system Administrator for a Sunrise E-commerce Project. The Primary Duties Include Installing AIX operating system v5.3 on P series machine, Create LPAR Partition, Install and Config disk drive (raid 5) to the AIX partition, Configured Tape drives and attach to the partition to backup the operating system as well as in house application, Oracle database. Etc.
• The Other duties Include Install Third party software, Monitored the system performance thru Performance tool software, Wrote shell scripts to backing up operating system via MKSYSB, SAVEVG command.
• Wrote shell scripts to monitor system performance tools that will run 24 hrs 7 days a week which will email the respective system admin if the performance figures reaches the threshold and monitor memory usage, file system usage, CPU usage.
• Configured DNS, HMC and network TCP/IP on the micro partition, setup crontab task for regular daily job.
• Worked with developer to Tune weblogic performance parameter in conjunction with the operating system.

Confidential

AIX Unix System Administrator/websphere administrator / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant worked in the capacity as AIX system administrator/websphere administrator and the primary duties include Installing new AIX operating system or Upgrading to New Release, Monitor system Memory usage to make sure all the application is using right amount of memory, Schedule and backing up system file on all AIX systems and applications, oracle/DB2 databases, start and stop the necessary applications running on production and test system, Troubleshoot and resolve the problem with application group, Assist other CISA, Inc contractors with DB2 database request or connectivity issues, Configuring DB2 connect software to connect to Mainframe DB2 database, setting up TCP/IP so the server is accessible thru the network.
• Also Installing, testing and performing administrative and monitoring task on websphere (was) 5.1. Other websphere task includes setting up IBM Http Server and deploying application (war file) via Websphere application console.
• Automated all the WAS server admin responsibities and backup and recovery. Knowledge of J2EE concepts in regards to the use in webshere applications.
• Major responsibilities includes troubleshoot network connectivity issues., set up Network file system, Creating primary and secondary DNS server, setting up HMC(High Management console) for High availability server to monitor the performance of the multiple LPAR(partitions), creating at least 5 LPAR per box for websphere and DB2/Oracle database server. Monitor LPAR’s for the performance bottleneck and supporting various websphere applications within LPAR(multiple partition)
• Other duties include performance tuning to achieve highest throughput in AIX server and to minimize performance related issues for the server based applications, Supported enterprise wide application under AIX environment such database server, webpshere applications. Performed user administration, security administration.
• Created policies and procedures pertaining to equipment availability, system maintenance, data archiving and disaster recovery. Wrote and review existing shell scripts to automate start/stop various applications and created standard/policies documentation on how to write an efficient and re-usable shell scripts. Analyzed system requirements and develop suitable architecture solutions for enterprise-wide systems.
• Responded to alerts within the appropriate time frame and resolved critical issues with minimal impact to production systems.
• AIX 4.3, Unix shell scriptingNetwork File system, VERITAS backup manager, disaster recovery, DNS, system administration

Confidential

AIX system administrator/consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant worked in the capacity as AIX system administrator and major responsibility includes installing and configuring new AIX server and existing AIX server, configuring the AIX server for Primary and secondary DNS and TCP/IP. Configured the AIX server backup server from VERITAS backup software and also Configured Tivoli storage manager for disaster recovery.
• Performed overall system administration including performance tuning, User, security, disk configuration and management. Wrote shell scripts to run AIX system backup such as MKSYSB, SAVEVG on all AIX server.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity issues and support websphere and database server applications on AIX environment.
• Configured Network file system (NFS) from another AIX server for complex application solutions.
• Used all major performance tuning functions such as Iostat, vmstat, topaz, sar.
• PowerBuilder version 4.0/5.0, Windows based GUI front-end system, GFTS, ACH, Risk Control System (RCS), On-line Functions

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a project for Confidential as a Programmer/Analyst using PowerBuilder v4.0/5.0. The Risk Control System is a Windows based GUI front-end system which is a centralized system for business services, which determines a Balance, or Non-Balance exception exists for other systems such as GFTS, ACH and additional requests as appropriate. If the balance and non-balance exceptions are identified for a request the request will be written to an exception queue for manual review.

Confidential

RDBMS Project-Oracle/RDBMS

Responsibilities:

• Worked on optimizing and customizing various databases for clients using front-end POS (Point of Sale) proprietary software applications. This work includes tuning and defining databases for optimal usage over distributed open systems. Designed & developed the Point-of-Sale application using Developer/Designer 2000.
• Client/ServerMS SQL Server, Windows NT Server, Banyan Vines Network, Visual Basic, Client/Server, MS SQL Server, Windows NT Server, Banyan Vines Network, Mainframe to PC/Workstation, FTP, TCP/IP, PowerBuilder, Database

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Manufacturing Yield Data Automation System (MYDAS) to analyze and implement the daughter card system (new technology for CPU) for the Client/Server MS SQL Server on Windows NT Server and Banyan Vines Network. The Systems uses Visual Basic v4.0 as the front-end interface and developed specifications for daughter card system.
• BUYPLAN SYSTEM & SILICON SYSTEM- PowerBuilder 4.0 & 5.0 / MS SQL Server
• Worked on a project for Confidential Corp to analyze requirements and perform logical and physical data analysis and design for the Client/Server MS SQL Server systems on Windows NT Server and Banyan Vines Network. Developed specifications to download data from mainframe databases to PC/Workstation environments using FTP and TCP/IP protocols. Wrote interfaces to SQL Server database using Stored Procedures. Developed specifications to connect the MS SQL Server to front-end interfaces with PowerBuilder v4.0 & 5.0. Also, performed MS SQL Server database administration functions.
• Visual BasicMS Access, Adhoc Queries, Crystal Clear ReportsPowerBuilder, Oracle, Developer

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a project for Confidential as a technical consultant using Visual Basic and MS Access. Used all the major features of Visual Basic v4.0/3.0. The order management system generates an order for the given customer and their related information for the order. This system approves an order based on the previous and future requirements of the customer. The major features include Adhoc queries, and crystal clear reports, etc.
• Customer and Promotion System
• Using PowerBuilder 4.0 & 3.0/Oracle worked on a project for Coopers & Lybrand Consulting firm for Confidential as technical consultant in PowerBuilder and Oracle as well as developer.
• The system is used to add and maintain Sold-To and Ship-To information including names, addresses, credit information, ps, special handling requirements notes, contacts, warehouse assignments exceptions, personnel assignments and exceptions, EM information, and relationships to other Customers. Also, customized ownership buying, group, payment for authorized distributors and products, drop ships and other standard information and ps of the Sold-To and Ship-To module. This system also includes the Pricing Deals System and Sales, organization systems as well as pricing Reporting information, which is used to add and maintain Pricing Deals offerings, discounts and incentives to specific Customer or Target Markets.

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Using PowerBuilder v2.0/3.0 with SQL Server worked as a technical consultant in PowerBuilder and Sybase as well as Developer. One of the major roles was mentoring users and junior developers with respect to PowerBuilder within the Client/Server environment. The system was about maintaining the contract of Confidential, Inc. to allow contract administrators to easily create and maintain complex contracts and to allow fee administrators to easily allocate the fees collected to the appropriate contracts and to allow Premier Hospitals Alliance, Inc to gain control over the process with which it recognizes revenue and Collects fees from its business partners.
• Banyan Vines Network, OS/2, MS SQL Server, Bar Coding, PowerBuilder, DataWindows, DWCreate, DWSyntaxfrom
• SQL, Dynamic
• Cursor, User Objects, On-line, DataWindows, DwFind, Queries, Holdlock Syntax, Stored Procedures, Triggers

Confidential, Phoenix

Programmer/Analyst/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a project for Confidential Corp in the Site Computing Services Department (SCS). Involved in the designing and developing a parts tracking and inventory system in conjunction with Banyan Vines Network under 0S/2 MS SQL Server. The system was developed on a mainframe called the Mercury System and subsequently ported to
• PC environment under Banyan Vines Network. Features of the part tracking systems include bar coding input exploiting features of PowerBuilder such as: user events and dynamic DataWindows using DwCreate, DwSyntaxfromSQL, Dynamic Cursor and User Objects. Provided on-line search features, which allow tracking parts number in DataWindows Utilizing DwFind Function. Uses drag and drop features while deleting records. Provided flexibility in querying by using Multiple Document Interface (MDI). Network features includes Holdlock Syntax with select, etc. Other features included stored procedures and triggers. This system was implemented at all Confidential sites.

Confidential

Consultant - Various Companies

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the development of Dynamic Query Manager which was a Windows based product designed to allow the user to generate queries on data imported from any other system and view the resultant output on screen in tabular or graphical format. The user could base queries on data from any number of tables, programmed to include calculated fields in query, can specify titles for all columns and can format the data. Dynamic Query Manager was developed using PowerBuilder with Sybase as Database engine. Used all the major features of PowerBuilder 2.0 such as DataWindows, Application Painter, Library Painter, User Defined events, structures, and functions, SQL scripts, SQL painter and database painter. Also utilized defined events Drag and Drop objects and external functions.
• Involved in the analysis, design, coding of a Provident Fund system, which took care of the Provident Fund activities of temporary and permanent employees of the company. It handles new accounts, company and employee contributions, family pension settlements and investment loans. Used Sybase under Unix, exported Sybase features such as stored procedures, triggers, and other utilities such as APT, DWB, DB-Library, ISQL and system stored procedures.
• Involved in the capacity of a Systems Analyst in the development of the Personnel Information System for one of the largest State Electrical boards in India. The system handled data pertaining to more than 100,00 employees and involved in computerizing information related to each employee, this information included personal background, projects handled outside organization, conducted, current status and work details.
• Involved in the capacity of team leader in the analysis, design, development and implementation of an integrated system for major Life Insurance Corporation of India, which had different modules running under Unix environment using MF-COBOL. Mainly involved in the Premium Billing, Premium accounting module and was involved in the end user interaction, user documentation, debugging, testing and implementation of Insurance system.Involved in the capacity of a project leader in the design, analysis, development, testing, and documentation of Personnel Organization Structures. The system was essentially a Personnel Information System and as an added feature involved the development of the Organization Structure module. This encompassed understanding Protocol Procedures within the Organization, the management hierarchy and general decisions process with management. This system incorporated a fast tract promotion, salary and Perk tracking functions.