PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

IBM Websphere Portal Server Admin

Confidential - SFO, CA

Responsibilities:

• Experience in installing, configuring, maintaining, and managing IBM WebSphere Portal Server 7.x/8.x, WebSphere Portal Content Management, IBM WebSphere Application Server V 7.x/8.x and IBM HTTP Server V 7.x/8.x. (preferably WebSphere Portal 8.x and above)
• Experience in installation, configuration, upgrade, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrades of IBM WebSphere Portal Server in clustered (High Available) environments on Linux platform.
• Experience in cloning WebSphere Portal environment and setting up High Available environments
• Working experience with automation via. Portal Scripting Interface, wsadmin.sh, JACL/JYTHON, shell scripting, JSON, ant, XML access, config engine etc.
• Experience in setting up integrated security access to IBM WebSphere Portal and Single Sign - On to other applications.
• Experience with automating builds, deployments, environment and configuration etc. using scripting.
• Strong working knowledge and hands-on support experience with Microsoft Windows and UNIX/Linux server operating systems.
• Experience working with Source Control Management Team (SCRM), Developers, QA, Network Team and Project Managers etc.
• Well versed in web application security and ability to work with security professionals to insure a secure web application platform.
• Good working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, Java EE, LDAP, Active Directory, XML, Web Services, authentication protocols, SSH, SFTP.
• Good understanding of IBM WebSphere Portal development and J2EE technologies portlets, skin/themes, ear, war, jar, jsp, xml, properties, etc.

IIS Admin

Confidential - SFO, CA

Responsibilities:

• Familiar with working on windows 2003/2008 Server R2 Operating System environment
• Automation skills using Power Shell or windows scripting
• Working experience on Microsoft IIS V6/7
• 3rd party 3 tier applications (JAVA/J2EE, Visual Basic,.NET, COM/DCOM, Java script, HTML, support and troubleshooting experience is must.
• Basic Networking experience is required for troubleshooting network issues.
• Good working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, LDAP, Active Directory, XML, Web Services, authentication protocols, SSH, SFTP.

Storage Engineer

Confidential - SFO, CA

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior engineering leadership on all design and standards issues including analysis, development, implementation, as well as and mentoring of technologies across the teams
• Evaluate, test, develop, and implement complex technical solutions to address a variety of business problems. This includes hardware, software, configurations standards, and creating solutions with specific focus on driving business value
• Develop written procedures, engineering drawings, and other technical documentation
• Coordinate and direct preventative maintenance of major systems components
• Participate and lead the installation and/or changes of systems in accordance with change management practices
• Provide coverage for other team members as needed to ensure consistent operations and customer support
• Analyze technology specifications and requirements to determine if the technology is compatible with our current standards and utilizes the most efficient processes
• Communicate to the general organization on the support efforts of project related items
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently with competing deadlines
• Follow standard change management and configuration policies
• Tasks are often unstructured and the issues addressed are less defined, requiring new perspectives and creative approaches
• Apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving problems that are complex in scope requiring in - depth evaluation
• Demonstrate good judgment in solving problems as well as identifying problems in advance, and proposing solutions
• This individual must work effectively with Staff to Vice President level employees within the function, across functions and with external parties
• The ideal candidate will be a proactive contributor and subject matter expert
• To be successful, this individual must demonstrate favorable results through regular leadership and influencing others
• Limited supervision and direction is provided, as this individual can operate and drive results and set priorities independently
• Ensure IT adherence to service level agreements regarding infrastructure performance, limitations, and availability
• Provide Level-3 support and trouble-shooting to resolve issues impacting infrastructure & application operations
• Analyze infrastructure systems performance, collect information, and prepare summary reports

UNIX Engineer

Confidential - SFO, CA

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior engineering input on all design and standards issues including analysis, development, implementation, as well as and mentoring of technologies across the teams
• Evaluate, test, develop, and implement complex technical solutions to address a variety of business problems; this includes hardware, software, configurations standards, and creating solutions with specific focus on driving business value
• Develop written procedures, engineering drawings, and other technical documentation
• Coordinate and perform preventative maintenance of major systems components
• Participate in and lead the installation and/or change of systems in accordance with change management practices
• Provide coverage for other team members as needed to ensure consistent operations and customer support
• Analyze technology specifications and requirements to determine if the technology is compatible with our current standards and utilizes the most efficient processes
• Communicate to the general organization on the support efforts of project related items
• Communicate to senior leadership on all technical aspects of UNIX (AIX) engineering and operations tasks.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently with competing deadlines
• Expert-level technical knowledge of UNIX platforms, networking, and information security
• Produce or modify shell scripts
• Follow standard change management and configuration policies
• The tasks this individual is responsible are often unstructured and the issues addressed are less defined requiring new perspectives and creative approaches
• This individual will apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving problems that are complex in scope requiring in-depth evaluation
• Demonstrate good judgment in solving problems as well as identifying problems in advance, and proposing solutions
• This individual must work effectively with Staff to Vice President level employees within the function, across functions and with external parties
• The ideal candidate will be a proactive contributor and subject matter expert
• To be successful, this individual must demonstrate favorable results through regular leadership and influencing others
• Limited supervision and direction is provided, as this individual can operate and drive results and set priorities independently
• Ensure IT adherence to service level agreements regarding infrastructure performance, limitations, and availability
• Provide Level-3 support and trouble-shooting to resolve issues impacting infrastructure & application operations
• Analyze infrastructure systems performance, collect information, and prepare summary reports

VIRTUAL Engineer

Confidential - SFO, CA

Responsibilities:

• Build, install, configure and maintain VMware products including ESXi servers, HA clusters and Virtual Center
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution of the entire Virtualization Infrastructure
• Research root cause of problems and escalate to engineering and vendor support as necessary
• Develop, automate and implement operations best practices
• Perform Capacity Management functions
• Effectively collaborate with Server / Storage / Network / Data Center / Facilities / Audit / Compliance and PMO teams
• Manage problem and service tickets ensuring timely resolution to meet Service Level Agreements
• Follow established Enterprise change management procedures
• Participate in Business Continuation / Disaster Recovery infrastructure planning, building, and testing
• Must have the ability to understand and relate to new products, technology, strategy and be able to follow directions
• Must be able to provide project management that includes planning, documentation, meetings, conference calls, and reporting.
• Ability to conduct sessions to share knowledge with peers and other support teams is necessary
• Must be available to work outside of normal business hours to fulfill production and project needs, provide 7x24 on-call support on a rotating basis