OBJECTIVE

• To work in a challenging position as a Infrastructure Architect, WebSphere/WebSphere Portal SME administrator, Systems Engineer, Network Consultant/System Administrator, Technical Support, utilizing my professional and educational experiences, while making a significant contribution to the success of the company

SUMMARY

• Proficient in software development for research, custom applications
• Extensive experience in administration of eBusiness environment involving middleware components like IBM/Apache/Netscape Web Server, WebSphere, B2B App Servers, LDAP Servers, WebSeal, Documentum, ClearCase, PVCS, J2EE apps
• Very good experience in Unix and python/jython shell scripting to automate jobs like deploying builds, monitoring system behavior, setup triggers and alert messages and various other admin tasks
• Well conversant with programming languages, microprocessor hardware, LAN/WAN configuration and fine tuning, TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, DNS and routing traffic debugging, assembly language programming
• Extensive Project Leader experience in large - scale financial environments (1,000+ servers) including design, implementation, high availability setup, capacity planning, security enhancements, infrastructure deployments and installation, setup, performance tuning, troubleshooting and problem resolution
• Can adapt very easy to any new software or hardware.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Assembler (INTEL family), Unix Korn/Bourne/C Shell, Perl 5, HTML 4.0 and JavaScript, Cascade Style Sheets, Sybase 12.5, MS SQL, C/C++, FORTRAN

Operating Systems: UNIX (Sun Solaris 12, IBM AIX v7.2, HP-UX v11.x, SCO, NCR, DEC AlphaLinux Red Hat Enterprise v7.2, Ubuntu v18.0, VAX / VMS, Novell 6.0, Win 2012/ Win 2008/Win 10/8.1/Win 7, AS/400, MS-DOS, VMware, Mac OS

Networks: LANs Microsoft DHCP, VAX DECnet, Novell 7.x, LanMan 2.x, Banyan Vines

WANs: X.25/QLLC, SDLC, ISDN, SNA, Frame Relay, APPC, TCP/IP, IPv6, Ethernet, Token-Ring, various bridge/routers, gateways

Software Packages: WebSphere 9.0/8.5, WebSphere Portal 7.1, IBM HTTP/Apache web servers, SiteMinder, ClearCase, PVCS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash's Macromedia, Sablime, BMC Patrol, Connect Direct, AutoSys, Syncsort, SQL Net Plus, Terrafile, VERITAS Volume Manager, ODS, CDE, Perl, Object CenterLine, MemAdvise, QC / Advantage, Office 365, CorelDraw, Adobe, Lotus Notes, Visio, Laplink, GoScript, MS-Mail Exchange, IIS, DB2, Sybase, Openshift, Splunk, AppDynamics, Jira

Volume Managers: Veritas Volume Manager, AIX LVM, RedHat Linux LVM

Web (e-Commerce): Apache, Directory Smart, iPlanet Web Server and Directory Server (LDAP), IBM Websphere, Oracle Weblogic, IBM WebSphere Portal, WebSeal, getAccess, Verity, Blaze, Vignette, Clarity, Siteminder (SSO, Janus), Perigrine, Business Objects

Backup Solutions: Veritas Netbackup, Legato, OperMenu, Tivoli ADSM, Syncsort Backup Express

Engineering Packages: AutoCAD, Orcad/PCB and Tango

Miscellaneous: TCP/IP and real-time programming, COBOL, SQL database design, code upgrade / maintenance, computer graphics design, project development and technical support, PCB design, simulators, numerical analysis, Web designUnix system administration and programming

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior WebSphere Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Re-architected the whole WebSphere production environment of the bank in order to accommodate the bank's HADR active-active setup (500+ instances).
• Moved live various WebSphere instances to different servers (my own personal procedure) in order to separate them per business needs Re-architected the whole IBM WESB environment by migrating from 32 bit to 64 bit Successfully completed the whole WebSphere 7.0, 8.0, 8.5.x Data Center migration project for 200+ mission critical bank applications (being the only WebSphere resource on the project) Successfully completed the GTM and LTM WebSphere setup, health check apps for both WebSphere and IHS servers for active-active live failover and utilization Responsible for the day to day support of WAS SOA, WESB, Safir, MCP, SDDC, TBT and other applications as a level 3 WebSphere dedicated resource Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for WebSphere and WebSphere Portal Production env Responsible for WebSphere DR testing exercises (setup, corrections, debugging) Responsible for WebSphere upgrades, maintenance & patching; project implementation (OS hardening, debugging, configuration tune-up)
• Focused on finding major issues based on Java core and heap dumps analysis
• Wily Introscope setup, install, configuration and help

Confidential

Senior WebSphere SME and middleware Architect

Responsibilities:

• Managed WebSphere/WebSphere portal as a SME and middleware Architect for the entire company’s environment. Supporting 3,000+ web and application servers (on AIX 6/Red Hat 6 Enterprise Linux and Wintel servers) Successfully architected, managed and implemented several big projects for Pharmacy migration, Employer and member Portals (for doctor’s prescriptions), IVR (all voice and data traffic managed by WebSphere now), Watson, LifeRay Google Healthcare Plans, Infogix, FileNet, Chordiant, Coherence Oracle grid, BlueSquare2, NPI, WEBi on Demand and Pega Systems Implemented the first voice driven menu selection (IVR project) for doctor's and patient's portal Built from ground zero the whole WebSphere Google healthcare portal env (more than 150 servers)
• Extensive performance tuning for fast-transaction systems (XA and non-XA transactions), load balancing, datasources and connection factories tune-up Performed JVM tuning, IBM heap dump and java core dump analysis, using WebSphere ISA Tools for L2 debugging analysis. Resolved major production outages based on my analysis and recommendations Responsible for new project architecture and implementation (including capacity planning, OS hardening and tuning, WebSphere debugging, configuration and tune-up)
• Did setup various auto deploy python scripts which helped automating the deployment process Did setup multiple Websphere 7.x/8.x clusters (clusters of 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16) Successfully migrated the current WebSphere environment to newly WebSphere 8.5.5 (live cutover) Focal point for DR configurations and setup during yearly DR exercises Setup Wily for different versions of WebSphere in order to find bottlenecks, code errors and other issues Installing and configuring SiteMinder clients for IBM http and Apache web servers Setting up basic monitoring scripts based on Control-M Debugging network traffic issue and congestion for peak hour traffic Installing and upgrading IBM HTTP/Apache Web Servers, WebSphere and Portal servers Designed base system components and delivery into SIT/QA/UAT/PROD environments

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Unix/WebSphere/Portal Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked as senior WebSphere Architect for the entire company’s Linux and AIX environment Successfully managed and implemented several big projects for private Internet messaging and communication systems
• Designed base system components and delivered into standard SIT, UAT and PROD environments Installed and upgraded WebSphere (versions: 6.0.2, 6.1, 7.0), WebSphere Portal (versions: 5.1, 6.1) and IBM HTTP/Apache servers (PROD and QA environments) Installed and upgraded existing Linux servers (various environments) Installed and configured MySQL, Perl, Python, Java JDK, James email system, various health-check scripts, including Tivoli maintenance and monitoring Supported 500 AIX, IBM iSeries, 4.5/Red Hat 5 ES servers, web servers and application servers Insured remote server administration, patching and maintenance (KVM based)