Technical summary

• Over ten years of professional experience in solving IT business problems through analysis, design, development and implementation of multi-tier client-server and e-commerce applications.
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC .
• Experienced in hardware sizing for medium to large scale enterprise portal applications.
• Led teams, mentored junior engineers and created documentation for end user training.
• Involvement in all aspects of the project lifecycle.
• Experienced in deployment of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Servers 7.0/ 6.1/5.1.
• Experienced in deployment and stage propagation on Websphere Commerce Server 7.0.
• Experienced in providing 24/7/365 on call support during weekends and after office hours support for large enterprise applications.
• Have extensive experience in identifying and resolving critical issues rapidly with strong emphasis on root cause analysis to prevent future outages.
• Eight years of hardware engineering experience in design and development of cutting edge flat panel display technology.

Skills

• Ten years IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0
• Installation, configuration, and administration.
• Clustering and stand alone WAS administration.
• Troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Installing Websphere Commerce Fixpacks/Feature Pack in a clustered and non-clustered environment.
• Enablement of Commerce Feature Pack FEP 4, 5, 6 7 .
• Solr Migration
• Installation of WAS/WCS APARs.
• Familiarity with Commerce Build Deploy process WCBD in a clustered environment.
• 24/7 production support.

IBM WebSphere Node Deployment Manager 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0

• Installation, configuration, and administration.
• WAS and Commerce clustering.
• Troubleshooting and performance tuning.

Additional experience with the following technologies and products:

Solaris 10, HP UX 11, AIX, Linux 5.4 Enterprise Edition 5, IIS 5, 6,Windows Server EE 2008, WebSphere Application Server version 6.0.2.33, 6.1.0.29, 7.0.19, 7.0.23, WebSphere Portal 7.0.13, 7.0.17, WebSphere Commerce version 6.0.0.7, 7.0.0.6 Apache Tomcat 6.0.18, 6.0.20 Web Servers IBM HTTP Server 6.1.0.0, 6.0.2.31 Apache/2.0.47, AD/LDAP Testing tool QTP, Ticketing tools Unisys, Star Team, Remedy, Parature, Service Center, HP Openview Service Desk, Change Synergy, Monitoring tools Tivoli, Wiley, IT Cam, OVIS Monitor, Keynote, Gomez, CMS tools, and Vignette 7.6.

Professional experience

Confidential

WebSphere Commerce 7 Support Specialist

• Supported multiple WebSphere Commerce environments to analyze and troubleshoot issues.
• Administrative tasks including but not limited to User Management, managing scheduled jobs, monitoring environments for performance issues using Dynatrace, Cache management, working with registry and with Admin Console/Org Admin Console/CMC
• Analyzed environment configurations versus best practices to provide tuning recommendations.
• Provide post-go-live operational support
• Confidential WebSphere Infrastructure Architect
• Designed infrastructure for development and QA.
• Setup V7 infrastructure to support migration from Commerce 7.0.0.2 to 7.0.0.7 w/FEP6
• Installed and configured an infrastructure running IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Network Deployment Manager, and IBM WebSphere Commerce Server.
• Setup and configure Solr.
• Implemented and augmented WebSphere Commerce build and deploy tool to support customizations to deployment.
• Confidential Senior WebSphere Consultant
• Installed, configured, and maintained WebSphere Commerce applications in a two node clustered environment.
• Created and administered clustered environment on IBM WebSphere Application Servers running J2EE applications.
• Led troubleshooting efforts and resolutions effort for WebSphere Commerce production outages and minimized application downtime during critical business hours.
• Collaborated with the client's system admin and DBA to manage all WebSphere application servers and Commerce server infrastructure at the client site running WAS version 7.0.17 and WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.3.
• Deployed WebSphere Commerce application builds to cluster.
• Implemented Horizontal/Vertical scaling for IBM WebSphere Application servers and optimized the QA/production clusters from single to double digit members to support high availability and failover capability during peak holiday season.
• Managed and maintained ticketing system for all client production related issues.
• Configured IBM HTTP Server for Load Balancing thru the WebSphere Plugin.
• Federated IBM WebSphere Application servers with the network deployment.

Confidential

Senior WebSphere Administrator

• Installed, configured, and maintained WebSphere Commerce applications in a clustered environment.
• Created and administered clustered environment on IBM WebSphere Application Servers running J2EE applications.
• Led troubleshooting and resolution effort for WebSphere/Java implementations and integrated WebSphere Application Server/Commerce server with MQ for application integration to the back-end.
• Managed all WebSphere application server and Commerce server infra-structure for fifty e-business applications at the client site running WAS version 6.0.33, 6.1.0.29 and WebSphere Commerce Version 6.0.0.7 and 5.6.
• Deployed WebSphere application builds to cluster.
• Implemented Horizontal/Vertical scaling for IBM WebSphere Application servers to support high availability and failover capability.
• Managed and maintained the architecture and design for Web Application infrastructure.
• Configured Apache HTTP Server for Load Balancing.
• Federated IBM WebSphere Application servers with the network deployment.

Confidential

WebSphere Administrator

• Deployed and maintained applications on IBM WebSphere V6.0.
• Implemented configuration changes at the WebSphere application server and Apache web server layer for all new and existing web applications.
• Assisted with system administration for production systems and performed 24/7/365 on-call support.
• Installed/upgraded Apache HTTP Servers.
• Administered and supported Intranet infrastructure, including HTTP servers and Web application servers.
• Designed, implemented, tested and improved disaster recovery procedures and system designs.
• Created and administered clustered environment on IBM WebSphere Application Servers.

Confidential

Principal Display Hardware Engineer

• Supported technical and business negotiations with Japanese LCD suppliers
• Designer of wide viewing angle TN-AMLCD for commercial wide-body aircraft, which resulted in a cost reduction of 33 in initial phase and 50 in final phase, contributing millions of dollars in yearly savings
• Technical liaison with Japanese LCD manufacturing companies, multiple on-site visits for purposes of LCD Development and Optimization
• Long term interaction with customer for design and specification review
• Provided LCD engineering support for production, including interfacing with various suppliers and internal support organizations
• Developed specifications for the optical performance of LCDs for commercial avionics application in conjunction with a major airplane manufacturer as part of LCD Design Team
• Applied LCD Modeling tool developed while at Kent State to optimize specific product application, resulting in Honeywell Technical Achievement Award
• Experience with military-grade Environmental and Highly Accelerated Life Test HALT Requirements