SUMMARY

• IBM WebSphere Administrator with over 8 years of experience in middleware administration.
• Expertise in installation and configuration of WebSphere Application Server v 8.5/8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0 , WebSphere Portal v7.x/6.x, WebSphere Process Server 6.x, IBM HTTP Server(IHS) v 7.0/6.1/6.0, IIS 5/6/7, Apache Tomcat v6, on different platforms like Windows, Red Hat Linux(RHEL), IBM AIX and Sun Solaris.
• Experience in upgrading highly available environments implementing WebSphere Application Server (Base and Network Deployment), WebSphere Portal and IBM HTTP Server.
• Experience in deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting of applications and portlets in WebSphere environment.
• Experience in setting up the Data power endpoint URL in WSRR/Business space.
• Experience in Creating Contract to the Application version and promoting to the PROD environment.
• Experience in setting up the Data power endpoint URL in WSRR/Business space.
• Strong experience in configuration concepts like Federatio, Clustering (High Availability) and Work Load Management(WLM) .
• Actively involved in project release engagement and releasing the code management and actively participating on the SOW (Statement of work) meeting to setup the process.
• Configured Security on WebSphere environments using LDAP, Custom and OS user repositories.
• Expertise in configuring Single Sign On (SSO) using External Security Manager (ESM) like Tivoli Access Manager and CA SiteMinder.
• Experience in tuning and load testing of WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal environments as per business requirements.
• Extensive experience in monitoring WebSphere Application Server with performance diagnostic tools like Tivoli Performance Viewer, Wily Introscope.
• Setting up Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) data for application and server monitoring.
• Good understanding of Class loading parameters for J2EE and Web Applications.
• Expertise in troubleshooting application and deployment issues on WebSphere environments.
• Experienced in analyzing heap dumps and thread dumps with the help of Heap Dump Analyzer and Thread Dump Analyzer for tuning of Application Server.
• Administered the configuration of JDBC, JMS, Queues, Web Services, Virtual Hosts, Service Integration Bus (SIB) for the environments.
• Experienced in troubleshooting the WAS by enabling tracing and analyzing logs like JVM logs, plugin.log, http logs, Process logs and service logs.
• Experience in designing, constructing, testing web services using WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD or RAD).
• Experienced in using Jacl and Jython scripts along with wsadmin.sh Admin Objects (AdminTask, AdminApp, AdminConfig).
• Experience on implementing and administering, Performance monitoring and tuning using tools like Wily Introscope, Xymon, Snappimon, Tivoli Performance Viewer, log analyzer, thread analyzer, IBM Heap Analyzer, HP and Splunk.
• Experience with Portal configuration tasks (WPSConfig/ConfigEngine)) like database migration from Cloudscape to DB2, Federation and enabling LDAP/Custom security in WebSphere Portal environments.
• Good understanding of features like Job Managers and Administrative agents in WebSphere Application Server v8.x/7.0.
• Configured Session management, JDBC Providers, JMS, JVM classpath and Virtual Hosts in WebSphere v8.x7.x/6.x/5.x.
• Experience in certificate management by creating a new key database and self signed certificate using Ikeyman tool.
• Mentoring Web Sphere App Servers to new staff members.
• Ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong understanding of UNIX Shell, Jython/Jacl and ANT for automation of WebSphere Administration tasks.
• Worked in various Software Development Life Cycle with rational unified process (rup)/AJILE.
• Experienced in consolidating application servers and maximize utilization while monitoring application health using WebSphere Virtual Enterprise.
• Experience in creating dynamic clusters, setting up node groups and application versioning in WebSphere XD environments.
• Experience in configuring On Demand Router to control traffic and caching in WebSphere XD environments.
• Worked with 3rd party vendors in installing, configuring and troubleshooting vendor software in various environments.
• Experience in woking with IBM L2/L3 support towards the resolution of WebSphere issues.
• Took part in capacity planning and sizing operations to ensure application compatibility with hardware and software.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience in standardizing deployments in various environments of WebSphere.
• Round the clock on call support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application Servers/Middleware: WebSphere Application Server v 8.5/8.0/7.0/6.0/5.0 , WebSphere Portal v8.0/7.0,6.0,Apache Tomcat v 6.0 IBM HTTP Server, WebServices

Web Technologies: Servlets, JSP, EJB, Struts, JavaScript, Java Beans, JNDI, Swing, HTML, DHTML, JDBC, RMI, JMS, Web Services,Jboss, puppet..

RDBMS: DB2, Oracle, MS - SQL Server

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Perl TCP/IP, LDAP, RMI/IIOP, JMS, SOAP, HTTP, HTTPS

SOA Technologies: WSIF, JSR168, JSF, BPEL, WSDL, SOAP/HTTP, SOAP/JMS

Environment: UNIX, IBM AIX, Solaris, Windows, Redhat Linux, Omnifind, Splunk, SVN.

Performance Tools: Wily / CA Introscope APM, dynTrace APM,Splunk.

Security: CA SiteMinder

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, GA

Sr.WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured and Managed IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5/8.0/7.0 ND on AIX, Windows (Cluster and non Cluster Environment)
• Installed IHS and Apache Web Server and Configure http, https on AIX 6.1/7.1/ SUSE Linux v11,
• Generated Plug-in file in DMGR and configured with Web Server Plug-in file
• Applied fix-packs for WAS v7.X, 8.X for DMGR and Nodes
• Installed manually different types of applications and used automated Jython scripts to deploy in house applications (EAR, WAR)
• Involved in installing different types of third party applications manually on WebSphere Application Server v7.0 & 8.0
• Configuring resources like JDBC Provider, Creating Virtual Host, Shared libraries, JNDI Configurations, EJB References creating Environment Variables and Configuring Session Management
• Administering the enterprise applications deployed on server
• Worked on performance tuning and optimization of various configuration settings such as thread pools, JMS queues, Messaging Engines, Connection pooling
• Optimized the java settings includes JVM arguments, Garbage Collection and Heap size dynamics and fine tuned the memory management using TPV
• Configuring and enabling the common event infrastructure
• Involved in creating DB2, Oracle data sources on WAS v6 at Cell level and WAS v7 at cluster level, and reset the J2C user ID and Passwords
• Created JMS Providers, MQ connection factories, MQ queue destinations, Listener Ports and Activation Spec for WAS v6/v7/v8
• Involved in configuring WebSphere variable and Shared libraries
• Implemented Horizontal and vertical scaling and created cluster member for the Workload-Management
• Involved Monitoring the Health of applications using Wily Introscope v9.1, v9.5
• Created Load & Performance testing reporting templates on Wily Introscope.
• Created threshold based alerts on production wily agents.
• Created several management modules, dashboards, alerts for production wily agents.
• Analyzed the heap size for the JVM with help of developers according their application
• Involved in monitoring the JVM performance by WebSphere Heap Size, garbage collection, JDBC Pools periodic testing and support of Web Environments with respect to High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Configured WebSphere global security with LDAP registry and Created users with various roles to access the WebSphere admin console, users and groups in LDAP and added them as WebSphere Console Groups
• Generated the Heapdump, Javacore and analyze the dumps using thread analyzer and heapdump analyzer(MDD4J)
• Preferably 5+ years of experience in Application Development using iLog / WODM
• Opened critical PMR with IBM to solve the problems in the WebSphere application Server and collected the MustGather information according to IBM requirement
• Involved in configuring SSL on IBM HTTP and Apache Servers
• Configured Global Security, Managed user and user group on both WAS and WPS
• Experience in working on ITCAM,IBM HTTP Server,Pega, IBM Datapower, IBM MQ on Z/OS
• Administered various Log files like Product logs, Installation logs, Administer server logs,
• Responsible for Production support by 24/7 on radiation basis
• Installed fixpacks/apar’s on WebSphere application server 6.x,7.x8.x and IBM WebSphere portal7.x,8.x

Environment: WebSphere Application server v8.5/7.0, WebSphere Portal v7.0, IBM HTTP Web Server v8.5/7.0dynaTrace 5.6, Shell Scripts, Jython Scripts

Confidential, Indiana Polis, IN

Sr. WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration, deployment, scripting, troubleshooting of WebSphere Application Server 7.0 and WebSphere Portal Server 7.0 on Linux and Windows environments using silent and GUI methods.
• Experience in migrating all the J2EE Applications, which includes setting up new Research, DEV, TEST, QA environment from Web Sphere 6.0 to Web Sphere 7.0
• Experience in Installing, Configuring and AdministeringWeb Servers like IBM Http Server (IHS) 7.X configuration ofWeb Server Plug-ins.
• Responsible for configuring plugin and upgrading of the IBM HTTP Server (IHS) v7.0.
• Responsible for Managing, Monitoring and Creating Change Management Records (CMR), Critical System Support, to Install Web Applications. Clearing the problem and ticket queues, solving problems and reassigning to concerned groups by end of the day if required.
• Configuration and WebSphere Portal Server installation, configuration and deployment, including activating portlets and portlet applications, managing users and groups.
• Deployed puppet, puppet dashboard, and puppetDB for configuring management to existing infrastructure.
• Worked on concepts like Dynacache, Content Switching, Application / JVM Tuning, Session Replication, TCP/IP, DNS, LDAP, firewalls, SSL, Secure Certificates, Load Balancing
• Configured and troubleshooted the heap dump and thread dump using heap dump analyzer and thread dump analyzer for WebSphere Application Server v7.0.
• Experience in deploying and configuring the J2EE and Web Applications on multiple Servers using Jythong/Jacl and shell scripts in Development, Integration Testing, QA and Production environments.
• Experience in ILOG/ODM modules such as Rule Studio, RTS, RES. RSO, DVS, Decision Warehouse
• Responsible for development of business process and work flow for development and testing of Web Sphere components and ensure transition to Operations groups for production delivery and post-production support.
• Responsible for enabling the security for enterprise applications using External Security Manager (ESM) SiteMinder.
• Customizable API composition and virtualization capabilities.
• Responsible for SiteMinder Application Support, this includes Web Agent Support like how the agents are plugged into the web server, Policy Server like how the policy server will talk to LDAP user store schemas that the policy server uses for authentication, authorization etc, LDAP user store like configuring the user store, modifying the user profiles etc.
• Involvement in working with Tivoli devices like TAM, performance viewer, work load manager, and so forth.
• Responsible for conduction bridge calls for situations like escalating issues, high priority issues, tasks involving many teams, and project integration.
• Knowledge in Managing access to all resources, access policies, Role Based Management (RBM), cryptographic keys.
• Assisting team members in trouble shooting of Web Sphere environment related issues and providing presentation on the Support procedures and knowledge sharing sessions on CMR process.
• Documented the daily activity of the WebSphere Application Server 6.1/6.0 in the middleware environment.
• Assiste the team 24x7 on call support.
• Migrated from 7.x to 8.x

Environment: WebSphere 7.x, 6.x, IBM HttpServer6.x/7.x, WebSphere Portal Server 6.0/7.x, WeSphere Service Registry and Repository, WebSphere MQ6.x, Tivoli Access Manager, Tivoli Directory Server, Web Seal, Java 2.0, JSP1.2, EJB 2.0, JDBC 2.0, XML, Windows 2006 Server, Solaris 10/9, Wily Introscope 9.x, DB2UDB, Oracle10g/ 9.0.2.5/8.1.7 , Remedy User, Load Director, ClearCase, Shell Scripts, jython and Jacl,SVN, Splunk, Omnifind.

Confidential, Madison, WI

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuring infrastructure solutions for J2EE applications around IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0/5.1, IBM HTTP Server, IBM WebSphere Process Server 6.0/WBISF 5.1, IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 and IBM MQSeries on Linux and Windows platforms using silent and console methods.
• Upgraded and configured Clustering for WebSphere Application Server 6.0.
• Responsible for configuring plug in with IBM HTTP Server (IHS) v 6.1.
• Responsible for providing Security for applications in the environments using External Security Manager like SiteMinder.
• Extensive experience withActive Directory, GPO’s, DHCP, DNS, IP, Sub Nets, VPNs, vLAN, Network routing, firewalls, LAN/WAN switching and Backup & Recovery,File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server.
• Experience in designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Experience with administering the IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Software.
• Responsible for configuring JDBC providers and data sources to support backend applications on DB2.
• Responsible for troubleshooting the issues of the WebSphere Application Server v 6.0 with the help of logs like Process logs, JVM logs.
• Analyzed the heap dump and thread dump with Heap Dump Analyzer, Thread Dump Analyzer(AlphWork) for resolving the memory issues of WebSphere Application Server.
• Took active participation in deploying new applications on WebSphere Application Server6.0/5.1.
• Good experienced in Production Release process.
• Responsible for collecting data for troubleshooting the performance issues of application Server with the ISA WORK BENCH/ISALITE .
• Good understanding of UNIX Scripts like Jacl/Jython for automation of the WebSphere Administration tasks in the middleware environments.
• Configured and set up Secure Socket Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client authentication.
• Worked in various Software Development Life Cycle with rational unified process (rup)/AJILE.
• Responsible for creating Realms from different kinds of repositories using Virtual Member Manager(VMM).
• Provided the IBM Must Gather Documents while deploying applications on the WebSphere Application Server v 6.0.
• Installed and configured websphere portal application using XMLAcess.

Environment: WebSphere 6.0.1.13/6.0.2.13/5.1.1.13/5.0.2 , IBMhttpServer6.1/2.0.47, Apache Tomcat v6.0, WebSphere Portal Server 6.0/5.1, WBI, WCM, WebSphere MQ5.3, SiteMinder Policy Server, IPlanet Directory Server, Web Agent, Java 2.0, JSP1.2, EJB 2.0, JDBC 2.0, XML, WebSphere Studio, Windows 2003 Server, Solaris 10/9, RAD7/6, WSAD 5.0, DB2UDB, Oracle10g/ 9.0.2.5/8.1.7 , Remedy User, SiteScope, Load Director, ClearCase, Shell Scripts, jython and Jacl.

Confidential, Portsmouth, NH

WebSphere System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Installing and Configuring WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.13, WebSphere Portal Servers5.1,WebSphere MQ 5.3, and IBM Http Server on multiple-tier architecture on Linux, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Window 2003 Server environments.
• Responsible for troubleshooting the issues using first failure data capture(ffdc) by feeding data to analysis engine for solutions.
• Over Six years of IT experience including Three yearsof recent experience inJboss application serveradministration on Red Hat and over Two and half years of experience inWebLogic Serveradministration on Sun-Solaris platforms in setting up development, testing and production environments.
• Developed Jacl and Jython scripts to automate the WebSphere environment.
• Experience with IBM Power Systems 7/8
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, & clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere5.1.1.3 on Linux and Windows 2003 Server environments.
• Responsible for configuring shared environment (clustering) for the WebSphere Application Server.
• Responsible for resolving heap dump and thread dump issues using Heap dump Analyzer and thread dump analyzer for the WebSphere Application Server v5.1 environments.
• Seven years of professional experience in middleware technologiesIBM DataPower,WMB (WBIMB), and WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Application Server.
• Experience on Jenkins
• Responsible for monitoring the health of the WebSphere Application server v5.1.
• Monitored the Web Server/App Server/Portal error reports and log files and responsible for resolving various distributed application issues in order to maintain efficient operations.
• Experience with AKAMAI Product set for WEB
• Responsible for enabling the security with Tivoli Access Manager for the WAS environment.
• Interfaced WebSphere MQ with WebSphere Application Serverv5.1.
• Documented day to day activity of the application server.
• Supported the team with 24/7 on call support.

Environment: WebSphere 5.1/5.0.2.13/4.0.7 , WebSphere Portal Servers5.1, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere MQ5.3, Netegrity SiteMinder5, IBM Http Server 2.0.47, iPlanet Web server, LDAP Iplanet Directory Server, Candle, Site Scope, Info web, EJB, JSPs, Servlets, XML, JDBC, Java Script, HTML, DB2/UDB v 8.2, Sun Solaris v 9/10, SUSE Linux and Windows2000 Advanced Server.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed all levels of hardware and software systems support for 200 computers and 100 printers.
• Created proactive procedures for problem preventions and resolutions, interfaced with software developers, analyzed issues, and designed solutions.
• Developed and updates documentation, appraising users and administrators of vital information.
• Responsible for e-mail system and Internet Information Server, meeting employee and customer needs 24/7.
• Managed all new install projects for servers, switches, and other network resources.
• Created user manuals and provided technical support sessions for new employees.
• Administrated and maintained environment security. Involved with administering security alerts to staff and weekly data backups.