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Professional Summary:

  • Lead WebSphere Engineer with 8 years of Information Technology experience.
  • Expertise in installation of Websphere Application Servers v5.0/6.1/7.0/8.5 and Websphere MQ v6.0 on different platforms such as RedHat Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, and Windows flavors and Applied fix packs as part of version upgrades.
  • Expertise in Installation of CA Siteminder R6/R12 Policy Servers, Web Agents, SunOne LDAP Directory Servers 5.2/6.3 and Implementation, Configuration, Administration and Maintenance of Siteminder/SunOne WebSecurity infrastructure in Windows/Linux/AIX flavors.
  • Having More than 6 years of experience in IBM Websphere, CA Siteminder, SunOne Directory Server, Websphere MQ and Citrix Netscaler technologies.
  • Undergone major activities in Project planning, Application auditing, project monitoring and status reporting, client interaction, project execution.
  • Involved in Full Cycle Implementation of Websphere/Siteminder/LDAP requirements for projects like Application Migrations, User Migrations and Infrastructure Migrations.
  • Demonstrated Ability to manage projects from Planning through Execution/Completion under the pressure of fast-paced, time-sensitive environments. Creative thinker and analytical problem-solver.
  • Implemented Work Load Management WLM using clustering techniques, including Horizontal and Vertical Clustering for failover and backup/ recovery processes.
  • Experienced in Requirements Gathering/Analysis, Estimation, Architecture, Design, Project Management, Interface development, Implementation in Integration of IBM Websphere Middleware Stack with CA Siteminder.
  • Experienced in documenting Configuration Management procedures, policies, plans and processes and having good knowledge of code management methodologies, framework and best practices.
  • Having knowledge on Planning/Capacity/Change/Release/Configuration/Incident/Problem Management mechanisms and follow up procedures needed for the Middleware Infrastructure works.
  • Experienced in Analysis, design, development, maintenance, documentation, implementation and user training.
  • Provided on-call support of Administration and Maintenance of Websphere Application Server 6.1/7.0/8.5, IBM IHS 6.1/7.0/8.5, CA Siteminder R6/R12.0, SunOne LDAP Directory Server 5.2/6.3, Websphere MQ 6.0/7.0, JBoss EWS, EAP 5.2/6.0, SunOne iPlanet WebServer 6.1/7.0, Citrix Netscaler 9.2/10.0 and Oracle WebLogic Server environments.
  • Recruited new team members, trained, coached as mentor. Coordinated onsite-offshore teams for Websphere upgrade project.
  • Effective team player with good communication and interpersonal skills with unique leadership qualities.
  • Committed to work hard and contribute to the organization's immediate goals and long term vision.
  • Willing to learn new technologies and apply knowledge to provide better solutions and solve problems.
  • Exceptional interpersonal communicator who effectively interacts with Customers and all levels of management.
  • Technical Expertise Summary: Integration Suite:

Operating Systems

WINDOWS 2000/XP, Linux, AIX, Sun Solaris

Programming Languages

Java, J2EE JSP/Servlets/JDBC

Web Servers

IBM IHS, Oracle iPlanet 6.0/7.0, Apache 5.0, JBoss EWS 1.2/2.0

Application Servers

IBM Web Sphere 6.1/7.0/8.5 JBoss EAP 5.2/6.0, WebConnect v7.3.4, BEA WebLogic 8.1

Web Security Tools

CA Siteminder R6.x/R12.x, Citrix Netscaler Manager, Websphere SSL Features

Database Servers

SQL Server 2005, MySQL 5.1

IDE's and Debugging Tools

Eclipse, Notepad , Jcreator, Putty, iKeyMan, Fiddler, NetSupport Manager, Wily Intrascope 9.0.7.0

Source Version Control

SVN, PVCS

Middle level Applications

Q-Load Analyzer, CA SCM Harvest, IBM Websphere MQ V6.0, Win SCP, Dump Analyzer

Project Management:

Project Planning

Microsoft Project - MPP , MS-Office, xWiki, MS Visio

Tools

Case Management System, ServiceNow

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Confidential

Role: Lead Middleware Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in project planning and architecture designing to initiate the Infrastructure development activities using WAS7.0/MQ V6.0 on Solaris OS Infrastructure and Preparation of Production Support Document, Work Request Document and Install plan for the Project Cycle by coordinating with onsite teams.
  • Upgraded Siteminder Infrastructure from R6 to R12.x.
  • Review and Enhance Service Orchestration Modules to stabilize and achieve performance.
  • Reviewed and made enhancements to achieve performance for Processes involved in External Communication.
  • Assisting with the review, analysis and resolution of Web and application side issues.
  • Reviewing and analyzing functional/nonfunctional requirements
  • Providing technical support for issues including hands-on troubleshooting
  • Worked on the Middleware infrastructure using IBM IHS, WebSphere Application server and MQ Explorer console to fix some critical performance, memory and transaction timeout issues in the system.
  • Responsible for submitting the daily updates about the assigned modules with the client.
  • Responsible for moving the artifacts to various environments like Unit System environments also responsible for moving Data to various environments.
  • Provided on call Production Support, Technical Support and Customer Support on Applications and Legacy Systems, able to handle multiple assignments.

Environment: Websphere Application Server 7.0, Siteminder R12.x, WS MQ V6.0, Solaris 5.10.

2. Confidential

Role: Lead Middleware Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in project planning to initiate the migration works from WAS6.1/R6 Infrastructure to WAS8.5/R12 Infrastructure and Preparation of Production Support Document, Work Request Document and Install plan for the Project Cycle by coordinating with onsite teams.
  • Setting the Web Sphere Application Server version 8.5 for the entire RFC LOB's.
  • Installed WAS8.5 Application servers and Web Servers Infrastructure.
  • Installed R12 Siteminder Policy Server and Webagents on the required web tier and Installed/Configured Policy Stores, User Stores, Key Stores that runs on platforms like AIX, Solaris and Linux.
  • Configured Dynamic groups in SunOne LDAP servers through which the Siteminder authentication have been enabled for RFC based users.
  • Configured Siteminder Policy Server settings like Agents/Authentication Schemes/User Directories and the respective Policies for their applications, IP restrictions have been enabled for set of customers and implemented java based custom authentication schemes.
  • Closely worked with multiple support groups Development, QA, AT/Staging, Production Support, DBA, Change management, Release management, Migration Analyst in coordinating and resolving issues.
  • Implemented Multi-Cookie domain to avail SSO for RFC users through eFunds Online after their acquirements.
  • Configuration/Administration and Maintenance of WebSecurity CA Siteminder and SunOne Active infrastructure and System Applications Websphere and MQ Infrastructure.
  • Responsible for replicate the project environment to various stages like Unit, System, UAT, Production and Disaster Recovery environments.
  • Provided on call Production Support, Technical Support and Customer Support on Mainframe Applications and Legacy Systems, able to handle multiple assignments.

Environment: WAS 8.5, CA Siteminder R12.x, SunOne LDAP AD 6.3, CA Harvest R12, WS MQ V6.0, AIX.

3. Confidential

Role: Senior Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Setting the Web Sphere Application Server Infrastructure versions 6.1/7.0/8.5 for the entire LOB's.
  • Implemented Siteminder integrations for All the Metavante Applications.
  • Closely worked with multiple support groups Development, QA, AT/Staging, Production Support, DBA, Change management, Release management, Migration Analyst in coordinating and resolving issues.
  • Troubleshoot problems on the various environments involving the integrations of Web Sphere, IBM HTTP Server, CA Siteminder, SunOne Active Directory for L2/L3 levels.
  • Implemented Multi-Cookie domain to avail SSO for Legacy and Metavante users through EFunds Online after their acquirements and configured application specific SSL Certificates by Citrix Management tool.
  • Configuration/Administration and Maintenance of WebSecurity CA Siteminder and SunOne Active infrastructure and System Applications Websphere and MQ Infrastructure.
  • Involving in Production Support and Primary On-Call contact for All LOB's consultation for Middleware Operations.
  • Supporting L3 on WAS infrastructure and WebSecurity levels and L2 support on MQ/JBoss/SunOne Servers.
  • Documented all the information about the changes undergone and resolutions on the issues for future reference and successfully transmitted the work flow process to other team members.

Environment: WAS 8.5, CA Siteminder R12, SunOne LDAP AD 6.3, JDK1.6, Citrix Cert Manager.

4. Confidential

Role: Senior Middleware Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Setting up Siteminder based WAM for Penley Users.
  • Controlling the Web Access to the Penley customers using CA Siteminder R6 and R12 by installed Siteminder Web Agents.
  • Closely worked with multiple support groups Development, QA, AT/Staging, Production Support, DBA, Change management, Release management, Migration Analyst in coordinating and resolving issues.
  • Troubleshoot problems on the various environments involving the integrations of Web Sphere, IBM HTTP Server and Siteminder.
  • Implemented Multi-Cookie domain to avail SSO for Penley users through EFunds Online.
  • Implemented Federation partnership for Discovery applications as a Service Provider by having the FIS Siteminder Infrastructure as an Identity Provider.
  • Preparation of Production Support Document, Work Request Document and Install plan for the Project Cycle by coordinating with onsite teams.
  • Administration/Maintenance of Siteminder/LDAP infrastructure.
  • Documented all the information about the changes undergone and resolutions for the issues faced for the future reference.
  • Successfully transmitted the work flow and process to the other team members.

Environment: Websphere 8.5, CA Siteminder R12, SunOne LDAP AD 6.3, JDK1.6

5. Confidential

Role: Senior WebSecurity Engineer

Team Size: 7

Responsibilities:

  • Migration of Siteminder Infrastructure from R6 to R12 SP3 has been setup for all eFunds application.
  • Controlling the Web Access to the eFunds Online Application using Siteminder, Installing and configuring Siteminder Agents.
  • Closely work with multiple support groups Development, QA, AT/Staging, Production Support, DBA, Change Management, WebSecurity, Problem management, Migration Analyst in coordinating and resolving issues.
  • Troubleshoot problems on the various environments involving the integrations of Web Sphere, IBM HTTP Server and Siteminder.
  • Preparation of Production Support Document, Work Request Document, Install Plan and keeping track of all Work Request Status as per the plan.
  • Developed java plugins to ease the conversions for LDAP requirements and views.
  • Generated list of users/admins in LDIF format as per the requests received both by using admin console and LDAP queries.
  • On Successful documentation of all the works, shared and transferred the work to the support team members.

Environment: Websphere 8.5, CA Siteminder R12, SunOne LDAP AD 6.3, JDK1.6

Confidential

Role: Application Support Engineer

Team Size: 4

Responsibilities:

  • Build the application from the code repositories stored in PVCS.
  • Deploys the application manually.
  • Configured application specific details in WebLogic 8.1 like virtual host, Data sources updates, enabled ssl configurations as part of security implementations.
  • Monitor the application status and implemented the minor code changes to get the customized outputs.
  • Created new user profiles and update the profiles in SunOne LDAP Directory Server 5.2.
  • Administration and Maintenance of Active User Directory Server.
  • Admin Users will be login to the application to update the user profiles which will be updated in SunOne active directory server.

Environment: BEA WebLogic 8.1, Sun Solaris, PVCS, SunOne 5.2 Active Directory.

Confidential

Role: Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

  • Develop SQL Programming using Stored Procedures and Triggers.
  • Maintenance of the Process Information in SQL Server 2005 as required by Data Management.
  • User Profile updates in SunOne LDAP Directory Server 5.2.
  • Maintenance of Data backup on SQL Server, SunOne LDAP Directory Server in a monthly basis.

Environment: SunOne LDAP 5.2, CA Siteminder R6, BEA WebLogic 8.1

Confidential

Role: Software Programmer

Responsibilities:

  • Understanding the project requirements from the project coordinator required for the online portal application.
  • Developed user registration module as per the requested architecture using J2EE JSP/Servlets/JDBC concepts.
  • Manually tested on its functionality for avoiding any first level errors and exceptions.
  • Documented the workflow and procedures about the cases for future references.

Environment: J2EE JSP/Servlets/JDBC , JDK1.5, SQL Server 2000, Eclipse IDE.

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