SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of IT experience in a diverse array of disciplines including 5 plus years in Middleware Administration using WebSphere Application Server 8.5/7.0/6.1/6.0 Administration on Linux, Sun Solaris and Windows environments on various platforms like UNIX, AIX, Linux and Windows.
• Experienced in the Installation, Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, IBM edge server and web server plug - in in UNIX and Windows.
• Experience in automating silent installations, EAR/WAR deployment and common operations.
• Created profiles, nodes, clusters, data sources, and configured virtual hosts.
• Implemented Work Load Management extensively to provide Load balancing mechanism and fail over capabilities to the application server.
• Sound noledge wif J2EE specification, J2EE runtime architecture, J2EE containers and J2EE API’s (JDBC, JSP, Servlet, EJB, JNDI, JMS).
• Provided 24x7 Level 3 support for troubleshooting and maintenance for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Database connections, Managing security and remote computing issues.
• Experience in analyzing the JVM resources and issues using several tools including. Log Analyzer, Thread Analyzer, Heap Analyzer, and Tivoli Performance viewer.
• Experience in managing J2EE distributed systems wif interfaces to legacy systems and other middleware solutions.
• Conversant wif all phases of software development life cycle. Well Versed wif SEI-CMM Software quality guidelines and procedures.
• Configured Session Management at various levels, and configured SSL between web server and application server, and in between web server and web browser.
• Expertise in development of JACL, WSLT, TCL scripts and Shell scripts using WSAdmin, WSCP and XML Config tools to automate the WebSphere regular maintenance tasks.
• Created JDBC Providers and Data sources authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 databases.
• Experience in building data driven applications using IBM RAD 6.x/7.x for improving productivity of development process.
• Experience in JMS, MQ Series and monitored, maintained and customized existing MQSeries objects such as Queue Managers, Queues (local, remote, alias and model), process definitions, channels, and listeners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined wif strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and possess strong analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Web/App Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x, Site minder 6.0, IBM HTTP Server (IHS) 6.x/7.x/8.x, Apache Tomcat web Server 5.x/6.x/7.x.

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/2008, HP Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, IBM AIX (4.0/5.x).

Programming: Java, J2EE, C++, C, Log4J, Ant, CGI, Lisp, Prolog, SQL/PL SQL, HTML, DHTML.

Scripting: JACL, Jython, TCL, WSCP, WSADMIN, Korn Shell Script, Perl, JavaScript, VBScript

Security: LDAP( NDS, IDS, ADS), SSL, SSO, Site Minder

Databases: Oracle (9i/10g/11g), UDB/DB2, Sybase, MS SQL Server.

IDE: Eclipse,WSAD,NetBeans,Jbuilder,Editplus,OracleJDeveloper.

SCM Tools: Rational Rose, RationaClearcase, CVS, Perforce, StarTeam.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.x on AIX and Linux platform.
• Migrated IBM WebSphere Application Server from 7.x to 8.x.
• Created, Configured and Administered Profiles, Clusters, Nodes and Node Groups for WebSphere Application Server.
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management (WLM) including horizontal scaling and vertical scaling.
• Analyzing, performance tuning and troubleshooting WebSphere components, using wily, Tivoli Performance viewer, Log analyzer and Thread analyzer.
• Setting up, configuring and implementing various authorization and authentication services including LDAP and map the users and groups in WAS 6.0/6.1/7.0/8. x ND environments.
• Installed and configured the Web Servers IBM HTTP Server, Apache tomcat.
• Developed many Jacl scripts and UNIX Shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere and managed the backup/restore of DM configurations
• Worked closely wif developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, web applications, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
• Installation and configuration of Tivoli Access Manager(TAM) and created Single sign on solutions for applications
• Configured WebSeal for application Authentication and Authorization purposes. Created, Updated and managed WebSeal(TAM) instances, Junctions and objects.
• Installation, configuration, administration of IBM security Identity manager (or Tivoli Identity manager TIM) which is used to deliver security and Policy-based user and role management.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere MQ 7.x, JMS, MQ integration.
• Configured IBM Datapower SOA appliance to accelerate XML and Web services deployments.
• Preparing and setting up environment for application packaging and deploying Enterprise Application Archive (EAR), Web Application Archive (WAR) in WebSphere on Development, QA, and staging and production environments.
• Troubleshooting WebSphere environment issue by analyzing trace files, JVM logs, Process logs (Activity log), IBM Service logs (MQ logs, JMS logs).
• Provided 24 hour on-call support for the production environment.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.x/8.x., AIX 6.x/7.x,Solaris 10, Linux, JACL, Jython, IBM Datapower, TAM 6.x, IBM HTTPserver, Apache Tomcat 6.x/7.x, Serena Dimensions, Websphere MQ 7.x, ISIM 6( TIM 6.x), Unix shell scripts, Jython, Wily 9.

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered and supported WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0.x/6.1.x and WebSphere Commerce V6.0
• Involved in upgrading the WebSphere Environment to their latest version.
• Verified the WebSphere Commerce installation by publishing a sample starter store for testing its functionality.
• Involved in migration of WAS from V5.1 to V6.1
• Setting up development, staging, testing and production environments in WAS 6.1.x for the ongoing application development.
• Actively involved in setting up and control WebSphere commerce V6.0 security and successfully enabled the payments framework.
• Configured Global Security in WAS 6.1/7.0 using LDAP, custom.
• Debugging the application problems by working very closely wif development teams.
• Designed horizontal and vertical scaling of WebSphere through “Clustering of multiple JVM’s” wif independent Java Virtual Machine (JVM), for each clone.
• Deployed the .EAR files and scripting automated deployment of the applications.
• Actively involved in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottlenecks.
• Performing software maintenance and installing fix packs and program patches to keep the system software up to date of WAS 6.0/6.1 and WebSphere Commerce V6.0.
• Installed IHS and Generated and configured keys in IHS and Plug-in.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.
• Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling and connection manager wif Oracle.
• Building Jacl, Jython, Ant and shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere, and managed the backup/restore of DM configuration.
• Created and configured JDBC, J2C, and JMS connections.
• Involved in IBM AIX, Sun Solaris kernel tuning, performance analysis, and load balancing and shell scripting to automate the system administration jobs.
• Configured CICS resource adapter and installed the RAR files in WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented LDAP security using LTPA and Site Minder, Trust Association Interceptors (TAI) and Single Sign on (SSO) on WebSphere.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x/6.0/6.1.x/7.0, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, IBM HTTP Server 6.1/2.0.47.1, Web Content Management 2.5, LDAP Server, WebSphere MQ 5.3, UDB/DB2 8.2, Oracle 9i, Active Directory, UNIX (AIX 5.3/Solaris 8/9.0), Windows 2003, Tivoli Performance viewer.

Confidential 

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered and supported WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0.x/6.1.x and WebSphere Commerce V6.0
• Involved in upgrading the WebSphere Environment to their latest version.
• Verified the WebSphere Commerce installation by publishing a sample starter store for testing its functionality.
• Involved in migration of WAS from V5.1 to V6.1.
• Setting up development, staging, testing and production environments in WAS 6.1.x for the ongoing application development.
• Actively involved in setting up and control WebSphere commerce V6.0 security and successfully enabled the payments framework.
• Configured Global Security in WAS 6.1/7.0 using LDAP, custom.
• Debugging the application problems by working very closely wif development teams.
• Designed horizontal and vertical scaling of WebSphere through “Clustering of multiple JVM’s” wif independent Java Virtual Machine (JVM), for each clone.
• Deployed the .EAR files and scripting automated deployment of the applications.
• Actively involved in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottlenecks.
• Performing software maintenance and installing fix packs and program patches to keep the system software up to date of WAS 6.0/6.1 and WebSphere Commerce V6.0.
• Installed IHS and Generated and configured keys in IHS and Plug-in.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.
• Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling and connection manager wif Oracle.
• Building Jacl, Jython, Ant and shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere, and managed the backup/restore of DM configuration.
• Created and configured JDBC, J2C, and JMS connections.
• Involved in IBM AIX, Sun Solaris kernel tuning, performance analysis, and load balancing and shell scripting to automate the system administration jobs.
• Configured CICS resource adapter and installed the RAR files in WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented LDAP security using LTPA and Site Minder, Trust Association Interceptors (TAI) and Single Sign on (SSO) on WebSphere.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x/6.0/6.1.x, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, IBM HTTP Server 6.1/2.0.47.1, Web Content Management 2.5, LDAP Server, WebSphere MQ 5.3, UDB/DB2 8.2, Oracle 9i, Active Directory, UNIX (AIX 5.3/Solaris 8/9.0), Windows 2003, Tivoli Performance viewer.