SUMMARY

• 8 years of IT experience wif strong expertise in IBM Middleware & Information management technologies namely WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Commerce Server, WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Process Server, SSO (Siteminder), Directory Servers (Tivoli Directory Server, SunOne Directory Server, Active Directory Server), DB2 UDB, WebServers (IBM HTTP Server, IIS, Apache).
• BPM Consultant, Responsible for the development and implementation of the platforms like java/J2EE, BPM, ECM,SOA architecture and web services and disater recovery.
• Developed Data Power solutions along wif TEMPeffective designing and implementation.
• Experience in VMware virtualization, Windows Server,Hyper - V, Networking, and infrastructure management.
• Worked on IBM WebSphere Commerce Server Version 7.0 from Configuration, maintenance, Patching and troubleshooting on different Environments.
• Worked extensively on the Installation of the IHS, WAS, Commerce APAR’S and Intern Fix Installation.
• Played key roles in managing on ODM Websphere System administration(v6.1/v7/v8.5)
• Tivoli Directory Server ldap, Tivoli Access Manager and Production Support of various systems/software on Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux (RedHat, Suse) and Windows environments.
• Strong experience in setup, installation and administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.x/6.0/6.1/7.0, Network Deployment on IBM AIX 5.x/6.x, RedHat Linux 2.x/3/4/5/6, Sun Solaris 8/9/10.
• Created Load Runner scenarios and scheduled the Virtual Users to generate realistic load on the server using Load Runner (Load generator machine)
• Expertise in Installation/Configuration/Administration/Troubleshooting of WebSphere Portal Server V5.x/ 6.0/6.1/7.0.
• Expertise in ODM Recommending/Providing Architectural solutions in defining/on-boarding new applications onto WebSphere environments.
• Migrated J2EE applications from WebSphere 5.1/6.x to v7.0 by documenting a detailed approach per environment Disaster Recovery.
• Experience in working/managing WebSphere Portal resources/portlets/Themes/Pages/Artifacts.
• Experience in ODM integration of search, personalization and collaborative components wif WebSphere Portal Server.
• As a Business Process Management (BPM) Consultant, Lombardi Developer and Solution consultant working on Teamworks 5.5, 6.x and 7.x platforms.
• Experienced in setting up BPM environments wif WebSphere Process Server 6.x/7.0, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus 6.x/7.0 on AIX, Linux, Windows Platforms as per Project/Application requirements.
• Well versed wif SOAP, WSDL, WebServices and mutual authorization using SSL certificates.
• Highly experienced wif WebSphere Application Server v7.0 in installation, configuration, troubleshooting, building a cell environment wif the advanced features.
• Experience in the installation and configuration of IBM WebSphere MQ 6.x and 7.x on AIX, Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience in configuring various WebSphere MQ and MQ Series 7.X resources such as queue managers, queues, listeners in Websphere application Server.
• Experienced and proficient in scripting using WSADMIN (JACL, Jython), Shell Scripting, Perl for automating administration tasks and build processes on Websphere Application Server.
• Experienced in working wif CA Siteminder Policy Server 6.x, WebAgent 6.x & WebSphere Application Server Agent 5.x/6.x .
• Experienced in ODM configuring LDAP servers wif Websphere Application Server.
• Experience in configuring WebSphere MQ 7.x/8.x wif WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x.
• Thorough understanding ODM of WebSphere Application Server core concepts and troubleshooting skills in Unix & WebSphere Administration which includes Java Virtual Machine (JVM), javacores, application related issues.
• Expertise in configuring various Performance monitoring softwares like CA Introscope Wily, ITCAM wif WebSphere Application Servers.
• Experienced in configuring Service Integration Buses in WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1/7.0
• Extensive experience in optimizing performance of WebSphere Application server 5.x/6.x/7.0 using Workload Management.
• Adept in configuring of JDBC Providers, Data Source, Virtual Hosting, Global Security, SSL, LDAP.
• Good hands on experience in using clearcase tools and Well experienced in writing shell scripts in borne and korn shells, wrote JACL, Python, Jython scritps to automate most of the WebSphere administrative tasks via the wsadmin.
• Extensive use of Tivoli Performance Viewer for Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) data and setting the JVM heap size and cache size.
• Utilized tools like IBM ISA, Thread Dump Analyzer, Heap Dump Analyzer, MMD4C4J to diagnose CPU issues, hung threads issues, GC bottle necks, and memory issues.
• Demonstrated experience in applying fix packs and plug-ins, troubleshooting, performance monitoring and tuning of WebSphere Application Server.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: IBM AIX 4.3/5.x/6.x, Red Hat Linux 2.1/3.0/4.0/5. x/6.x, Sun Solaris 8/9/10, Windows NT/2000/XP/20003/2008

Application Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.x/6.x/7.0/8.0/8.5 IBM WebSphere Commerce Server 5.1/6.0 IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.x/6.0/6.1/7.0 IBM WebSphere Process Server 6.x/7.0 IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus 6.x/7.0 IBM WebSphere ILOG 7.x Apache Tomcat 5.x/6.x

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, IIS iPlanet Web Server

Messaging Servers: IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3/6.0/7.0

Web Technologies: ASP, Servlets, JDBC, JSP, EJB, XML, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript

Directory Servers: IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.x/6.x, SunOne Directory Server 5.x/6.x

Access Managers: Siteminder 6.x, Tivoli Access Manager 6.x, UIDP

Languages: C, C++, JAVA, HTML, Visual Basic 6.0

Databases: DB2 UDB 7.x/8.x/9.x, Oracle 8.x/9.x/10, MySQL 5.x, DB technologies (Oracle, Sybase).

Scripting Technologies: Shell Scripting, JACL, XSL, XPath, GSKit, ANT (apache & ws ant), Jython (python), Jacl, Unix Shell (ksh, bash) and Perl

Networking&Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, FTP, SFTP, TELNET, SSH, SSL, License Metric Tool, Clear Case, RTC, SVN, CVS, Source Safe, Build Forge, ANT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Katy, TX

Websphere/e-Commerce Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administration of WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1 Network Deployment on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0/5.x, IBM AIX 5.x/6.0, Sun Solaris 9/10.
• Expertise in migrating WAS 5.1 to 6.1 along wif applications.
• Strong working knowledge of Windows 8/7/XP/Vista/2000/NT, Proficient wif various Web and application testing systems.
• Worked on Configuration, Administration, troubleshooting applications on WebSphere Commerce Server V5.1/6.0
• Build and Configure Cloned WebSphere Commerce Server on multiple environments.
• Maintenance of the WebSphere Commerce Servers on AIX platforms and setting up the development, testing, staging, Perf environment for the ongoing application development.
• Worked on trouble shooting issues related to WebSphere Commerce and maintain the Environment as per Customer requirement by applying Appropriate APAR, Fix packs Intern Fix and patches.
• Installed and Configured IBM Websphere Application Server, JDBC Drivers and Servlet Engines along wif troubleshooting and recovery on AIX, Solaris and Windows.
• Coordinate activities of engineering, tool design, purchasing, and other departments, to facilitate production or procurement of tooling.
• Worked wif Load testing team, sysadmin team to identify performance bottlenecks using LoadRunner, Wily Introscope, and Tivoli Performance Viewer
• Environment: WebSphere Application Server 5.x,6.x, Solaris 8,9,10, AIX 5.3, Windows, JDBC, DB2, Oracle, IBM HTTP Server 1.x,2.x,6.x, Apache Web Server, Tivoli Access Manger 5.1, Wily Introscope 6, 7.x.
• Managed complex environments for the customer IT environments from a software support perspective for IBM WebSphere Application Server on both UNIX and windows platforms.
• Install, configure and maintain Internet, Intranet, Application and Database Servers like WebSphere, HTTP Server, DB2 on diverse UNIX flavors that includes AIX and Windows Platforms (NT/2000) in a multi clustered high availability environments.
• Expertise on UNIX and Windows platformsand also configuration, installation and administration ofIBM WAS ND Install, configure and maintain IBM HTTP Server, Apache, etc
• Installed, configured remote WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server and manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ.
• Involved in creating and configuring profiles, clusters, nodes, node agents for WebSphere Application Server. Experience in managing on Websphere System administration(v6.1/v7/v8.5)
• Involved in migrating WebSphere 6.0 to 7.0 on AIX, Linux and Windows.
• Experience in integrating WebSphere Application Server and Deployment manager wif IBM Http server, IBM Directory Server, Sun ONE Web Server, Oracle, DB2 and SQL servers.
• Experience in configuring access control, autantication and authorization (SSO) using Siteminder/webagent Configuration of SSL, Clustering, HA, failover.
• Created Clusters and instances in WebSphere Network Deployment to support high availability, fail over and implemented horizontal clustering.
• Configured WebSphere Recourses like JDBC Providers, JMS providers.Technical design for medium to enterprise size projects having medium to high complexity wifin or across a functional area wif vendor neutrality and meeting architectural standards.
• Wrote wsadmin - JACL, Jython and ANT scripts to automate various WAS administration and deployment tasks such as JVM and resource configurations, J2EE application deployment, ear/war/jar installation, backups, JVM export/import and the like.
• Automated the WebSphere administrative tasks such as recycling the application server, deploying customer applications, log rotation, monitor application state by using UNIX Shell (BASH, CORN), JACL and Jython scripts.
• Expertise in UNIX Shell scripting, JACL, Jython, wsadmin, Perl and ANT scripting for administration, maintenance and installation of applications.
• Experienced wif deployment activities on IBM Websphere Message Broker/MQ.
• Datapower XI50 Implementation WTX/Cobol Copy Book Implementation.
• Install and configure Websphere MQ, Message broker V7 on windows 2008.
• Designed security and processing policies and rules for Data Power components.
• Good knowledge on other IBM transformation tools like IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender WTX and DataPower.
• Develop the post-processor script in PERL for American Funds ingestion process to move the pdf files to the NAS mounted directory structure based on the config file format.
• Handling tickets for job failures using Service Centre Peregrine. Installing TWS on UNIX and Windows machine. Troubleshooting the job failures related to TWS. Configuring FTA's and Master if required. Installing TWS on a master and configuring it.
• Apart from migrating fromTivoli Asset Discovery for DistributedandLicense Metric Tool7.5, you can also migrate from version 7.2.2. The process is also expanded wif migrating scan groups and scan schedules.
• I was involved in implementing the Provider Registration/Creation and Standards modules in the CTB project. I worked on multiple masters (services) in the Provider Registration Process.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of WebLogic Application Server 10.3.
• Server/Cluster and Instance creation using UNIX script and LDAP Definitions.
• Deployed application EARs on WebSphere Application Server ND and Red hat Jboss in Test, Stage and Production.
• Performance monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting WebLogic, JBOSS, Tomcat and Apache server instances.

Confidential, Cranston, RI

Websphere/Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients ODM, Developing Process/Service level Implementation using Lombardi Teamwork’s Tool.
• Responsible for configuring. Maintaining and troubleshooting the WAS environment.
• Set-up new QA and PROD environments by creating and managing the Nodes, Application Servers, and horizontal Clusterering for Load Balancing and Fail Over.
• Deployed application ears on WASND in QA, Staging and Production environments on a daily basis and troubleshot various configuration and application issues like database issues and http server issues
• Trouble shooting various problems in different stages of development, QA and production using logs files, JVM Count and JDBC Connections, log analyzers and custom shell scripts to look at the app.
• Performed WebSphere configuration, backup and restoration tasks (by using backupConfig, restoreConfig commands etc).
• Improved performance, reliability, and scalability of the application server and its interaction wif Web Servers, Database Servers
• Tutored junior websphere admins and other windows staff on websphere clustering and scripting jacl and shell and documenting it.
• Worked wif all the teams -- change control, oracle dba, db2 dba, mq team on a regular basis to resolve production issues and also in QA.
• Involved in Tuning of WebSphere Application Server for performance improvements.
• Managed multiple high-profile, complex projects and implement wif minimal disruption to end users.
• Managed complex environments for the customer IT environments from a software support perspective for IBM WebSphere Application Server on both UNIX and windows platforms.
• Worked wif QA Team for Load Tests and Performance tests and identified the bottlenecks of the applications.
• Worked wif Security team for possible security threats to WebSphere Platform and configured Web servers to their recommendations.
• Responsible for applying patches and fixes to WebSphere 5.x to bring it up-to-date.
• Setup conference calls in the event of a PROD outage or slowness and efficiently resolve the issues as quickly as possible by getting all the concerned teams together and co-coordinating the effort.
• Worked closely wif AIX Server Team for Operating System tweaks for Performance.
• Responsible for configuring various performance monitoring tools like Wily Introscope
• Involved in documentation of everyday activities and maintaining the doc-library.
• On-call support (24x7), Monitoring and maintaining multiple Applications.
• Server/Cluster and Instance creation using UNIX script and LDAP Definitions.
• Deployed application EARs on WebSphere Application Server ND and Red hat Jboss in Test, Stage and Production.
• Performance monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting WebLogic, JBOSS, Tomcat and Apache server instances.

Confidential, Coppell, TX

Sr. WebSphere/Middleware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Playing a Major Key role in the current Middleware team especially in supporting/managing WebSphere/Tomcat stack of products.
• Responsible for setting up end-to-end WebSphere Application Server 8 and Websphere Portal environment wif v6.1.5 on AIX & Linux Platforms.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of WebLogic Application Server 10.3.
• Installed and upgraded different versions of JBOSS/WebLogic.
• Involved in WebLogic 8.1 to WebLogic 9.0 upgrade, JVM upgrade, JDK upgrade.
• WebLogic, JBOSS application deployment and Hot Fixes on Staging and QA servers.
• Server/Cluster and Instance creation using UNIX script and LDAP Definitions.
• Performance monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting WebLogic, JBOSS, Tomcat and Apache server instances.
• Migrated applications from Tomcat to Websphere and from Websphere 6 to 8.0.
• Integrated SSO/Security, Directory Server, various backend systems for the end-to-end transaction management wif WebSphere Portal environments and delivered in on-time schedule.
• Responsible for Architecting WebSphere Portal environment scalable in using/defining Virtual Portals wif forecasting future needs in terms of Shared Database Domains, Federated Repositories for multiple User realms and various other aspects taking into consideration.
• Installed, Configured and administered Oracle WebLogic Server 10.0 MP1,10.0 MP2, 11g and Webservers like iPlanet/Apache in Development, Test and Production Environments.
• Deployed applications (WAR, JAR and EAR) using WLST, Anthill.
• Installed and Configured iPlanet/Apache Plug-ins for WebLogic.
• Configuration and maintenance of J2EE Services including JDBC, JMS on WebLogic server 8.1.
• Deployed various WAR, EAR, JAR applications in Domain and Clustered environments.
• Configured and installed Sun One WebServer and Apache WebServer.
• Configured and administered Weblogic JDBC connection pools and Data Sources wif Oracle 9i database.
• Expertise in using/working wif ConfigEngine tasks in configuring WebSphere Portal Environment.
• Responsible for complete setup of Websphere BPM environment wif WebSphere Process Server 7.0, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus 7.0, WebSphere Application Server 8.0/7.0
• Expertise in integration between WebSphere Portal & WebSphere Process Server using UTL (Unified Task List) Portlet wif configuring the Cross-Cell Single Sign-On flow.
• Responsible for setup, Installation, configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application server 6.x/7.0, and IBM HTTP Server 6.X on AIX 5.3/6.0 and UNIX.
• Export/import Portal configuration and automate Portal deployment tasks using XML Access interface, Release Builder.
• Created multiple instances of WAS profiles and federated them into the deployment manager.
• Created WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical clusters, and added new cluster members.
• Created JDBC Providers, Data sources, and JAAS autantication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 (UDB) databases.
• Configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client autantication.
• Involved in creation of MQ resource objects like Queue, Listeners, Channels etc
• Monitored, maintained and customized existing WebSphere MQ objects such as Queue Mangers, Queues (local, remote, alias and model), process definitions, channels and listeners.
• Responsible for Configuring, deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining applications moving from DEV to TEST to PROD.
• Configured and Enabled the Global Security System for WAS Administration for Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Experienced in defining synchronized and persistent IBM WebSphere MQ Queue Manager, Channel Mangers and Queues.
• Configured and Enabled the Global Security System for WAS Administration for Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Performance tuned websphere portal and application server using Tivoli performance viewer and Wily Introscope.
• Implemented performance monitoring tool like Wily Introscope and alerting tools like Site Scope.
• Configured and Utilized continuous integration tools like Jenkins and Cruise Control for automated build and deploy process.
• Worked on creating infrastructure documents and operations guides for both Tomcat and WebSphere Application Server environments.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Sr. WebSphere Middleware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created multiple instances of WAS profiles and federated them into the deployment manager.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources and connection pooling.
• Configured Global security for WebSphere Application Server and using IBM Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
• Involved in creation of MQ resource objects like Queue, Listeners, Channels etc
• Involved in evaluation of WebSphere Portal server 6.0. As part of the project, installed and configured WebSphere Portal server 6.0 on a standalone machine and carried some rigorous testing.
• Responsible for writing various JACL scripts to automate the deployment process of various applications and also certain administrative tasks for WebSphere Application Server. Also wrote JACL scripts for migration process.
• Configured the web server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.

Confidential

Sr. Websphere Middleware engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administering WebSphere development, QA, Pre-Production and Production environments and deploy WebSphere applications to QA and Production for development and support teams utilizing WebSphere technologies. Provide and enforce controls to ensure stable QA and production environments. Assist developers/application owners wif problem resolution as necessary.
• Involved in a migration project involving migration of Websphere application server as well as WebSphere Portal servers.
• Migrated some instances of WebSphere Application server 5.1 to 6.0.1.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0 wif JDBC drivers on AIX, Linux and Solaris and also created user roles and groups for securing the resources using LDAP autantication.
• Installed, configured and clustered WebSphere Portal server 5.1.0.1 on AIX 5.x, RHEL and Windows servers.
• Responsible for day to day administration of over 15 WAS applications running on 5.0.2, 5.1.1 and 6.0.2 and over 20 Portal Applications on all environments including Production. dis involves installation of new applications, updating the existing applications, creating virtual portals for different user communities, troubleshooting and consulting.
• Installed, Configured and Tested IBM WebSphere Portal Server 6.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0 and applied Refresh packs, Fix packs and interim fixes on AIX 5.3 and Solaris 9.
• Implemented Clustering, Performance tuning and trouble shooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0 and IBM WebSphere Portal Server 6.0 using various monitoring tools like Wily, TPV.
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Plugin Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, server groups & clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere 6.0 on AIX 5.3
• Involved in majority of automation process like Portal Build Push scripts which involves Shell scripting, Jython scripting. Wrote various numbers of days to day activity based automation scripts in Shell scripting.
• Configured and Enabled the Global Security System for WAS Administration for Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Installed, configured and performance tuning, Wily Introscope (CA) monitoring tools for monitoring the applications which are running in the application server.