SUMMARY:

• With 6 years of extensive experience in the IT industry withWebSphereAdministration, Monitoring, performance tuning, Troubleshooting and Maintenance onWebSphereServers.
• Expertise in Installation, Configuration, Migration, Trouble - Shooting and Maintenance of IBMWebSphereApplication(8.5.x,8.x,7.x), IBM HttpServerWebServer, WebSphere MQon different UNIX flavors and environments.
• Very strong experience in the installation, configuration and administration of WebSphere Portal Server … on AIX, Linux and windows.
• Experienced in applying fix packs and plug-ins for WebSphere application serverandrelated middleware products.
• ConfiguredWebSphereApplicationServerwith different databases like DB2, Oracle and SQLServer.
• Migrated existingapplicationsfromWebSphereApplicationServer7.0 to 8.0 and 8.0 to 8.5 on UNIX, Linux and windows platform.
• Experienced in configurationWebSphereApplicationServercells, nodes, clustering,application servers, virtual hosts and session management, configuring webserverplug-ins, IBM HTTPServer, Tivoli DirectoryServer(LDAP).
• Knowledge of Creating & configuringODR(on demand router) & Dynamic Clustering.
• Extensive experience of working with the release and deployment of large-scale Java/J2EE Webapplications in Development, QA, Staging and Production environments.
• Experience in Deployed enterprise J2EEapplicationsonWebSphereApplicationServerthat involves EAR, WAR, JAR using scripts and manually deployed enterprise javaapplicationsonserver.
• Extensive experience in implementation of Workload Management (WLM) using clustering techniques including Horizontal and Vertical Scaling for fail over and backup/recovery processes.
• Good working experience in configuring WAS Resources - JDBC Providers, Data Sources JMSProviders, Connection Factories, Queues, Topics, Service Integration Bus, MDB Listener

  Ports, Shared Libraries and Resource Environmental Providers.

• Experience in writing scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backupProcedure, system cleanup, etc. using shell scripting, Perl scripting and CRONJOBS.
• Experience in design, analysis,applicationdevelopment, debugging, testing and documentation of the various phases in a software development life cycle.
• Performed integration of MQ services withWebSphereapplicationservers.
• Have hands of experience on Creation and configuration of MQ Objects like Queue Managers, Remote queues, Local Queues,Queue Aliases, Channels, Cluster objects, Transmission Queues, Performance Events,Triggers and Processes.
• Experienced in installing Fix Packs and Cumulative fix packs and Migrating to latest versions.
• Developed ws admin scripts and shell scripts to carry out the administration and maintenance process of theWebSphereApplicationServer.
• Experienced in installing the security s and installing Site minder for single sign on (SSO).
• Configured SSL communication between the Webserver Plug-in and theWebSphereApplication Serverin all the environments.
• Troubleshooting Production issues, worked on resolvingApplicationServerHang issues, High memory and CPU issues.
• Used Heap Analyzer and thread Analyzer to analyze the Heap and thread dumps.
• Experience in monitoring tools Wily Introscope, a webapplicationmanagement product.
• Involved in Creating Shell Scripts like Automation of Startup and Shutdown Processes.
• Hands on experience withdevopstools like Chef, Docker, Puppet or similar.
• Experience with IBM on problem determination, troubleshooting and resolution - PMRs, running and submitting, gather scripts and log info, tuning, trace, verbose-GC, taking thread and heap dumps.
• Provided 24/7 pager support and worked withWebSphereLevel2 support on PMRs in complicated issue resolution.
• Excellent communicative, interpersonal, intuitive, analysis and leadership skills with ability to work efficiently in both independent and team work environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology: WebSphere Application Server (8.5.x, 8.x, 7.x), IBM HTTP SERVER, BPM, WebSphere Portal Server(wps), Apache Server, Apache TOMCAT, WebSphere MQ, IIB, Datapower, TDS, Chef, Jenkins, Puppet.

Programming/ Scripting Languages: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Basic Java,Shell, wsadmin

Methodologies: Agile/ SCRUM, Waterfall.

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i/11g, IBM DB2, SQL

Ticketing Tools: Netcool TSRM, Remedy

Operating Systems: Windows, Sun Solaris, Unix, Linux, AIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IBM MIDDLEWARE ADMIN

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation, administration, development and implementation of webapplication usingWebSphereApplicationServer8x/8.5.x environments, Deployedapplicationsin all the environments.
• Responsible for installing third party software necessary to test the product such as IBM HttpServer and Apache WebServer.
• Involved in creating and configuring profiles, clusters, nodes, node agents forWebSphere Application Server.
• Installed, configured and administered WebSpherePortalServer8.0 on AIX/Linux platform.
• Created profiles using Profile Management Tool Wizard and silent profile creation (through response files).
• Installed Upgrade Service Packs for migration ofapplicationstoWebSphereApplicationServer 8.x/8.5.x
• Involved in migration fromWebSphereApplicationServer7.0 to WebSphere Application Server 8.5.
• Experience in installing IBM HTTPServeron different nodes and configured them by generating the plug-in from Deployment Manager Console.
• Implemented the Clustering Topology that meets high availability and Failover requirement for performance and functionality.
• Used Resource Analyzer to measure the performance and efficiency of theapplicationresources andWebSphereruntime resources.
• Configuring and maintainingWebSphereapplicationsin command mode using Wsadmin commands and wrote admin scripts using JACL.
• Deployment and troubleshooting of JAR, WAR and EAR files in clustered environment.
• Installation and configuration of WebSphere Plugin.
• Configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client authentication.
• ConfiguredWebSphereresources such as JDBC Providers, Data Sources, Connection Pooling and administered performance tuning.
• IntegratedDataPowerwith WebSphere Application Server,DataPoweracting as a Security Gateway.
• Collect garbage collection data for monitoring JVM heap sizes.
• Created users and groups in LDAPServersand mapping them to the enterpriseapplicationsrunning onWebSphereApplicationServer.
• Work directly with the Development,DevOPS, Project Management and Off-Shore teams.
• Developed scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleanup, everyday system tasks, etc.
• Involved in troubleshooting with IBM Heap Analyzer and IBM Thread Dump Analyzer to improve performance.
• Share 24x7x365 on-call duties with theWebSphereteam including rotating on-call schedules for multiple environments including production, performance test.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.x/8.5.x, WMQ, WPS, DB2, TDS, Linux, RHEL, AIX, Windows, Oracle, Jenkins, IBM HTTP Server, Datapower, Chef, puppet, Apache web server, BPM, BMC Remedy

Confidential - PITTSBURGH, PA

Middleware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed Configured and AdministeredWebSphereApplicationServerND v8.5/8.0 on UNIX, Linux and Windows environment.
• Responsible for updating refresh packs, fix packs and interim fix packs toWebSphere

  Applicationserverand IBMIHS webserver6.0.

• Installed EARs, WARs and configuredapplicationspecific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and wsadmin scripts.
• Installed and ConfiguredWebSphereApplicationServeron Linux, AIX, Solaris and Windows with Oracle and DB2 as itsbackend databases.
• Built EnterpriseApplications, EJB modules, Web modules and Web services.
• Used Resource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitorWebSphereApplicationsand tuned the environment accordingly like changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes.
• Managed the security and performance optimization for EJB containers and web applications in IBMWebSphere, IBMIHS webserver.
• Administration and integrating with various webservers, databases and LDAP.
• Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer, Thread

  Analyzers and log Analyzer.

• Experience in monitoring tools Wily Introscope, a webapplicationmanagement product.
• Optimized the performance of EnterpriseApplicationsusing Tivoli Performance Viewer and Willy Introscope.
• Analyzed Heap dumps and Core dumps using IBM Heap analyzer and thread analyzer.
• Hands on experience overWebSpherebackup and restore scripts for backing upWebSphere repository and configurations.
• Used Site minder for single sign-on and LDAP infrastructure is used to authenticate and authorize users.
• Involved in opening and working on PMR's with IBM to solve various issue related to the environment. Enabled traces as part of troubleshooting and used collector tool to submit the logs and traces to IBM.
• Assembled and deployed theapplicationin Dev, QA staging, in productions, following change management practices and 24/7 support.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.x/8.5.x, WMQ, LDAP, JDBC, DB2, TDS, Linux, AIX, Windows, Oracle, IBM HTTP Server, Unix Shell Scripting, Apache web server, BPM, MS Visio, BMC Remedy

Confidential

IBM MIDDLEWARE ADMIN

Responsibilities:

• Installed Configured and AdministeredWebSphereApplicationServerND v8.5/8.0/7.0 on UNIX, Linux and Windows environment.
• Responsible for updating refresh packs, fix packs and interim fix packs to WebSphere Application serverand IBMIHS webserver.
• Very strong experience in the installation, configuration and administration of WebSphere Portal Server … on AIX, Linux, Windows.
• Configured Deployment Manager andApplicationserverprofiles on single LPAR using profile management tool or through command line.
• Deploy theapplicationsto various environments like DEV, QA, Staging and PROD.
• ConfiguredWebSphereWorkload Management using horizontal and vertical clustering.
• Installed and Configured IBM HTTPServeron managed and unmanaged nodes, and installed the plug in to route the request to theapplicationservercluster environment.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configuredapplicationspecific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WSADMIN.
• Configured Dynamic cache with WebSphere Portal Server JVMs to increase the performance on WPS.
• Involved in configuration ofWebSphereApplicationServerresources like JDBC Data Sources, JDBC Providers and Connection Pooling to connect to the DB2.
• Worked closely with DatabaseAdministratorsto resolve database and JDBC related issues inWebSphereApplicationServer.
• Experience in Setting up of Nodes, Data Sources, Virtual Hosts.
• Generated and propagated new Plug-in. Moved Plug-in config file to IHS to establish communication between WebServerandWebSphere.
• Configure SSL for WebServersand LDAP Security forWebSphereusing IBM Directoryserver.
• Generated and created SSL keys and s and configured MQserversto use the SSL communications.
• Configuring Single Sign On (SSO) solutions using different Authentication Methods to back endServers
• Involved in securing the connection between Webserverapplicationsby implementing SSL.
• Performed Resource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitorWebSphereApplicationsand tuned the environment accordingly by changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes.
• Active involvement in monitoringserverperformance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck.
• IntegratedWebSphereApplicationServerwith Wily Introscope. Created dashboards for monitoring ofWebSphereapplicationserver.
• Deployed themes, skins and configured database and security for WebSphere Portal Server.
• Integrated WebSphere Portal Server 7.0 with LDAP security and enabled security to portal objects
• Developing Jython and Shell scripts to automate the setup ofWebSphereapplicationserver environment.
• Created user roles and groups for securing the resources using LDAP authentication.
• Involved in installing configuring and administeringWebSphereMQ 6.0/7.0 on AIX and Linux environments.
• Creating and configuringWebSphereMQ Queue Manager, Queues, Clusters, Channels using either MQ Explorer or MQSC command interface.
• Experience in monitoring the variousMQSeries objects like queues, channels, listeners etc, using QPASA.
• Setting up the SSL on the channels and enabled triggers and channel initiators.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery.
• Problem Determination through the log files (JVM Logs) and rectified the problems or interacting with IBM support to solve problems.
• Provide debugging help in case of system issues, handled common errors inapplicationslike hung thread, Out of Memory errors.
• Used SCM tools ClearCase and Harvest for software versioning and deployments.
• Troubleshooting AdminServerstart-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, & class path issues.
• Participated in Agile meetings with onsite and offshore development teams to discuss the build processes and provided regular updates and suggestions for improving the existing processes.
• Involved in opening and working on PMR's with IBM to solve various issue related to the environment.
• 24/7 on-call production support and troubleshooting issues related to webserverandapplication server.

Environment: WAS(8.5.x,8.x,7.x), WPS, WMQ, IIB, DB2, TDS, BPM, Oracle, Jython, wsadmin, Shell scripts, IHS, Apache server, ClearCase, Introscope, Remedy, NetCool, MS Visio, MS office, Agile, Unix, Linux, RHEL, Windows, AIX.