SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of IT experience in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0/5.1/, & Websphere Commerce 7.0, WebSphere Portal Server 8.x,7.x,5.X,6.x, IBM Tomcat, Web Servers (IHS 8.0/7.0/ 6.0/6.1, Microsoft IIS 7.5, 7.0,6.0,) on Linux, AIX, Sun Solaris, and Windows platforms.
• Expertise in J2EE Application Deployment, Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, Performance tuning, Troubleshooting, Migration, Upgrades, Security, Testing, Workload Management, Backup and Disaster Recovery of WebSphere Application server and WebSphere Portal on multiplatform environments (Linux, Windows, and IBM, AIX and Sun Solaris environments).
• Expert in WebSphere cluster Management including horizontal and vertical scaling and creation of nodes to avoid single point of failure and distribute user load for maximum availability.
• Experienced in the areas of installation, configuration of IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.x/7.x/6.x through custom and Application server profiles and implementing WLM clusters.
• Experience with working on integrating Websphere Commerce 7.0.0.6.
• Experience with Commerce administrative tools like accelerator, organization, CMC (Commerce Management Center) and Commerce admin console to create stores, organizations, user permissions, promotions etc.
• Experience on integrating Solr search server on Commerce servers.
• Hands on experience in migrating the existing configuration and applications from Portal V6.1 to Portal V7.0.0.6.
• Configured RAF 3.0.0.1(Rational Automation Framework) for WebSphere Portal Deployments.
• Configured Portal with backend database DB2 and transfer for portal databases from Cloudscape to DB2.
• Excel in Configuring Portal with LDAP for user authentication and securing Portal resources
• Expertise in installing and setting up Portal WCM and Setting up WCM and Web Content Management cluster.
• Performed WCM Authorizing and rendering Server installation and created syndication between WCM servers.
• In - depth Knowledge in configuring and enabling Portals Search, WCM, Document, Management and other functionalities.
• Created Portal users and groups and assigned them the access permissions in Web Sphere Portal Server.
• Expert level knowledge in creating and managing Portal resources like Pages, labels, and URLs.
• Experienced in using external security manager TAM for user authentication and global sign on. Installed, Configured and enabled TAI on Web sphere.
• Experienced in maintenance of the Web sphere servers on different UNIX platforms (AIX, Linux and Solaris), Windows environment and setting up the development, testing, staging, and Production environments.
• Integrating WebSphere Application Server with backend database like Oracle 9i/10g/11g, DB2, SQL Server.
• Experienced in configuring WebSphere resources such as data sources, libraries, plug-in, virtual host, variables, web server and JVM parameters.
• Working with tools like Tivoli Performance Monitoring Tool, Wily Introscope, Log Analyzer, IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer.
• Experienced in 24x7 rotational On-call production supports, best practice troubleshooting, capacity planning, security, maintenance, and problem tracing/determination and log management with Strong documentation skills.
• Effective Team Player with ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Web application Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0/5.1/, & Websphere Commerce 7.0, WebSphere Portal Server 8.x,7.x,5.X,6.x, IBM Http Server 6.0/6.1,7.x,8.x, Sun One Web server 6.0/6.1, Tomcat 4.0, Microsoft IIS 7.5, 7.0,6.0.

Operating Systems: UNIX, IBM AIX 6.x,5.3, HP-UX 8.0, Z/OS, Red Hat Linux, Windows 95/98/NT/2K and 2003

Monitoring Tools: Heap Analyzer, Log Analyzer, Wily Introscope, Tivoli Access Manager.

Java/J2EE Tech: XML, XSL, J2EE 1.2/1.3, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JMS, SOAP

Database: DB2 9.x,SQL Server 2000/7.0/6.5, Oracle11g/10g/9.x, MS Access 97/2000

Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, SOAP, FTP, WINSOCK, SMTP, DHCP, DNS, UDP, NFS, DHCP, LDAP, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, WSDL.

Web Tech: HTML, JavaScript, JSP, XML, XSL and DTD, STRUTS

Web Servers: iPlanet, IBM HTTP, IIS, Apache

Scripting Languages: Shell Script, Jython, JACL Script and WSADMIN

Microsoft Tools: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, MS Project, MS Visio

Automation Tools: RAF 3.0.1.1(Ratioanl Automation Framework)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Miami,FL

WebSphere Portal/Commerce Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Web Sphere Network Deployment Manager 8.5 using Installation Manager. Automated the tasks with shell scripts using silent response files.
• Installed Wily Introscope Agents on Web Sphere Portal servers and configured PMI for monitoring health and performance of Portal Servers
• Involved in installing Web Servers like IBM Http Server V7.x/8.x and installing corresponding plug-ins on the Web Servers to communicate with the Application Server.
• Responsible for installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrade of Web Sphere Portal Server 7.0.0.2CF29 in clustered environment on Sun Solaris, AIX.
• Worked on installing,configuring WAS 7.0 with fix pack 23,27 &29.
• Worked on integrating WebSphere Commerce 7.0.0.6.
• Applied fix pack and feature packs on WebSphere Commerce Server.
• Closely worked with db team during WCS installation process for troubleshooting issues.
• Worked on integrating Solr search server on commerce application server.
• Closely worked on configuring master and slave repository for Solr search engine.
• Worked on Commerce administrative tools like accelerator,organization, CMC (Commerce Management Center) and Commerce admin console to create stores,organizations,user permissions,promotions etc.
• Configured RAF 3.0.0.1(Rational Automation Framework) for WebSphere Portal Deployments.
• Worked on configuring dynacache by installing cache monitor tool.
• Worked on ANT scripts during Commerce installation process.
• Configured store enhancement process and updating database during feature pack and fix pack installation process.
• Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from Admin console and enabling security for admin console and application components
• Solid experience in implementing Work Load Management (WLM) and failover using Vertical/horizontal clustering to achieve High Availability.
• Managed the security and performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications in IBM Web Sphere, IBM HTTP Server and Apache web server.
• Configured Web Sphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, Implemented creation of Server groups and clusters in Web Sphere Application server.
• Used Web Sphere Admin Console and wsadmin/JACL/Perl scripting to install enterprise EAR, WAR files or for hot deployment.
• Enabled Security features using LDAP user registry and LTPA for authentication and authorization privileges for Admin console and application components on both UNIX and Windows platforms
• Worked closely with developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, web applications, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
• Monitored the environments using Jython scripts for fail over of servers, health checks, parameter monitoring.
• Performance and tuning database connection pools, thread pools, JVM Heap Size to required sizes using admin console.
• Created IBM Problem Management Records (PMR) to report Web Sphere Application Server problems. Analyzed log files to solve problems using debugging tools like Log Analyzer, First Failure Data Capture Tool and Collector Tool
• Monitoring WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuning the system - caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
• Troubleshooting WAS problems using Log Analyzer and Tracing
• Trouble shooting errors both Application & JVM also analyzed heap/core plus error logs - configured tuned JVM for optimum performance.
• Experience in analyzing application problems using tools like Wily Introscope/IBM Tivoli Performance Viewer and creating multiple cluster environment.
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Configure SSL for Web Servers and LDAP Security for Web Sphere using IBM Directory server.
• 24x7 on-site operations support for different environments

Environment: Web Sphere Application Server 8.0/8.5.0/, Web Sphere Portal Server 8.0.0.1 CF8,9,7.0.0.2CF15,20,29, Websphere Commerce 7.0,0.6, IBM Http server 7.X,8.x,AIX, Windows 2003, Rational Application Developer, J2EE (JSP, Java, JMS, XML, EJB), IBM AIX.

Confidential, Irvine CA

WebSphere Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrade of Web Sphere Application Server 7.0x/6.0x, Portal Server 6.1.0.1 & 6.1.0.2 in clustered environment on Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP WEB SERVER 6.0 and 6.1 on Sun Solaris, Linux.
• Upgraded WebSphere Application Server 6.1 to 7.0.0.17.
• Involved in migrating of WebSphere to JBOSS 4.2.3.
• Responsible for installation, configuration and maintenance of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Server, JBOSS, HTTP Server in a multi clustered high availability environments.
• Implemented horizontal and vertical clustering of application servers for achieving work load management (WLM) and avoiding single point failure and making all the application servers highly available.
• Enabling SSL over IHS Webserver to make URLs secure.
• Used Jython Scripting for automating various tasks.
• Configured and administered JDBC providers, JMS providers, Connection Pooling and also defining scope level from Admin console.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, web applications, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
• Resolve issues working with cross-departmental teams; customer support, application developers, vendor IT contacts, network and database administrators.
• Monitored and Configured WAS servers, diagnosed and resolved WAS issues and failures.
• Part of the team involved in Performance Monitoring and Tuning of Applications Using IBM Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV).
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Coordinated propagation of fix packs and assured compatibility with WebSphere Commerce.
• Installed cumulative fix packs for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
• Configured LDAP Servers and various LDAP tools are used to manage data in LDAP.
• Used Siteminder for single sign-on. Policy Servers and Web agent servers are configured to authenticate and authorize users.
• Wrote Shell scripts to backup LDAP configuration and to stop and start admin console.
• Enabled Security for Admin Console and the application components through LDAP (IBM Tivoli Directory Server).
• Deployed new builds and recycled the environment.
• Integrated IBM WebSphere Portal 6.x clusters with Sun One Directory Server for authentication.
• Trouble shooting errors both Application & JVM also analyzed heap/core plus error logs - configured tuned JVM for optimum performance.
• Performed application and JVM performance monitoring using IBM Tivoli Performance monitoring tool.
• Experience with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Web seal and Tivoli Access Manager.
• Involved in writing build scripts for J2EE application deployment on various environments for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Enabled applications for federated single sign-on utilizing the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager.
• Involved in writing scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleanup, everyday system tasks etc.
• Defined and managed central authentication and enabled flexible SSO by Tivoli Access Manager.
• Involved in investigating the problem, troubleshooting and resolving application and configuration issues.
• Enabled Security features using LDAP user registry and LTPA for authentication and authorization privileges for Admin console and application components on both UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Used problem determination tools and log files to troubleshoot problems such as Log Analyzer.
• Applied new patches for production.
• Provided 24/7 support for systems and resolved most critical tickets using the iHEAT Software.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.x/6.x, XD 6.x, Portal 6.0.0.17& 6.1.0.2, JBOSS 5.x,4.2.3, Oracle11g/10g/9.x, IBM HTTP Server 7.x/6.x, Microsoft IIS 7.5, 7.0, AIX5.3, GNU Linux2.6.9, Introscope 8.0/7.0, Siteminder, Application Management Tool (AMT), BMC Blade Logic Configuration Manager 7.6.0.256, SunOne Web Server 6.1

Confidential, Raleigh NC

Senior WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, maintenance, Deployment J2EE Application, fixes upgrades, general administration, troubleshooting and performance tuning of WebSphere Application server ND 6.0/6.1. On multiplatform.
• Installed IBM Web Sphere Portal 6.0.0.x as primary and secondary nodes in clustered environment and configured with Oracle Database.
• Responsible for installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrade of Web Sphere Portal Server 6.1.0.3 in clustered environment on Linux and Linux SUSE systems.
• Upgraded Web Sphere Portal 6.0.0.17 to Web Sphere Portal 6.1.0.3.
• Deployed portlets / Skins / Themes and Created pages, URLs and URL mappings in Web Sphere Portal 6.0 /6.1.
• Configured Web Sphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in Web Sphere.
• Experienced in deploying J2EE components on IBM WebSphere Application server and monitoring using Wily Introscope.
• Fine-tuning of Application Servers for different load requirements.
• Experience setting up WebSphere Global Security for access to the Adminconsole.
• Extensive experience in configuring the HTTP Server for various clustered application servers using virtual hosting and enabling SSL security.
• Experience in securing administrative server using Authentication, Authorization, and Single Sign on, LTPA, User registry.
• WebSphere portal server on UNIX and Windows platforms in order to provide Core functionality for implementing SOA (Service oriented Architecture).
• Configured the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management including horizontal clustering and vertical clustering.
• Setting up integrated security access to IBM WebSphere Portal and Single Sign-On to other applications.
• Administered WebSphere Portal application, which includes configuration, clustering, administration, performance tuning.
• Deployed portlets/ pages, for portal applications.
• Administered a WebSphere Portal application, which includes configuration, clustering, administration, performance tuning, deploying portlets/ pages, for portal applications.
• Configured the message flow nodes and message flow connections.
• Experience in setting up of Nodes, Data-sources, Virtual Hosts, configuring Session Management.
• Strong experience in analyzing, troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application /Web Server errors and logs using WebSphere Log Analyzer tool.

Environment: Web Sphere Application Server 6.0/6.1, Web Sphere Portal Server 6.0.0.17 & 6.1.0.3, IBM Http server 6.1, Microsoft 7.0,6.0, Linux SUSE,AIX, Windows 2003, Rational Application Developer, J2EE (JSP, Java, JMS, XML, EJB), IBM AIX.

Confidential, Washington DC

WebSphere Administrator.

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered, troubleshoot, tuned WAS ND 5.1/6.0 on AIX, Solaris and windows platforms for multiple high profile projects
• Installing, Configuring, and troubleshooting WebSphere Portal Server and installation of fix packs on Portal Server 5.1.0.4.
• Supporting, monitoring all Applications at Development, Testing and Production environment
• Deploying application in Portal Server on Linux using admin Console and also through scripts
• Deployed application EAR’s on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment in QA, Pre-production and Production environments on a daily basis and troubleshot various configuration and application issues
• Workload management using WebSphere Modeling and Clustering on Application Servers.
• Diagnosis and repair of the WebSphere & Portal Environment.
• Assisted developers with the diagnosis and repair of WebSphere Applications.
• Profiled all the J2EE Applications and worked with Application Development, and QA teams to resolve possible performance issues, bugs before deploying in Production
• Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces.
• Implemented creation of Server groups and clusters in WebSphere Application server.
• Administered, configured, tuned, and troubleshot WebSphere in a clustered environment
• Utilized skills in shell, and wsadmin/JACL scripting to automate deploying, updating applications, migrating data and automating batch jobs.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere.
• Implemented a migration from WebSphere Application Serve Base to Network Deployment as well as a 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade
• Troubleshooted problem-tickets, worked with developers to identify the root cause and resolve the issue or propose a potential work around
• Effectively interacted with the users on a daily basis, decreasing downtime and increasing user productivity.
• 24x7 on-site operations support for different environments

Environment: IBM Web Sphere Application Server 5.1/6.0, Portal Server 5.1x, Solaris 2.8/10, AIX, JDK 1.5, LDAP, UNIX, Sybase, Tomcat, Linux, IBM Http server 6.1,Tivoli Performance Viewer.

Confidential, Madison, WI

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1/6.0.x and Portal Server 5.1.0.4 on AIX/Linux platform and I-Series.
• Performed vertical scaling of WebSphere application servers.
• Federated WAS nodes to deployment manager.
• Used Jython Scripting for automating various tasks.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, and connection pools. Creating Version 4 Data Source and Version 5 Data Source depending on the enterprise application needs.
• Enabled security for the Admin Console and the application components by creating user registry in LDAP (IBM Tivoli Directory Server)
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Coordinated propagation of fix packs and assured compatibility with WebSphere Commerce.
• Deployed the WAR files, Web Services through Deployment manager administrative console
• Defined and managed central authentication and enabled flexible SSO by Tivoli Access Manager.
• Developed ANT scripts.
• The sites are SSL enabled by creating Siteminder login.
• Wrote log rotation scripts using shell programs to rotate logs on a scheduled basis and clean logs accordingly.
• Involved in writing build scripts for J2EE application deployment on various environments for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented the functional areas for several product groups on Sun Enterprise servers and setup.
• Troubleshooting, Performance tuning and Capacity Monitoring of Applications Servers using Tivoli Performance Viewer and log analyzer.
• Installation of MQ Series on most of the supported platforms.
• Wrote scripts to automate administration tasks using JACL or JYTHON.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 5.1.0.X/6.0, Portal Server 5.1.0.4 IBM DB2, AIX, Linux, iplanet WebServer 6.1, IBM HTTP Server, Sunone WebServer 6.0 and Windows NT.