PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of experience in Middleware Architecture for e - business primarily focusing on WebSphere Portal Administration, WebSphere Application Server Administration and technical support on AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows environments. Backup and Recovery, Security Management and pre, post Installation troubleshooting. Enjoy troubleshooting, ongoing challenges and continuous learning of new systems and software. Strong networking troubleshooting pre, post installations.
• Strong understanding of IBM WebSphere Application Server family and architecture basis
• Experience in installation, configuration, deployment and Administration of WebSphere Application server 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x on various platforms like AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Experience in working with various edition of WebSphere which includes standard, liberty and Traditional.
• Extensive experience in setting up multiple domains including machines, managed servers, node managers, node agent and cluster environments.
• Strong experience in Trouble shooting and Analyzing and taking appropriate actions for Application/Web server errors and logs.
• Understanding in installation and configuration of IBM Enterprise Service Bus, Jboss Drools Business Rules Management System (BRMS), IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) for Service Oriented Architecture. (SOAA).
• Hands-on experience in deploying, implementing, testing and support of full life cycle implementations of various J2EE/Intranet/Internet and distributed applications.
• Excellent Technical Knowledge in Java, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, EJB, Web Services, XSL, and with the RDBMS databases like SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase
• Created aGradleplugin for NonDex to detect non-deterministic issues in Gradle-based projects
• Familiar with ANT scripts for compile and deployment.
• Hands-on Experience in SQL&PL/SQL programming.
• Experience in packaging applications using WebSphere Application Assembly Tool(AAT) and ANT.
• Experience in installing the security certificates, SSL configurations and configuring IBM Access Manager for single sign on (SSO).
• Experience in Installing, Configuring and Administering Web Servers like IBM HTTP Server (IHS), Apache, I planet Microsoft IIS and TomEE Application Servers.
• Experience with Wily Introscope to analyze the performance and maintain the availability of Web Server and WebSphere Application Server.
• Hands on Experience on working with monitoring tools like Orion Solar winds for utilization and performance related statistics with report generation.
• Using Introscope Power Pack ensure the health and availability of web applications.
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming using Java and J2EE technologies: EJB’s, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, JMS and JNDI.
• Weighty experience on JMS and MQ, installing WebSphere MQ and Queue Manager, Queues creation form command line using run MQSC commands.
• Understanding in WebSphere MQ channel configurations and security objective authorities.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory and Tivoli Directory Server related troubleshooting.
• Experience in applying the fix packs and plug - ins for WebSphere SOA suite of products and maintain the applications which have been deployed on complex SOA environment.
• Worked with Share Point Admin Server. Experience in change control tool like Remedy, Service Center and IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
• Extensive knowledge on LDAP configurations on standalone and federated repositories.
• Knowledge in migrating existing applications from WebSphere 7.0.x version Application servers to 8.x, 8.x to 9.0 on UNIX and Windows Platforms.
• Good Knowledge of Edge Components Failover (Active/Standby), HTTP Server Failover (Active/Active), Web Container Failover, EJB Container Failover, Session Affinity, Session Persistence.
• Experience in production support and on Call Rotation.
• Responsible for cresting all necessary documentation to build, administer and support all Dev, Test, QA and production portal environments.
• Deployed EAR’s, WAR’s, Monitor Models, Process Models, Rule Archives, Mediation Modules, Themes and skins in WebSphere SOA implementation.
• Imported WSDL’s, configured import bindings, event groups. Built and deployed Process Models from Process Center Console.
• Experience in Performance and Monitoring tool like Tivoli performance viewer, Solar winds, Ca Wily Introscope tool, Resource Analyzer and troubleshooting using Log Analyzer.
• Expertise in administering IBM WAS 7.0/8.0/8.5.5 /9.0 Network Deployment, Standard and Liberty profile on various Operating systems like AIX Sun Solaris, Windows 2012 R2/2008/2000/NT/XP.
• Experience in scripting for WebSphere server configuration changes and administration.
• Experience in scripting languages including Shell, JACL and Python in understanding and modifying scripts.
• Familiar with installing IBM products like IBM Content Manager, IBM Content Navigator, IBM Cognos (on WAS Liberty), IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler and Agents.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: IBM AIX 6.x/7.x, SUN Solaris 8/9/10, LINUX (REDHAT), Windows NT/2000 server, Windows 7/XP/98.

Application Servers/Web Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0/8.0/8.5.5 , IBM Business Process Management v8.0/8.5.5, WebSphere Operation Decision Management v8.0, WSRR v8.0, WESB v7.5, IBM WebSphere Portal Server 7.0/7.1, WebSphere MQ 7.5,8.0,9.0, Apache Web Server 1.2.2/1.3/2.0 , IBM HTTP Server 7.0/8.0/8.5.5 /9.0.

Monitoring Tools: Tivoli Performance Viewer, CA Wily Introscope, Solar Winds.

Languages: Pearl, C/C++, UNIX Shell Scripts, JACL, Python.

Development Tools: IID v8.0, IPD v8, WSAD 6.5/7.x, RAD, AAT, Gradle, Jenkins, Apache ANT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Missouri

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and maintained IBM WebSphere Network Deployment Server V9.0 /V8.5.5.x /v8.x/V7.x, IBM HTTP Server V9.0/V8.5.5.x/V8.x/v7.x, Apache Server V2.0.47, IIS V6.x, Red Hat Linux 5.0 and Windows platform.
• Migrated from WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.x to 9.0 on AIX, Linux, Solaris and Window 2012 R2 systems.
• Installing and configuring CA, Siteminder, SingleSign - On software (Siteminder Web Agent and Application Server Agent).
• Integrated and deployed Enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere ND V9.0/V8.5.5/V8.0.x/7.0 that involves EAR, JAR, WAR files using Admin Console and automated scripts.
• Deployed application using Automated Build Deployments using deployment tools like uDeploy, Jenkins etc.
• Created Jobs for auto deployments and Involved in writing and Onboard scripts for Deployments, JMS configurations and JDBC configurations etc.
• Used ticketing tools like Service Now, JIRA for day to day incidents management and completing day to day configuration tasks, Raised and completed change tickets for first time Deployments in Production Environments.
• Implemented SSL security between client, Webserver & application server and generated Self Signed and Signed Certificates (Generate CSR and Import Signed Cert to Key stores) through iKeyman and OpenSSL.
• Support and evolve B2B/B2C company's product, develop auto-tests, managingJenkins.
• Well versed at enabling Global Security for WebSphere environment using LDAP server.
• Optimized the performance of Enterprise Applications using Tivoli Performance Viewer and Willy Introscope.
• Expert level proficiency in troubleshooting issues using various IBM tools, such as IBM Support Assistant (Heap analyzer and IBM core analyzer).
• Built Enterprise Applications, EJB modules, Web modules and Web services.
• Implementing and maintenance of Workload Management (WLM) using clustering/cloning.
• Analyzed Heap dumps and Core dumps using IBM Heap analyzer and thread analyzer.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling.
• Monitored and tuned application infrastructure for better performance, availability and utilization of resources using ITCAM, WebSphere Performance Tuning Toolkit (PTT)
• Enabled Performance Monitoring services through admin console then monitored and analyzed the performance data using Tivoli Performance Viewer.
• Assembled and deployed the application in Dev, QA staging, in productions, following change management practices and 24/7 support.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server (ND)V9.0/V8.5.5/8.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server V9.0/V8.5.5/8.x/7.x, DB2 10.x/9.1/9.5, SiteMinder 12.x, Oracle 11g/10. xg, IIS V8.x, Solaris V10.x/11.x, RHEL V6.4 /V6.6, Windows 2012 Server, Tivoli Directory Server, Tomcat Application Server V8.x, Sun One(LDAP), Microsoft AD, Tivoli Directory Server, SVN, Service Now, Shell Scripting, Bash Scripting.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.0/8.5.5 ND and created DMGR, Application server profiles.
• Installed WAS 7.0 base on AIX/Windows and later platforms and upgraded to fixpack1 cumulative fixlevel8.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 2.2.8.x and IIS V8.
• Installed WAS 7.0 base/ ND on AIX Windows 2000 platform and upgraded to fix pack 2 and cumulative fix 10. Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 2.2.47.x.
• Installed and Administrated IBM WebSphere Portal Server 7.0/8.0/8.5 version.
• Configured Database and Security for WebSphere Portal and with Web Servers
• Installed and configured J2EE Application Server.
• Migrated to WAS 7.0 and 8.5.5.x, Network Deployment and Base on AIX/Windows platforms and installed fix packs 2 and cumulative fix 8. Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 2.2.42.x. Using Deployment Manager implemented load balancing through clustering. Migrated all the applications and tested them successfully.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configured application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines-as well as deployment of EJBs across multiple instances of WebSphere.
• Wrote scripts for accessing remote Admin Servers, cleaning up logs during back - ups.
• Implemented Horizontal and Vertical Clustering, Performance tuning and troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.
• Added redirects and proxy statements in the proxy servers and proficient on Virtual IP s and load balancing concepts and architectures.
• Experience in monitoring tools Wily Introscope is a web application management product.
• Used Site minder for single sign-on and LDAP infrastructure is used to authenticate and authorize users.
• Achieved Work Load Management by creating clones in WAS 7.0 and Clusters in WAS 8.0.
• Handled Staging and production environments as part of the application deployment.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WSCP/Wsadmin scripts.
• Enabled/Disabled security for the Admin Console and application components from console and modifying xml files.
• Occasionally used Resource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly like changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes.
• Used command line tools WinSCP and XmlConfig occasionally as an alternative to the Admin Console.
• Created users and groups in LDAP Servers and mapping them to the enterprise applications running on WebSphere Application Server.
• Performed migration of some of the applications from WAS 7.x to WAS 8.x.
• Assembled and Deployed the application in staging, in productions, following change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in shifts.
• Coordinated with offshore people to explain the environment.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.x, IBM WebSphere Portal Server 8.0.5.1, DB2 7.x/8.x, IBM HTTP Server 1.3.x/2.0.x, iPlanet 6.1, AIX 5.x, Site minder 6.x, Solaris 2.8, Windows 2000, IBM Directory Server 5.1, WTE 5.1.1, IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 5.0, WebSphere MQ V 6.x/7.0/7.5, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Servlets.

Confidential, San Jose

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Highly experienced in Installing, Upgrading, Configuring and Troubleshooting IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.x/8.x, IBM HTTP Server and Plugins on AIX and Linux Platforms for Production Environments.
• Deploying the applications on clusters, updating the installed applications and updating Web Server plug - in configuration using administrative console.
• Managed workloads by cloning and distributing applications in a server farm and setting up the environment.
• Experience setting up WebSphere Global Security for access to the Admin Console. Installed Self-signed/CA signed SSL certificates on the web servers using iKeyman tool.
• Experience in configuring the HTTP Server for various clustered application servers using virtual hosting and enabling SSL security.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configure application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines as well as deployment of EJBs across multiple instances of WebSphere and involved in Trouble shooting and Problem Resolution.
• Involved in Configuring WebSphere resources such as JDBC Provider, Data Sources and Connection Pooling to connect to Oracle databases.
• Administration and integrating with various webservers, databases and LDAP.
• Hands on experience over WebSphere backup and restore scripts for backing up WebSphere repository and configurations.
• Experience in Analyzing, Troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application/Web server errors and logs.
• 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.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JVM heap settings, JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, Virtual Hosts, Global Security and SSL.
• Configured SSO across cells using LTPA authentication mechanism.
• JMS, JDBC, Connection Pool and tuning for performance
• Providing RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for Production Outages.
• Automated disk cleanup of older files, logs, thread dumps and head dumps using Unix Shell Scripting. Automated fetching of Application Server and Application logs for Serving User requests using Unix Shell Scripting. Automated Email Alert for Application Related Exceptions like Out of Memory, CPU Starvation, Hung Thread, Database Exceptions, Disk space, CPU and Memory Utilization.
• Configuration of SSL Certificates.
• Continuously monitor and analyze the application infrastructure to assure optimal performance, availability and utilization of resources.
• Respond to monitoring alerts to quickly identify trouble source and implement resolution to avoid or reduce duration of an outage.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.0 and 8.0, IBM HTTP Server 7.0 and 8.0, Unix (IBM AIX 6.0 and 7.0, HP-UX 11.x and RHEL 5.x and 6.x), IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0, CA AutoSys R11.0, Unix Shell script.

Confidential

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and provided support maintaining IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.0 on Multiple Operating systems platforms (Linux, AIX, and Windows 2000/2003).
• Installed, configured and provided support for maintaining WebSphere Process Server (7.0) on various platforms (Linux and AIX) manually, silently and through custom automation process
• Involved in implementing load balancing and fail - over using clustering (horizontal and vertical) methodologies.
• Installation, Configuration and administration of WebSphere MQ V 7.0.1.7, MQ V 7.1, MQ V 7.5 and WMB V 7.0.0.2, WMB v 9 on most of the supported platforms.
• Prepared operational guidelines for administering and configuring broker on various platforms like AIX, Linux and Windows.
• Created and installed VeriSign SSL certificates on Apache, IBM Http server and IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Extensively involved in advanced configuration concepts like Service Integration Bus, Web Services, Destinations, Message Activations, Listener ports, Queue Connection Factories, Queues, Application Servers, Clusters, Shared Libraries, Profiles, JDBC providers, Data Sources, URL Providers, JVM Custom Services, Environment Variables, etc.
• Application deployment, integration and maintenance of IBM Web Sphere Application Server.
• Experience in setting up the Data Source resources using JDBC providers by configuring J2C authentications for Data bases like DB2, Oracle and SQL Server.
• Site Scope Monitoring tool was used to monitor URL and send page when the site is down.
• Interaction and coordination with the remote client for updating of the Tickets.
• Identifies potential problem areas and develops solutions.
• Involved in troubleshooting and bringing up failed mission critical production systems under extreme pressure conditions and time constraints.
• Tuning and Monitoring the overall applications and system health with the statistics Average response time, Number of requests(transactions) and number of live http sessions, web server thread pools, the Web and Enterprise JavaBeans thread pools, database and connections pools, java virtual memory, CPU, I/O and System Paging with the help of Wily Introscope and Tivoli Performance Viewer.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.x / 6.x, Java 2.0, IBM HIS, Tomcat, WebSphere MQ, SSL, Windows 2003 Advanced Server, AIX 5.3, LDAP, Wily Introscope, Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), DB2, Oracle 9/10, Shell Scripts, Wsadmin scripting, HTML, Windows XP, Linux.

Confidential

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0.2.x, IHS 1.3.28.x on various platforms including UNIX AIX 7.0.
• Maintained and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, Apache web server on various platforms including AIX 7.1.
• Migrated applications from WebSphere version 6.0 to version 7.x in development and test environments.
• Involved in trouble shooting and Performance tuning using Resource analyzer and log analyzer.
• Experience in Shell scripting to automate system administration jobs using 'Cron' and 'at' utilities.
• Provided 24x7 on call support for assigned Applications.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x/6.x AIX 7.0/, IHS 3.0.x.x/1.3.x.x, IHS Web server 2.0.x, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000, J2EE1.3/1.2, Java2.0, JSP1.2, EJB2.0, JDBC2.0 and XML.