PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced in defining, engineering and implementing the standards, processes, and procedures related to middleware (WebSphere) infrastructure setup, administration, security, clustering, upgrade management, monitoring, capacity planning,
• Application deployment, failover disaster recovery and APM using Introscope and CEM.
• Experienced in working in collaborative environments with development and Operation teams to ensure a stable and efficient middleware production environment.
• Experienced in providing 24x7 Production Support and possess excellent trouble shooting, analytical and communication skills. Experienced in detailed root cause analysis and project management abilities.
• Experienced in working with senior professional teams on different projects (onsite and off - shore teams coordination), and working with delivery teams to ensure all the solutions could be delivered in time.
• Ability to apply knowledge of monitoring architecture and sound technology principles to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interaction with a wide audience including executives, business users, program/project managers, technical leads and developers.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

WebSphere 8.x/7.x/6.0/6.1/5.1, Confidential HTTP Server 2.0.47.1, Apache, Confidential http server 6.1, IIS, AIX 5.3/6.x, Solaris 10, Linux, HP-UX, WebSphere MQ 5.3/6.x/7.x, WSRR, WPS, JBoss 5.x/6.x, Oracle 10g, Sybase, Confidential LDAP Directory Server 5.x, Confidential Directory Server 6.x, Perl, PHP, Vignette 7.x, WebLogic, Oracle 10.x, Forte, Java, DB2, Rational Rose, Servlets, RMI, SOAP, EJB, JDBC, XML, JACL, TCL, JYTHON, Unix Shell scripting, CA Wily Introscope 8.x/9.x, CEM, webMethods, BMC Patrol for MQ, PRPC 5.x, PRPC 4.x, PRPC 6.x AS/400, MSMQ.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbus, GA

Middleware Engineer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Installing middleware (web sphere application server) software on multiple platforms.
• Configuring middleware components.
• Troubleshooting and problem determination on middleware.
• Perform application deployments using custom jacl and unix scripts.
• Participate in change/release deployment by creating, reviewing, approving and implementing change records as appropriate.
• Provide emergency support coverage.
• Perform application configuration changes as requested by ULA.
• Perform health checks using custom scripts and monitoring tools using Nagios.
• Assigning and managing user and group access to internal web hosting servers.
• Applying any middleware related fix packs, and coordinate with Unix teams for any OS level security patching.
• Maintaining a complete inventory of software, including versions and patch levels.
• Documenting run books for the escalation contacts.

Environment: WebSphere 6.x, 7.x, WebLogic 11g, JBoss, IIS, Apache, Tomcat, Confidential http server 6.0, Confidential Directory Server 6.x, Oracle, SQL, WebSphere MQ 7.0, Linux, Windows, HP-UX and Solaris.

Confidential, Norcross, GA

Engineering Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and support existing systems for Websphere Application Server 8.x/7.x./6.1 and WebSphere MQ 6.x/7.x.
• Extensively involved in Deploying J2EE Applications and configuring various websphere resources as required by J2EE applications.
• Performed the WAS configured tasks like WAS Global Security, configured Workload Management (WLM) using clusters and server groups and configured horizontal and vertical scalability of WebSphere to support failover mechanism and to utilize system resources to the maximum extent.
• Implementation, management, and maintenance of monitoring solutions, specifically using CA Technologies for Application Performance Management which is Wily APM.
• Had to implement the APM solutions on both Windows and Linux operating environments based on the requirements of the projects.
• Worked closely with Application development teams for middleware (WebSphere and WebLogic) and APM related deployments.
• Implemented CEM Monitoring for all the major sponsors from each individual business unit based on the load and traffic for that specific application.
• Created and defined the alerts and metric groupings and also created the dash boards.
• Participation in a rotating 24x7 operations and on-call support model.
• Had to work simultaneously across multiple project teams, delivering on key project milestones, and communicating effectively with a wide variety of people.
• Participation in Disaster Recovery infrastructure planning, building, and testing.
• Created Run books and Knowledge articles in Remedy for Operations team for all the middleware and APM work, which was implemented for multiple business units.

Environment: Wily APM, Introscope 8.x, 9.x, WebSphere 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x, Linux, AIX 6.1, Windows, Oracle 11g, Confidential http server 2.0.47.x, 6.x, JDK 1.6, Confidential Directory Server 6.x, eTrust, WebSphere MQ 7.0, webMethods, Remedy, NetQos, Sitescope, VAIM.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Sr. Systems Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on WebSphere, DB2 and Pega (PRPC) upgrades, built a new WAS 7.x environment for development and QA environment as part of the project and built the Production environment.
• Migrated from PRPC 5.4 SP3 to PRPC 6.2 SP2 on AIX. The PRPC applications involved websphere configurations and deployments.
• Managed the WebSphere 6.x environments on AIX platform which were hosting web based business process management (PRPC 5.4 SP3 and PRPC 5.4 SP2) applications which involve deployment, configuration and regular operational tasks and also 24x7 support. Instrumental in stabilizing the WebSphere performance issues for few applications and involved in applying the necessary WebSphere fix packs. Worked on scheduling the WebSphere restarts using UNIX and JACL scripts on AIX platform in an efficient way and rewrote the DR procedures for WebSphere Environments.
• Manage and administer the Pega environments (PRPC 5.4 SP3 & SP2) on AIX environments. Administration includes setting up the PRPC system, administering the RuleSets, configuring the Access rights and also working with System Management Application (SMA). Recently upgraded few PRPC 5.4 applications to PRPC 6.2 on WAS 7.x and AIX 6.1 platforms.
• Implemented SSO for web based applications using SPNEGO authentication for the client based applications. The application is responsible for authenticating access to a secured page, such as a Web Sphere Application Server resource that is identified in an HTTP request.
• Responsible for defining the Introscope Enterprise Manager Cluster topology including install and configured the CA Wily Introscope Enterprise Server and clustering of EM collectors and Agents.
• Manage and administer the MQ software on AIX, Windows and iSeries. Involved in applying the MQ fix packs with a good planning. Wrote the unix level MQ startup scripts and backup procedures. Currently working on MQ monitoring using BMC Patrol.

Environment: WebSphere 7.x, WebSphere 6.x, AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1, Windows, MSMQ, AS/400, PRPC 5.x, 4.x, PRPC 6.x, Confidential http server 2.0.47.x, 6.x, JDK 1.4, JDK 1.6, Confidential Directory Server 6.x, WebSphere MQ 7.0, WSRR, SOA, DB2 8.2, DB2 9.7, CA Wily Introscope 8.x/9.x, Legasuite 5.x, 6.x.

Confidential, Trumbull, CT

Sr. Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Major contribution in WebSphere Replatforming project, which involved the replatforming of about 100 applications from iplanet on Solaris to WebSphere on AIX.
• Involved in design analysis, and Infrastructure setup, capacity planning and project management.
• The major task was to set up an efficient WebSphere architecture which includes some critical tasks like building the WebSphere environments for production, QA, Performance and development, writing custom scripts for deployments and the release process, created the daily scheduler jobs for the environments restart using wsadmin tasks and UNIX scripting.
• Involved in HIPAA implementation in Oxford Health Plans, which later was acquired by Confidential .
• Managed over 400 Web Sphere JVM agents using Introscope APM solution running in multiple data center locations. Installed and Configured the CA Wily Introscope Enterprise Server and clustering of EM collectors and agents and responsible for defining entire Introscope Enterprise Manager Cluster topology. Implemented various CA Wily Introscope Power packs, such as Web Services Manager, Change Detector, Leak Hunter, Error Detector, WebServers, WMQ, WAS Portal and EP Agents. Created and developed custom dashboards and present performance monitoring data for proactive monitoring.
• Primarily responsible to deploy, configure and administer the Forte applications across all environments.
• Some of the major applications are External Website for Oxford Health Plans, Customer Service Application called “YODA”, IVR application for Customer Service, Electronic Enrollment Application and Claims Validation etc.
• Played a major part migrating the Forte code to Java (around 100 applications) from the administration perspective.
• Actively involved in setting up the Production, development, QA and staging environments in WebSphere and deploying and configuring migrated applications in an efficient manner.
• Involved in designing, developing and administering some of the business critical applications like Repricer, Claims Validation, IntelliClaims Processing, Provider Consolidation, Specialty Integration, Provider Best Network, SSO( Single Sign on with Optum) etc. All these applications were developed using J2EE technology with WebSphere as middleware. Played a major role in designing the environment for all the applications, configuring and deploying the applications across all the environments. Supported these applications on 24x7 basis.
• Designed and implemented Pulse Forms migration from Oracle 6i to Oracle 10g on Linux servers.
• Played as a key member in setting up the Production, QA and Development servers. Worked on automating the Forms push in to Production servers and manage the Forms and Report servers 24x7 on daily basis.
• Recently involved in jinitiator upgrade on forms and reports servers in order to support the IE upgrade on Windows.
• Involved in Vignette Migration Project, designed and currently administering the Content Delivery Application which was developed using WebSphere.
• Implemented MQ Publish and Subscribe features and involved on MQ setup for this project. Involved in setting up the development, QA and Production environments.
• Successfully completed the Web Sphere upgrade project, which involves migrating applications from WAS 5.1 to WAS 6.1 on AIX 5.3 environments.
• Played the Technical Lead and also performed some project management tasks from the administration perspective. Had done the PoC (proof of concept) for this project and involved in some major decisions like taking parallel path migration and capacity planning and project estimation. Some of the important tasks performed as part of this project were, created the WebSphere 6.1 environments and deployed JDK 1.5 applications in WAS 6.1 environments in development, QA, staging and Production. Used the 5.1 and 6.1 jacl and jython scripts for WebSphere administrative tasks to automate the production environment. Involved in scheduling the daily restart production jobs. Maintained the co-existing QA environments on the same machine with 2 different versions of WebSphere.
• Performed the MQ administrative tasks as part of the WebSphere replatforming and upgrade projects. Involved in MQ upgrades from MQ 5.3 to MQ 6.0 on AIX and Solaris.
• Managed the Confidential LDAP Directory Server Environment, which consists of two servers each in Production and QA environments, which are configured in a Multi-Master Replication arrangement.

Environment: AIX 5.x, Solaris 10, Linux, HP-UX, WebSphere 5.1, WebSphere 6.1, WebSphere 7.x, Confidential HTTPServer 2.0.47.x, Apache, Confidential http server 6.x, JDK 1.5 and JDK 1.4, Sybase, Oracle Application Server 10g, Confidential Directory Server 6.x, MQSeries 5.3 and 6.0, Perl, PHP.