SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of IT experience including 5 years of proven experience in providing Configuration, Administration, Disaster Recovery, Implementation, Integration and Backup related responsibilities involving multiple architectures highlighting Web and E - Commerce Solutions with emphasis on customer satisfaction.
• Expertise in providing technical support and administration of WebSphere Application servers (4.0/5.1/6.0/6.1 ), IBM HTTP Server, IIS, Apache, on different Windows and UNIX platforms (Sun-Solaris AIX and Linux) and setting up the development, testing and staging environments.
• Expert in UNIX Shell scripting for administration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Hands on Experience in troubleshooting and bringing up failed mission critical production systems under extreme pressure conditions and time constraints.
• Experienced in documenting various processes and hands on experience in working with tools like VISIO, SharePoint, CVS and PVCS.
• Prepared system requirement specifications, functional and design document specifications.
• Full SDLC-actively involved in planning, System Analysis, Design, coding, implementation, performance management, benchmarking, testing, validation and maintenance.
• Highly experienced in deploying solutions in High Availability (HA), Load Balancing Configurations eliminating single points of failure.
• Configured and Secured Web server interface, Session management, WebSphere resources, J2C resources, connection factories and JMS resources in IBM WebSphere 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1.
• Installed and administered IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2.x/5.1.x/6.0/6.1, VE, XD, Network Deployment on various Operation Systems like IBM AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, SUN Solaris 8.0/10, Red Hat Linux 9.1, RHEL 3/4, and Windows 2003 Server.
• Created and Configured MQ series objects like Queue Manager, Queue and Channels.
• Experienced in configuring JMS Provider using WebSphere MQ.
• Experienced in Configuring WebSphere Message Broker 6.0.
• Experienced in Installing Upgrade Fix Packs and Migrating to latest versions.
• Highly experienced integrating WebSphere Application Server ND and related software including IBM HTTP Server, IIS 6.0, Apache and SunONE Web Server.
• Experienced in using both Thread analyzer and Tivoli Performance Viewer for monitoring the performance of the WebSphere application server.
• Configured and Secured Web server interface, Session management, WebSphere resources, J2C resources, connection factories and JMS resources in IBM WebSphere 5.x/6.x.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: IBM AIX 4.3/5.2/5.3, SUN Solaris 8/10, LINUX (REDHAT, Suse), Windows NT/2000 server, Windows XP/98/95

Application/Web Servers: IBM Web Sphere Application Server 4.0/ 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1 , ApacheWebServer 1.2.2/1.3/2.0 , IBMHTTPServer 1.3.28/1.3.2/2.0.42/2.0.47/6.0 , Apache 1.3/2.0, IIS 6.0, Tomcat 5.0, iplanet Directory Server, Netscape Enterprise Server, WebSphere portal 5.x/6.x, WebSphere TAMDatabaseORACLE8i/9i/10g,DB2/UDB7.2/8.0,SQL Server .5/7.0/2000, MS-Access 2000, and Sybase

Java/J2EE/Web Technologies: HTML, Java Script, DHTML, XML, XSL, XSD, CSS, Applets, AWT, JFC (Swing), J2EE 1.2/1.3, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JAXP, JMS, Java Web Services using JAXM, JAXP, SOAP, WSDL, UDDL

Network Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, SSL, SMTP, ICMP, IMAP, POP3, NIS, NIS+, NFS, DNS, Telnet, DHCP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered and maintained IBM WebSphere Process Server 6.0/6.1 in various environments including DEV, QA, PERF and PROD.
• Strong SOA architecture experience with multiple frameworks including WebSphere.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1 in a horizontal and vertical clustered Environment on AIX 5.3.
• Configured WebSphere Application Server using LDAP Security.
• Clustering the messaging engine and data base for CEI
• Administered and maintained IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1/6.0/5.1/5.0 ND in various environments including DEV, QA, PERF and PROD.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1/7.0 in a horizontal and vertical clustered Environment on AIX 5.3.
• Installed WebSphere Application Server 6.1 base/ND and created profiles on AIX 5.3 and Windows platform.
• Involved in Hardware sizing and budgeting process.
• Analyzed and worked on Capacity Planning for new Applications in shared Environment.
• Hands on experience working with third party capacity planning tools.
• Created dynamic clustering using WebSphere.
• Installed and Configured WAS with IBM Http Servers 6.0/6.1/7.0.
• Migrated Applications From WAS 5.0/6.0 to WAS 7.0.
• Migrated the IHS 6.0/6.1 applications to IHS 7.0.
• Worked with Network Engineering Load Balancing Team.
• Worked with the Security Team in Enabling Clear Trust (third Party Authentication) for new Virtual Links created.
• Configured Proxy/ Reverse Proxy pass for secure web servers.
• Configured and created WebSphere Plug-in Merge for shared environments.
• Installed Fix packs and Maintenance Packs on all the ND and XD environments.
• Configured applications for Auto-Deploy Access using Auto Deploy Tool.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application server with LDAP security.
• Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and Log Analyzer.
• Installed EARs, and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console.
• Worked with Remedy Tool for Daily Project Issue Tracking (PIT) ticketing Process and documented the project issues.
• Resolved Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the web server logs.
• Configured Virtual Hosts on Apache and Load Balancer using secure Ports.
• Was involved in 24/7 on-call support for the daily issues and resolved them.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application server 6.0/6.1, Apache 2.x, IBM Http server 6.0/6.1, AIX 5.3, DB2, Oracle, Windows, LINUX, LDAP, HTML, IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD)/RAD, ITCAM, Java Script, XML, JSP, Servlets, ANT.

Confidential, Dearborn, MI

WebSphere Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed WebSphere Application Server 6.1 base/ND and created profiles on AIX 5.3 and Windows platform.
• Created clustered WebSphere environment.
• Installed and Configured WAS with IBM Http Server 6.1 WebServer.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application server with LDAP security.
• Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and Log Analyzer.
• Installed EARs, and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console.
• Configured MQ Queue Connection Factories and Queue Destinations for MQ messaging.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the web server logs.
• Installed and configured Apache Server 2.0.
• Configured Virtual Hosts on Apache and Load Balancer using secure Ports.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application server 6.1, WebSphere Portal server 6.0, Apache 2.0, IBM Http server 6.0/6.1, AIX 5.3, DB2, Oracle, Windows, LINUX, LDAP, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Servlets, ANT.

Confidential, Torrance, CA .

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1 base/ND and created profiles on AIX 5.3 and Windows platform.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 6.0/6.1.
• Configured WebSphere application Server with Oracle database.
• Applied Fix packs and refresh packs on WebSphere Application Server.
• Hands on Experience in Clustering.
• Created SSL certification using IKEYMAN.
• Configured Single Sign On (SSO) for authorization and authentication using Siteminder.
• Configuration and Administration of WebSphere Application server using Wsadmin tool JACL and JYTHON Scripting.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WSCP/Wsadmin scripts.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the web server logs.
• Used performance monitoring tools like and TPV.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues using Traces, Logs and Log Analyzer.
• Supported applications 24X7 on-call on a rotational basis.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application server 6.0/6.1, Tomcat 5.0,Apache 2.0, IBM Http server 6.0/6.1, TAM, AIX 5.3, DB2, Oracle, Windows, LINUX, LDAP, HTML, IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD)/RAD, ITCAM, Java Script, JACL/JYTHON, XML, JSP, Servlets, ANT.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported an eBusiness Website and provided the development, testing, staging and production environments to the new J2EE application development and implementation.
• Installed, configured, administered and supported WebSphere Application Server 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1 on Windows and LINUX environment.
• Expertise in building Application and deploying on the application server.
• Installed and Configured WAS with IBM Http Server 6.0 WebServer.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application server with LDAP security.
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management including horizontal scaling and vertical scaling.
• Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and Log Analyzer.
• Created SSL certificates and CA certificates using IKEYMAN.
• Configuring Websphere commerce 5.5 to authenticate to LDAP and to database.
• Configured Single Sign On (SSO) for authentication and authorization.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software problems, and interacted with IT staff or vendors in performing complex testing, support and troubleshooting functions.
• Provided call center support by 24x7 shift rotation basis and monitored trouble ticket queues to attend user and system calls.
• Provided recommendations on environment standards, product leveling, performance tuning, new project consulting, recommend broadened usage of WebSphere functionality.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x,IHS1.3.x/2.0.x/6.0.x/6.1.x, TAM, Windows 2000, AIX 5.x, LINUX, Solaris 8/9/10, LDAP, IBM Directory Server 5.1, Active Directory, WTE 5.1.1, Java Script, JACL/JYTHON, XML, JSP, Servlets, ANT.