SUMMARY

• Around 10+ year’s system administration experience in IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebLogic, Apache Tomcat & Jboss over the full life cycle including planning, installation, administration and support.
• Expertise in Installing, Configuring and Administering IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x on all platforms.
• Configured IHS Web Server V9.0/8.0/7.x/6.x and created Web Server Definition in WebSphere Application Server admin console for web server Plug in management.
• Expert in WebSphere cluster management including horizontal and vertical scaling and creation of nodes.
• Experience in installation and configuration of Jboss and Apache tomcat Application Servers 8.x/7.x
• Experience in infrastructure deployments with tools such as Chef, Puppet and Jenkins.
• Experience in WebLogic Server 12/11.x/10g installation, support and administration.
• Configured Portal with backend database DB2 and transfer for portal databases from Cloudscape to DB2.
• Deployed enterprise applications and administration of resources in all the environments including development, Integration, Testing, and Production.
• Experienced in using external security manager TAM/Siteminder for user autantication and global sign on. Installed, Configured and enabled TAI on WebSphere.
• Worked with External Security Manager CA Siteminder Policy Server 7.x and configuring with Portal.
• Setup WebSphere resources such as data sources, virtual hosts, web server plug - in, libraries, Variables and JVM parameters.
• Experience working with MQ Queue Managers and its objects using MQ Explorer and MQSC Commands. Experience defining and managing Full Repository Queue Manager Clusters.
• Experience in Digital certificates, installation and CSR generation for implementing SSL secure communication using ikeyman utility. Performed Name based and IP based virtual hosts for setting up multiple domains for different applications.
• Performance tuning and monitoring using Tivoli Performance Viewer and various monitoring tools, performed analysis, tracing and debugging issues.
• Installed Fix packs, Cumulative Fixes and interim fixes for WebSphere and Portal Servers.
• Versatile team player with excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal Skills.
• Coordinate daily activities with long-range goals, quick learner, and self-starter, can work well independently or as a team member, good communications and excellent technical problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application Servers/Middleware: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.x/7.x/6.x, WebSphere Portal 8.x/7.x, MQ, WebLogic 10.x/11.x, Jboss, Apache tomcat, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x/6.x

Web Technologies: Servlets, JSP, EJB, JDBC, JMS, Web Services, Java Beans, JNDI, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript

RDBMS: IBM DB2 10.x/9.x, Oracle 11g/10.x, MS SQL Server

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL, Visual Basic

Protocols: TCP/IP, LDAP, SOAP,HTTP,HTTPS

Operating System: RHEL 7.x/6.x/4,x, IBM AIX 4.x/6.x, Solaris 10, Windows 2012 R2/2008/2003 Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Germantown MD

Sr Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring WebSphere Application Server ND v9.0/8.5 in Development, Staging, Testing and Production Environment on RHEL 7.x & windows 2016 Servers.
• Installed and Configured the IIS 8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management. Build and Configure IIS Sites and SSL Certificates.
• Experience Installing and administering Jboss EAP 7 environments.
• Migration of Applications, creating cluster, JVM configuration in Jboss EAP 7.
• Created autantication alias, JDBC providers, and data sources in WebSphere and JBoss application servers.
• Involved in migration from WebSphere to Jboss EAP 7.
• Performed Apache web server plug-in configuration for backend WebLogic, JBOSS EAP and Tc Server using mod jk and mod so plug-ins.
• Provided support for installation and configuration of Jboss and Apache tomcat Application Servers.
• Implement and Migrate IaaS and PaaS instances between public and private clouds.
• Worked on integrating external security managers IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM), Security Access Manager (ISAM).
• Hands on experience in Installing, Administering, Tuning, Troubleshooting of WebSphere
• Supported automated builds and deployment using Chef.
• Worked with networking team in setting up Load Balancers such as BIG IP (F5) to communicate with IBM HTTP Server.
• Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on Weblogic application server 12.x
• Fine tune JVM parameters, thread-pool and connections with Jboss Servers.
• Created and managed MQ objects including queue managers, remote/local queues, Integrated WebSphere Applications with MQ using JMS Admin.
• Experience setting up WebSphere Application Server to communicate with MQ objects including Queue Managers, Remote/Local Queues, Transmission Queues, Channels and listeners.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0/8.5.x, IBM HTTP Server 9.x/8.x, Jboss EAP 7.1,Tomcat 8.x, Oracle 12c, Chef, RHEL 7.x, Windows 2016 Server

Confidential, Lebanon NJ

Sr Middleware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring WebSphere Application Server ND v8.5 in Development, Staging, Testing and Production Environment on RHEL 7.x & windows 2016 Servers.
• Installed and Configured the IBM HTTP Server v8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
• Expert in Tomcat 8.x Installation, configuration, JVM tuning, JDBC, log4j settings, Monitoring and analyzing logs
• Installed Jboss EAP 7, setup as service in Linux and Windows Environments.
• Involved in DevOps automation processes for build & deploy systems for legacy and micro service projects.
• Configured Clusters and managed servers for improved availability and failover capacity to ensure maximum reliability on Jboss 7.0 EAP.
• Migration of Applications, creating cluster, JVM configuration in Jboss EAP 7 & Apache Instances

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x, IBM HTTP Server 8.5, Jboss EAP 7.0, Apache Web Server 2.4, Tomcat 8.x, Oracle 12c, RHEL 7.x, Windows 2016 Server

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured, Administered and Supported IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5/7.0 in Development, Staging, QA and Production environments on RHEL 7.x.
• Installed and Configured the IBM HTTP Server v8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
• Implemented security business solutions utilizing IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM), Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) & SiteMinder.
• Experience with Migration of WebSphere 8.0 to 8.5.
• Deployed Java/j2ee applications on WebSphere Application Server.
• Worked with networking team in setting up Load Balancers such as BIG IP (F5) to communicate with IBM HTTP Server.
• Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on WebLogic application server 12.x
• Setup Jboss AppServers on RedHat Linux in a clustered environment with Apache.
• Fine tune JVM parameters, thread-pool and connections with Jboss Servers.
• Experience deploying applications, configuring data sources and tuning Apache Tomcat application server.
• Installed, configured and administered various applications on Apache Tomcat and Jboss application servers.
• Created and managed MQ objects including queue managers, remote/local queues, Integrated
• WebSphere Applications with MQ series using JMS Admin.
• Experience setting up WebSphere Application Server to communicate with MQ objects including Queue Managers, Remote/Local Queues, Transmission Queues, Channels and listeners.
• Installed fix packs to mitigate security related issues.
• Worked closely with business, product management, and project management to ensure dat application and technical architecture meets project objectives and standards.
• Provided 24/7 support for Production Issues.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, Jboss EAP 7, Apache Tomcat, RHEL 7.x, DB2 10.x, Oracle 11g, Microsoft AD, WebLogic 12.x/11.x

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured, Administered and Supported IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5/7.0 on RHEL 6.x and Windows Server 2012.
• Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on WebLogic application server 10.x/11g.
• Installed and Configured the IBM HTTP Server v7.x/8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
• Experience installing Internet Information Server 8.0 webservers. Configured virtual directories and websites in IIS.
• Experience in infrastructure deployments with tools such as Chef, Puppet and Jenkins.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console scripts.
• Created WebSphere resources, JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java mail sessions.
• Experience installing and supporting Windows based environments such as Windows 2012/2008 Server.
• Responsible for installing Fix packs and cumulative fixes for all WebSphere versions.
• Installed, Configured and administered Siteminder web agent and app agent.
• Created and managed MQ objects including queue managers, remote/local queues, Integrated WebSphere Applications with MQ series using JMS Admin.
• Configured Repository Queue Managers in clustering Environment
• Troubleshooting and performance tuning using TPV. Performed WebSphere performance tuning parameters like JVM Heaps, Connection pooling, thread pooling, session management etc.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, RHEL 6.x, DB2 10.x, Oracle 11g, IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.x, WebLogic 10.x/11.x, WebSphere MQ, Windows 2012.

Confidential, East Brunswick, NJ

Middleware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured and managed WebSphere Application Server ND V8.x/7.x and IHS Server V8.x/7.x on RHEL 5.x and windows environments.
• Installed, Configured and administered IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.
• Configured WebSphere Portal Server databases with oracle and implemented security using MS Active Directory Server.
• Supported various applications running on WebLogic and Jboss application Servers.
• WebLogic Administration, Monitoring and Troubleshooting issues.
• Implemented the Clusters, Cluster Members (using Vertical and Horizontal Scaling) in order to recover from a single point of failure.
• Provided production control support primarily in the AIX and application server environment.
• Installed, configured and administered IBM HTTP Server web server with WAS.
• Generated plug-in configuration file, modified it and swapped to web server location.
• Installed and Configured IBM MQ V7 on windows server and Integrated MQ with WebSphere Application Server for Java Messaging Service.
• Created and Configured Queue Manager, Queues, Process Definition, Channels, Listener and Channel initiator and checked the channel communication between Application Server and JMS Server.
• Configured Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual host, variables and Http transport for Application Servers.
• Experience in configuring various application parameters like JVM class paths, Web Container, EJB Container, PMI interfaces and environment properties.
• Configured Web resources including JDBC providers, connection pooling and Java Mail session.
• Configured JDBC data sources to access MS SQL database.
• Experience supporting and administering middleware applications running on Apache Tomcat server.
• Installed, configured and administered various applications on Apache Tomcat and WebSphere.
• Experience administering and configuring apache Tomcat server instances and environments.
• General administration (deployment, configuration, redeployment, problem investigation and support) of applications running on JBOSS application servers platforms.
• Installation, upgrades, patching and support of Jboss Application Servers.
• Provide on call and weekend maintenance support for applications.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 8.x/7.x, WebSphere Portal 8.x, IBM MQ V7.x, Oracle 9i/10g, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, RHEL 5.x, WebLogic 10.x, Apache Tomcat, MS Active Directory

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setup, installation and ongoing development of WebSphere Application Server 7.0.x on windows and RHEL platforms.
• Configured Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Resources, Servlet, JDBC drivers
• Deployed the applications (WAR, JAR, and EAR) on multiple WebSphere Servers and maintained load balancing, high availability and Failover functionality.
• Extensively involved in management of the Build and Migration Process
• Involved in migration from WebSphere 6.x to WebSphere 7.x
• Involved in writing scripts to handle everyday system administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleaning, everyday system tasks etc.
• Interpreted log files to locate and solve problems such as tracing and debugging facilities
• Integrated WebSphere Applications with MQ Series using JMS admin
• Configured session management and used database for distributed sessions to persist session data
• Configured Oracle thin driver JDBC provider. Created and configured data sources for all the sites.
• Troubleshooting and Administration of WebSphere Admin Server
• Configured WebSphere Application Server for different databases such as DB2 and SQL server.
• Installed fix packs for WebSphere Application Server.
• Supported on Call schedule for Production Support.
• Documented all procedures and any other important issues.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 7.0.x/6.x, IHS 7.x, DB2 9.x/8.x, MS SQL Server, RHEL 5.x, Win 2008, MQ 6.x, iPlanet

Confidential, Charlotte NC

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 6.x/7.x and IBM HTTP Server on AIX.
• Monitored, optimized and tuned J2EE-based solutions in both single node and clustered environments
• Installed patches, packages and plugins for WebSphere application server
• Involved in designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using Workload Management (WLM), horizontal and vertical scaling.
• Responsible for Web server and Application server installation, support and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s Website.
• Played an active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck by enhanced performance ensuring upstream queuing.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Servers.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere.
• Experience administering IIS Web servers and hosted web sites.
• Configured IIS and plugins with various application servers such as WebSphere, Apache Tomcat.
• Well versed with IIS administration activities such as managing virtual hosts/directories, SSL etc.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 6.x/7.0, DB2 8.x, IBM HTTP Server 6.x/7.x, AIX 6.x, Db2 8.x, F5 Load balancer.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Infrastructure System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administered RHEL Linux 4.x.
• Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.x/6.x and IBM HTTP Server on RHEL.
• Installation & configuration of Linux High Availability Server and VM’s.
• Managed the complete network file system, network information service and domain name service
• Involved in setting up Web server, Mail server, NFS server, DNS and NIS+ databases.
• Assisted in creating user accounts and customizing user environment
• Linux administration including monitoring, managing the memory/CPU loads, disk space, processes running on them.
• Added new disks, formatting, partitioning and disk space allocation. Monitored system performance assisted in system tuning, system security and crash recovery issues
• Developed Automated Shell scripts for various administration jobs.
• Korn & C shell scripting, mainly for scheduling jobs (CRONTAB)
• Solving User/Network problems, guiding users on various security issues.
• Configuring Windows Servers and UNIX Servers.
• Installed new Software’s and Patches and Troubleshooting network problems.

Environment: RHEL Linux 4.0, Solaris, Oracle 9, Windows 2008, Internet Information Server 5.0, Mail server, NFS server, DNS and NIS+