Websphere Administrator Resume Profile
Harrisburg, PA
Professional summary:
- 7 years of experience of IBM WebSphere Application Server WAS Administration and strong knowledge of WebSphereproduct family and it's architecture
- Expert in installing, configuring,maintaining, and supportingWAS 8.5/8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0/5.1/5.0, Content Management server, WebSphere Deployment Manager, IHS on distributed platforms
- Expertise in all stages of WebSphere Administration like installation, Configuration, Deployment, Scripting, Migration, and Trouble shooting on AIX 5.3/5.2/4.3, Red Hat Linux, Solaris 10/9/8, Windows 2003 Server Environments
- Expertise in configuring and installing IBM HTTPSerevr, Apache and Tomcat
- Extensively involved in advanced configuration concepts like Service integration Bus SIB , Web Services, Listener ports, Queue Connection Factories, Queues, Application Servers, Clusters, Shared Libraries, Profiles, JDBC providers, Data Sources, URL Providers, JVM Custom Services, Environment Variables, etc.
- Complete life cycle of Web servers like IHS6.1, IIS 6.0/5.0, Sun One Web Server, and Apache Web Server on all Operation System environments
- DevelopingPerl and shell scripts to automate and maintain the WebSphere
- Optimization and fine tuning of Enterprise Applications in WAS8.x/7.x/6.x/5.x Workload Management WML , WAS Resource Analyzer, JNDI, LDAP, Site Minder, SIB on Sun Solaris, AIX and Windows NT/2003
- Expertise in Install, Configure, administration of IBM WebSphere MQ Series Resources- Queue/Queue Manager, Channel, Listener Port management andadministration of MQ
- Configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting all J2EE and java processes of applications using IBM Thread and HEAP Analyzer
- Creating all necessary documentation to build, administer, and support all Dev, TEST, QA and production WebSphere Environments
- Expertise in migrating existing applications from WebSphere 5.1.x version Application servers to 6.1.x WebSphere 6.1.x version Application servers to 7.0.x and 8.x on UNIX and Windows Platforms
- Deployed WAR, EAR applications onto clustered WAS environment for all the environments supported by the Middleware Group
- Working with multiple project teams as well as being responsible for WebSphere Administration, configuration, load balancing, performance tuning, Disaster Recovery and High Availability
- Troubleshooting and providing technical support in Production and Test environments
- Performed troubleshooting using Traces, Logs and Log Analyzer.
- Performance monitoring using Resource Analyzer and Tivoli Performance Viewer
- Effective communication with client, cross-functional teams to achieve project priorities/timelines
- Ability to communicate requirements effectively to team members and work in onshore-offshore model
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
Technical skills:
Enterprise Servers Middleware | IBM WAS8.5/8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0/5.1/5.0 |
MQ series | IBM WebSphere MQ series 7.0/6.0/5.3 |
OS | Windows 95/NT/98/2K, UNIX, IBM AIX, Z/OS, Sun Solaris, Red hat Linux |
Languages | JAVA1.5, C, C , SQL, PL/SQL |
Java/J2EE/Web Technologies | HTML, Java Script, DHTML, XML, XSL, XSD, CSS, J2EE 1.2/1.3, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JMS, SOAP |
Databases | DB2 UDB 9.5/9.1/8.1, Oracle11g/10g/9i and SQL Server 2005/2000 |
Security Access Management Tools | Sun One Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Tivoli Identity Manager TIM , Tivoli Access Manager TAM and Web SEAL |
Scripting | Windows Batch, Unix shell, JACL, JYTHON, ANT |
Professional Summary
Confidential
WebSphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed Configured and Administered WASND 8.5/8.0/7.0/6.x on Linux and Windows environment
- Configured Deployment Manager and Application server profiles using profiles creation wizard
- Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 7
- Applied refresh packs, fix packs and interim fix packs to WASand IBMIHS web server 7.0
- Deployed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WebSphere admin scripts
- AccomplishedWork Load Management by creating Clusters
- Configured the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere workload Management including horizontal and vertical topology
- Performed Monitoring, Shutdown Boot-Up, Network support and trouble shooting in Staging and Production environments as part of the application deployment
- Enabled security for the Admin Console and application components
- PerformedResource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly by changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes
- Managed security and handled performance optimization for EJB containers and web applications in IBM WebSphere, HTTPServer
- Performed trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer, Thread Analyzers and log Analyzer
- Developed logical security application architecture integrating WAS
- Played a major rolein defining and configuring 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
- Utilized skills in shell, WebSphere admin and WAS scripting to automate deploying, updating applications, migrating data and automating batch jobs
- Developed scripts for accessing remote Admin Servers, cleaning up logs during back-ups
- Troubleshoot Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the Web server logs
- Assembled and Deployed the applications in Staging andProduction as per change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in shifts
Environment:
IBM WAS8.x/7.0/6.x,IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, Z/OS mainframe, LDAP, Oracle, Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDBC, JavaScript, DB2
Confidential
WebSphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed, configured and maintained IBM WASNetwork Deployment ND 7.0/6.1.x/6.0, IBM HTTP Server 1.3x/6.x, Apache Web Server
- Configured Queue Definitions, Queue Connections Factories, and Listeners in order to provide connectivity to Enterprise MQ infrastructure
- Deploying, troubleshooting, maintaining and configuring J2EE applications in various environments like Dev, Integration, QA, Stress, UAT and Prod
- Installed and configured IBM WAS7.0/6.1/6.0 JDBC drivers and Servlet engines
- Troubleshooting and recovery on AIX/Solaris and Windows 2008
- Migration of WebSphere Application server 6.1 to 7.0
- Implemented clusters in WebSphere for load balancing and failover
- Installed fix packs, e- Fixes, and cumulative fixes
- Applied patches and plug-ins for WASNetwork Deployment
- Managed security and performance optimizations for WASon AIX platform
- Load balancing/Tuning/Clustering for IBM WAS using Deployment Manager Network Deployment
- Installation, configuration, deployment and troubleshooting of more than 40 intranet and extranet applications
- Created JDBC Providers, Data sources, and JAAS authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 mainframe
Environment:
IBM WASNetwork Deployment ND 7.0/6.1, WebSphere MQ, fix packs, DB2, JYTHON, JACL, Perl and UNIX shell scripts, JDBC Providers, Data sources, and JAAS authentication, WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical Clusters, Wily Introscope
Confidential
Sr. Middleware / WebSphere
Responsibilities:
- Performedconfiguration, installation and administration of WAS6.1 and IHS on Linux
- Installed Fix Packs, e-Fixes and cumulative Fixes to the existing infrastructure and new environment
- Created profiles using Profile Creating Wizard and silent profile creation
- Deployed applications EAR to WAS and maintained applications
- Provide support for the entire cycle of application testing including building applications, deploying, and trouble shooting
- Worked with Database Administrators to resolve database and JDBC related issues in WAS
- Administered applications in Java and performed configurations on them via the administrative console by using the JMS connected to WebSphere MQ Series
- Configured and administered JDBC Connection Pools/Data Sources on WAS
- Achieved Work Load Management by creating Clusters and Cluster Members in WAS 6.1
- Performance Monitoring Infrastructure PMI to monitor the overall health of WASand Used Tivoli Performance Viewer to analyze the PMI data
- Implemented Clustering, Performance tuning and Troubleshooting of IBM WAS6.1/5.1
- Deployed Servlets, Session and Entity Beans on the WAS
- Used Tivoli Performance Monitoring tool to monitor application resources Enterprise Beans, Servlets and WAS runtime resources JVM memory, application server thread pools, database connection pool
- Troubleshoot on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung sessions and session replication
- Configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers SSL for data encryption and client authentication
- Created Environment with the help of JACL scripts
- Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer
- Configured plug-in for WAS 6.0/6.1/5.1
- Developed automated scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks
- Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces
- Played a vital role in the Migration ofWAS 5.1 to 6.1
- 24/7 support in troubleshooting problems for WebSphere applications
Environment:
IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1/6.0/5.1, IBM HTTP Server 6.0.2.7, RAD 6.0.0.1,
Solaris 10, WebSphere MQ 6.0.0