SUMMARY

• An IBM certified Senior Websphere Engineer with 8 years of experience in WebSphere Commerce Server, Administration, WebSphere Portal Server Administration and WebSphere Application Server Administration in areas of Airline Industry, Financial, Banking, Insurance, Client - Server, Internet Technologies, SOA application Integration.
• Strong System Administrative skills in WebSphere Application Server Environment, SiteMinder Environment, Tivoli Access Manager Environment, WebSpherMQ Environment on AIX, Sun Solaris, Window Server.
• Extensively involved in installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting WebSphere Application Server 6.1/7.0/8.0
• Strong technical noledge includes WebSphere Application server implementation, support, workload management and performance tuning. Web server setup, including complex secure sockets layer (SSL) configuration on IBM HTTP Server.
• Configure and support web servers (IIS, I H S, iPlanet, Apache and Sun One, etc.) for Internet and Intranet environments.
• Responsible for creating all necessary documentation to build, administer and support all dev, TEST, QA and production Portal Environments.
• Strong experience in writing shell scripts to automate teh administrative tasks and automate teh WebSphere Environment with Jacl and Jython Scripts.
• Involved in building and setting up teh WebSphere Commerce environment on Linux and Windows platforms which includes installation of WebSphere Commerce server.
• Involved in installation of fix packs, feature packs and APARs
• Created instances, published stores, created organizations, users, assigned roles in WebSphere commerce environment.
• Created started stores like Madison store, Arora, b2b store and b2c stores
• Worked on setting up security and SSL for teh WebSphere commerce environment
• Worked on setting up WCBD tool for automation of Build and Deployment process using ant and jython
• Involved in setting up WebSphere Commerce Developer environment which includes installing teh rational application Developer, Commerce developer toolkit, future packs, fix packs and enabling of future packs
• Responsible for performance tuning teh WebSphere commerce and portal environments like tuning JVM related properties, DB connection related properties, Memory analysis, and GC algorithms.
• Responsible for deploying teh commerce and portal applications on DEV, TEST, QA and production environments
• Possess strong leadership, communication (both verbal and written), and Lay men customer service skills, and exchange information with others clearly and concisely
• Extensive experience in installation, configuration, deployment and management of portal applications using WebSphere Portal Server 6.1/7.0/8.0 on Red Hat Linux and Windows platforms.
• Strong experience in WebSphere Portal administrative scripting using XMLAccess, wpscript WASadmin, JACL, JYTHON, Perl and UNIX shell scripting.
• Extensively involved in installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting WebSphere Portal Server 6.1/7.0/8.0, WebSphere Business Integration, WCM Content Management server, Personalization Rules Engine, WebSphere Deployment Manager, I H S server etc to setup teh portal environment.
• Responsible for creating all necessary documentation to build, administer, and support all dev, TEST, QA and production Portal Environments.
• Possess strong leadership, communication (both verbal and written), and Lay men customer service skills, and exchange information with others clearly and concisely.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SOA/Middleware Technologies: WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5/8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0/5.1/4.0 , WebSphere Portal Server 8.0/7.0/6.1.5/6.1.0.2/6.0/5.1 , WebSphere Commerce Server7.0/6.0,WebSphere MQ7.0/6.0/5.3, WebSphere Commerce Developer7.0/6.0, Data Power XI50/XS40, WebSphere ESB, IBM Cloudburst, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, VMWare Hypervisor, Cast-iron, Web Services, SOAP, XML.

SOA Governance: WebSphere Registry Repository6.2/6.1, UDDI, Web Layers, SOAP, XML, PEGA5.3/5.2/5.1, Data Stage, CA xPression3.0.

Data Bases: DB 2 9.2/8.2/8.1/7.2/7.2 , Oracle11g/10g/9i/8/7, Tera DataSQL Server2000/7.0, Sybase.

Web Servers: IBMHttpServer 8.0/7.0/6.1/ 2.0.47/1.3.28 / , SunOneWeb Server, 6.1/6.0, Netscape iPlanet 6.0/4.1,IIS 6.0/5.0/4.0, Apache 2.0.47/1.3.28 , and JRun.

Tools: /IDE: RAD 8.0/7.5/7.0/6 , WSAD5.0/4.0, Visual Age for Java3.5/4.0, SiteScope, Wily7.2/7.0, ITCAM, Candle, Open view, Exceed, Remedy User, Citrix, Visual Interdev, FrontPage, MS Visual Source Safe 6.0, Win CVS, Rational Clear Case and Clear Quest

J2EE Technologies/Languages: JEE 1.6/1.5/1.4/1.3/1.2 , Java 2.0, Servlet 2.3/2.2, Java Beans, EJB 2.0/1.1/1.0, JSP 1.2/1.1/1.0, JDBC 2.0/1.0, JNDI, RMI, CORBA, Java,Swing, AWT,XML,HTML,DHTMLandJavaScript,C,C++,Java.0/1.2,jacl,jython,perl,shell.

Operating Systems: Solaris10/9/8,AIX 6.1/5.3/5.1/4.3.3 , Linux8.x/7.2/7.1/6.2, Suse Lunix9, Z/Unix, Win NT/ 2003/2000/2007 Advanced Server.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Fort Worth TX

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building teh WebSphere commerce 7.0 environment on Windows and Linux OS with Oracle data base which includes Installing WebSphere Binaries, commerce binaries and create commerce server instance, apply fix packs on WebSphere and Commerce instances.
• Responsible for installing teh feature pack 6 and enable them with oracle data base.
• Responsible for setting up WebSphere Commerce Developer environment which includes installing teh rational application Developer, Commerce developer toolkit, future packs, fix packs and enabling of future packs.
• Responsible for creating teh starter stores like Madison store, Arora, b2b store and b2c stores.
• Responsible for creating teh commerce sites using IHS webserver and WebSphere plugin files.
• Responsible for configuring teh SSL security for WebSphere commerce sites.
• Responsible for setting up teh WebSphere Commerce Server cluster configurations and publishing teh stores.
• Responsible for configuring teh Solr search configurations and setting up search indexes and creating teh search instance.
• Responsible for setting up WCBD tool for automation of Build and Deployment process using ant and jython scripting languages.
• Responsible for monitoring teh commerce and portal environments and worked on remedy tickets for production related problems.
• Created instances, published stores, created organizations, users, assigned roles in WebSphere commerce environment.
• Expertise in working with WebSphere Commerce Server tools like Accelerator, Admin Console and Org Admin Console.
• Provided 24/7 and on call support for all teh commerce related applications
• Administer teh WebSphere development, TEST, Stage and production environments, deploy WebSphere applications to DEV and TEST environments, and support teams utilizing WebSphere technologies. Provide documentation to ensure stable QA and production environments. Assist developers/application owners with problem resolution as necessary.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server to transfer HTTP requests to teh WebSphere Application Server in a clustered environment.
• Administered teh UNIX environment for setting up teh application server environment.
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Service Integration Bus Configuration, Message Activations, Destinations, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere6.1 and WebSphere7.0 on Linux environment.
• Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages, and deployments. Enabling Technologies Infrastructure Services will review teh package, deployment script, and install documentation and ensure they are error-free and meet teh documented standards.
• Configured and Enabled teh Global Security for WAS Administration Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Involved in Creating and Managing teh Nodes, Application Server’s, Cluster’s and Deployed Multiple J2EE Applications.
• Involved in Creating Shell Scripts like Automation of Startup and Shutdown Processes and Automated teh WAS environment with Jacl and Jython Scripts.

Environment: WebSphere Commerce Server 7.0/6.0, WebSphere Application server 8.5.5, 7.0.0.29/6.1.0.41 , IHS 6.1/7.0/8.5, Netegrity Site Minder5.5/, WebAgent5.5/3.5, Red hat Linux 5.x, 6.x, Solaris 11, Shell Scripts, WASadmin scripting.

Confidential, Atlanta

WebSphere Commerce Server/WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building teh WebSphere commerce 6.0 environment on Windows and Linux OS with Oracle data base which includes Installing WebSphere Binaries, commerce binaries and create commerce server instance, apply fix packs on WebSphere and Commerce instances.
• Responsible for installing teh feature pack 6 and enable them with oracle data base.
• Responsible for setting up WebSphere Commerce Developer environment which includes installing teh rational application Developer, Commerce developer toolkit, future packs, fix packs and enabling of future packs.
• Responsible for creating teh commerce sites using IHS webserver and WebSphere plugin files.
• Responsible for configuring teh SSL security for WebSphere commerce site
• Responsible for configuring teh Solr search configurations and setting up search indexes and creating teh search instance.
• Responsible for setting up WCBD tool for automation of Build and Deployment process using ant and jython scripting languages
• Responsible for deploying teh commerce and portal applications on DEV, TEST, QA and production environments.
• Administer teh WebSphere development, TEST, Stage and production environments, deploy WebSphere applications to QA and production environments, and support teams utilizing WebSphere technologies. Provide and enforce controls to ensure stable QA and production environments. Assist developers/application owners with problem resolution as necessary.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server to transfer HTTP requests to teh WebSphere Application Server in a clustered environment.
• Responsible for day to day troubleshooting with WebSphere applications hosted on IBM WebSphere Application Server environment.
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Service Integration Bus Configuration, Message Activations, Destinations, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere6.1 and WebSphere7.0 on Linux environment.
• Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages, and deployments. Enabling Technologies Infrastructure Services will review teh package, deployment script, and install documentation and ensure they are error-free and meet teh documented standards.
• Configured and Enabled teh Global Security for WAS Administration Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Involved in Creating and Managing teh Nodes, Application Server’s, Cluster’s and Deployed Multiple J2EE Applications.
• Profiled all teh J2EE Application has and worked with Application Groups in improving performance of application and possible memory leaks in application before deploying.
• Involved in Creating Shell Scripts like Automation of Startup and Shutdown Processes and Automated teh WAS environment with Jacl and Jython Scripts.
• Capable of successfully manage time, projects, and multiple priorities, provide root cause determination for enterprise-wide issues, and able to work well under pressure and time constraints and be able to adjust to a constantly changing, fast paced environment.

Environment: WebSphere Commerce Server 6.0, WebSphere Application server 7.0.0.21/6.1.0.41 IHS6.1/7.0, Netegrity Site Minder5.5/4.5, WebAgent5.5/3.5, Red hat Linux 5.x, Solaris 8, Shell Scripts, WASadmin scripting

Confidential, NY

WebSphere Portal Adminstrator/WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administer teh WebSphere Portal Server environments Development, Integration, Testing, Staging and production environments, deploy WebSphere applications and portlets to all teh environments. Assist developers/application owners with problem resolution as necessary.
• Responsible for teh installation and configuration of IBM WebSphere Portal Server V7.0 on Linux and Windows platforms.
• Automated teh deployment of portlets, pages, themes and skins using XMLAccess, ANT Release Builder, WASadmin, wpscript and Unix Shell scripting.
• Designed teh DB2 database environment for hosting Portal configurations for Member Manager, Java Content Repository, Feedback, Likeminds, Customization, Community and Release content.
• Configured Portal Server and Application Server security by integrating Portal Server environment with Tivoli Access Manager and Tivoli Directory Server.
• Deployed portal releases using Release Builder utility from teh base test environment to production environment and TEMPeffective version control of portal changes.
• Clustered teh Portal Server environment using horizontal clustering across multiple boxes to facilitate high availability, failover support and load balancing in a production environment.
• Responsible for Disaster Recovery of teh WebSphere Portal environment by taking regular backups of Portal file systems, databases, and configurations.
• Integrated IBM WebSphere Portal Server with Mercury Diagnostics and ITCAM to monitor portlets, pages, thread pools, rendering speeds, cache sizes, session data, JVM heap sizes, and database connections.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server to transfer HTTP requests to teh WebSphere Portal Server through teh WebSphere Application Server plug-in in a clustered environment.
• Administer teh WebSphere development, TEST, Stage and production environments, deploy WebSphere applications to DEV and TEST environments
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere6.1 and WebSphere7.0 on Linux environment
• Configured and Enabled teh Global Security for WAS Administration Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry

Environment: WebSphere Portal Server 7.0/6.1.5, Web Sphere 7.0.0.15/6.1.0.27 IHS 6.1/7.0, Shell Scripts, WAS Admin scripting

Confidential

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Administrative Tasks including WebSphere Application Server and Web Server Maintenance, Support, System Maintenance, System Administration for Application.
• Involved in installing/configuring IBM HTTP Server. Working on various components of WebSphere such as Work Load Management (WLM), Servlet Engine, Session Manager AdminClient, and WebSphere Administration, Configuration, Tuning, Clustering and troubleshooting WebSphere related problems.
• Supporting System Administration Services, Production Support, launching web projects, Working on AIX, and NT environments for Development, Testing and Production environment, which also includes software installations, backups, memory management, patch administration, disaster recovery processes etc. & Documentation.
• Monitoring teh Logs after teh stress test performed by QA team and made decision for hosting teh Application into Production.
• Configuring HTTP Plug-in to communicate with teh remote servlet engine.
• Responsible for Planning, Backup, laying out proper steps and getting approval for teh upgrades of all server software, client software, and drivers.
• Responsible for Configuring and Maintenance of WebSphere Application server.
• Monitoring Multiple Applications on QA and Prod Environments using candle and wily tools.
• Trouble shooting various problems in different stages of development using logs files and enabling traces.
• Monitoring WebSphere Application Server performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer.
• WebSphere Performance Monitoring and Tuning at Application level-specific load balancing.
• Application data backup and recovery provided by Local backup / restoration of teh WebSphere environment Local backup / restoration of WebSphere applications.
• Diagnosis and repair of teh WebSphere environment. Assist developers with teh diagnosis and repair of WebSphere applications.
• On-call support (24x7), Monitoring and maintaining multiple Applications at Development and QA phases.

Environment: WebSphere 6.1, IHS6.1, Iplanet web Server6.0, Netegrity Site Minder5.5/4.5, Shell Scripts, WASadmin scripting.