SUMMARY

• Over 10 years of IT Experience, with an experience in planning, installation and administering Confidential WebSphere Application Server, Web Servers ( Confidential HTTP Server, IIS, Apache), MQSeries and Web Sphere Message Broker on multiplatform environment.
• Confidential WebSphere V8.x/V7.x/V6.x administration experience in installation & configuration on multiple platforms, packaging & deployment of applications, migration, cluster management, Performance tuning, troubleshooting, security management, work load management and WSadmin scripting.
• Confidential WebSphere MQ v7.0 Installed and configured MQ Series server on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux.
• Created and configured MQ Objects like Queue Managers, Remote Queues, Local Queues, and Queue Aliases.
• Expertise in Recommending/Providing Architectural solutions in defining/on - boarding new applications onto WebSphere Application Server, Weblogic Application Server & Web servers environments.
• Experience in applying fix packs and plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server, MQSeries and Web Sphere Message Broker on Windows, Distributed (UNIX) platforms.
• Migrated J2EE applications from WebSphere 6.x to v7.0 and v 8.0 and documenting a detailed approach per environment.
• Expertise in creating, configuring clustered environments to maintain load balancing and high availability of applications.
• Configured and maintained JDBC resources (DataSources, connection pools), JMS resources (Queue, Topic, connection factory), JNDI.
• Worked on configuring SSL Certificates in WebSphere Application Server and Confidential HTTP server.
• Proficient in JACL & Jython (WSADMIN) Scripting, Shell Scripting for automating administration tasks for build processes on Websphere Application Server.
• Adept in configuring of JDBC Providers, Data Source, Virtual Hosting, Global Security, SSL, LDAP.
• Worked with Confidential on problem determination, analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolution - PMRs, running and submitting must gather scripts and output, turning on trace, verbose-gc, taking thread and heap dumps.
• Performed root-cause analysis for Production outages and provided management with analysis reports.
• Hands on working experience inRole Hierarchy, Custom Profilesandpublic Groupscreation and user management.
• Experience in Performance and Monitoring tool like Tivoli performance viewer, Dev partner, CA Wily Introscope tool and Vantage Analyzer.
• Experience in change control tool like Remedy and Service Center, JIRA.
• Experience in Production Support, on call rotation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Confidential AIX 5.x/6.x, Red Hat Linux 2.1/3.0/4.0/5. x/6.x, Sun Solaris 9/10, Windows 2000/XP/20003/2008

Application Servers: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/7.X/8.5. WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, Weblogic 11/10/9.

Web Servers: Confidential HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, IIS, iPlanet Web Server

Web Technologies: ASP, Servlets, JDBC, JSP, EJB, XML, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript

Access Managers: Siteminder 6.x, Tivoli Access Manager 6.x.

Languages: C, C++, JAVA, HTML.

Databases: DB2 UDB 7.x/8.x/9.x, Oracle 8.x/9.x/10/11i, MSSQL

Scripting Technologies: Shell Scripting, JACL, Jython.

Networking&Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, FTP, SFTP, TELNET, SSH, SSL

Tools: Remedy, BIP IP F5, Net Scaler, HPSA, Wily Introscope, ITCAM, Tivoli Performance Viewer, JMeter, Jenkins, Cruise Control, Build Forgex.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Warren, NJ

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Playing a Major Key role in the current Middleware team especially in supporting/managing WebSphere stack of products.
• Responsible for setting up end-to-end WebSphere Application Server v7/6.1 on AIX/Solaris & Linux Platforms which involves Installation/Configurations/Deployments/Administration.
• Responsible for setup, Installation, configuration and Administration of Confidential WebSphere Application server 6.x/7.0/8, and Confidential HTTP Server 6.X/7.0/8 on AIX 5.3/6.0 and UNIX Solaris 10.
• Creating/Updating Data Sources, Connection Pools in WebSphere.
• Responsible for setting up the Dev, Test, QA, Pre-Prod and Production Environments which includes Installing the WebSphere, Creating Profiles, nodes, federation of nodes, WAS instances, Clusters, Virtual hosts, Data Sources, Plug-in configuration, and Service Integration Bus Configuration.
• Co-ordinated various activities such as Firewall configurations with N/W team, Load-Balancing activities with Server Management team (F5), timely status meetings with Management & other teams in providing the regular status, Developer Teams in Portal build Management, DB activities with DBA team.
• Created and Implemented WebSphere Application Server Install process using Centralized Installation Manager that helped reduce time to market by more than 90% (install time was reduced from 1 day to less than 30 minutes).
• Created WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical clusters, and added new cluster members.
• Created JDBC Providers, Data sources, and JAAS authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 (UDB) databases.
• Migrated existing applications from WebSphere Application Server 6.x to 7.0 using WASPreUpgrade and WASPostUpgrade tools.
• Involved in Working with Application teams to tune JVM’s, JAR’s, property files and application components.
• Responsible for Configuring, deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining applications moving from DEV to TEST to PROD.
• Take ownership of all assigned level II and III issues and be responsible for follow up from end to end.
• Involved in Creating and Managing the Nodes, Application Server’s, Cluster’s and Deployed Multiple J2EE Applications.
• Interacted and Co-ordinate with different Application Groups for Hot Deployment and Dynamic Reloading of the Applications.
• Server Performance Tuning and Thread dump analysis during server failures.
• Capacity planning and peak load stability assessment and Performance monitoring during peak season.
• Identified application performance hotspots while working with performance team in execution of performance tests; monitors server resource utilization; and document the test results.
• Setup of Class Path/Class Loader policy to load shared lib location Jars per application.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC data sources, connection pooling settings, Resource Adaptors, Queues, Queue Connection Factory.
• Responsible for deploying enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere 6.0.x/6.1.x/7.0.0.x that involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives) from Admin console and Scripts.
• Enabled Security features using LDAP user registry and LTPA for authentication and authorization privileges for Admin console and application components on both Linux platforms
• Worked with Database team to setup/configure JDBC Data Source point to DB2 on WAS platform with successful test connection results.
• Performance and tuning database connection pools, thread pools, JVM Heap Size to required sizes.
• Worked closely with Development team, Web Engineering team, UNIX team, Networking team for the requirement to Design, Build application and Troubleshooting.
• Utilized Change and Release Management tools Jenkins for configuration changes or deployment changes.

Environment: J2ee, Java, JSP, JDBC, Servlets, WebSphere Application Server v 6.0/6.1/7.5/8 , WebSphere Commerce, Weblogic Application Server, MS SQL, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, DB2, CSS, XML, XML Schemas, JavaScript, HTML, Solaris, Linux, AIX, and Windows 2008 Server, WebServices (Apache, Confidential HTTPServer, and IIS), UNIX, Ant, Perl, Jython, JACL, Unix,Ant 1.7.1, WebSphere MQ, Message Broker, LDAP, Active Directory, Big F5.

Confidential

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administration of WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1 Network Deployment on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0/5.x, Confidential AIX 5.x/6.0, Sun Solaris 9/10.
• Expertise in migrating WAS 5.1 to 6.1 along with applications.
• Involved in Application support and maintenance activity.
• Created Connection Pools, Data Sources.
• Installed, configured remote WebSphere plug-in for Confidential HTTP Server and manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ.
• Created multiple instances of WAS profiles and federated them into the deployment manager.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources and connection pooling.
• Involved in the Process change management Release, Problem and Change management
• Hands on experience in infrastructure design and implementation for different projects.
• Configured Global security for WebSphere Application Server and using Confidential Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
• Configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client authentication.
• Involved in creation of MQ resource objects like Queue, Listeners, Channels etc
• Used Resource Analyzer, Log Analyzer for performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Resolved issues through level 3 in server, operation systems or other software under the control of the Distributed Systems management team.
• Perform day to day operations to maintain SLAs and business functions.
• Acquire knowledge of new technologies and may implement to benefit Confidential and disseminate dis information to IT staff members.
• Manage vendor relationships including hardware, software, and maintenance contracts.
• Escalate issues when necessary to senior members of the team for resolution.
• Installation and configuration of applications, clusters, and databases.
• Documenting processes and procedures for infrastructure support.
• Involved in evaluation of WebSphere Portal server 6.0. As part of the project, installed and configured WebSphere Portal server 6.0 on a standalone machine and carried some rigorous testing.
• Responsible for writing various JACL scripts to automate the deployment process of various applications and also certain administrative tasks for WebSphere Application Server. Also wrote JACL scripts for migration process.
• Configured the web server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere.
• Involved in Creating and Managing the Nodes, Application Server’s, Cluster’s and Deployed Multiple J2EE Applications.
• Worked closely with Linux and AIX Server Team for Operating System tweaks for Performance.
• Use Jmeter and other Performance tools like BMC to measure the performance of the applications.
• Single point of technical contact for all the migration issues.
• Manage the expectation from Client and get the deliverables completed by offshore teams.
• Responsible for environment planning, management, troubleshooting, support and maintenance including technology refresh.
• Utilized automation tools like RAFW for config /deployment automation and Build Forge for continuous Integration of build and deployment process.
• Provided Production Support and Communicate early warnings about system downtime to Users.

Environment: J2ee, Java, JSP, JDBC, Servlets, WebSphere Application Server v 6.0/6.1/7.5/8 , WebSphere Commerce Weblogic Application Server, MS SQL, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, DB2, CSS, XML, XML Schemas, JavaScript, HTML, Solaris, Linux, AIX, and Windows 2008 Server, WebServices (Apache, Tomcat, Confidential HTTPServer, Sunone, iPlanet and IIS), UNIX, Ant, Perl, Jython, JACL, Unix,Ant 1.7.1 and WebSphere ESB, WebSphere MQ,WebSphere Portal Server V7.5/8, WebSphere Process Server V7.5/8, LDAP, Active Directory, Confidential Tivoli Directory Server 5.x/6.x, SunOne Directory Server, JBOSS 2.2, SiteMinder 5QMR7, Informatica Power center 8.6.1, oracle 11g, Mainframe Real time data, power exchange, CA7 scheduler, ITSAM.

Confidential

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administering WebSphere, MQ & Message Broker in QA and Pre-Production environments and deploy WebSphere applications to Dev, QA and Pre-Production for development and support teams utilizing WebSphere technologies.
• Provide and enforce controls to ensure stable QA and Pre-production environments. Assist developers/application owners with problem resolution as necessary.
• Installed Configured and Tested Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0 and applied Refresh packs, Fix packs and interim fixes on AIX 5.3 and Solaris 9.
• Implemented Clustering, Performance tuning and trouble shooting of Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0 using monitoring tools like Wily.
• Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Plugin Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management, server groups & clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere 6.0 on AIX 5.3 and Weblogic 10/9 on a Sun Solaris 10 OS.
• Involved in majority of automation process like Build Push scripts which involves Shell scripting, Jython scripting. Wrote various numbers of days to day activity based automation scripts in Shell scripting.
• Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages, and deployments. Enabling Technologies Infrastructure Services will review the package, deployment script, and install documentation and ensure they are error-free and meet the documented standards.
• Profiled all the J2EE Application’s and worked with Application Groups in performance tuning and load testing of applications.
• Coordinate the monthly implementation process. Maintain a consolidated implementation plan. Move source code to pre-production servers. For WebSphere applications, review & edit deployment documents, create appropriate zip files packages and stage for pre-production implementation.
• Configured and Enabled the Global Security System for WAS Administration for Console users and Console Groups using Active Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.
• Involved in Creating and Managing the Nodes, Application Server’s, Cluster’s and Deployed Multiple J2EE Applications.
• Capable of successfully manage time, projects, and multiple priorities, provide root cause determination for enterprise-wide issues, and Also able to work well under pressure and time constraints and be able to adjust to a constantly changing, fast paced environment.
• Worked closely with AIX Server Team for Operating System tweaks for Performance.
• Monitored the health of the JVM by taking thread Dumps and analyzing the Stack trace which helped in performing Root Cause Analysis to find out the cause of the problem.
• Performed routine management of WebSphere environment like monitoring disk Space and CPU Utilization.
• Involved in Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, like class path issues and errors in application properties files by checking JVM logs and Plugin logs.
• Involved in Trouble shooting and Performance tuning using Resource analyzer and Log analyzer.

Environment: J2ee, Java, JSP, JDBC, Servlets, WebSphere Application Server v 6.0/6.1/7.5/8 , Weblogic Application Server, MS SQL, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, DB2, CSS, XML, XML Schemas, JavaScript, HTML, Solaris, Linux, AIX, and Windows 2008 Server, WebServices (Apache, Tomcat, Confidential HTTPServer, Sunone, iPlanet and IIS), UNIX, Ant, Perl, Jython, JACL, Unix,Ant 1.7.1 and WSADMIN, WebSphere ESB, WebSphere MQ,WebSphere Portal Server V7.5/8, WebSphere Process Server V7.5/8, LDAP, Active Directory, Confidential Tivoli Directory Server 5.x/6.x, SunOne Directory Server, JBOSS 2.2, SiteMinder 5QMR7.

Confidential, Albany NY

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Confidential WebSphere Application Server 4.x/5.x/6.0/6.1/7.0 on Unix/Windows Environments.
• Providing Project Plans, architectural and physical diagrams for projects.
• Managing the team to allocate projects and checking the status.
• Configured multiple Deployment Managers (6.1/7.0) on single LPAR using profiles creation wizard.
• Configured multiple Application server profiles (6.1/7.0) on single LPAR using profiles creation wizard.
• Responsible for updating refresh packs, fix packs and interim fix packs to web sphere, IHS WebServer and WebSphere MQ.
• Design, installation and configuration of WebSphere Portal Server 6/6.1 cluster on Windows 2003/Linux in Dev, QA, Performance, UAT and Production environment.
• Installed and configured Confidential HTTP Server (6.1.x) WebServer remotely as well as local.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Portal Server 6.0 and latest 6.1 versions in standalone as well as in horizontal nodes.
• Configured LDAP for Portal.
• Transferred WebSphere Portal configuration from default Cloudscape database to Oracle and secured the WebSphere Portal Server with LDAP with SSL enabled.
• Installation, Configuring and administering interfaces for Websphere MQ on Windows, Linux environments.
• Defining and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Channels and other MQ Objects on various platforms.
• Achieved Work Load Management by creating Clusters in WAS 6.X
• Configured and managed TAM and TIM to manage user information security and defining roles to users.
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere workload Management including horizontal and vertical topology.
• Involved in monitoring, shutdown and boot up net work support and trouble shooting.
• Handled Staging and production environments as part of the application deployment.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and wsadmin scripts.
• Enabled security for the Admin Console and application components
• Used Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly like changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes
• Used command line tools WSCP and XMLConfig occasionally as an alternative to the Admin Console.
• Experience in Performance and Monitoring tool like Tivoli performance viewer and CA Wily Introscope tool.
• Experience in CA Wily Introscope tool for all transactions of real time and end to end application management, to improve the web application deployed on complex SOA environment.
• Monitoring of all transactions automatic discovery of application components and their dependencies.
• Managed the security and performance optimization for EJB containers and web applications in Confidential websphere, IBMIHS web server.
• Experience in troubleshooting WebServer, Plugin, Application Server by enabling traces at different levels.
• Experience in monitor and optimize WebSphere application server performance in Distributed or mainframe environment like Wily Introscope powepack 4.0/5.3.2 for Confidential WebSphere application server for distributed systems.
• Installed and configured Confidential Business Modeler.
• Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and log Analyzer.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configured 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.
• Wrote scripts for accessing remote Admin Servers, cleaning up logs during back-ups.
• Experience in creating Queue Mangers and Queues and creating channels in WebSphere MQ.
• Experience in creating Application and Channel Triggering in WebSphere MQ.
• Assembled and Deployed the application in staging, in productions, following change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in shifts.
• Troubleshot Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and classpath issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the WebServer logs
• Performed routine management of WebSphere Environment like monitoring Disk Space, CPU Utilization.

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2.19/6.1.0.21 , Confidential WebSphere Portal Server 6.1, Confidential HTTP Server 6.0/6.1,AIX 5.3, Windows 2000\2003, WebSphere MQ 6.0/6.1, Confidential Business Modeler, Confidential WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 4.0, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Servlets, ANT.

Confidential, Texas

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1 ND and created DMGR, Application server profiles.
• Installed WAS 5.1 base on AIX/Windows 2000 platforms and upgraded to fix pack 1 cumulative fix level 8
• Installed and configured Confidential HTTP Server 2.0.47.x and IIS V6.
• Installed WAS 5.0 base/ ND on AIX Windows 2000 platform and upgraded to fixpack 2 and cumulative fix 10. Installed and configured Confidential HTTP Server 2.0.47.2
• Installed and configured J2EE Application Server.
• Migrated to WAS 5.0 Network Deployment and Base on AIX/Windows platforms and installed fix packs 2 and cumulative fix 8.Installed and configured Confidential HTTP Server 2.0.42.2. Using Deployment Manager implemented load balancing through clustering. Migrated all the applications and tested them successfully
• Worked closely with developers to define and configured 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
• Wrote scripts for accessing remote Admin Servers, cleaning up logs during back-ups
• Implemented Horizontal and Vertical Clustering, Performance tuning and trouble shooting of Confidential WebSphere Application Server 5.0
• Added redirects and proxy statements in the proxy servers
• Experience in monitoring tools wily Introscope is a web application management product to proactively detect triage and diagnose performance problem for enterprise and SOA environment.
• Siteminder is used for single sign-on and LDAP infrastructure is used to authenticate and authorize users
• Achieved Work Load Management by creating clones in WAS 4.0 and Clusters in WAS 5.0
• Handled Staging and production environments as part of the application deployment
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and WSCP/Wsadmin scripts
• Enabled security for the Admin Console and application components
• Occasionally used Resource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly like changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes
• Used command line tools WSCP and XMLConfig occasionally as an alternative to the Admin Console
• Created users and groups in LDAP Servers and mapping them to the enterprise applications running on WebSphere Application Server
• Performed migration of some of the applications from WAS 4.x to WAS 5.x
• Assembled and Deployed the application in staging, in productions, following change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in shifts.

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 4.x/5.x/6.x, Confidential WebSphere Portal Server 6.0.5.1, DB2 7.x/8.x, Confidential HTTP Server 1.3.x/2.0.x, iPlanet 6.1, AIX 5.x, Siteminder 6.x, Solaris 2.8, Windows 2000, Confidential Directory Server 5.1, WTE 5.1.1, Confidential WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 4.0, WebSphere MQ V 5.3/6, HTML, Java Script, XML, JSP, Servlets.

Confidential, Roseland, NJ

WebSphere Admin Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0 (ND and Base) on Windows and AIX platforms.
• Installed Confidential HTTP Server 6.0 on Windows and AIX platforms.
• Installed Confidential WebSphere Portal Server V6.0
• Configured Database for WebSphere Portal Server.
• Configured Security for Portal using LDAP.
• Configured Web Sphere Portal in horizontal clustered environment.
• Used release builder to move code from staging to productions server.
• Installed MQ 6.
• Installed IIS v6 and configured it to WebSphere Application Server.
• Installed WebSphere Plug-in and configured it.
• Worked with the application developers to troubleshoot the performance of the applications.
• Configured global security, JDBC providers, and data sources for WebSphere Application Server.
• Automated the install Process.
• Installed Business Object applications on WebSphere Application Server 6.
• Installed Documentum applications on WebSphere Application Server 6.
• Worked as Level 3 Support in resolving issues.
• Excellent track record in Setting up of Nodes, Data Sources, Virtual Hosts, configuring Servlet Engines, Session Managers including planning installation and configuration of WebSphere Application Server Trace Service
• Expert in Network Deployment Manager (ND) 5.0/5.1/6.0 installation, configuration and management.
• Expert in Performance tuning using Tivoli Performance viewer and by setting various parameters in application server.
• Worked with Confidential PMR Support.
• Worked on WebSphere Application Server migration from Version 5 to Version 6.
• Installed SSL certificates.
• On call Pager rotation.
• Troubleshoot Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, like classpath issues.

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0, Confidential WebSphere Portal Server 6, Confidential MQ Series, DB2 8, Confidential HTTP Server 6, Windows 2003, MS ADAM, RAD, CVS, HTML, Java Script, XML,JACL and Jython scripting JSP, Servlets.