Websphere Administrator Resume
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SUMMARY
- 8 years of IT experience including 7+ years of experience in Planning, Installing, Configuring, Administering, Tuning and Troubleshooting IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1/7.0 , WebSphere MQ Series V5.x/6.x/7.0,websphere datapower SOA on various Operating Systems like AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.
- Experienced in Installing and Maintaining WebSphere Extended Deployment Manager XD V5.1/6.0.2 on AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.
- Experience in monitoring and maintaining multiple Applications in Development, QA, Staging and Production Environments.
- Highly experienced in integrating WebSphere Application Server ND and related software including IBM HTTP Server 2.0.x/6.0/6.1/7.0, SunONE Web Server, IBM Directory Server (LDAP), DB2, Oracle and SQL Server.
- Experience in deploying J2EE components on WAS 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1 using WAS Admin Console, wsadmin tool using JACL and Jython scripting.
- Experience in successful implementation of Work Load Management (WLM) concepts using clustering techniques for failover/High Availability.
- Created, Configured and Administered Profiles, Clusters, Application Servers for WebSphere Application Server and deployment of applications in highly available, load balanced production environments.
- Extensive experience in problem tracing and WebSphere log file managements.
- Experienced in most of teh WebSphere admin and Monitoring tools including wsadmin, backupConfig, restoreConfig, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Wily Interscope, Thread Dump Analyzer and partial noledge of ITCAM.
- Migrated existing applications from WebSphere Application servers 5.x to 6.x on windows and AIX/Linux.
- Expertise in different UNIX platforms such as AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 and Linux.
- Experienced in analyzing Java cores, Heap dumps, Hung Threads, Deadlock, Memory Leak.
- Strong experience in writing shell scripts in bourne and korn shells to automate administrative tasks and automate teh WebSphere Environment wif Jacl and Jython Scripts.
- Experienced in applying Fix Packs and Migrating to latest versions.
- Expert in UNIX Shell scripting for administration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Experience wif WebSphere Edge Components like Network Dispatcher.
- Experience in installing, configuring and administering WebSphere MQ Series V5.x/6.x.
- Created and Configured MQ series objects like Queue Manager, Queue and Channels.
- Experience in Administration and Production Support of various J2EE applications on Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux and Windows environments.
- Experienced in configuring and securing Web Server Interface, Session management, WebSphere resources, J2C, Connection Pools, and JMS resources in IBM WebSphere 5.1/6.0/6.1.
- Handled and resolved teh issues in all areas of WebSphere v5.x and 6.x including installation, applying patches, configuring DB2, Portal, Security, EJBs, Servlets, J2EE application Building and deployment, WSADMIN scripting, work load management, clustering, plug - in, IHS, web servers and Migration.
- Troubleshooting Production issues, Worked on resolving Application Server Hang issues and High memory and CPU issues in WebSphere Application Server 5.0/ 5.1/6.0/6.1.
- Excellent Technical Knowledge in Java, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, EJB, Web Services, XML and XSL Wif teh Back end RDBMS Tools like SQL Server, Oracle.
- Experienced in DNS, LDAP, FTP, Remote Access, Security Management and System Troubleshooting skills.
- Created keystore and generated private keys and certificates for teh signing requests.
- Extensive noledge on SOA Architecture and Web services Technologies.
- Installed, Configured and Administered Jboss Application Server EAP v 4.0/ 4.2.0/5.1.0 in Solaris, Linux and Windows.
- Experience in providing 24 X 7 on call support for Production environment.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Middleware: WebSphere Application Server V4.x/5.x/6.x/7.0, WebSphere Portal Server V5.x/6.x, WebSphere MQ Series V5.x/6.x/7.0, Jboss V 4.2.0/5.1.0
Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8/9/10, AIX (4.5/5.1/5.2/5.3 ), WINDOWS 2000/2003/XP/98, RHEL 4/5, HP-UNIX.
Directory Servers: Active Directory, Site Minder, Sun One Directory Server, IBM Directory Server.
Scripting: JACL, Jython, WSCP, WSADMIN, Korn Shell Script, JavaScript, CSS.
Databases: Oracle (8i/9i), UDB/DB2, Sybase, MS SQL Server and MySQL.
Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, SSL, SMTP, IMAP, DNS.
Frame work: MVC, J2EE Design Patterns, Struts.
IDE: Eclipse, WSAD, Net Beans, Jbuilder, Edit plus.
Security & Others: Site Minder, ikeyman, LDAP.
Web Servers: Apache 1.2.2/1.3/2.2 , IBM HTTP Server 1.3/2.0/6.0/6.1 , IIS 6.0/7.0 Sun One iPlanet 4.x/5.1/6.1.
Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL, Applets, Servlets, XML, Java Script
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Portland
WebSphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed configured and administered IBM WebSphere Application Server ND V6.0/6.1/7.0 on AIX, Solaris and Linux.
- Responsible for setting up teh Dev, Test, QA, Pre-Prod and Production Environments which includes Installing teh WebSphere, Creating Profiles, nodes, federation of nodes, WAS instances, Application Servers, Clusters, Virtual hosts, Data Sources, Plug-in configuration, and Service Integration Bus Configuration.
- Installed and Configured WebSphere Extended Deployment manager (XD) 6.0.2/6.1.
- Created build definition file to generate customized installation package for WebSphere XD.
- Installed and Configured IBM HTTP Server V6.0/6.1 and Apache Web server V2.2/2.3 wif WebSphere Application Server in cluster environment and configured Site minder to work wif WAS.
- Applied latest fix pack 35 and Patches to WebSphere Application Server V6.1.
- Highly experienced in optimizing performance of WebSphere Application server using Workload Management (WLM).
- Transferred default Cloudscape database to DB2 and Oracle in WebSphere Application Server.
- Configured teh Webserver Instances, Session Management, Virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Server.
- Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from Admin console and enabling security using LTPA and LDAP for WebSphere Application Server.
- Involved in writing Jython and Jacl scripts to automate teh build process for various we based SOA J2EE applications.
- Migrated existing applications from WebSphere Application Server 5.x to 6.x and 6.x to 7.0 using WASPreUpgrade and WASPostUpgrade tools.
- Supported WebSphere Application Server clustering, load balance and failover.
- Configured teh extranet Web Servers and intranet application servers using teh firewalls between teh Web Servers and application servers (DMZ model).
- Involved in deploying application code into Production, Training, Staging, and Test Environments.
- Involved in Working wif Application teams to tune JVM’s, JAR’s, property files and application components.
- Experienced wif Middleware operations and supporting infrastructure, such as databases, networking, UNIX, Linux and NT servers, network management, security, and monitoring.
- Used log files to halp wif performance monitoring, accounting and problem determination.
- Involved in installing configuring and administering WebSphere MQ 5.3/6.0 on AIX and Linux environments.
- Created and Configured MQ series objects like Queue Manager, Queue, Channels and Transmission Queues for Messaging and Queuing.
- Involved in WebSphere MQ Cluster design, setup, and administration.
- Created Cluster Sender and Receiver Channels for Communications between teh applications.
- Involved in configuring JMS Provider using WebSphere MQ Series.
- Analyzed Heap dumps and Core dumps using IBM thread analyzer and heap analyzer.
- Monitored Applications and WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and Wily Introscope and tuned teh system - caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
- Involved in troubleshooting issues using log analyzer.
- Problem determination using local error logs and by running user traces and service traces.
- Involved in Creating & Configuring SSL for high security of web application.
- Used SCM tools Clear Case for software versioning and deployments
- On-call Production Support (24x7)
Environment: WebSphere Application server 6.1/6.0/7/XD, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM MQ Series/MQ Client 6.x/7.0, IHS V6.x, Apache Web Server V2.x, DB2, Oracle, RAD, TPV, Wily Introscope, Windows and UNIX (AIX/Solaris/Linux).
Confidential, CA
Websphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed, Configured and Administered WebSphere Application Server V5.0/ 5.1/6.0/6.1.
- Installed & Configured of IBM HTTP Server V6.0/6.1 and Apache Web server V2.x, make junction works for teh transportation of application through a web server.
- Configured WebSphere Deployment Manager and Application Server profiles in clustered (horizontal and vertical) environment to utilize teh advantages of Failover and load balancing in multi-node environment.
- Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from Admin console and enabling security using LTPA and LDAP for WebSphere Application Server.
- Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources and connection pooling for database connection.
- Transferred default Cloudscape database to DB2 and Oracle in WebSphere Application Server.
- Involved in Migrating WAS V5.0/5.1 to 6.0 in AIX platform.
- Applied Fixes, Patches and ifixes to WebSphere Application Server v6.0/6.1.
- Installed Configured and Supported WebSphere Portal Server 5.1/6.0/6.1 and enabled Web Content Management.
- Configured Security for WebSphere Portal environment using LDAP registry IBM Directory Server.
- Transferred cloudscape to DB2 for WebSphere Portal.
- Enabled Authoring and rendering environments.
- Configured and maintained a number of WebSphere Application Server instances in development, QA and production environment.
- Involved in securing J2EE applications by implementing Single Sign On by using LTPA and Site Minder.
- Involved in installing configuring and administering WebSphere MQ 5.3/6.0 on AIX and Linux environments.
- Created and Configured MQ series objects like Queue Manager, Queue, Channels and Transmission Queues for Messaging and Queuing.
- Installed EARs, WARs to clusters and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using teh Admin Console and WSCP scripts.
- Used WSINSTANCE to create multiple WebSphere instances from teh command line.
- Used Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor performance data like Application resources (enterprise beans, Servlets) and WAS runtime resources (JVM memory, application server thread pools, and database connection pools.
- Enabled security for teh Admin Console and teh application components.
- Deploying teh applications on clusters, updating teh Installed applications and updating Web Server plug-in configuration using administrative console as well as Jython and Jacl scripts.
- Involved in Installing and Configuration of JBOSS Application Server V 4.2.0/5.1.0 on Linux, Solaris and windows.
- Occasionally used Resource Analyzer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned teh environment accordingly like changing teh JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes.
- Used command line tools wsadmin, WSCP and XMLConfig occasionally as an alternative to Admin Console.
- Created teh user lists and groups in LDAP Servers and mapped them to teh enterprise applications running on teh Application Servers.
- Extensively used version control tool ClearCase.
- Troubleshoot Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment like class path issues.
- Performed routine management of WebSphere environment like monitoring Disk Space and CPU Utilization.
- Supported applications 24X7 on-call on a rotational basis.
Environment: WebSphere Application Server 5.0/5.1/6.06.1/ XD, WebSphere Portal Server 5.1, IBM MQ Series V5.x/6.x/7.0, Jboss Application Server, IHS Apache Web Server, Apache web Server, Linux, XML, JDBC, DB2, AIX, RHEL 5.
Confidential, Springfield, VA
WebSphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed Web Sphere 5.0 (Base) on AIX and Solaris platform.
- Installed WebSphere Application Server 6.0 ND and created dmgr, Application server profiles.
- Installed and configured teh IBM HTTP Server 2.0.42.x and 2.0.47.x.
- Migrated to WAS 5.0 Base on AIX/Windows platforms to WAS 6.0 ND.
- Worked closely wif developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
- Separated Web Server and Application Server for better performance and security.
- Wrote scripts for accessing remote Admin Servers, cleaning up logs during back-ups.
- Facilitated Work Load Management by creating Clones in WAS 4.0 and Clusters in WAS 5.0/5.1/6.0.
- Handled deployment of Java Servlets, Session Beans and Entity Beans for modules to teh respective application server instances.
- Setup messaging using teh integrated JMS Server.
- Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using teh Admin Console and WSCP scripts. Used wsadmin scripts to invoke Jacl and Jython scripts in WAS 5.0.
- Used WSINSTANCE to create multiple WebSphere instances from teh command line.
- Enabled security for teh Admin Console and teh application components.
- Occasionally used Resource Analyzer to monitor WebSphere Applications and tuned teh environment accordingly like changing teh JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes.
- Used teh Tivoli Performance Viewer wif WebSphere 5.0.
- Used command line tools wsadmin, WSCP and XMLConfig occasionally as an alternative to Admin Console.
- Created teh user lists and groups in LDAP Servers and mapped them to teh enterprise applications running on teh Application Servers.
- Troubleshoot Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, like classpath issues.
- Supported applications 24X7 on-call on a rotational basis.
- Performed routine management of WebSphere environment like monitoring Disk Space and CPU Utilization.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0/5.1, IBM HTTP Server 2.0.42.x and 2.0.47.x, IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3 CSD 08, IBM DB2,Aix, Solaris SunOS 5.8,Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1, Sun ONE web server 6.0.
Confidential, Houston TX
WebSphere Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Installed, configured and administered of WebSphere Application Server 5.X Network Deployment, Extended Deployment XD on multiple Platform.
- Installed and configured 6.1/6.0 version of IBM HTTP Server and plug-in in development, staging and production environments.
- Configured WebSphere Application Server on multiple platforms for both Horizontal and Vertical clustering for Work Load Management.
- Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, JMS, session management, virtual hosts and HTTP transports.
- Deployed e-commerce J2EE applications on multiple WebSphere application server and maintained Load balancing, high availability and fail over functionality.
- Involved in Installing and Configuration of JBOSS Application Server V 4.2.0/5.1.0 on Linux, Solaris and windows.
- Developed UNIX shell scripts, ant, Jython scripts to automate teh WebSphere XD Administration (recycling teh application server, deploying customer applications, creating dynamic clusters, logs rotation, monitor applications state).
- Configured WebSphere Security using LDAP and Implemented SSL between WebSphere and LDAP and IHS and WebSphere.
- Enable global security for application servers and applications using Single Sign On (SSO) by LTPA mechanism on Secure Way LDAP User Registry.
- Problem determination through teh log files (JVM Logs) and rectified teh problems or interacting wif IBM support to solve problems.
- Installed V5.1 Cumulative fix for WebSphere HTTP plug-in & V5.1.1, SDK 1.4.2 Cumulative fix
- Installed Fixpacks on WebSphere Application Server v6.x and added patches using Update installer.
- Monitoring application log files, Application Server Performance, Servlet Status, Active Sessions and DB Pool connections.
- Troubleshot problems on teh various environments involving teh integrations of WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Servers, and CA siteminder, Sunone directory server v5.x.
- Installed and Configured, administered teh Webagent in Web server and integrating between policy server and web server using CA siteminder 6.0 and Apache web server 2.0.
- Configured global security on WebSphere using IBM Directory Server, Sun one directory server v5.x and secured teh adminconsole using wsadmin Jython script.
- Configured Adminconsole security on WebSphere and creating users wif various roles to access teh WebSphere admin console - users and groups in LDAP and added them as WebSphere Console Groups using both adminconsole and wsadmin Jython.
- Installed SSL certificates on teh Web Servers using ikeyman tool.
- Was involved in writing Shell scripts to automate WebSphere Admin tasks and application specific syncs / backups and other schedulers.
- Monitor and analyze data wif Tivoli Performance Viewer.
- Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling issues using Wily and generating thread dumps.
- Installed Web applications and enterprise applications to Test, QA and Production environments.
- Providing 24/7 support in a High availability environment.
Environment: WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/xd, WebSphere Portal Server 5.1.0.x,, WebSphere MQ, Jboss Application Server, AIX v5.0, Java, JDK 1.3-1.4, JSP, EJB, UML, XML, SQL, Linux, Solaris, Windows, JavaScript, Jython, and DB2,TeraData,infomix,Oracle.
Confidential
Java/J2EE Developer
Responsibilities:
- Involved in teh Design, Development of teh architecture of teh web application and web pages in JSP.
- Responsible for programming teh backend validations and data access Entity Beans using Visual Age for Java.
- Involved in developing Backend data access using JDBC in session beans calling teh stored procedures in Oracle database.
- Use of Rational Unified Process for analysis, design and documentation purposes.
- Involved in tuning and profiling teh applications for better data transactions and performance used JProbe for teh same.
- Extensively worked wif Java Script for front End validations.
- Designed/Developed Business Components for Claims, History and Payment Modules.
- Used Design Patterns Front Controller Servlet, Singleton Model, Session Facade, and Abstract Factory Pattern.
- Designed teh HTML’s for Claims, History and Payment Modules.
- Created JavaScript for client side validations.
- Created Use cases, Technical Documentation and Unit Test Plans for Claims, History and Payment Modules.
- Responsible for configuring teh project into VSS and creating access rights to teh other team members.
- Involved in Unit Testing and Integration Testing.
- Installed WebSphere3.5.3 and configured servers, server groups, OSE plug-in, virtual hosts.
- Packaged all teh web modules in to war and all teh EJBs, in to ear using assembling tool.
- Deployed all teh ears into WebSphere application server and configured teh Web Server communication using OSE plug-in configuration.
- Supported version control tool administration tasks for all teh developers.
- Resolved many issues in Developer tool IBM Visual Age for java 3.5.
- Responsible for trouble shooting of WebSphere issues for DEV and TEST environments.
- Staging teh code promotions for production deployments.
- Supported for production outages and involved in maintenance stages.
Environment: J2EE, Java, JSP, EJB, Servlets, XML, UML, DHTML, WebSphere 3.5, IIS, AIX, HP-UX, WINDOWS NT, DB2, IBM Visual Age for Java 3.5, Rational Rose, JProbe, Oracle 8.1.7, ClearCase and Clear Quest.