SUMMARY

• 9+ years of IT experience with 8 years of experience in Installation, Configuration, Deployment and Management of enterprise applications using IBM WebSphere Application Server, Portal server and IBM HTTP Server, iPlanet, Apache - Tomcat on Windows, AIX, Solaris, UNIX and Linux platforms and setting up the development, testing and production environments.
• Extensive experience in installation, configuration and maintenance of WAS 5.x, 6.x,7.0,8.0 and WPS 6, 7.0,8.0 in clustered and non-clustered environments on Windows, AIX, Solaris, UNIX, Linux platforms.
• Strong technical experience of WebSphere Application server of fail-over support, workload management (WLM) using horizontal scaling and vertical scaling for high availability, performance tuning, Web server setup, complex secure sockets layer (SSL) configuration on IBM HTTP Server 1.3.x/2.x/6.x.
• Extensive experience in configuration of cells, nodes, clustering, application servers, virtual hosts, session management, configuring web server plug-ins, IBM HTTP Server, Apache, Sun ONE Directory Server .
• Well experienced in installing and integrating of IBM HTTP Server (1.3.x/2.x/6.x), Apache (1.3.x/2.0.x), LDAP, DB2/UDB (7.2.x/8.0.x), Oracle 10g/9i with IBM WebSphere Application servers on various platforms.
• Configured and Secured Web server interface, Session management, WebSphere resources, J2C resources, connection factories and JMS resources in IBM WebSphere 5.x/6.x/7.0/8.5.
• Well experienced in packaging applications to build platform independent applications using WSAD and WebSphere Application Assembly Tool (AAT).
• Experienced in applying patches and plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.
• Familiar working with the JACL, Perl, python and Jython scripts.
• Highly experienced in deploying and debugging application EARS in Base and ND WebSphere Application Server providing load balancing and highly available clustering solutions.
• Well versed with UNIX (Sun Solaris 2.X, 7, 8, 9, 10, IBM AIX), Red Hat Linux and Windows XP/NT/2000/2008.
• Experience in implementing SSL using Self Signed/VeriSign certificates and Single Sign On using Site Minder and SPNEGO to secure Enterprise applications.
• Proficient in using Tivoli performance viewer, Wily Introscope, Log Analyzer, ANT and IBM Edge components.
• Expertise in Installation and Configuration of Introscope Enterprise Manager and agent creating probes for JVM.
• Strong knowledge on troubleshooting issues and problem determination.
• Used WebSphere Admin Console and wsadmin/JACL scripting to install enterprise EAR, WAR files or for hot deployment.
• Experienced in using Heap & Thread Analyzers for troubleshooting problems.
• Deployed the Portlets using the config Engine,xml access and also through the Portal console.
• Created Wirings for the Portlets and installed portlets, Themes and Resources by using ConfigEngine.
• Experience with production support, end user training and knowledge transfer of applications to other teams in offshore.
• Provided on call support by 24x7 shift rotation basis and monitored, troubleshooted ticket queues to attend user and system calls.
• Highly skilled, self-motivated team player, outstanding organizational and excellent Communication and interpersonal skills with result oriented dedication towards goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.x 5.x 6.x
• WebSphere MQ 5.3 6.0
• IBM HTTP Server 1.3.26/2.0.47.2/6.0/6.1
• IIS 6.0/7.0
• Apache-Tomcat
• Sun ONE Web Server iPlanet
• WebSphere Portal 5.x 6.x. 7.0.8.0
• IBM AIX 5.x/6.1
• Sun Solaris 7/8/9
• HP-UX 11i
• Linux
• Windows NT/XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows 2003
• Windows 2008.
• ManageEngine
• Wily Introscope
• Tivoli Performance Viewer
• Thread Analyzer
• Log Analyzer
• Jython
• Python
• JACL
• XML Shell Script
• PowerShell
• SQL Server
• IBM DB2/UDB
• Oracle 8i 9i 10g
• Firewalls
• NFS
• NIS
• LAN
• WAN.
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• HTTP 1.1
• LDAP
• RMI/IIOP
• SOAP
• WSDL
• FTP
• SSH.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Aliso Viejo,CA

Sr.WebSphere Administrator/Portal Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administered IBM WebSphere Application Servers 7.0 and 8.0 in standalone and Network deployment servers.
• Installed,configured and maintained WebSphere Portal servers 8.0 in Clustered environments,
• Created Virtual Portals for Prime project by using the xmlAccess,Emptied the Portal for building a new environment .
• Installed the WCM authoring for Syndication process.Configured the Subscriber in the below environments for Syndication.
• Deployed the Portlets using the config Engine,xml access and also through the Portal console.
• Created Wirings for the Portlets and installed portlets, Themes and Resources by using ConfigEngine .
• Generated page wiring in xml pages through xml access and imported the same pages in Higher environments
• Wrote the requirement documents for opening up the Ports for Portal App server,Forms server, Search and Solr server.
• Installed configured and managed the SOLR application.
• Experienced with JIRA defect tracing systems and SVN.
• Configured the Federated repository for 2 active directory in WebSphere servers.
• Installed IBM HTTP Server 7.0 on different nodes and configured them by generating the plug-in from
• Used the Profile Management tool and response files for creating new profiles and federated them with deployment manager.
• Worked on Performance estimation and tuning for the WebSphere Application Server and Portal servers environments .
• For tuning the WebSphere JVM’s used IBM performance analyzer for finding the issues and tune according to the results which the analyzer tool gave.
• Each applications needs different number of connections in Database,Thread pools and Web Container,analyzing the logs for the number of connections used during the peak hours and changed the connections suited the application.
• Analyzed the Verbose GC log files through PMAT tool to determine the heap size required for the application.
• Generated Heap Dumps and Thread dumps and Anlayzed them for Memory leaks and thread pool stagnation, and pin pointed the classes which caused the issues.
• Tuned the logging which happened at the application and WebSphere level, so that the applications responses quickly.
• Configured Global security for WebSphere with Microsoft Active directory.
• Configured the SSO for the applications using SPNEGO.
• Worked on configuring the SSO by using ADFS system.
• Worked on deployment of J2EE Applications involved in Creating Cluster’s for Load Balancing and FailOver, Configuring Resources like JDBC Provider, Creating Virtual Hosts, Shared Libraries, JNDI Configurations, EJB References, Creating Environment Variables, and Configuring Session Management.
• Deployed the ear,war amd jar files on regular basis,troubleshooted applcations related issues and also co-ordinated with the offshore development teams for the code related and config related issues.
• Develop a tool which can analyze the logs of applications to minimize the time taking to troubleshoot the applications.
• Wrote Powershell scripts for Rotation of Http server logs and sending alerts when rotation of logs fails.
• Installed and configured Manage Engine for Monitoring WebSphere servers and Tomcat servers.
• Worked with directly with Offshore development for meeting deadlines and troubleshooting issues.
• Installed and configured SSL certificates using Ikeyman tool .
• Administered the SQL server 2008 in dev,test environments.
• Created the application related databases and ran scripts against the databases when it is required.
• Installed and configured the Business Objects 4.1 XI package in all the Dev,Test,Stage and Prod environments.
• Deployed the BIAR files onto the Business Objects server and Administered the Businesss Objects console.
• Helped in designing the Architecture of the complex applications which involved the VPN connection between vendor and client.
• Working knowledge on the DMZ1,DMZ2 and DMZ3 zones.
• Well experienced in Agile Scrum methodology.
• Developed Architecture documents using Microsoft visio.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server v 7.x,8.0,Portal server 8.1,WCM Authoring Server 8.1, IBM HTTP Server,Apache Web Server, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000/2003/2008 , LDAP, Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDBC, JavaScript, DB2, HTML, JACL scripts,Microsoft visio.

Confidential, Connecticut

Sr.Websphere/Portal Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47.1/6.1 and Apache 2.x on different nodes and configured them by generating the plug-in from NDM Administration Console
• Configured WebServer plugin for IIS 6.0/7.0
• Created profiles using Profile Creating Wizard and silent profile creation.
• Installed and configured of Websphere portal server 6.1
• Worked on Performance estimation and tuning for the WebSphere Application Server system.
• Configured Global security for WebSphere with LDAP.
• Applied updates and security patches for WebSphere Application Servers and also migrating WebSphere application server 5.x to 6.0.
• Used Wily Introscope to monitor performance issues for the web application on WAS server.
• Profiled all the J2EE Application’s and worked with Application Groups in improving performance of application and possible memory leaks in application before deploying.
• Worked on deployment of J2EE Applications involved in Creating Cluster’s for Load Balancing and FailOver, Configuring Resources like JDBC Provider, Creating Virtual Hosts, Shared Libraries, JNDI Configurations, EJB References, Creating Environment Variables, and Configuring Session Management.
• Interacted and Co-ordinate with different Application Groups for Hot Deployment and Dynamic Reloading of the Applications.
• Deployed application WAR, JAR, and EARs on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment in QA, Pre-Production and Production environments on a daily basis and troubleshoot various configuration and application issues.
• Wrote JACL, Jython, UNIX Shell scripting for administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, batch processing and automating the processes.
• Installed and configured SSL certificates using Ikeyman tool and openssl to provide secure data transmission to WebSphere environment.
• Worked on Application wide Authentication and Authorization Services using LDAP.
• Used Wily Introscope monitoring tool to monitor the performance related issues on Web applications.
• Installed and configured IIS webserver and integrated with websphere 6.1.
• Configured SSL on WebSphere, IIS, and Apache.
• Provided technical and production support for both online and batch environments of existing systems.
• Provided on call support by 24x7 shift rotation basis and monitored trouble ticket queues to attend user and system calls.
• Designed Architecture documents using Microsoft visio.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server v5.x,6.x,Portal server 6.x IBM HTTP Server,Apache Web Server, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000/2003/2008 , LDAP, Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDBC, JavaScript, Wily Introscope, DB2, HTML, JACL scripts,IIS,Microsoft visio.

Confidential, Mooresville,NC

Sr.Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered, troubleshoot and tuned WAS ND 5.x on Linux and Solaris for multiple high profile projects.
• Developed logical security application architecture integrating WebSphere Application Server, iPlanet LDAP Directory Server, Netegrity Siteminder and implemented Single Sign-On security.
• Deployed application EARs on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment in QA, Pre-Production and Production environments on a daily basis and troubleshoot various configuration and application issues.
• Profiled all the J2EE Applications and worked with Application Development, and QA teams to resolve possible memory leaks, improve application integrity, performance and resolve all issues, bugs before deploying in Production
• Implemented SSO (Single Sign-On) among the applications configured with Access Manager.
• Written some Shell/Jacl scripts to automate the process like node federation for distributed platforms.
• Monitored Applications and WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuned the system caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
• Performed WebSphere Configuration backup and restoration using scripts
• Administered, configured, tuned, and troubleshoot WebSphere in a clustered environment on AIX.
• Utilized skills in shell, and wsadmin/JACL scripting to automate deploying, updating applications, migrating data and automating batch jobs.
• Implemented a migration from WebSphere Application Serve Base to Network Deployment as well as a 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade
• Troubleshooted problem-tickets, worked with developers to identify the root cause and resolve the issue or propose a potential work around.
• Mentored development and support teams on WAS operation and problem determination.
• Installed and configured IIS webserver and integrated with websphere 6.1.
• Configured SSL on WebSphere, IIS, and Apache.
• Configured enterprise applications and corrected performance problems by monitoring server availability and resource utilization analysis.
• Managed multiple high profile, complex projects and implemented with minimal disruption to end-users
• 24x7 on-site operations support for different environments in project.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application 5.1 and Portal Server 5.0/5.1, IBM DB2, Solaris Sun, Linux, IIS,Tivoli Performance Viewer,IBM HTTP Webserver.

Confidential, Confidential, OH

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation of WebSphere Application Server V4.0, 5.0 and configuring it on UNIX platform.
• Worked on the Management of the Migration process.
• Worked on Installation of IBM HTTP server and generating plug-in files.
• Configured Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web Resources and JDBC drivers.
• Fine-tuned both Web Servers and Application Servers for different load requirements.
• Worked on Enforcing Application wide Authentication and Authorization Services using LDAP.
• Worked on Packaging EJB modules, web modules, application client modules and applications.
• Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from the admin console.
• Troubleshooted WebSphere Application Server problems using Log Analyzer and Tracing.
• Worked on Creation and management of data source and database connection pools.
• Managed performance tuning of HTTP server, Web Container, EJB Container, and database Connection Pool.
• Extensively used the Thread Analyzer to detect and analyze application problems.
• Optimized the performance of Enterprise Applications using WebSphere Resource Analyzer and Tivoli Performance Viewer.
• Involved in migration of WebSphere Portal Server from 4.0 to 5.0.
• Monitored and analyzed HTTP server state using performance monitoring tools.
• Used Collector Tool to gather information about installation and packages.
• Experience with security such as firewalls and SSL certificates.
• Interpreted log files to locate and solve application server problems.
• Used Websphere Studio profiler for monitoring memory leaks.
• Worked closely with the system administration team to detect and troubleshoot system side problems.
• Developed shell scripts to automate tasks.
• Worked on Integrated messaging service with the application server.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.0, AIX 5, DB2 UDB 7.1,Websphere studio profiler, UNIX, Apache, IBM HTTP Server 1.3.x, IIS, Tivoli Performance Viewer.

Confidential, Hopkins,MN

Websphere admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed configured, tuned and troubleshoot WebSphere 4.x in a clustered environment.
• Configured the web-server interfaces (plugin file), session management, virtual hosts, datasources, HTTP transports for Application Server instances and applications.
• Ability to read and understand the portal logs and traces and trouble shoot.
• Separated the static content from the dynamic content for better application security and performance.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions.
• Implemented creation of Servers and cluster groups in Web sphere Application server.
• Supported the whole environment configuration and also applications deployed.
• Investigated, troubleshot and resolved application and configuration issues.
• Wrote Shell scripts to Installed, configured, administered WebSphere Application Server ND on AIX .
• Monitored and Installed enterprise applications and to get information from the logs and database in the required format and other daily activities and jobs.
• Used WebSphere Admin Console and wsadmin/JACL scripting to install enterprise EAR, WAR files or for hot deployment.
• Troubleshoot various problems at FVT phases.
• Monitored Applications and WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuned the system - caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
• Knowledge of Java Servlets, JSP, EJB development and deployment concepts and database skills.
• Performed Application-data backup & recovery, local backup/restoration of the WebSphere Environment - configurations and applications.
• Extensive hands on WebSphere Administration using command line tools like wsadmin, dump Namespace (for JNDI).

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server v4.0, IBM DB2, AIX, Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1, IHS web server 2.0, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Oracle.