SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of IT experience designing, building and configuring WebSphere environment using WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ and IBM Http Server on heterogeneous platforms.
• Experienced in Installing, Configuring and Administering IBM Websphere Application Server & MQSeries, Troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and network monitoring.
• Proficient in configuring various WebSphere resources like Datasources, JMS Queues and Queue Connection Factories, and Listeners and configuring communications of WebSphere Cell with Databases, LDAPs, and MQ Servers.
• Proficient in installing and configuring Wily Introscope environments to monitoring WebSphere Environments.
• Working knowledge of configuring, managing and maintaining brokers using WebSphere Message Broker
• Configured IHS/Apache Web server and created Web server Definition in WAS admin console for remote administration.
• Proficient in Shell Scripting for automated administration, deployments and maintenance tasks in WebSphere Environments and for automation tasks.
• Setting up WebSphere MQ clusters, configuring and tuning Queue managers, Queue, channels and Listeners.
• Expertise in configuring SSL on Web Server and WebSphere Environments
• Experience in problem tracing, log file managements and implementing the workload Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering
• Expertise in finding memory Leaks, analyzing the java thread for identifying the Hung Thread and optimizing the JVM GC tuning.
• Experience working with MQ Queue Managers and its objects using MQ Explorer and MQSC Commands. Experience defining and managing Full Repository Queue Manager Clusters.
• Experienced in providing 24/7 on call production support for the production systems.
• Excellent client relation skills and the drive to complete tasks effectively and efficiently where customer services and technical skills are demanded as well as the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and the client community.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Middleware / Deployments and Release Support
• Experienced in migrating applications from old version to 8.5 of Websphere Application server
• Deployment/administration of Web Sphere application servers on Unix, Linux & Window Platform.
• Work with TSM backup team to arrange backups of WebSphere Web logic or Jboss Application servers
• Administration and Middleware Support while interacting closely with Architecture, DBA, Network, Windows and Unix team
• Apply patches, manage Middleware infrastructure and monitor performance/troubleshooting
• Extensive command on redhat Linux for Web sphere administration and related tools
• Troubleshoots and resolves middleware issues across development, testing, and production environments
• Responsible for Web deployments, db upgrades failure analysis and recovery
• Hands on experience IBM Master Data Management, Rational,Filenet and WSRR
• Analyzes monitoring results to produce recommendations for improving performance and operational efficiency
• Maintain/create Policy/Procedure documentation as needed
• Provide 24/7 on call support on a rotating basis
• Create change requests on Remedy and HP Service Manager . Familiar with change management framework.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.x, Window server 2008,Weblogic 10 & 11 gg, web logic Portal 6.x, IBM Rational, WebSphere Message, Web sphere MQ 6.x /Hotel, IBM Filene,t Oracle DB2 10/11g, LDAP, Apachi Http Server, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, and Wily Introscope

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

WebSphere Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned/Designed and Architected load balanced, high available scalable WebSphere Environment
• Involved in complete SDLC of applications working closely with Development, QA, Database and Network Teams
• Implemented an automated solution using Linux shell scripting to automate installation and administration of Web Sphere Environment.
• Designed SSL configuration of IBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Environments to secure transactions using VeriSign Certificates
• Designed and implemented naming standards for environments to bring uniformity and ease of maintenance
• Provided support on Linux platform to WebSphere Portal Server intranet and internet environments.
• Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue managers, Queues and channels and integrated WebSphere Cells with MQ Servers.
• Worked with Production support team to provide root cause analysis and solutions
• Created configured and maintained Message broker servers
• Designed and Configured Wily Introscope solution for monitoring and troubleshooting of issues
• Worked as SME for IBM Master Data Management.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.x, WebSphere Portal 6.x, IBM MDM V9, WebSphere MQ 7.x, WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle 11g, Sun One LDAP, IBM Http Server, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, and Wily Introscope

Confidential, Owings Mills, MD

Middleware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured IBM HTTP server v6.x/7.0 and Plugins on remote web tier for WLM and high availability
• Implemented the Workload Management for handling HTTP Requests, Servlets Requests, EJB Requests.
• Upgraded the WebSphere Application server, HTTP server and Edge chaching proxy server to with required fix pack and refresh packs
• Installed the MS SQL and DB2 and created the data bases for the application Lotus Connection
• Installed the Tivoli Directory Integrator
• Configured Web Sphere Server V6.1 with MS SQL and DB2 with Domino LDAP
• Created the connection pooling with respect to the database (SQL) and configured the JDBC resources
• Involved in trouble shooting and providing technical assistance for productions support team on various Application and Web Servers including IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server
• Responsible for Web server and Application server installation, support and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s Website.
• Installed upgrades and fix packs to the runtime environment as required decreasing vulnerability to production environment.
• Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Servers.
• Develop Linus/UNIX shell scripts, which automates the WebSphere Administration (recycling the application server, deploying applications, logs rotation, monitor applications).
• Implemented the Clusters, Cluster Members (using Vertical and Horizontal Scaling) in order to recover from a single point of failure.
• Configured WebSphere Server with IBM Domino LDAP server to authenticate users using form based authentication.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.x,7.0, Web Content Management 6.0, MDM V09, WebSphere Portal Server 6.0, WebSphere MQ 6.0, IBM Db2, IBM Directory Server, IBM Http Server v 6.0, IBM Data Power, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, Wily Introscope

Confidential, Laurel, MD

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server v7.0/6.1 in a Network Deployment fashion utilizing both vertical and horizontal Clustering across multiple machines on RED HAT LINUX using the Profile creator for creating DM profile and Custom Profiles.
• Installed, Configured and Maintained IBM Web Sphere 6.1/7.0 on BMC Blade Logic or Windows platform
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console scripts.
• Installed and configured a clustered environment.
• Installed, configured and administered Web content management 6.X authoring and rendering environments.
• Performed hardware capacity planning exercises in Websphere Environment.
• Experience doing architectural topology in Websphere Environment.
• Experience with hardware sizing exercises and estimation for capacity planning.
• Installed Siteminder webagents and appagents and experience configuring with WebSphere/Portal environments
• Implemented the Clusters, Cluster Members (using Vertical and Horizontal Scaling) in order to recover from a single point of failure.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.0.x, 7.0, Web Content Management 6.0, Oracle 9/10, Active directory, IBM Http Server v 6.0, Apache Server, RHEL 4.0