PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years IT Experience as IBM WebSphere Administrator using IBM WebSphere Product family (Application server, Portal Server, Process server, MQ and MB) in different platforms.
• Extensive expertise in installing, configuring and administrating IBM WebSphere Application Server 3.5.x/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x, Base, Express, WAS ND, WebSphere Process Server 5.x/6.x/7.x, IBM WebSphere MQ and IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.x/6.x, WebSphere Commerce Server 7.x on different platforms Solaris 10/9, Red Hat Linux 5/4/3, AIX 6.0/5.3/5.2/4.3 & Windows NT 2000/2003/2008 Server.
• Experience in installing and configuring IBM HTTP Server 1.2.x/1.3.x/5.x/6.x/7.x,8.x Sunone 6.x/5x, iplanet, Apache and Tomcat web servers with Local and Remote Plug - in for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Experience in installing Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications using IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/7.x/6.x/5.0.x/4.x/3.x with wsadmin scripts using jacl and jython.
• Well versed in different stages of implementing the Workload Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering techniques including Horizontal and Vertical Cloning for failover and backup recovery processes.
• Setting up of Nodes, Data Sources, Virtual Hosts, Session Managers including configuration of WebSphere Application Server Trace service.
• Expertise in Installing and Upgrading Fix Packs, Interim Fixes and Cumulative Fixes and migrating to latest versions for IBM WebSphere - Application server, Process server, Commerce server and Portal server.
• Experience in design analysis, application development, debugging, testing and documentation of the various phases in a software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Well versed with extensive hands on experience in creating resources, modifying WebSphere configuration properties and runtime attributes and Expertise as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) in installing, configuring and scripting and automation tooling in WebSphere.
• Extensive experience in providing 24/7 on call support in PROD and NON PROD environments for applications running on IBM WebSphere Application Server, Commerce Server, Process Server, MQ and Portal Server.

Software: IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1/7.0/8. x, Apache Web Server 1.2.2/1.3/2.0 , IBM HTTP Server 1.3.28/1.3.2/2.0.42/ 2.0.47/6.0 ,7.0 IIS 6.0, Apache-Tomcat 5.0/6.0.32, JBOSS, iPlanet Directory Server, Netscape Enterprise Server, WebSphere Portal 5.x/6.x, WebSphere Commerce Server 7.x, WebSphere Process Server 6.x, 7.x WebSphere MQ 5.3/6.0/7.0.

Web Severs:  Apache 2.x, Sun ONE 6.x, MS IIS server 5.1/6.0, and IBM-HTTP Server 6.0, 7.0

Languages: C, C++, Java/J2EE,, SQL, PL/SQL Scripting Languages - Unix, Shell, Perl Scripting

Operating Systems: Solaris, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Windows 98/2000/NT/XP/2003

Databases: Oracle 10g/9i, MS Access 2000, MYSQL, DB2

Industries:  Retail, Financial

XML Technology:  XML, XSL, DTD/Schema, Apache Xalan (XSL processor), Apache Xerces (XML parser), DOM/SAX API

J2EE Technology:  Servlets, JSP, JDBC, RMI, JMS, JTA, JNDI, JMX, EJB, Applets

Protocols:  DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, LDAP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL, TCP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

Responsibilities:

• Installed configured and administered WebSphere Application Server 7.0/8.0 on AIX 6.1
• Installed and Configured IBMIHS 7.0/8.0 and IIS 6.0 webservers
• Experience in installing and configuring Job manager and IBM Installation manager
• Deploying the applications on clusters, updating the Installed applications and Updating Web Server plug-in configuration using administrative console and as well as Jacl and Jython scripts.
• Expertise in creation of volume Group, Logical volume, ile Systems and Mounts in AIX.
• Expertise in using SMIT in AIX to configure Disk Space and VGs, LVs.
• Expertise in Capacity planning and Monitoring AIX Lpar’s CPU and Memory utilization.
• Created SSL certificates using IKEYMAN and Open SSl and Request CSR;s and Update Key Stores and TRUST stores in WebSphere for SSL handshake across Environments.
• Configured Site minder on IBMIHS servers for web single sign on authentication management.
• Implemented SSl security between client and web server and also between web server and application server.
• Installed and configured CA wily to Monitor Environments.
• Installed and configured Tivoli Access manager ( TAM).
• Added users and assigned permission to user to view and publish the model.
• Used Heap Analyzer and thread Analyzer to tune the WebSphere JVMs and analyse heap/Java Cores and Thread Jumps.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after the deployment and classpath issues by checking the logs, plug-in logs and the webserver logs.
• Involved in Application server performance monitoring of resources like web container connections., JDBC connection pools, thread pools, system load like CPU utilization and Memory utilization, garbage collection and JVM heap size with Wily Introscope.
• Monitoring application log files, Application Server Performance, Servlet Status, Active Sessions and DB Pool connections.

Technical environment: WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.x, IBM Http server 7.0/8.0, Apache-Tomcat 7.0.30, WebSphere MQ 7.x, AIX 7.1, Oracle 10g, CA Wily IntroScope, Siteminder, load balancer, Windows 2008/2012, Microsoft SQL SERVER 2005, Red Hat Linux 6.0 Microsoft Visio 2010, Tivoli Performance Viewer, J2EE, Jython/ Shell scripting

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential

• Involved in installing and configuring a complete IBM WebSphere Commerce Environment including IBM WebSphere Application server 7, Commerce Server 7, DB2, IBM HTTP server.
• Responsible for building and maintaining Development, QA, Staging, PreProd and Production environment infrastructure.
• Involved in the migration of IBM WebSphere from 6.1 to 7.0 and installed the fix packs and cumulative fixes to WebSphere 7, plugging and IHS.
• Installed, configured and maintained JBOSS EAP 6 and Tomcat 5.
• Performance monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting WebSphere, Jboss and Tomcat servers.
• Created clusters and deployed enterprise applications on the Jboss clusters.
• Administration of working application starting and stopping application servers, regenerating/updating plug-in for IBM HTTP server.
• Involved in securing the J2EE applications by implementing single sign on by using LDAP.
• Developed shell scripts to automate the WebSphere administration, deploying customer applications, log rotations, monitor applications state.
• Configured IBM WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling and java mail sessions.
• Used Cache Monitor web application in process of DynaCache invalidation and reset/clear cache instances when requested.
• Worked on gathering the requirements for project plans for each release and work with System Admins, Database Admins in having File Systems, sudos and setting up Database ready for the product and application installs. Worked with development teams closely during application troubleshooting by enabling tracing in log4j properties and was console.

Technical environment: WebSphere Application Server 7.x/8.x, WebSphere Process Server (WPS) 7.x, WebSphere Commerce Server 7.0.x, WebSphere eXtreme Scale 8.6.x, Apache-Tomcat 6.0.32 WebSphere MQ 7.x, AIX 7.1, IBM Http server 7.x, UNIX, Linux, Oracle 10g, Wily Introscope, Quality Center 10.00, F5 load balancer, Windows 2008, Windows Active Directory server 2007, Microsoft SQL SERVER 2005, Red Hat Linux 5.0 Microsoft Visio 2007, Tivoli Performance Viewer, J2EE, Jython/ Shell scripting.

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Mooresville, NC.

• Installed WebSphere Application server 7.0 on Network deployment environment. Installed & Configured of IBM HTTP Server, make junction works for the transportation of application through a web server.
• Installed and configured IBM sterling commerce 8.5
• Responsible for IBM Sterling Commerce 8.5 Builds on Multi Node environments.
• Installed Infosphere MDM Product information management server with version 6.0 and 10.1.
• Performed WebLogic installation, domain configuration, clustering, load balancing and performance tuning.
• Configured and maintained a number of WebSphere Application Server instances on Development, Test, QA, Pre-Prod and Production environment.
• Created clusters and deployed enterprise applications on the respective clusters.
• Involved in full life cycle of the project, load testing of the application and tracking bugs and fixes.
• Integrated WebSphere Application Server with Wily Introscope. Created dashboards for monitoring of WebSphere application server.
• Involved in securing the connection between WebServer applications by implementing SSL.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts, JACL scripts to automate the WebSphere Administration (recycling the application server, deploying customer applications, logs rotation, monitor applications state).
• Investigated memory leaks in WebSphere and obtained appropriate fixes from IBM to upgrade the installation.
• Used wily to monitor performance data like Application resources (enterprise beans, servlets) and WAS runtime resources (JVM memory, application server thread pools, and database connection pools)
• Worked with Application Development Team to help migration and integration of their applications.
• As part of Infrastructure team supported all environments (POC, DEV, QA, TEST, PROD) doing WebSphere installations, triage support, configuring environments, validation of environments, supporting testing teams during testing. Worked in rotation on call support for all the applications in all environments 24/7.

Technical environment: WebSphere Application Server ND 7.x, Infosphere MDM 6.1,10.x, Apache-Tomcat 6.0.3, IBM sterling commerce 8.5, WebSphere MQ 7.x, AIX 6.0, IBM Http server 7.x,UNIX, Linux, Oracle 10g, Wily Introscope, Quality Center 10.00, F5 load balancer, windows 2007, Windows Active Directory server 2007, Microsoft SQL SERVER 2005,Red Hat Linux 5.0 Microsoft Visio 2007,Tivoli Performance Viewer, J2EE, Jython/ Shell scripting.

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

• Installed, Configured, Administered and Support WebSphere Application Servers 6.1/7.0
• Managing WebSphere Application Server using command line tools and scripts.
• Involved in Upgrading the WebSphere Application Server from V6.x.
• Installed and configured IBM HTTP Server 7.0.
• Configured WebSphere Workload Management using horizontal and vertical clustering.
• Deployed various J2EE 1.4 applications on WAS 7.0.
• Configured remote HTTP Server Plug-in to work with WebSphere Application server.
• Deployed the EAR/WAR files and scripted automated deployment of the applications.
• Experienced with Wily Introscope for monitoring application servers.
• Implemented security using LDAP and LTPA for Novell eDirectory.
• Configure SSL for Web Servers and LDAP Security for WebSphere using IBM Directory server.
• Configured Cell and Node level scoped resources for JDBC providers, Data Sources using Jython script.
• Created user roles and groups for securing the resources using LDAP authentication.
• Created WAS 6.x profiles, integrated IHS into WAS as unmanaged node.
• Performed software maintenance by installing AppServer and WebServer fix packs to keep the system software up to date.
• Active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck.
• Generated and configured keys in IBM HTTP Server and plug-in for enabling SSL.
• Configured the web server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for Web Sphere.
• Debugged WebSphere Application Server connection pooling issues using Wily and generating thread dumps.

Technical environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x, IBM HTTP Server 6.x,DB2 8.2, LDAP, Oracle 9i/10g, LINUX, Windows 2003, Tivoli Performance Viewer, J2EE, Jython, JACL scripts, WAS Portal Server 5.x,6.x, Web Content Manager, WAS XD 5,6.X, ND 5,6.X, WebSphere MQ5.x, AIX 5.3, WebSphere Process Server (WPS) 6.x, Windows 2000, Linux, SiteMinder, IBM Http server 6.0,6.1,7.0, IBM DB2 UDB Enterprise edition 8.1, Oracle 10g, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Apache HTTP WebServer.

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Columbus, OH

• Performed administrative tasks -Installation, Configuration, Deployment, Tuning, Clustering, Work Load Management (WLM), troubleshooting WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2.12 on Solaris, Linux and AIX
• Responsible for installing and configuring development, integration test and production environments of various versions of WebSphere Application Servers.
• Performed Installing fix packs and performing upgrades to non-prod and prod environments.
• Developing Jython and Shell scripts in order to automate the setup of WebSphere application server environment. The scripts create the application servers, deploy the applications and configure several WebSphere resources like JDBC.
• Providing WebSphere application server related support for various application development and application testing teams.
• Experienced with Wily Introscope for monitoring application servers.
• Configuring Single Sign On (SSO) solutions using different Authentication Methods to back end Servers.
• Responsible for performance monitoring and performance tuning of the WebSphere environment.
• Deploying in High Availability (HA) and Load Balancing configurations eliminating single points of failure.
• Using Tivoli Performance tools (TPV and TPA) for monitoring and tuning the WebSphere environment (JVM heap size, data base connection pool size, etc).
• Working closely with the client’s WebSphere administration team in order to troubleshoot and resolve I issues on-hand.
• Documenting various WebSphere administration tasks like installation, configuration and deployment procedures for both WebSphere application servers and WebServers.
• Working with IBM on resolving issues related to WebSphere and HTTP Server.

Technical environment: WebSphere Application Server V6.0/6.1, Linux, Solaris, Windows NT/2000, AIX 5.3, DB2 UDB8.0, Oracle 9i, IBM HTTP Server, LDAP Server, Heap Analyzer, Tivoli Performance Viewer and Global Security.

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

• Responsible for installation, configuration and administration of different versions of WAS 4.5/5.x and HIS 1.x/2.x configuring siteminder and installing fix packs in Dev, Test, Stage and Production environments.
• Working with developers to help configure virtual hosts, plug-ins, JDBC drivers, data sources, JVM’s and application deployments across multiple instances of WebSphere.
• Installed and configured application server 5.1 and configured vertical and horizontal clustering.
• Involved in migration of applications from WebSphere 4.x/5.x to 5.0.x
• Involved in supporting load testing team during various testing phases for performance tuning the environment.
• Working with IBM in opening a PMR for inconclusive root causes, and coordinating the proposed changes with the respective teams.
• Following change management procedures in executing changes as per the release schedule.
• Writing scripts to automate application deployments in JACL and configuring crontab entries for scheduling jobs.
• Handling 24/7 on call rotation for production issues, perform root cause analysis, managing incident ticket queue system for the web related issues as per the SLA’s.

Technical environment: WebSphere Application Server 4.x/5.x, Red Hat Linux,IHS1.3.x,Site Minder, Oracle 9i, Windows 2003, J2EE1.3/1.2, Java2.0, JSP1.2, EJB2.0, JDBC2.0 and XML.