CERTIFICATIONS

• IBM Certified System Administrator-WebSphere Application Server.

SUMMARY

• 6+ years of IT experience with around 4 years of strong experience in IBM WebSphere products’ administration.
• Installation, configuration and system administration of WebSphere Application Server on different Operating Systems like AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Well versed in implementation of Work Load Management (WLM) methodology and fail over mechanisms using vertical and horizontal clustering.
• Experience in IBM HTTP Web Server (2.0.47 and 6.0), Apache Web Server (2.0) and Sun One Netscape Web Server (6.0 sp1 and 4 sp11).
• Configuring Wily Introscope on Application Server and Web Server. Server and application monitoring using Wily Introscope. Configuration of Quest monitoring software like Foglight andPerformasure.
• Migrated the existing applications from WebSphere 5.0 to 6.0.
• Extensive experience in deployment of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Servers.
• Experience in applying fix packs for WebSphere Application Server
• Configured WebServer, Session management, WebSphere resources, J2C resources, Connection factories and JMS resources in IBM WebSphere 5.0.
• Creation and management of data source and database connection pools.
• Expertise in OS administration; Well versed with scripting; ksh, bash and windows batch scripts.
• Experienced in WSADMIN; Written JACL and Jython scripts for Application deployment and automation of other administrative activities.
• Administration of BigIP -F5 load balancer, SSL certificate management.
• Provided 24x7 shift rotation basis and monitored trouble ticket queues to attend user and customer calls.
• Installed, Configured and Administered BEA WebLogic and JBoss application servers in various environments.
• Adhere to Change Management and Problem Management processes and policies.
• Work closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns
• Excellent problem resolution and communication skills with ability to work under pressure in a highly visible role.

STRENGTHS

• Able to identify and analyze problems, and provide solutions;
• Able to communicate and comprehend requirements effectively;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Comfortable working individually as well as a team player;
• Able to rapidly learn new concepts;
• Excellent presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell scripts. Jacl, Jython, Python.
• Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0/6.1/7.0, Apache/IPlanet Web Server, IBM HTTP Server 7.0 and Netscape LDAP Server.
• Operating Systems: Windows Server, UNIX (Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux (Red hat)), Windows
• Database: DB2, ORACLE , SQLServer
• Network: BigIP Load Balancer by F5.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Orlando FL Apr’07 – Oct’09
WebSphere Administrator

• Installed IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Web Server in Windows and Linux environment. Deployed enterprise applications in production and testing.
• Migrated applications from WebSphere Application 6.0 to WebSphere Application Server 6.1 Network Deployment. Also installed WebSphere Application Server 7.0.
• Part of the team involved in Performance Monitoring and Tuning of Applications using Quest products like Foglight and Performasure.
• Administration of BigIP -F5 load balancer, SSL certificate management
• Developed scripts using Jython/JACL, Perl for automating builds, deployments, and WAS configuration changes. Experienced in writing Shell scripts and setting up Cron jobs for task automations.
• Implemented Session Persistence for high availability.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings.
• Configured Wily Introscope on Application Server, Web Server and DB. Monitored the applications using Wily Introscope Workstation.
• Installed, Deployed and maintenance of Enterprise Applications. Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling. Deployed application EAR WebSphere.
• Enabled Global security at the Application Server level and monitored Operating System level security for WebSphere Application Server.
• Application Server performance monitoring of resources like WebContainer connections, JDBC Connection Pools, Thread Pools, System Load like CPU utilization and Memory utilization,Garbage Collection and JVM Heap Size.
• Adhered to organizations change management and problem management processes.

Environment: Windows 2003 Server, IBM AIX 5.3, Linux, SUN Solaris, WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, LDAP, Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDBC, JavaScript, ORACLE 10.0.2.3, DB2

Confidential, Newark DE Mar’06 – Feb’07
WebSphere Administrator

• Part of the team involved in installing and configuring enterprise applications on IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Web Server on AIX, Sun Solaris environment.
• Production support of IPlanet 6.0/6.1 SP 9 web servers in Solaris 9/10 environment
• Involved in designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using Workload Management (WLM).
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling. Deployed application EAR WebSphere.
• Worked on installation, support and performance monitoring of Web server and Application server, was responsible for all applications running on the company’s Website.
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced Thread dumps to check for system objects using Thread analyzer.
• Actively involved in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck.
• AIX Performance Monitoring and tuning.
• Expertise in AIX Logical Volume Manager for creating and maintenance of Logical Volumes and Volume Groups.
• Shell Scripting using Korn shell, JACL and Perl.
• Maintaining and planning backup policy and automating it using cron.

Environment: BM AIX 4.3,5L, SUN Solaris, LINUX, Windows 2000/XP/98, IBM Enterprise Storage Server (Type 2105),WebSphere Application Server 5.0.x, PVCS DNS, Tivoli Storage Manager DHCP,DNS servers.

Confidential Bentonville, AR. Jan’05 – Feb’06
IBM WebSphere Administrator

• Installed both IBM Web Sphere Application Server V5.0 and Web Sphere Application Server Network Deployment V5.0 and configured it.
• Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server 5.0 on Unix and on Windows 2000
• Setup Cells, Nodes and Clusters
• Setup up horizontal clusters for Work Load Management (WLM) and Failover Support
• Deployed enterprise applications from the admin console and defined virtual hosts and environment variables
• Diagnosed the problems caused in the applications through the log files and rectified
• Deployed the application in staging, in production, following change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in shifts
• Analyzing Error and Event log files and diagnosing Application Server problems
• Responsible for performance tuning of HTTP server, Web Container, EJB Container, and database Connection Pool
• Installed JDBC drivers and created the data sources and configured the parameters of the connection pool
• Workload management of EJBs and Servlets using Enterprise Java Services workload management
• Performed WebSphere process tuning, JVM optimization and Java memory tuning
• Monitored space availability on each file system using Shell Scripts.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 4.X/5.X, WebSphere Commerce Server, 5.6Solaris 8.0, Solaris 450, AIX 4.3, Windows 2000, Lotus Domino 5.x, SiteMinder 5.0, Iplanet Server, iPlanet Directory Server 4.1.1,LDAP 3, Oracle 8i.

Confidential Mar’03 – Dec’04
Web Administrator

• Installed and configured WebSphere 4.0/5.0 and IBM HTTP Server on AIX, Solaris and Windows.
• Involved in the deployment of various J2EE components using WebSphere Application Server.
• Provide Web Sphere solutions to Enterprise and other Web Sphere groups.
• User and Group accounts administration.
• Involved in designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using Workload Management (WLM), horizontal and vertical scaling.
• Responsible for Web server and Application server installation, support and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s Website..
• Played an active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck by enhanced performance ensuring upstream queuing
• Applied software maintenance, program fixes and keeping the system software releases current.
• Implemented WebSphere Global Security using LTPA and Netscape LDAP Server.
• Maintaining updated documentation of all the Servers and the installed applications and patches.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0.x/5.0,IBM HTTP Server, Apache, Oracle, AIX, Solaris and Windows 2000.