SUMMARY:

• 8Years of experience which includes demonstrated work experience in the design,development, testing, implementing enterprise wide security applications using CASiteMinder,SunOne LDAP Directory,
• Expertisein Integrating various web applications with Single Sign On.
• Involvedin various Siteminder upgrades including Siteminder5.5 to 6.0 and Siteminder 6.0 to R12.
• Expertisein Installation, Configuration, Deployment and Maintenance of SiteMinderComponents like the Policy Server, Web Agent, ASA Agents, TAI Agents, PolicyStore and Key Store.
• In-depthknowledge of Identity and Access management products - CA SiteMinder AccessManager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Manager.
• Involvedand recommended various migrations paths during migration from Siteminder 6.0 to R12.
• Workedon Tivoliaccess Manager.
• Involvedin Web Agent upgrades from 5QMR8 to 6QMR5and 6QMR5 to R12.
• Experiencein working various web servers like IIS,Sun One, Apache, IBMHTTPD Server etc..
• Experience in setting up the SAML federatedservices.
• Expertise in the integration of Domino Servers with SSO.
• Experiencein working various types of Authentication Schemes like FORM based, RSA Token, PKI certificates.
• Experience in integration of Mobile applications for Iphoneand Blackberry with SSO.
• Experiencein working with multi cookie domain for single sign-on for mutualauthentication using Netegrity products.
• Experiencein working with various passwordservices.
• Experiencein administration of LDAP Servers including version 5.1, 5.2 and 6.3
• Excellent trouble shooting skill set includes verifying various web agent and Siteminder logs andmonitoring the health of the environment using One View Monitor
• Experiencein working with various web applicationdevelopment teams to explain the technologies and help them to integrate theproduction into SSO environment.
• Experiencein Testing Siteminder policies using SMTESTtool.
• Excellent Java/C/C++/VB.NET programming skills
• Experience in writing Shell and Perlscripts for parsing various Siteminder logs
• Strongworking knowledge in implementing SunOne Directory Server 5.x and iPlanetDirectory Server on Sun Solaris, Linux and Windows servers.
• Experiencedin multi-master and single-masterreplication directory server environment.
• Experiencedwith replication mapping between replica hub/consumer directory servers.
• Skilledin implementing high availability and fault tolerant strategies, implementedreplication strategies for HA andfailover using MMR, write failover and load balancing.
• Providedthe Tier 3 and Tier 4 support for applications after the business hours.
• Createdthe Change Controls and implemented the application integrations with SSO andtuned the applications for performance.
• Documentedthe Procedures, Policies, lessons learnt and Best Practices to increase theefficiency and for the future references.
• CreatedRun Book for the standards to be followed during Installations andconfigurations.
• Excellentworking knowledge of configuration and implementation of web agents, affiliateagents, application agents configuration and administration.
• Experiencedin creating manual entries of directory server using command line, GUI and LDIF files.
• Exceptionalability to quickly master new concepts, good communication, analytical skillsand team management skills.
• Providing 24/7 support as per the companyrequirements.
• Goal-oriented, highly motivated and a good team player.
• Excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills.

TECHNICALSKILLS:

• Operating Systems: Windows 2008/2003 / 2000 Server, Windows XP / 2000 Professional,Windows NT4 Server/Workstation, Windows 3.11 / 95 / 98, Sun Solaris 8, 9 and 10, HP Unix 11.x, AIX,Red HatEnterprise Linux (Adv Server), Novell Netware, Mac 9x / 10x
• DirectoryServers: Sun Java DSEE 6.x, iPlanet/SunOneDirectory Server 5.x, Directory Proxy Server, Microsoft Active Directory,IBMAccess Manager, OpenLDAP, ADAM
• SSO/IDM: SunAccess Manager (Identity Server) 6.1 and 7.0, Sun Policy Agents 2.0 and 2.1,Netegrity SiteMinder Policy Server 5.5 and 6.0 and 12, Netegrity SiteMinder WebAgents 5.5 and 6.0, Netegrity IdentityMinder 6.0
• Web Server: Apache 1.0.5x, 2.x, IHS, IIS 4.0, 5.0 and6.0, iPlanet/SunOne Web server 5.1/6.1
• Application Server:Sun Application Server, Tomcat and Weblogic8.1 and 9,Websphere WAS server
• Databases: Oracle9i and 10g, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Microsoft Access 97 and 2000
• Scripting/Languages: Unix Shell Scripting, Perl, Java server pages (JSP),SQL/PL-SQL
• Protocols: DHCP, DNS, WINS, HTTP, FTP, IIS / SSL, SNMP,SMTP, POP3, PPTP, IPsec, LDAP
• ConnectivityTools:Hummingbird Exceed,Putty, Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet, FTP, Cisco VPN, Terminal Server/RDP, RemoteAdmin, PC Anywhere, VNC, Xmanager
• Reporting/CaseTools: HP Open View Service Desk (OVSD), eClarify WorkflowManagement (WFM), ER-Win, Crystal Reports 9 and 10, Developer 2000.
• DatabaseTools: Quest LiveReorg, BRTools, Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control, Recovery Manager(RMAN), Oracle iSQL Plus, SQL Loader, Designer/Developer 6i/2000, Veritas NetBackup / Backup Exec, Data Backup (Tape Libraries, Autoloaders and Tape drives)

Education Qualification:
M.Tech(Master of Technology); in Computer Science Engineering, Confidential, India
B.E(Bachelors in Engineering) Information Technology, Confidential, INDIA.

Work Experience:
Confidential, Tampa, FL Nov2011 - Till Date
Role: Sr. SiteMinder Developer

Responsibilities:

• Installed,configured and maintained CA SiteMinder Policy Server 5.X/6.X, Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 on Solaris,Windows platforms.
• Experiencein installing, configuring SiteMinder policy server Web agents, ASA agents,Domino Agents, Active Directory server (LDAP)and various Web & Application servers.
• Implemented the SAML federated services for vendorsMedallia, Ben Empire and corner stone.
• Implementedthe Mobile applications integration for Iphoneand Black berry with single sign on.
• Integratedthe Domino server with SiteMinderDomino Agents for SSO.
• Configured Ping Federate 5.x/6.x for SSO across multiple web basedenterprise applications.
• Involvedin the SAP upgrade Projects for Site minder Integration.
• Handson experience with configuring IdP initiated and SP initiated SAML profiles with different bindingslike POST, Artifact, Redirect as per the custom business and securityrequirements.
• Workedon Configuring theDomains, Userdirectories, Rules, Realms, Responses and Policies for the Policy server.
• Workedon Directory Services as per theneeds of the business. Involved in the exporting and importing LDIF files.
• Workedextensively on creating Custom Passwordpolicies and Authentication schemes as per the requirement.
• Experiencedin assisting Web Administrators, LDAP Administrators to determine whatthe best values for SiteMinder parameters and tune the system to boost SiteMinder performance in the Web Tier, the Application Tier, and the Data Tier.
• Experiencein trouble-shooting the issues by analyzing the trace and TAI logs.
• Created, Configured and Administered Profiles, Clusters, Nodes and Node Groups for WebSphere Application Server.
• Monitoredthe Apache servers for Caching andmemory usage.
• Providing24x7 production support and on call support.

Environment:
Master Status: Multi-Master.
Operating System: SunSolaris v8/9/10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IIS v5/6, Apache v2.Weblogic,Websphere, IHS and Domino Server
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server 6.3, SQL server, LDAP
Policy Server: NetegritySiteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0 and 12
Programming Languages: shellscripting, Perl.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FLAug 2011 - Oct 2011
Role: Sr Siteminder Developer

Responsibilities:
Working for Computer Associate (CA) as aSr Siteminder consultant for doing high-level deployments and configurations onthe Production Servers and providing onsite support during this transition,troubleshooting with ongoing issues during the deployments. Training the clientoperational resources about the transition.

Environment:
Master Status: Multi-Master.
Operating System: SunSolaris v8/9/10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IIS v5/6, Apache v2.Weblogic,Websphere
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server 6.3, SQL server
Policy Server: NetegritySiteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0 and 12
Programming Languages: shellscripting, Perl.

Confidential, Richmond, VA Jan 2011 - Aug 2011
Role: LDAP/Access Manager

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Netegrity Siteminder Policy Server 6.0 and web agents.
• Created and configured connections to Directory server and web agents by creating host and agent configuration objects with respect to IIS and Apache web server requirements
• Installed and configured of Access Management Web Agents with IIS v5/6 and Apache v2 web servers.
• Installed and configured Sun Directory Server 6.3
• Installed and configured Sun Proxy Server 6.3
• Worked on Access Management for providing Authentication, Authorization, Scalability and Accountability for the Applications.
• Created Access Control List and protected object Policies and authorization rules for fine grained access control.
• Created security permissions by creating rules realms and policies with in multiple policy servers for protecting resources stored on web servers
• Created activity and intrusion reports for policy server by monitoring Authentication logs.
• Created the front end replication servers based up on the clients request for the Load Balacing.
• Configured Siteminder Policy Server with key and policy stores stored within a Sun One directory server
• Installed and configured Sun One Directory Server v6.3
• Applied all required or missing patches to run directory server properly
• Reconfigured and tuned new instances of Sun One Directory Server 6.3 with backup files
• Reconfigured directory server in replication environment on and monitored servers synchronization
• Involved in planning and design for deploying an upgrade of Sun One directory server from version 5.1 to 5.2
• Audit access logs for inefficient searches and un-indexed entries for performance enhancement and search conflict resolutions between common attribute entries in directory server
• Maintained replica and master synchronization and monitored replication status in order to maintain integrity of searches on replica consumers
• Created complex replication streams by enabling replication on replica's with replication agreements on master/replica directory servers.
• Monitored database cache hits ratio in directory server and increased the cache size to improve search results
• Used Access Control Instructions (ACIs) to create access permissions for entries in directory server
• Enabled rollover of encryption keys in key store to maintain integrity of agent and session keys
• Performed addition and modified bulk entries in directory server
• Created cron jobs for redundant routine tasks such as backing up db files
• Monitored Unix servers performance and checked memory usage statistics, swap activity, disk activity, network activity, process activity
• Determine the root cause, implement solutions, apply patches to resolve authentication,authorization, and performance issues

Environment:
Master Status: Multi-Master.
Operating System: SunSolaris v8/9/10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IISv5/6, Apache v2.Weblogic, Websphere
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server 6.3.
Policy Server: TAM,SiteminderPolicy Server v5.5 and 6.0
Programming Languages: shellscripting, Perl.

Confidential, Plano, TX June 2010 - Dec 2010
Role: LDAP/Siteminder Administrator

Responsibilities:

• To manage and configure SunOne directory servers, Sun Access Manager and agents on Solaris/Linux/Windows platforms
• To maintain, configure and install iPlanet/SunOne directory server on the Sun and Windows servers
• To Perform installation, configuration and maintainence of Access Manager and policy agents
• To take care of issues related Sun Identity Manager 4.1 (Waveset Lighthouse) configured on Linux with BEA Weblogic server
• To provide timely resolution of all tickets (incidents, service calls, workorders) within specified SLA, assigned to the team and document repeating tickets as knowledgebase for the team
• To perform analysis on all tickets and identify areas of improvement to avoid reoccurrence and improve SLAs. Reviewed and revised existing OV SPIs monitors with new monitors to reflect actual problems and avoid unnecessary tickets with high severity levels possibly affecting SLAs
• Planned and deployed independently the migration of SunOne directory server from version 5.1 patch 2 to 5.2 patch 6 in B2B.
• Setup servers under F5 Big IP in load balancing and failover configuration (in B2A and B2B)
• Involved in planning and deploying an upgrade of SunOne directory server from version 5.1 to 5.2.4 in B2A environment
• Created and configured cron jobs to create ldif and binary backups, configuration backup and backup/logs rotation
• Setup script for directory server logs analyses (logconv.pl) to ensure proper use of directory server
• Monitor backup jobs of directory server and provide failover and load balancing support
• Enabled replication and created replication agreements. Monitor replication status and maintained replica and master synchronization
• Maintainedauthentication schemes, user sessions, rules, and responses to protect, manage,authenticate and authorize users access to enterprise resources
• Add and modify new/existing entries in directory server
• Create access permissions for entries in directory server
• Reconfigured and tuned new instances of directory server with backup files
• Enabled secure connections between directory servers using SSL
• Perform auditing and tuning of databases for better performance of directory server
• Performedinstallations and configuration of SunOne, Apache and IIS web servers
• Monitor directory server file systems, diskspace, server processes and performed server tuning
• Ensurehigh reliability of the system and recoverability planning and implementation
• Conductingproactive and reactive performance tuning for operating systems, policy agentsand identity servers to meet and maintain operational requirements (process,thread, connection, cache)
• As a team player, involved for automating various tasks with Shell scripting, e.g., maintaining log files, backup of LDAP schema and data files, handling downtime activities
• Constantly involved to update the business logic and evolve with an enhanced implementation
• Provided training to new staff members and educated Active Directory staff with Sun technologies including Sun One directory server, Access Manager and Identity Manager (Waveset Lighthouse)
• Prepared documentation for all the migrations, upgrades, rollback plan of migrations and knowledge base of day to day issues.

Environment:
Master Status: Multi-Master.
Operating System: Solarisv8/9 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IISv5/6, Apache v2, Weblogic, Websphere
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server v5.1/5.2
Policy Server: NetegritySiteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0
Programming Languages: shellscripting, Perl.

Confidential, MINNEAPOLIS, MN June 2009 - May 2010
Role: LDAP Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsiblefor maintenance of authentication directories, LDAP, including NetegritySiteMinder Single Sign On
• Workedwith the team for implementation and upgradation of new releases and relatedtechnologies within change management processes
• Responsiblefor Sun ONE directory server administration, directory maintenance andreplication of the directory server and consistently improved LDAP performance,and high availability
• Supported,maintained and documented LDAP multi-master replication procedures, onlinepromotion/demotion of servers, chaining, referrals and grouping with SunOnedirectory servers
• Performedfull and fractional replications as per business requirements and improvedconcurrent replication updates
• Monitoredauthentication, authorization and accounting to support failover and loadbalancing between policy servers
• Configuredweb agents with policy servers, schemes, user sessions, rules, and responses toprotect, manage, authenticate and authorize
• IntegratedLDAP with Netegrity SiteMinder to access user stores and policies
• Configureduser sessions to support for single and multiple domains SSO
• Conductedproactive performance tuning for operating systems, webagent, policy servers,policy stores and user stores to meet and maintains operational requirements(process, thread, connection, and cache)
• Involvedin designing, implementing LDAP architecture, replication, chaining, and datasynchronization etc.
• Installation& configuration of Weblogic 7/8, Apache, Tomcat andIPlanet/Netscape/Sun-ONE Directory Server.
• ScheduleServer Backup and maintain Backup Scheme and logs.
• Maintainand configuring IPlanet/Sun-one/Netscape directory Server on the Sun, Hp-UX andwindows box.
• Installingand configurating siteminder policy server and Web agent on Sun and Windowsbox.
• Takenbackups of Directory server and provide Failover and Load Balancing support.
• QualityAssurance of UNIX Servers and Network monitor application
• AdministeredStronghold, Apache, and Netscape Enterprise (iPlanet) web servers, NetscapeDirectory Server (LDAP), and Siteminder
• ConductingAnalysis and Planning for LDAP implementation mapping LDAP-enabled and non-LDAPenabled applications and data sources to the default or supported schemaextending the existing schema when necessary by creating custom object classesand custom attributes using the proper existing object classes and attributes.Monitoring replication status and maintaining replica and mastersynchronization
• Enablingreplication and creating replication agreements
• Adding/modifyingnew entries in directory server.
• Creatingaccess permissions for entries in directory server. Reconfiguring and tuningnew instances of directory server with backup files
• Reconfiguringdirectory server replication between multi master's, hubs and consumers.
• Rotatingbackup and log files.
• Enablingsecure connections between directory servers using SSL.
• Monitoringaccess/audit/error logs.
• Auditing/tuningdatabase for better performance of directory server.
• Monitoringreplication status and maintaining replica and master synchronization
• Enablingreplication and creating replication agreements in Master directory servers.
• MonitoringUNIX boxes for performance and memory usage.
• Auditingaccess logs for inefficient searches and un-indexed entries.
• Auditing/tuningdatabase for better performance of directory server.
• Recoveryof directory server.

Environment:
Master Status: Single-Master.
Operating System: Solarisv8/9, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000.
Web Server: IISv5/6, Apache v2.Weblogic, WebSphere
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server v5.1/5.2
Policy Server: NetegritySiteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0
Programming Languages: shellscripting, Perl.

Confidential, IRVINE, CA June 2008 - April 2009
Role: LDAP Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsiblefor maintenance of authentication directories, LDAP, including NetegritySiteMinder Single Sign On
• Workedwith the team for implementation and upgradation of new releases and relatedtechnologies within change management processes
• Responsiblefor Sun ONE directory server administration, directory maintenance and replicationof the directory server and consistently improved LDAP performance, and highavailability
• Supported,maintained and documented LDAP multi-master replication procedures, onlinepromotion/demotion of servers, chaining, referrals and grouping with SunOnedirectory servers
• Performedfull and fractional replications as per business requirements and improvedconcurrent replication updates
• Monitoredauthentication, authorization and accounting to support failover and loadbalancing between policy servers
• Configuredweb agents with policy servers, schemes, user sessions, rules, and responses toprotect, manage, authenticate and authorize
• IntegratedLDAP with Netegrity SiteMinder to access user stores and policies
• Configureduser sessions to support for single and multiple domains SSO
• Conductedproactive performance tuning for operating systems, webagent, policy servers,policy stores and user stores to meet and maintains operational requirements(process, thread, connection, and cache)
• Involvedin designing, implementing LDAP architecture, replication, chaining, and datasynchronization etc
• Responsiblefor SiteMinder administration, implementation and configuration of NetegritySiteMinder policy server 5.5, framing and management of Realms, Rules,Responses and Policies
• Created,managed and administered agents, authentication schemes, user directories,agent configuration objects, host configuration objects, logs and cachemanagement
• PolicyServer maintenance, web agent and application agent administration
• PerformedSSO implementation; developed active policies to customize the functions of thepolicy as per the business requirements
• Monitoredload balancing and failover of policy store and LDAP, replication of LDAP anddirectory maintenance
• Workedwith the team for redesigning of enterprise directory services architecture,including schema, and replication design from gathering user requirementsthrough the design and deployment stages of the new test environment
• Recommend and reviewed test planning/teststrategies/approaches and control mechanism
• Handled communication with vendor for newproduct release and upgrades for existing system
• Invited and evaluated other vendor productson same line and provide details to management for helping in adoption andpricing options
• Asan active member of team, responsible for training and delivery of grouppresentation on SiteMinder security planning to all employees

Environment: Netegrity SiteMinder 5.x, SunOneDirectory Server 5.x, Web Agents for web servers, IIS 5.0/SSL, Apache 1.x, SunSolaris 9, RedHat Linux, Windows 2000, Shell Scripting, Secure Shell (SSH).

Confidential, Kansas City, MO June2006 - April 2008
Role: LDAP Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and troubleshoot Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 and SiteMinder 5.5
• Analyzed requirements, configured LDAP Directory server, involved in designing LDAP schema, attributes, custom attributes, custom classes, and the directory tree structure (DIT)
• Rotated directory server backup and log files for enhancement of allocated storage
• Created access permissions for entries in directory server. Reconfigured and tuned new instances of directory server with backup files
• Performed auditing of access, audit and error logs to provide troubleshooting solutions involving connection failures, unattainable searches and permission issues.
• Enabled replication and created replication agreements in Master directory servers.
• Monitored replication status and maintained replica and master synchronization in order to maintain integrity of searches on replica consumers.
• Added/modified dynamic groups and roles to entries in directory server.
• Added/modified security permissions for entries, groups and roles using ACI's in a directory server.
• Integrated LDAP with Netegrity SiteMinder to access user stores and policies
• Responsible for SiteMinder administration, implementation and configuration of Netegrity SiteMinder policy server 5.5, framing and management of Realms, Rules, Responses and Policies
• Policy Server maintenance, web agent and application agent administration
• Performed SSO implementation; developed active policies to customize the functions of the policy as per the business requirements
• Installed, configured and maintained Solaris 9 and Windows 2003
• Applied patches and hotfixes for Windows and Solaris 9
• Monitored UNIX boxes to optimize performance and memory usage.

Environment:
Master Status: Single-Master.
Operating System: Solarisv8.
Web Server: IISv5/6, Apache v2, Weblogic, websphere
Directory Server: SunOne Directory Server v5.1/5.2

Confidential, Hyderbad, India April2004 - May 2006
Position:Site Minder/Network Administrator.

• Setup Sun One Directory Server and Siteminder Web Agent in aWindows 2000 / IIS environment.
• Changed the rules and responses in Siteminder policy server as requested by the development team.
• Assisted in architecting LDAP schema designs and directory treestructures from Siteminder perspective to merge and migrate authorization groups and external users.
• Analyzed system problems to determine their root cause thendevelop solutions including, potentially new configurations, advice forsoftware or scripts and documentation as required mitigating future occurrencesin Siteminder.
• Involved with the LDAP team in the LDAP replication of the iPlanetdirectory server 5.1.
• Designedthe LDAP schema and replication to support SiteMinder Policy, User store and Key Store in highly available mode.
• Trained and consulted with various client areas (business, systemsadministrators and developers) on how to use and configure Siteminder, Web server installation and configuration (NES, IIS,Apache).
• Administeredand built Windows NT and 2000 server systems.
• Managedserver backup and restoration using Legato backup software.
• Builtand upgraded servers according to client specifications.
• Created database for server inventory purposes utilizing Access.
• Administered and managed Active Directory 2000 for variousbusiness departments.
• Utilized performance optimization and system monitoring to resolveserver and network issues.
• Utilized VMware workstation for workstation and server testing.
• Created websites, built and configured IIS web servers forequities globally.
• Involved in Remote Administration of servers through terminalserver.

Environment: Windows2000, IIS 5.0, Siteminder 4.5.