SUMMARY:

• About 14 years of IT experience including 7yrs of WebsphereMQ, Websphere MQ FTE/MFT, Message Broker, Datapower and 7 yrs of WebSphere Administration
• Implement, Support and Administration of Websphere MQ, Websphere MQ FTE/MFT, Websphere Message Broker, Websphere Datapower, XC10 and DB2Connect
• Expertise in configuring, installing, managing and troubleshooting WebSphere Application Server 4.0.x/5.0/6.1/7, IHS Server on Linux/zLinux/SUN/AIX/Windows environments
• Extensive Experience in installation/migration/deployment of Enterprise Applications using WebSphere Application server 4.0/5.1/6.1 and XMLConfig

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Middle Tier: Websphere MQ distributed/mainframe, Websphere MQ FTE/MFT, Rabbit MQ, jBoss AMQ, Kafka, Message Broker, Datapower, XC10, DB2Connect Client, WebSphere 4.0/5.0/5.1/6.1/7, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat, Jboss, Apache, shell and python

Operating Systems: Linux, zLinux, AIX, Sun Solaris, Mainframe and Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbus, OH

System Admin

• Involved in project implementation and Level 3 expertise for Websphere MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka and Message Broker technologies
• Automated the tasks using Ansible for the installation and configuration of Websphere MQ, IIB, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Zookeeper, Spark and Cassandra
• Handled various migration projects including HA Multiinstance and MQ clustering
• Installation and migration of IIB v10 on Linux
• Handling performance tuning and change management in the production environment.
• Installation and patch management on MQ, IIB and Kafka
• Interacting with application teams, taking requirements, understanding the flow and building the Middleware (MQ, MB, WAS & DP) configurations for new applications
• Troubleshooting any issues during the initial configurations and supporting end to end testing of the applications

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Americas Middleware

• Heavily involved in implementing projects and Level 3 expertise for multiple clients for Websphere, Websphere MQ, Websphere MQ FTE/MFT, Rabbit MQ, jBoss AMQ, Kafka and Message Broker technologies
• Implemented Websphere 8 & 8.5 including migrations and new installations
• Implemented MQ FTE v7.0.4.4 and migrated the FTE agents from existing infrastructure during the company split
• Handled various migration projects which required upgrading from Websphere MQ v5.3 to v6, v6 to v7 & 7.5 and v7 to v8 including HA Multiinstance and MQ clustering
• Installation of Websphere Message Broker v8 on various Linux and Windows Platforms.
• Migration of Websphere Message Broker from v7 to v8
• Involved in designing and implementing the HA clusters (HACMP architecture in AIX and VERITAS in Solaris environments)
• Experienced in using the RFHUTIL to connect to a remote queue manager for testing and managing the messages in a queue like browse, delete
• Experienced on MQMON to read the file and insert messages in queue, this makes it simpler to modify any message in file and put it back in queue
• Handling major incidents and guiding the offshore team on issues related to FTE, MQ, MB and WAS
• Handling performance tuning and change management in the production environment.
• Installation and patch management on MQ and MB/IIB
• Interacting with application teams, taking requirements, understanding the flow and building the Middleware (MQ, MB, WAS & DP) configurations for new applications

Confidential, Columbus, OH

MQ - SOA Operations, Consultant, Infrastructure Engg

• Handled various migration projects which required up versioning from Websphere MQ v 5.3 to v6, v6 to v7 & 7.5.
• Installation of Websphere Message Broker v7 and v8 on various Linux and Windows Platforms.
• Migration of Websphere Message Broker from v7 to v8
• Involved in designing and implementing the HA clusters (HACMP architecture in AIX and VERITAS in Solaris environments).
• Experienced in Using the RFHUTIL to connect to a remote queue manager for testing and managing the messages in a queue like browse, delete
• Experienced on MQMON to read the file and insert messages in queue based on index, this makes it simpler to modify any message in file and put it back in queue
• Configuring the Websphere Data Power XI50, XI52 using CLI and Web GUI
• Create/manage user accounts and domains
• Importing and exporting configuration from one DP appliance to other.
• Handling major incidents and guiding the team on any issues related to MQ, MB, WAS & DP.
• Installation and patch management on MQ, MB and Datapower
• Firmware upgrades on Websphere Datapower.
• Data Power Firmware initialization and default domain configuration. Configurations, deployments and troubleshooting issues in Data Power.
• Interacting with application teams, taking requirements, understanding the flow and building the Middleware (MQ, MB, WAS & DP) configurations for new applications.
• Troubleshooting any issues during the initial configurations and supporting end to end testing of the applications.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Middleware Operations, Specialist, System Eng/Admin

• Installed and configured WebSphere 5.1/6.1 and IBM HTTP Server on zLinux, Linux, Solaris and AIX platform.
• Involved in the troubleshooting of Tomcat/jBoss/Apache/Weblogic application servers and web servers.
• Troubleshooting of different middleware components including Websphere, IBM HTTP server, Firewall, Database, DNS and ACE/CSS
• Configuring cells and nodes in Websphere 5.1/6.1 environment.
• Worked on different shell scripts/wsadmin scripts to get the configuration info as well as push the changes across multiple servers without manual intervention
• Implemented the PMI counters as needed in Test and Prod environments to minimize the downtime/outages.
• Implemented the Sitescope Monitoring for IHS instances to minimize the downtime/outages.
• Played major role in WebSphere Migration from version 5.1 to 6.1 and performed various tests on application servers.
• Applied software maintenance, program fixes and the system software releases current.
• Successful implementations of WLM using cloning and clustering techniques including Horizontal and Vertical Cloning for failover and backup/recovery processes.
• Experienced in configuring Workload Management (WLM) of WebSphere Application Server, performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and also in troubleshooting using Log Analyzer.
• Experienced in integrating IBM HTTP Server (1.3.x/2.0.x/6.1), LDAP with IBM WebSphere Application server on zLinux/Solaris/AIX/Windows platforms.
• Involved in xml deployments on Datapower as well as looking into the logs towards troubleshooting the issue with application

Confidential, Detroit

WebSphere System Administrator

• Installed and configured WebSphere 4.0.x/5.0/6.0 and IBM HTTP Server on Solaris and AIX platform.
• Involved in the deployment of various J2EE components using WebSphere Application Server.
• Ensure application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name (DSN), and Application Server connection pooling (DB2/Oracle) including identification and documentation.
• Troubleshooting Websphere and IBM HTTP server applications
• Involved in designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using
• Configuring cells and nodes in Websphere 5.0/60 environment.
• Developed WSAdmin scripts and shell scripts to automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere and recovered the backed up WebSphere configuration.
• Responsible for Web server and Application server installation, support and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s Website.
• Played major role in WebSphere Migration from version 5.0 to 6.0 and performed various tests on application servers.