PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7 years of IT experience in software services.
• Experience in administering WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Process Server(WPS), IBM Business Process Manager(BPM), WSRR, redhat JBOSS EAP6.x, Oracle WebLogic 10.3.6 & WebSphere MQ.
• Experience in working with web servers like IBM HTTP Server (I H S), IIS.
• Experience in integrating all the web infrastructure components like, Web servers (IHS), Database servers (oracle, DB2, SQL Server).
• Highly experienced in setting up Vertical, Horizontal and Hybrid clustered environments for scalability, high availability and failover.
• Involved in Migration of WebSphere Application Servers and Process Server in runtime, articraft and manual migration.
• Expertise in Troubleshooting Applications by analyzing log files and thread dumps and application specific configurations.
• Expert in scripting languages like Jython, Jacl and Shell to automate administration tasks.
• Experienced in migrating the applications from WebSphere V6.1 to V7.0 & 8.5.
• Experienced in migrating the applications from remote machines i.e. from Windows to AIX.
• Performance tuning by configuring caching, queuing, pooling, JVM parameters and problem determination using TPV and Opnet.
• Good working knowledge of various UNIX flavors like Linux, AIX, and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008.
• Highly skilled in creating SSL using ikeyman, Console and command line tools like gsk7cmd. and keytool.
• Involved in opening and keeping track of PMR’s with IBM to solve various issue related to the environment.
• Provided support to development teams in testing, implementation and versioning application on various versions of the Web infrastructure.
• Assisting the application owner with questions about installation packages, execution of change requests, maintaining operational procedures and tools for managing the WebSphere environment.
• Good documentation skills for installation, troubleshooting procedures and known problems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages and scripting: Unix Shell scripting, Jacl/Jython/ANT Scripting, Java Script.

Networking: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, Putty.

Databases: MS SQL Server 2000,IBM DB2, Oracle

Web/Application Servers: WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.x/8.5.5, IBM HTTP Server 6.0/7.0/8.5, WebSphere Process server 6.x/7.x and Business Process Manager v 7.5.1, JBOSS EAP6.3 & 6.4 & 8.5.5.6

Operating Systems: IBM - AIX 5.x,6.x,7.x, Linux, Windows 2k,03,NT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Working as WebSphere Administrator in middleware Team.
• Responsible for Installation, configuration, Troubleshooting and maintenance of WebSphere Application Server(WAS) 6.x/7.x/8.5.5, Process Server(WPS) 6.x/7.x, IBM Business Process Manager(BPM) 7.5/8.5.5, WSRR v 7.0.0.17, redhat JBOSS EAP6.x and WebSphere MQ 6.x/7.x in different environments.
• Responsible for supporting for most critical portal application deployed on WAS and JBOSS enterprise application platform.
• Responsible for Installation and configuration of IHS 6.0, 7.0 & 8.0, plugins locally as well as in remote boxes.
• Experience in configuring REST webservices services.
• Experience in administrating process center, process admin, business space, business rules and process designer.
• Experience in snapshot deployment of ear in bpm 8.5.5
• Responsible for smooth operations of applications assigned, that includes, deployment, updates, configuration changes, monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting.
• Coordinated with the Operations, Database, Network, Security and the System administration teams to resolve issues.
• Created PMRs and coordinated with IBM for problems encountered while migration and application related.
• Used IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to achieve efficiencies in skills, cost and time-to-value across middleware solutions.
• Used WebSphere ESB to provide Web services connectivity, JMS messaging, and service-oriented integration to power SOA.
• Worked extensively with IBM support team in resolving the problems.
• Created scripts extensively in shell and Jython for automating different tasks.
• Worked on analyzing, troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application Server, Web Server and Process Server errors and logs using Web Sphere Log Analyzer tool, Heap analyzer and Thread analyzer.
• Involved in advanced performance monitoring and tuning of WebSphere system and applying patches and plug-ins.
• 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.
• Extensively involved in configuring of JDBC providers, data Sources, virtual hosting, global security, SSL, LDAP.
• Enabled security for the Admin Console and the application components by creating user registry in LDAP.
• Experience configuring Mod-Cluster in JBOSS and Node Manager in WLS.
• Provided administrative access to different team members using LDAP and including it into the consoles.
• Worked with a 24/7 on Call support team.
• Managed the security and performance optimizations.
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management including horizontal scaling and vertical scaling.
• Involved in creating and managing connection pools in WebSphere.
• Expertise in handling Linux, AIX, Windows and Solaris Operating System

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5/7.x/6.x/5.1/4.1, Process Server 6.1, IBM BPM 7.5.1 & 8.5.5.6, IBM HTTP server (IIS) 6.0/7.0/8.0, IBM WSRR 7.0.0.17, IBM MQ 6.x & 7.x, redhat JBOSS EAP 6.x, Oracle, DB2, Tivoli Performance Viewer, JavaScript, Red hat Linux, Aix, JACL, JYTHON, and JSP.

Confidential, New Jersey

WAS/WPS Admin

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, configuration, Troubleshooting and maintenance of WebSphere Process Server (WPS) 6.x/7.x, IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 7.5, WebSphere Application Server (WAS)6.x/7.x and MQ 6.x in different environments.
• Responsible for smooth operations of applications assigned, that includes, deployment, updates, configuration changes, monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting.
• Coordinated with the Operations, Database, Network, Security and the System administration teams to resolve issues.
• Created PMRs and coordinated with IBM for problems encountered while migration and application related.
• Used IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to achieve efficiencies in skills, cost and time-to-value across middleware solutions.
• Used WebSphere ESB to provide Web services connectivity, JMS messaging, and service-oriented integration to power SOA.
• Worked extensively with IBM support team in resolving the problems.
• Created scripts extensively in shell and Jython for automating different tasks.
• Worked on analyzing, troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application Server, Web Server and Process Server errors and logs using Web Sphere Log Analyzer tool, Heap analyzer and Thread analyzer.
• Involved in advanced performance monitoring and tuning of WebSphere system and applying patches and plug-ins.
• 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.
• Extensively involved in configuring of JDBC providers, data Sources, virtual hosting, global security, SSL, LDAP.
• Enabled security for the Admin Console and the application components by creating user registry in LDAP.
• Worked with a 24/7 on Call support team..
• Involved in configuring the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management including horizontal scaling and vertical scaling.
• Involved in creating and managing connection pools in WebSphere.

Environment: WAS, WebSphere Process Server 6.1, IBM BPM 7.5.1, IBM HTTP server (IIS) 6.0/7.0, MQOracle 11g, DB2, Red hat Linux, Aix, JACL, JYTHON, and JSP.

Confidential

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application Servers 6.1/7.x and Process Server on Linux and AIX Servers.
• Successfully migrated WebSphere Application Servers from 6.1 to 7.0 on Aix.
• Installed fix packs, refresh packs and Interim fixes for WAS 6.x/7.x and Process servers on AIX servers and Linux.
• Automated several application configurations (Creating clusters, Cluster members, modifying JVM custom properties, enabling security, Creating JDBC drivers, data sources, JMS Queues, Queue connection factories, SiBus and bus members) using Jython scripting.
• Installed and configured WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server. Updated plug-in files to route application requests from WebSphere to app server.
• Configured SiBus and Default messaging provider to interoperate WAS with MQ.
• Installed Tivoli Directory Server and created and configured db2 instance.
• Troubleshooting application issues by analyzing thread dumps, heap dumps, trace/log files.
• Installed and configured resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources and Connection pooling.
• Implemented Horizontal and Vertical clustering in production for load balancing and high availability.
• Installed and configured Web Sphere Process Server Enabled on AIX servers.
• Administered TAM/TDS/WEB seal on AIX and windows platforms.
• Installed and configured LDAP TDS (Tivoli Directory Server) on windows, Linux and AIX servers.
• Developed shell scripts for administration tasks and sending alerts when servers are down.
• Provided 24/7 on call support.

Environment: WebSphere 6.0/6.1/7.0/7/19/21/23, WebSphere Process Server 6.0, HIS, MQ 5.x & 6.x on AIX, zOS and AS400, Oracle 9i, 10g, DB2, TDS 6.0.