SUMMARY

• A very efficient, energetic and dependable SSO/Siteminder Engineer Shyamal Dutta has hands - on experience of about 10 years in the design, installation, configuration, administration of CA SiteMinder suite of products.
• Has wide-ranging experience in the administration and implementation of CA Siteminder versions R6, R12 and R12.52.
• He has good hands-on experience in implementing and administering SiteMinder federation and PingFederate multiple versions.
• Experienced in SunOne LDAP, CA Directory versions R8, R12 and R14 and projects on enterprise wide Single Sign On (SSO) Shyamal has good people skills, accepts responsibilities and is a very good team member.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Unix (Solaris), Linux Windows NT.

Software: iPlanet Enterprise Server, Tomcat, proxy servers, SunONE Directory Server, LDAP SiteMinder

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SSO Engineer

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and maintenance of policy servers (e.g. patches, upgrades, etc)
• Worked on Directory Services as per the needs of the business. Involved in the exporting and importing LDIF files.
• Worked on Onboarding web applications and integrated them with Siteminder
• Backup & Recovery of Policy servers, Policy store and Key store
• Worked with the application team to determine the best values for SiteMinder parameters and tune the system to boost SiteMinder performance in the Web Tier, the Application Tier, and the Data Tier.
• Worked on Upgrade project from CA Directory R12 to R14.1.
• Set up IDP and SP profiles for onboarding of applications into ping
• Worked on migration of about 250 applications from SiteMinder infrastructure into Ping.
• Integration of Ping with OpenID Connect, SAML, SOAP, WS-Security and OAuth
• Excellent trouble shooting skills includes verifying various web agent and Siteminder logs
• Documented the Procedures, Policies, lessons learnt and Best Practices to increase the efficiency and for future references.
• Created scripts for Policy Server’s administration, configuration and log files

SSO/Siteminder Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed SiteMinder Policy Server installation, and upgrades including Quarterly Maintenance Releases, Service Packs and Solution Modules for SiteMinder.
• Worked on detailed steps for SiteMinder upgrade from .7 and participated on actual upgrade from development to production.
• Set up IDP and SP profiles for configurating Federation with client on SAML 2.0 protocols.
• Integration of Ping with OpenID Connect, SAML, SOAP, WS-Security and OAuth.
• Design and implementation of solutions to support integrated security architecture.
• Worked on configuring clustering of Pingfederate servers for high availability and efficiency
• Worked on migration of large number of applications from SiteMinder infrastructure into Ping.
• Development of Perl and shell scripts in support of enhancements to system security architecture on UNIX Solaris and Linux platforms
• Deployment and configuration of the Architectural Components of SiteMinder (System Security), implementation of security policies, and the system management tasks related to SiteMinder.
• Installed and maintained applications in separate Development, Test, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments, using change control methods to ensure application consistency and reliability throughout all environments.
• Worked on the performance tuning of SiteMinder Components, based on our business needs
• Integrated new applications with CA Directory Server, across multiple environments
• Configured LDAP for hierarchical object-oriented data model and troubleshooting LDAP and related SiteMinder issues.
• Integrated new parameters in web agents for cross site scripting and security vulnerabilities.
• Administered SiteMinder Admin GUI to create Siteminder policy objects
• Creatd Shell Scripts and Perl Scripts for day to day operation and for backup and archive Log file

SSO Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, tuning, and enhancement of siteminder policy server
• Performed SiteMinder Policy Server installation, and upgrades including Quarterly Maintenance Releases, Service Packs and Solution Modules for SiteMinder.
• Participated in SiteMinder upgrade from 12.52 SP1 to 12.52 SP2
• Set up IDP and SP profiles for configurating Federation with client on SAML 2.0 protoco
• Configured clustering in the pingfederate servers.
• Development of Perl and shell scripts in support of enhancements to system security architecture on UNIX Solaris and Linux platforms
• Deployment and configuration of the Architectural Components of SiteMinder (System Security), implementation of security policies, and the system management tasks related to SiteMinder.
• Installed and maintained applications in separate Development, Test, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments, using change control methods to ensure application consistency and reliability throughout all environments.
• Worked on the performance tuning of SiteMinder Components, based on our business needs
• Integrated new applications with CA Directory Server, across multiple environments
• Configured LDAP for hierarchical object-oriented data model and troubleshooting LDAP and related SiteMinder issues.
• Integrated new parameters in web agents for cross site scripting and security vulnerabilities.
• Administered SiteMinder Admin GUI to create Siteminder policy objects
• Created Shell Scripts and Perl Scripts for day to day operation and for backup and archive Log file

Siteminder Engineer

Confidential, Michigan

Responsibilities:

• Involved and recommended various migrations paths during migration from Siteminder 6.0 to R12 and currently involved in migration to R12.5
• Worked on building infrastructure, server installation, disaster recovery, administration and troubleshooting of SSO environment using the Siteminder Policy server.
• Hands on work in implementation and engineering in Etrust R12 directory server to act as a user store, policy store and key store..
• Added and modified new/existing entries in directory server
• Created access permissions for entries in directory server
• Performed auditing and tuning of databases for better performance of directory server
• Extensive experience in monitoring SiteMinder environment (e.g. running processes, application errors, etc), Install upgrades / fixes of SiteMinder application
• Participate in design and testing, Migration of Policy Data
• Created numerous complex siteminder authentication and access control policies and policy related troubleshooting.
• Successfully migrated web applications from legacy systems to Siteminder for enabling SSO over a number of Siteminder sites.
• Configuration and maintenance of policy servers (e.g. patches, upgrades, etc)
• Worked on Directory Services as per the needs of the business. Involved in the exporting and importing LDIF files.
• Running query and update commands (e.g. updating attribute values for Siteminder records)
• Backup & Recovery of Policy servers, Policy store and Key store
• Worked with the application team to determine the best values for SiteMinder parameters and tune the system to boost SiteMinder performance in the Web Tier, the Application Tier, and the Data Tier.
• Worked on Upgrade project from CA Directory R8 to R12.7 SP5.
• Excellent trouble shooting skills includes verifying various web agent and Siteminder logs
• Documented the Procedures, Policies, lessons learnt and Best Practices to increase the efficiency and for future references.
• Created scripts for Policy Server’s administration, configuration and log files

Siteminder Engineer

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, upgrade, monitoring and maintenance of SiteMinder R6 work in implementation and engineering in Etrust R12 directory server to act as a user store, policy store and key store.
• Created access permissions for entries in directory server. Added and modified new/existing entries in directory server
• Hands on experience in monitoring SiteMinder environment (e.g. running processes, application errors, etc), install upgrades / fixes of SiteMinder application
• Worked on Directory Services as per the needs of the business. Involved in the exporting and importing LDIF files.
• Running query and update commands (e.g. updating attribute values for Siteminder records)
• Backup & Recovery of Policy servers and Policy store
• Worked with the application team to determine the best values for SiteMinder parameters and tune the system to boost SiteMinder performance in the Web Tier, the Application Tier, and the Data Tier.
• Install Siteminder Web Agent on Unix Linux and IIS environment.
• Worked on Upgrade project from Ca Directory R8 to R12.7 SP5.
• Excellent trouble shooting skill set includes verifying various web agent and Siteminder logs
• Documented the Procedures, Policies, lessons learnt and Best Practices to increase the efficiency and for future references.
• Created scripts for Policy Server’s administration, configuration and log files
• Worked on the monitoring of siteminder environments
• Attended on call duties as and when needed

Desktop Support Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Achieved a high level of productivity, supporting over 1,000 users. Provided support for key functions such as Engineering & Accounting.
• Resolved complex technical issues that arose on client computer using troubleshooting
• Effectively made recommendations to IT users on selection of hardware and software
• Successfully administered user accounts, Exchange mailboxes, and security and distribution
• Installed and maintained Windows and desktop software, service packs, patches, and anti- virus updates.
• Managed assets inventory and deployed desktop images to end users.
• Worked directly with HR dealing with New Hire Onboarding Process and also trained junior staff
• Worked with third party vendors to resolve issues with hardware or software covered by annual maintenance agreements.
• Troubleshoot various technical issues dealing with printers, network, and phone systems