SUMMARY

• 7+ years of IT experience includes 4 years of experience in deploying and implementing identity management solutions using SunOne Directory Server (LDAP) 5.1, 5.2 & 6.3, Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.x, Sun Access Manager 6.1 and 7.0, Identity Manager 4.x and Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5, 6.0.
• Strong working knowledge in implementing SunOne Directory Server 5.x and iPlanet Directory Server on Sun Solaris, Linux and Windows servers.
• Excellent working knowledge of implementing LDAP Security and SSO authorization service using Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5/6, Sun Access Manager and SunOne Directory Server and Policy –Agents.
• Experienced in multi-master and single-master replication directory server environment.
• Experienced with replication mapping between replica hub/consumer directory servers.
• Skilled in implementing high availability and fault tolerant strategies; implement replication strategies for HA and failover using MMR, write failover and load balancing.
• Strong knowledge in monitoring, installation, support and administration of directory servers/application servers/web servers over various platforms such as Windows and UNIX.
• Configured & Installed Sun Messaging Server.
• Expertise in solutions deployment with web technologies like Weblogic server, and web servers including Apache, iPlanet/Sun and IIS.
• Excellent working knowledge of configuration and implementation of web agents, affiliate agents, application agents configuration and administration.
• Experienced in creating manual entries of directory server using command line, GUI and LDIF files.
• Excellent Java/C/C++/VB.NET programming skills
• Excellent in GUI design and development using VB.NET, JAVA programming.
• Experienced in distributing technologies and client-server architecture environment
• Knowledge of Netegrity IdentityMinder 6.0 in Single Sign On environment configured with Netegrity SiteMinder.
• Thorough in conducting proactive and reactive performance tuning for Operating Systems, Web Agents, Policy Servers, Policy Stores, Key Stores and User Stores.
• Expert in installing, configuring and managing TCP/IP networks and operating systems including Windows Servers (2003/2000/NT4), Sun Solaris, HPUX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server, and Fedora Core, on Intel Pentium/Xeon (32x and 64x) and Ultra Sparc machines.
• Good knowledge of creating UNIX Shell scripts for maintenance of user accounts, batch creation, and cleanup of accounts, memory management and performance of the UNIX servers.
• Experienced in Oracle and SQL Server installation, configuration and troubleshooting.
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts, good communication, analytical skills and team management skills.
• Providing 24*7 supports as per the company requirements.
• Goal-oriented, highly motivated and a good team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Operating Systems Windows 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 Hat Enterprise Linux (Adv Server), Novell Netware, Mac 9x / 10x
Directory Servers Sun Java DSEE 6.x,11gR1, iPlanet/SunOne Directory Server 5.x, Directory Proxy Server, Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, ADAM
SSO/IDM Sun Access 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, Netegrity SiteMinder Web Agents 5.5 and 6.0, Netegrity IdentityMinder 6.0
Web Server Apache 1.0.5x, 2.x, IIS 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0, iPlanet/SunOne Web server 5.1/6.1
Application Server Sun Application Server, Tomcat and Weblogic 8.1 and 9
Databases Oracle 9i 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
Connectivity Tools Hummingbird Exceed, Putty, Secure Shell (SSH), Telnet, FTP, Cisco VPN, Terminal Server/RDP, Remote Admin, PC Anywhere, VNC, Xmanager
Reporting/Case Tools HP Open View Service Desk (OVSD), eClarify Workflow Management (WFM), ER-Win, Crystal Reports 9 and 10, Developer 2000
Database Tools Quest Live Reorg, BRTools, Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control, Recovery Manager (RMAN), Oracle iSQL Plus, SQL Loader, Designer/Developer 6i/2000, Veritas Net Backup / Backup Exec, Data Backup (Tape Libraries, Autoloaders and Tape drives)

Education Qualification:

B.Tech in Information Technology

Work Experience

Confidential,Richardson, TX June 2008 – Now
Role: LDAP/WebSSO Engineer

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 Siteminder Web Agents with IIS v5/6 and Apache v2 web servers.
• Worked with the team for implementation and upgradation of new releases and related technologies within change management processes.
• Worked with the team for implementation and upgradation of new releases and related technologies within change management processes.
• Responsible for Sun ONE directory server administration, directory maintenance and replication of the directory server and consistently improved LDAP performance, and high availability.
• Installed and configured Sun Directory Server 6.3.
• Installed and configured Sun Proxy Server 6.3
• 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.
• Configured Siteminder Policy Server with key and policy stores stored within a Sun One directory server
• Configured web agents with policy servers, schemes, user sessions, rules, and responses to protect, manage, authenticate and authorize.
• 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
• Enabling replication and creating replication agreements
• Adding/modifying new entries in directory server.
• Creating access permissions for entries in directory server. Reconfiguring and tuning new instances of directory server with backup files
• Reconfiguring directory server replication between multi master’s, hubs and consumers.
• Rotating backup and log files.
• Enabling secure connections between directory servers using SSL.
• Monitoring access/audit/error logs.
• Auditing/tuning database for better performance of directory server.
• 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
• Recovery of directory server.

Environment:
Master Status: Multi-Master.
Operating System: Sun Solaris v8/9/10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IIS v5/6, Apache v2.
Directory Server: Sun One Directory Server 6.3.
Policy Server: Netegrity Siteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0
Programming Languages: shell scripting, Perl.

Confidential,NewJersey, NJ June 2006 – May 2008
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
• Maintained authentication 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
• Performed installations and configuration of SunOne, Apache and IIS web servers
• Monitor directory server file systems, diskspace, server processes and performed server tuning
• Ensure high reliability of the system and recoverability planning and implementation
• Conducting proactive and reactive performance tuning for operating systems, policy agents and 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.
• Integrated LDAP with Netegrity SiteMinder to access user stores and policies
• Configured user sessions to support for single and multiple domains SSO
• Conducted proactive performance tuning for operating systems, webagent, policy servers, policy stores and user stores to meet and maintains operational requirements (process, thread, connection, and cache)
• Involved in designing, implementing LDAP architecture, replication, chaining, and data synchronization etc
• Responsible for SiteMinder administration, implementation and configuration of Netegrity SiteMinder 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 cache management
• 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
• Monitored load balancing and failover of policy store and LDAP, replication of LDAP and directory maintenance
• Worked with the team for redesigning of enterprise directory services architecture, including schema, and replication design from gathering user requirements through the design and deployment stages of the new test environment
• Recommend and reviewed test planning/test strategies/approaches and control mechanism
• Handled communication with vendor for new product release and upgrades for existing system
• Invited and evaluated other vendor products on same line and provide details to management for helping in adoption and pricing options
• As an active member of team, responsible for training and delivery of group presentation on SiteMinder security planning to all employees
• 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: Solaris v8/9 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000
Web Server: IIS v5/6, Apache v2.
Directory Server: Sun One Directory Server v5.1/5.2
Policy Server: Netegrity Siteminder Policy Server v5.5 and 6.0
Programming Languages: shell scripting, Perl.

Confidential,Hyderbad, India Jan 2004 – Feb 2006
Position: Site Minder/Network Administrator.

• Setup Sun One Directory Server and Siteminder Web Agent in a Windows 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 tree structures from Siteminder perspective to merge and migrate authorization groups and external users.
• Analyzed system problems to determine their root cause then develop solutions including, potentially new configurations, advice for software or scripts and documentation as required mitigating future occurrences in Siteminder.
• Involved with the LDAP team in the LDAP replication of the iPlanet directory server 5.1.
• Designed the 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, systems administrators and developers) on how to use and configure Siteminder, Web server installation and configuration (NES, IIS, Apache).
• Administered and built Windows NT and 2000 server systems.
• Managed server backup and restoration using Legato backup software.
• Built and upgraded servers according to client specifications.
• Created database for server inventory purposes utilizing Access.
• Administered and managed Active Directory 2000 for various business departments.
• Utilized performance optimization and system monitoring to resolve server and network issues.
• Utilized VMware workstation for workstation and server testing.
• Created websites, built and configured IIS web servers for equities globally.
• Involved in Remote Administration of servers through terminal server.

Environment: Windows 2000, IIS 5.0, Siteminder 4.5.