PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Overall 9 plus years of IT experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of TivoliIdentity Manager (TIM) and Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) and IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM), PingFederate, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBOSS Application Servers,IHS, IIS, Apache Webservers and Tivoli/Microsoft/CA Directory Server.
• Expertise in Installation, Configuration, Deployment and Troubleshooting ofTivoli Identity Manager 5.x and Tivoli Access Manager 6.x, IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) 6.x/7.x and IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM) 7.x/8.x,IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x/8.x/7.x/6.x, BEA/Oracle WebLogic Application Server 10.x/9.x/8.x, JBOSS Application Server 7.x/6.x, WebSphere MQ, Tivoli Directory Server and CA LDAP on AIX, UNIX/LINUX and Windows platforms.
• Expertise in Installation, Configuration and administering LDAP - based directories such asIBM Tivoli Directory Server, Sun One Directory Server and MicrosoftActive Directory.
• Experience in Implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) using IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM).
• Experience in implementing SSO across multiple domains, and created two level of authentication for additional security.
• Expert in Installation, Configuration and Administration of Policy Servers, WebSeal and Proxy Servers using Command Line as well as Scripting on AIX/LINUX/Windows platforms.
• Experience in creating provisioning and de-provisioning policies, Implementation of Identity policies and Password policies, Reconciliation and PasswordSynchronization.
• Experience in designing SSO solutions based upon Security Access Manager and SAML 2.0.
• Expertise in exporting Metadata, creating Adapters, Service Provider connections, Identity Provider connections, replicating configuration archive, importing and exporting SSL certificates in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Expertise in setting up IBM Security Access Manager registry adapter Virtual Member Manager (VMM) for WebSphere federated repositories.
• Experience in Configuration of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) securitybetween the Security Access Manager servers and your user registry server.
• Expertise in Performing day-to-day administration and maintenance of LDAP/ISIM/TAM, daily health checks which involves disk space checking, TAM check, DB status etc.
• Extensive knowledge in migration of ITIM 5.1 to ISIM v6.0 and ITAM 6.1 to ISAM 8.
• Hands on experience on all the PingFederate OAUTH grant types to get the access token in order to access the protected API (Application Program Interface).
• Extensive knowledge in Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM).
• Integrated with third party Adapters like SiteMinder, RSA adapter to accept the SmSession, RSA token and generate the SAML (standard assertion markup language).
• Experience in Creating ACL and attach ACL's to users and groups and experience in creating and configuring WebSeal instances.
• Good Experience in Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of SiteMinder Components like Policy Server, Policy Store, Key Store, Audit Store, Session Store and Token Store.
• Expertise in implementation of Single Sign on (SSO) to external web applications by configuring SiteMinder affiliate agents on the web servers designated for affiliate customers by using SAML Federation.
• Experience in automation of administrative tasks using bash, Power Shell Scripting, WLST, JYTHON and JACL.
• Expert in implementing workload Management (WLM) by using cluster techniques including Horizontal and Vertical clusters for failover and backup/recovery processes.
• Extensive knowledge in J2EE concepts (EJB, Servlets, JSP, JNDI, JMS), Java2.0, JDBC, Java Beans, RMI, CORBA, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL JDBC Connection and Thread Pools.
• Experience in using IBM Tivoli performance viewer to monitor application resources, WAS runtime components and implementing Cache on IBM WebSphere application server to improve the performance in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Strong Experience with Relational databases like ORACLE, DB2 and MySQL Server.
• Expertise in troubleshooting various problems in different stages of production using log files.
• Involved in executing Change Request, Problem Request and resolving tickets in the shortest possible time, with the best quality of response.
• Provided On-call coverage and demanding 24x7production support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server 8.X/7.X/6.x, Microsoft IIS, Apache

Application Servers: WebSphere Application Server 8.X/7.X/6.X, Oracle WebLogic Application Server, JBOSS Application Server, BEA WebLogic Application Server

Identity Management: IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Manager, CA Identity Minder, Sun Identity Manager.

Identity and Access Management: IBM Tivoli Access Manager, CASiteMinder, PingFederate.

Programming languages: C, C++, Java, HTML5/CSS3, XML, VB Script, bash, Shell, Power Shell and Perl

Operating Systems: Windows, AIX, Solaris, Red Hat, Linux

Web Technologies: TML, DHTML, XML, SAML, XSLT, WSDL, SOAP, PHP

Database Management: MySQL, MS Access, Oracle10g/11g/12c, SQL Server 2005, 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Sr. WebSphere Admin/ Tivoli Security

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager(TIM) 6.0/5.0, IBM Tivoli Access Manager(TAM) 8.0/7.0/6.0,IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5, IHS Webserver, Tivoli Directory Server (TDS), Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) on UNIX/LINUX platforms.
• Created provisioning and de-provisioning policies, Implemented Identity policies and Password policies, Reconciliation and Password Synchronization for ITIM/ISIM.
• Provided access management solutions by implementingSSO using SAML Authentication.
• Created ACL and attach ACL's to users and groups, created configured Web Seal instances.
• Created WebSeal junctions for backend applications.Provide routine WebSeal log monitoring and log management.Generated reports for TAM and Related applications.
• Performed day-to-day administration tasks and maintenance of Tivoli Directory Server(TDS)/TIM/TAM.
• Created WebSeal Junctions and configured with web applications and enabled authentication mechanism for various Applications.
• Implemented Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL to receive SAML Assertion from Identity Providers and Single Sign On to 3rd party application system.
• Configured and supported SAML based Identity & Service Provider connections.
• Installed, Customized Tivoli Access Manager combo adapter and ACF2 LDAP based adapter.
• Installing Fix packs / Security fixes on ISAM components as required.
• Involved in the migration of ITIM 5.1 to ISIM v6.0 and ITAM 6.1 to ISAM 8.
• Configured all the applications to the centralized login page (SSO page) which come from the Login Servers and troubleshooting the login issues related to that.
• Hands on with administration, configuration of IBM DataPower XA35, XS40, XI50.
• Installed and Configured Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security between the Security Access Manager servers and your user registry server.
• Used to capture the SAML Assertion's. Created custom SAML 2.0 assertion's for SSO federated environments. Involved in troubleshooting SAML integration issues.
• Good understanding of Network Security based technologies such as Cryptography, Firewalls, VPN and Proxy servers.
• Created and configured junctions in Identity security Access manager.
• Automated administrative tasks using bash, Power Shell Scripting, WLST, JYTHON and JACL.
• Developed shell scripts for backing up current setup and upgrading between different versions.
• Performed PingFederate Performance tuning for supporting heavy traffic.
• Hands on experience with IIS, IBM IHS, Apache Web servers and IBM WebSphere Application server in Identity and access management environment.
• Experience in using Unix/Linux utilities for analyzing logs, and trouble-shooting the applications with Application servers and Security/Identity management servers.
• Performed Disaster Recovery Test for every half year.
• Worked as a part of 24x7 on call support for production team.

Environment: IBM Security Identity Manager 6.1, Tivoli Access Manager 6.1, IBM Security Access Manager 8.0, Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM), SAML 2.0, OAUTH 2.0, IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3, Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI), DB2, Windows, Linux, WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5, Active Directory, Shell Scripts.

Confidential, Springfield, MO

Sr. WebSphere Admin

­­Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0/8.5,IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM BPM, Web Servers (Apache HTTP Server, IBM HTTP Server) and WebSphere MQ, IIB/MB on UNIX/Windows platforms.
• Migrated existing applications from IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0/8.0 to WAS 8.5on AIX, Linux, Solaris, and windows platform in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Involved in migration of Data Center Servers for installing and configuring Applications
• Coordinating with all other teams, who are all involved in Migration.
• Maintained Load balancing, high availability and Failover functionality.
• Worked as an IBM WebSphere Administrator designing and implementing solutions for Customer Satisfaction and Monitor applications in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Installed, configured, and maintained IBM WebSeal6.x and ISAM 9.x latest version of WebSeal GUI. Created Objects, Junctions, ACL and Groups to WebSeal instance.
• Build, deploy, and administer applications in WAS, WebSphere MQ and Webserver environments.
• Work with Java developers throughout the software development cycle (Dev, Test, and Production) to design, implement, and maintain WebSphere websites throughout B2C applications.
• Configured database resources like JDBC Providers, Data sources, and security resources like JAAS authentication (J2C) aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2.
• Work with Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV), Wily Introscope, Dynatrace to identify performance bottlenecks including application memory leaks, server process degradation.
• Expertise in configuring security and setting Single Sign on using CA Siteminder and PingFederate
• Configuration and Monitoring of the servers for Performance optimization.
• Generating Heap Dump and Thread Dumps during Out of Memory Exception. Analyzing the generated dumps using IBM tools like Heap Analyzer, Thread Analyzer.
• Installed SSL certificates at the IHS and Application Server using IKEYMAN tool and gsk7cmd.
• Provide leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.
• Planning and configuring new internal & external websites.
• Scripting using Shell and Jython to make some procedure automation.
• Maintaining updated documentation of all the Servers and the installed applications and patches.
• Played major role in Upgradation of SiteMinder environment from 6.x to 12.x.
• Created a new stage environment which included installation of policy server and creation of new LDAP Directory Server instances to replicate the upgradation of SiteMinder in production.
• Responsible for maintaining the SunOne LDAP as a Policy Store which was running in a clustered environment using multi-master replication agreement.
• Involved in Application Development by using connector configurations like delimited, JDBC, Active Directory, LDAP, People soft, ACF2 etc in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Used SharePoint document libraries and lists for document management and for intranet activities.
• Worked closely with Java developers to troubleshoot critical Java applications. This includes reviewing application error logs, Java code and making recommend code changes in order to fix critical issues in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Responsible for Implementation and periodic testing and support of Web Environments with respect to High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Conduct feasibility studies for existing and emerging technologies.
• Implementation of project requests, including new/upgrade instances and installs for the Business.
• Monitoring of escalated requests from RTB1/2 (run the bank L1/2).
• L3 Service support, closure of incident tickets and finding out the root cause.
• Worked with different teams (Application, Database, Networking, UNIX teams) in investigating the root cause of the issues and finding out the permanent fix to the issues.
• Investigate and resolve technical infrastructure and server problems.
• Analyzed log files to detect and troubleshoot server and application problems. Used the Trace feature to resolve issues.
• Created IBM PMRs and worked closely with IBM for resolving multiple issues.
• Managed daily production problems, ensuring effective and timely resolution and communications to the customer in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Carry out bug fixes and/or report bugs back to the development team.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server,IIB, Apache Tomcat, Sun Solaris, Linux, AIX, IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, LDAP, Wily Introscope, Dynatrace, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Oracle 10g, DB2, Sybase, Jython.

Confidential, Bentonville, AK

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.X, Web Servers (Apache HTTP Server, IBM HTTP Server) and WebSphere MQ on AIX/LINUX/Windows platforms in both Production and Non-Production Environments.
• Responsible for Installation and Configuration of IBM HTTP Server and Plug-in.
• Hands on in Creating, configuring and administering profiles, nodes and node agents on WebSphere Application Server and managed cells using Deployment Manager.
• Hands on experience in creating Clusters and configuring Work Load Management (WLM), High Availability and Scalability of WebSphere Application Servers.
• Configured the WebSphere Application Server resources like JDBC Providers, JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pooling to connect to Database servers.
• Extensive experience in deploying and administering applications in WAS, WebSphere MQ and Web Server environments.
• Created Queue managers, Queues and channels and other MQ objects and setup JNDI for the JMS applications to interact with MQ.
• Automated application install, uninstall and application enhancements, managed cron jobs and job scheduling using shell scripts.
• Installed SSL certificates at the IHS and Application Server using IKEYMAN tool.
• Monitored Applications and WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuned the system - caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB connection Pooling.
• Ran performance tests using Soap UI by deploying sample application in the IBM ODM 8.8 platform.
• Monitored the health of the JVM taking Thread Dumps and analyzing the stack trace these helped in performing Root Cause Analysis.
• Managed daily production problems, ensuring effective and timely resolution and communications to the customer in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Carried out bug fixes and/or report bugs back to the development team.
• Worked as a part of 24x7 on call support for production team.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM BPM, IBM ODM, Apache, IBM WebSphere MQ , Linux, AIX, IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, LDAP, Tivoli Performance Viewer, Oracle 10g, DB2, Jython, JACL, Shell Script.

Confidential. Wayne, NJ

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed WebLogic Server administration tasks such as installing, configuring, monitoring and performance tuning on LINUX and Windows platforms.
• Responsible for installing SSL certificates on Apache and Sun One Web Servers.
• Developed Application deployment, Server restart, WebLogic Health Monitoring scripts for Oracle WebLogic in Clustered & Non-Clustered environments.
• Managing and Monitoring the JVM performance by WebLogic Heap Size, garbage collection, JDBC Pools.
• Configured Execute Threads, Connection Pools and JMS Bridges etc. for different components of the retailed applications.
• Ensured application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name, and Application Server connection pooling (DB2) including identification and documentation.
• Performed deployment and administration of J2EE application like EAR, WAR and JAR files.
• Installed, configured, administered and supported JBOSS on RedHat Linux Environments.
• Deployment and troubleshooting of JAR, WAR, and EAR files on both stand alone and clustered environment in JBOSS 4.x/5.x WebLogic 10.x/11.x and Apache tomcat 6.0.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance for production, development, QA and training environments.
• Configured Clusters, Server groups and Cloning for improved availability and failover capacity.
• Configured global security in WebLogic using LDAP authentication.
• Developed UNIX & WLST scripts to perform automated deployments.
• Provided On-call coverage and demanding 24x7production support.

Environment: WebLogic Application Server, JBOSS Application Server, Apache Web Server, Sun One Web Server, JDBC, JNDI, JMS, XML, HTML, JYTHON, WLST scripts, RedHat Linux, Windows.

Confidential

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and Administration of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 6.0/6.1on LINUX/Windows platforms.
• Installed and Configured IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server.
• Experience in Installing and Configuring Web Server Plug-in and Generating HTTP Plug-ins and moving it to the Web Servers.
• Involved in creating clusters (both horizontal and vertical), Designing WebSphere Application Server Load Balancing and Fail Over by using Work Load Management (WLM).
• Deployed various types of application packages including JAR, EAR and WAR files on WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1.
• Responsible for troubleshooting networking issues, opening tickets for DNS changes, firewall requests.
• Deployed the applications in Testing, Staging and Production Environments, following change management practices.
• Configured and administered JDBC Connection Pools and JDBC Data Sources on WebSphere Application Server in both Production and Non-Production environments.
• Experience in Troubleshooting using log files, traces and error corrections using Log analyzer.
• Documented all procedures and other important issues.
• Provided 24X7 application support for clients with a rotational shift.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 6.x, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, JDBC, JDK1.5, XML, LINUX, Windows.