SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of infrastructure Webhosting, Middleware and Azure consultant experience in ever increasing levels of responsibility and expertise in a wide range of IT disciplines specializing in Application Server, Webserver in all facets of Cloud, SOA Architecture, Design, administration, maintenance, Integration including Installation and Configuration.
• Expertise in supporting enterprise based distributed applications over a wide range of operating environments across several web forms on a 24/7 rotation basis for high volume, secure transactions and Web services.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (PaaS & IaaS), Application Insights, Document DB, Internet of Things (IoT), Azure Monitoring, Key Vault, Visual Studio Online (VSO) and SQL Azure.
• Supported 280 applications which includes external and internal websites and resolved end to end issues
• Good experience with Websphere on suse Linux(S/390) and Z/OS.
• Experienced in Installation and Configuration of IBM WebSphere Application server V 6.1/7.X/8.x/9.x IBM HTTP Server, IIS on AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows platforms.
• Experienced in installation and configuration of Apache Tomcat versions 4.1/5.5/6.X/7.x/8.x.
• Excellent working noledge of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and Web services technologies.
• Experienced in installation and configuration of Weblogic 9.x/10.x/12.x and Oracle Web center interaction v10.3.0
• Experienced in installation and configuration of JBOSS application server v 6.x/7.x on Linux servers
• Good Working Knowledge on installation and maintaining Data Power appliances.
• Worked in container - based technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and Openshift
• Good Working Knowledge on Chef and Puppet.
• Good experience with container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker Hub and Docker-registries and Kubernetes.
• Had very strong exposure using ansible automation in replacing the different components of Openshift like ECTD, MASTER, APP, INFRA, Gluster.
• Installed, configured WebSphere Portal Server, Sun Java System Portal Server 6.0 in a clustered environment.
• Experienced with Autanticated “Single sign-on” that allows authorized individuals to log on to multiple portal applications all at once without the need to remember multiple IDs and passwords and sign on to each application individually.
• Experienced in integration of Siteminder with IIS and WebSphere.
• Experienced in Mule Administration, Configuration, & Tuning with MuleSoft MMC & Enterprise release capabilities.
• Successful implementations of Workload Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering techniques including Horizontal and Vertical Cloning for failover and backup/recovery processes.
• Evaluated, Installed and migrated IBM WebSphere MQSeries versions.
• Experienced in defining synchronized and persistent IBM MQSeries Queue Manager, Channel Mangers and Queues.
• Experience in J2EE (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMS), Java2.0, JDBC, Java Beans, RMI, CORBA, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL.
• Good understanding of APIGEE Architecture .
• Experience in Development and debugging of java/j2EE applications.
• Proficiency with configuration and maintenance of NFS, DNS, NIS/NIS+, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP and Networking with TCP/IP.
• Familiarity and experience with various procedures and policies required for escalation and outage resolution with Strong documentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: IBM AIX 4.3/4.5/5.x/6.x, SUN Solaris 2.7/2.8/2.9, LINUX (REDHAT), Windows NT/ 2003/2008/2012/2016 server, Windows XP/98/95, AS400, HP.

Application/Web Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 3.5/4.0/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x, Web logic 9.x/10.x/12.x, Apache Web Server 1.2.2/1.3/2.0/2.2, IBM HTTP Server 6.x/7.x/9.x IIS, iPlanet Directory Server, Netscape Enterprise Server, IBM MQ 5.3/6.0/7.x/8.x/9.x,.Tomcat 4.1/5.5/6.x/7.x/8.x.

Database: ORACLE 8i/9i/10g/11g, DB2/UDB 7.2/8.0, SQL Server 6.5/7.0/2000, MS-Access 2000, Sybase.

Programming Languages: J2EE (EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JMS), JNDI, Perl, C/C++, JavaScript, COBOL, SQL, HTML, XML, Jython, UNIX Shell Scripts.YAML.

Containers, Clusters: Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift

Cloud Services: AWS,Azure

CI Tools: Jenkins/Hudson, Bamboo, U Deploy, X Deploy, Anthill Pro

Development Tools: IBM WSAD 4.5/5.x, AAT, Web Conferencing.

Network Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, SSL, SMTP, ICMP, IMAP, POP3, NIS, NIS+, NFS, DNS, DHCP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Addison, TX

Responsibilities:

• Created Resource Groups, App services, function apps, App Service Environments, in Azure Portal.
• Managed and Created Storage Account and Affinity Group in Azure Portal.
• Configured custom domains and Integrated docker images in Azure
• Designed and implemented Cloud Service projects and deployed to Web Apps, PaaS, and IaaS.
• Managed Docker orchestration and Docker containerization using Kubernetes.
• Implemented scale out and scale in procedures in Azure.
• Configured Public-IP’s for Azure external applications and configured using GTM’s/LTM’s.
• Utilized Kubernetes for the runtime environment of the CI/CD system to build, test deploy.
• Installed and configured zookeeper on Linux machines.
• Installed and configured WAS9.0.x on Linux Suse12 servers
• Installed and configured WAS8.5.x on Linux Suse servers.
• Migrated applications from WAS 8.5 to Tomcat 7 in Non-prod/Prod environments.
• Installed mule soft tcat on Linux servers
• Configured Site Minder domains and Policies for WAS and Tomcat applications.
• Involved in UNIX patching and WAS fix pack upgrades.
• Configured reverse proxy on Apache servers.
• Configured SSL certs in F5 LTM’s.
• Cloned azure app services using Azure portal.
• Worked on the Mule API Gateway for the application of policies to API as well for managing the security. Also worked with the Proxy settings using the API Gateway for the API’s.
• Supported build and deployment services in Mule ESB server.
• Worked on POC of high-end APIGEE innovative proxies and On-boarding APIs.
• Captured and analyzed TCP dumps.
• Operated on several prototype OpenShift projects involving clustered container orchestration and management.
• Installed Apache and iplanet web server proxy front-end for Application Servers.
• Configured F5 VIPS and irules.
• Used Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling and management of Docker Containers.
• Worked on Chef to automate deployments.
• Configured redirects in F5 using F5 select pool.
• Participated in JVM performance tuning. involved in CI integration using Build Forge
• Involved in P2V virtualization project and migrated WebSphere from physical servers to new VMs.
• Provided 24/7 pager/on call support for production applications on weekly rotation basis.
• Worked closely with project managers/architects to design new projects and tools.
• Worked closely with developers to resolve WebSphere/Tomcat issues.
• Interacted with vendors to implement new technologies and tools as per business requirements.

Lead Middleware Systems Consultant

Confidential, Eagan, MN.

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WAS 7.x/8.5.x on AIX servers.
• Installed and configured MQ Series 7.0.0.16 on Aix and iSeries servers.
• Migrated applications WAS 6.1 to 7.0 in Non-prod/Prod environments.
• Configured Queue mangers and Queues including local queues, alias queues, channels, queue depth, clustering queues.
• Supported myprime.com and myprimemail.com 1 billion revenue generating websites for online pharmacy prescriptions.
• Involved in SSL certificates upgrades.
• Participated in JVM performance tuning.
• Participated in application design and architecture in SOA method.
• Supported Adobe CQ applications.
• Introduced Puppet configuration management, standardised server builds using Cobbler and Redhat kickstart
• Installed and configured Multi-instances Queue Managers.
• Worked on POC project for Data Power integration with Web services.
• Supported and configured Nastel Auto Pilot project
• Participated in Architectural designs meetings for new applications
• Installed JBOSS EWS 2.x on RHEL machines and integrated with Web Seal servers..
• Worked closely with F5 and network teams to setup a new DNS and Load Balancing for applications.
• Interacted with vendors to implement new technologies and tools as per business requirements.

Environment: IBM Websphere Application Server 6.1/7.0/8.x, IBM MQ v 7.X, IBM HTTP server7.x, AIX, Z/OS, QPASA, TFIM, TAM, Sitescope, DB2,SQL,Oracle,Jacl and,Nastel, Adobe CQ, Windows2008.

Middleware Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured apache v 2.2.14 on Linux Red hat servers.
• Installed and configured Oracle Web Center Interaction 10.3.0 on Linux servers.
• Installed and configured WAS 6.1.0.27 on Linux servers.
• Installed and configured Aqualogic6.5 for AARP application.
• Installed and administered iPlanet Sun one Web servers 6.0 on Red Hat Linux
• Installed and configured JBoss EWS1.1 for AARP
• Installed and configured tomcat v6.0.24 on Linux servers.
• Worked with SAN engineers to replace LUNs on HP servers.
• Implemented oracle RAC for AARP portal application.
• Worked on content export and import from production to dev environments by using publisher tool.
• Provided 24/7 support for production applications.
• Configured new dev environment for AARP application.
• Developed new scripts for apache cron jobs.
• Followed change management process and implemented the production changes.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server6.1, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle Web Center Interaction, Aqualogic, JBoss, Oracle, Linux Red hat.

Sr Middleware Engineer

Confidential, Eagan, MN

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WAS6.1/7.x on Linux and Aix servers.
• Installed and configured MQ Series V 6.0.2.3/2.7/2.9 on Linux and Aix servers.
• Participated in POCs (Multi instance Queue managers, active MQ).
• Designed and implemented SOA compliant management and metrics infrastructure for WebSphere ESB infrastructure utilizing the SOA management components.
• Well experienced in Configuring Queue managers and queues using Websphere MQ explorer and Websphere MQ administrator (M071).
• Administered complex SOA based WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Application Server application in various Environments.
• Involved in solution designs for new projects
• Worked on UNIX shell scripts, JACL scripts that automate the WebSphere Administration (recycling the application server, deleting old versions, checking versioninfo, logs rotation, etc.)
• Applied IBM WAS fixes on Content Tech/Small systems/Middle Tier blades.
• Installed MQ V 7.0 and Configured Queue Managers on new Linux build servers.
• Developed a script to remove WebSphere and MQ rpm packages for LINUX/AIX servers.
• Migrated WAS 6.1.0.15 to 6.1.0.31 on Linux/windows servers.
• Installed and configured MQ broker 6.x/7.x on Linux blades.
• Worked and participated in design of tomcat applications.
• Installed Qpasa agents on Linux/windows blades and configured alerts for Queue depths,
• Configured Qpasa templates, triggers, actions for queue msgdeqrate and magenqrate.
• Installed and configured WebSphere portal 6.x on Linux blades.
• Installed and configured Jboss application server v 5.x/6.x on Linux blades.

Environment: IBM Websphere Application Server 5.1//6.1, IBM MQ v 5.3/6.X/7.X, IBM HTTP server, Tomcat, Solaris, LINUX SUSE, BIGIP, AIX, Z/OS, QPASA, H.P service manager, Sitescope, Informatica, DB2,SQL,Oracle,Jacl and Windows2003/2008/NT.