SUMMARY

• Over all 8.6 years of experience in WebSphere administration in Installing, Administering, Tuning, Troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere MB & IBM HTTP server, IIS and Apache HTTP Server.
• Experienced in Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.5, WebSphere MQ 6.x/7.0, WebSphere MB 6.x/7.0 & JBoss 5.0 on AIX, LINUX & Windows.
• Created multiple Profiles on WebSphere Application server 6.x/7.0/8.5 and federated multiple nodes to the Deployment Manager.
• Experienced in installation and configuration of IBM HTTP Server and Plug - in 6.x/7.0/8.5.
• Experienced in creating Clusters and configuring Workload Management (WLM), High Availability and Scalability of WebSphere Application Servers & Queue managers.
• Configured the Web server, session management and virtual hosts for WebSphere Application Server and integrating IBM HTTP Server with IBM WebSphere Application server on different platforms.
• Extensive experience in deployment of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Servers of WebSphere MQ in Development, QA, Pre-production and production environments.
• Created Queue Managers, Queues, channels and configured Listener ports in Distributed environment setup in different regions like Development, QA, Pre-production and Production.
• Involved in creation of multiple Execution Groups and .Bar files deployment has been performed on different Execution groups in using WMB tool kit, command line, scripts and tools.
• Implemented version Migration Tasks for WebSphere Application server, WebSphere MQ & MB, IBM HTTP Server and Plugins.
• Monitoring and maintenance of Queue Managers, Queues, Channels and Listeners.
• Worked on applying Fix packs in WebSphere Application server, WebSphere MQ & MB and Migration of operating system from AIX & Solaris to Linux platforms.
• Understanding the business requirements, Design documents and Technical specifications of the Application.
• Configured the WebSphere Application Server resources like JDBC Providers, JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pooling to connect to Database servers.
• Worked on configuring and Automating Jenkins tool for Deployment of .ear files on JVM’s, .bar files on EG’s, JVM restarts, EG restarts, and file system cleanup.
• Experienced in Change coordination, involved in Change management & Incident management, interacting with respective application teams, senior onsite system engineers and third party vendors for application & infrastructure upgrades on Production, Pre-production and ST and UIT environments.
• Resolving incidents like high CPU utilization alerts, Hung threads, Out of memory issues, JDBC connection pool exceeding, disk space full issues, application slow response or 500 errors and more.
• Good understanding and knowledge on Linux/AIX administering and basic trouble shooting of L1 tasks.
• Working on file systems creation, modification, mounting & un mounting file systems and basic trouble shooting on file system issues.
• Scheduling corn jobs & Installation of packages using YUM and RPM
• Determine outage (e.g. database, server, operating systems and network) impact on applications, and planning system outages.
• Involving in weekly DR activities, High priority incident Bridge calls and incident management.
• Working as a Project lead taking care of Daily, weekly reports, Chairing Daily huddle meetings, Team meetings and shift assignments.
• Ensure every ticket is being walked from inception to satisfactory completion in the defined SLA’s with the best quality of response and resolution.
• Continue to look for client requests and ensure they are followed up on promptly and getting technically rich responses.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application Servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 6.x/7.0, 8.5 ND, Red-Hat Jboss 5.0.

Message Queue: IBM WebSphere MQ & IBM WebSphere Message Broker.

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server 6.x/7.0/8.5. IIS, Apache HTTP Server.

Operating Systems: AIX, Linux, Windows NT/2000.

Databases: DB2/Oracle/SQL Server.

Monitoring Tools: Dynatrace, Application Manager (AppMan) and Tivoli monitoring tool.

Automation Tool: Jenkins.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Web Sphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Working on Migration from WebSphere Application Server ND to WebSphere Application server Standalone 8.5.
• Involved in installation of WebSphere application Server standalone 8.5.5 and IBM HTTP server 8.5 in Linux environment.
• Created Admin agent profiles and registered multiple nodes with the admin agent.
• Configured the WebSphere Application Server resources like JDBC Providers, JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pooling to connect to Database servers.
• Deployment of applications on WebSphere Application Servers using Scripts and Jenkins.
• Implemented Global security and configured LDAP (Micro soft Active Directory).
• Working on Implementing SSL in WebSphere Application Server, Mule, and other JAVA components.
• Working on Mule Soft administration, configuration and Deploying applications.
• Working on Rabbit MQ administration.

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.5, WebSphere MQ 6.x/7.0 & MB 6.x/7.0 on AIX/LINUX/Windows.
• Created multiple Profiles on WebSphere Application server 6.x/7.0/8.5 and creating and configuring WMQ Objects and Monitoring and Maintenance of Queue Managers, Queues, Channels and Listeners
• Experienced in creating Clusters and configuring Workload Management (WLM), High Availability and Scalability of WebSphere Application Servers, WebSphere MQ, & WebSphere MB.
• Experienced in installation and configuration of IBM HTTP Server and Plug-in 6.x/7.0/8.5.
• Extensive experience in deployment of applications on WebSphere Application Servers, WebSphere MQ, & WebSphere MB.
• Configured the WebSphere Application Server resources like JDBC Providers, JDBC Data Sources and Connection Pooling to connect to Database servers.
• Installing fix packs for Web Sphere Application Server WebSphere MQ, & WebSphere MB
• Implemented Security using Role based Administration (Monitor, Operator, Configurator and Administrator).
• Experience in Troubleshooting using log files, traces, and error corrections using Log analyzer.
• Using Dynatrace tool to get the trigger alerts after crossed the threshold limit.
• Working as a Change coordinator, involved in Change management & Incident management interacting with respective application teams and third party vendors for application & infrastructure upgrades on Production, Pre-production and ST and UIT environments.
• Resolving incidents like high CPU utilization alerts, Hung threads, Out of memory issues, JDBC connection pool exceeding, disk space full issues, application slow response or 500 errors and more.
• Knowledge on full SDLC starting from requirement collection, design, development, testing, delivery and support.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ &IBM MB, IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, Linux, AIX, Windows, Oracle, DB2, Jenkins.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.5 on AIX/LINUX/Windows.
• Involved in creating and configuring WMQ Objects and Monitoring and Maintenance of Queue Managers, Queues, Channels and Listeners.
• Supporting different environments like Dev, Test, UAT, Pre-Prod, and Prod.
• Involved in RCA preparation for Sev1, Sev2 as per the client requirement.
• Implemented Migration from version WebSphere Application Server ND 7.1 to WebSphere Application Server ND 8.5.
• Provided full administrative support for both Development and Test environment projects included object setup, testing, problem determination, and HA configuration testing using Clusters
• Monitoring and maintenance of Queue Managers, Queues, Channels and Listeners.
• Using tools like monitoring tool—Tivoli, Dynatrace.
• Automation tools Blade logic and Jenkins for Deployment and Configuration changes.
• Alert system to get the trigger alerts after crossed the threshold limit.
• Automation deployments using Scripts for WAS &WMB.
• Created new Execution Groups in MB as per client requirements.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ &IBM MB, Apache HTTP Server, IIS, Linux, Windows, Oracle.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

WebSphere Application Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating and managing WebSphere environment variables for data source and JDBC driver path.
• Experienced in applying patches for WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server. Configured Web Server interfaces virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Server.
• Implemented Security using Role based Administration (Monitor, Operator, Configurator and Administrator).
• Worked on assigned tickets for configuration changes in dmgr console, restarting the services, deployment of application, ldap users managements, setting up security for Websphere, analysis of JVM logs, submit, manage, monitor PMR, GC related issues, analysis of heap & thread dumps, analysis of JVM performance with TPM, configuration backup, updating fix packs, production changes, IHS related issues, httpd.conf and plugin-cfg.xml file changes, IHS access and error log analysis.
• Work on assigned incidents for production server alerts of high CPU utilization, IHS request monitoring, disk space full issues, application slow response or 500 errors, etc.
• Involving in weekly DR activities and maintenance activities on production environment.
• Involved in High priority incident bridge calls to troubleshoot the issues.
• Hands on experience in deployment of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Servers.
• Familiarity and experience with various procedures and policies required for escalation and outage resolution with strong documentation skills.
• Hands on with WebSphere Application Server on multiple platforms.
• Assembled and deployed the application in Dev/Stage/QA/PreProd/Prod.
• Troubleshooting using log files, traces, and error corrections using Log analyzer.
• Prioritize the time sensitive and project critical requests and handle them with due diligence and no major escalations. Provide RCA-ICA (Root Cause Analysis and Immediate Corrective Action) for any of the issues.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, IIS, Windows, AIX, Linux, Oracle.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

WebSphere Application Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, Configuring, Administering and Documenting WebSphere application server Network Deployment 6.0/6.1/7.0 on AIX/Linux/Windows platforms.
• Involved in creating Clusters (horizontal and vertical) Designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using Workload Management (WLM).
• Responsible for Web server, Plug-in installation and configuration.
• Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling.
• Experience in deployment of J2EE Applications archives (jar, war, and ear) on WebSphere6.0/6.1 in QA, Pre-production and Production environments.
• Generated http plug-ins configured and moved it to the web servers
• Responsible for maintaining and configuring authentication groups and role based security.
• Installing fix packs for Web Sphere Application Server and IBM HTTP server.
• Worked on CIRATS (Compliance, Issue, Risk, Analysis, and Tracking System) and APARS (Authorized Program Analysis Report system) and Health checks
• Involved in WebSphere Application Server version migration from version 6.1 to 7.0and operating system migration from AIX to Linux.
• Implemented and configured global security using federated repositories and LDAP.
• Experience in Analyzing (Tivoli Performance viewer), Troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application server/Web server errors and logs using the Websphere Log Analyzer tool.
• Enabling Performance Monitoring Service (PMI) and analyzing performance using third party tools.
• Providing 16*5 support and providing 24*7 on call support.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, AIX, Linux, Oracle, DB2.