SUMMARY

• A Professional over 5 years of IT experience in installation and maintenance of IBM Web Sphere Application Server and Web Sphere Extended Deployment, JBOSS Application Server on AIX, Linux and Windows platforms.
• Proficient in Architecture, Installation, Setup and Configuration of IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.5.5, TOMCAT, JBOSS 4.x,5.x,6.x and IBM Http Server 6.x/7.0.
• Involved in configuring J2EE Enterprise Applications on heterogeneous platforms under multi - cell and multi-node environments.
• Vast experience in deploying applications JAR, WAR, EAR, and maintained Load balancing, High availability and Fail over functionality in clustered environment using admin console in Web Sphere.
• Hands on in Installing and monitoring performance parameters through JON and j console for JBOSS EAP.
• Expertise in Configuration of Network deployment for Centralized Management of Applications.Configuring of JDBC Providers, Data Sources, Virtual Hosts, Global Security, SSL, and LDAP.
• Troubleshooting Production issues, worked on resolving Application Server Hang issues and High memory and CPU issues in Web Sphere Application Server 5.x, 6.x, 7.0.
• Proficient in creating, configuring and administrating binaries, profiles, cells, nodes, node agents, and JVM's for WebSphere Application Server.
• Knowledge on Creating Centralized Installation Manager (CIM) to install product components, apply various types of maintenance, and monitor submitted requests and to create additional installation packages.
• Experience in Installing, Configuring and Administering Web Servers like IBM HTTP Server, Apache and IIS.
• Configured domains, clusters, JDBC Connection Pools, Data sources, JMS Servers. Configure the admin console in JBoss, to use LDAP as the authentication source.
• Experienced in tuning JBOSS in conjunction with hardware load balancing.
• Troubleshooting Jboss deployment related issues while deploying J2EE applications, in the form of EAR, WAR, and JAR files.
• Installed Oracle JDBC driver, Configured XA data sources and Non-XA data sources, enabled database security by configuring security domains and mapping them to data sources.
• Configured connection pools, enabled validations and time-outs for data sources, tuned the data source parameters to improve the performance.
• Provided on-call Production Support (24x7), monitoring and maintaining multiple Applications in Development, TEST, QA, Staging and Production Environments.
• Strong Inter-personal skills, written and verbal communication and facilitation skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, C, C++, C#, SQL, Visual Basic

Tools: Tivoli Monitoring 5.2v & 6.1v, ITCAM, Maximo, TADDM, TSRM., Net cool Omni Bus, SRM Tool, and HP Open view Asset center & Service Center.

Application Servers: WebSphere Application Server 6.1, 7.5,8.0,8.5.5 ND, WAS Liberty, JBoss 5.1.0.GA, EAP 6.0

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, DHTML, XSLT, CSS

Database: Oracle 9i, 10g, DB2 / SQL Server-2005

Web Servers: IBM Http Server v6.1/v7.1, Apache Tomcat 5.5

Operating Systems: Windows, AIX, Unix, Linux, Solaris

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - CedarRapids, IA

Jboss Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setup, Installation and Administration of JBoss Application server 6.x/ 5.1/4.2.2 on AIX operating system.
• Implemented vertical and horizontal clustering on JBoss servers for load balancing and high availability
• Managed security and performance optimizations for JBOSS by analyzing process dumps, logs and Heap Analyzer. Optimized performance by Slimming JBoss EAP instances to enhance the performance of business critical applications.
• Automated JBoss Application Server regular administration tasks by using shell scripting
• Configured JBOSS Application server and setup JDBC connection pooling with Oracle. Setup Apache web server with configuration to hook into JBOSS through connector.
• Troubleshooting Jboss deployment related issues.Worked on debugging on performance degradation and out of memory conditions.
• Configured domains, clusters, JDBC Connection Pools, Data sources, JMS Servers.
• Configure the admin console in JBoss, to use LDAP as the authentication source.
• Worked on debugging on java hangs, crashes, bottlenecks in resource pools.
• Used Jboss-CLI to develop basic scripts for automated Jboss administration (startup, shutdown, deploy and clear queues).
• Deployed various J2EE applications (WAR and EAR) using management console, hot deployment and jboss-CLI.
• Setup 1-way, 2-way SSL on both MQ Queue Managers and Message Brokers, and Execution Groups.
• Installed and configured DynaTrace agents for performing analysis of performance tuning using DynaTrace Tool. Upgrade DynaTrace from V5 to V5.5.
• Worked with IBM Support and development teams in resolving issues related to application memory leaks, CPU high usage, analyzing java cores and heap dumps using Thread, Heap, NMON analyzer tools.
• Work with Application teams to understand their middleware requirements, designing flows, creating objects, testing, performance tuning, and finally migrating from Dev-Test- Stage-Prod.
• Deployed applications on Apache tomcat server 7.0.x/8.0.x instances in all environments.
• Strong experience in installing and updating SSL and SSO for data encryption and client authentication between load balancer and web server, web server and application server.
• Used shell scripting for automating deployment/middleware processes.
• Enable global security for application servers and applications.

Environment: Jboss AS /5.1.0/6.0, Jboss EAP 51.1/6.2.0/6.3.0 , IBM HTTP Web server 7.0, Apache tomcat 7.0.x/8.0.x, IBM DB29.1/9.5, Oracle database 9i/10g/11g/12c, WebSphere MQ7.1/7.0.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Jboss and WebSphere administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administered IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.x/7.0/8.x, TOMCAT 4.x/5.x/6.x, JBOSS 5.x, 6.x, and IBM HTTP server 6.1/7.0 on AIX/Windows platform.
• Installed, configured and administered IBM HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server.
• Created groups, users, roles and configured alerts in JON (JBOSS Operations Network) monitoring server.Administered and configuring the monitoring tool like JBOSS operations network, Jconsole, GCviewer.
• Installed & Integrated Apache web server with JBOSS /Tomcat application server using mod jk modules.
• Worked on migration of application from WAS to Tomcat/ JBOSS by participating in all aspects of migration plan starting from Development to production environments. Automated Deployments into Tomcat and JBOSS Application Servers.
• Responsible for setting heap size and GC time settings at the time of running JBOSS application server with an ALL, DEFAULT, HA, Full-HA configuration modes.
• Good experience with Jmeter testing. Worked with JMX-console to monitor the JBOSS parameter values like memory usage or JCA connection Details. Installed & Configured LDAP server with Apache & JBOSS Application server.
• Enabled Web Sphere global security using Local OS and LDAP/LTPA mechanisms. Tuned the JVMs by analyzing the must gather information for Application Server Hangs.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the web server logs.
• Created Self Signed and digital certifications using Ikeyman.
• Generated & Propagated Plugin-Cfg for web servers and Troubleshooted plug-in regeneration problems.
• Experienced in Installing the security certificates and installing Site minder for single sign on (SSO)
• Managed the security and performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications.
• WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server and Apache web server.
• Worked on UNIX shell scripts for log rotation, init scripts for WebSphere and Web Server processes, cronjobs, and shell wrappers for wsadmin scripts.
• Worked closely with Project Managers, Team Leads, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.
• 24x7 on-site operations support for different environments.

Environment: IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.1/7.0/8.5, JBOSS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, Apache Tomcat 6.0, ITCAM 6.1/7.0, TCP/IP, J2EE, JDBC, JavaScript, ORACLE 8i/9i/10g, AIX 5.3/5.2.

Confidential

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed configured and Administrated Web Sphere Application Server 6.1 and IBM HTTP Server. Diagnosed and fixed configuration and installation problems.
• Configured Web Sphere Application Server on multiple platforms for both horizontal and vertical clustering.
• Managed IBM HTTP Server and maintained Plug-in. Deployed J2EE applications onto Web Sphere.
• Customizing the Application as per user requests & Handling Level 1 & Level 2 Support activities for HPOV Asset center, Service center.
• Configuring of JDBC Providers, Data Source, Virtual Hosting, Global Security, SSL, LDAP for server-side application resource.
• Used automated scripts to perform routine management tasks on Web Sphere environments like monitoring disk space, CPU and memory utilization.
• Managing and monitoring the performance of JVM by adjusting the Web Sphere Heap size and garbage collection parameters.
• Handling usability or functional enhancement requests for service center application.
• Supporting infrastructure users.
• Involve in monitoring, shutdown and boot up, Network Support and Trouble Shooting.
• Troubleshooting various problems in different stages of development using logs and with coordination from QA and IBM Development teams.
• Wrote both Shell and Perl scripts for various automations and reports, etc.
• Analyzing infrastructure user’s requests, design, test and execute setup changes as agreed by customer.
• Experience on design and develop extensions for existing infrastructure.
• Customizing the Application as per user requests.
• Assembled and deployed the application in staging, in productions, following change management.
• Enabled Different Components of Trace for problem determination.
• Involved in problem tracing, collection of JVM statistics and garbage collection.
• Provided 24x7 support, monitored trouble ticket queues to attend user calls.

Environment: AIX, Service Center 6.2.4, Web sphere Application Server V6.1/7 ND, JDBC, LDAP Server & IBM HTTP Server, HPOV Asset Center & Service Center 6.2.4

Confidential

Websphere administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience in Installation, Configuration, application Deployment, Clustering administration of IBM’s Web Sphere Application Server (6.1) and Network Deployment (ND).
• Federated Web Sphere Application Server Node to Network Deployment Manager.
• Deployment of EAR & WAR files on Web Sphere Application Server and Network Deployment manager.
• Troubleshooting, Performance tuning and Capacity Monitoring of Applications Servers using log analyzer.
• Carried out modification and reconfiguration of deployed applications in a company.
• Used Heap Analyzer and Thread Analyzer to tune the Web Sphere JVMs.
• Tuned the JVMs by analyzing the must gather information for Application Server Hangs.
• Troubleshooting Admin Server start-up issues, Java code defects after deployment, and class path issues by checking the JVM logs, plug-in logs and the web server logs.
• Configured Web Sphere Application Server in conjunction with DB2, Oracle resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling.
• Federated Web Sphere Application Server Node to Network Deployment Manager.
• Responsible for support and reliable maintenance of the applications on different platforms for on-going application development.
• Created IBM PMRs and worked closely with IBM for resolving multiple issues.
• Extensively worked Web Server installation, configuration and administration on IBM HTTP Server, Apache Server.
• Trouble Shooting all L2 /L3 issues of UAT/Production servers in web sphere by coordinating with developers.

Environment: Windows XP, WAS 6.1-ND, IBM-HIS, Web sphere Application Server V6.1 ND, DB2LDAP Server & IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat 5.5, BMC Remedy AR server.

Confidential

WAS, TSRM, CCMDB Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Installing and Configuring Web sphere 6.1, TSRM 7.2, CCMDB 7.2.
• Federated Web Sphere Application Server Node to Network Deployment Manager.
• Involved in Requirement gathering with the client.
• Created mapping to transfer CI types and Actual CIs from TADDM database to CCMDB database.
• Managed the security and performance optimizations for web applications in IBM Web Sphere and Apache web server.
• Importing CIs from TADDM to CCMDB in DEV and Production servers.
• Running Discoveries and scopes.
• Created CI hierarchy using eclipse for promotion of CIs.
• Configuration of SLAs and Escalations.
• Workflow modifications and Application designer tasks.

Environment: Windows XP, WAS 7-ND, Apache Tomcat 5.5, TSRM 7.2, CCMDB 7.2, Web sphere Application Server V6.1/7 ND.