PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7 years of excellent experience in installations, configurations, deployment and management of enterprise applications using IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5/7.0/6.x/5.x, WebSpherePortal Server 6.1.5/6.x/7.x/8.0/8.5, WebSphere Message Broker 6.0/7.0,JBoss 5.1/6.0, IBM HTTP Server 6/7/8, Apache - Tomcat, SUNONE iplanet 4/6 and IIS Web Servers 4/5/7/7.5on Solaris 9/10, AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6 and Windows NT platforms and setting up teh development, testing and production environments.
• Worked on WebSphere Portal (6.0 to 8.0) since its introduction in teh company.
• Implemented clustering techniques including horizontal and vertical clustering for failover and backup/recovery processes for high availability and performance tuning.
• Proficient experience in Migrating teh existing configuration and applications from WebSphere 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x on AIX 4.5/5.1/5.2, Redhat Linux 6.0/7, Windows 95/98/NT/2K/2003/2008 and UNIX SUN Solaris 8/9/10 operating system environments.
• Good Understanding on teh JVM, garbage collection, heap fragmentation and configured resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, Virtual Hosts, Global Security, MQ Connection Factories and Queue Destinations for connecting applications on WebSphere to WebSphere MQ.
• Performed Bug result Analysis, verified bugs, closed fixed bugs and reopened unfixed bugs.
• Provided efficient 24x7 production support, best practice troubleshooting, monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, naming standards, security and maintenance.
• Opened PMR with IBM and worked with IBM for permanent solutions, determined true problem Management and recommend permanent solutions
• Well experienced in configuring Resources like JDBC Provider, Creating Virtual Hosts, Shared Libraries, JNDI Configurations, EJB References, Creating Environment Variables, and Configuring Session Management
• Migrated existing applications from JBoss 5.x to 6.x in AIX/Linux environments.
• Experience in problem tracing, log management, scripting to invocate problem-determination actions involving traces and thread dumps.
• Good experience in working with Oracle 8.x/9.0/10g, IBM DB2, MS Sql Server, Sybase.
• Deployment and Troubleshooting of JAR, WAR and EAR applications in clustered environment with WebLogic, WebSphere and JBoss.
• Experience with WebSphere scripting using wsadmin, JACL/Jython(recycle teh application server, deploy customer applications, log rotation, monitor applications state, etc), LINUX/UNIX shell scripts for deployment automation, monitoring, startup and shutdown.
• Expert on Incident Management & Problem Management techniques
• Well experienced in setting up Development, Testing, Staging and Production environments.
• Efficiently configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client autantication.
• Good experience in planning, installation and administration of WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker on various platforms like AIX, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and Windows XP/NT/2000/2003
• Expert in deploying J2EE applications on WAS 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x versions using WAS admin console and wsadmin scripting tool.
• Experience in creating, configuring and administrating profiles, nodes, node agents and node groups for WebSphere Application Server.
• Configuring WebSphere Application Server on multiple platforms for both horizontal and vertical scaling for workload Management through deployment manager for load balancing and fail over functions.
• Configured and handled Tivoli Performance Viewer and Resource Analyzer for performance and Log Analyzer for troubleshooting
• Expertise in Tuning of Application Servers byIBM Tivoli Performance viewer, Thread/Heap Analyzer, CAWily Introscope7.x/8.x/9.x by setting teh dynamic cache size and setting teh JVM heap size using collected Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) data.
• Enabling global security for application servers and applications using Single Sign On (SSO) by LTPA mechanism on Secure Way LDAP User Registry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Middleware: WebSphere Portal Server 6.x/6.1.5/7.0/8.0,IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1/7.0/8.5, JBoss 5.x/6.x, WebSphere MQ 6.0/7.0, WebSphere Message Broker 6.1/7.x, SiteMinder 6.0/12.0 WebSphere Commerce server 6.x/7.x, Tomcat 6.x.,JBoss 5.x,6.x.

Database: Oracle 8.x/9.0/10g, Sybase 11.x/12.x, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000, DB2++, MS Access, MySQL.

Hardware/ OS: UNIXSUN Solaris 8,9,10, IBM AIX4.5/5.1/5.2, LINUX (REDHAT V6.0,7, Suse 10.x/11.x), Windows 95/98/NT/2K,2003 and 2008.

Monitoring Tools/Testing: CA Wily Introscope 7.x/8.x/9.x, IBM Tivoli Performance Viewer, Site scope, HP BAC, VSM, Thread/Heap Analyzer.

Java/J2EE/Web technologies: HTML, Java Script, DHTML, XML, CSS, Applets, AWT, JFC (Swing), J2EE, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JMS, AJAX, Java Web Services using .

Network Protocols/Services: UNIX, Windows NT/2000, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI, SOAP, SSL, SMTP, POP3, NFS, DNS, LAN/WAN Hardware, remote access (Meta Frame, Citrix)

Languages: C, JavaScript, SQL, Java, UNIX Shell Scripts, JACL, XMLAccess, Jython, ANT, Python

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Confidential, Holland, MI

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administered IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1/7.0/8.5 and IBM HTTP Server on RHEL 6.x/5.x, AIX 6.x/5.x, Solaris 10/9, and Windows Server 2008/2003.
• Installed, configured and administered IBM WebSphere Application Server 10.x/11g/12c and Apache web servers on RHEL 6.x/5.x, and Windows Server 2008/2003.
• Setup teh Portal environments (Installations, DB transfers, Federation, Cluster setup, Security, virtual portal creation and assign access to virtual resources)
• Enforced logical security application architecture by integrating WebSphere Application Server,
• WebSphere Portal Server, IBM WebServer, LDAP Directory Server, NetegritySiteMinder.
• Setup Global security for teh Admin Console, Single sign-on, and added SSL certificates and signercerts in WebSphere.
• Configured Siteminder TAI in WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal Server.
• Migrated applications from Websphere 6.x/7.x to 8.5
• Experienced in configuring Plug-ins from IIS 7.0 web server to WebSphere application server 7.0.
• Deployed code on Websphere Application Servers 6.1/7.0 &Weblogic 11g/12c and maintained applications.
• Installation and configuring teh Jboss EAP 5.1.2 on Linux Operation Systems and deployment of applications on Linux 6.2.
• Installation and configuration of rhq-enterpriage-agent 3.0.1 for Monitoring teh JBOSS JVMs.
• Installation of Jboss EWS Server and configuration of mod-jk.conf,modcluster.conf, http.conf files in JBoss Environment.
• Worked with start and stop scripts for Jboss Environment.
• Configured Jboss JVMs with heap settings, Log path settings.
• Day to Day Jboss Application deployments and Config files Deployments.
• Trouble Shooting teh Jboss Applcations when teh issue arises.
• Experience in implementing workload management (WLM).
• Involved in installation of fix packs, e-Fixes, and cumulative fixes for WebSphere Application Server 6.1/7.0, IBM HTTP Server products.
• Worked oracle Fusion middleware software like Oracle Access Manager 11g.
• Installed webgate installation on web server and Oracle Developer Framer for supporting Oracle Access manager.
• Configured TAI agent for SSO Modules in Oracle Access Manager.
• Provide support for teh entire cycle of application testing including building applications, deploying, and trouble shooting.
• Configured and maintained Weblogic JDBC connections pools and Data Sources
• Involved in troubleshooting of teh network issues & load balancing traffic routing issues.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configured application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines-as well as deployment of EJBs across multiple instances of Websphere.
• Working noledge and experience in defining plans, tuning, and troubleshooting different flavors of Application servers like WebSphere, JBOSS EAP/SOA-P, Tomcat.
• Good Experience in using JBoss CLI scripting to perform Jboss administrative tasks.
• Involved in migrating external facing applications from IPV4 to IPV6 at network level.
• Expertise in migrating applications from WebSphere 6.0/6.1/7.0 to JBoss EAP 5.x,6.x.
• Involved in installation of fix packs, e-Fixes, and cumulative fixes and all kinds of patches on different flavors of application servers like WebSphere, JBoss& tomcat servers
• Expertise in installing web servers like Apache, IHS, JBoss EWS and configuring plug-ins, mod cluster& mod-jk to route traffic from web server to application server.
• Worked on problem tickets (PMR) with IBM to find TEMPeffective solutions to various problemsand performance issues and applied various WebSphere system related patches, fixes.
• Worked on WCM for portal servers to syndicate content from one environment to teh other.
• Migrated portal artifacts (themes, skins, web modules, pages and URL mappings) between Environments.
• Resolved Portal performance related issues with regards to tuning and WCM configuration.
• Applied fix packs on both WebSphere Application server and Portal Server environments.
• Handled deployment of Java Servlets, Session beans and Entity Beans for each module to respective instances of application servers and web applications.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using teh Admin Console and WSADMIN.
• Testing and profiling to measure teh performance of teh applications.
• Used Wily introscope to monitor Websphere Applications and tuned teh environment accordingly like changing teh JVM Heap size, Connection Pool sizes, Thread pool size.
• Created user roles and groups for securing teh resources using LDAP autantication.
• Performed routine management of Websphere Environment like monitoring Disk Space, CPU Utilization, Out of Memory issues (application memory leaks).
• Experience in opening PMRs with IBM for teh vendor related issues.

Environment: IBM Websphere Application Server 7.x,6.x ND, Websphere MQ 7.x,6.x, JBoss5.x,6.x,Oracle9.x,10g,11g, IBM HTTP Server 1.3.19/1.3.26, IIS 6.0/7.0, Linux, AIX5.2, and Windows Server2000/2003, Wily Introscope 7.x,8.x, J2EE, Jython, JACL scripts, CVS.

Confidential, Portland, OR

WebSphere / Portal Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x, 6.x ND, JBoss5.1 on Linux 6 and Windows 2003 Platforms, carried out migration from WebSphere Application Server 5.x to WebSphere Application Server 6.x.
• Deployed JSP, EAR and EJB components on WebSphere Application Server on a daily basis to different environments (DEV, UAT, LOAD, PRE-PROD, and PROD).
• Enabled teh Global Security System for WAS Administration for console users & groups using Tivoli Access Manager(TAM) as a LDAP user Registry for Autantication.
• Configured and handled Tivoli Performance Viewer and Resource Analyzer for performance and Log Analyzer for troubleshooting
• Used Wily Introscope 7.0 to monitor teh health of various applications.
• Installed and configured remote WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server.
• Manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ.
• Provided 24/7 on rotation customer support as both Primary on call and Secondary on call.
• Worked on Migration of lighter applications from WebSphere to JBoss.
• Embedded CA Wily Introscope profiles, IBM Tivoli Performance Viewer to WebSphere Application Server for performance monitoring.
• Enabled SSO by installing webagent and registering with teh policy servers.
• Developed shell / jython / jacl scripting tools for backups and application deployments.
• Performed JBoss tuning to optimize performance and improve teh JVM performance by tuning teh heap size and resetting teh connection pools.
• Worked closely with developers to define and configure application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines-as well as deployment of EJBs across multiple instances of WebSphere.
• Provided technical support on Clustering, caching, messaging and transactions to support enterprise Java application deployments in JBoss EAP and WebSphere Application server.
• Developed shell scripts to handle everyday Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleanup, everyday system tasks, log rotation etc.
• Designed and implemented all Load Balancer Configurations to provide continuous application availability.
• Accomplished improvement on teh infrastructure performance by tuning parameters such as connection pool size, web container pool size, connection timeout, logging, tracing, web server plug-in properties, OS networking parameters, etc.
• Performed Managing and Monitoring teh JVM performance by WebSphere Heap Size, garbage collection, taking Thread dumps and analyzing to find teh problems in application. Configured teh Session Management i.e. Memory to Memory and Database replication.

Environment: JBoss 5.1,WebSphere Application Server ND 5.x/6.x, Redhat Linux 6, Windows Server 2003, Wily Introscope 7.x,Tivoli Performance Viewer, WebSphere commerce server 6.0.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Middleware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and supported 5.0 WebSphere Application Server ND 5.1/6.x cells (200 virtual servers) on RedHat Linux 5, Windows 2000, and AIX 6.1 Platforms.
• Installed and configured WebSphere MQ V6.X & Message Broker V6.X on RedHatLinux, AIX 6.1 and Windows 2003 servers.
• Installed, Configured, Administered Apache tomcat V6.0.
• Created teh brokers, configuration managers and setup teh database connections
• Configured teh JDBC drivers and Data Sources for application servers to test teh application against various databases and responsible for upgrading teh JDBC drivers.
• Involved in deploying teh EAR files and scripting automated deployment of teh applications.
• Installing teh latest patches for MQ
• Configuring WebSphere Server on multiple platforms for both Horizontal and Vertical clustering for Work Load Management.
• To share requests across multiple servers, implemented teh Workload Management (WLM) HTTP Requests, Servlets Requests, EJB Requests.
• Performance tuning and Capacity Monitoring of Applications Servers using Tivoli Performance Viewer and log analyzer.
• Implemented teh Server Groups and Nodes (Vertical scaling & horizontal scaling) for fail over and Workload management.
• MQ based C API was used to build messages on AIX application front.
• Involved in configuring JDBC drivers and Data Sources on WebSphere 6.1.
• Involved in developing UNIX Shell and PERL scripts to web server logs and print out teh number of time each URL presents.
• Setup WebSphere MQ clusters for load balancing teh messages and high availability of teh queues
• Understand teh environment and develop teh system diagrams.
• Created Visio diagrams of teh MQ architecture and documented teh environment
• Configured IBM HTTP Web Server to work with WebSphere, deployed Servlet and JSP, EJB.
• Setup OAM authority for teh users/groups on MQ queue managers
• Involved in documentation after finding cause for teh issues and troubleshooting.
• Responsible for 24/7 maintenance of J2EE application on WebSphere Application Servers in development, test and production environments.
• Performed Integration and End-to-End testing on teh project prior to deployment

  Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x, IBM WebSphere Message Broker v6.x, AIX 6.1, Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere MQ 6.x, IBM HTTP Server 1.3, DB2, Sun One LDAP, JBoss 4.0, Apache, Tomcat.

  Confidential, Oak Brook, IL

  Websphere Administrator

  Responsibilities:

  • Installed, Configured, WebSphere Application Servers 6.0/5.0/4.0 on AIX and Solaris and also IBM HTTP servers.
  • Involved in trouble shooting, problem solving and setting up teh new environment.
  • Involved in number of installation of IBM WebSphere Instances from development to production.
  • Worked closely with development and testing teams to implement fixes in Testing and Production environments.
  • Configured MQ JMS resources, Queue Connection factories, Destinations, Topics, JMS listener ports.
  • Log File was managed for troubleshooting and probable errors.
  • Configured global security for WebSphere Application Server using IBM Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
  • Building environments for development, testing and production.
  • Supported WebSphere application server Clustering, Load balancing and Failover.
  • Configuring of resources like JDBC, configuring MQ Server and connection pooling for teh database.
  • Opened PMR with IBM and worked with IBM for permanent solutions, determined true problem Management and recommend permanent solutions
  • Installed and Configured IBM HTTP Server 6.x on Solaris and LINUX.
  • Generated Http Plug-in configuration and moved it to teh Web servers.
  • Troubleshooting teh Http Plug-in regenerated problems.
  • Installed and configured IBM Edge Server and Network Dispatchers for load balancing.
  • Involved in securing teh J2EE applications by implementing Single Sign On by using LTPA and SiteMinder.
  • Configuring and setup SSL for client autantication and data encryption.
  • Performed Managing and Monitoring teh JVM performance by WebSphere Heap Size, garbage collection, taking Thread dumps and analyzing to find teh problems in application.
  • Configured teh Session Management i.e. Memory to Memory and Database replication

  Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 5.x/6.x,IBM HTTP Server, F5, IBM DataPower XS40, SiteMinder, Solaris 10, Redhat Linux.