EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Over seven years of extensive experience in analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of enterprise wide SSO security with CA Siteminder Policy based services.
• Experience in installing and configuring Siteminder Policy Server and Web Agents on Windows, Red Hat Linux and Solaris environments.
• Extensive experience in installing and upgrading Siteminder Policy Server and Web Agents from 6.X to R12.x.
• Hands on experience in creating Siteminder Realms, Rules, Responses and Policies.
• Proficiency in configuration of Siteminder authentication schemes Basic, HTML form and custom templates.
• Extensive experience installing and configuring Web Agents on Web Servers like IIS, Apache, Sun One and configuring proxy connection with application Servers like Tomcat, WebLogic and WebSphere.
• Experience configuring Policy Stores and User Stores on SunOne/ Oracle DSEE 11g LDAP servers.
• Configured the Siteminder Advanced Password Services for users to retrieve the lost, forgot password and change user password.
• Experienced configuring Siteminder Federation Single Sign On with partner sites installing SM Option Pack on Policy Server and Web Agent.
• Experience in configuring Identity Provider(IDP) and Service Provider(SP) in Siteminder for Federation Security Services using SAML 1.1 and SAML 2.0
• Experience in identifying and troubleshooting SAML issues related to IDP, SP configuration and SSL certificates.
• Designed and configured Siteminderfor Performance, High Availability by implementing load balancing & failover.
• Experience in installing and configuring Sun One Directory Services, Directory Tree, Schema, Indexes and Replication.
• Proficiency in managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and resolving issues in a 24x7 Production and Test environments.
• Excellent organizational and inter - personal skills.
• Strong analytical skills and high degree of learn-ability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Enterprise Security and Single Sign-On products: CA SiteMinder r12.x/6.x/5.x, WebAgent r12.x, r6.0 with Option Packs and ServletExec, SAML.

Operating Systems: Windows Servers (2000, 2003, 2008), RHEL 4/5, Sun Solaris 8/9/10.

Web Servers, Application Servers: IIS 6/7, Apache 2.0 /2.2, SunOne Web Server, IBM HTTP server, Web Logic, Apache Tomcat, JBoss.

Scripting: UNIX Shell Scripting (bash, ksh), Perl, and Java Scripting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, VA

Sr. Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and upgraded CA Siteminder Policy Server 6.0SP6 to r12.5, configured policy store on ODSEE 11g.
• Configured and upgraded Siteminder Web Agents 6.x/r12.x on Apache, IIS and IBM HTTP Web servers.
• Involved in major re-architecture of existing SiteMinder realms, rules and policies performed for performance enhancement and stability.
• Installation and configuration of WebAgents on Apache and IBM HTTP Web Servers.
• Configure and setup Identity Provider and Service Providers for SSO Federation using SAML 2.0 Post Bindings.
• Installed and configured option pack on Web Agent for Federation SSO SAML Web Services.
• Experience in helping the application team troubleshoot errors.
• Determine the root cause, implement solutions, and apply patches to resolve authentication, authorization, and performance issues, as well as provide feedback to CA Siteminder product bugs.
• Worked with the Application development teams (ADT) to resolve CA Site minder Agent installation and confirmation issues on Microsoft IIS and Apache Web Servers.
• Supported SiteMinder 24x7 with on-call rotation.
• Build new infrastructure and documented the procedure for future reference.
• Configured load balancing and failover mechanisms for various Siteminder components including Policy Server, Policy Store in QA and Production Environment.
• Day-to-day maintenance of Siteminder and troubleshooting production issues.
• Day-to-day maintenance of Siteminder and troubleshooting production issues.
• Experience in Troubleshooting urgent priority tickets with minimum response time.

Environment: CA SiteMinder 6.x/r12.x, ODSEE 11g, WebSphere 7.x/8.x, Apache Web Servers 2.x, IBM HTTP webserver, IIS 6.x/7.x, Windows Server 2003/2008 and RHEL 5/6.

Confidential, NC

Sr. Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement Policy-based Security using Web Agents, User Directories, Realms, Authentication schemes, Rules, and Responses to protect, manage, authenticate and authorize access to enterprise resources.
• Involved in design and upgrading Siteminder 6SP6 to r12SP2 and post implementation support.
• Involved in major re-architecture of existing SiteMinder realms, rules and policies performed for performance enhancement and stability.
• Installation and configuration of WebAgent on SunOne, Apache, IBM HTTP and IIS Web Servers.
• Installed and configured option packs on Policy Server and Web Agent for SAML 2.0 SSO Federation by configured Identity Provider and Service Provider in CA Siteminder Policy Server.
• Installed and configured OneView Monitoring tools.
• Supported SiteMinder 24x7 with on-call rotation. Performed deployments, upgrades and changes during off-business hours and weekends.
• Handled user tickets, maintained sessions across multiple cookie domains in the SSO environment.
• Supported Operating System and Web Servers patching.
• Build new infrastructure and documented the procedure for future reference.
• Performed tuning for SiteMinder along with LDAP for better Response Time, Low Latency and High Throughput.
• Involved in capacity planning in terms of hardware and user load for CA Siteminder policy server.
• Involved in load tests to monitor load balancing and worked closely with application and testing teams to resolve any high timings.

Environment: CA SiteMinder 6.x/r12.x, Oracle DSEE 7.x, IIS 6.0/7.0, Apache 2.x, SunOne Webserver, IBM HTTP webserver, JBoss, Windows Server 2003/2008, Solaris 10 and RHEL 4/5.

Confidential, CA

Siteminder Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed a POC to upgrade SiteMinder 6.0SP5 to R12 and succeeded in completion.
• Upgraded CA SiteMinder to R12 SP2 Version from 6 SP5 CR35and installed the Admin UI and configured the FSS Admin GUI.
• Responsible for setting up policy servers and web agents for SAML Federated Web Services. Worked with SAML 2.0 for creating federation between partner web sites.
• Worked with CA team in developing a custom plugin for SiteMinder SAML 2.0 to add the dynamic attributes in assertion.
• Worked with the LDAP team in configuring the search filters for user authentication and authorizations.
• Designed CA SiteMinder R12 Enterprise infrastructure to provide high availability by configuring Clusters across two different data centers.
• Developed custom web pages and screens for CA SiteMinder Authentication and Response forms using Java JSP & HTML
• Written custom automated UNIX shell scripts for dynamic log rollover of policy servers, password masking in the Siteminder authentication and authorization log files.
• Part of the 24x7 support team for trouble shooting urgent tickets in the Single Sign on space.
• Created documentation for Change Requests, Service Requests, and upgrading processes for support purposes.

Environment: CA SiteMinder r12.x/6.x, Sun Solaris 9/10, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, IIS 6.0/7.0, Apache 2.x, SunOne WebServer 6.1, Apache Tomcat 4/5, JBoss.

Confidential, IL

Sr. Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded CA SiteMinder 6.0SP2to SiteMinder 6.0 SP6.
• Created Policies, Realms, Rules and Responses in Siteminder policy server to protect the applications and validate the users to work under SSO environment.
• Work & Support (Staging and Production) with various vendors to create federation between the Identity Provider Landing page and Service Provider’s Applications using SAML 2.0.
• Used Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) Scheme and Form based Authentication (FBA) schemes as per vendor requirements.
• Skilled in Search Filters, Performance Tuning, Custom Objects, Creating LDIF files.
• Performance Tuning for Siteminder to provide better response time, low latency, high availability and maximum throughput.
• Worked on IIS 6, Apache Web Server2.0, SunOne WebServer 6.1 to deploy the Admin UI for Policy Server.

Environment: CA SiteMinder 6.x, SunOne Directory Server 5.2, IIS 6.0/7.0, Apache 2.x, SunOne Webserver 6.1, Windows Server 2003/2008, Solaris 10 and RHEL 4/5.

Confidential , FL

CA Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement Policy-based Security using Web Agents, User Directories, Realms, Authentication schemes, User Sessions, Rules, and Responses to protect, manage, authenticate and authorize access to enterprise resources.
• Installation and configuration of WebAgents on Apache and IIS Web Servers.
• Handled user tickets, maintained sessions across multiple cookie domains in the SSO environment.
• Developed custom HTML form authentication scheme using JavaScript and HTML.
• Performed tuning for Web Server and SiteMinder along with LDAP for better Response Time, Low Latency and High Throughput.
• Involved in major re-architecture of existing SiteMinder realms, rules and policies performed for performance enhancement and stability.
• Involved in capacity planning in terms of hardware and user load for CA Siteminder policy server.
• Day-to-day maintenance of Siteminder and troubleshooting production issues.
• Worked with the Application development teams (ADT) to resolve major CA Site minder-Microsoft IIS issues like, corrupt cookies, cookie over size limit.
• Implementing SSO across multiple domains and Line of business.
• Prepare project plan and submit weekly progress reports, throughout the project duration.

Environment: CA Siteminder Policy Server 6.x, Sun One Directory Server 5.2, Apache Web Server 2.2.6, IIS 6, Java JSP, HTML and PERL Scripts.