SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in Information Technology in implementation and providing Single Sign on across enterprise applications using CA SiteMinder with Policy stores as Active Directory, Sun One User directory and other components.
• Working as a part of Single Sign on team, Protecting Web applications with Standard/Custom Authentication Schemesand educating the application team about the flow of authentication/authorization.
• Worked on Upgrading Single on components which includes SiteMinder from R12 to R12.5, R6.x to 12.0 and 12.51, 5.5 to 6.0, upgraded SunOne LDAP from 5.2 to 11g, eDirectory from 8.1 to 8.5.
• Experience in installing, configuring SiteMinder policy server, Web agents, Sun One Directory server (LDAP) and various Web & Application servers on Multiple platforms like windows, unix(solaris), rhel.
• Worked in Tuning the environment and setting up High availability with LDAP and SiteMinder. Experienced with, Failover, Load Balancing and other Administration tasks.
• Implemented Single Sign - On using SiteMinder on single/multiple cookie domains for Web applications. And integrated SSO with SunOne LDAP and MS Active Directory and eDirectory.This also includes Federation both inbound and outbound using SAML1.0,1,1,2.0.
• Installed SiteMinder agents on Windows(IIS),Linux(Apache),IBM http Server supporting the Policy Server Version R6and R12, 12.5.
• Implemented Session Linker, ERP agent(Siebel), SAP Agent installation, PeopleSoft agent, WebSphere agent and WebLogic ASA agent.
• Experience in Ping Federation using SAML and integrated with SiteMinder authentication.Worked on Federation as idp and sp using Ping Federate.
• Experience with LDAP Architecture includes DIT and Replication Mapping between replica hub/consumer, Multi-Master/Single-Master in Sun One Directory server.
• Experience in creating Custom Authentication Schema both for NTLM and Form based and also .worked on creating Custom Responses using Siteminder Api and SmWalker.
• Experience in Developing Web Applications using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Perl, Mysql involving cookies and sessions. And also developed .net and java applications to check the headers names coming from Siteminder as the Responses.
• Experience in developing applications using java, j2ee and using databases oracle 10g.
• Excellent communication skills and good Interpersonal skills helped me to keep productive and positive working relationships with staff from varying technical backgrounds and skill levels.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Unix, Oracle Solaris 8/9/10, RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1/3.0, SUSE Linux 10, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008.

Programming languages and methodology: Java, C,C++, HTML, PHP, Shell, JavaScript, JDBC, RMI, J2EE, Apache Ant and pl/sql.

Directory Server: SunOne/iPlanet server 5.x,6.x MS Active Directory, Novel eDirectory 8.7.x/ 8.8.1/8.8.5 , Oracle Directory Server 11g and iPlanet meta Directory Server 5.x, Netscape Directory Servers 4.x.

Servers: IBM WebSphere, SunOne/iPlanet WebServer, BEA WebLogic, JBoss SunOne application server, MS IIS, Apache and Apache tomcat.

Databases: Oracle 8/9i/10g/11g, mysql and MS SQL Server 2005,2008.

Single Sign-On: SiteMinder R12.5,R12 SP2, SP3 / R6 SP1, SP2, SP4, SP5, SP6 /5.5 WebAgent 4.x,5.x,6.x,12.x,12.5 APS 4.0and Session Linker 5.6,CA Secure Proxy Server, Ping Federate 6,7.

Tools: Wily Monitoring tool, Big Brother Monitoring, Confidential OpenView, OneViewMonitor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX

Sr SiteMinder/LDAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed the new parallel Environment for Siteminder R12 Policy Servers, which allows the Single Sign-On between the old and new environments with the agents talking to new Policy Servers.
• Upgraded SiteMinder Policy Server from R6 SP5 to R12 SP3 and imported all the policy server objects using xpsexport, smobjexport.
• Upgraded Policy Server version from R12 to R12.52sp1.
• Worked on CA Secure Proxy Server to intercept the request and redirect to policy server.
• Worked on ping federate both inbound and outbound calls using saml2.0.
• Created custom agent using siteminder SDK to decode the cookie so that we don’t need use all the existing functionality of the SiteMinder which makes a lighter agent version.
• Installed and Configured MDHA Authentication Servers.
• Installed and configured webagents on IIS Web Server which is using IIS7,IIS7.5 and also Linux server with Apache 2.2,2.3.
• Upgraded agents from R6qmr3 to R12sp3 and registered them to talk to R12 Policy Servers.
• Upgrade some of our environments Policy Server from R12 to R12.5sp1 to use federation services.
• Installed and configured Oracle websphere and Worked on bridge between SiteMinder Policy Server and Websphere.
• Installed Sun one LDAP Directory server and also upgraded to 11g.
• Provided 24/7 on call support for solving Tickets on a rotating basis with other team members.
• Executing Backups and Recovery strategies for directory data (DIF), resolving back up and recovery issues in a High availability environment.
• Implemented SSO across multiple domains, and created two level of authentication for additional security.

Environment: Windows Server 2003/2008, SiteMinder R6 SP6, R12 SP3,R12.5sp1, iPlanet Web Server 6.0, MS SQL 2005/2008, Iplanet Directory Server 5.2, Active Directory, SAP, JBoss 5.2, Apache 1.x/2.x, IIS 6,7,7.5 JDK 1.6, J2EE, EJB, JSP, Oracle 11g.

Confidential, OH

Siteminder Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created the Perl scripts to call each and every Policy Server for their objects and also to check the health of these policy servers.
• Created application Inventory for 2K applications with Application Name, URL, Agent Name, Agent Group name, Host Configuration Object name, Agent Configuration Object name, and Trusted Host name.
• Developed few scripts to install the agents on IHS instances as part of Automation.
• Upgraded the Policy Server from R6 to R12sp3cr10 in win2008R2 server.
• Identified the production Policy Servers difference in registry settings and implemented the changes.
• Created policies, realms, rules and responses to protect the applications and configure them to work under the SSO environment.
• Installed and configured webagents on IIS Web Server, IHS Web Server
• Created Network Monitoring scripts which checks the 3DNS name, and connectivity with Network Latency and alerts the SiteMinder Admin group.
• Created the LDAP scripts which monitors the LDAP connectivity and alerts the Admin Group if connection is closed.

Environment: Sun Solaris 5.8/5.9/5.10 , Windows Server 2003/2008, SiteMinder R6 SP5/SP6, R12 iPlanet Web Server 6.0, Sun One Directory Server 5.2/6.3, CA Directory Server, CA Wily Enterprise Monitor, WebLogic 8/10, JBoss 5,Apache 1.x/2.x, IIS 6, JDK 1.6, J2EE, EJB, JSP, Oracle 11g.

Confidential, CA

SiteMinder and LDAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed Policy Servers R6sp5 and also One View monitor to monitor the statistics of Policy Server.
• Upgraded the SiteMinder Policy Server from R6 SP1 to R6 SP6, R6 SP5 to R6 SP6.
• Installed Policy Server R6 SP2 against Novell eDirectory user store. And created POC for R6SP5 to R6 SP6 upgrade
• Configured policies on CA SOA Security Gateway Server R6 against R6Policy Server.
• Configured CA Wily Enterprise Monitoring tool against Apache webserver, WebLogic Server and Policy Servers.
• Involved in upgrade of Novell eDirectory server from 8.8.1 to 8.8.5 SP5.
• Installed Option pack for Policy server and Web agent for configuring the Federated Security Services and User Identity between partner sites.
• Installed and configured Apache, Microsoft IIS and Sun iPlanet web servers, Weblogic application servers, with Netegrity Siteminder authentication, and Sun One LDAP Directory Server.
• Migrated SiteMinder protected environment from Unix Solaris 10 to Linux SUSE 10.
• Implemented SSO across multiple domains, and created two level of authentication for additional security.
• Migrated large amount of LDAP data across the environment to create a identical production environment to support load testing.
• Monitoring of SiteMinder server logs for identifying problems with Authentication and authorization of users.
• Involved in Master,hub,consumer Replication of userstore from one Directory Server to other.
• Redesigned the existing LDAP schema with some custom attributes and object classes.
• Worked on backup, recovery of userstores in Sunone LDAP Directory Server and configured Load Balancing, Failover mechanisms.
• Responsible for providing 24x7 on call Siteminder support.

Environment: Windows Server 2003/2008, SiteMinder R6 SP1/SP5/SP6, iPlanet Web Server 6.0, Novell eDirectory server 8.8.1/8.8.5 , CA SOA Server R12 SP2, CA Wily Enterprise Monitor, WebLogic 8/10, JBoss 5,Apache 1.x/2.x, IIS 6, JDK 1.6, J2EE, EJB, JSP, Oracle 11g.

Confidential

SiteMinder Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed User Certificates in LDAP directories for authenticating users. Andconfigured authentication support for X.509 certificates over SSL for validating the users.
• Analyzed the environment and gathered information on the environment to decide the best design and architecture.
• Configuration manager for migrating to a new code repository. Implemented SiteMinder Security Zoning for an internal web portal for web applications accessed thru web portals.
• Configured web agents to protect and manage access to enterprise resources.
• Worked with application teams to configure web server to integrate with SiteMinder plug-in.
• Configuring User Authentication stores and Policy Authorization stores on LDAP.
• Configured User Directory object and Directory mapping object and cookie provider.
• Created user directories, rules to provide authentication and authorizing access to enterprise resources.
• Searching, modifying attribute definitions of LDAP,troubleshooting synchronizations issues for User Directories. Created scripts for maintenance of user accounts and group existence in LDAP.
• Executing Backups and Recovery strategies for directory data (DIF), resolving back-up and recovery issues in a High availability environment.
• Conducted Analysis and planning for LDAP implementation, Mapping applications and data sources to default or supported schema in both LDAP and non-LDAP environment.
• Integrated secured applications with SiteMinder Policy Server. And implemented disparate authentication and authorization for applications.
• Configured Authentication and Authorization to support Higher availability, Fail-over, Load balancing. And Executed Recovery and Backup strategies for directory data (DIF).
• Implemented Replication mapping between replica hub/consumer directory servers. And monitored of replication status for synchronization and conflicts.
• Troubleshooting Web Agent and SiteMinder Policy Server issues and Supported production environment for resolving the tickets. Resolved various production issues related to Single Sign-On for web application with High availability.
• Coordinated with CA support team to resolve the issues came across in development and other environments.

Environment: Sun Solaris 2.8, Windows 2000,2003, Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 6.0, Web Agents 4.x,5.x,6.x, Sun One directory server 5.1,5.2, IIS, IPlanet Web Server5.0, IBM Http Web Server.