SUMMARY

• Experience in installing, configuring, administering, tuning, troubleshooting and migrating IBM WebSphere Application Server 9/8.5/7.0/6.x, IBM HTTP Server, IHS, Apache Web Server, iplanet Server on Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000/2003 Advanced Server Environments.
• Installed and configured IIB 9 and IIB10 on Linux virtual machines.
• Involved and worked on POC for installing IIB10 on Linux virtual machines.
• Created QUEUE’s and installed MQ Explorer to maintain and configure WebSphere MQ.
• Created different integration Patterns such as REST to REST, REST to JMS and JMS to JMS.
• Expertise in configuring shared WAS environments for various application releases.
• Performed silent, GUI and console modes of installation of WebSphere Application servers on Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000/2003 platforms.
• Experienced in applying Patches (iFixes, Cumulative Fixes, Refresh Packs) for WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server environments.
• Specialized in troubleshooting WebSphere environment issue by analyzing trace files, JVM logs, Process logs (Activity log), IBM Service logs (MQ logs, JMS logs).
• Configured Horizontal and Vertical clusters, Shared Libraries, Profiles, JDBC providers, Data Sources, URL Providers, JVM Custom Services, Environment Variables using teh concepts of Service Integration Bus(SIB), Web Services, Destinations, Message Activations, Listener ports, Queue Connection Factories, Queues.
• Used ANT scripts in teh compilation and teh deployment.
• Automated teh WebSphere administrative tasks such as recycling teh application server, deploying customer applications, log rotation, monitor application state by using UNIX Shell, JACL and Jython scripts.
• Experienced in Session Management, configuring JDBC, J2C, JMS and JDBC resources on IBM WebSphere Application Server platforms.
• Hands - on noledge of High-Availability, Clustering, Work Load Management and URL strategy
• Experience in troubleshooting DNS, LDAP, Security, URL and Database related issues pertinent to WebSphere environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM Websphere: Application server 6.X/ 7.0/8.0/8.5.5, Tomcat 7.0/8.0, Websphere MQ 6.0/7.0/7.5, IBM Integration Bus v9(IIB), IBM DataPower XI52

Operating Systems: LINUX RHEL, AIX, UNIX, Windows

Runtime: Project Management Methodologies Agile

Databases: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server

Load Balancing and Security: F5, Ping Federation, Firewall, DMZ

Scripting: Shell scripting, JACL, JYTHON, Ansible

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server 8.0/8.5(IHS), Apache, IIS

Version Tool: Github, SVN, SCM

Monitoring tools: Dynatrace 4.x/5.x/6.x, HP Diagnostic, QPASA, AppDynamics

Service Management: IT ServiceNow, HP Service Desk

Log Monitoring Tools: Splunk, HPSA

DevOps: Puppet, Chef, IBM Urban Code

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Middleware Administrator (WAS/IIB/IBM Portal and DataPower)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Designing, Administering, Maintaining, Supporting, Testing and Implementing WebSphere Application Server 9/8.5/7.0/6.1/6.0, IIB V9,IIB V10, IBM UrbanCode and DataPower IDG7.5, IBM Portal V8.
• Installed, configured and initialized Data Power Xi52.
• Configured Queue Managers, load balancers and HTTP Front side handler.
• Configured Management and Ethernet IPs to setup and initialize teh new Data Power appliance.
• Migrated from Data Power XI52.7.1 to IDG7.5.
• Deployed configuration files MPGW’s on Datapower XI52 in file management, enabled probe to debug issues.
• Created and Configured load balancer groups and added members to route teh traffic on XI52 and IDG7.5.
• Deployed Multi-Protocol Gateways wif request types SOAP, JSON and XML.
• Configured and enabled REST Management Interface on both XI52 and IDG7.5.
• Deployed and developed XSLT scripts and XML files in domains as per teh application team’s requirement.
• Responsible for Tivoli Access Manager 7.0 user and group management.
• Responsible for creating/updating junctions, ACLs and Protected Object Policies in WebSEAL.
• Responsible for LDAP user, group and role management in Sun LDAP.
• Created Ansible scripts to install and configure apache and IHS webservers.
• Installed and configured IBM UrbanCode and created Components to deploy applications using it.
• Created new processes in UrbanCode to install WebSphere 9 ND and standalone.
• Responsible for TDS schema, replication management and troubleshoot issues.
• Responsible for FSSO configuration using SAML1.1, 2.0 protocols using TFIM.
• Responsible for identity mapping module development using XSLT.
• Configured new DB connections in IIB.
• Deployed BAR files and MAPS in IIBV9 using mqsi commands.
• Changed flow monitoring for message flows.
• Deployed portlets, themes, skins on IBM Portal 8.
• Migrated applications from WAS6.0 to WAS85 and WAS7.0 as part of LifeCycle project.
• Installed Informatica MDM 10.0 on WAS85 using document provided by Informatica.
• Administered tasks including Installation, Migration and Configuration of IBM HTTP server and regenerated teh Web Server Plug-in.
• Configured Apache2.0 web server.
• Created firewall requests and worked wif F5 team to open firewall between application server and web server.
• Installed various cots application on WebSphere application server like IBM Content manager, Informatica MDM 10.0.
• Involved in Debugging and troubleshooting application issues and Performance tuning using Dynatrace.
• Configured, monitored and maintained teh Dynatrace in High Availability severs in all Test and Production environments.
• Developed shell scripts to automate startup and stop processes, automated WebSphere environment (deploying teh customer applications, logs rotation, monitoring application server status, recycling teh application server) wif Jacl and Jython scripts.
• Configured and maintained session management facilities through Database persistence and memory-to-memory session replication.
• Mutual SSL is configured between Web client and Web server, web server and WebSphere, Java client and teh WebSphere.
• Deployed and configured applications using UCD.

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed Installation, Configuration and supported IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.x on Standalone and Network Deployment for internet and internet applications on AIX Environment.
• Installed and configured teh IHS 6.x /7.x on AIX
• Migrated teh WebSphere Application Server 6.0 to 6.1 and open a PMR’s wif teh IBM of different issues in Migration and in Production applications
• Requested and Configured teh SSL Certificates on, IHS Web server and Application servers.
• Configured WebSphere MQ Connection Factories and Queue Destinations for connecting applications on WebSphere to MQ.
• Developed Shell scripts and JACL scripts to automate teh deployment and maintenance of various administrative tasks.
• Configured global security, JVM arguments, Heap Size for teh JVM’s, enabling garbage collection, Custom Properties, environment variables.
• Deployed Enterprise Applications in teh Clustered Environment from Admin Console as well as wif scripts (recycling teh application server, deploying applications, logs rotation, monitor applications).
• Configured and supported WebSphere Portal server and installed several portlets and portal applications and installed patches for portal servers.
• Deployed teh Portal applications using teh Marimba Tool.
• Creation of firewall tickets to open ports as necessary.
• Configured Multiple LDAPs for remote autantication using Netegrity Site minder
• Involved in configuring teh Software load balancing using WebSphere workload management thru cloning teh servers and Hardware Load Balancing using Arrow Point Content Switch
• Configured teh different Data Sources in teh WebSphere admin console and configured teh db’s in teh WebSphere application servers.
• Stress and Perform Test performed using Tivoli Performance Viewer and Introscope Wily.
• Involved wif teh customer care and deployment teams in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-day problems of teh application servers in production to ensure high degree of customer satisfaction.

Middleware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WAS6/6.1 on Windows server and AIX
• Worked on installation and migration of CA siteminder webagents.
• Troubleshooting webagent related issues.
• Responsible for teh design of internal and external applications to on boarding to SiteMinder environment.
• Performed Windows NT and UNIX Network System Administration, including adding NT and NIS domains, creating new users and groups wif multi-levels of security, creating assign file attributes & permissions, defining network protocols, insuring TCP/IP and router connectivity.
• Used Tivoli Workload scheduler for Management Framework services, backing upon Tivoli environment.
• Provided system administration and operational supported for Sun Solaris and Linux systems.
• Responsible for updating patches and installation of JDBC drivers and Servlet engines on Sun Solaris environment.
• Worked on WebSphere components such as Work Load Management (WLM), Servlet Engine, Session Manager, Admin Client and Http-Web Admin tool (thin client).
• Developed WebSphere Control Program (WSCP) scripts and shell scripts to automate teh maintenance process of WebSphere and recovered teh backed-up WebSphere configuration using XML Config tool.
• Configured teh extranet Web Servers and intranet application servers using teh firewalls between teh Web Servers and application servers (DMZ model).
• Involved in assisting QA and PROD teams in Load and Integration testing of J2EE applications on WebSphere Application Server.
• Administration of active applications, application performance monitoring - recycling teh application server including installation of plug-ins for IBM HTTP and iPlanet Web server.
• Worked on IBM Edge Server and Network Dispatchers for load balancing.
• Configured teh web server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for Web and Application Servers.
• Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Java Mail sessions.