SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of experience in various capacities as Systems Manager/Administrator/ Infrastructure Architect
• Proven ability to be a strong professional with the sound knowledge of the new technologies and advance applications
• Extensive experience in OS Platforms, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
• Extensive experience with Web Infrastructure including MiddleWare, Backend Databases, and Front End Systems
• Supporting J2EE architecture for all (Prod/ QA / Dev) environments
• Good understanding of project planning, project estimation and RUP methodologies
• Possess good knowledge of performance tuning, configuration management and change detection tools
• Expertise in build automation tools, scripting languages
• Extensive experience in Access Controls and Identity Management Systems
• Varied in experience in different Database Platforms
• Design Data Centers, networking, infrastructure for redundancy fully available systems.
• Possess extensive knowledge of networking services
• End point management including mobile devices provisioning, decommissioning and management
• Vendor management, solution engineering and product selection for enterprises

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

Cloud Computing: AWS and UEC

Operating Systems: XenServer, VMWare, Red Hat/SuSE/Slackware Linux, Solaris, DEC True64 Unix, HP - UXIrix, SCO Unix, Unix III, Magnix, Windows, MS-DOS

Incident Management: Spiceworks, Groundworks(Nagios), MS Baseline Security Analyzer, MS WSUSOpenManage, BMC, SysInternal Tools, Hijackthis, Wireshark, & Reporting Tools snortnmap, eTrust Admin Console, ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer

Middleware: Liferay + Tomcat, IBM Websphere App Server, JBoss, JonAS, JOSSO, IIS/IHS/ ApacheSun JES (Dir/Access&Identity Manager/ Portal/ SRA Portal and Web Server)

Version Control: Systems Apache Subversion and MS Visual SourceSafe

Databases: MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, DB2, Unify, MS-Access, FoxPro/Base, dBase-IV/III/II

Scripting Languages: Unix/Windows/DOS Shell, Perl, Jython/Jacl

Tools: Used Eclipse IDE, Softerra LDAP Browser, MS Visio, BMC Patrol, Humming Bird, FileZilla, PuttyCendura Agent, Tivoli Resource Analyzer, Apache ANT, Solaris CDE/Open View/Solstice Disk Suite/Admin Tool, SWAT, HP-SAM, Linux GNOME/KDE, HP-SNMP Open View, Dell

PERC: RAID Manager, IBM RAID Manager

Network Services: VLANs, Trunking, Proxy (SQUID), DNS, DHCP, Apache Web Server, NIS, NFS, SambaPostfix/Sendmail, IIS, Active Directory Services, TCP/IP Protocols, PPP and Dial-up, Networkvpn server (Cisco/Sonicwall), PDM

Backup: Software Symantec/Veritas, Windows NTBackup, Ufsdump and ufsrestore

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Infrastructure Admin

Responsibilities:

• Ensure SLAs are met
• Install and configuration open-source R HQ monitoring software in the Amazon cloud
• Production support to rolls
• 24x7 production monitoring with RHQ

Confidential

Infrastructure Admin

Responsibilities:

• Architect QA, Staging and Production Systems for Client
• Developed infrastructure for PoC with Liferay Portal, Websphere App Server, Websphere Portal Server, Windows Active Directory and Lotus Domino server/client
• Install & Integrate SPNEGO on Webpshere App Server 6.1 and Windows AD 2003
• Install of Portals on Liferay 6 + Tomcat bundle and Websphere Portal Server and, apps on Websphere App Server
• Ensure SLAs are met
• App servers integration
• Continuous production monitoring with Heroix Longitude

Confidential

Infrastructure Admin

Responsibilities:

• Support the development and CMS teams (US & AMS), regular deployments, Prod & Staging rolls, administration of Linux Servers/MySQL/SVN with 24x7 support
• Performed adaptive, preventive and corrective maintenance including application / infrastructure support, root cause analysis and problem resolution
• Designed and automated backups to save to a consolidated backup storage fully redundant

Confidential

Infrastructure Architect/Admin

Responsibilities:

• Automated management of network monitoring, analysis and interpolation for compliance(SAS70/HIPAA)
• Managed the strict control of all developer access to systems, applications and databases following established procedures
• Member of Configuration Management Team for better System Operations & Change Control
• Developed the architecture for scalable deployment framework used to deploy on demand services
• Maintain a disaster recovery plan by documenting current system configuration, identifying, analyzing, and evaluating critical data/hardware issues
• Manage updates, patches and automated policies to enforce a configuration-controlled environment
• Involved in technical discussion and design and prepare recommendations for purchase, including impact analysis and risk analysis
• Responsible for acquisition and install of hardware equipment & software and maintenance agreements
• Evaluated server/instance architecture, hardware, system specs, and capacity planning
• Procured IBM Chassis/Blades and built development, staging and prod environments
• Virtualized 50+ physical servers to XenServer/Blade Servers environment
• Schedule, plan, and perform system upgrades, including coordinating the transition from test to production environments
• Responsible to install and administer the oracle database & utilities
• Deployed Barracuda Spam device for Spam fi filtering and email virus protection

Confidential, MI

Technology Specialist - System Operations

Responsibilities:

• Member of Web Infrastructure Services team for System Operations, to facilitate application rollouts in Dev, promotion & deployment of application to QA shared/clustered env and Prod (cluster) environment
• Create & configure of WAS6 instances on demand
• Install and configure all the Sun and IBM middleware in Solaris environments, monitoring middleware components and provide capacity planning and trend analysis for the systems
• Member of WebSphere Engineering Team responsible for scheduling installs and upgrades, and maintenance in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Interfaced between development, production services and change control and networking teams
• Prepared documents for System Integration Build Plans, Application Deployment & Support plans for both Dev/QA/Prod environment, supplements for SAD, resource estimates and QR on Use Cases
• Supported QA team during system/component integration, regression & stress tests.
• Acted as subject matter expert for Prod and Infrastructure support teams
• Access control and authorized provisioning with Access Manager console
• Performance monitoring with BMC Patrol and member of configuration monitoring team for change detection using Cendura Cohesion

Confidential, MI

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of Cisco PIX 515E Firewalls in Fail-Over mode
• Redesigned the existing network with Cisco 3660 Router, 2950 Switches for 802.1Q VLANs with redundancy
• Designed and implemented LAN connectivity between four hospital networks
• Streamlined the documents routing between networks
• Provided remote connectivity to the Data Center though Cisco VPN

Confidential, MI

Middleware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring the Base and Network Deployment versions of Websphere Application Server 5.1 and federating the nodes, configured the Websphere Application server to communicate with the LDAP for user authentication
• Responsible for installation, configuration & upgradation and support existing systems with Unix, Responsible for the operation, maintenance and integrity of a Distributed, Networked Unix based environment
• Developed ANT scripts for deploying applications
• Coordinated the efforts for migrating WebSphere 5.x to WebSphere 6.0
• Implementing role to function mapping (authorization purposes) on the policy agent, Generating self signed certificates/ requesting certificates from CAs and Installing Webserver SSL certs
• Developed shell scripts and jacl scripts to automate the deployment and maintenance process of the Websphere

Confidential, MI

Middlewre Admin

Responsibilities:

• Install and configure Java Enterprise System stacks in QA and Prod environments with HA and Fault tolerant
• Integrated JES stacks with IBM WAS 5.1 in a clustered env for QA/Prod
• Customized Directory Server Schemas, Optimization and customization of Access, Audit and Error Logs for each instance & rotation of logs
• Coordinating with development team for defining and implementing various roles and their functions in implementing authorization policies
• Import/export data between corporate ldap server and QA/Prod servers
• Create people containers and created corporate defined authentication, authorization and access policies through AMConsole
• Member of Change Control, supported QA teams during component integration, regression, and stress tests for Members, Agents and Providers applications
• Created Jumpstart Scripts and configured Flar on Dev/QA/Prod Solaris Boxes
• Delivered JES Run books to the client’s infrastructure team

Confidential, FL

System and Websphere Admin

Responsibilities:

• Provided detailed technical guidance on architecture, integration, sizing and implementation through presentations, discussions and formal architecture documents
• Installed and configured Websphere 4.0, DB2, IBM HTTP server, created enterprise application, web application, data source, virtual host etc
• Setup Dev and QA environments for application development and testing
• Configured vertical and horizontal scaling for WLM, created multiple nodes
• Performed a number of application deployments in Dev and QA
• Performed capacity planning for the entire system, performance monitoring using resource analyzer, enabled security and tracing mechanism

Confidential, MI

Network/Websphere Admin

Responsibilities:

• Implemented LAN with three Confidential & remote connectivity, server/desktop hardware and software
• Procured hardware, installed rack mount servers and Cisco switches
• Install, configure and maintanance of multiple IBM Websphere Application Servers and DB2 in DMZ env
• Configured the multiple Websphere server instances for load balancing using workload management thru cloning
• Worked with project team to provide support in performance tuning and issue resolution, provided load/stress and architecture validation testing
• Gathered information on custom applications and contributed recommendations for operational readiness
• Migrated from WebSphere
• Automating routine tasks using cron
• Implemented company-wide backup (for data & configuration files) server solution with Veritas Netbackup
• Implementation of SSH / SFTP Solution for Unix, Linux, and Windows Servers

Confidential

Systems Manager/Sr Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in designing, technical evaluation, hardware procurement and implementation of Gigabit Fiber LAN for over 800 end-nodes
• Team lead of six computer operators to maintain the computer center/science department with one 4-node clustered Param Super Computer-10000, forty HP, Sun, SGI, IBM AS/400 workstations, three HCL Unix Servers each with 50-Client/Dumb Terminals and 200 Windows desktops and 15 KVA UPS for each floor
• Designed and implemented clustered NIS for the department-wise computer systems/printers, students and faculty with proper access controls
• Implemented proxy web cache for network security and better usage of Internet bandwidth
• Implemented Sendmail
• Responsible for migrating Finanancial Accounting and Payroll System developed on top of Oracle 8i and Developer-2000 as front-end tool
• Active member of technical committee for hardware and software evaluation and recommendations
• Taught a number of courses in Database Design, Data Structures, Computer Graphics and Computer based Numerical and Statistical Techniques to under/post-graduate classes
• Co-supervisor for one Master of Engineering (Software Engg) dissertation and supervised a number of academic projects for Master of Computer Applications students
• Provided 24x7 support