SUMMARY

• WebSphere SME with 8 years of IT Experience in Middleware Technologies.
• Design, Setup and Management of Secured, Reliable, Scalable and Highly Available Middleware Infrastructure for both Internet and Intranet Enterprise Applications in align with technology strategies and Roadmaps.
• Installing, Configuring, Tuning, Administering, Maintaining and Troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server ND, WESB, WebSphere Commerce Server, WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere MQ, IBM Http server, IIS, JBOSS, Apache and Tomcat on AIX, Linux and Windows platforms.
• Architect infrastructure solutions in extremely complex environment and apply industry best practices.
• Provided Tier - III support for Production Issues and resolve in timely fashion and ensure smooth operations.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere Portal Server v7.x/8.x.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere Commerce Server v7.x
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ESB v6.x/v7.x.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ND v7.x/v8.x/v8.5.5, IBM Http Server v7.x/v8.x and Plugins.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere MQ v6.x/v7.x
• Installation, Configuration, Tuning and Maintenance of Apache, Tomcat and Jboss servers.
• Proactively identify and apply fix packs and security patches to mitigate security vulnerabilities and performance issues.
• Setup and Initialization of DataPower XB62 / XI52 Appliances.
• Create Domains, Installation of certificates, Configure management and traffic ports in DataPower Appliances.
• Secure backup and Restore backup of configuration and configure redundant management port of DataPower Appliances.
• Firmware upgrade/downgrade and apply licenses of DataPower Appliances.
• Good Knowledge of DB2, Oracle and Exadata Databases.
• Installation and configuration of Siteminder agent v6.x/12.x (eAuth2) on Windows2003/2008 and Linux RHEL6.x servers.
• Installation and configuration of JBoss EAP 5.1.x
• Successful migration of Applications from WAS 7.x to 8.x environments.
• Actively involved in Data Center migration efforts.
• Strong technical knowledge of fail-over support, workload management (WLM) using horizontal and vertical scaling and performance tuning, Web server setup, and SSL configuration on IBM HTTP Server.
• Applied patches and fix packs for WAS ND, IBM Http Server.
• Good understanding of Firewall rules, Telnet, Netstat and TCP/IP networking.
• Deployment, Configuration, and Maintenance of monitoring tools like TPV, CA Wily Introscope and proactively monitor applications to avoid any bottlenecks.
• Experience working with application team to analyze & troubleshoot application issues.
• Experience working with different functional teams in troubleshooting and resolving issues and also to achieve common goals.
• Experience preparing DR plan and participate in Disaster Recovery Exercises.
• Experience working with Remedy Incident and Change Management tool.
• Experience working with F5 LTM/GTM for Load Balancing and also to terminate SSL at F5 if required.
• 24x7 on-call support on a rotation basis.
• Excellent Troubleshooting and analytical skills with Excellent interpersonal and team skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Middleware: WAS ND 8.5/8.0/7.x/6.x, WebSphere Portal, Tomcat, JBOSS EAP, Tomcat, WESB

Operating System: UNIX/Linux/AIX/Solaris, Windows 2012/2008/03/ NT/XP

Monitoring Tools: TPV, Thread Analyzer, Log Analyzer, Wily Introscope, ITCAM, BMC

Java/J2EE Tech: XML, Applets, AWT, J2EE, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JMS

Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, SSL, DNS

LDAP: Active Directory, Tivoli Access Manager

Web Servers: IBM Http Server, Apache, IIS

Web Technologies: JDK 1.x, J2EE, Servlets, JSP 1.2, JSDK, JDBC, EJB, JNDI, RMI, JMS,LDAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WebSphere SME

Confidential, Rosemead, CA

Responsibilities:

• Setup of Middleware Infrastructure, Deploy and Maintenance of Applications in Non-Production and Highly Available Production environments.
• Provide Tier-III support and resolve Production issues in timely fashion and ensured smooth operations.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere Portal Server v7.x/8.x.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere Commerce Server v7.x
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ESB v6.x/v7.x.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ND v7.x/v8.x/v8.5.5, IBM Http Server v7.x/v8.x and Plugins.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere MQ v6.x/v7.x
• Installation, Configuration, Tuning and Maintenance of Apache, Tomcat and Jboss servers.
• Proactively identify and apply fix packs and security patches to mitigate security vulnerabilities and performance issues.
• Setup and Initialization of DataPower XB62 / XI52 Appliances.
• Create Domains, Installation of certificates, Configure management and traffic ports in DataPower Appliances.
• Secure backup and Restore backup of configuration and configure redundant management port of DataPower Appliances.
• Firmware upgrade/downgrade and apply licenses of DataPower Appliances.
• Apply Fix-packs and patches to WAS ND and IHS servers.
• Troubleshooting and resolving application deployment issues.
• Performance tuning the Application Server Environment which involved tuning data sources and jvm heap size.
• Performance monitoring of J2EE applications using Tivoli Performance Viewer and CA Wily Introscope.
• Work with F5, Database, Network and Application team to debug and resolve issues.
• Resolve application and environmental issues by troubleshooting and analyzing log files and also by running traces.
• Prepare Disaster Recovery plans and participated in DR exercises.
• Prepare and Maintain Run Books for smooth transition of Projects to Operations.
• 24/7 on-call support on a rotation basis.

WebSphere Architecture Support

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Responsibilities:

• Provide Tier-III support for troubleshooting of Production Issues.
• Support life cycle of products including but not limited to gathering of Project requirements, Design of Secured Middleware Infrastructure for Reliable, Scalable and High Availability of Enterprise Applications.
• Installation Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ND 6.1/7.0/8.0/8.5 on Linux, and Windows servers 2003/2008/2012.
• Installation Configuration and Maintenance of IBM Http Server v7.0/8.0/8.5 and IIS v7 webservers and Plugins.
• Create Virtual directory, ISAPI Filters in IIS v6.0/7.0
• Create Websites and Application pools in IIS v6.0/7.0
• Installation and configuration of Apache v2.4 and PHP v5.4.14
• Installation and configuration of Siteminder agent v6.x/12.x (eAuth2) on Windows2003/2008 and Linux RHEL6.x servers.
• Integrate Apache, IIS and IBM Http server with Siteminder for eAuth2 authentication.
• Configure multiple LDAPs using Federated mode in WebSphere.
• Implementation of Enterprise applications Load Balancing using F5.
• Install web services and configure JNDI to allow cross-cell communication.
• Troubleshooting and resolving application deployment issues.
• Performance tuning the Application Server Environment which involved tuning data sources and jvm heap size.
• Performance monitoring of J2EE applications using Tivoli Performance Viewer.
• Work with F5, Database, Network and Developers teams to debug issues.
• Resolve application and environmental issues by troubleshooting and analyzing log files and also by running traces.
• Installation and Configuration of OBIEE v11.1.1.9
• Proficient with details, Excellent interpersonal and team skills.
• 24x7 on-call support on a rotation basis.
• Documentation of all Installation and maintenance procedures.

Environment: J2EE, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, TDI, IBM Http Server, IIS, Linux, Windows, ITCAM, F5, Siteminder, LDAP, Active Directory, Oracle.

Sr. WebSphere Administrator

Confidential, Rosemead, CA

Responsibilities:

• Setup of Middleware Infrastructure, Deploy and Maintenance of Applications in Production and Non-Production environments.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WebSphere ND v6.0/6.1/7.0 IHS, Plugins on Linux, AIX and Windows servers
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of Apache, Tomcat and JBOSS on UNIX servers and IIS on Windows servers.
• Installation Configuration and maintenance of IBM Lotus Connections v2.5/3.0
• Installation and Configuration of Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) v6.1/7.0.
• Maintenance of WebSphere Infrastructure by applying patches and fix-packs.
• Creation of custom profiles of Deployment manager and Application server.
• Implementation of horizontal and vertical scaling of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) in a workload-managed cluster.
• Creation of unmanaged node and Webservers using dmgr.
• Implementation of Global security of WebSphere using LDAP server.
• Configure multiple LDAPs for WebSphere using Federated mode.
• Deployment, Installation and maintenance of several Enterprise Applications in a clustered environment with fail-over support with the interaction of the Developers in test & Production environments.
• Implementation of virtual IP concept.
• Creation of self signed certificate, Import and Export of cert using ikeyman and deployment manager.
• Apply SSL for mutual authentication.
• Work with F5 team to implement Monitoring and Load Balancing of Enterprise applications
• Work with WebSeal team to implement single sign on (SSO) using LTPA token.
• Involvement in writing scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as, system cleanup etc. using shell scripting.
• Performance monitoring and tuning of the Application Servers using TPV and Introscope.
• 24x7 on-call support on a rotation basis
• Documentation of all procedures and keeping Run books current.

Environment: J2EE, WebSphere Application Server, IBM Connections, TDI, IWD, IBM Http Server, JBOSS, Tomcat, AIX, Linux, Windows, ITCAM, F5, WebSeal, CA Wily Introscope.

WebSphere Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Conducted performance and scalability audits of applications and the application servers.
• Testing and profiling to measure the performance of the applications.
• Integrating and managing solutions with WebSphere, IIS, iPlanet LDAP, and Directory Smart single sign-on.
• Utilizing skills with batch, shell, and perl scripting to deploy applications and migrate data.
• Troubleshooting the configuration of enterprise applications and determining performance problems by monitoring server availability and analyzing resources.
• Utilizing WSCP, TCL and XML Config to install WebSphere applications and servers.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server, Java, JMS, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, Visual Age, UML, XML, SQL, JavaScript, and Window, UNIX.