PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 9 years of experience in the IT industry, as Confidential WebSphere Application Server Administrator, WebSphere Portal and Confidential certified WAS Admin.
• Proficient in WAS technology and Software Administration.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration, Deployment, Tuning and Troubleshooting of live issues on Confidential WebSphere Application Server V6.x, V7, and V8.x. Applications Configuration and Deployments on WebSphere Portal server.
• Expertise in Administering Confidential - WAS V6.x, V7 and V8.x on various Operating Systems likes Linux, UNIX, Solaris, RHEL3/4 and windows XP
• Experience in Load Balancing, Work Load Management (WLM), Fail over, clustering including Horizontal and vertical clustering
• Mastery in Configuration, tuning, and optimization for Adobe server side products including ES4 on WebSphere Application Servers
• Strong experience on configuration of backupconfig, profiles management and upgrades. Have sound knowledge in WAS architecture, application flow and provided Application’s related Support type of job as Level-5.
• Set up SSL and Single Sign-on in different environments
• Involved in troubleshooting and resolving problems encountered in WAS and Application during run time of the environment.
• Installed, configured and supported dynaTrace Instrumentation on Linux, AIX and Windows servers.
• Installed and configured WSRR 6.2/7.0 on Linux platform.
• Experience troubleshooting WSRR issues and 24x7 production support.
• Experienced in Troubleshooting using Traces, Logs and Confidential Support Assistances workbench tool. Excellent Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Provided support on demanding 24x7 on-call supports for applications running in production environment on WebSphere Application servers.
• Good Knowledge in Websphere Portal server, WAS-XD, Jboss, Apache web servers and HTTP servers.
• Experience in WebServer installation, configuration and administration. Worked on Apache, Confidential HTTP Server (Apache base 2.0 and 2.2.8), and Sun one.
• Ability to work as a team member or as an individual and confident in serving the best results. Having Strong Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, Confidential -AIX, HP-UX, RHEL,SUES Linux, Windows 98/200/NT/XP

Application Server: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 4.0/5.0/5.1/6. X, 7

And 8.x. Experience in configuration of portal and: Deploying of applications on Websphere Portal server

Web Server: Apache 2.x, Sun ONE, MS IIS Server, Confidential - HTTP Server (Apache base 2.0 and 2.2.8).

Scripting Languages: UNIX Shell Scripting, JACL, JYTHON

Monitoring Tools: Wily Introscope

UNIX Tool: FTP, SSH, Putty

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Senior WebSphere Implementation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the systems analysis, planning, administration, testing, and integration of the WebSphere Applications and Support for Confidential 's WebSphere Application Server.
• Installed, Configured and tested Confidential WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/8.x, applied Fix packs and Cumulative Fixes on Linux 6.x, AIX 5.x and Windows 2000/2003/2008.
• Involved in Load testing of Confidential WAS applications using Empirix and tuning of the environments accordingly.
• Successfully worked on WebSphere migration from version 6.1 to 8.5
• Mastery in Configuration, tuning, and optimization for Adobe server side products including ES4 on WebSphere Application Servers.
• Deployed, implemented and configured enterprise solutions to integrate J2EE-compatible applications to Adobe ES4  
• Assisted clients in achieving strategic e-business objectives through technology solution implementation.
• Analysis of javacores, heap dumps and logs
• Configured Confidential WebSphere Application Server for use authentication with LDAP.
• Configured LDAP Servers and realm support using WSConfig tasks including page, URL mapping moves to different environments.
• Installed and configured ITCAM for WebSphere Application Server.
• Installed, configured and supported dynaTrace Instrumentation on Linux, AIX and Windows servers.
• Configured Confidential WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/8.x with Oracle 9i/10g/11g RAC Database
• Demonstrated Mastery in setting up various Web Servers including: IHS Web Server to communicate with WebSphere Application server by installing and configuring the Web Server plug-in provided by WebSphere Application Server
• Involved in yearly Disaster Recovery tests of Productions environments.
• Implemented Work Load Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering techniques including horizontal and Vertical Cloning for fail over and backup/recovery processes
• Starting and stopping WebSphere Application Server, deployment manager and node agents, servers in a managed cell
• Worked on day to day tasks of WebSphere such as Security, Session Management, Web Server Plug-ins, JDBC Providers, JMS Server and WebSphere Embedded Messaging.
• Worked on pre-rendered static sites setup for different Applications in the organization.
• Experience in using Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.x/8.x Configuration Properties files, Configuration tasks and Configuration templates
• Worked with engineering team to update F5 (Big IP) configurations including Virtual Servers, Pools, IRules and firewall ports

Environment: Confidential WAS/Portal 5.x/6.x, EJBs, Mercury, Wily, ClearApp, ITCAM, Orion, Linux 6.x, AIX 5.x, Windows server 2003/2008, Burning Glass, WICA, MS Active Directory, Softerra

Confidential, North Carolina

Senior WebSphere Admin

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved in Confidential WebSphere Application server configuration and making configuration changes in the environment and Support the job types as L-3
• Middleware Administration of Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0.x & 7, on UNIX & Linux platform.
• Configured tuned JVM for optimum performance.
• Administered iWay and WebFocus servers in Linux platform
• Starting and stopping WebSphere Application Server, deployment manager and node agents, servers in a managed cell.
• Worked on day to day tasks of WebSphere such as Security, Session Management, Web Server Plug-ins, JDBC Providers, JMS Server and WebSphere Embedded Messaging.
• Quarterly Confidential and Federal IT compliance, Security TDL Documentations preparation and proof generation for WebSphere Application Server

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server 6.0.x & 7, Confidential HTTP Server 6.0.x & 7, Oracle Database, Linux, Plugins 8.0, Tom Cat Server, RHEL 5, iWay, WebFocus

Confidential, South Lyon, MI

WebSphere Admin

Responsibilities:

• Worked as WebSphere Application Server administrator (WAS-Admin) for BCBS North America Region Production environment. As a team we ensure that all the internet/intranet (Front end Banking application/call center costumer portal)
• Extensively involved in Confidential WebSphere Application server configuration and making configuration changes in the environment and Support the job types as L-3
• Acted as the primary point of liaison and escalation point as a shift lead. Involved in troubleshooting and resolving problems encountered in the application and during run time of WAS environment. Provided 24X7 Supports for Environment.
• Coordinating with different teams, in the part of live issues and troubleshooting (with Network, Application and Portal Developers, MQ and so )
• Applying immediate fixes after troubleshooting live issue. Experience in installing of fix packs/cumulative fix packs and Refresh packs.
• Monitoring application servers and Applications by using Wily to track their performance under Problem recode and apply fixes.
• Diagnosed application server problems using heap/java dumps and JVM log. Used ISA Tool ( Confidential Support Assistances) as part of investigation. Then on interact with Confidential Support to solve Problems (under PMR) if need.
• Change implementation for new box’s or Configuration changes in Exiting Production/Live servers. Participated in new Production Environment discussion, documentation and build activities.
• Installing of New/Existing SSL certificates on Web Servers in production Environment using GskCmd/IKEYMAN utility.
• Troubleshooting portlet deployments and deploy them manually by using xml export command.
• Worked on Horizontal/Vertical Clustering, Performance tuning and troubleshooting of Confidential WebSphere Application Server V6.x, V7, and V8.x.
• Working on different application domains and having sound knowledge in the application flow. Well known with scripting languages for WSADMIN like JACL and SHELL scripts.
• Done research and track reoccurring environmental issues. Investigate root cause of issues and implement long term solutions. Make the documentation of all procedures and any other important issue

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server V6.x, V7, V8.x, WebSphere Portal Server, SunOS, Linux, UNIX, AIX and Solaris.

Confidential, Southfield, MI

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved in Confidential WebSphere Application server configuration and making configuration changes in the environment and Support the job types.
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application Server 6.0 and HTTP WebServer 2.0 for development and production environments. Experienced in installing and upgrading Fix packs and migrating to latest versions.
• Installation, Configuring, and troubleshooting the Confidential WebSphere Application Server and Installation of fix packs/cumulative fix packs and Refresh packs.
• Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console and wsadmin scripts.
• Implemented Horizontal and Vertical Clustering, Performance tuning and troubleshooting of Confidential WebSphere Application Server V6.X.
• Monitoring application servers and Applications by using Wily to track their performance under Problem recode and apply fixes.
• Diagnosed application server problems using heap/java dumps and JVM log. Used ISA Tool ( Confidential Support Assistances) as part of investigation. Then on interact with Confidential Support to solve Problems (under PMR) if need.
• Change implementation for new box’s or Configuration changes in Exiting Production/Live servers. Participated in new Production Environment discussion, documentation and build activities.
• Configured SSL and Single Sign-on in different environments
• Installing of New/Existing SSL certificates on Web Servers in production Environment using GskCmd/IKEYMAN utility.
• Troubleshooting portlet deployments and deploy them manually by using xml export command.
• Act as the primary liaison and escalation point for functional test teams. Involved in troubleshooting and resolving problems encountered in the application and during run time of WAS environment. Provided 24X7 Supports for Environment.
• Working on different application domains and having sound knowledge in the application flow. Well known with scripting languages for WSADMIN like JACL and SHELL scripts.
• Research and track reoccurring environmental issues. Investigate root cause of issues and implement long term solutions. Make the documentation of all procedures and any other important issue

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server V.6x, V7, WPS, SunOS, Linux, UNIX, AIX, Weblogic and Solaris.

Confidential, Farmington, MI

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Involved in WebSphere Installation, Configuration and Administration of WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7 and Web Sphere Portal Server 5.x/6.x.
• Responsible for configuring and maintenance of WebSphere Application server.
• Involved in setting up a new QA environment by creating and managing the Nodes, Application Servers, and Clusters for Load Balancing and Fail Over.
• Did hot deployments without having to shut down the application using Network Deployment Manager.
• Involved in providing Proof of Concepts (POC) of a web portal.
• Involved in creating and managing portal pages, virtual portals, themes and skins, authentication and authorization.
• Deployed application ears on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment in QA, Staging and Production environments on a daily basis and troubleshoot various configuration and application issues.
• Trouble shooting various problems in different stages of development, QA and production using logs files, JVM Count and JDBC Connections.
• Monitoring WebSphere Application Server performance through inbuilt monitoring tool.
• Performed WebSphere configuration, backup and restoration tasks (by using backupConfig, restoreConfig commands etc).
• Improved performance, reliability, and scalability of the application server and its interaction with Web Servers, Database Servers.
• Involved in Tuning of WebSphere Application Server for performance improvements.
• Involved in Clustering and Cloning of WebSphere Application server.
• Managed multiple high-profile, complex projects and implement with minimal disruption to end users.
• Managed complex environments for the customer IT environments from a software support perspective for Confidential WebSphere Application Server on both UNIX and windows platforms.
• Worked with QA Team for Load Tests and Performance tests and identified the bottlenecks of the applications.
• Worked with Security team for possible security threats to WebSphere Platform and configured Web servers to their recommendations and also secured using AD integration.
• Responsible for applying patches and fixes to WebSphere 7.x to bring it up-to-date.
• Worked closely with AIX Server Team for Operating System tweaks for Performance.
• Responsible for configuring various performance monitoring tools including Wily Introscope, Quest Foglight, BMC Patrol, Compuware Vantage Analyzer.
• Involved in documentation of everyday activities.
• On-call support (24x7), Monitoring and maintaining multiple Applications.

Environment: Confidential WebSphere Application Server V.6x, V7, WPS, SunOS, Linux, UNIX, AIX, WebLogic and Solaris.