SUMMARY:

·         Over Six years of extensive experience in installation, configuration, and administration of WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic, Tomcat, JBoss, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, Sun One iPlanet Web Server, WebSphere MQ, Websphere Portal Server, Sun One Directory Server, CA SiteMinder on AIX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows.

• Experience in Administration and Production Support of various J2EE applications on Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux and Windows environments.
• Experience in administration, maintenance and support of J2EE applications including on-call production support.
• Experience in installing, configuring, maintaining Websphere Process Server using developer tool Websphere integration developer (WID)
• Expertise in developing Jython, JACL, Perl and UNIX shell scripts for automating WebSphere Application deployments and configurations at enterprise level.
• Proficient in installation, configuration and maintenance of WebSphere Application Server (Base and ND), JBOSS, Tomcat, WebSphere MQ,Open JMS, Sun One Directory Server, Websphere Portal Server in a heterogeneous environment.
• Execution of the implementation of architecture, migration of technology platforms centered around the WebSphere Stack of technologies as well as other technology platforms.
• Administration of various web servers – IBM HTTP Server, Apache , iPlanet and IIS
• Proficient in Sun ONE Directory Server 5.x, CA e-trust Siteminder 5.5 & 6.0 administration.
• Experienced in SSO implementations and integration using CA Siteminder and SUN ONE Directory Server.
• Good working knowledge in Webservices,XML,SOAP,WSDL and UDDI
• Expertise in troubleshooting and resolutions effort for Websphere, MQ and J2EE applications.
• Maintained complex Websphere infrastructure with more than 100 Websphere applications hosted on

Several platforms like AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows.

• Involved in design, implementation and configuration of WebSphere clusters Horizontal, Vertical and Hybrid clusters
• Involved in installation of fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes.
• Installed and configured Websphere MQ queues, channels, listeners
• Design and creation of MQ objects/resource definitions.
• Installation and configuration of  WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server, IIS and Sun ONE WebServer and managing the plug-in files on webservers
• Automated FixPack/eFixes installations, daily backups, log archival, and other tasks using shell scripts
• Worked closely with various vendors like IBM, Sun and CA on problem determination, and resolution
• Expertise in working closely with Stress/QA team to identify performance bottlenecks using LoadRunner, Wily Introscope, Tivoli Performance Viewer, JProbe, HP Diagnosis Server
• Engaged more in root-cause analysis for Production emergency outages and provided management with root-cause analysis, post mortem and executive reports.
•  Worked closely with various teams like Project management, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.
• Worked on various JDBC providers like DB2,Oracle,Sybase and MS SQL Server
• Proficient in PL/SQL. Developed various PL/SQL scripts as part of the application support
• Extensive knowledge of configuration of Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and SIB in WebSphere 6.0, 6.1 Daily operation and management of the ESB, support and participate in the design, analysis, development, maintenance and enhancement of existing integrations and applications.
• Well versed in DB2 client installations including DB2 Node and DB Catalog creation
• Successful implementations of Workload Management (WLM) using cloning and clustering techniques including Horizontal and Vertical Clustering for failover and backup/recovery processes.
•  Expertise in supporting enterprise based distributed applications over a wide range of operating environments on a 24/7 rotation basis for high volume, secure transactions and Web services.
•  Experience in setting up of Nodes, Data Sources, Virtual Hosts, configuring Servlet Engines, Session Managers including planning installation and configuration of WebSphere Application Server Trace Service.
• Well versed in creating resources, modifying properties, view runtime attributes, commit modifications and securing administrative server using Authentication, Authorization, Certificates, Credentials, Permissions, WebSphere Resources (Servlets, JSP files, HTML files).
• Experience in J2EE (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JMS), Java2.0, JDBC, Java Beans, RMI, CORBA, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL.
• Experience with various procedures and policies required for escalation and outage resolution with Strong documentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:   

MACYS Systems and Technologies , Johns Creek, GA                                                                 Sep ’08 to Till Date

Sr Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed ,configured  and maintained  IBM WebSphere Application server 5.1/6.0/6.1 ,Websphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1  Jboss Application Server 4.x, Tomcat 5.5, IBM HTTP Server 1.3x/6.x, Apache Web Server
• Highly involved in  deploying, troubleshooting ,maintaining  and configuring J2EE applications in various environments like Dev, Integration, QA, Stress ,UAT and Prod.
• Worked on ESB V6.0/V6.1 at the support level and to create users.
• Provided  various J2EE applications support  at the enterprise level
• Experience in installing, configuring, maintaining Websphere Process Server V6.0/v6.1 using developer tool Websphere integration developer (WID) V6.0/V6.1
• Installed and configured Sun One LDAP server and secured the application server using both LDAP server and Local OS authentication
• Involved in installation of fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes
• Developed Jython, JACL, Perl and UNIX shell scripts for automating WebSphere application deployments and configurations at enterprise level
• Instrumental in the migration from old WebSphere stack, the implementation of a standardised webservices gateway and various cost-savings and open-source initiatives.
• Used Rational ClearCase and BuildForge to help organize, automate and address the increasingly complex problem of release and build management
• Involved in SSO implementations using CA SiteMinder and Sun ONE LDAP Server.
• Evaluation of replacement for WebSphere product Stack with Open Source solutions
• Developed various PL/SQL scripts as part of application support
• Experienced in applying patches and plug-ins for WebSphere Application server
• Managed the Security and Performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications in WAS, Tomcat, JBoss, IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server and Tomcat Server
• Managed security and performance optimizations for WebSphere Application Server
• Provided load/stress and architecture validation testing
• Troubleshooting on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung sessions and session replication, federation of nodes and synchronization of nodes with NDM
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Involved in monitoring and troubleshooting Mercado and Scene7  Servers
• Involved in Installation and configuration of Websphere Portal, WebSphere MQ and Wily Introscope
• Involved in Load balancing/Tuning/Clustering for IBM WebSphere Application Server using Deployment Manager (Network Deployment) 
• Installing and configuring Websphere Express and installing plug-in and configuring with IBM HTTP Server
• Installed and configured remote WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server. Manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ
• Global security configuration for WebSphere Application Server and using Sun ONE Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
• Installed Fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes to the existing infrastructure and new environment
• Created WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical clusters, and added new cluster members
• Deploying and migrating the application from DEV to TEST to QA to PROD and providing 24/7 on-call production support.
• Involved in installation, configuration, and deployment and troubleshooting of more than 40 intranet and extranet applications.                   
• Created JDBC Providers, Datasources, and JAAS authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 (mainframe and UDB), AS400 databases.
• Configured DB2 Node and DB catalogs to connect to mainframe DB2 databases via DB2Connect server.
• Configured MDB listeners and ports for specific applications using message listener service
• Configured resources such as Queue Definitions, Queue Connections Factories, and Listeners in order to provide connectivity to Enterprise MQ infrastructure.
• Worked closely with IBM on problem determination, and resolution.Developed XMLAccess scripts and  to automate migration and deployment tasks for WebSphere Portal application components such as Portlets, URL Mappings, Pages, and Page Layouts.
• Managed documentation of application configurations, business impact, deployment standards and procedures, and installation standards.
• Performed root-cause analysis for Productions outages and provided management with root-cause analysis report.

·         Automate application install, uninstall and application enhancements through Shell scripts and WSCP scripts.

·         Package, build, Integrate and deploy enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere that involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives).

·         Ensure application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name (DSN), and Application Server connection pooling (DB2) including identification and documentation.

·         Involved in installation of CA Siteminder webagents on the webserver for the SSO Applications

·         Responsible for application changes across different platforms- development, testing and production.

·         Worked closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.

·         Worked under the 24/7 support, maintained and Monitered  the environment during the most-critical holiday season using the tools BMC Patrol, ITCAM, SPLUNK,

GAP Inc, San Bruno, CA                                                                                                             AUG’06 to AUG’08

Sr Middleware Engineer/Architect

Responsibilities:  

• Installed ,configured  and maintained  IBM WebSphere Application server 5.1/6.0/6.1 , JBoss

Application Server 4.x, Tomcat 5.5, IBM HTTP Server 1.3x/6.x, Apache Web Server

• Highly involved in  deploying, troubleshooting ,maintaining  and configuring J2EE applications in various environments like Dev, Integration, QA, Stress ,UAT and Prod.
• Provided  various J2EE applications support  at the enterprise level
• Installed and configured Sun One LDAP server and secured the application server using both LDAP server and Local OS authentication
• Involved in installation of fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes
• Developed Jython, JACL, Perl and UNIX shell scripts for automating WebSphere application deployments and configurations at enterprise level
• Involved in SSO implementations using CA SiteMinder and Sun ONE LDAP Server.
• Developed various PL/SQL scripts as part of application support
• Experienced in applying patches and plug-ins for WebSphere Application server
• Managed the Security and Performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications in WAS, Tomcat, JBoss, IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server and Tomcat Server
• Managed security and performance optimizations for WebSphere Application Server
• Provided load/stress and architecture validation testing
• Troubleshooting on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung sessions and session replication, federation of nodes and synchronization of nodes with NDM
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Involved in Installation and configuration of Websphere Portal, WebSphere MQ and Wily Introscope
• Involved in Load balancing/Tuning/Clustering for IBM WebSphere Application Server using Deployment Manager (Network Deployment) 
• Experience in installing, configuring, maintaining Websphere Process Server V6.0/V6.1
• Installing and configuring Websphere Express and installing plug-in and configuring with IBM HTTP Server
• Installed and configured remote WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server. Manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ
• Global security configuration for WebSphere Application Server and using Sun ONE Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
• Installed Fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes to the existing infrastructure and new environment
• Created WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical clusters, and added new cluster members
• Deploying and migrating the application from DEV to TEST to QA to PROD and providing 24/7 on-call production support.
• Involved in installation, configuration, and deployment and troubleshooting of more than 40 intranet and extranet applications.                   
• Created JDBC Providers, Datasources, and JAAS authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 (mainframe and UDB), AS400 databases.
• Configured DB2 Node and DB catalogs to connect to mainframe DB2 databases via DB2Connect server.
• Configured MDB listeners and ports for specific applications using message listener service
• Configured resources such as Queue Definitions, Queue Connections Factories, and Listeners in order to provide connectivity to Enterprise MQ infrastructure.
• Worked closely with IBM on problem determination, and resolution.Developed XMLAccess scripts and  to automate migration and deployment tasks for WebSphere Portal application components such as Portlets, URL Mappings, Pages, and Page Layouts.
• Managed documentation of application configurations, business impact, deployment standards and procedures, and installation standards.
• Performed root-cause analysis for Productions outages and provided management with root-cause analysis report.

·         Automate application install, uninstall and application enhancements through Shell scripts and WSCP scripts.

·         Package, build, Integrate and deploy enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere that involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives).

·         Ensure application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name (DSN), and Application Server connection pooling (DB2) including identification and documentation.

·         Involved in installation of CA Siteminder webagents on the webserver for the SSO Applications

·         Responsible for application changes across different platforms- development, testing and production.

·         Worked closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.

JP Morgan Chase, New Jersey                                                                                           June’05 to July’06

Sr Middleware Engineer/Architect

Responsibilities:    

• Installed ,configured  and maintained  IBM WebSphere Application server, 5.1/6.0/6.1 ,JBOSS 4.x,IBM HTTP Server 1.3x/2.0x
• Highly involved in  , deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining Configuring applications in various environments like Dev, Integration, QA, Stress ,UAT and Prod.
• Involved in collecting and analyzing the JVM heap and thread dumps.
• Provided  various J2EE applications support  at the enterprise level
• Developed various PL/SQL scripts
• Provided Websphere JVM layout ,MQ & LDAP  design, deployment and infrastructure diagrams
• Installed and configured Sun One LDAP server and secured the application server using both LDAP server and Local OS authentication
• Experienced in applying patches and plug-ins for WebSphere Application server
• Managed the Security and Performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications in IBM WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server and Apache Web Server and Tomcat Server
• Managed security and performance optimizations for WebSphere Application Server
• Provided load/stress and architecture validation testing
• Troubleshooting on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung sessions and session replication, federation of nodes and synchronization of nodes with NDM
• Developed Python and JACL scripts that for creating, configuration and deployment of Websphere applications.
• Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread analyzer.
• Developed scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such as backup procedure, system clean-up, rotating logs, creating system alerts and other everyday system tasks.
• Effectively interacted with the users on a daily basis, decreasing downtime and increasing user productivity and documented all procedures and any other important issues
• Involved in Installation and configuration of Websphere Portal, WebSphere MQ and Wily Introscope
• Involved in Load balancing/Tuning/Clustering for IBM WebSphere Application Server using Deployment Manager (Network Deployment) 
• Installing and configuring Websphere Express and installing plug-in and configuring with IBM HTTP Server
• Installed and configured remote WebSphere plug-in for IBM HTTP Server. Manually updated plug-in files for IHS servers located in DMZ
• Global security configuration for WebSphere Application Server and using Sun ONE Directory Server as LDAP user registry.
• Installed Fixpacks, eFixes, and cumulative fixes to the existing infrastructure and new environment
• Created WebSphere cells, Horizontal and Vertical clusters, and added new cluster members
• Deploying and migrating the application from DEV to TEST to QA to PROD and providing 24/7 on-call production support.
• Involved in installation, configuration, and deployment and troubleshooting of more than 40 intranet and extranet applications.                   
• Created JDBC Providers, Datasources, and JAAS authentication aliases in order to provide connectivity to Oracle, DB2 (mainframe and UDB), AS400 databases.
• Configured DB2 Node and DB catalogs to connect to mainframe DB2 databases via DB2Connect server.
• Configured MDB listeners and ports for specific applications using message listener service
• Configured resources such as Queue Definitions, Queue Connections Factories, and Listeners in order to provide connectivity to Enterprise MQ infrastructure.
• Worked closely with IBM on problem determination, and resolution.
• Developed XMLAccess scripts and  to automate migration and deployment tasks for WebSphere Portal application components such as Portlets, URL Mappings, Pages, and Page Layouts.
• Managed documentation of application configurations, business impact, deployment standards and procedures, and installation standards.
• Performed root-cause analysis for Productions outages and provided management with root-cause analysis report.

·         Automate application install, uninstall and application enhancements through Shell scripts and WSCP scripts.

·         Package, build, Integrate and deploy enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere that involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives).

·         Ensure application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name (DSN), and Application Server connection pooling (DB2) including identification and documentation.

·         Involved in installation of CA Siteminder webagents on the webserver for the SSO Applications

·         Responsible for application changes across different platforms- development, testing and production.

·         Worked closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.

Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                               Jan 04 – June ‘05

Sr WebSphere Administrator    

Responsibilities:

·         Automate application install, uninstall and application enhancements through Shell scripts and WSCP scripts.

·         Experienced in Installing and Configuration of Application server Websphere 5.0

·         Experience in Installing and Configuration of Websphere servers like IBM Http server and Tomcat.

·         Install, configure and maintain Internet, Intranet, Application and Database Servers like WebSphere, HTTP Server, DB2 on diverse UNIX flavors that includes AIX and Windows Platforms (NT/2000) in a multi clustered high availability environments.

·         Developed UNIX shell scripts, JACL scripts to automate the WebSphere Administration (recycling the application server, deploying customer applications, logs rotation, monitor applications state, etc).

·         Package, build, Integrate and deploy enterprise J2EE applications on WebSphere 4.0/5.0 that involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives).

·         Involved in trouble shooting and performance tuning using Resource Analyzer and Log Analyzer.

·         Managed the security and performance optimizations for EJB containers and web applications in IBM WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server and Apache web server.

·         Ensure application dependencies are integrated on system level components such as database, Data Source Name (DSN), and Application Server connection pooling (DB2) including identification and documentation.

·         Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0/4.0, JDBC drivers and served engines along with trouble shooting and recovery on AIX.

·         Responsible for application changes across different platforms- development, testing and production.

·         Involved in monitoring, shutdown and boot up, Network Support and Trouble Shooting.

·         Worked closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project deliverables, dates and report issues/concerns.

Environment:  IBM WebSphere AppServer5.0/4.0/3.5, AIX, Windows 2000, EJB, JDK, J2EE, JNDI, DB2, IBM HTTP Server, WSAD, IBM Visual Age for Java4.0,Tomcat  5.x.

CNA Insurance, NJ                                                                                                                            Sep’ 03 to Dec’ 03

WebSphere Administrator/Support

Responsibilities:

·         Involved in designing WebSphere Application Server load balancing and fail over by using Workload Management (WLM), horizontal and vertical scaling.

·         Responsible for Web server and Application server installation, support and performance monitoring for all applications running on the company’s Website.

·         Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 3.5 and IBM HTTP Server on AIX and SUN Solaris.

·         Involved in installation, configuration, migration, and clustering and user management on AIX/Solaris.

·         Installed and configured Sudo for users to access the root privileges.

·         Developed WebSphere Application Server regular administration tasks automated by using WSCP and XMLConfig scripts.

·         Played an active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck by enhanced performance ensuring upstream queuing.

·         Applied software maintenance, program fixes and keeping the system software releases current.

·         Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and JavaMail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere.

·         Systems administrator providing support for production and development systems.

·         Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Servers.

Environment: Solaris, Java, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, JDOM, JDBC, JavaScript, DB2, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server and WebSphere Application Server, HTML, Visual Age for Java, Rational Rose 2000.

Solix Technologies Ltd., India                                                                                                         May’ 02 to Aug’ 03

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

·         Developed the front end using HTML, JavaScript, Java Swing (AWT) and JSP.

·         Used JDBC to retrieve the member related information from Oracle back-end.

·         Developed the application using PHP and Written CGI scripts using PERL.

·         Involved in the testing phase of the product and performed quality assurance.

·         Implemented session management to create the dynamic application using Action Servlets.

·         Created XML files to store the menu related information.

Environment:  Java, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, XML, SQL Server, WebSphere Application Server, HTTP Server, Sun Solaris and Windows NT.

EDUCATION:

BTECH in Computer Science and Engineering, JNTU, India                                                                                               2002

CERTIFICATION:           

IBM Certified System Administrator WebSphere Application Server V6.0