Disha A Parab

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Phone: 214-***-**** x 103

9+ years of experience in the IT Industry.

8+ years of experience in WebLogic.

8+ years of experience in Apache Server.

8+ years of experience in Tomcat.

8+ years of experience in Linux.

8+ years of experience in Windows.

Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Summary:

Highly motivated and committed professional with more than 13 years of diversified experience in the field of distributed applications, client/server development, e-commerce projects and Human resources and extensive IT industry experience in administering Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat (Web/Application Server) on various operating systems Solaris, Linux and Windows.

Experience in Installing, Configuring and Trouble-shooting of BEA/Oracle Weblogic Server, Apache Tomcat, and Web servers like Apache HTTP 2.0 Web Server, Microsoft IIS Web Server and Sun One Web Server 6.x on various platforms such as Solaris, Linux, Unix and Windows.

Configured Clusters, load-balancing and fail-over solutions.

Worked with network and security team to provide Firewall Solutions.

Configuration management, managing multiple Subversion/CVS source control repositories, managing Code branch versions, resolving conflicts during merging, manage labels, performing SCM audit on regular basis, merging and tracking release branches, managing ACLs etc.

Build automation experience using Jenkins integrated with Subversion (SVN) code version management utilities.

Expertise in performance monitoring and performance tuning of Weblogic servers and using Wily IntroScope, BMC Patrol and other industry monitoring tools.

Deployed various WAR, JAR, EAR, RAR applications in Domain and clustered environments using Admin console and WLST scripts.

Plan and build WebLogic environments, creating WL domains, clusters and managed servers in Windows and Unix/Linux platforms using the templates and continuous application day to day support, troubleshooting and maintenance of all the environments.

Expertise in CPU bound, Memory bound and I/O bound performance tuning.

Well versed in writing Korn/Bash Unix Shell Scripts and run them as Cron jobs. Developed startup and shutdown scripts for the Weblogic servers.

Knowledge of different databases like Oracle and SQL Server, besides integrating them with applications.

Expertise in administering Weblogic environment remotely using WLST scripts in offline and online mode of operation.

Experienced in web application development using J2EE and Java related technologies. Well-versed in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Experience in analyzing the JAVA Thread Dumps and finding the root causes.

Experienced in configuring and managing security realm for users and groups. Developed secured environments using SSL and digital certificates.

Proactive and motivated professional with ability to work independently and in teams.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Provide 24/7 on-call support for production and non-production environments which included product test, staging, training and break fix environments.

Technical Skills:

Platforms: RedHat Enterprise Linux 5/6.x, Ubuntu Linux 12.x, Windows (All Versions)

App Servers: BEA Weblogic 8.x/9.x/10.x Oracle 11g/12c, Tomcat 3.x

Web Servers: Apache 2.x and IIS 7.0, Oracle iPlanet 7.0

IDE’s/Tools/Utilities: Microsoft Visual Studio, Big-IP F5, SiteScope/BAC, SiteMinder, Wily Introscope, BMC Patrol, SQL*Plus, WebSphere MQ 5.X, Visio 2000, Microsoft Project 2000, HP PPM, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Eclipse, Net Beans, Apache ANT, Apache Maven, Shell, Batch, Perl, Jenkins, CA Wily IntroScope, BMC Patrol, AntHillPro, Splunk, TeaLeaf, VersionOne, Rally

Databases: Oracle 8.x/9.0/10g/11g, MySQL Server

Packages & Utilities: MS Office 2003/2007/2010, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat

Version Control: Subversion, CVS

Other Tools: XML, HTML, DHTML, CSS, LDAP

Education:

Masters, Management, Mumbai, India.

Bachelors, Computer Science and Financial Accounting, Mumbai, India.

Professional Experience:

Capital One, Plano,TX August 2014 – till date

System Integrator

Technical Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008/XP/7, Linux, Weblogic server 10.3/11g, Apache-Tomcat 6.x/7.x, Apache 2.2.x, IIS, JDK1.6/1.7, Oracle 10g/11g, Profile, HP Service Manager, SubVersion, Tortoise SVN, HP SiteScope, Splunk, Tealeaf, AntHillPro, Tidal, MS Project/Office 2007/2010, ANT 1.8.x, F5, Maven, Access Central, SCRUM methodology, Version One, SOAP UI, MS Outlook

Responsibilities:

Participate in Scrum grooming sessions & gather infrastructure requirements from Development teams/business & analyze them.

Install/configure WebLogic/Tomcat/JBoss/Apache servers in both Prod & DR environments.

Deploying applications both manually & automatically on WebLogic domains/Tomcat Servers/JBoss servers using AntHillPro.

Submitting FMF’s/VIP request forms & work with network/security teams to setup firewall rules & also to configure load balancing through F5 Big IP Load Balancers.

Installing/configuring AntHillPro agents/Subversion on servers & work with configuration management team for setting up auto deployments for applications in Production/DR environments.

Installing/Configuring Splunk Forwarders on all the production servers & creating respective indexes on Splunk indexers.

Create SiteScope application/server monitoring requirements & work with monitoring team for creating the runbooks.

Actively participate in Change Management process by creating/modifying Change Orders for production releases & attend CAB meetings to discuss/follow up with other IT teams regarding their CO’s & understand the impacts on current prod environment to plan accordingly.

Involved in creating/modifying Server CI’s, Change Orders, incidents, quotes using HP Service Manager tool for various tasks.

Co-ordinate with other teams like Unix, Network Engineering, Database, Configuration Management, System Access teams, etc for setting up environments & also to facilitate proper functioning of all the applications

Work with development teams to commit property/JKS file changes to SVN repository before production releases.

Actively participating in CAB meetings, Deployment Planning meetings, Sprint/Tech Review meetings, etc.

Installation/Configuration/Administration of Alfresco Content Management System.

Involved in facilitating DR tests & make sure that the DR environment is functioning properly.

Debug issues in production by searching/analyzing server/application logs using Splunk & Tealeaf.

Extracting live user sessions using Tealeaf for analyzing & troubleshooting issues in production environment.

Creating/Updating triages for production issues & participate in meetings with the respective teams for troubleshooting & documenting them.

Install/configure required software/ J2EE resources like JDK, JRE, Perl, etc on Windows 2003/2008 & Linux servers.

Providing Infrastructure support for all the Capital One’s Banking & Financial Services applications in production.

Administer all server instances & JMS resources from the WebLogic Admin console & JON console.

Install/Configure SSL certificates/JavaKeyStores on Apache http/Tomcat/WebLogic servers.

Actively participate in late night production deployments.

Created several documents for day-day administration/Installation/Design guidelines for WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache, JBoss, & Alfresco maintenance.

Involved in providing 24x7 production support

Able Groups Inc., TX November 2008 – July 2014

WebLogic Administrator

Technical Environment: Oracle Fusion WebLogic server 11g/12c, JDK 1.6/1.7, J2EE, JDBC, Apache HTTP Server 2.x, Oracle 11g, Redhat Linux 8, Windows 2000/2003, VMware ESX, ANT, WLST, NAS, SAN

Responsibilities:

Oversee configuration and administration of WebLogic 11g/12c in testing and production environments.

Install, configure, maintain and performance tuning of Oracle WebLogic server and Apache 2.x Web server across multiple environments.

Install and configure Apache HTTP server 2.0 to work with WebLogic Server 11g/12c.

Involve in migration from Oracle Weblogic 11g to 12c and Java upgrades from JDK 1.5, 6 and 7

Deploy WAR, JAR and EAR applications on servers in both clustered and non-clustered environments.

Deploy applications on multiple WebLogic Servers in a clustered environment and maintained load balancing, high availability and fail over functionality.

Troubleshoot WebLogic JDBC Data sources with Oracle 11g and Multi Data sources.

Plan and build environments in Windows and Unix/Linux platforms using the templates and continuous application support, day to day support, troubleshooting and maintenance of all the environments.

Collaborate with the testing and the deployment teams in troubleshooting and fixing day-to-day problems of the applications in production and other environments.

Configure node manager for administration of managed servers.

Use configuration wizard and configuration builder extensively to create and manage WebLogic domains and WL Clusters.

Involve in performance tuning of Apache Web servers and WebLogic - JMS servers, JVM heap size, garbage collections, Java stack, Native thread and production performance.

Involve in analyzing thread dump and heap dump for WebLogic application server.

Install, configure and maintenance of Microsoft IIS 6.0 Web server, Proxy Servlets from IIS to WebLogic Server, create ACLs and manage multiple virtual sites.

Involve in applying patches and performing upgrades on Microsoft IIS web server and serving/sharing documents.

Configure JNDI server as repository for EJB Home stubs, JDBC data source, JMS connection factories, queues and topics.

Create bash and KSH scripts to monitor domains, recycle clusters, monitor disk space, monitor number of Apache connections and ran them as Cron jobs.

Involve in doing a performance benchmark of WebLogic server by using HP Performance Center.

Implement standard backup procedures for both application DB and WebLogic 11g/12c backup of configuration files.

Coordinate with application DBAs to setup schemas for every release and apply deltas, data purge, indexing and ETL batch load, resolve DB related issues and DB maintenance windows to ensure high availability of the applications.

Coordinate with system administrators and hosting providers for the migration of application servers to the cloud architecture and followed the configuration guidelines provided by the architecture team.

Monitor the startup logs for any exceptions or errors. Perform regular health checks for the servers in the UAT and production environments.

Configure and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for data encryption and client authentication.

Use configuration wizard and WLST scripts to create and manage WebLogic domains.

Manage remote shell scripting and SSH Keys setup across WebLogic Unix based servers in Production.

Develop ANT build scripts, Unix wrapper shell scripts and WLST for auto deployment process.

Extract the code from SVN and initial partial builds to address the critical issues and investigations.

Install and configure of Wily IntroScope 9.0.6 and Monitoring the health of the WebLogic servers using CA Wily IntroScope 9.x.

Setup BMC Patrol monitoring alert rules to monitor the Unix and WebLogic servers in real-time.

Team with various project teams to provide support in performance tuning and issue resolution.

Attend daily Defects status call with the testing teams. Day to day interaction and SWAT meeting with the client managers/leads.

Interact and work with Network/SA teams to address file system mount issues, testing connectivity and day to day network/system issues.

Troubleshoot the configuration of enterprise applications and determining performance problems by monitoring server availability and analyzing resources.

Identify the root cause of system and operational issues, analyze data and recommend solutions.

Create, maintain and update documentation on RCA, business processes, applications and business solutions including process flows.

Provide 24/7 on-call support for production and non-production environments which included product test, staging, training and break fix environments.

Involve in status monitoring and weekly review meetings with the team.

Noble Azania Investments Ltd., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania May 2007 - November 2008

Middleware Administrator

Technical Environment: JDK 1.5/1.6, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, EJB, LDAP, JDBC, XML, Oracle9i/10.x, BEA WebLogic Server 9.x/10.x, Tomcat 3.x, WLST, ANT, Win2K, Solaris 10, Sun One iPlanet Web, CVS, SVN, Jenkins, SAN, NAS

Responsibilities:

Deployed large Web-based transaction systems in Weblogic application Server 10.0 MP1 on Sun Solaris platform.

Configured and administered WebLogic server with Oracle9i/10 database.

Deployed the applications like formats of WAR, JAR and EAR in WebLogic 10.x.

Configured and administered of JDBC, JMS, JNDI and SNMP in WebLogic Server 10.x.

Installed, configured and administered of BEA WebLogic Server 10.x in various environments.

Installed and configured Sun One iPlanet and IIS 5.0 WebServer in various environments to proxy requests to origin WebLogic servers with WebLogic plug-in configuration.

Migrated JDK version 1.4 to 1.5 and applied the patches to the WebLogic servers.

Performed WebLogic upgrades and installing patches across the WebLogic servers and the clusters in multiple environments.

Involved with architecture and design of the WebLogic application server for a migration of 9.x to 10.x - infrastructure capacity planning included determining clustering configuration, number of managed servers to handle the environment with multiple WebLogic domains, managed servers and clusters.

Managed build and release management for a J2EE Application Server platform. Building and deploying J2EE Applications archives (Jar, War and Ear) on Application servers - BEA WebLogic using Apache ANT and Remote shell scripts.

Planned and built environments in Windows and Unix/Linux platforms using the templates and continuous application support, day to day support, troubleshooting and maintenance of all the environments.

Configured and deployed applications in various work environments like development, system test and production.

Performed daily builds to compilation and deployment of the Java applications and daily shakeout of the environments for stability.

Oversaw configuration management, managed multiple Subversion/CVS source control repositories, managed code branch versions, resolved conflicts during merging, managed labels, performed SCM audit on regular basis, merged and tracked release branches and managed ACLs etc.

Setup Jenkins and implemented regular Build automation process using Jenkins for integration with SVN by following the continuous integration process and send notifications.

Maintained and created pools and zones in Solaris 10 operating systems.

Configured clustering EJB objects, JDBC connections and JMS servers.

Configured and administered connection pools for JDBC connections and Multi Data sources.

Configured LDAP using Windows domain - Active Directory Server for user authentication.

Used configuration wizard and configuration builder extensively to create and manage WebLogic domains.

Setup the cluster environment for WebLogic Server integrated with multiple workflows.

Involved in Performance Monitoring of Weblogic servers using Wily IntroScope and provide technical assistance during outages on production systems in collaboration with backend systems like SSO, authentication, billing, payments etc.

Wrote shell scripts for automating logs backup and archiving.

Analyzed the logs during troubleshooting and supported the WAR room calls with testing teams.

Managed the portal works on Tomcat servers, perform regular maintenance and logging.

Involved in doing a performance benchmark of WebLogic server by using Weblogic admin command line properties in Unix shell scripts.

Configured cluster of EJB objects, JDBC connections and JMS connection factories.

Involved in training to the project team members, documenting the best practices and conducting knowledge transition sessions on the new scopes/changes introduced within the applications.

Supported on call schedule for production and non production testing environments support.

Rediffusion DYR, Mumbai, India November 2001 - March 2007

Web Administrator January 2005 - March 2007

Technical Environment: JDK 1.4, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, XML, Apache 1.3.x, Tomcat 3.x, Oracle 8.x, MySQL 3.x, ANT, Redhat Linux 5/6, Win2K, SAN, NAS

Responsibilities:

Installed and administered Apache Web 1.3.3x and Apache Tomcat 3.x server and multiple versions on Red Hat Linux 5/6.

Maintained Apache Web environments by identifying system requirements, installing upgrades, monitoring system performance.

Created self-sign certifications and installed vendor’s certifications for Apache Tomcat servers.

Established Web system specifications by analyzing access, information and security requirements, designing system infrastructure.

Maintained Web system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis and performance tuning, troubleshooting system hardware, software and operating and system management systems, designing and running system load/stress testing, escalating application problems to vendor.

Secured Web system by developing system access, monitoring, control and evaluation by establishing and testing disaster recovery policies and procedures, completing back-ups, maintaining documentation.

Upgraded Web system by conferring with vendors and services, developing, testing, evaluating and installing enhancements and new software.

Worked with Load Balancers team to configure BIG IP F5 Load Balancers, VIP and integrated with Apache web server.

Configured SSL setup for Apache. Configured SSL between Apache/Tomcat application servers.

Established Web system by planning and executing the selection, defining system and operational policies and procedures.

Configured Log rotation for Apache and log redirection for plug-in.

Managed Virtual Hosts configurations on Apache web servers and enabled SSL encryptions.

Oversaw Apache Web Server configuration in Linux enabling MySQL support.

Setup URL redirects based on the IT and the application requirements to handle the external interfacing applications.

Met financial requirements by submitting information for budgets, monitoring expenses.

Participated in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintained personal networks, participated in professional organizations.

Accomplished organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests.

HR Analyst/Senior HR Manager November 2001 - December 2004

Technical Environment: ERP, PeopleSoft, SAP HR

Responsibilities:

Understood existing systems environment and anticipated and resolved potential issues with new HRIS solution and initiative.

Facilitated brainstorming sessions to refine requirements.

Analyzed HR processes and supported in the development of HRIS solution that solved functional and business issues of varying complexity.

Involved in discussions with line managers for understanding requirements on error handling and exceptions and creating alerts for business process monitoring.

Performed gap analysis in core areas addressing key HR issues for incorporating in an automated process.

Contributed significantly towards the design and development of Human Resources Information System (HRIS) including generation of HR reports for management decisions.

Maintained extensive knowledge of management reports required from HR functional perspective and understanding business requirements, helped in recommending HR solution to be adapted in SAP implementation.

Provided implementation support through transition to ongoing operations.

Developed and created functional employee benefit strategies workflow design and specifications in partnership with unit heads.

Developed and prepared HR process documentation including requirements specifications, use cases, test scripts and plans.

Involved in conducting feasibility study in the area of company’s formal competency-based performance review program. After thorough research, introduced 360 degrees feedback system and provided significant inputs for SAP configuration.

Assisted in development of employee training plans in alignment with functional and individual requirements.

Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd., Mumbai, India September 1994 - November 2001

HR Analyst

Technical Environment: ERP, PeopleSoft

Responsibilities:

Prepared documents to capture HR workflow information and mapped them for incorporating in To-Be system environment.

Involved in mapping all areas of HR operations including loans and benefits, performance management system, leave and attendance system, etc. as part of ISO core committee member.

Assisted in preparation of HR operational documents on the requirements of ISO and Malcolm Baldrige’s Quality standards.

Analyzed monthly reports on core HR operations and training costs per employee, incremental and benefits’ costs per employee, working hours, etc. using Malcolm Baldrige’s quality performance criteria.

Coordinated with finance department on processing promotions and benefits as per the organizations ISO quality standards.

Contributed significantly in the analysis of employee compensation and benefit processes, adhering to statutory compliances.

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