Application Server

KIRAN

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Kiran

Professional Summary:

Over 7 years of IT experience in administration of IBM WebSphere

Application Server 4.0/5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1/7.x on various Operating Systems

like UNIX and Windows.

. Installed and Configured IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/7.x

Network Deployment on various Operating Systems like Windows AIX,

Linux, Sun Solaris, Environments.

. Expertise in different UNIX platforms such as AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, Sun

Solaris 8/9/10 and Red hat 3.x/ Suse 9.x and Linux.

. Expertise in Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM

WebSphere Application Server 5.1/6.0/6.1, IBM HTTP Server

1.3.19/1.3.26/2.0.42.2/2.0.47.1 on different flavours of UNIX and

Windows.

. Experienced in implementing High-Availability, fail over topology

using clusters and load balancers. Extensive experience in optimizing

performance of WebSphere Application server using Workload Management.

Experienced in migrating WAS 6.1 to 7.0.

. Experience in Creating Heap dumps and Core dumps and analyze those

dumps using Heap Analyzer.Involved in creating and maintaining

WebSphere Network Deployment in WebSphere Application Server. Created

new Virtual Hosts and configured Host Aliases.

. Experience in Performance Tuning, Load Balancing and Work Load

Management on IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.0/6.1

. Experienced in upgrading WebSphere with Refresh packs, fixpacks and

fixes using update installer. Experienced in configuration of the plug-

ins on the WebServer when it is installed locally and remotely on the

DMZ.

. Excellent working knowledge in implementing LDAP security models using

Sun One LDAP and IBM Tivoli directory Server.

. Worked on server side technologies like JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI,

JDBC, JMS and RMI, CORBA, XML, HTML, Java Beans on IBM WAS.

. Excellent knowledge in Setting up of Nodes, Profiles, Data Sources,

Virtual Hosts, configuring Servlet Engines, and Session Managers.

. Expertise in writing JACL/Jython, UNIX scripts and shell scripts to

automate the maintenance process of the WebSphere.

. Experience in requirement analysis, scope, design analysis,

application development, debugging, testing and documentation of the

various phases in a s/w development life cycle.

. Provided support in a demanding 24/7 on-call support for applications

running in production on WebSphere Application servers through VPN

connection.

. Configured resources like J2C resources, connection factories and JMS

resources, JDBC Providers and Data sources, connection pooling in IBM

WebSphere 5.x/6.x

. Analyzed log files to solve problems using debugging tools like Log

Analyzer, Tivoli Performance Viewer Tool and Collector Tool.

. Experience in requirement analysis, scope, design analysis,

application development, debugging, testing and documentation of the

various phases in a s/w development life cycle.

. Expertise in cluster management implemented horizontal clusters,

vertical clusters and hybrid. Troubleshoot application related issues,

and interact with Development staff in performing complex testing.

Excellent knowledge on TCP/IP, RMI and HTTP protocols.

. Experience in migrating existing applications from WebSphere 5.x to

6.x on UNIX and Windows Platforms. Knowledge in J2EE Architecture.

. Excellent problem resolving interpersonal & communication skills with

ability to work under pressure in a highly visible role in a team and

individually. Having knowledge to work with offshore team and

coordinate with them.

Skills:

Operating Systems AIX 5.x, Solaris 9.0/8.x, Red Hat/ Suse 9/Linux

8.0/7.x,Window 2003/2000/NT,MS-DOS

Languages C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL,

Shell Scripts, JDBC.

Database DB2/UDB 7.2/8.x, ORACLE 11g/10g/9i/8.0/7.x,

SQLServer6.5/7.0.

Web/Application WebSphere 7.x/6.x/5.x/4.x, IBM HTTP Server

Servers 1.3.26/2.0.47.1, I Planet, IIS, Tomcat 5.5, 4.1,

Apache 2.x, Weblogic

Scripting Languages Shell Script, JACL/Jython Script and WSADMIN

Web Technologies HTML,DHTML,XML,ASP

EAI Tools Websphere MQ

Education:

. Bachelor of Computer Applications.

Professional Experience:

Ameriprise Financials, Minneapolis, MN

Oct 09 - Present

Sr. WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

. Installed, configured, administered WebSphere Application Server BASE,

ND on AIX for multiple high profile projects.

. Created Deployment manager and Application Server profiles and

federated to create cells.

. Administered, configured, tuned, and troubleshoot WebSphere in a

clustered environment on AIX

. Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from Admin console

and enabled security using LTPA and LDAP for admin console and

application components on AIX.

. Installation & Configuration of IBM HTTP Server 2.x, IBM IHS 5.X AND

6.X on AIX.

. Installed, configured and administered IBM WebSphere Application

Server 6.1/6.0,7.x on AIX. Created new Virtual Hosts and configured

Host Aliases.

. Involved in configuration and setup of WebSphere Application Server

security using LTPA and LDAP.

. Enabled Global security for the Admin Console and application

components

. Creating Heap dumps and Core dumps and analyze those dumps using Heap

Analyzer.

. Experience in migrating WAS 6.1 to 7.0.

. Configured IHS Web server, Creating and configured WebServer instances

Site minder to work with WAS.

. Installed, Configured and maintained LDAP (Sun one) Directory server.

. Used Resource Analyzer/ Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor

WebSphere Applications and tuned the environment accordingly like

changing the JVM Heap, Connection Pool sizes

. Used Websphere Admin Console and wasadmin/JACL scripting to install

enterprise EAR, WAR files or for hot deployment.

. Configured WebSphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources,

connection pooling, Implemented creation of Server groups and clusters

in WebSphere Application server.

. Provided 24/7 on-call support on rotation basis.

Environment: Application Server 5.1.x/6.x/7.x,AIX, Red Hat Linux 5.x,

Solaris 9.0, IBM DB2 9.5, Windows XP/2000/NT, Apache, IBM 6.X, Oracle

10.x/9.x/8.x, JBOSS, Tivoli performance viewer.

Staples, Boston, MA June 08 -

Sep 09

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

. Installed, configured, administered, troubleshot, tuned WAS ND on NT,

AIX, Solaris platforms for multiple high profile projects.

. Installation, configuration and administration of IBM WebSphere

Application Server 5.0 and IBM HTTP Server 1.3.X.

. Deployed application ears on WebSphere Application Server Network

Deployment in QA, Staging and Production environments on a daily basis

and troubleshot various configuration and application issues

. Configuration of Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web Resources and

JDBC drivers.

. Administered, configured, tuned, and troubleshot WebSphere in a

clustered environment on Solaris/Aix.

. Administration of connection between WebSphere and WebServer using

WebServer plugin.

. Implemented a migration from WebSphere Application Serve Base to

Network Deployment as well as a 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade.

. Used Logs and Different Trace levels to analyze WebSphere Application

Server logs.

. Performed WebSphere Configuration file system backup and restoration

using scripts.

. Used Resource Analyzer to measure the performance and efficiency of

the application resources and WebSphere runtime resources.

. Development using IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere

Studio Application Developer (JSP, Servlets, Java Beans) and

development with DB2.

. Troubleshooted and successfully resolved LDAP, Siteminder, WAS, code,

data issues.

. 24x7 on-site operations support.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0, 5.1, Websphere Portal

5.1.x, JBoss, Apache, IBM DB2,Aix, Solaris SunOS 5.8, Windows XP, JDBC2.0,

EJB1.1, XML1.0, HTML, Apache, LDAP.

PNC Bank, Cleveland, OH June 06 - May

08

WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities

. Installed, configured, and maintained WebSphere Application Server

5.x.

. Responsible for administration, development and implementation of web

applications using WebSphere Application Server 5.0.

. Managed connection pooling and registering web applications (Servlets,

JSP) on WebSphere.

. Installed IBM HTTP Server 1.3.26 on different nodes and configured

them by generating the plug-in from NDM Administration Console

. Bourne Shell scripts for High Availability and for user management

across the platform.

. Implemented creation of Server groups and clusters in WebSphere

Application server.

. Experience in the installation of Netscape Enterprise Server including

running multiple instances of the server, removal of the servers and

migration of servers from previous versions. Use and for POP3, SMTP

and HTTP access.

. Experience with the formation and management of clusters using

Netscape Enterprise Server.

. Implemented standard backup procedures for both application DB and WAS

administration DB. Backup of configuration files.

. Problem determination using local error logs and by running user

traces and service traces.

. Used Log Analyzer and Tracing to troubleshoot WebSphere Application

Server.

. Configuration of Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web Resources and

JDBC drivers.

. Involved in day-to-day Sun Solaris administration and using shell

scripting

. Assembled and Deployed the application in staging, in productions,

following change management practices and 24/7 support, worked in

shifts.

Environment: IBM AIX 5.x, UNIX, Windows 2000, IBM WebSphere Application

Server 4.0/5.0, Solaris, DB2, HP-UX, Solaris.

Pramathi Technologies, Hyderabad, India Mar 05 - Apr

06

Websphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

. Responsible for administration, development and implementation of web

application using WebSphereApplication Server 5.0/6.0.

. Deployed large Web-based transaction systems in WebSphere Application

Server 5.0.

. Implemented Clustering, Performance tuning and trouble shooting of IBM

WebSphereApplication Server 5.0.

. Responsible for installing and configuring third party software

necessary to test the product such as IBM Http Server and Apache

Webserver.

. Managed the Security and Performance optimizations for EJB containers

and web applications in IBM WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server and Apache

WebServer.

. Deployed Servlets, Session and Entity Beans on the WebSphere

Application Server.

. Managed security and performance optimizations for WebSphere

Application Server 5.0.

. Used Tivoli Performance monitoring tool to monitor application

resources (Enterprise beans, servlets) and WAS runtime resources (JVM

memory, application server thread pools, database connection pool).

. Trouble shooting on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung

sessions and session replication. Troubleshooting on issues such as

federation of nodes and synchronization of nodes with Websphere

Application Server NDM.

. Deployment of application and troubleshooting issues of successful

running of application on HTMLpage.

. Installed Upgrade Service Packs for migration to WebSphere Application

Server 6.0.

. Effectively interacted with the users on a daily basis, decreasing

downtime and increasing user productivity. Problem determination using

local error logs and by running user traces

. Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check

for system objects using thread analyzer. Configured plugins for

Websphere Application Server 5.0/6.0

. Developed scripts to handle everyday System Administration tasks such

as backup procedure, system cleanup, everyday system tasks, etc.

. Extensively worked on performance tuning and log analyzer to analyze

various logs and traces. Documented all procedures and any other

important issues.

. 24/7 support in troubleshooting problems occur for E-business and

regular WebSphere applications.

Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0/6.0, JBoss, Apache, IBM

DB2,Aix, Solaris SunOS 5.8, Windows XP, JDBC2.0, EJB1.1, XML1.0, HTML,

Apache.

Feast Software Solutions, Mumbai, India

Jan 04 - Feb 05

Java Developer

Responsibilities:

. Developed Servlets, JSPs on WebSphere.

. Developed Java applets using JDK, Java Swing.

. Developed and deployed Entity & Session beans on WebSphere

. Design the system, writing the specifications, development, testing

and support

. Designed and developed user interface using Java Swing, JBuilder.

. Interaction with client to study requirements, Modifications,

Analysis, Design, Coding and

Testing.

. Used JDBC, JNDI for Connection Pooling, Java Beans, JSP for

Presentation and Servlets to

. Processes validate and transit the data between the server and the

client.

Environment: J2EE, Servlets, JSP, WebSphere, EJB, Java Swing, XML, HTML,

DHTML, JDBC, JNDI, Rational Rose, AWT, JDK and Oracle.

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