Manager Project

Rahul V

Mobile: 270-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

Summary:

• Over 6plus years of IT industry experience in Systems Administration in Solaris, Redhat Linux

and Windows environment with emphasis on WebSphere Application Server (6.0/6.1),

Websphere Process Server,WMQ v5.3/6.0,WBIMB v5.0, WebSphere Partner Gateway

V6.0/6.2, WMB v6.0 and WMB v6.1,IHS, and Apache 1.3/2.0/2.2.x.

• Experienced in deploying J2EE components on IBM WebSphere application server using

Application Assembly Tool.

• Expertise in installing, configuring and administering WebSphere Partner Gateway6.0/6.2 and

WebsphereTransformationExtender.

• Extensive experience in Planning, Installation, Configuration, Migration and Administration of

IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0/6.1, WMQSeries v5.3 & 6.0, WebSphere Business

Integration Message Broker v5.0, v6.0 & v6.1 on Solaris,Z/os, AIX, Linux.

• Experienced in applying patches and plug-ins for web sphere application server and Used Tivoli

performance viewer and log analyzer for performance and troubleshooting.

• Experience in Shell scripting (bash, ksh) including PERL.

• Good experience in IDE like WSAD, Eclipse, JBuilder development and debug tools.

• Configuration Management using ClearCase, CVS and PVCS and well versed in code

management using Repositories.

• Worked on SSL certifications for Web Servers. Implemented ssh-keygen to avoid not using

password between SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. This can be used for automated scheduled UNIX

jobs.

• Extensive working experience with RDBMS using Oracle9i/10g, DB2 v8.1/9.1.

• Sound exposure to XML technologies for data exchange and presentation using XML, XSL,

SAX, DOM, XSLT

• Ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to

communicate requirements effectively to team members and manage applications .

Education:

• Masters in Computers

Certification:

• IBM Certified System Administrator – WebSphere Application Server v6.0

• IBM Certified System Administrator -- WebSphere MQ v6.0

• IBM Certified System Administrator -- WebSphere Message Broker v6.0

Languages Java, ESQL, XML, Unix Shell Scripting, C/ C++, VB and .NET

Web Server Java Web Server, Apache Jakarta.

Application Server Weblogic 9.x/8.1/7.0/6.0, WebSphere 6.0/5.x,

Internet Technologies JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, XML, JSP, ASP

Middle ware WMQ Series v5.x/6.0/7.0, WBIMB v5.0 WMB v6.0/6.1.

Monitoring tools QPASA v3.3/v4.0 and TIVOLI.

Database Oracle 9i, DB2 v8.1/9.1, MS-SQL Server 2000.

Operating System UNIX (AIX, HP-UNIX, SOLARIES), Linux, AS/400, OS/390,

Windows XP.

Tools & Utilities: RfhUtil, Visual Edit, Visual Browse, PL/SQL Developer, Visio 2000,

TOAD, Putty and XML Spy.

Professional Experience:

BCBS, Colorado Springs November 08 – till date

Project: BCBS Integration

Role: WMQ/WMB/WPG & WAS Administrator (SOA Architecture) (Team Lead)

Description: Presently working as Team Lead in Administration, Support (24x7) and

Maintenance of Websphere Application Server, WMQ and WBIMB. I support and maintain

SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Infrastructure, support and upgrade the existing

Software’s to latest fixpacks/csds. I’m expert in Installation/ Administration and Maintenance

of Websphere Application Servers (All components of SOA), MQ Servers/WBIMB 6.0. I

create/configure/maintain WAS and MQ clusters. I have to create new connections as per

Clients requirements between MQ Servers to Clients and between MQ Servers to MQ Servers.

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Websphere Application Server 6.0/6.1,HTTP webServer1.3/2.0/2.2.x,

Apache on Solaris and Linux.

• Performed detailed analysis on customer issues to determine causes and appropriate

solutions.

• Configuring the Dev/Test/UAT and Prod environments on Network deployment and

standalone.

• Installation, Configuring, and troubleshooting the IBM WebSphere Application Server and

Migration of IBM WebSphere from 6.0 to 6.1 and Installation of fix packs/cumulative fix packs

and Refresh packs.

• Creating and configuration/Administration of Websphere Application Server clusters.

• Deploying ear files and war files and Helping developers with java coding.

• Fine tuning of the application server based on the requirements.

• Provided ongoing support to customers’ websites.

• Configured and setup Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) for IHS and Apache Webservers.

• Setup and configuration of Application Server, Deployment of J2EE Applications into WAS.

• Well versed and proven experience in packaging and deploying applications using

WebSphere Application Assembly Tool (AAT), implementing and maintenance of Workload

Management (WLM) using clustering/cloning.

• Work with networking team and get the IPs added to the servers and have DNS entries made

for each IP.

• Expertise in installing, configuring and administering WebsphereTransformationExtender.

• Installing and configuring WebSphere PartnerGateway 6.0/6.2.

• Installing and configuring Websphere Process Server.

• Administered Clustering of MQ qmgr on different platforms (Solaris, Linux & Windows).

• Installing and Administering Message Broker on Solaris, Linux and AIX.

• Setting up the environment on Sun Solaris, Linux and AIX.

• Created and modified MQ Objects such as Queue Managers, channels and queues.

• Administered MQSeries objects like Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Authentication

Information, Process Definition and Namelists.

• Created Connections of MQ Series Objects between Unix-Unix and Unix-Windows Operating

Systems.

• Created and configured the Broker, Configuration Manager and Installed Toolkit on

Developers machines.

• Coordinating with other groups for effective management and quick resolutions.

• Involved in preparing checklists for production migration.

• Production support 24x7. Trouble shooting all kinds of issues, helping resolve issues in no time.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 6.0/6.1, Websphere Process Sever,WebSphere Message

Broker v6.0, WebSphere MQ 6.0, WBI Adapters (JDBC), Solaris, Linux, AIX 5.3, Z/OS, Windows

2000/XP & DB.

Meijer Inc, Grand Rapids, MI

May’07-Oct’08

Role: WAS and MQSeries Administrator

Miracle software systems Inc is solutions provider. I worked on IBM suite with clients, in setting up

the environments, installation, configuration of Websphere Sphere MQ, Message Broker. This is on

AIX.

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Websphere application server and WMQ 5.3 on Linux, Solaris,

Windows, AIX, and Administered OS/390. MQSI installation on Windows.

• Involved in Advance performance monitoring and tuning of both Websphere Application Server

and the Solaris operating system.

• Package, build, Integrate and deploy enterprise J2EE applications on Websphere 5.0 that

involves EAR (Enterprise Archives) and WAR (Web Archives).

• Monitor disk space, logs, configure cron jobs, verify system logs and make sure all softwares are

working without issues.

• Managed the security and performance optimization for EJB containers and web applications in

IBM WebSphere.

• Creating Clusters of queue managers to simplify the overall administration process or to achieve

workload balancing.

• Performing Administration tasks using MQSC commands.

• Software requirements and hardware requirements study including specific requirements at client

and server (servers, software’s, routers, and modems).

• Testing and implementation in production.

• Developed and integrated the backend process for this enrollment project. Prepared design

documents for backend process for necessary approval.

• Used MQSeries logs for backup and recovery procedures.

• Code for retrieving XML stream from Request Queue.

• Configured DB2 server as database and created tables for backend process for run-time

environment.

• Created connection pools and data sources for JDBC connectivity using WebSphere to

connect SQL server database.

• Created stored procedures to Insert/Update data and created triggers to auto generate

Application ID to maintain relationship with different tables.

• Prepared project documentation.

Environment: WebSphere Server 6.1, MQSeries 6.x, WMQI 2.1, WMIMB, MQSeries Java/JMS,

SQL Server 2000,, JBuilder, J2EE, XML, Windows 2000, AIX, Solaris, Linux for windows, OS/390,

Visio, Tivoli Monitoring, Remedy Notifications.

National Bank, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sept’06-Apr’07

Role: WebSphere Administrator (MQ and Message Broker)

I used to support IBM Internal accounts, Production support 24x7.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WebSphere application server, MQ and Message Broker.

• Updated Websphere with latest fix packs.

• Add Apache rewrite rules and update functionality of web server.

• Deployed code on weekly basis and work with testers to test apps and support web and

middleware applications in all stages.

• Make sure weekly batch jobs are run and locate failed batch jobs and resolve any issues.

• Analyzing Activity log files and diagnosing Application Server problems using Log Analyzer.

• Hands on with WebSphere Application Server on multiple platforms for both horizontal and

vertical scaling.

• Good Knowledge of Edge Components Failover (Active/Standby), HTTP Server Failover

(Active/Active), Web Container Failover, EJB Container failover, Session Affinity, Session

Persistence.

• Configured the Configuration Manager, Message Repository Database and MQSI Broker.

• Involved in trouble shooting and debugging MQSI Message Flows.

• Worked on Web Sphere MQ Clustering and High Availability.

• Created Cluster’s of Queue managers in order to simplify the overall administration process

and to achieve workload balance.

• Created test scenarios to execute MQSeries Clustering setup.

• Developed XML files to send and receive as messages for MQSeries using MQSeries Java

API.

• Developing reusable web services and JAVA utility class to support XML using XML, and

SOAP.

• Developed shell scripts in AIX for checking the health status of the MQSeries.

• Troubleshooting and debugging MQSI messages flows using Trace nodes and error handling

nodes.

• Administered the IBM WebSphere Server and DB2, Oracle databases.

• Provided security by using Object Authority Manager (OAM).

• Deployed J2EE applications using WSAD.

• Authored design documentation, Installation documentation, System Administration

Documentation.

• Involved in User Training and Knowledge Transfer.

Environment: IBM WebSphere 6.x, IBM WMQSeries 5.3, WMQI 2.1, WBIMB 5.0, WSAD, WMQ

Workflow, QPASA, AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows 2003 Server, DB2 8.0, Oracle 9i, XML, and Java.

Northwestern Mutual Financial, Milwaukee, WI

May’05-Aug’06

Role: Websphere and MQSeries Administrator

Object soft Group Inc is solutions provider. I worked on IBM suite with clients, in setting up the

environments, installation, configuration of WAS, MQ and Message Broker. This is on AIX.

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Websphere application server and WMQ 5.3 on Windows, AIX,

Linux, Solaris and Administered OS/390. MQSI installation on Windows.

• Implemented vertical and horizontal cloning in WebSphere Environment.

• Managed the Connection Pooling and registering web applications ( Servlets, JSP) in the

WebSphere Server.

• Federating standalone and custom application servers to the network deployment to administer it

from a central location.

• Deployed Enterprise Java Beans (Both Session and Entity) on WebSphere 4.0/5.x application

server.

• Migrated applications from WAS 5.0 to 6.1 and backed up WebSphere configuration using XML

Config tool.

• Monitor and analyze data with Tivoli Performance Viewer.

• Used Resource Analyzer to analyze the resources utilized by the Application Server.

• Creating Clusters of queue managers to simplify the overall administration process or to achieve

workload balancing.

• Performing Administration tasks using MQSC commands.

• Software requirements and hardware requirements study including specific requirements at client

and server (servers, software’s, routers, and modems).

• Worked closely with Project manager, development, testing and production team to align project

deliverables, meeting deadlines and report issues/concerns.

Environment: Apache, Linux, Solaris, Remedy, IBM WebSphere, WBIMB, WSAD, WMQ

Workflow, Oracle 9i, DB2 8.1, Windows 2000/XP, Linux, Solaris.

State Farm Insurance, IL

Dec’04 to Apr’05

Role: WBIMB Developer

This project is to develop message flows to calculate charge and allowance for products and

updating data into db2 database. When the charge and allowance flag (alw_chg_flag) is

updated on the PO Header, data is extracted from a temporary worktable in Oracle DB, and

stored in an mdi table. Responsibilities:

• Studied business requirements and specifications.

• MQ-Series Administration i.e. creation/deletion/updating of queues/channels.

• Participate in Process Reviews and point out areas of improvements.

• Installed and configured WBIMB toolkit on Win XP.

• Designed and developed Message flows.

• Wrote ESQL coding for different nodes like Filter, Compute node etc.

• Involved in Unit Test, System Test and Enterprise Test.

• Tested and deployed flow into production.

• Prepared project documentation.

Environment: WMQ 5.3.8, WBI MB 5.0.4, Oracle 9i, DB2 8.1, Windows 2000/XP, AIX, OS 390,

XML, Rational Clear Case, Putty, PL/SQL Developer, Quarryman, Crimson Editor, Microsoft

Visio viewer.

Peoples Bank, Covington, GA May’03 to Nov’04

Role: WebSphere Admin

I worked on IBM suite with clients, in setting up the environments, installation, configuration of

Websphere Sphere application server, MQ, Message Broker. This is on AIX.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Installed, and Configured WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQSeries and

MQSI on Windows 2000 Servers.

• Applied Fixpacks and Cumulative fixes to Websphere Application server and Portal server.

• Installation and configuration of apache, by compiling apache with required modules and

Upgrade apache web servers and migrate configuration

• Implemented SAMBA on Linux and Solaris.

• Performed jumpstart installation of Solaris 10 to automate the installation on 15 servers.

• Monitored filesystem utilizations using custom shell scripts, Maintained cron tabs and

automated weekly backup using custom scripts

• Monitoring the health of all servers by using SAR (System Activity Report), IOSTAT (Input

& Output Statistics) & Windows Performance Monitor.

• Installed Red hat enterprise Linux on the Intel based server.

• Configuration of WebSphere MQSeries Objects.

• Involved in Tuning of WebSphere Application Server for performance improvements.

• Developed Scripts for the entire environment.

• Configured the Configuration manager and Message broker

• Designed and developed Message flows according to the requirement

• Worked on WebSphere MQ Clustering for High Availability and workload balance.

• Configured WAS for WMQ JMS Provider.

• Monitoring WebSphere Application Server performance through Tivoli Performance

Viewer.

• Documented for Installation, Configuration, troubleshoot, backup and Recovery.

Environment: IBM WAS 4.0,WMQSeries, MQSI 2.1, Windows 2000 Server, AS/400, Linux,

Solaris,DB2 v7.1, XML, CVS, and Java.

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