Senthil Kumar Nandagopalan
Certified Expert in Weblogic 10gR3 System Administration
Cell: 813-***-**** ************@*****.***
Senior Weblogic Architect/ Administrator with over 15 years of experience in IT infrastructure design, Oracle Fusion
Middleware Architecture, Data Center Architecture, Security, System administration, Deployment, Production support,
Performance tuning and Web Application architecture using technologies such as Oracle Fusion, Apache, Tomcat,
Java/J2EE, EJB, JMS, Servlet, XML, JSP, JSF, JSTL, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, WSDL, Vignette Portal, ITIL,
Virtualization and Load Balancers.
Career Summary
• Senior Weblogic Architect with proven ability for setting strategic leadership and direction for information technology.
• Over 8 years of extensive Middleware administration experience on Oracle Weblogic Server 8/9.x/10g/11g/12c.
• Over 5 years of Architect, Administration experience on Oracle SOA suite 11g, BPM, BAM, OBIEE, ECM 11g,
OEM12c/OMS, ADF, IIS, SQL Server 2003, Apache HTTP, SVN, CA Siteminder, PingFederate, DieselPointe
Search Engine, PBBI, Terracotta Server (Big Memory), VAP, SVN and Hudson/Maven/Jenkins.
• Over 8 years of specialization in Application Deployments, Configuration & Release Management which
includes Hardware/Software identification, release plans, SCRUM, resource planning, follow-ups and coordination on
deliverables.
• Over 4 years of Administration experience in Active-Active environment implementation for Fail-over, High
Availability and Performance.
• Over 5 years of Administration experience in Disaster & Recovery, Data center migration configuration and
Administration.
• Over 8 years of experience in coordinating application development and production support with offshore team.
• Over 7 years of specialization in HP BAC, SiteScope, Application Manager and OEM12c monitoring tools to
trouble shoot and resolve issues.
• Over 7 years of specialization in HP Mercury Diagnostics JVM Profiler and HP Open View analyzer for JVM
profiling.
• Over 11 years of Professional Programming experience using J2EE Technologies which includes Java2.0,
JDK1.4/1.6, JFC, Swing, Servlets, EJB 2.0/3.0, JDBC, JNDI, JTS, Spring and Hibernate.
• Extensive experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Load Balancer, Network, DNS configuration, Load
Balancers, Firewall rules.
• Good experience in Oracle SQL, Triggers, Views, User Defined Functions, Stored Procedures and Common
Table Expressions.
• Over 8 years of experience in Architecture, topology, interfaces designing and Data modelling.
• Guide the establishment of IT standards and policies on behalf of the enterprise. Creative thinker with high energy.
Good team player.
• Frameworks, Technologies and Compliance – ITIL, Virtualization, CMMI, SOX.
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Core Competencies
Operating Systems: RHEL 5.6 (x86_64), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 SP1
Programming Languages: Java/J2EE, JFC, Swing, SQL,PLSQL, C, C++
Scripting languages: UNIX Shell, HTML/DHTML, Python, Jython, PHP, Perl, Java script, XML, XSL, XSLT,
WLST
J2EE Technologies: JSP, JSF, JSTL, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, WSDL
System Administration: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle Weblogic Server 8.x/9.x/10g/11g/12c, JMS, MQ,
Oracle ADF, Oracle SOA Suite 11g, OBIEE, OEM12c, Splunk, Xpolog, FootPrints,
Logtail, Hudson, Jenkins, Maven, SVN, PBBI Platform, BigMemory Terracotta Server,
VAP 7.4, Tomcat, CORBA IDL, Iona OrbixWeb 3.2, IBM Websphere 6.0, IIS 6.0, CA
SiteMinder, Apache HTTP 2.2.11, Apache Tomcat, OID, OAM, OIM, OSB
Oracle Management Pack: Oracle Enterprise Management 12c Cloud (Grid, OMS, Agents – Installation,
Configuration, Administration)
DNS Loadbalancer: Cisco Ace GSS 4400 Series, Radware
DMZ Proxies: Apache HTTP 2.2.11, Oracle HTTP Server
Version Control/Build: VSS, CVS, Rational Clearcase, SVN
IDE Tools: JDeveloper, Eclipse, IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD 6.0)
UNIX Client Tools: Putty, Putty Connection Manager, Secure Shell Client
RDBMS: Oracle 11g Exadata, Oracle 10g, IBM DB2, SQL Server 2003, IBM DB2
Monitoring/Testing Tools: OEM12c, Apache JMeter, HP Diagnostics, Open View Analyzer, Application Manager,
Sniffer, HTTPAnalyzer, HTTPWatch, Fiddler, FireBug, Virtual Hosts Management,
TOAD, SQL Developer, Mercury QTP, SolarWinds, BlueStripe
Application Build Tools: ANT, Jenkins 1.4, Hudson 2.2.1, Maven
Support Tickets Tracker: CCM, JIRA, Siebel Vantive, Foot Prints
Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office
Frameworks: Oracle ADF, spring, AJAX, JSF, Hibernate, iBatis
Methodologies: Oracle SOA, Design Patterns, Waterfall, Agile Methodology, N-Tier architecture, OOPS
Concepts, Data Modelling techniques, Complete SDLC
Educational Qualification
Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering (B.E, ECE) June 1995 – May 1999
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
(Affliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India)
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Professional Certification
Membership/ Certification: Weblogic Server 10gR3 System Administration
Certificate Issued By: Oracle Corporation
Oracle Certification Program Id: SR5801329
Certified Date: 06-Aug-2009
Professional Experience
American Tower Corporation LLC, MA (Middleware Architect) Oct 2012 – Present
Program Name: ATC Portal Platform Administration
Key Responsibilities:
• End-to-End Environment System configuration, Administration, Monitoring and 24/7 Production Support.
• System Capacity planning, Performance tuning, Trouble shooting, High Availability Cluster administration.
• LDAP Active Directory Administration for SSO.
• Middleware administration on Weblogic Server, SOA, ADF, OBIEE, JMS, MQ, ECM, OSB, OHS, Jenkins, SVN,
Splunk, Xpolog, BlueStripe.
• Support & Deployment of SOA Applications (Composites & Workflows), J2EE applications.
• Regular System metrics collection/analysis via Bluestripe, OEM12c and Solar Wind tools to ensure platform health
within SLA.
• Co-ordination, Guide Infrastructure, developments teams for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Work with Architecture group on the requirements to plan the system specifications the applications.
• Create System topology diagrams for any new interfaces and existing interfaces as appropriate.
• Propose and Implement the Best Practices in Middleware Administration that suites the system.
The Nielsen Company, Tampa, FL (Middleware Architect) Feb 2008 – Oct 2012
Program Names: OGRDS Portal Platform Administration, Answers Portal Platform Administration
Key Responsibilities:
• End-to-End Environment System designing, configuration, Administration, Monitoring and 24/7 Production support.
• System Capacity planning, Performance tuning, Trouble shooting, Build & Release management, High Availability
Cluster administration, Active-Active administration.
• SiteMinder Administration for SSO.
• Middleware administration on Weblogic Server, SOA, ADF, OBIEE, JMS, MQ, OSB, OHS, Jenkins, SVN, Logtail, HP
Diagnostics, Apache HTTP, Pitney Bowes, BigMemory Terracotta, Hudson.
• System metrics collection/analysis via Open View analyzer, OEM12c and HP Diagnostics tools to ensure
environment/platform health within SLA.
• Co-ordination, Guide Infrastructure, developments teams for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Work with Architecture group on the requirements to plan the system specifications for the applications.
• Create System topology diagrams for any new interfaces and existing interfaces as appropriate.
• Co-ordinate with the QA Team & UAT users group to identify the Load capacity in the Test Plan & Test Data for the
deployed application.
• Set Goals, strategies and training programs for the onsite & offshore team members on Middleware administration.
• Conduct training sessions on the Client policies, processes, Business enhancements & work flow of the application.
• Propose and Implement the Best Practices in Middleware Administration that suites the system.
The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA (Technical Support Lead) Feb 2007 – Feb 2008
Projects: SIMS, SOSI
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Key Responsibilities:
• Middleware administration on Websphere, Weblogic Server, ADF, MQ, Apache HTTP.
• Construction, deployment and post production support
• Conducting requirements discussion with the customer & explaining the additional benefits of the product
• Performing a detailed analysis and preparing the estimation for the customization effort & timeline.
• Work with Architecture group on the requirements to plan the system specifications for the applications
• Co-ordination, Guide Infrastructure, developments teams for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Propose and Implement the Best Practices for the application development that suites the system
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (Technical Lead) Aug 2004 – Feb 2007
Projects: CID, Passport Common Logon
Key Responsibilities:
• Coding/Construction, Maintenance and Enhancement.
• Weblogic 8.x/Middleware Administration, Providing Production, QA, UAT Support.
• Release management and Change Management Process for code delivery.
• Implement the Best Practices for the application development that suites the system.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Ontario, Canada (Team Leader) Oct 2002 – Jul 2004
Projects: RSBCC, OCP, Red Book, Threat Profile Analysis, PMDB
Key Responsibilities:
• Coding/Construction, Unit, Functional, System, Integration testing, Maintenance and Enhancement.
• Application deployment in Weblogic server 8.x
• Prepare Unit Test Plan & Test cases
• Create DB objects for the application development.
IBM, USA (Programmer) Apr 2001 – Oct 2002
Projects: MWI, WTOF
Key Responsibilities:
• Coding/Construction, Unit, Functional, System, Integration testing, Maintenance and Enhancement.
• Application deployment in Weblogic server 8.x
• Prepare Unit Test Plan & Test cases
• Create DB objects for the application development.
Sequel Technologies, Canada (Programmer) Jun 1999 – Apr 2001
Projects: GUI Converter, J-Converter
Key Responsibilities:
• Coding/Construction, Unit, Functional, System, Integration testing, Maintenance and Enhancement.
• Application deployment in Weblogic server 8.x
• Prepare Unit Test Plan & Test cases.
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• Create DB objects for the application development
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