SUMMARY
Over ** years System Administration experience in IBM WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebLogic, Apache Tomcat and JBoss over the full life cycle including planning, installation, administration and support.
●Expertise in Installing, Configuring and Administering IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x on all platforms.
●Configured IHS Web Server V9.0/8.0/7.x/6.x and created Web Server Definition in WebSphere Application Server admin console for web server Plug in management.
●Expert in WebSphere cluster management including horizontal and vertical scaling and creation of nodes.
●Experience in installation and configuration of JBoss and Apache tomcat Application Servers 4.x/5.x/6.x
●Experience in infrastructure deployments with tools such as Chef, Puppet and Jenkins.
●Experience in Weblogic Server 10/11.x installation, support and administration.
●Configured Portal with backend database DB2 and transfer for portal databases from Cloudscape to DB2.
●Deployed enterprise applications and administration of resources in all the environments including development, Integration, Testing, and Production.
●Experienced in using external security manager TAM/Siteminder for user authentication and global sign on. Installed, Configured and enabled TAI on WebSphere.
●Worked with External Security Manager CA Siteminder Policy Server 7.x and configuring with Portal.
●Setup WebSphere resources such as data sources, virtual hosts, web server plug-in, libraries, Variables and JVM parameters.
●Experience working with MQ Queue Managers and its objects using MQ Explorer and MQSC Commands. Experience defining and managing Full Repository Queue Manager Clusters.
●Experience in Digital certificates, installation and CSR generation for implementing SSL secure communication using ikeyman utility. Performed Name based and IP based virtual hosts for setting up multiple domains for different applications.
●Performance tuning and monitoring using Tivoli Performance Viewer and various monitoring tools, performed analysis, tracing and debugging issues.
●Installed Fix packs, Cumulative Fixes and interim fixes for WebSphere and Portal Servers.
●Versatile team player with excellent analytical, communication and interPersonal Skills.
●Coordinate daily activities with long-range goals, quick learner, and self-starter, can work well independently or as a team member, good communications and excellent technical problem solving skills.
TECHNICAL PROFILE
Application Servers/Middleware
IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x, WebSphere Portal 8.x/7.x, MQ, Weblogic 12c/11.x/10.x/, JBoss, Apache tomcat, IBM HTTP Server 9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x
Web Technologies
Servlets, JSP, EJB, JDBC, JMS, Web Services, Java Beans, JNDI, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript
RDBMS
IBM DB2 10.x/9.x, Oracle 11g/10.x, MS SQL Server
Programming Languages
C, C++, Java, SQL, Visual Basic
Protocols
TCP/IP, LDAP, SOAP,HTTP,HTTPS
Operating System
RHEL 7.x/6.x/4,x, IBM AIX 4.x/6.x, Solaris 10, Windows 2012 R2/2008/2003 Server
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: New York Life
Duration: Sept’2018 - Present
Title: Middleware Engineer
Role & Responsibilities:
●Planned, strategies, automated apache web servers and plugins migration from 2.2 to 2.4 version on Redhat Linux. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
●Installed, Configured, Administered and Supported IBM WebSphere Application Server v9.x in Development, Staging, QA and Production environments on RHEL 7.x.
●Installed, configured and administer IBM Tealeaf v.9.0.2 from scratch on a 3 tier environment.
●Deployed Java/j2ee applications on WebSphere Application Server.
●Worked with networking team in setting up Load Balancers such as BIG IP (F5) to communicate with IBM HTTP Server.
●Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on Weblogic application server 12.x
●Setup Jboss AppServers on RedHat Linux in a clustered environment with Apache.
●Fine tune JVM parameters, thread-pool and connections with Jboss Servers.
●Experience deploying applications, configuring data sources and tuning Apache Tomcat application server.
●Experience setting up WebSphere Application Server to communicate with MQ objects including Queue Managers, Remote/Local Queues, Transmission Queues, Channels and listeners.
●Help configure site scope to monitor business applications
●Provided on call 24/7 support for Production on rotational basis.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0/8.5.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server 9.x/8.x/7.x, Jboss EAP 7, Apache Tomcat 2.4, RHEL 7.x, DB2 10.x, Oracle 12c, Microsoft AD, Weblogic 12.x/11.x
Client: State of IL (SOI), Chicago, IL
Duration: April’17 – August’ 2018
Title: Sr. Middleware Administrator
Role & Responsibilities:
●Installed, Configured, Administered and Supported IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5/7.0 in Development, Staging, QA and Production environments on RHEL 7.x.
●Installed and Configured the IBM HTTP Server v8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
●Implemented security business solutions utilizing IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM), Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) and Siteminder.
●Experience with Migration of WebSphere 8.0 to 8.5.
●Deployed Java/j2ee applications on WebSphere Application Server.
●Worked with networking team in setting up Load Balancers such as BIG IP (F5) to communicate with IBM HTTP Server.
●Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on Weblogic application server 12.x
●Setup JBoss AppServers on RedHat Linux in a clustered environment with Apache.
●Fine tune JVM parameters, thread-pool and connections with JBoss Servers.
●Experience deploying applications, configuring data sources and tuning Apache Tomcat application server.
●Installed, configured and administered various applications on Apache Tomcat and JBoss application servers.
●Created and managed MQ objects including queue managers, remote/local queues, Integrated
●WebSphere Applications with MQ series using JMS Admin.
●Experience setting up WebSphere Application Server to communicate with MQ objects including Queue Managers, Remote/Local Queues, Transmission Queues, Channels and listeners.
●Installed fix packs to mitigate security related issues.
●Worked closely with business, product management, and project management to ensure that application and technical architecture meets project objectives and standards.
●Provided 24/7 support for Production Issues.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0/8.5.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, JBoss EAP 7, Apache Tomcat, RHEL 7.x, DB2 10.x, Oracle 11g, Microsoft AD, Weblogic 12.x/11.x
Client: Navy Federal, Vienna, VA
Duration: Nov’16 – April’17
Title: Middleware Administrator
Role & Responsibilities
●Installed, Configured, Administered and Supported IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5/7.0 on RHEL 6.x and Windows Server 2012.
●Experience installing, configuring and deploying applications on Weblogic application server 10.x/11g.
●Installed and Configured the IBM HTTP Server v7.x/8.x and Web server plugins. Configured web server definitions in Admin Console for remote management.
●Experience installing Internet Information Server 8.0 webservers. Configured virtual directories and websites in IIS.
●Experience in infrastructure deployments with tools such as Chef, Puppet and Jenkins.
●Installed EARs, WARs and configured application specific JVM settings, Web container parameters using the Admin Console scripts.
●Created WebSphere resources, JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and Javamail sessions.
●Experience installing and supporting Windows based environments such as Windows 2012/2008 Server.
●Responsible for installing Fix packs and cumulative fixes for all WebSphere versions.
●Installed, Configured and administered Siteminder webagent and appagent.
●Created and managed MQ objects including queue managers, remote/local queues, Integrated WebSphere Applications with MQ series using JMS Admin.
●Configured Repository Queue Managers in clustering Environment
●Troubleshooting and performance tuning using TPV. Performed WebSphere performance tuning parameters like JVM Heaps, Connection pooling, thread pooling, session management etc.
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x/7.0.x, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, RHEL 6.x, DB2 10.x, Oracle 11g, IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.x, Weblogic 10.x/11.x, WebSphere MQ, Windows 2012.
Client: PNC Bank, East Brunswick, NJ
Duration: Jan’15 – Oct’16
Title: Middleware Engineer
Role & Responsibilities:
●Installed, Configured and managed WebSphere Application Server ND V8.x/7.x and IHS Server V8.x/7.x on RHEL 5.x and windows environments.
●Installed, Configured and administered IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.
●Configured WebSphere Portal Server databases with oracle and implemented security using MS Active Directory Server.
●Supported various applications running on Weblogic and JBoss application Servers.
●WebLogic Administration, Monitoring and Troubleshooting issues.
●Implemented the Clusters, Cluster Members (using Vertical and Horizontal Scaling) in order to recover from a single point of failure.
●Provided production control support primarily in the AIX and application server environment.
●Installed, configured and administered IBM HTTP Server web server with WAS.
●Generated plug-in configuration file, modified it and swapped to web server location.
●Installed and Configured IBM MQ V7 on windows server and Integrated MQ with WebSphere Application Server for Java Messaging Service.
●Created and Configured Queue Manager, Queues, Process Definition, Channels, Listener and Channel initiator and checked the channel communication between Application Server and JMS Server.
●Configured Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual host, variables and Http transport for Application Servers.
●Experience in configuring various application parameters like JVM class paths, Web Container, EJB Container, PMI interfaces and environment properties.
●Configured Web resources including JDBC providers, connection pooling and Java Mail session.
●Configured JDBC data sources to access MS SQL database.
●Experience supporting and administering middleware applications running on Apache Tomcat server.
●Installed, configured and administered various applications on Apache Tomcat and WebSphere.
●Experience administering and configuring apache Tomcat server instances and environments.
●General administration (deployment, configuration, redeployment, problem investigation and support) of applications running on JBOSS application servers platforms.
●Installation, upgrades, patching and support of JBoss Application Servers.
●Provide on call and weekend maintenance support for applications.
Environment: IBM WebSphere 8.x/7.x, WebSphere Portal 7.x, IBM MQ V7.x, Oracle 9i/10g, IBM HTTP Server 8.x/7.x, RHEL 5.x, WebLogic 10.x, Apache Tomcat, MS Active Directory
Client: Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Jersey City, NJ
Duration: Jun’13 – Dec’14
Title: WebSphere Administrator
Role & Responsibilities
●Responsible for setup, installation and ongoing development of WebSphere Application Server 7.0.x on windows and RHEL platforms.
●Configured Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Resources, Servlet, JDBC drivers
●Deployed the applications (WAR, JAR, and EAR) on multiple WebSphere Servers and maintained load balancing, high availability and Failover functionality.
●Extensively involved in management of the Build and Migration Process
●Involved in migration from WebSphere 6.x to WebSphere 7.x
●Involved in writing scripts to handle everyday system administration tasks such as backup procedure, system cleaning, everyday system tasks etc.
●Interpreted log files to locate and solve problems such as tracing and debugging facilities
●Integrated WebSphere Applications with MQ Series using JMS admin
●Configured session management and used database for distributed sessions to persist session data
●Configured Oracle thin driver JDBC provider. Created and configured data sources for all the sites.
●Troubleshooting and Administration of WebSphere Admin Server
●Configured WebSphere Application Server for different databases such as DB2 and SQL server.
●Installed fix packs for WebSphere Application Server.
●Supported on Call schedule for Production Support.
●Documented all procedures and any other important issues.
Environment: IBM WebSphere 7.0.x/6.x, IHS 7.x, DB2 9.x/8.x, MS SQL Server, RHEL 5.x, Win 2008, MQ 6.x, iPlanet
Client: TIAA CREF, Charlotte NC
Duration: Dec’11 – May’13
Title: WebSphere Administrator
Role and Responsibilities:
●Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 6.x/7.x and IBM HTTP Server on AIX.
●Monitored, optimized and tuned J2EE-based solutions in both single node and clustered environments
●Installed patches, packages and plugins for WebSphere application server
●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.
●Played an active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck by enhanced performance ensuring upstream queuing.
●Configured the Web Server interfaces, session management, virtual hosts and transports for WebSphere Application Servers.
●Configured WebSphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in WebSphere.
●Experience administering IIS Web servers and hosted web sites.
●Configured IIS and plugins with various application servers such as WebSphere, Apache Tomcat.
●Well versed with IIS administration activities such as managing virtual hosts/directories, SSL etc.
Environment: IBM WebSphere 6.x/7.0, DB2 8.x, IBM HTTP Server 6.x/7.x, AIX 6.x, Db2 8.x, F5 Load balancer.
Client: Marriott, Gaithersburg, MD
Duration: Dec’09 – Oct’11
Title: Infrastructure System Admin
Roles and Responsibilities
●Installed, configured and administered RHEL Linux 4.x.
●Installed and configured IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 7.x/6.x and IBM HTTP Server on RHEL.
●Installation & configuration of Linux High Availability Server and VM’s.
●Managed the complete network file system, network information service and domain name service
●Involved in setting up Web server, Mail server, NFS server, DNS and NIS+ databases.
●Assisted in creating user accounts and customizing user environment
●Linux administration including monitoring, managing the memory/CPU loads, disk space, processes running on them.
●Added new disks, formatting, partitioning and disk space allocation. Monitored system performance assisted in system tuning, system security and crash recovery issues
●Developed Automated Shell scripts for various administration jobs.
●Korn & C shell scripting, mainly for scheduling jobs (CRONTAB)
●Solving User/Network problems, guiding users on various security issues.
●Configuring Windows Servers and UNIX Servers.
●Installed new Software’s and Patches and Troubleshooting network problems.
Environment: RHEL Linux 4.0, Solaris, Oracle 9, Windows 2008, Internet Information Server 5.0, Mail server, NFS server, DNS and NIS+
Client: ATOS Origin Inc (Schlumberger), Houston, TX
Duration: March’08 – Oct’09
Title: Infrastructure System Admin
Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
●Installed, configured and administered RHEL Linux 4.x.
●Installation & configuration of Linux High Availability Server for Load balancing.
●Linux administration including performance, disk management and tune system parameters.
●Performed User Management, creating user and group accounts assigning permission to file systems.
●Managed complete network file system, network information service and domain name.
●Korn & C shell scripting, mainly for scheduling jobs (CRONTAB)
●Installed and configured other external devices like printers, Secondary disks and tape drives.
●Involved in setting up Web Server, Mail Server, NFS server, DNS and NIS database.
●Configuring Windows Servers and UNIX Servers.
●Installing new Software’s, patches and Troubleshooting network problems.
●Developed Automated Shell scripts for various administration jobs.
●Solving user/Network problems, guiding users on various security issues.
●Worked closely with Network Services to maintain and troubleshoot environment.
Environment: Websphere 7.0,6.x, MQ 6.x, JDOM, JDBC, JavaScript, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server 2.x
Client: Total Systems Inc, Columbus, GA
Duration: June’06 – Feb’08
Title: DB IT Analyst
Role & Responsibilities:
●Developed a project as part of a team for this premier financial guarantee company where growth created dynamic need for new databases covering client related information, investment data, and production support databases.
●Accountable for Life Cycle deliverables including gathering/analyzing information, defining system requirements over client interactions for manufacturing, accounts receivables and other modules, designing changes to system using D2K, change management, development, testing, support and roll-out.
●Contributed to development by configuring listeners, tnsnames and UNIX environment for Oracle work group server databases on production sites.
●Implemented Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) strategy, and query optimization with tools like Explain Plan.
●Participated in the setup and management of database replications among development and production databases, wrote UNIX shell scripts (creation, statistics gathering, security administration) to automate database administration, and prepared system test plan and performed integrated testing.
●Introduced Configuration Management using SCCS, analyzed tables/indexes to generate statistics for tuning, implemented Conventional Hot backup, Cold Backup and logical Backup.
●Provided database management including performance tuning, support, logical & physical design and managing Oracle utilities (SQL Loader, Export, Import), and utilized Schema building and physical database design to OFA standard in the design of the Oracle databases.
Environment: Sun Solaris 5, Oracle 7.x, TOAD, SCCS, VSS, Designer 2000, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripts, AIX 4.3, TKPROF, Erwin Tools 4.5
EDUCATION
●Bachelors of Science - 1998