WebSphere
Resume:
SYED RAJKAPOOR
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Career Summary:
DevOps/ IBM WebSphere Application server/ IBM Commerce Server Administration with 11+ years of experience
Worked on both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
Expertise in installation and configuration of WebSphere Commerce Server v V7.0/6.0, WebSphere Application Server V7.0/6.1/6.0, IBM HTTP Server (IHS) V7.0/6.1/6.0 on different platforms like Windows, IBM AIX and Linux.
Expertise in Design and configuration of Commerce Server instances and Setup with stand-alone/Cluster nodes in both horizontal and vertical topologies with oracle and DB2 databases.
Experienced in features enablement like foundation, location-services, store-enhancements and content-version (Authoring Server).
Strong Experience in Solr Setup to local/remote solrServer with repeater for multiple locales and Propagating from Auth to Production by command/automated.
Expertise in setting Emergency and Normal Workspace/Tasks/TaskGroups for different esite business users in management Center.
Expertise in configuring StagingCopy, StagingProp, index Prop and FileProp for data-transfer between the Authoring and Prod environments.
Expertise in BazaarVoice/CoreMetrics dataExtract Crawling SiteContent/Blogs for Different esites
Migrated Commerce from V5.6.1 to 6.0 in oracle database and Migrated Web Sphere Application Server from V6.0 to V6.1.
Having sound skill in loader package and data models concepts, customized script using loader utility for catalog and shipping customization and Experienced in Asset Store publish thru adminconsole and Command line.
Worked on Extended Sites Store Model, and created different esites with multiple locales in accelerator.
Expert in Creating and Customizing WCBD Scripts for Commerce and Search EAR build and deployments by using Ant, Jython, UNIX commands,batch scripting.
Administered and Implemented CI tools Jenkins and Quick Build to configure multiple releases with multiple nodes. As well scheduling the build and deployment for different releases
Strong in handling end to end major releases, troubleshooting and fixing the build and deployment issues
Expertise in commerce scheduler/messaging/transports/Users/Roles/Organization management.
Experience in upgrading highly available environments (Websphere Commerce Server, WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server and plugin).
Strong experience in configuration concepts like Federation, Clustering (High Availability).
Administered the configuration of Websphere Application server with Dyna Cache, Global Security, Core groups, ports, Application, server, nodes and clusters, also configuring JDBC, SSL, JMS, Queues, Virtual Hosts, environment variable and PMI.
Hands on Experience in Creating and maintaining new Vanity Rules for different esites
Experience in configuring webserver and plugin for multi cluster topology environments. Also Webserver and AppServer keystore management.
Experienced in troubleshooting the environmental issues by enabling tracing and analyzing logs like JVM logs, plugin log, http logs.
Experienced in AppDynamics Monitoring
Expertise in refreshing esites content using akamai
Hands on experience with Rational Clear Case and Subversion.and worked on clearcase to Subversion Migration and Configured WebSphere Application Server liberty for non-commerce Projects
Skills Summary:
OPERATING SYSTEM Linux, AIX, Window2003/2000/NT/ XP
LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS Java, JavaScript, HTML, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, Struts, XML, JNDI
IDE Eclipse 3.1, forte 3.1, Netbeans 5.0, RAD 6.0.x
RDBMS/DBMS DB2 9.7/8.1.13, Oracle 10g/9i, SQL Server, MYSQL, MS Access
SERVERS WebSphere Application Server7.0.x/6.1.x/6.0.x, IBM Http Server 7.0.x/6.1.x/ 6.0.x, Liberty, OC4J 10g, WebSphere MQ 6.0.x
E-BUSINESS WebSphere Commerce Server 7.0.x/6.0.x
TOOLS SoftLayer, Google Cloud, AppDynamics, Quick Build 5.1.6, GitHub, Jenkins, Apache-ant-1.9.2, Maven, Akamai, Jython, Jira, TFS 11.0, Apache Directory Studio,, Jacl, SVN 1.7, Tortoise SVN 1.6.7, IBM ClearCase 7.0, Mantis, IBM ClearQuest, HP Open Service Desk, Remedy, Reflection X, Slack,Nexus Neon Client
PROJECT METHODOLOGY Agile, Waterfall
Trainings Web Sphere Commerce Server V6.0 training for development and Administration in 2007
WebSphere Commerce Server training V7.0 overview in 2011
WebSphere Commerce Server training V7.0 Feature Pack in 2011
Qualifications/Certifications B.E(Computer Science) with 74.25% - 2004
IBM WebSphere Commerce Certified Administrator for V7.0
IBM WebSphere Commerce Certified Administrator for V6.0
ITIL V3 Certified Administrator
Professional Summary:
Client: Newell Brands
Duration: Apr 2013 – till date
Project: Newell e-commerce Transformation
Description: Newell Brands is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products that touch the lives of people where they live, learn and work. And it has committed to building brands that matter in the lives of the users of their products. Also committed to making sharper portfolio choices and investing in new marketing and innovation to accelerate performance. Newell Brands global sales are approximately $6 billion and has a strong portfolio of leading brands including Sharpie, Paper Mate, Elmers, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Irwin, Lenox, Parker, Waterman, Contigo, Rubbermaid, Calphalon, Goody, Graco, Aprica, Baby Jogger and Dymo.
The E-Business Development Team is responsible for the development and support of Newell Rubbermaid brand and E-Commerce websites globally, such as Sharpie.com, Dymo.com, Rubbermaid.com, and many other. In addition, the team is also responsible for relevant Enterprise Web Application Development and Enterprise Systems Integration projects and Migrating Existing .Net Platform sites to Ecommerce Platform sites.
Role: DevOps Lead (WCS Systems Administration and Release Engineering)
Environment: IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite V7.0, IBM WebSphere Application server V7.0, IBM HttpServer V7.0, DB2 V 9.7, Linux and GitHub, Softlayer
Responsibilities:
Installation and Configuration of WebSphere Commerce v7.x, WebSphere Application Server v7.x and IBM HttpServer v7.x.
Design and configuration of Commerce Server instances and Setup with stand-alone/Cluster nodes in both horizontal and vertical topologies.
Fixpack and Feature Pack upgrade on WebSphere Commerce
Patch upgrade on WebSphere Application Server/Plugins and IBM HttpServer.
Enabling features foundation, location-services, store-enhancements and content-version (Authoring Server) with Solr Installation
Solr Setup to local/remote solrServer with repeater for multiple locales and Propagating from Auth to Production by command/automated
Asset Store Publish and creating extended site stores for all the brands in Dev/QA/Preprod/Prod
Configuring Emergency and Normal Workspace/Tasks/TaskGroups for different brand business users in management Center.
Customizing BazaarVoice/CoreMetrics dataExtract for different brands and configuring Crawling SiteContent/Blogs for Different Brands
Creating and maintaining new Vanity Rules for each brands.
Customizing WCBD Script for Commerce deployment for each specific brand .
Creating and customizing wcbd script for Search Ear Deployment.
Integrating Websphere Commerce Build and Deployment (WCBD) with continuous integration tool Quick Build Server and build agents.
Configuring Jdbc Providers, SSL Certificates, Bindings, Virtual Hosts, Data sources, environment Variables, custom properties, Coregroups and Logs.
Supporting Load tests by configuring Websphere and plugins
Troubleshooting and fixing the environmental issues in dev/qa/prod
Troubleshoot and fixing the build and deployment issues
Configuration of commerce messaging/transports/Registries and job-scheduling.
Users/Roles/Organization management using Commerce OrgAdmin Console.
Configuration of Dynamic Cache for Commerce
Configuring StagingCopy, StagingProp, index Prop and FileProp for data-transfer between the Staging and Prod environments.
Performance tuning WebSphere Commerce, App-Server and ibm http server.
Configuring WebSphere Application Server liberty for Mobile Projects
Monitoring Esites via AppDynamics
Client: The Home Depot
Duration: Feb 2011 – Apr 2013
Project: THD E-Commerce
Description: The ability to purchase large appliances online was first introduced to homedepot.com in January of 2008. Since that initial release, no significant updates or changes have been made to the site. The purpose of this project is to address outstanding defects as well as to incorporate key enhancements to the order process that will enhance the customer’s experience in purchasing appliances online.
In addition, these updates will improve the process and experience of ordering appliances online, adding to the volume of online sales. Currently, online orders account for approximately 35% of total online sales and 7% of THD enterprise appliance sales. With this initiative we will contribute to meeting 2010’s sales goals
Role: Sr. WCS Systems Administration and Release Engineering
Environment: IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite V7.0, DB2 V 9.7,IBM WebSphere Application server V7.0, IBM HttpServer V7.0, IBM AIX 5.3, IBM ClearCase 7.0 and Subversion
Responsibilities:
Administration and Configuration of WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server and IBM HttpServer.
Patch upgrade on WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server and IBM HttpServer.
Creating clusters for commerce and other applications.
Configuring Jdbc Providers, Data sources, environment Variables and custom properties
Troubleshooting and fixing the environmental issues
Modifying webserver configuration file and adding new rewrite rules.
Supporting Load tests by configuring Websphere and plugins
Migrating source code from clear case to subversion
Creation and maintenance of different stream views/branches for various codes and functionalities.
Code Promotion from lower streams to higher streams.
Build and deployment into production and non-production environments.
Customizing the WCBD scripts for build and deployment tasks.
Modifying the existing scripts to accelerate the deployment.
Performing sanity test in QA environments.
Integrated unique and highly complex build and deployment server by customizing Websphere Commerce Build and Deployment (WCBD) with continuous integration tool Jenkins
Troubleshoot and fixing the build and deployment issues
Responsible for all communications with the service requestor.
Client: IKEA
Duration: May 2008 – Jan 2011
Project: IRW – Ikea Retail Web
Description: Retail web is online store for IKEA, The client IKEA is world’s largest furniture manufacturer that offers a wide range of functional home furnishing products around the world. With more than 231 stores in 24 countries and over 118,000 co-workers in 40 countries, the client has annual sales worth more than 19 billion Euros. The client has one of the biggest retail websites in the world with 450 million visitors per year.
Role: WCS Systems Administration
Environment: IBM WebSphere Application server V6.0/6.1, IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite V6.0, IBM HTTPServer V6.0/6.1 and IBM AIX 5.3
Responsibilities:
Administration and configuration of WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server, IBM HttpServer.
Patch upgrade on WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server and IBM HttpServer.
Setting up of upgraded new environment for IRW Test on IBM Websphere commerce 6.0., configuration of new Websphere network deployment, application server nodes, setting up of webserver nodes.
Adding Commerce Instances in the existing environment as per the requirement.
Commerce Configurations like Instance Creation, Store Publish, Message and Transports, Schedulers, Policies, Catalog, Shipping, Tax, Merchandising Association, User management.
Creating clusters for commerce and other applications
Deployment of Commerce Applications and other J2EE Applications in WAS.
Migrating Commerce from Version 5.6.1 to 6.0 in database
Migrating WAS from Version 6.0 to 6.1
Configuring Jdbc Providers, Datasources, WebSphere Variables.
Creating new coregroup and adding servers on the same.
Customizing ports for Appservers, nodeagents and DMGR as per the IBM document.
Managing Certificates used in IRW, for ex. Web methods (B2B) certificates, Payment certificates.
Maintenance activities include new change requests and existing maintenance. Say Example: New pages, links, new country pages, new stores, new integrations like DIBS, YourPay …
Client: Simply Retail Solutions
Duration: Mar 2007 – Apr 2008
Project: SRS Multi-Channel Commerce application
Description: Retail POS solution is a multi-channel retailing POS Product which is currently in the implementation phased at one of the leading retailers in US. The product can be customized to serve any type of Retail Business. The application is Web-based and is Touch-Screen enabled. It works on the architecture of Controller Servers in each store handling all POS machines within the store and a Central Server handling all the Controllers.
The various Modules handle Store Sales, Remote Sales, Customer data, Payments, Billing, Returns, Coupons, Discounts, Layaway, Hold, Transfer, Shipping, Inventory, Retrieve, Administration, Register functions, Multicurrency, Security policy and User management.
The focus is on delivering functionality within the store and integrating directly with the Customer’s other channels of distribution.
Role: WCS Systems Administration
Environment: WebSphere Commerce V6.0.x, WebSphere Application Server V6.0.x, WebSphere MQ 6.0.x, IBM HttpServer 6.0.x, Ant, SVN, Jython and Windows 2003
Responsibilities:
Installation and Administration of WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server, IBM HttpServer and WebSphere MQ.
Patch upgrade on WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server, IBM HttpServer and WebSphere MQ.
Built multiple Commerce environments for Testing, Development and client demo.
Commerce Configurations like Instance Creation, Store Publish, Message and Transports, Schedulers, Policies and Registry, Catalog, Shipping, Tax, Merchandising Association, User management.
Created Script by using loader package concepts to load catalog, Shipping data.
MQ creation, JMS setup in WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Application Server.
Deployment of Commerce Applications and other J2EE Applications in WAS
Development of Reports Printing.
Automated Build and deployment by using Ant, Jython and Batch scripts.
Creation and maintenance of SVN repository
Involved in Customization and Maintenance of the Bug Tracker Tool (Mantis)
Manual Testing of Reports, Receipts module
Client: Trading Cube.
Duration: Apr 2005 – Feb 2007
Project: Trading Cube.
Description: Trading Cube™ is a data intensive portal. The portal collects trade details across multiple Commodities and provides analytical and reporting services to its subscribers. It also provides Trader details and their Credibility’s across the Globe. It provides flexibility to the user to import Data and Reports in to various forms for further usage. The portal also provides Historical analysis and Comparison between Countries and Partners.
The Architecture is designed to be scalable in order to cater to subscribers across the globe and to handle large amount of Data and manipulation without compromising on the Reporting and Data rendering performance.
Role: Software Programmer
Environment: Java, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, XML, Web services and Oracle and Windows 2000
Responsibilities:
Development of Map creation, Integrated Dynamic Map Solution
Developed Search Tool for the Map
Supported the Product with new patches.
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