Over ** Years of Experience on Linux / Middleware / Data Center Migration / Application uplifts with a background in System administration, architecture and support. A breadth of experience in managing servers, middleware, server migrations and application uplifts, also provided support for internet and intranet applications including implementation, deployments, upgrades which makes me the right choice for designing, building, and supporting enterprise environment.

•Expertise on Red Hat Linux Administration for Version 6.X and 7.X

•Expertise on Middleware application servers like WebSphere, WebLogic, Jboss EAP, Tomcat like Installation, configuration, administration, upgrades and project management.

•Strong ability to manage multiple high-profile, complex projects and implement with minimal disruption to end users

•Experienced in 24x7 support, planning, troubleshooting, monitoring and maintenance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: VMWARE ESX, HP, UCS, Dell, Intel Blade Servers, IBM servers RS6000 / pSeries (p650, p690, 740) and workstations, Compaq Pentium Pro Servers and Intel X86 Systems..

Platform:

Unix: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.X/7.X, AIX and Windows.

Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SQL, SMTP, VPN, SSH, SSL, TLS, Ethernet, DHCP, Firewalls, DMZ, Load Balancers, Clusters and Web Services.

Database: DB2/UDB, ORACLE, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Sybase.

Scripts: Shell Scripts, Puppet and Ansible.

Web Servers: IBM HTTP Server, Oracle HTTP Server, Apache WebServer, Tomcat, nginx and SunOne.

Network Servcices: BigIP F5, Firewall, DNS, FTP, Mail Servers, Proxy Servers, Switches, Cisco Routers, Terminal Servers, Modems, Printers and EMC Systems.

Application Servers: WebSphere, Jboss EAP and WebLogic

Third Party Applications: Netegrity Siteminder, Intrascope Wily, ITCAM, Connect Direct, Epiphany, Siebel applications and Dynatrace application.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nov’2015 to Present Sr. System Administrator - L3

American Express, Phoenix, Arizona

•Working as an Infrastructure / Build Engineer to support RedHat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems and supporting middleware products like WebSphere, Jboss and WebLogic.

•Server OS and applications uplift from BAU environment to new AIU environment along with network load balance, firewall, Storage (SAN and NAS), etc.

•Responsible for building middleware servers like WebSphere, WebLogic, Jboss EAP and Third party applications on distributed platform which includes Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance on RedHat Enterprise Linux (V6 and 7).

•Install, configure and manage Web Servers such as IBM HTTP Server (8.X & 9.X), Oracle HTTP Server and Apache web server (V2.X).

•A Complete WebSphere and WebLogic System Administration and Support for WebSphere Application servers and Web Servers.

•Build application servers, install and configure softwares as per business requirement to install core application products like Third Party application.

•Troubleshooting the OS and application issues for the team as a Technical Lead Engineer.

•Providing on call support for production environment with service level agreements (SLAs)

Jan'2015 to July'2015 American Express, Phoenix, Arizona

Sr. System Administrator

•Responsible for building IBM WebSphere 8.X/7.X/6.X Network Deployment infrastructure (cells) on Distributed / Mainframe platform which includes Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance on multi OS platform like Unix Hat Linux Enterprise Edition (V3, 4, 5 and 6.X), AIX (IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.X) and Windows Servers

•Install, configure and manage Web Servers such as IBM HTTP Server (V2.0.47, 6.0, 7.0 & 8.0), Apache web server (V1.X and 2.X), Oracle HTTP Server and Tom Cat servers.

•A Complete WebSphere and WebLogic System Administration and Support for WebSphere Application servers, Oracle HTTP Server and Web Servers.

•Installed and configured WebLogic Application servers like creating new domains, installing SSL certificates, deployment of third-party weblogic applications... etc

•Installed and configured Netegrity siteminder for single sign on (SSO) and WebAgent configuration on Web Servers and work with policy team to setup SSO policies for applications.

•Responsible for implementation of application deployment like install, configure and support for Development, Test and Production environment on WebSphere and WebLogic application servers.

•Providing support and deployment for developers like deploying java code (ear and war files) in development, test and production environment.

•Having strong troubleshooting skills to work successfully and control websphere administrative services.

•Installed and configured Wily IntroScope & ITCAM to monitor resources for the web applications.

•Installed and configured Sterling Commerce Connect Direct software for secure file transfer between distributed servers and mainframe systems.

•As a team member providing on call support 24/7 for production environment.

June’2010 to 31st Dec’2014 IBM Global Services, Phoenix, Arizona

System Administrator - Middleware Engineer

•Provided Red Hat Linux Administration such as installation, configuration, disk management, File system management, NFS, DHCP, Job Scheduling and Automating process using CRON & AT… etc.

•Provided Database Administration support for Oracle and DB2 during the project implementation on Red Hat Linux Platform

•Provided Data Center migration support in production environment with near zero outage for physical and virtual servers and co-ordinate with multiple infrastructure teams

•Configuring and managing network interfaces on Red Hat Linux Enterprise Servers

•Worked on a ticket management system for assignment and reassignment to another group like Service Now, InfoMan and InfoWeb.

•Provided value added customer services by attending to customer queries and issues based on the severity, Also attending Escalation Calls Logged by different application teams and GSAM

•Responsible for building IBM WebSphere 8.X/7.X/6.X Network Deployment infrastructure (cells) on Distributed / Mainframe platform which includes Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance on multi OS platform like Unix Hat Linux Enterprise Edition (V3, 4, 5 and 6.X), AIX (IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.X) and Windows Servers

•Install, configure and manage Web Servers such as IBM HTTP Server (V2.0.47, 6.0, 7.0 & 8.0), Apache web server (V1.X and 2.X)

•A Complete WebSphere System Administration and Support for WebSphere Application servers (V8.X/7.X and V6.X) and Web Servers.

•Installed and configured WebLogic Application servers like creating new domains, installing SSL certificates, deployment of third-party weblogic applications... etc

•Installed and configured Netegrity siteminder for single sign on (SSO) and WebAgent configuration on Web Servers and work with policy team to setup SSO policies for applications.

•Responsible for implementation of application deployment like install, configure and support for Development, Test and Production environment on WebSphere and WebLogic application servers.

•Providing support and deployment for developers like deploying java code (ear and war files) in development, test and production environment.

•Having strong troubleshooting skills to work successfully and control websphere administrative services.

•Installed and configured Wily IntroScope & ITCAM to monitor resources for the web applications.

•Installed and configured Sterling Commerce Connect Direct software for secure file transfer between distributed servers and mainframe systems.

•As a team member providing on call support 24/7 for production environment.

Dec’09 to May’2010 WellsFargo Bank, Phoenix, Arizona

WebSphere Administrator

•Responsible for building WebSphere 7.X/6.X / 5.X Network Deployment infrastructure (cells) which includes Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance on multi OS platform like Unix (IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.X), Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition (V3, 4 and 5 ), Suse Linux 10, Sun Solaris 9, 10 and Windows Servers.

•Installation, configuration, administration and support of WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Portal Server on unix platforms.

•Install, configure, maintenance and manage Web Servers such as IBM HTTP Server (V2.0.47 and 6.0), Apache web server (V1.X and 2.X) and SunOne Web Servers 6.X

•A Complete WebSphere System Administration and Support for WebSphere Application servers (V7.X/V6.X and 5.X) and Web Servers.

•Installed and configured Netegrity siteminder for single sign on (SSO) and WebAgent configuration on Web Servers and work with policy team to setup SSO policies for applications.

•Responsible for implementation of application deployment like install, configure and support for Development, Test and Production environment.

•Providing support and deployment for developers like deploying java code (ear and war files) in development, test and production environment.

•Having strong troubleshooting skills to work successfully and control websphere administrative services using JYTHON scripts as well as monitoring and tuning WebSphere application server objects.

•Installed and configured Wily IntroScope to monitor resources for the web applications.

•Installed and configured Sterling Commerce Connect Direct software for secure file transfer between distributed servers and mainframe systems.

•As a team member providing on call support 24/7 on development, test and production environment.

October’02 to November’09 IBM Global Services, Phoenix, Arizona

WebSphere Administrator

•Responsible for code deployment and project releases for various applications on IBM WebSphere Application Servers V6.1/5.1 which includes WebSphere products.

•Responsibilities include general Administration of WebSphere Application servers V6.1/5.1 supporting Production, Pre-production, Test & Development Environments which includes WebSphere products.

•Responsible for Managing, Monitoring & Creating Change Management Records to Install Web Applications, update version controls, integrating with Single Sign on (SSO), Database (DB2 UDB V7.1/8.2/9.x, Oracle 8i/9i/10i and MS SQL Server) and MQseries V4.X/5.X

•Clearing the Problem and Change Control tickets queues based on Service Level Agreements (SLA) to solving problems or reassigning to concerned groups by end of the day.

•Supported and Deployed third party applications to integrate with IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1/5.1.

•Provided support and deployment for developers like deploying java code (ear and war files) in development, test and production environment.

•Co-ordinate with different organization groups and provide Enhanced support delivery services for Business customers

•As a team member provided on call Technical support 24/7 on development, test and production environment.

July '00 - june'01 American Express, Phoenix, Arizona

Global Integration Unix Engineer

Responsibilities:

•As a Unix System Administrator / Integration Engineer in American Express, I was responsible for the following:

•Administred of Day-to-Day activities of Sun Solaris Unix Operating System & project coordination.

•Responsibilities include general UNIX system Administration of Sun Solaris & AIX platform, supporting Production, Non-Production & Test Environments. Other responsibilities include alert handling, Patches, deploying softwares, backups, hardware and software, Installations Open training and on-going Technical Documentation.

•Supported and Deployed Project Application Installations on Test and Production Environment on WWW Servers with Single Sign On (SSO) Netegrity SiteMinder Facility, MQSeries.. etc.

•Responsible for Managing, Monitoring & Creating Change Management Records, Service Requests and to Install Web Applications, update version controls, integrating with Single Sign on and MQseries, Clearing the Problem and Change Control tickets queues, solving problems and clearing the tickets or reassigning to concerned persons by end of the day.

•Setting up the web hosting environment to Deploy the Web Applications according to the Amex quality Standards and Resolving the Services & on-line Tickets.

•Provided Technical on call support 24/7 for development, test and production environment.

•Stand-Alone machine Instatllation, File system Management, backups, process control & Device Management of Sun Workstations.

•Co-ordinating with Sybase, Oracle and DB2 UDB team for Database backup and Restore Data Management.

•Co-ordinate with different groups like CA-UniCenter for Monitoring Web Applications on development, test and production environment.

•Installed and configured Netscape 3.63 Web Server and Web Sphere 2.63, 3.5 application server.

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