Experience Summary

Having around **+ years of experience in IT industry out of Seventeen plus years of experience in Middleware technologies in global Insurance and Banking Domain which involves extensive troubleshooting.

Currently working as a Consultant for World Bank Group and manage their middleware infrastructure which includes RedHat JBoss, IBM WAS/Portal/WCM, IBM MQ Series Apache Tomcat, Mule ESB and SiteMinder Policy Servers deployed in on-premises and AWS cloud.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, who designed and migrated many in-house J2EE applications from on-premises to AWS cloud along with DevOps integrations.

Having very good experience on installation, configuration and troubleshooting of WebSphere application server, Portal Server and Web Content Manager products on AIX and Linux Servers.

Installed and configured the DevOps tools like Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Jenkins, Ansible, Repliweb, and Linux Shell Scripts to leverage automatic build and deployment process.

Installed and configured the JBoss application server and web server to deploy various custom developed application.

Having very good experience in Java Memory Tuning like examining Garbage collection, Detecting Memory Leaks, and analyzing OutOfMemory exceptions.

Installed and Configured IBM MQ and JBoss AMQ infrastructure for sending and receiving messages between distributed systems.

Designed, Installed and Configured the Docker Swarm and RedHat OpenShift – container orchestration tools for deployment of Docker containers.

Worked extensively on CA’s SiteMinder Policy Servers for protecting the required web resources, User authentication and Single Sign On.

Job Title History

Consultant World Bank Jan-2020 to till date

Manager-Infra Ops Specialist Cognizant Technology Solutions Aug-2012 to Dec-2019

Technology Consultant HP Enterprise Services Jun-2008 to July-2012

Project Manager Satyam Computer Services Apr-2005 to Jun-2008.

Associate Projects Covansys India Private Limited Jan -2004 to April-2005

Configuration Specialist Premier Technology Group Pvt Ltd Oct-2000 to Jan -2004

Network Engineer Western Express Pvt Ltd Apr-1999 to Oct-2000

Customer Support Executive Elecom Technology Madras Pvt Ltd Jan-1997 to Mar-1999

Technical Summary

Operating System: RHEL Linux, Solaris, HP-Unix, AIX and Windows

Database: Oracle, Mongo DB, UDB, PostgreSQL and MySQL

Application Servers: JBoss EAP, WebSphere Application and Network Deployment Servers, WebSphere Portal Server, Web Content Manager and Apache Tomcat

Web Servers: JBoss EWS, JBCS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server and IIS.

Cloud: AWS

DevOps: Docker Swarm and RedHat OpenShift, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Repliweb, and Linux Shell Scripts

Messaging Servers: IBM MQ Series, and JBoss AMQ

Load Balancer: NetScaler, and F5

SSO: Site Minder

Utility Server: AppDynamics, Splunk, SiteScope, HP Diagnostics, IBM Cognos, IBM Connect Direct and Web Trends

Education

Bachelor of Engineering from University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Professional Activities, Certifications and Training

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (M.C.S.E.)-NT4.0

ITIL V2 Foundation Certification

HP uCDMB 9.0

Engagement Overview

Organization: The World Bank

Role: Lead-Middleware Administrator Jan-2020 to till date

Working as a Lead-Middleware administrator for World Bank Group, Managing the Bank’s Middleware Infrastructure which includes varieties of middleware technologies deployed on-premises and AWS cloud.

Responsibilities:

Installed and configured Informatica Master Data Management system (MDM) on JBoss EAP application server which provide data quality and data integration for World Bank Group.

Deployed the PEGA BPM application on Redhat JBoss EAP infrastructure and resolved many integration issues.

Architect the client’s Search Infrastructure based on Elasticsearch, Apache Manifold CF, and Kibana-Open source components and integrated with many Web applications.

Implemented the PlainID application on WBG infrastructure which provide policy based advanced authorization for all the IFC’s web applications.

Installed and configured IBM Sterling Connect: Direct software and integrated with client partner to receive data mart files.

Hardware/OS : RHEL 6.X/7.X, AIX 7.X

Software : JBoss EAP 6.2/6.3/6.4/7.1, WebSphere Application and Network Deployment Servers 9.0.0.2 WebSphere Portal Server 9.0.0.0 CF16, Tomcat 7.0.64, MQ Series 7.5/9.1, MULE ESB 3.8.4, and Connect: Direct 4.3

Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp

Role: Middleware Administrator Aug -2012 to Dec-2019

Client: World Bank Group-Washington DC

Worked for World Bank Group as a Middleware Administrator, Managing the Bank’s Middleware Infrastructure which includes RedHat Jboss, Apache Tomcat, IBM WAS/Portal/WCM Servers, MQ Series, Mule ESB and SiteMinder Policy Servers deployed on on-premises and AWS cloud.

Responsibilities:

Installed and configured the Docker Swarm and RedHat OpenShift on RHEL based infrastructure and created various application images as part of implementing container orchestration.

Performing Installation and configuration of IBM WebSphere Application server 9.0.0.2 and Portal/WCM 9.0.0.0 CF16 on Linux Servers for corporate Internet and Intranet applications.

Installed and configured the JBoss AMQ application on Linux based VMs. Created the Queues and Topics based on application team requirement and integrated the queues and topics on JBoss EAP applications to publish and consume messages.

Architect and implemented the MULE ESB on WBG infrastructure to interact heterogeneous applications within the organizations.

Participate various Vendor meetings to design and architect application implementation to on-premises or cloud infrastructure based on business team requirement.

Hardware/OS : RHEL 6.X/7.X, AIX 7.X

Software : JBoss EAP 7.1/6.2/6.3/6.4/7.1, WebSphere Application and Network Deployment Servers 9.0.0.2 WebSphere Portal Server 9.0.0.0 CF16, Tomcat 7.0.64, MQ Series 7.5, MULE ESB 3.8.4

Organization: HP Enterprise Services/Electronics Data Systems/Satyam Computer Services

Role: Web Admin April -2005 to July-2012

Client: IFC (Division of World Bank Group-Washington DC)

Worked for IFC as a Lead Web Admin, Handling the IFC’s Development, Test, Staging, Production and Disaster Recovery WAS/Portal Servers, MQ Series and SiteMinder Policy Servers.

Responsibilities:

Performing Installation and configuration of WAS 5.0.2/6.0.2/7.0.0.15 and Portal 5.0.2/5.1.0.4/6.1.5 on AIX Servers.

Enable Global Security and Point Portal to use Oracle as a Repository database.

Applying application server and Webserver patches on need basis.

Deploy application through customized scripts on Dev/Test/Staging/Training and Production environment.

Creating Portal pages, deploying the portlets, providing necessary access and associating portlets application on created pages.

Maintaining the Staging, Production and Disaster Recovery server through Network Deployment Manager.

Moving the portlets and pages through Xmlaccess from development to production server.

Installation and configuration of Site Scope Monitoring tool for entire Infrastructure servers.

Design, Installation Administration and Configuration of Site Minder Policy Servers, Web Agents and Application agents.

Providing necessary supports to SiteMinder Policy Server infrastructure and troubleshooting Single Sign On related issues.

Managing the Production and Non-Production IBM MQ Series messaging systems between IFC and World Bank.

Creating the Virtual Servers and configuring the load balancer thru Citrix NetScaler. Implementing the GSLB setup based on the application requirements.

Hardware/OS : AIX 5.3/6.1

Software : WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2/5.1/6.0.2.X/6.1/7.0.0.X, WebSphere Portal Server 5.0.2.X/5.1.0.4/6.1.5, Tomcat 4.0.6, MQ Series 6.0.2.5 and SiteMinder 6.0 SP6 Policy Server.

Organization: Covansys India Private Limited.

Role: Associate Projects Jan -2004 to April-2005

Client: PeopleSoft Outsourcing (Formerly JD Edwards)

Responsibilities:

Performing Installation testing of the EnterpriseOne Product on multi-platforms / Operating systems.

WAS 5 Network Deployment and Application server environment setup for EnterpriseOne 8.11 installer test.

WebSphere Portal 5.0.2 installation and configuration on UNIX servers for EnterpriseOne Portal.

Documentation of Test Results, on various platforms and submit the results to EnterpriseOne Platform team.

Hardware/OS: Windows 2003, Windows 2000, RS6000, HP9000, Solaris 8,9 and Linux

Software: JD Edwards One WORLD – ERP 8, Enterprise One 8.9 and 8.10

WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment servers 5.0.2

Organization: Premier Technology Group Pvt Ltd.

Role: Configuration Specialist Oct 2000 to Jan-2004

Client: M Financial Group, Minneapolis

Project: Smart office Implementation in AIX

Role: Configuration Engineer Mar-2003 to Aug-2003

Responsibilities:

Installed and Configured IBM WebSphere 4.0.5 on AIX Machine and deployed the Smart office application.

Created the Smart office Oracle Database on AIX Machine

Installed Webserver on Windows machine and mapped application server

Installed Crystal Enterprise server 8.5 on Windows 2000 machine

Environment: AIX 4.3.3 ML-10, UDB 7.2, WebSphere 4.0.5, Crystal Enterprise Edition 8.5

Client: Pacific life, Newport -California

Project: Smart office Implementation in HP-Unix

Role: Configuration Engineer Sep-2002 to Mar-2003

Responsibilities:

Installed the Oracle 9i database and created the repository database for WebSphere Application server.

Installed the Application and Web server on same machine and deployed the Smart office application through WebSphere wscp mode.

Configured two instances of application server on same HP-Unix box named staging and development and changed the port numbers accordingly in configuration file.

Environment: HP-Unix U 9000/800, HP-UNIX 11i, Oracle 9i, IBM WebSphere 4.0.5

Client: PCALife, Tokyo-Japan

Project: Smart office Implementation in Sun Solaris

Role: Configuration Engineer Nov-2001 to Aug-2002

Responsibilities:

Installed and configured Web server, Application and Data base server on Sun machines along with Sun Engineer.

Deployed the Smart office application on WAS admin console and ran the performance test to tune the configuration.

Environment: Sun E450, V880, Netra, Sun Solaris 8, Oracle 8.1.7, WebSphere 4.0.X

Client: Premier Technology Group Pvt Ltd –Chennai

Role: Configuration Specialist Oct-2000 to Nov-2001

Configuration and Maintenance of virus scan software and updating it regularly using McAfee ePolicy orchestrator

Responsible for the installation, configuration and maintenance of in-house group of application /web servers in Windows and Linux Operating Systems for Various Projects.

Organization: Western Express Pvt. Limited.

Role: Network Administrator Apr-1999 to Oct-2000

Responsibilities:

Administrating 40 Users NT Network System at corporate office and branch offices and Troubleshooting hardware, software as well as network problems at the desktop level.

Managing all NT Servers including maintaining current status of software, and applying security, hot fixes and system patches.

Environment: Intel Pentium, Windows NT and Windows 9x

Organization: Elecom Technologies Pvt. Limited

Role: Customer Support Executive Jan-1997 to Mar-1999

Responsibilities:

Configured Wingate/Winproxy Proxy Server software for various clients, for providing Internet access facility for every user under the Network

Configured a Mail server with Mdaemon Mail Server software, a third party Mail Server Program from Deerfield Corp, for providing Email facility for every user under the Network.

Environment: Intel Pentium, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 9x

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