Raston Grady Brown

706-***-****

addeg9@r.postjobfree.com

Job Related Summary:

** ***** ** ********** ** Systems Engineering/Administration.

** ***** ** ********** ** Windows.

** ***** ** ********** **th Unix / Linux.

6 years of experience with Firewalls/Security/AWS

Proficient in IP Management.

Proficient with Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning.

Best time(s)/day(s) to take Interviews: Phone or In-Person anytime.

Local Candidate.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Summary:

Senior Systems Administrator with nine years of experience in various Middleware technologies.

Solid experience in installation, configuration and deployment.

Possesses strong skills in Linux, Windows and Apache and is accustomed to working in the 24x7 support environment.

Extensively involved in installing, configuring, maintaining and supporting WebSphere Portal Server 5.1/6.1, TFIM integration, WebSphere Business Integration, Content Management server, WebSphere Deployment Manager, IHS Server etc., to setup the portal environment.

Very good experience in all components of WebSphere Administration like architecture, design, installation, configuration, deployment, scripting, migration and troubleshooting on Solaris 10/9/8, Aix5.3/5.2/4.3, Suse Linux, Window 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2003 Server Environments.

Responsible for installing Data Power Device, updating firmware and working with network team to get inbound and remote ips for DP device.

Worked on Amazon Redshift clusters such as launching the cluster with specifying the nodes and performing the data analysis queries.

Involved in provisioning AWS S3 buckets for backup of the application and sync this content with remaining S3 backups, by creating entry for AWS S3 SYNC in crontab.

Building and configuring of EC2 instance on AWS cloud platform, Configuration of Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) for traffic control for the EC2 and S3.

Designed AWS Cloud Formation templates to create custom sized VPC, subnets, NAT to ensure successful deployment of Web applications and database templates. Created the stacks using Cloud Formation Template to launch multiple Instances.

Provided feedback and solution to SOA team for implementing solutions using WebSphere/WebLogic Data Power Device xi50/xs40.

Responsible for setting up and maintaining MPG, XML firewall, WebService proxy and Web Application proxy.

Install and maintain SSL and other security measures in Data Power Device.

WAM tools CA Siteminder and Tivoli Access Manager.

Responsible for promoting Data Power Services and general administration.

Strong working experience with XML, XSLT, XSD, DTD and Namespaces.

Very strong experience in complete life cycle of Web Servers like I H S 6.1/2.0.47/2.0.28, IIS 6.0/5.0, Sun One Web Server and Apache Web Server on all Operation System environments.

Very strong experience in writing Jython, Jacl, Ant, XMLAccess, wpscript and shell scripts to automate and maintain the WebSphere application and Portal Server environments.

Extensively supported backend systems, which includes databases like Oracle, DB2, Sybase and EIS like SAP, CRM, Mainframes and AS400.

Create a foundation for the SAP systems management and SAP computer operations, by creating a SAP OPERATIONS MANUAL and by evaluating SAP management applications.

Test the SAP business processes, by executing functional tests to ensure that business processes work, integration tests to ensure that the organization’s business processes work together with other business processes and regression tests to prove that a specific set of data and processes yield consistent and repeatable results.

Excellent experience in handling multiple project teams as well as being responsible for WebSphere configuration, load balancing, performance tuning, disaster recovery, high availability, problem determination and providing technical support.

Experienced in deploying solutions in High Availability (HA), Load Balancing Configurations, eliminating single points of failure.

Experienced in updating SDD (Solution Design and Architecture) for a few apps based on certain requirements.

Experienced in installation, configuration, administration of WebSphere MQ Resources, Queue/Queue Manager, Channel, Listener management, administration of MQ.

Experienced in troubleshooting and bringing up failed mission critical production systems under extreme pressure conditions and time constraints.

Extensively involved in WebSphere Portal Server v5.1.0.2 configuration like Database Migration, Security configuration with Active Directory Server, WLM configuration, Performance Tuning, Users and Group Management, Web Server configuration and Content Management etc.

Possesses strong leadership, communication (both verbal and written) and customer service skills and able to exchange information with others clearly and concisely.

Dealt with situations of constant pressure and frequent demands of multiple customers.

Responsible for identifying source and severity of problems including debugging and diagnosing issues and directing them to the proper client support teams and transfer resolution knowledge to other technicians.

Provided 24/7 on call support on a rotational basis.

Currently attended Big-Data training.

Good experience in DevOps tools like Chef and Puppet for deployment on multiple platforms.

Have worked in AWS environment build and support for applications like Patron and Aprimo.

Have supported multiple applications on Cloud, datacenter.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems:

Windows 95, NT, 2000, XP and 2003, Solaris 10/9/2.8/2.7, AIX 5.3, 5.2, 5.1 and 4.3.3, Linux 7.2/7.1/6.2, Suse Linux 9

Languages:

C, C++, Java, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML, Shell Scripting, VB 6.0/5.0, VC++, COBOL and Pascal

Development/Monitoring Tools:

IBM WSAD IEv5.x, IBM WSAD v5.x, Rational Application Developer 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, Visual Age for Java 3.5/4.0, Sites cope, Candle, Open view, Exceed, Remedy User, Citrix, Visual Interdev, FrontPage, Win CVS, MS Visual Source Safe 6.0, Rational Clear Case and Clear Quest

Databases:

DB2UDB 8.1/7.2/7.1, Oracle 10g/9i/8.x/7.x, Sybase, SQL Server 2000/7.0/6.5/6.0, MS Access 2000

Technologies:

Service Oriented Architecture(SOA), WebSphere, WebLogic, Data Power xi 50/xs40, Tivoli Access manager 5, 6.1, Siteminder, Web Services (WSDL, UDDI, XML and SOAP)

Java Technologies:

J2EE (Java, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JMS, JNDI, Java Mail, RMI, JAX-RPC, JCA and JAAS)

Application Servers:

IBM WebSphere 8.x5 7.0, 6.1.0.13, 6.0.2.13, 5.1.1.16, 5.0.2 and 4.0.7, WebSphere Portal Server 6.1/5.1/4.1, WebLogic 6.0/5.1, WebSphere MQ 5.3, WQSI, WebSphere Process Server6.0

Web Severs:

Sun One Web Server 6.1/6.0, Netscape iPlanet 6.0/4.1, I H S6.1, 2.0.47, 1.3.28, 1.3.26 and 1.3.19, IIS 6.0/5.0/4.0, Apache 2.0.47/1.3.28, Java Webserver and JRun

Education:

Johnson C. Smith University

Health Science/Minor in Computer Info Systems

University of South Carolina Aiken

Associates Degree Computer Science

Certifications:

Linux Admin Certified (Redhat).

Professional Experience:

Bank of America Charlotte, NC

Engineer/Middleware June 2018- Dec 2019

Monitored Lower Level environments for CCUI/Synergy platform/application

Trouble shoot day to day defects end to end with development teams.

Responsible for managing patch levels, configurations and assisting developers with code defects daily

Deploying code and managing monthly releases using U-deploy and Anthill Pro

Responsible for building out, installing, and configuring servers and hardware in team lab.

Responsible for basic Linux task, checking backend logs, and day to day command line task

Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages and deployments.

Responsible for Documentation of operational environments support procedures, Configuration and management of Application clusters and Application load balancing and Application Server tuning and problem isolation.

Deployed and configured the Web Applications on multiple Servers using Shell, Jacl Scripts in Development, Test, QA and Production environments

Installed, and configured Synergy onto new servers in the environment.

Responsible for building and Deploying Code through Anthill Pro.

Wells Fargo Charlotte, NC

Linux Engineer/Middleware June 2016- Jan 2018

Monitored the Web Server/App Server/Linux/Portal Server error reports and log files and responsible for resolving various distributed application issues in order to maintain efficient operations.

Configured Web Content Management to manage the creation, approval and publication of web content.

Responsible for managing patch levels, building out environments, configurations and assisting developers.

Responsible for setting up the Dev, Test, QA, AWS, Pre-Prod and Production Environments which includes Installing the Tomcat, Creating Profiles, nodes, federation of nodes, tomcat instances, Application Server, Clusters, Virtual hosts, Data Sources, MQ Connection factories, Plug-in configuration and Service Integration Bus Configuration.

Responsible for building out, installing, and configuring Charles Rivers Application End to End

Trouble shooting issues in the Environment

Responsible for basic Linux task, configurations administrations and working on test and production environment

Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages and deployments.

Responsible for Documentation of operational environments support procedures, Configuration and management of Application clusters and Application load balancing and Application Server tuning and problem isolation.

Deployed and configured the Web Applications on multiple Servers using Shell, Jacl Scripts in Development, Test, QA and Production environments

Installed, and configured Tomcat application server

Responsible for building and Deploying Code through Anthill Pro.

Performing task through Linux and Windows Environments

Configuring the Database

First Vibe Consulting Charlotte, NC February 2014 - March 2016

System Engineer

Extensive experience working on WebSphere Application Server 8.x5.x V6.1, V7.0, WebSphere Portal Server V7.0, V6.1 and V5.1, WebSphere Process Server V6.0.2.1, TAM 5.1, 6.1 in a large enterprise environment.

Responsible for basic Linux task, configurations administrations and working on test and production environment.

Worked on AIX Linux, Solaris Operating Systems.

Worked on securing WebSphere Application server environment and WebSphere Portal Server environment with IBM Tivoli Access Manager and Tivoli Directory Server.

Extensive experience in working with webseal, Policy server, TDI and Directory Servers.

Created junctions, ACL, Objects, Virtual Junctions in TAM 5.1 and 6.1.

Installed Sidewinder webaget, policy server and directory server.

Integrated Sidewinder with App Servers.

Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Service Integration Bus Configuration, Message Activations, Destinations, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session Management, Clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere 5.1 and WebSphere 6.1 on Sun Solaris and Linux Server environments.

Used a combination of ANT, XMLAccess, wsadmin and shell scripting to automate deployments of portal resources including pages, themes, skins, portlets, security permissions and virtual portals.

Created multiple Virtual Portals and administered them in an enterprise environment to give different look and feel for the same underlying portal application.

Managed WebSphere Portal Security by creating multiple users and groups, assigned permissions on portal resources, managed inheritance and propagation of role types on resources and managed role blocks.

Deployment tools like Bamboo, Continuum used and Splunk has been installed, configured to the portal environments in order to monitor the logs.

Wily is used extensively in monitoring performance test of application and also for automatic base-lining of applications.

Extensively worked on Global Security for WebSphere environment, SSL Security b/w WebServer and App Server, J2EE application security using Tivoli Access Manager Suite.

Used WPSconfig utility to configure WebSphere Member for new portal users and groups.

Used wpscript and wsadmin scripting interfaces to automate start and stop WebSphere Portal Server, install themes and skins to the WebSphere Portal Server and synchronize nodes using JACL.

Well versed with writing administration and deployment scripts using JACL and Jython.

Clustered WebSphere Portal Server in a multi-cluster environment using horizontal scaling on both WebSphere Portal Server V5.1 and V6.1.

Used WebSphere Process Server to evaluate its capabilities in a WebSphere Portal environment.

Configured Dynamic cache with WebSphere Portal Server JVMs to increase the performance on WPS V5.1.

Responsible for upgrading WebSphere Portal Server environment from 5.1.0.4 to 6.1.0.2 by applying fix packs, refresh packs and fixes.

Responsible for performance tuning the WebSphere Portal Server environment including JVM, connection pooling, web container, EJB container and caching.

Configured Web Content Management to manage the creation, approval and publication of web content.

Installed and configured the WebSphere Business monitor V7 silently and also involved in the installing, creating, testing, debugging monitor models and securing the environment.

Configured custom login and logout pages for the WebSphere Portal Server environment.

Configured WebSphere Portal Server with Portal, Likeminds, Feedback, Member Manager, Release, jcr, Customization and Community databases.

Responsible for administering, maintaining and configuring a 24x7 highly available, multi-clustered, production portal environment.

Usage of Rational Build Forge made easy to Ensure that development, test and production environments are consistent with each other as well as within themselves, also Made analysis and reporting of each project offering visibility into the average run times.

Extensively used Build Forge tool kit to Monitor source changes and gather metrics to provide detailed repository state tracking for each build.

Designed and implemented fully automated server build management, monitored and deployed by using DevOps Technologies like Chef.

Configured and enabled the Global Security for WAS Administration Console users and Console Groups using Tivoli Directory Server as a LDAP User Registry.

Profiled all the J2EE Application has and worked with Application Groups in improving performance of application and possible memory leaks in application before deploying.

Enforce documented processes and procedures for creating packages and deployments.

Enabled technologies infrastructure services will review the package, deployment script and install documentation and ensure they are error-free and meet the documented standards.

Extensively involved in migration process of WebSphere 5.x to WebSphere 6.x and WebSphere Portal Server 6.x to 7.x.WebSphere process Server 6.x.

Environment: WebSphere Portal Server 7.0/6.1/5.1/5.0, WebSphere 7.0/6.1.0.13/5.1, IIS 5.5/5.0, Apache 2.0.47, IBM Http Server 6.0, Siteminder 5.1, Tivoli Access Manager, Tivoli Directory Server, WebSeaL, Citrix ICA Client, J2EE 1.5/1.4/1.3, Java 2.0, JSP 1.2, EJB 2.0, JDBC 2.0, XML, Windows 2000 Advanced Servers, Sun Solaris 8/9, Site Scope, WSAD 5.0/40, DB2, Oracle 10g/9.0.2.5, Remedy User, Load Director, VSS, Shell Scripts, WSAdmin Scripting

Foot Action, GA, Atlanta, GA January 2009 - May 2014

Jr. Portal Server/Linux Administrator

Provided infrastructure solutions for J2EE applications around IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Cisco CSS, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Data Power, SiteMinder and IBM MQSeries on AIX, Windows and Solaris platforms.

Responsible for setting up the Dev, Test, QA, Pre-Prod and Production Environments which includes Installing the WebSphere, Creating Profiles, nodes, federation of nodes, was instances, Application Server, Clusters, Virtual hosts, Data Sources, MQ Connection factories, Plug-in configuration and Service Integration Bus Configuration.

Provided technical administration and support for WebSphere Data Power in DEV, TEST, QA and Prod regions.

Extensively involved in migrating the all J2EE Applications, which includes setting up new Research, Dev, QA, TEST and Production Environments from Web Sphere 5.0.2.13 to Web Sphere 6.1.0.23.

Tuned and monitored the overall applications and system health with the statistics Average response time, Number of requests(transactions) and number of live http sessions, web server thread pools, the Web and Enterprise JavaBeans thread pools, database and connections pools, java virtual memory, CPU, I/O and System Paging.

Provided feedback and solution to SOA team for implementing solutions using WebSphere Data Power Device xi50/xs40.

Responsible for setting up and maintain MPG, XML firewall, WebService proxy, Web Application proxy.

Installed and maintained SSL and other security measures in Data Power Device.

Responsible to promote Data Power Services and general administration.

Strong working experience with XML, XSLT, XSD, DTD and Namespaces.

Clustered WebSphere Portal Server in a multi-cluster environment using horizontal scaling on both WebSphere Portal Server V5.1 and V6.1.

Created multiple Virtual Portals and administered them in an enterprise environment to give different look and feel for the same underlying business logic during portal administration.

Experienced in transferring WebSphere Portal Server configuration data from Cloudscape to DB2 and Oracle databases using command line interface and configuration wizard.

Experienced in installing, configuring and administering IBM HTTP Server, Apache Server, Sun ONE Web Server and Microsoft IIS.

Monitored the Web Server/App Server/Portal Server error reports and log files and responsible for resolving various distributed application issues in order to maintain efficient operations.

Capable of successfully managing time, projects and multiple priorities, provide root cause determination for enterprise-wide issues and able to work well under pressure and time constraints and be able to adjust to a constantly changing, fast paced environment.

Responsible for Documentation of operational environments support procedures, Configuration and management of Application clusters and Application load balancing and Application Server tuning and problem isolation.

Responsible for setting up and monitoring the Site Scope alerts in High Availability severs in all QA and Production Environments.

Responsible for managing patch levels, building out environments, configurations and assisting developers.

Responsible for providing security for new enterprise applications like creating policy, rules, realms, user provisioning, single sign-on, Application access control using SiteMinder.

Responsible for eCommerce Support mail folder where we get all the help desk tickets and day-to-day operational support tasks for other teams like Development, Network and Database.

Configured Global Security for WebSphere console and assigned different roles to Developers and other Admins.

Configured application security for new j2ee applications, which includes creating a policy, rule, realms using SiteMinder Security solutions.

Involved in Plug-in configurations, Web Server configurations like adding the virtual host entries, name host entries, etc.

Provided 24/7 on call support on a rotational basis during the weekend and at night.

Environment: J2EE1.3/1.4/1.5, WebSphere 6.1.0.23/6.0.2.13/5.1.1.13/5.0.2, IBMhttp Server 6.1/2.0.47 WebSphere Portal Server 6.1/5.1, WebSphere Data Power XI50/XS40, WebSphere MQ5.3, SiteMinder Policy Server, IPlanet Directory Server, Web Agent, Java 2.0, JSP1.2, EJB 2.0, JDBC 2.0, XML, Windows 2003 Server, Solaris 10/9, RAD7.5/7/6, WSAD 5.0, DB2UDB, Oracle 10g/9.0.2.5/8.1.7, Remedy User, SiteScope, Load Director, ClearCase, Shell Scripts, Jython and Jacl

U.S Consulting Group (On site), Augusta, GA February 2007 - January 2009

Linux Administrator

Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.13, WebSphere Portal Servers5.1, WebSphere MQ 5.3, Netscape Enterprise Servers (NES) and IBM Http Server on multiple-tier architecture on Solaris, AIX, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Window 2003 Server environments.

Deployed and configured the Web Applications on multiple Servers using Shell, Jacl Scripts in Development, Test, QA and Production environments.

Responsible for J2EE Application Deployments, Plug-in Configuration, Data Source Creation, Virtual Host Creation, Session management and clusters, Deployment Manager Configuration, Network Deployment Configuration in WebSphere5.1.1.3 on Sun Solaris and Windows 2003 Server environments.

Responsible for WebSphere Portal Server installation, configuration and deployment, including activating portlets and portlet applications, managing users and groups.

Monitored the Web Server/App Server/Portal Server error reports and log files and responsible for resolving various distributed application issues in order to maintain efficient operations.

Administered multiple operating systems, which included clearance of queues, modification of object attributes, restarts of the channel and support for application development by programming problems with MQI.

Responsible for development of business process and work flow for development and testing of Web Sphere components and ensure transition to Operations groups for production delivery and post-production support.

Coordinated the monthly implementation process.

Maintained a consolidated implementation plan.

Moved source code to production servers.

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