Engineer Manager

Brahma Kolagani

PH#: 847-***-****

************@*****.***

Summary:

** ***** ** ********** ** Design & implement infrastructure solutions in the Middleware space for the various platform initiatives.

AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate.

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate.

BEA Weblogic 8.1 Certified Systems Administrator.

Ensure that the solutions engineered and implemented in the Middleware technologies meet security and compliance requirements.

More than 15 years of experience in Installation, Administration, Configuration, Optimizing and maintenance of complex and mission critical data driven intranet/internet applications deployed on BEA Weblogic, JBOSS, Tomcat, Websphere and Apache.

Experience with installing SSL certs on F5 LTM, Web servers and Application Servers.

15 years of experience in migrating the weblogic from WLS6/7.x to WLS8.1, WLS8.1 to WLS9.2/11g and WLS11g to WLS12c.

7 year of BigIP F5 LTM Administration experience.

3+ years of experience in strong knowledge of ColdFusion design code and optimization.

2 +years of experienced DevOps Engineer worked for many middleware projects, implemented DevOps for on-premises infrastructure.

Expertise in build and release management using Jenkins (CI/CD).

Experienced in Docker container to transport WebLogic application to be run on Linux environment.

Created 1 + ansible playbooks and automated the installation of packages.

More than 2 years of solid experience in design, development, implementation, and administration of Identity and Access management (IAM) solutions using IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM), IBM Tivoli Access Manager (ITAM), LDAP Directory servers (ITDS, MS AD), and IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (ITDI).

2 years of experience in install, configure and manage SOLR application.

Experience with Oracle Service Buss (OSB)

More than 2 years of experience with CA SiteMinder.

2 years of experience in administrating LDAP (IBM TDS and Microsoft AD).

Hands on experience with installation and maintenance of Amdocs Clarify CRM.

Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented Concepts.

TIBCO and EMS installation experience in production (Fail-over).

More than 2 years of experience in design, development, quality test and maintenance of J2EE Applications development, using EJBs, JSPs, Servlets, etc.

Particiated in numerous Project planning and Requirement analysis Workshops with Clients and Vendors.

Excellent analytical & communitcation skills & a good team leader & team player.

Education

Master’s in computer and Management. Nagpur University-1999

Trained in AWS Certified Administrator

Trained in Hands on With Docker & Docker Compose

Trained in Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Trained in Deploying Oracle WebLogic using Docker

Trained in DevOps Project: CI/CD with Jenkins Ansible Docker Kubernetes.

Trained in Ansible programming.

Technical Skills

Languages : Java, JSP, Java Beans, C, C++, VC++, Basic, TSL

J2EE Technologies : EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JNDI, RMI, XML, CORBA, JMS

Scripting Language : JavaScript, Perl, Ksh and Python

RDBMS : Oracle 8.1/9i, MS SQL Server 2000, and DB2

Middle Servers : Weblogic 12c/11g/10.3/9.2/8.1/7.0/6.1/ALSB2.5/OSB, Weblogic Express, Weblogic

Portal 8.1, Apache1.3/2.059/2.2.8, Websphere5.0/6.1/7.1/8, JBOSS4.2/5.1/6/7.1,

Tomcat5.25/27/6, Apache1.3x/2.2, Directory Server 4.16/6.2, Sun Web Server 6,

TIBCO 5.x, SiteMinder 5.5/5.7/5.8, BigIP F5, Fusion 11g Forms & Reports.

Security Tools : IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0/5.1, IBM Directory Integrator 7.0/7.1, LDAP – IBM

Directory Server 6.2, Windows AD.

Operating System : UNIX (Sun Solaris 2.6/2.8), HP-UX 11/11i, Windows, Linux, AIX, Centos.

GUI : Visual Basic 5.0/ 6.0, Java, AWT, Swing, MS Visio, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint

Hardware : SUN Ultra, SUN Enterprise, IBM PC/AT Compatibles, HP 9000, LP2000

Work Experience

Middleware Infrastructure Architect/Lead May’ 2013 – Till date

Dominion Energy Services, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

Drive the architecture, design, security, network, deployment, integration, delivery and evolution for

different projects.

Work closely and in partnership with various infrastructure operational support teams, development

teams, project managers, vendors and internal clients.

Serving as a technical expert in all areas relating to middleware infrastructure and as a contributing

expert to all users of that infrastructure.

Providing direction to various design, implementation, integration, and quality-assurance teams in order

to assure compliance to architecture standards.

Contributes to planning, selecting and implementing solutions primarily with middleware technologies.

Supporting technologies such as Oracle WebLogic server, Apache HTTP server, Microsoft IIS, and F5

Big-IP LTM appliances, Tibco, WebSphere and SiteMinder.

Designed and implemented build framework for many applications using Jenkins & Maven as build

framework tools.

Worked on several DevOps tools GIT, Maven, Ansible and Docker for build, deploy, continuous

Integration to help developers work in an Agile type environment.

Worked on installation of Docker using Docker toolbox.

Worked on creation of custom Docker container images, tagging and pushing images.

Day-today duties include the installation, configuration, migration and administration of Oracle

WebLogic Server and Microsoft IIS on both Unix and Windows based platforms.

Expertise to plan and lead joint design sessions and collaborate with technical subject matter experts as

well as business analysts and stakeholders.

Migrating Weblogic applications to latest hardware. Additional duties include the support and

configuration of web servers and load balancers, process documentation, task automation and

performing client work requests.

Involved in the design and development of ColdFusion components to facilitate reusable code.

Involved in upgrading the application from ColdFusion8.0 to version 10.

Assisted with the setup and configuration of the ColdFusion environment on a Linux platform.

Solid understanding and experience in web services along with Java.

Worked on performing systems monitoring using OEM Oracle Enterprise Monitoring tool.

Optimized applications by providing the reports generated through OEM.

Improving on our automation tools & technologies and provide better support to our customers.

Environment: WLS8.1/9.2/10.3.1/11g/12c, Apache 2.0/2.2/2.4, IIS 6.0/7.0/8.0, BigIP F5, SiteMinder, Solaris 8/10, Linux 5.x/6.x/7.x, TIBCO 5.x, WebSphere8.5, CF8.0, CF10, OEM13.2, GIT, Jenkins, Docker, Maven, Ansible.

Sr. Systems Engineer Oct’ 2010 – May’ 2013

Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke, VA

Responsibilities:

Installed and managing middleware components like web servers [Apache, IBM HTTP Server], application servers [JBoss, WebSphere, Weblogic, and Tomcat].

Administrating IBM LDAP & Microsoft Active Directory.

Installed and configured multiple instances of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM), IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) and IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS).

Developed and configured ITIM Provisioning solutions according to the user change requirements.

Configure and administrate ITIM –create & modify provisioning policies.

Participated in the development and refreshing of enterprise IT strategies. Provided design recommendations based on long term IT organization strategy.

Provided technical guidance and input for consolidation of systems into an enterprise solution that address consolidation of Hardware, Software, and Data.

Participated in translation of product requirements into project and enterprise architectures.

Developed standards including tuning and governance for open systems and middleware components. Contributed to planning, selecting and implementing solutions primarily with middleware technologies.

Environment: JBOSS 4.2/5.1/6/7.1, Weblogic 10.3.2 (OBIEE), Apache 2.2, IHS 7.0, Webspshere 7.0/8.0, Tomcat 7.0 (SOLR), ITIM 5.1, TDS LDAP 6.2, TDI 7.0, Linux 6.0, AIX 5.3.

Sr. Weblogic Engineer (Consultant)

Client: FannieMae Apr’ 2009 – Oct’ 2010

Responsibilities:

Providing production administration and support for Fannie Mae's Weblogic, JBOSS and Apache environments.

Monitor operations of a network or an environment of servers on which a cluster of specific applications operate.

Track and research business solutions running in this environment in terms of efficient performance or obstacles to smooth production.

Troubleshoot more difficult or complex production slowdowns or bottlenecks and determine if OS environment or network is causing problem.

Document standard operation of systems in assigned network or environment;

Document measures taken to patch weblogic and testing done to ensure continued smooth production.

Maintain or perform system upgrades, including installing up to date patches and service packs.

Support system users, responding with limits of the 24/7 systems service level agreement. This includes device, configuration, and monitoring requests from users.

Provide work guidance or technical assistance to fewer senior engineers

Responsible for implementing changes scheduled by dayshift, solving problems that arise overnight and planning and implementing engineering projects assigned by management.

Environment: Weblogic 81.5/9.2.3/10.3.1, JBoss 4.2.3, Apache2.2.3, TIBCO, Solaris8, Linux, Remedy7.1

Client: Comcast Dec’ 2009 – Mar’ 2010

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Weblogic Engineer, responsible for overall Weblogic administration and providing technical support to customers.

Responsible for installation, configuration and support of WebLogic 9.2/10.3/OSB on Linux servers.

Assist developers, programmers, database administrators, and other users in resolving WebLogic and application related issues.

Writing Weblogic automation scripts for day to day tasks and Release management using SHELL and WLST.

Writing Weblogic standards and procedures to SBSS standard

Designing, building, administering, and supporting the Oracle Weblogic Server in clustered and standalone configurations.

Participating in an on-call rotation.

Participating in Change Management processes and planning.

Working with OS system administrators and business unit developers to resolve issues.

Following change management procedures.

Understand existing architecture and migrate existing application to new platform.

Evaluate existing architecture proposals, review technologies, review component maintainability and scalability.

Develop and establish standards and practices for development team.

Perform Weblogic upgrades and patching as they come from Oracle with the special procedures as required for security

Automate the administration of the application run-time environment where possible

Provide timely and accurate on-call support for production infrastructure components

Environment: Weblogic9.2/10.3/OSB, JBoss4.2, MQ series, Apache2.2, Wily, Nagios, AIX, Linux.

Client: AOL Jun’2009 – Sept’ 2009

AOL is a leading global web service company with an extensive suite of brands and offering and a substantial worldwide audience. AOL’s business spans online content, products and services that the company offers to consumers, publishers and advertisers.

Responsibilities:

As a Sr. Web Administrator and part of Mail operations team, providing operations support on production Web API’s.

Installing, configuring and maintaining Tomcat and Apache servers.

Serving as a member of an operations team responsible for designing, planning, structuring, and setting up Web applications, including GSLB and VIP configurations.

Environment: Tomcat 5.25/27, Apache2.2.8, JDK1.5/1.6, Linux, Centos, Citrix Net Scalar, Remedy, Netcool.

Client: Comcast Apr’2009 – May’2009

Comcast is a country’s largest provider of cable services and one of the world’s leading communications companies. Comcast deliver digital services, provide faster Internet and clearer broadband phone service, and develop and deliver innovative programming.

Responsibilities:

As a Sr. WebLogic Engineer, provide operations support for production Web and Application servers.

Provide application level triage for various web-based Java provisioning applications.

Lead the troubleshooting efforts during systems outages.

Provide mentoring for associate and staff engineers.

Drive the implementation of monitoring tools and application enhancements to increase application performance and uptime.

Evaluate proposed application changes and participate in pre-production testing.

Work with engineering & development staff to provide operations influence on design elements.

Provide mentoring for associate and staff engineers.

Carry a pager 24x7 and participate in an on-call rotation.

Write M&P's to troubleshoot and fix the issues.

Environment: WebLogic Application Server v 8.1/9.2/ALBPM5.6, JDK142, JDK151 Apache1.3/2.0, Tomcat5.5, Solaris8/9, Introscope Wily 7.0, BMC patrol, Netcool 7.1, Remedy, Concord eHealth and Spectrum.

Systems Analyst /Sr. Weblogic Admin Jul’2006 – Apr’2009

Employer: IBM

Client: CircuitCity

Circuit City is a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, and entertainment software. The Management Information System (“MIS”) Department plays a fundamental role in providing information and analysis for the management and evaluation of our business operations.

Responsibilities:

As a WebLogic Administrator was responsible to closely work with the team to plan, implement and support J2EE applications on WebLogic 7.0/8.1/9.2/10.1/ALSB2.5 in Unix Environment.

As a Senior analyst working with clients planning, implementing and supporting web architecture

Responsible for installation, configuration and support of WebLogic 8.1/9.2/10.1/ALSB2.5 on Sun Solaris, HP-UX and Linux Servers.

Involved in WebLogic 8.1/9.2/10.1/ALSB2.5 testing and analyzing performance metrics and creating WebLogic 8.1 resources.

Provided complete migration support for WebLogic from WLS7.0 to WLS8.1 and WLS8.1 to WLS9.2/WLS10.1.

Assist developers, programmers, database administrators, and other users in resolving WebLogic and application related issues.

Installed SSL certs on Apache and Weblogic.

Developed migration and deployment scripts through Korn shell to enable successful migration from 7.0 tiers to 8.1 tier and creating JDBC Connection Pools and Data-Sources through batch process.

Achieved best performance by tuning WebLogic environment, application tuning and kernel level OS tuning by automating the tasks to obtain performance metrics. Tasks include, JAVA Heap, CPU performance, JDBC performance, detecting memory and connection leaks etc.

Optimized applications by providing the reports generated through Mercury tools (Sitescope, Diagonstics and BAC)

Installation and configuration of HTTP plug-ins for Apache Web Servers.

Configuration and Administration of Apache Web Servers and pointing the directives to appropriate WebLogic Servers.

Automating tasks to recycle the WebLogic instances, log file rotation and disk space utilization through scripts.

Provide 24x7 on call, support for the entire WebLogic production environment.

Developed ANT build scripts to build the application and UNIX shell scripts, WLST for day to day tasks.

Contribute to disaster recovery planning and test exercises.

Provided application support in all environments (DEV, QA, and Production).

Identifying the bottleneck in the performance of the Application using Introscope-5.1 (Customization of the introscope using the api of the introscope as per the requirement)

JMX MBean implementation and consumption for managing applications deployed in WebLogic.

Implementation of EJBs and JMS components (for inter-server message-based communication.

Environment: WebLogic Application Server v 7.0/8.1/9.2/10.1/ALSB2.5, WebSphere5, JDK131, JDK141, JDK142, Apache1.3/2.0, Sun Solaris 2.8, HPUNIX11i, Linux 4.0 AS, AIX 5, BigIP F5, Mvalent, Sitescope, Diagnostics and BAC

Associate Consultant Feb 2006 – June 2006

Employer: Wipro Technologies Ltd.,

Client: CapitalOne, VA

Capital One is a Finance services company like Credit cards, Auto finance etc.,

Responsibilities:

Providing technical solutions for various problems in Production Environment

As a level 2-support member, I am responsible to make sure all the Batch jobs should run as it scheduled.

Environment: Abinitio, Oracle 8i, Clarify, Petrol(PEM), Control-M, HP-Unix shell scripts, ETL Extract, Oracle9i, CCM, Linux.

Programmer/Analyst Feb 2004 – Jan 2006

Employer: American Infosys Inc

Client: Amdocs Inc.

Amdocs provides Billing, CRM and Customer integration software solutions for leading telecommunications companies (AT&T, Cingular, T-mobile, Nextel, SBC and many more) in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa.

My roles as a Web administrator is to Configure, Manage and provide support for multiple web-based applications deployed on more than 50 web and Application severs, providing services for more than 45 million users of Cingular, Nextel and SBC.

Responsibilities:

Lead the implementation of many new projects into the Production environment for various telecom clients.

As a WebLogic Administrator was responsible to closely work with the architecture team to plan, implement and support J2EE applications on WebLogic 8.1 in Unix Environment.

Setup and configured large Enterprise WebLogic Clusters utilizing BEA’s WebLogic 8 SP2

Responsible for installation, configuration and support of WebLogic 8.1

Work with different teams to co-ordinate and schedule the tasks.

Involved in successful completion of the largest scalability test for telecommunications providers with amdocs. The test was conducted in a production like environment of 65 million subscribers using production code, generating 3.5 million database transactions per hour with more than 12,000 concurrent users accessing the applications across Amdocs platform.

Worked with clients to get the Infrastructure requirements for implementing new projects and preparing roll-out schedules.

Involved in Production Support (24X7) of web applications and its components.

Developed WLST scripts and UNIX shell scripts for Auto deployment and day to day tasks

Extensively involved with the customers to find out the problems and help them in resolving the issues. Also interact with the developers to resolve application level issues.

Installation, Administration and Configuration of Weblogic Application Server v6.1/7.08.1 SP3, iplanet Web Server4.1/6.0 SP5, Netscape Directory Server v 4.16.

Involved in installing, configuring and fine-tuning of different web applications on Weblogic Application server. Deploying software patches on the application servers and web servers. Setting up the connection pools to the Oracle database.

Tune different Web logic parameters such as JVM, Operating system and DB parameters. Monitor different parameters such as idle threads, garbage collection, connection pools and throughput.

Analyze the performance of applications using tools like HP GlancePlus, Perfview, HPJTune, Mercury SiteScope, Weblogic Console and our custom mbeans application.

Installing, maintaining Netscape Directory Server. Importing, Exporting LDIFS. Maintaining Users on LDAP. Created replication agreements between multiple sites for the replication of user stores.

Installing SSL certificate, installing iplanet Web Connector Component to connect to the Weblogic express servlet engine.

Also responsible for setting up and maintenance PLAB systems.

Created User authentication schemas and Roles in siteminder policy servers.

Environment: WebLogic Application Server v6.1/7.0/8.1 sp3, iPlanet Web Server v4.1SP5/6.0sp5/6.1sp4, WLST, Netscape Directory Server 4.16, Netegrity Siteminder 5.5, and Sun Solaris 2.8, HPUNIX (11/11i)

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