• Installation and Configuration
o Installation, implementation, upgrading, performance, security, patching and monitoring of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WASND) environments.
o Detailed understanding of WebSphere Application Server Clustering for High Availability
o JMS Configurations– JMS Server, Connection Factory, Foreign JMS server, Message Bridge, Topic/Queue, Distributed destinations
o Creating profiles to build an environment and Federating Profiles like Application Server and Managed profiles to the Deployment Manager.
o Integrate Websphere Application Sever with IBM HTTP server.
o SSL Configuration.
o Configuring of Data sources, Pool connections and troubleshooting to fixing up problems.
• Patch Management
o Timely security patching and applying support fixes as required.
o Experience in Applying Refresh Packs and Fix Packs.
o Fix issues faced while patching.
• Migration & Upgrade
o Upgradation of JDK,
o Websphere upgradation from 7.0 to 8.5
• Performance Monitoring and Tuning
o CPU, Memory, I/O monitoring and fine tuning.
o Performance tuning of WAS by configuring caching, queuing, pooling, heapsize and optimizing other JVM parameters
o Maximizing availability and performance for all WASND and IBM HTTP Server Plugins and IBM HTTP Server systems
o Monitoring, tracking, trending, analysis and tuning of the WebSphere environments
• Providing technical assistance to the entire customer staff of developers, operators and administrators
• Detailed understanding of J2EE standards, JDBC configuration, JNDI Directory Services, SOAP and WebServices
• Configuring of LDAP and Security realms
• Developing automation scripts.
• Validating backup techniques to ensure ease of system recoverability.
• Management of assigned enterprise services projects or components of projects from Application Services.
• Support and implementation of the Security policies and Controls as defined and developed by the Information Security team
• Experience in Managing a Large Middleware infrastructure of over 100 servers, Expertise on Shell Scripting, Service monitoring and SLA management. Experience in Architecture/Design.
• Establishing and maintaining process documents and run books, Good understanding of Incident, Asset, Problem and Change Management (ITIL)
• Change Management: Prepare Implementation, backout and test plan for Change records. Perform risk and impact analysis for changes.
• Configuration Management: CMDB audits and regular updates of CMDB
• Routine Performance Analysis, Capacity analysis, security audit analysis reports to customer for necessary planned changes
• VAPT Analysis and Fixing of issues.
• Preparation of RCA document for production issues.
• Disaster Recovery, Perform network traffic failover.
• Shell scripting for Automation of File system clean up, code deployment.
• Excellent communication skills.