Vijay. K.

Kolipaka
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

 Over 11 years of IT experience working in Oracle SOA Suite. Oracle OSB, BAM, BEA WebLogic
Application server 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x and IBM WebSphere Application Server
5.1.x/6.0.x/6.1.x/7.0x/8.5x/9.x, administration under heterogeneous environments like Linux, UNIX,
RHEL, IBM AIX and Windows platforms.
 Full life-cycle experience in the analysis, design, development and promotion of EAI solutions.
 Experience providing and implementing end-to-end SOA design solutions for large integration
engagements.
 Excellent working knowledge of Operation & Production Support with large mission critical systems in
multiple technologies and platforms including Application servers WebLogic, WebSphere and OHS
Server 11.x, 12.x on Linux, UNIX, Windows NT, and Oracle.
 Extensively worked on BEA WebLogic 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11 Server and OHS Server 11.x, 12.x as
administrator for Server Installations, Configuration, Application components deployment,
performance tuning including troubleshooting and maintenance.
 Excellent working knowledge in configuring multiple WebLogic domains including machines, manage
servers, node managers and cluster environments.
 Expertise in providing the support for migration activities.

 Worked with Product engineering team in getting certified products for installations.
 Expertise in J2EE Application Deployment, Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, Performance
tuning, Troubleshooting, Upgrades, Security, Testing, Backup and Disaster Recovery of WebLogic
servers on multiplatform environments (Linux, Windows, and IBM, AIX and Sun Solaris
environments).
 Expertise in Multi Clustered environments with large-scale applications in multiple operating systems
environments - Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux, and Windows platforms.
 Providing UNIX/shell/java scripts for repeated activities when team required.
 Coordinated with Oracle/BEA to resolve issues related with BEA WebLogic products.
 Integrating WebSphere Application Server with backend database like Oracle 9i/10g/11g, DB2, SQL
Server, WebSphere MQ- Qmgr, configuring Queues, connection factories.
 Configured SSL (secured communication over SSL-Secure Sockets Layer) on EWS and WebLogic
Application server 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x communication.
 Analyzing Error and Event log files and diagnosing Application Server problems using Log Analyzer and
monitored application log files, Application Server Performance, Servlet Status, Active Sessions and DB
Pool connections.
 Involved in securing the J2EE applications by implementing Single Sign On by using LTPA.
 Working with tools like Tivoli Performance Monitoring Tool, Wily Introscope, Log Analyzer, IBM Thread
and Monitor Dump Analyzer.
 Expertise in using wsadmin/JACL/ Jython scripting.
 Knowledge of Java, J2EE concepts, JSP’s, Servlets, RMI, EJB.
 Expert in UNIX Shell scripting for administration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
 Experienced in 24x7 rotational On-call production supports, best practice troubleshooting, capacity
planning, security, maintenance, and problem tracing/determination and log management with
 Strong documentation skills.
 Effective Team Player with ability to rapidly learn new concepts together with excellent interpersonal
skills.

TECHNICAL SKILL SET

Web application Servers Oracle BEA WebLogic Server Administration 7.0, 8.1, 9.2, 10.3.5.0,

10.3.6.0, IBM WebSphere Application Server
5.1.x/6.0.x/6.1.x/7.0x/8.5x/9.x.
Web Servers OHS Server 10.x, 11.x, 12.x IBM HTTP 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, Apache 2.x, 3.x
Operating Systems Linux, UNIX, IBM AIX 5.3, HP-UX 8.0, Z/OS, Red Hat Linux, Windows
95/98/NT/2K and 2003
Monitoring Tools Splunk, Heap Analyzer, Log Analyzer, Wiley Introscope, Tivoli Access
Manager.
Java/J2EE Tech XML, XSL, J2EE 1.2/1.3, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, RMI, EJB, JNDI, JMS, SOAP
Database SQL Server 2000/7.0/6.5, MS Access 97/2000
Protocols TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, SOAP, FTP, WINSOCK, SMTP, DHCP, DNS, UDP,
NFS, DHCP, LDAP, RMI/IIOP, SOAP, WSDL.
Web Servers iPlanet, IBM HTTP, IIS, Apache
Scripting Languages Shell Script, Jython, JACL Script and WSADMIN
Microsoft Tools PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, MS Project, MS Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

USPTO, Alexandria, VA (May 14 – Till Date)

Role: Platform Systems Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Installed (GUI, Silent, Console mode), configured and administered Oracle WebLogic Server 10.0 MP1, 10.0
MP2, 11g and Webservers like RedHat Linux in Development, Test and Production Environments.
Deployed applications (WAR, JAR and EAR) using Ansible, puppet.
 Deployed the applications on multiple WebLogic Server instances and maintained Load balancing, high
availability and Fail over for the servers.
 Modified existing scripts for automating deployment and administration tasks for recycling the application
server, deploying customer applications, logs rotation, monitor applications.
 Upgradation of WebLogic servers in development, testing and production environment and applying
patches.
 Providing expert troubleshooting for isolating technical problems in SOA/OSB systems including WebLogic
application servers, OHS web servers, and dehydration databases on RAC.
 Complete understanding of the SOA 11g / Fusion middleware 11g architecture for high availability
 Working with infrastructure team members Network, NT and Unix Administrators to build and deliver
services in a stable and secure multi-instance hosting environment
 Assist with capacity planning, disaster recovery and load balancing activities in the hosting environment
 Troubleshoot deployment issues with SOA/OSB processes
 Perform various administrative tasks such as configuring SMTP, LDAP integration, SSO, SSL, and data
source configuration
  Installing WebLogic 10.x, Apache/OHS 11.x installation, configuration and troubleshooting of database,
app, and web servers reverse proxy for SOA/OSB Experience with RCU utility to create dehydration
databases on Oracle enterprise and RAC
 Web Service, ESB and OSB products Oracle SOA Suite, BEA Aqualogic, WebLogic server, etc. Basic Security
Profile etc.
 Automation of routine tasks using scripts. Installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting WebLogic
on Linux environment.
 Configured JDBC Drivers and Data Source on Oracle WebLogic Server to connect the J2EE components
with Oracle and Informix databases.
 Worked in migrating the application on lower and production environments.
 Provided technical assistance for web hosting team on various application servers and WebServers
including IBM HTTP server, Apache Webservers.
 Automation of daily tasks with the help of scripts and cronjobs. Maintenance of cron scripts.
 Applied software maintenance, program fixes and keeping the system software release current. (DST
patches, cumulative fixes, security fixes).
 Gather thread and heap dumps and analyze them and provide RCA to the teams and work with
development on the changes in the code and implement the changes in lower and production
environments.
 Monitoring environments for daily activities such as memory usage, Disk Space, CPU Utilization.
 Providing technical solutions to application related problems and troubleshooting errors arising out of
Java/J2EE applications.
 24X7 On-call support on rotation basis.
 Implementing integrated release on monthly basis.

Environment Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle OSB, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle OEM, ICAN, eGate,
Licensing, Clustering plug-ins, JMS, Web Services, OHS Webserver and also on J2EE specific technologies
like JDBC, EJB, Servlets, JSP, WSDLs, MS Office, MS MPP, MS Visio, BMC Blade Logic Configuration
Manager 7.6.0.256.

Liberty Mutual, Dover, NH (Aug 11 – Apr 14)

Role: Senior WebSphere Administrator

Responsibilities:

 Installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrade of Web Sphere Application
Server 7.0x/6.0x in clustered environment on Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux.
 Installed and configured WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 7.0/6.1/6.0 and JBOSS 4.x,
5.x in multi clustered high availability environments used Update Installer to update with fix packs.
Automated the tasks with shell scripts using silent response files.
 Created multi server in JBOSS environment, monitoring, maintain and troubleshooting application
server.
 Installed and configured with JBOSS, in a way that human tasks be accessed from application server.
 Deployment, Software installation, maintenance, fixes upgrades, general administration,
troubleshooting and performance tuning of JBOSS.
 Experienced in deploying EAR, WAR and JAR files on Web Sphere Application Server 7.0x/6.0x, and
configuring various resources for applications.
 Created Centralized Installation Manager Repository (CIM).
 Configured DB2 database to support logging and Common Event Infrastructure on JBOSS
 Installed Fix Packs using CIM to the target nodes and updated it to the level of deployment manager.
 Involved in installing Web Servers like IBM Http Server V6.1 and installing corresponding plug-ins on the
Web Servers to communicate with the Application Server.
 Responsible for deploying enterprise applications from Admin console and enabling security for admin
console and application components.
 Solid experience in implementing Work Load Management (WLM) and failover using Vertical/horizontal
clustering to achieve High Availability.
 Configured Web Sphere resources like JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling,
Implemented creation of Server groups and clusters in Web Sphere Application server.
 Used Web Sphere Admin Console and wsadmin/JACL/Perl scripting to install enterprise EAR, WAR files or
for hot deployment.
 Enabled Security features using LDAP user registry and LTPA for authentication and authorization
privileges for Admin console and application components on both UNIX and Windows platforms.
 Worked closely with developers to define and configure Application Servers, Virtual Hosts, web
applications, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines.
 Monitored the environments using Jython scripts for fail over of servers, health checks, parameter
monitoring.
 Performance and tuning database connection pools, thread pools, JVM Heap Size to required sizes using
admin console.
 Provided technical assistance for Web Hosting team on various Application servers an Web Servers
including IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, and iPlanet Server.
 Created IBM Problem Management Records (PMR) to report Web Sphere Application Server problems.
Analyzed log files to solve problems using debugging tools like Log Analyzer, First Failure Data Capture
Tool and Collector Tool.
 Configured Secondary LDAP & implemented LDAP Failover in the environment.
 Configured TruePass & SAS to the cell for Third party security implementation (Authentications &
Authorization).
 Embedded Wily Introscope profiles to WebSphere Application Servers JVM for performance
monitoring.
 Monitoring WAS performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuning the system - caching,
queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
 Trouble shooting errors both Application & JVM also analyzed heap/core plus error logs – configured
tuned JVM for optimum performance.
 Experience in analyzing application problems using tools like Wily Introscope/IBM Tivoli Performance
Viewer and creating multiple cluster environment.
 Monitored for Application core dumps, or forced thread dumps to check for system objects using thread
analyzer.
 Created new Web Servers to use VeriSign certificates and IBM IKEYMAN.
 Ensuring consistent communication between Web Sphere Clients, Oracle, Web Server and WAS.
 Configure SSL for Web Servers and LDAP Security for Web Sphere using IBM Directory server.
 24x7 on-site operations support for different environments.

Environment: Web Sphere Application Server 7.0/ 6.0/6.1, JBOSS 4.x,5.x, IBM Http server 6.1, Linux SUSE,AIX,
Apache server 2.x, J2EE (JSP, Java, JMS, XML, EJB), IBM AIX
Bank of America, Jacksonville, FL (Dec 10 – July 11)
Role: Middleware Administrator.

Responsibilities:

 Installation, maintenance, Deployment J2EE Application, fixes upgrades, general administration,

troubleshooting and performance tuning of WebSphere Application server ND 6.0/6.1. On
multiplatform.
 Installed IBM Web Sphere Portal 5.1.0.x as primary and secondary nodes in clustered environment and
configured with Oracle Database.
 Responsible for installation, configuration, tuning, security, backup, recovery and upgrade of Web Sphere
Portal Server 5.1.0.3 & 5.1.0.4 in clustered environment on Linux and Linux SUSE systems.
 Upgraded Web Sphere Portal 5.1.0.1 to Web Sphere Portal 5.1.0.3.
 Deployed portlets / Skins / Themes in Web Sphere Portal 5.0 /5.1.
 Created pages, URLs and URL mappings in Web Sphere Portal 5.0/5.1.
 Configured Web Sphere resources including JDBC providers, JDBC data sources, connection pooling, and
Java Mail sessions. Deployed Session and Entity EJBs in Web Sphere.
 Experienced in deploying J2EE components on IBM WebSphere Application server and monitoring
using Wily Introscope.
 Monitoring all Servers, shutdown and startup, Network Support and Troubleshooting.
 Fine-tuning of Application Servers for different load requirements.
 Experience setting up WebSphere Global Security for access to the Adminconsole.
 Integrated and ran test runs on the WebSphere Application Server.
 Extensive experience in configuring the HTTP Server for various clustered application servers using
virtual hosting and enabling SSL security.
 Strong experience in Analyzing, Troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application/Web
server errors and logs using Web Sphere Log Analyzer tool.
 Experience in securing administrative server using Authentication, Authorization, and Single Sign on,
LTPA, User registry.
 WebSphere portal server on UNIX and Windows platforms in order to provide Core functionality for
implementing SOA (Service oriented Architecture).
 Installed and configured the Portal Server at diversified environments.
 Configured the WebSphere load balancing utilizing WebSphere Workload Management including
horizontal clustering and vertical clustering.
 Setting up integrated security access to IBM WebSphere Portal and Single Sign-On to other applications.
 Administered WebSphere Portal application, which includes configuration, clustering, administration,
performance tuning.
 Deployed portlets/ pages, for portal applications.
 Administered a WebSphere Portal application, which includes configuration, clustering, administration,
performance tuning, deploying portlets/ pages, for portal applications.
 Configured the message flow nodes and message flow connections.
 Experience in setting up of Nodes, Data-sources, Virtual Hosts, and configuring Session Management.
 Strong experience in analyzing, troubleshooting, and taking appropriate actions for Application /Web
Server errors and logs using the WebSphere Log Analyzer tool.
Environment: IBM Web Sphere Application Server 5.1/6.0, Web Sphere portal server 5.1.0.3 & 5.1.0.4, Solaris
2.8/10, AIX, JDK 1.5, LDAP, UNIX, Linux SUSE, Solaris, Sybase, Tomcat, Linux, IBM HTTP server 6.1, Tivoli
Performance Viewer.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

 Bachelors of Science in Engineering

 Master’s in Computer Sciences