Kunal Patel

Experience

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  Verizon Wireless

  Apr 1999 - Jun 2002

  Sr Analyst

  Was responsible for Installaiton, configuration, upgrade and day to day administration of WebSphere Application Server V 3.5.6

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  Ahold Information Services

  Jul 2002 - Apr 2006

  • Architected & implemented multiple WebSphere Application environments using WebSphere ND V6.0, V5.1 & V 5.0. • Responsible for reducing the number of WebSphere Licenses in half by redesigning the WebSphere setup at the organization.• Part of team responsible for architecting and implementing Enterprise Global Portal Environment, using IBM WebSpherePortal Server 5.1• Responsible for setting up and integrating WebSphere & Portal Security using the Enterprise TAM/LDAP Security infrastructure (TAM4.0 & TAM 5.1)• Install & configure IBM Edge Components for Network Dispatcher function, to facilitate website load balancing Show less

  • Lead Architect

    Jul 2003 - Apr 2006

  • Sr WebSphere Administrator

    Jul 2002 - Jul 2003
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  Bi-Lo Inc

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2007

  Independent IT Consultant

  • Architected & implemented multiple WebSphere Application environments using WebSphere ND V6.0,/V6.1/v7.• Responsible for architecting and implementing WebSphere Portal Server V 6.0. , WebSphere Content Manager (WCM), & WebSphere Everyplace Access (WEA), environments.• Installed, Configured & Supported WebSphere Information Integrator Omnifind Edition V8.3

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  Prolifics

  Apr 2007 - Apr 2009

  Senior Consultant

  Worked with various clients including ADP, Honda, IBM, Lowe’s, & MetLife• Installed & configured WebSphere Portal v6//6.1 in multiple clustered environments.• Automate process to install, patch, and setup WebSphere Application Server and create automation scripts for configuration and daily administration.• Upgrade WebSphere Portal from 6.0.1.2 to 6.0.1.3, including WAS and process servers.• Install & configure Edge Components v6.1 for Network Dispatcher function.• Integrate WebSphere portal with existing Tivoli Access Manager Infrastructure.• Implement new WebSphere Portal v6 clustered environments for production and non-production.• Part of team that moved portal artifacts from existing WebSphere Portal v5.0 to new WebSphere Portal 6.0.1• Troubleshoot Portal performance with limited Tools.• Implement ITCAM for SOA 7.1 suite of products including ITCAMfWAS, ITCAMfJ2EE, the base ITM components, various Agents & the Managing Server for ITACM for WAS/J2EE.• Install and configure one and two-node IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition v8.4.0.150 in a Linux server environment, including integrating security, with the existing Infrastructure used by the client.• Develop documentation for environment installation and configuration, as well as train and mentor clients in managing support for the environments. Show less

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  ViPS a General Dynamics Company

  Dec 2009 - Mar 2010

  Sr. Systems Administrator

  • Installed, configured, support WebSphere Portal 6.1 with WebSphere Content Manager (WCM).• Worked on ITM6.2 and ITCAM 6.1, including DB2 installation and configuration.

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  Defense Logistics Agency

  Mar 2010 - Jun 2010

  Independent IT Consultant

  Worked in a team responsible to Maintain/Support WebSphere Portal 6.1 on windows.

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  Base Technologies, Inc

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2013

  Systems Administrator: CBP

  • Responsible for supporting the full lifecycle of most CBP’s web infrastructure systems under EDME from architecting/engineering to implementation and support.• WebLogic and WebSphere install/configuration & 3rd level support for issues including Fix Installation and architecting the setup for both the distributed Servers and WebLogic install/configurations on the ExaLogic Cloud Stack.• Install/Configuration/Maintenance, of IBM TAM/TIM including DB2 supporting over 2 Million users.• ExaLogic Cloud Stack – Part of team that configured, debugged and setup the ExaLogic Cloud stack at CBP, including building VM’s on ExaLogic Platform.• Automated Apache installation and configuration on both distributed and ExaLogic-Cloud Platform.• Informatica PowerCenter 861 Install/configuration & support.• 3rd Level support for various products, including Informatica, ITM, Tomcat, etc., Show less

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  Independent IT Contractor: CBP

  Aug 2013 - now

  Team Lead Middleware Infrastructure

  • Automated various AppDynamics agent install/config rollout for all of CBP.• Automated and worked extensively with end to end SSL configurations & support for various systems e.g. WebLogic, Tomcat, WebSphere, Apache.• Responsible for supporting the full lifecycle of most web infrastructure systems from architecting/engineering to implementation and support, including automating patching of 3rd party systems.• Automate process to install/patch/configure all WebSphere(DMGR/NA), WebLogic(AS/NM/MS) and Tomcat Servers including setting up SSL out of the box, specifically for WebLogic and Tomcat as well as locking down the Ciphers for the same.• Setup ExaLogic according to CBP standards to use Middleware as a Service (MWaaS), including creating the File-Systems using the ZFS-Appliance, and putting workarounds for SSL and Access-Control at the OS-level. Also created a script to start-up NodeManger’s that are unique on a compute-node, since all of OEM/MWaaS is dependent on NodeManager being up.• Setup & integrate Oracle Traffic Director with MWaaS, for automatic load balancing.• Create and setup shell script to install & create the base configuration for Apache, including creating User-ID, file-systems, and a shell script to stop/start Apache as a non-root user.• Create & setup multiple shell scripts for various functions, e.g. stop/start/status of different servers, check for expiring SSL certificates in a JKS-Store, most of these were set up as services for automated stop/start of the Servers on OS reboots.• 2nd-3rd level support for all the JAVA-Engines mentioned above as well as other non-java related issues, e.g. SSL-connectivity, OS-configurations, Network, Load-Balancing, etc., Show less