Rahul Choudhary has over 7 years of experience in middleware administration including WebSphere, WebLogic, Apache, and IIS. He currently works as a Middleware Administrator at Cognizant Technology Solutions where his responsibilities include web and application server administration, managing shifts, people management, and technical documentation. He has expertise in installing, configuring, and administering various middleware platforms and deploying applications. He also has experience with load balancers, security, performance tuning, and incident management. Rahul holds a Bachelor's degree in IT and several certifications in WebSphere and WebLogic administration.

1. RAHUL CHOUDHARY
Email: RAHULJECRCIT@GMAIL.COM Contact no: +91-7875348833
Experience Summary
Total work experienceof 7 .3 years in Middleware Administration (Websphere/Weblogic/Apache/IIS).
Currently working as MiddlewareAdministratorin Cognizant Technology Solutions, where tasks include
Web server and Application server administration, managing shifts, people management, escalation
handling, SOW update, technical document preparations etc.
Major Strength Area:
Experience in Administration ofIBM WebSphere Application Server (6.0/6.1/7 .0/8.0) Weblogic (10.x/
11g) , Apache(2.x), on different flavors of Unix.
Experience in installing, configuring and administering Web and Application Servers.
Deploying/Undeploying Applications, Configuring Data Sources and Connection Pools.
Have good experience in creating vertical Clusters, Horizontal clusters, Configuring Proxy Servers, a nd
configuring Web Servers.
Experience in IIS(6.0/7 .0) installations, configuration, apppool creation etc.
Experience in hardware load balancer configuration (IP5) for each individual web URLs.
Education
T itle ofthe Degree with Branch College/University Year of Passing
Bachelor of Engineering (IT) University ofRajasthan (Jaipur) 2008
Certification:
 IBM WebSphere application server Network Deployment 6.1 (Test 000 -253).
 IBM WebSphere Portal 7 .0 Deployment and Administration (LOT-920).
Performance Awards:
 Selected Star of the Month in IBM for August 2012 month from Hyderabad RDC region.
 Received Best of IBM award from sector lead in IBM.
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2. Technical Skills
Websphere
Administration
 Installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server (6.0/6.1/7 .0/8.0).
 Configuration and management ofvarious profiles like DMGR profile, application
server profile etc.
 Configuration and management of nodes, individual server instances in terms of
both horizontal/vertical cluster.
 Deployment of Web/Enterprise (war, ear) applications also html, jsp, properties
files etc.
 Configuring Data Sources and Connection Pools.
 Setting up WebSphere Global Security for accessing Admin console.
 Automation ofCron Jobs using Shell-Scripts for deleting logs, creating backups of
logs.
 Configuring SSL in the Application Server.
 Generate Thread dumps/heap dump of the java processes and looking for issues
like out of Memory exception.
 Managing and Monitoring the JVMperformanceby WebSphere Heap Size, garbage
collection etc.
Weblogic
Administration
 Installation of Apache and BEA Weblogic Application Server (10/10.3).
 Configuration and management of Weblogic Application servers.
 Creating Data sources and Multipools across Weblogic environments.
 Creating Domain and Managed servers.
 Creating clusters across Weblogic domains.
 Creating Weblogic users with different rights for Weblogic console.
 Hands on knowledge on configuring node manager.
 Deployment of Web/Enterprise (war, ear) applications also html, jsp, properties
files etc.
 Taking Thread Dumps of any Weblogic domain and looking for issues like STUCK
threads or out of Memory exception.
 Work on server performance and tuning of Weblogic server.
 Automation of Cron Jobs using Shell-Scripts.
 Handling Security Issues: SSL certs installation.
Apache/HIS/
Iplanet
 Installation and configuration of Apache(2.x)/IHS (7 .0/8.0) web server.
 Creating both ip based and name based virtual hosting
 Deployed static content in htdocs.
 Configured plugins for various application servers like IBMWebsphere application
server, Oracle Weblogic application server.
 Handling Security Issues: SSL certs installation
 Individual instance performance monitoring through HP SiteScope and Working
on various alerts.
IIS  Installation and configuration of IIS(6.0/7 .0).
 Creation of new website, application pool, virtual directories.
 Deploying applications in the doc root directory.
 Handling Security Issues: SSL certs installation.
 Handling troubleshooting issues, recycling the application pool etc.
TicketingTools  BMC Remedy ITSM tool , Service Now, TeamTrack (Serena).

3. Relevant Project Experience
As Associate Operations
Manager
With Cognizant
Client – Credit Suisse
Duration : -
July ,2014- T ill Date
 As working Shift Lead position I need to assure that there is no
SLA breach and Change request those are scheduled in my shifts
properly distributed and executed successfully without zero
manual mistakes.
 Web Team of Credit Suisse supports over 1000 applications,
working on Weblogic/WebSphere, Apache/Iplanet and IIS
Servers.
 Responsible for Migrating ofWeb/Enterprise (war, ear) and also
war, html, jsp, properties files etc and deploying the application
through Admin console.
 Performance tuning ofWebsphere/Weblogic application servers
with respect to heap, threads and connection pools.
 Responsible for troubleshooting the issues in the Production
environment based on severity of issues on UNIX/Windows
production servers, actively participation of P1/P2 calls for any
high priority issues.
 Responsible for deploying and maintaining application on UAT&
Production environment.
 Coordinating with different teams and clients for resolving the
issues related to application.
 Interacting with Customers to solve their problems regarding
Issues related to specific application URL’S and required inputs
from their end.
 Implementing process flow for Application Infrastructure
Request, Change Control Request and Incident Ticket Request
following ITIL process.
 Escalation Handling, RCA presentation, shift roster preparation
and people management.
As T echnical Services
Specialist
With IBM India Pvt.Ltd.
Client – KPMG/Irving Oil/Direct
Energy
Duration : -
April 2011 , - July ,2014
 Installing Configuring and maintaining IBM WebSphere
Application Server 6.x/7 .0/8.0 on Linux/Sun Solaris/Windows
2003 and 2008.
 Applying Refresh packs, fix packs and cumulative fixes for
WebSphere, JDK and plug-in.
 Setting up WebSphere Global Security for accessing Admin
console.
 Configuring the HTTP Server for various clustered application
servers using virtual hosting and enabling SSL security.
 Setting up crontabs/scheduled task for deleting logs, creating
backups of logs.
 Generate Thread dumps/heap dump of the java processes,
Managing and Monitoring the JVM performance by WebSphere
Heap Size, garbage collection, JDBC Pools.
 Worked closely with developers to define and configured
application Servers, Virtual Hosts, Web Applications, Web
resources, Servlets, JDBC drivers and Servlet Engines-as well as
deployment of EJBs across multiple instances of WebSphere.
 Deploying the applications on clusters, updating the installed
applications and updating Web Server plug-in configuration using
administrative console.
 Renewal of SSL certs of IHS, Iplanet and Apache web server.
 Interact with client, testing and development team members.
 Good working experiences with Session Management, creating
replication domains for session persistence (Memory to Memory

4. replication) using client server methodology. Used WebSphere
backup and restore scripts for backing up WebSphere repository.
 Responsible for Architectural Design, Implementation and
periodic testing and supportof Web Environments with respectto
High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
As Associate Infrastructure
Engineer
With MphasiSLimited
Client – SymantecCorporation
Duration : -
Jan , 2009- April , 2011
 Installing Configuring and maintaining IBM WebSphere
Application Server8.0 on Linux/Sun Solaris
 Setting up WebSphere Global Security for accessing Admin
console.
 Configuring the HTTP Server for various clustered application
servers using virtual hosting and enabling SSL security.
 Setting up crontabs/scheduled task for deleting logs, creating
backups of logs.
 Generate Thread dumps/heap dump of the java processes.
Supporting Websphere AS and Weblogic servers which are on
Solaris and Linux.
 Application deployments on various environments including
Development, Testing and Production. Troubleshooting
application issues and server issues.
 Monitoring WLS on daily basis and performing health check of
the application server.
 Bouncing the Weblogic/Websphere Instances as and when
required.
 Configuring Creating data sources for the applications as and
when required by the team.
 Creating and Maintaining UAT & Staging Environment for
Testing Purpose.
 Logging user complaints and allocating calls to support engineer
on WLS/WebSphere issues.
Training:
 Trained on Middleware Technologies (Websphere 6.0, Weblogic 9.2, Websphere MQ6.0) under
EDS Learning and Leadership Academy, Mangalore.
 Trained on WebSphere Application server 8.0, WebspherePortal server 7.0 and ITIL Foundation
under IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
 Completed training on Fusions Applications- Installation and Administration ED 1 Prv under
IBM India Pvt Ltd.
 Trained on CA work load automation Autosys r11.3.5 (Foundation 200) underIBM.
Personal Details
Residence Address Plot No.-34 B, Sahakar Nagar, Jhotwara, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Date of Birth 10 - March - 1985
City of Birth Jaipur
Marital Status Married
Nationality Indian
Passport No. G6538375
Passport Issue Date 17 - April - 2008
Passport Expiry Date 16 - April - 2018
Hobbies Listening Music, reading books