Aswin Balachandran

Middleware Administrator with nearly 5 years of hands-on experience supporting and administering enterprise middleware platforms including Oracle WebLogic Server (12c), Apache Tomcat (8.x/9.x), and Apache HTTP Server in large-scale AWS-hosted environments. Strong expertise in patching, vulnerability remediation, deployment support, JVM troubleshooting, performance tuning, and high availability operations. Proven ability to manage production middleware environments with minimal downtime while adhering to ITIL and security compliance standards.

AWS Cloud Practitioner certified with solid exposure to Linux-based infrastructure and enterprise change management.

Senior Project Engineer (Middleware Administrator L2) - Wipro - Hyderabad

(2020-09 - 2025-07)

• Administered and supported 115+ production and non-production middleware applications hosted on AWS EC2, ensuring stability, security, and high availability.
• Executed quarterly middleware patching and security updates for WebLogic, Tomcat, and Apache using Tanium, scripted workflows, and Azure DevOps, achieving compliance with enterprise security standards.
• Performed vulnerability assessment, validation, and remediation, significantly reducing security exposure across middleware environments.
• Supported WebLogic 12c domains and Tomcat instances, including configuration changes, deployments, controlled restarts, and post-deployment validation.
• Handled WAR/EAR deployment support, coordinating with application teams to ensure smooth releases with minimal downtime.
• Diagnosed and resolved performance and availability issues related to JVM memory, thread utilization, connection pools, and server health.
• Implemented and maintained M/Monit monitoring, improving visibility into CPU, memory, JVM health, and service availability.
• Provided L1/L2 operational support for IBM MQ, including queue depth monitoring, service restarts, cleanup activities, and incident resolution.
• Supported ETL middleware components (Informatica IICS and IBM InfoSphere DataStage) for job deployments, scheduling, and environment health checks.
• Developed shell scripts and operational automations to reduce manual effort and improve response times.
• Managed change and incident workflows in ServiceNow, ensuring accurate documentation, approvals, and execution as per ITIL standards.
• Contributed to disaster recovery readiness, backup validation, and environment restoration exercises.

MTech - Computing Systems and Infrastructure - Birla Institute of technology & Science, Pilani (2021 - 2024)

Bachelor of Computer Application - Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri (2017 - 2020)