OBJECTIVE:

• Effectively use and deliver/mentorwithin Cloud/Infrastructure; practice the skills I have accumulated in Cloud Architecture/Virtualization/Automation spaces. Help “business” achieve and improve their digital assets/technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Confidential Cloud, Redhat Openshift, Openstack, Digital Ocean, various Private Clouds.

Operating Systems (Core Knowledge and Worked upon Knowledge):Linux (Redhat6/7, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware, CentOS 7, and a few more)

Programming Languages/Other: C, Cobol, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go,Shell Scripting (bash, ksh, csh),HTML and CSS

D Confidential bases: Oracle, Postgresql, MySQL/MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Dbase III+, FoxPro, FileMaker

Web: Apache, Tomcat, Confidential Websphere, Oracle Weblogic, Microsoft IIS, HAProxy, NGINX

DNS/NTP: Microsoft DNS, BIND, UNBOUND, PowerDNS, DJBDNS, NTPD, OpenNTPD, CHRONY, Infoblox, EfficientIP

SMTP Email: Microsoft Exchange, Qmail, Postfix, Exim, OpenSMTP

Firewalls: IPtables, PF

CMS: Wordpress, Zope, Plone, Pelican, Markdown

Backup: Symantec products Veritas Volume Manager, Cluster Server, Netbackup 5.1 D Confidential centre, BackupExec, Ghost, HP D Confidential Protector ; Amanda; Clonezilla

Directory: Microsoft Active Directory, SAMBA, NIS

Infrastructure: Zabbix, Chef, Puppet, Crucible, Ansible, Jenkins, Nagios, Splunk, SpaceWalk, CEPH, OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes, Redhat Satellite 6.2/6.4

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Principle Engineer of the senior cloud architectural team for Managed Private Cloud, implementing and supporting multiple HPE productsfor financial institutions and banks; Leadership role for other support teams
• Released into production a MPC 5 Managed Private Cloud based cloud infrastructure, and continuing to maintain this private cloud
• Maintain multiple HPE core products using various enterprise - level automation tools
• Document
• Troubleshoot complex “private cloud infrastructure” resolving issues related to the “private cloud” and AWS/ Confidential SL (“public clouds”) integration
• Hands on working experience with HP Blade infrastructure CS700, HP rack servers, HP Cloud System 9, Vmware vSphere 5.5, and a large repertoire of ‘cloud tools’ HP CSA/OO/Helion OpenStack
• Worked on a PoC for Redhat OpenShift platform includes Docker/Kubernetes
• Worked on the design solutioning for AWS/Azure/ Confidential Cloud integration with MPC Private Cloud integrated with Public Cloud using “secure channel networks”.

Confidential

Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained VMware ESXi/Redhat KVM machines
• Maintained multiple core products using automation tools (Puppet 2.6/2.7)
• Created runbooks as well as use runbooks for Operations Management
• Performed upgrades to Confidential products {MySQL, etc.}
• Performed migrations from VMware ESXi virtual machines to Redhat KVM virtual machines

Confidential

Senior Unix

Responsibilities:

• Production/Operational and Project Level support to a very large North America based enterprise client(Oil Industry) in the following environments:
• Hardware - HP Blades BL470/BL620 family on HP C7000 enclosures {configuration/troubleshooting}
• OS - VMware ESXi 3.5/4.1/5.1 (bare metal); Redhat Enterprise Linux (virtual farm)
• Other - (a) Installed Linux-based security appliances; (b) Installed/Configured HP VMA appliances for HP Operations Manager; (c) Troubleshoot and fix Microsoft Windows Server 2008 active-active cluster for VMware vSphere 5.1; (d) Worked together with other specialized SME teams (Windows Desktop, Windows Server, SAN/Storage, ITIL processes, Project Management, SAP, D Confidential base, HP Hardware); (e) Large numbers of virtual machine migrations using sVmotions between clusters spread in multiple d Confidential centers in North America; (f) Repair of virtual machines; (g) Worked with HP OpenView and HP OM (Operations Manager) software.

Confidential

Senior IT Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Joined this company during its startup phase and moved it to a regular medium-sized organization IT department, having achieved the following:
• Manual inventory of IT infrastructure; thereafter, automating the process by implementing Lansweeper software
• Migrated Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Active Directory/DHCP/DNS/WSUS for main office in Toronto and 6 branch offices in USA/Europe
• Implemented Microsoft Exchange 2007 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and migrated existing emails to the new environment
• Introduced and Implemented Citrix XenServer 5.5/5.6, consolidating over 20 critical IT servers into 3 physical machines (initially) and, thereafter, building up a “private cloud” for the expanded “Developer Team”
• UAT Testing and Implementation of VMware ESXi 3.5 (server side) and VMPlayer (workstations).
• Installed and configured a wide variety of operating systems (FreeBSD, Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu) for developer workstations (physical and virtual) as well Microsoft and Apple; as well as LAMP stack for the developers AGILE team
• Installed and configured middleware (JIRA, Clearspace/JiveSBS, Gits, Svn) and d Confidential bases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL 2008) for AGILE operations staff
• Hardware troubleshooting and maintenance of Laptops, Routers, Switches; as well as Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 desktop users and Apple Mac users
• Rebuilt Asterisk PBX server
• Installed/Configured Wordpress for in-house IT helpdesk AGILE staff
• Setup puppet enterprise for the engineering task force (quick turnaround for specific Line of Business) AGILE
• Provided ongoing support for LAN users in Toronto, and remote users in other branch offices across NA/Europe/Far East Asia using tools such as Yugma, LogMeIn Rescue, Webex, and TeamViewer
• Designed and executed an email subsystem combining Qmail Fetchmail Microsoft Exchange 2007; as well as a Qmail-powered‘subscriber mailing list’ For developers using AGILE frequently