SUMMARY

• 7 years of strong experience driving a broad range of corporate IT initiatives, also participated in planning and implementation of UNIX/AIX based solutions in direct support of business objectives.
• Track record of increasing responsibility in UNIX/AIX Server design, configuration and implementation.
• Demonstrated capacity to implement innovative solutions to solve unique and complicated tasks and problems.
• AIX 5x and 6x installation, upgradation, migration and troubleshooting.
• Worked on Windows 2003/2000/XP, Engineering and Development of Information Systems.
• Working experience of managing, troubleshooting IBM p4, p5, p6 and p7 series hardware.
• Responsible for planning, configuration and implementation of solutions to deploy AIX p-series systems for various Application and Web servers.
• Experience with Advanced Power Virtualization, Creating and administering LPAR/DLPAR/VIO servers, through HMC.
• Designed and implemented HPC High Performance Computing virtual system that included migrating physical machine's applications to virtual machines then upgrading OS of the virtual machine to verify the physical machine application.
• Assisted in the design of the test lab, developing and, in some cases, implementing test plans, assisting with the technology side of OS remediation planning and other tasks as necessary.
• Experience with installing OS from NIM server using mksysb image.
• Performed a WebSphere Application Server Refresh Pack upgrade on AIX to a more stable Version.
• Hands-on experience in installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting HACMP and HACMP/ES clusters in production environments.
• Integrating PHP with shell script and run Shell Script files through PHP. Shell scripts using VI editor and an advanced filter.
• Firm understanding of all aspects of the AIX/LINUX Operating System including kernel internals, shells, file systems.
• Proficiency with configuration and maintenance of NFS, DNS, NIS/NIS , DHCP, SMTP, and Networking with TCP/IP.
• Experience with SMIT, LVM, Mirroring, System Resource management, Paging Space management, job scheduling and user management using directory services LDAP.
• Everyday Network administration tasks - adding and removing users file and share permissions, trust management, replication management, server backups, and server setups
• Performed user tasks including submitting and managing parallel, serial and interactive jobs
• Proven ability to Define System requirements, recommended solutions, analyze capacity and make appropriate modifications
• Outstanding leadership abilities able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading planning team.
• Excellent Communication oral and written , interpersonal, and organizational skills Demonstrated ability in training others and documenting procedures.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Languages : C, C , Java 1.5/1.4, Shell Scripting, Perl Script, Core Java I/O and

Multithreading, SQL, and HTML.

Web Servers : IBM HTTP Server1.3/1.2, IPlanet Web Server 5.1/6.0, IIS 4.0/5.0, Apache.

Networking : TCP/IP, DNS, LDAP, SSH, DHCP, LAN, WAN.

Databases : Oracle 10g, MYSQL, MS SQL Server 7.0/6.5, DB2 7.2, MS Access 7.0, SQL Server.

Operating System : AIX 5.x/6.x/7.x, Sun Solaris 6/8, Linux v3,5, Windows 95/98/XP/NT Server.

Hardware : IBM RS/6000, IBM p-Series 570, 595, 670, 695, 770 , IBM PC's and Intel based Systems.

Tools/Application : HACMP 4.3.1/4.4, HACMP/ES 4.5, 5.X, Samba, Veritas Volume manager, Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas NetBackup, IBM Tivoli Monitoring Tools.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior Server Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in AIX, Linux and HPUX Server Administration on diversified platforms.
• Installing, configuring, upgrade and administration of IBM pSeries and POWER6/7 servers on various levels of AIX Operating System utilizing Environment.
• Building new LPARS on new P7 frames.
• Building new Red Hat Linux Servers v3, 4 5 on Dell PowerEdge servers and vitual linux hosts using VMware vSphere Client.
• Monitoring and managing the ITO messages in HPOM for all the AIX, Linux HPUX servers.
• Working in service desk to manage change requests, service requests, incident management and incident tickets.
• Performing decommissioning procedures on the old servers that were out of support and the application was moved to new hardware.
• Configured oracle setup on the AIX servers for the oracle applications
• Produce Technical design and Requirement documentation.
• Upgrade of managed machine and device's firmware microcode.
• Supporting and managing IBM pSeries servers P6 P7 using HMC Versions 7.7
• Managed the servers using different HMC's and upgraded HMC version from 7.1.0 to 7.7.5 7.7.5 to 7.7.7
• Built NIM servers to manage new LPAR builds for AIX
• SSIM monitoring, NCOA/Postware updates for various applications
• Add IP addresses and CNAME's to DNS using Infoblox IP Address Management for servers and databases to DNS.
• Configuring DTHA Disaster Tolerance High Availability cluster servers to keep applications running on the servers.
• Installing Configuring duel Virtual I/O servers and clients.
• Creating and configuring standard LPAR assigned to physical I/O
• Participating in weekly change control meeting to present AIX Production Change.

Environment:

IBM AIX v5.3, v6.1, v7.1, p6-595, p6-570, p5-595, p7-740, p7-770, LPAR, DLPAR, Dual Virtual I/O, HACMP 5.3, v5.4, Multiple HMC v6.1.2, v7.7.5, v7.7.7, WebSM, NIM, Infoblox 6.5.3, Dell PowerEdge 620, 720, VMware vSphere Client V5.1

Confidential

AIX Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience with installing, configuring, upgrade and administration of IBM pSeries and POWER5/POWER6 servers on various levels of AIX Operating System utilizing Environment.
• Performed AIX 5.3/6.1 installation on to new LPARS using NIM Server.
• OS Remediation from 5.3 TL 05/06 to 5.3 TL11 and 5.3 TL 11 to 6.1 TL 06/07 using NIM Server.
• Upgrade of AIX TL and SP to latest level using NFS Mount and alt disk.
• Upgrade of managed machine and device's firmware microcode
• Supporting and managing IBM pSeries servers P5 P6 using HMC Versions 6 and 7.
• Configuring HACMP cluster to keep applications running on the servers.
• Installing Configuring duel Virtual I/O servers and clients.
• Creating and configuring standard LPAR assigned to physical I/O.
• Coordinating with application teams to schedule AIX maintenance on DEV/TST/QA and PROD Environments.
• Participating in weekly change control meeting to present AIX Production Change.
• Utilizing HPSC ITSP to work on Change Request, Service Request, Problem management and Problem tickets.
• Upgraded OS and security level in AIX 5.3 using Alternate Disk Installation.
• Migrating data on the old Blade Logic Servers, p5 595's, pP6 570 servers to the latest p6 595 p7 Servers.
• Performed administrative tasks such as System Startup/Shutdown, Backup Strategy, Documentation, Security and Network Management.
• Performing Decomm procedures on the Old Servers that were migrated successfully on to new p6 p7 Hardware.
• Working with monitoring SVC backup team to make sure all servers are monitored backup all time.
• Lists and maintains all the information about the servers that are migrated and still need to migrate to new hardware.

Environment:

IBM AIX v5.1, v5.2, v5.3, v6.1, p7, p6-595, p6-570, p5-595, p5-570, p7-770, p7-795, Blade logic Servers , LPAR, DLPAR, Dual Virtual I/O, HACMP 5.3, v5.4, Multiple HMC WebSM, NIM, KORN Shells.

Confidential

AIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience with installation, configuration, upgrade and administration of IBM pSeries and power5/power6 servers on various levels of AIX operating system utilizing environment.
• Performed AIX 5.3 / 6.1 installation using NIM server and Storix back utility.
• OS Migration from AIX 5.2 to AIX 6.1 using server and Storix back utility.
• Upgrade of AIX TL and SP to latest level using NFS mount and alt disk
• Upgrade of managed machine and device's firmware/microcode.
• Supporting and managing IBM pseries servers P5/P6 using HMC version 6 and 7.
• HACMP upgrade from v5.3 to 5.4 and then 5.4 to 5.5 configured HACMP cluster to keep applications running.
• Assisted in the design of the test lab, developing test plans, assisting with the technology side of OS remediation planning.
• Installation and configuration of duel Virtual I/O servers and clients.
• Creating and configuring standard LPAR assigned physical I/O.
• Set up and configure virtual recourses virtual SCSI, virtual Ethernet, virtual FC
• Hands on experience with Advance virtualization and power 6 partition mobility feature.
• Coordinating with application teams to schedule AIX maintenance on QA/DEV
• Participating in weekly change control meeting QRB to present AIX production change.
• Experience with SAN storage migration from IBM DS8100 to DS8300 and NetApp.
• Utilized IBM Maximo to work on Change Request, Service Request, Problem Management and problem tickets.
• Upgraded OS and Security level in AIX 5.3 using Alternate Disk Installation.
• Performed a WebSphere Application server refresh in AIX 5.3 to 6.0.2 service level.
• Performed 60 hours DR exercise for Tier 3 servers environment.
• Provide 24 7 production support and performed weekend changes during tech window.
• Performed administrative tasks such as System Startup/shutdown, Backup strategy, Printing, Documentation, User Management, Security, Network management.

Environment:

IBM AIX v5.1, v5.2, v5.3, v6.1, p6-595, p6-570, p5-570, p5-595,p5-55A LPAR, DLPAR, Dual Virtual I/O, HACMP 5.3, v5.4, 5.5, Multiple HMC WebSM, NIM, Storix 6.1.

Confidential

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for software migrating from older version 4.3, 5.4 of Aix to newer 6.x version and hardware refreshes responsible for migrating the old hardware RS-6000, sp nodes, p4 to new hardware p6
• Responsible for testing new Builds, Testing functionality of Applications on AIX server
• Installation and troubleshooting on VMware running Linux RHEL, SUSE and Windows.
• Expertise in Build, Install, load and configured the boxes 550,520,560,570,590,595.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Tivoli Storage Manager TSM .
• Administration, support and maintenance of pSeries p570/p590/p595 Servers using HMC and ASMI Building standalones, Installation and configuration of AIX 5.3/5.2
• Responsible for planning, configuration and implementation of solutions to deploy AIX p-series systems for various application, database servers.
• Created and configured VIO servers and LPARS on pSeries hard ware.
• Installation and building of NIM setup from scratch Responsible for installation, configuration and maintenance of HACMP cluster and disaster recovery of servers through TSM/Netbackup/NIM.
• WebSM Installation on Windows Clients to communicate with Managed Systems. Documented and enabled HMC remote administration for trusted networks.
• Administration of multiple AIX machines, AIX clusters, and SP nodes from any client platform through WebSM.
• Installed and configured RHEL Linux, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise server 8, 9 and 10 on servers and desktops
• Manage LPAR's and provide virtual memory management and memory optimization.
• Setup of full networking services and protocols on AIX, including NIS/NFS, DNS, SSH, DHCP, NIDS, TCP/IP, applications, and print servers to insure optimal networking, application, and printing functionality.
• Built and configured new HMC from Scratch. Updated HMC from version 5.1 to 5.2 and installed specific fixes. Restored HMC from a backup image to fix an unresolved upgrade issue.
• Troubleshooting critical networking and hardware issues and other day-to-day user trouble tickets in association with other administrators in the group.
• Wrote shell scripts ksh to administer batch processes on the system, monitor system logs and to maintain the requirements for Applications on the server.
• HACMP upgrade from v4.5 to 5.1 and then 5.1 to 5.2 configured HACMP cluster to keep applications running.
• Performed OS upgradation in AIX 5.2/5.3 to a more stable version of AIX 5.3.
• Setup System Accounting and Proactive Patching and Upgrades on DB, Web, TSM and Mail Servers using industries best practices.
• Performed an Application Server Refresh in AIX 5.3.
• Setup and configured network TCP/IP on LINUX and AIX servers including RPC connectivity for NFS. Created mount points for Server directories, and mounted these directories on the Servers.
• Worked with monitoring tools like Tivoli monitoring, HP OpenView, Wily, ActiveWatch and BMC Patrol.
• Backing up AIX servers using mksysb and ADSM/TSM.
• Provide temporary and permanent sudo permissions to users depending on the job requirement and security request clearance.

Environment:

AIX 5.3/5.2/5.1, IBM pSeries 550,520,560,570,590,595 , Solaris, LPAR, DLPAR, VIO, HACMP v4.5, 5.1, 5.2, Windows 2000, TCP/IP, RHEL, SUSE LINUX, Tivoli Monitoring, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, LDAP, NIS/NFS, DNS, SSH, DHCP, NIDS.

Confidential

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Setup and configured network TCP/IP on AIX including RPC connectivity for NFS. Created mount points for Server directories, and mounted these directories on AIX Servers.
• Configured IBM RS 6000/p-series,550,570,520,610 machines for production, staging and test environments
• Configured and administrated VIO server and LPAR clients.
• Administration tasks included User administration, Performance, Send mail. weekly mksysb
• Daily roles included dealing with LVM extensively. Strong hold of LVM.
• Migrated AIX 5.3 with HACMP 5.3 to HACMP 5.4 online .
• Experience with VERITAS NetBackup, VCS and backup and recovery using VERITAS NetBackup and ADIC tape libraries.
• Take backup with VERITAS NetBackup 5.0 and 6.0 and troubleshoot failed backups.
• Daily tasks included dealing with AIX side of SAN. Like troubleshooting Fiber card adapter, replacing Fiber card adapters.
• Designed and configured ethernet VLAN's with RS/6000 IBM Servers, Cisco Routers 2500/2600 series and Cisco Switches Catalyst 2912 utilizing RJ45 CAT5 cables for the internal LAN, and a T1 fiber uplink across a Cisco backbone for connection on the WAN.
• Performed an OS level upgrade and a Security level upgrade.
• Dealing with user id deletion with removing entries from CRONTAB.
• Performing Failovers in HACMP / cluster environment, monitoring servers.
• Integrating PHP with shell script and run Shell Script files through PHP.
• Shell scripts using VI editor and an advanced filter.
• Backing up AIX servers using mksysb and ADSM/TSM using IBM 3494 automatic tape libraries and recovering
• Installed and configured Sudo for users to access the root privileges.
• Perform UNIX administrator duties supporting production servers running ERP SAP and database Oracle, data guard, Sybase, PeopleSoft, and DB2 .
• Checked the performance of a prerequisite web server refresh application.
• Defined and setup network printers, and install client/server applications. Define/setup network protocols, Network File Services NFS , and Network Information Services NIS .
• Logical Volume Management LVM of AIX.
• Installed application connectivity software to enable IBM print services.
• Developed Korn and Bash shell-scripts to automate routine activities.
• Installing and setting up Oracle9i on Linux for the development team.
• Wrote shell scripts for automated installations, to extract logs.

Environment:

IBM 595, 570, 550, 520, 650, 610, LPAR, AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, HACMP 5.3/5.4, LVM, VERITAS NetBackup 5.0/6.0, CRONTAB, TCP/IP, Shell Scripting and PHP.

Confidential

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• System planning, forecasting and implementation of IBM P570.
• Setup IBM P550 and installed AIX 5.3.
• Responsible for architecture design of two IBM P570 and Hardware Management Console HMC .
• Installed and setup Virtual I/O server VIOS .
• Creation, configuration and management of DLPAR using Integrated Virtualization Manager on HMC.
• Dynamic management and allocation of resources among LPARs.
• Implementation of user authentication through Light Directory Access Protocol LDAP .
• Virtual resource allocation with VIO MPIO and client MPIO.
• Implementation of HACMP 5.3 in MPIO environment to achieve cluster-level resiliency and serviceability.
• Access to SAN storage NetApp 3040 through dual VIO Server.
• Creation of Bourne and Korn shell script for creating mksysb, system backup and database backup.
• Write Shell script to shutdown/startup applications and databases automatically during system startup and shutdown.
• Responsible for installations of pre-requisite filesets for the installation of Oracle Retek, JDA Demand Chain Management Software, Oracle 11i and Oracle Financials.
• Responsible for Oracle Retek's domain build.
• Responsible for weekly data load in Oracle Retek domain.
• Excellent knowledge of Oracle Retek Merchandise Financial Planning MFP , Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting RDF .
• Administration of Oracle Retail Predictive Analysis Software RPAS .
• Job scheduling using Orsyp Universe Scheduler.
• Maintain AIX patches and version maintenance.
• Responsible for backup of server data using Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Power and UPS management through Netwatch.
• Design of Disaster Recovery procedure.
• Server tuning for better performance of database and application.
• Monitor and tune system resources.
• Troubleshooting and problem solving.

Environment:

IBM AIX 5.3, IBM HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, Shell Scripting, Oracle Retek, Oracle 11i, Oracle Financials, JDA, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, HACMP 5.3.