OBJECTIVE:

An accomplished and qualified system administrator Seeking a Linux Administrator position in a goal - oriented IT environment that will utilize my existing education and hands-on skills, and experience to achieve the organizations objectives

SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience specialized in System Administration working on Redhat Linux, Cent OS and window environments.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration, Maintenance of Linux.
• Experience upgrading and configuring RedHat Linux 6, and 7 using Kickstart Servers and Interactive Installation.
• Worked with Database administrators to tune kernel for Oracle installations.
• Experience in Creation and managing user accounts, security, rights. disk space and process monitoring in RedHat Linux.
• Experience in configuration of NFS. DNS, LDAP, HTTP, DHCP, ftp, remote access management and security trouble shooting skills.
• Experience in the use of Saltstack Platform for managing data and configuration and remote execution of commands on multiple servers.
• Knowledge in docker for the runtime environment of the CI/CD system to build, test & deploy.
• Deploying the Open stack components on multimode with High availability environment and configuring the Open Stack keystone, glance, cinder, swift.
• Experience in using Jenkins to create, edit, and delete jobs while also scheduling commands
• Experience in using Git to configure file and update GitHub repo
• Experience on Webservers such as Apache Server 1.x, 2.x, & Tomcat 7 and 8
• Experience in administering VMware Infrastructure Client 5.5/6.0/6.5 VSphere web client
• Experience in Installation and Creation of Oracle database.
• Experience in scheduling jobs and administrative task using cron.
• Creating Linux Virtual Machines using VMware Center.
• Working knowledge on TCP/IP, UDP protocols in solving network related issues on the servers
• Management, Package Install, Patch Management, Storage Management, Performance Monitoring; Log files Monitoring, Jobs Scheduling, NFS administration and Disaster Recovery/fail-over exercises.
• Team player with good management, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: RHEL 6/7, Solaris Release 2.10/2.9/2.8. Building of Computers and installing the required software for them

Software: MS-OFFICE/MS-PROJECT, Tomcat, Web/ Application Server, Apache, Oracle.

Network Protocols: DNS, NFS, nslookup, IOS, TCP/IP, netstat, DIG, DHCP. Virtual box, Zabbix, Git, Puppet, Splunk. Jenkins.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Linux System Administrator

Confidential, Glen Allen, VA

• Experience administering, installing, configuring and maintaining Linux.
• Experience upgrading and configuring RedHat Linux 6, and 7 using Kickstart Servers and Interactive Installation. Configures DNS, NFS, FTP, remote access, and security management.
• Creates Linux Virtual Machines using VMware Virtual Center.
• Installs, upgrades and manages packages via RPM and YUM package management
• Installs Firmware Upgrades, kernel patches, systems configuration, performance tuning on Unix/Linux systems.
• Installs, configures and supports Apache on Linux production servers.
• Manages Patches configuration, version control, service pack and reviews connectivity issues regarding security problem.
• Setting up job scheduling, CRON job, running script, python, Bash Shell
• Manages systems routine backup, scheduling jobs and enabling cron jobs.
• Leveraged Docker Engine to run Multiple Tomcat Instances as Containerized App Servers.
• Administers VMware Infrastructure Client 5.5/6.0/6.5 and vSphere web client.
• Works with Database administrators to tune kernel for Oracle installations.

Linux System Administrator

Confidential, Roseville, CA

• Installed RedHat Linux using kickstart.
• Created, cloned Linux Virtual Machines, templates using VMware 5.5/6.0/6.5 and migrating servers between ESX hosts.
• Managed systems routine backup, scheduling jobs, enabling cron jobs, enabling system logging and network logging of servers for maintenance.
• Performed Continuous Integration, Building and administrating using Jenkins
• Performed RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management.
• Installed and configured Logical Volume Manager - LVM and RAID.
• Documented all setup procedures and System related Policies (SOP’s).
• Provided 24/7 technical support to Production and development environments.
• Administrated DHCP, DNS, and NFS services in Linux.
• Created and maintained user’s accounts, profiles, security, rights disk space and process monitoring.
• Monitored and controlled system processes using top, renice, kill etc.
• Provided technical support by troubleshooting Day - to-Day issues with various Servers on different platforms.
• Open SSH configuration.
• Worked on upgrades without downtime using yum and as well as setting servers locally for upgrades.

Help Desk Technician

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

• Assist users with software installs, troubleshooting and data integrity
• Install and update Software needed for users
• Talk to and assist users in a friendly and knowledgeable way
• Managed call center activities to meet service level agreements.
• Performed PC support and maintenance for over 200 people.
• Test computers peripherals, hardware and software to ensure that they are working appropriately.
• Upgrade software, patches and operating systems on a continuous basis.
• Conduct remote diagnostic test to troubleshoot and resolve desktop applications issues over the phone.
• Answer telephone and emails and in person pertaining to users' computer problems in ticketing system.
• Installed and upgraded video cards, modems, hard drives, IDE controllers, SCSI drives, power supplier and memory components.
• Performed system configuration and troubleshooting.
• Created and managed user accounts, and monitored security software