SUMMARY:

• Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) with 8+ yrs. IT experience, including 4+ yrs.
• Support Engineer experience, 4+ yrs. Red Hat/Solaris Linux experience, 1.5+ yrs. WebLogic experience, Veritas Netabackup and 4+ yrs. SQL experience.
• Available w/ 2 weeks' notice if given an offer.
• Strong Hands - on skills on Solaris 10, Red Hat Linux 6, Confidential AIX, Active Directory, Net Back Up, Patch Management, File System and Security Management.
• Experience installing Splunk Enterprise v6 on Linux Systems
• Log management experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Skills in delivering customer service.
• Strong organizational and project planning skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Skilled in requirements documentation and critical issue analysis.
• Proven skills in hardware installation.
• Ability to read and interpret system security policies, rules and regulations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle Solaris 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Confidential AIX, Weblogic, Unix, MySQL.
• Veritas Netbackup, Veritas Volume Manager.
• VMWare, Oracle Virtual Box.
• Computer Applications skills.
• Networking Fundamentals and Advanced Configuration skills.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Proficient server administrator working 60% remote.
• Worked on Virtual Machine creation, templates, clones and snapshots
• Responsible for performing system migration of virtual machines in VMware
• Responsible for coordinating and successfully performing monthly system patching.
• Responsible for system builds and administration of virtual machine hosts of various operating systems (Win7,RedHat Linux, CentOS)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Systems Administration.
• Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
• Supporting deployments in Bamboo to Weblogic servers.
• Experience with the administration and maintenance of Windows, Solaris, Linux servers
• Knowledge of setup, configuration, administration and maintenance of varying services(Apache, AppDynamics, Salt…).
• Strong organizational, documentation, communications skills and ability to work as a team.
• Maintain Weblogic application servers managing user accounts and role based permissions.
• Monitor alerting systems and servers via Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• Create, extend and manage linux file systems via LVM.
• User management via LDAP, creating and managing user accounts, groups and ACLs.
• Performed periodic maintenance on Red Hat systems; including OS and application patching on Linux servers.
• Manage Weblogic users and groups via the Weblogic console.
• Troubleshoot issues related to Weblogic managed servers.
• Edit startup parameters via the weblogic console.
• Deploy applications to Weblogic application server using Bamboo.
• Experience writing shell scripts using Bash for process automation.
• Package management using YUM and RPM.
• Provides support of IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution.
• Troubleshooting filesystem errors (i.e. filesystem full errors) as well as user account errors.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning and resource optimization as required.
• Able to manage assignments and meet deadlines with minimal supervision, while recognizing the need for a high degree of accuracy and quality.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Red Hat Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked diligently administering Linux systems as a remote employee.
• Experience with building Instances in AWS as well as Openstack.
• Version Control experience using GIT
• Participated in vendor seminars on new technology.
• Scheduling backups using Rsync and Bacula from host servers to backup server.
• Installing and configuring RHEL (Redhat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora.
• Worked closely with customers to understand their requirements and configure systems appropriately.
• Performed system installations on local machines.
• Package management using Redhat satellite and local tools such as RedHat Package Manager and YUM.
• Performed user administration with native system tools as well as LDAP.
• Backup coordination and restoration planning for disaster recovery.
• Provides assistance to users in accessing and using IT systems.
• Provides support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution.
• Configured logical filesystems using LVM tools.
• Experience adding new systems to the existing network as well as troubleshooting network errors.
• Hands on experience with cloud technologies such as OpenStack and AWS.
• Wrote custom salt scripts to automate system configuration therefore eliminating manual variation and error.
• Set up centralized logging (rsyslog) in order to eliminate the complexity of managing log streams from distributed machines.

Confidential

Solaris Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed complete System Installation & Configuration for Solaris 10.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Configuration & Administration.
• Install and configure Apache, PHP and MySQL on Unix Platforms.
• Create and manage user accounts and directories in Unix Platforms.
• Create and manage Zones in Oracle Solaris 10.
• Create and configure a jumpstart server in Oracle Solaris 10.
• Strong analytical skills in UNIX Systems & Network connectivity.
• Experience in Software configuration and deployment.
• Skills in Configuration Management, TCP/IP setting and addressing.
• Hardware experience in patch panel cable termination and testing.
• Networking experience in DNS, DHCP, LAN and D Confidential center infrastructure.
• Experienced in installing and configuring Windows Operating Systems.
• Edit files using Vi editor in Solaris 10.
• Experience with Shell scripting and Role Based Access Control.
• Systems Security Administration.
• Hands-on experience with VERITAS Net backup.
• Configured and Managed SAN Infrastructure.
• Administering multiple Solaris 10 System instances using the SMF.
• Configuration and Management of VERITAS volume manager.

Confidential

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Resolved and troubleshoots network and local printer issues.
• Monitored services using monitoring tools.
• Performed computer troubleshooting.
• Installed and configured various peripheral devices for computer systems.
• Provided support to hardware and software requirements and trained staff.
• Assisted clients and provided help desk support.
• Responsible for software installation and configuration.