PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Experienced Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect, with extensive knowledge in networking protocols, Linux systems administration, working with Redhat, CentOS, and Ubuntu distributions. A team player and problem solver, eager to learn new technologies, requires less supervision, and very innovative.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Extensive knowledge in defining IT Roadmap, cloud strategy, enterprise/solution architecture, architecture assessment.
• Hands on experience on implementing Cloud Solutions using various AWS Services including EC2, VPC, S3, Glacier, EFS/EBS, AWS Kinesis, Lambda, Directory Services, Cloud Formation, Ops works, Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Data Pipeline, DynamoDB, Redshift etc.
• Experience in architecting and securing the AWS infrastructure using IAM, KMS, Cognito, API Gateway, Cloud Trail, Cloud Watch, Config, Trusted Advisor, Security Groups, NACL.
• Expertise in DevOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation.
• It includes Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, SVN, GitHub, Tomcat, JBoss, LINUX etc.
• Good knowledge on application and data migration from on - premise to AWS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

AWS Services: EC2. VPC. IAM. S3. Glacier. EFS. Route 53. Kinesis. Lambda. SNS/SQS. Cloud Formation. Ops works. Elastic Beanstalk. RDS. Code Pipeline/Build/Deploy. Data Pipeline. DynamoDB. Redshift.

Operating Systems: RHEL. CentOS. Ubuntu.

Software: Nagios XI. Spacewalk. Jenkins. Ansible. Git. Docker. Tomcat. Microsoft Office. Apache. LDAP. SQL.

Network Protocols: DNS. Nslookup. Netstat. TCP. SSH. FTP. HTTP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AWS Solutions Architect and Linux Systems Administrator

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Confidential development and production websites on EC2 instances.
• Migrated from On-Premise Infrastructure to AWS Cloud, with the utilization of migration tools such as S3 Transfer Acceleration and VM Import/Export.
• Implemented a high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto scaling architecture, using AWS Cloud Formation .
• Configured and managed various AWS Services including EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, Glacier, Cloud Watch, Cloud Front, Route 53.
• Configured various performance metrics using AWS Cloud watch & Cloud trail to monitor services.
• Worked on configuring Cross-Account deployments using AWS Code Pipeline, Code Build and Code Deploy by creating Cross-Account Policies and Roles on IAM.
• Used AWS Route 53 for setting up high availability and disaster recovery procedures for production servers.
• Maintain the user accounts (IAM) for the various services currently being used in the environment.
• Deployed and currently managing a number of servers which are utilizing Chef Platform configuration system.
• Created AMIs for mission critical production servers for backup.
• Worked in all areas of Jenkins, setting up continuous integration for developers, build automation, plugin management, as well as setting up and securing master/slave configurations.
• Deployed Docker engines in virtualized platforms for containerization of multiple applications to be used by developers.
• Deployed and configured Git repositories with branching, forks, tagging, and notifications.
• Installed and configured Nagios as a monitoring tool for disk usage, CPU utilization, list of open files, etc, and then sending alerts to our teams using Cloudwatch alarms with SNS integration.
• Perform a variety of maintenance and end-user support to ensure that all workstations, servers, and overall network performance meets company standards and requirements
• Configure Logical Volume Manager, including creating and modifying File Systems, Logical Volume, Physical Volume, Volume Groups and Resizing
• Support user management, create user groups and accounts, profiles, configure access for users and groups, and manage quotas
• Configure and maintain user authentication with Shibboleth, as well as installing and maintaining SSL s
• Create scripts and utilize cronjob to perform daily backup operations, disk space monitoring, and log analysis
• Administer and monitor infrastructure consisting of Nagios server as web interface for configuration and display of performance data.

Linux Systems Administrator

Confidential, College Park, MD

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux Systems using Kickstart and interactive installation
• Perform a variety of maintenance and end-user support to ensure that all workstations, servers, and overall network performance meets company standards and requirements
• Configure Logical Volume Manager, including creating and modifying File Systems, Logical Volume, Physical Volume, Volume Groups and Resizing
• Support user management, create user groups and accounts, profiles, configure access for users and groups, and manage quotas
• Configure and maintain NFS, LDAP, HTTP, as well as DNS on Linux servers
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, disk, and recovery tapes
• Administering and monitoring infrastructure consisting of Nagios server as web interface for configuration and display of performance data
• Monitor service desk tickets from queue, providing assistance and customer maintenance and testing

Linux Systems Administrator

Confidential, Hanover, MD

Responsibilities:

• Installed new physical and virtual servers using VMware Virtual Center and configure hardware, settings, directories, storage in accordance with standards and project requirement
• Designed firewall rules for new servers, deployed patches, and hardened the systems to ensure a consistent secure platform
• Automated, configured, and managed servers with Chef
• Configured DNS, NFS, FTP, APACHE and LDAP on newly installed servers
• Automated and scheduled jobs, scripts and administered task using Cron,and enabled system networking login for maintenance and testing
• Performed RPM and YUM package installation
• Installed and configured Logical Volume Manager, performed hard disk and storage allocation and management
• Created user and group accounts, network configuration, managed hardware, server resources, system processes, viewed system and application logs, and verified completion of scheduled jobs
• Ensured proper recording, documentation, and closure of tickets

Junior Linux Administrator

Confidential, Frederick, MD

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in installation, configuration, and administration RHEL using Kickstart servers and unattended disk
• Assisted in monitoring network security and intrusion detection while adjusting and updating systems to meet company requirements
• Assisted in ongoing systems performance, system application tuning, software upgrades, and resource optimization. Configured CPU, memory, and disk partitioning
• Created and managed users and groups, assigned permissions and control access to files
• Provided first level contact, fixed application issues on the platform and provided resolutions to customer issues
• Provided support to end users regarding network and application issues