PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Confidential comes with over 9 years of experience in IT industry comprising of System Administration, build release management, software configuration, design, development and cloud implementation.
• AWS Certified - Solution Architect Associate and Sysops Administrator Associate.
• Experienced in implementing Organization DevOps strategy in various operating environments of Linux and Windows servers along with cloud strategies of Amazon Web Services and has knowledge and some experience with AWS AMI (Amazon Machine Images).
• Proficient in writing Cloud Formation Templates (CFT) in YAML format to build the AWS services with the paradigm of Infrastructure as a Code.
• Acquired practical exposure with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools like Jenkins, GIT, Docker, Ansible to merge development with testing through pipelines.
• Implemented automation using Configuration Management tools like Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.
• Worked with Docker container infrastructure to encapsulate code into a file system with abstraction and automation.
• Worked on Building Physical servers on Cisco Hardware and building Nutanix environment with Prism Central/ Element.
• Experienced & result-oriented Splunk Administrator possessing extensive knowledge of Splunk Architecture including components such as indexer, search head, forwarder, deployment server.
• Developed complex shell scripts for automated installations, extracting logs and facilitate various other tasks.
• Possess high working qualities with good interpersonal skills, high motivation, fast learner, good team player and very proactive in problem solving to provide best solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cary, NC

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible of Installation, configuration and support of Red Hat Linux and support for Applications on UNIX servers.
• Provided system support for UNIX servers, including routine maintenance, patching, and system backups and restoring, and software and hardware upgrades.
• Involved in creating, upgrading Linux servers using Satellite and automation tool Ansible.
• Involved in building physical servers on Cisco Hardware through SAN environment and creating Oracle ASM disks.
• Experienced in upgrading Satellite Server through command line interface.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery through configuration management tool like Ansible playbooks.
• Experienced in version control and source code management tools like GIT.
• Involved and created YAML files creation for Disaster Recovery using Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Implemented and involved in setting up Prism Central, Prism Element, Karbon in Nutanix Environment.
• Managed User authentication in Nutanix Environment through Self Service Admin Management.
• Involved in Migrating Linux Servers from VMware to Nutanix using MOVE utility.
• Designed, managed and maintained tools to automate operational processes.
• Experienced in creating, upgrading vmware web client and applying SSL s.
• Written Multiple Ansible scripts to automate multiple Daily Activities.

Environment: Redhat 5.x/6.x/7.x Satellite 6.5, Ansible, SAN (EMC), CRS, Netapp, Nutanix, prism Central/Element, karbon, Shell Script.

Confidential, Durham, NC

System Support Analyst / DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible of Installation, configuration and support of Red Hat Linux and support for Applications on UNIX servers.
• Provided system support for UNIX servers, including routine maintenance, patching, and system backups and restoring, and software and hardware upgrades.
• Implemented Automation through Ansible on day-to day activities.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery through configuration management tool like Ansible.
• Experienced in version control and source code management tools like GIT.
• Providing support for Middle-Tier Services (Tomcat and Apache), ALM Tools (Quality Center, Jenkins, Nexus and Stash) and monitoring tools (Site scope and Splunk).
• Ensured smooth code release through Nexus and Stash from DEV to UAT and to PRODUCTION by closely interacting with development team.
• Executed Splunk queries and operated dashboards for transforming application performance & analyzing capacity planning.
• Standardized Splunk forwarder deployment for configuration and maintenance across UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Utilized Regular Expressions to extract complex fields from various types of Log files & enhance performance.
• Proficient in AWS services like VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, AutoScalingGroups (ASG), EBS, RDS, IAM, Cloud Formation, Route 53, Cloud Watch, Cloud Front, Cloud Trail.
• Used security groups, network ACL’s, internet gateways and route tables to ensure a secure zone for organization in AWS public cloud.
• Created S3 buckets in the AWS environment to store files, sometimes which are required to serve static content for a web application.
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing EC2 instances using Cloud Watch.
• Involved and created YAML files creation for Disaster Recovery using Ansible.
• Designed & developed scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
• Implemented and managed continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS and physical infrastructure.
• Defined & deployed monitoring, metrics, & logging systems on AWS
• Designed, managed & maintained tools to automate operational processes
• Collaborating with internal team members and departments to spread the culture of DevOps across the floor.
• Directed Incident Management (Service Now) & diagnosed incident-related issues to ensure successful resolution.

Environment: Unix/RHEL, Splunk Enterprise 6.2/6.3/6.4, Apache Tomcat, AWS Services EC2, RDS, EBS, S3, Amazon VPC, Route53, ELB, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, Auto Scaling, SNS, Cloud Trail, IAM, HP Service Manager, Service Now, Jenkins, Git, Nexus

Confidential, Irvine, CA

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration on AIX version 6.1, 7.1 on logically partitioned Confidential p series.
• Responsible of Installation, configuration and support of Red Hat Linux on AIX p series hardware.
• Involved in Migration of AIX servers, OS upgrade from 6.1to 7.1
• Migrated both AIX and Linux servers from VMAX disks to VMAX PLEX disks.
• Performed migration using Power path Migration (PPME) and Migrate PV tools to transfer data between disks.
• Maintained and Installed EMC file sets, Dynamic Tracking and Fast Fail.
• Configuring/Installed HACMP 5.5/6.1, that included base installation, Cluster installation, Ethernet configuration, Power path configuration with high end AIX and HACMP testing as well as critical application server script testing.
• Maintained and deployed Credit Revue Systems(CRS)
• Deployed Rate Sheet, RegO, OFAC, NADA, Post-Office for Credit Revue Systems on QA, DEV, Production Servers.
• Upgraded HACMP clusters from version 5.5 to 6.1.
• Built and Maintained Work Load Partitions (WPAR) in environments system and Application.
• Installed and supported Unisphere/Navisphere for VNX servers.
• Configuring, Installed and Networked Dual VIO Server with Shared Ethernet Adapter, Link Aggregation and MPIO.
• Involved in Live Partition Mobility (LPM) from one hardware to different.
• Performed HACMP Failover and Fallback as part of planned changes.
• Configuring NIM Master and Clients, Troubleshooting and Managing NIM Resources.
• Creating and modifying various scripts to startup and shutdown Oracle applications on various servers as a part of the migration process.
• Troubleshooting servers running MQ and WAS with Oracle as the database.
• Troubleshooting servers running Data Ware House servers.
• Involved in performing Firmware upgrade for AIX Servers in multiple ways.
• Installed, configured and maintained SSH on AIX servers.

Environment: Confidential AIX v5.3, v6.1, 7.1,p-series, Virtual I/O, NIM,HACMP, Oracle10g,11g, RAC, HMC, SAN (EMC) Application Server, CRS, Shell Script.

Confidential, West Chester, PA

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Confidential AIX 5.3/6.1 servers.
• Migrating AIX servers from version 5.3 to 6.1 and 6.1 to 7.1
• Involved in SAN migration from Confidential storage to EMC storage VMAX using Open Replicator.
• Boarding and off boarding servers in ITM tool for user management.
• Worked on Confidential flash copy configuration setup on both HA and non-HA environment.
• Responsible for making LPAR and DLPAR through HMC and Installing AIX on the logical partitions (LPARs).
• Allocated storage to clients using NPIV and VSCSI adapters.
• Experience in creating Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) with Control Channel adapter and Failover.
• Have supported AIX servers running SAP, MQseries, Informatica, DB2 and WebSphere, TSM servers.
• Involved in upgrading GPFS and HACMP on AIX Servers.
• Strictly followed change controls and kept the servers in security compliance.
• Experience in working on EMC symmetrix, CLARION, VMAX storage.
• Installed and Maintained Veritas Clusters.
• Setup Disaster recovery systems and participated in disaster recovery using TSM restores.
• Installed and upgraded multipath sddpcm drivers.
• Upgraded servers AIX 5.3 TL from 04, 05, and 06 to 12 to AIX 6.1 TL 8 SP1 and AIX7.1 TL2 SP1.
• Installation of third party software like Veritas Volume manager and Data Storage using various features of Veritas.

Environment: Confidential AIX v5.3, v6.1, 7.1,p-series, LPAR, DLPAR, Virtual I/O, NIM, KORN Shells, Oracle10g,11g,12g, RAC, MQ, GPFS, HMC, UC4, PUPPETS, GPFS, SAN (HITACHI, EMC, Confidential ), Application Server, Shell Script.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• UNIX Administrator with extensive experience in Support, Design, Implementation Maintenance, Tuning and Troubleshooting of Servers running on Confidential AIX 5.1/ 5.2/5.3/6.1/7.1, Solaris 8/9/10, Linux.
• Experience with LVM, User & System Resource Management and Job Scheduling.
• Experience in Configuration of multiple logical subsystems utilizing Confidential HMC/SDMC with LPAR configuration, NIM to install and manage LPAR. Good understanding in Virtualization on Confidential P5 systems.
• Extensively worked on Oracle RAC requirement, allocated 30 TB of EMC SAN Storage which was to be added to Oracle ASM including the ownership being given to DBA. RAC disks were to use by ASM and not AIX LVM.
• Experience working on Confidential Power5 and Power 6, Power 7 server hardware, firmware upgrades.
• Installed VIO server Advanced POWER Virtualization on Confidential P5 P 6 P7 System. Assigned resources to LPAR client through VIO server and client installation.
• Installed and build from scratch complete NIM Setup. Added different clients to
• Experience in AIX System Dump Generation, resizing Dump devices, understanding error reports and coordinating on different issues with AIX System Support Center.
• Experience on p5 series hardware which includes hardware planning, racking, cabling, connecting with SAN and HMC, installing OS, upgrading OS to current TL and preparing box for applications and database.
• Configured advanced virtualization (POWER5, POWER6) features WPAR, DLPAR, Micro-partitioning, Virtual Ethernet, and LPM.
• Expertise in implementation and designing of disaster backup and recovery plan.
• Provided production support in an on-call rotation in a 24x7 environment.

Environment: Confidential AIX v5.3, v6.1, 7.1,p-series, Virtual I/O, NIM,HACMP,GPFS,LDAP, Oracle10g,11g, RAC, HMC, SAN (EMC) Application Server, SYBASE, Linux, Solaris

Confidential, Roanoke, VA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Confidential AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 servers.
• Responsible for making LPAR and DLPAR through HMC and Installing AIX on the logical partitions (LPARs).
• Allocated storage to clients using NPIV and VSCSI adapters,
• Implemented Active memory sharing on P6 servers.
• Experience in creating Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) with Control Channel adapter and Failover.
• Migration of Servers that were upgraded to AIX 6.1, and having Partitions (LPARS) were completed through LPM (Live Partition mobility) from one physical server to another.
• Have supported AIX servers running PeopleSoft MQ, Informatica, Oracle, DB2 and WebSphere servers.
• Responsible for taking system backups mksysb, mkcd, savevg and savevgcd also make system backup through NIM, making archives of files and folders.
• Provided system support for midrange AIX servers, including routine maintenance, patching, and system backups and restoring, and software and hardware upgrades.
• Performing Data pulls on various directories as part of the auditing standards.
• Performed connecting cables on both SAN switches and Server side.

Environment: Confidential AIX v5.3, v6.1, 7.1,p-series, LPAR, DLPAR, Virtual I/O, NIM, KORN Shells, Oracle10g,11g,12g, RAC, MQ, GPFS, HMC, HACMP, SAN (HITACHI, EMC, Confidential ), Application Server.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

AIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Heavily involved in Migration of 500+ servers and included OS upgrade from 5.1, 5.2 to 5.3, 6.1
• Experience in moving servers from non VIO Client lpars to VIO Client lpars.
• Moving from old RS 6000, p520, p560, p561 hardware to new P6 570 hardware.
• Responsible for Installation, Configuration on AIX version 5.3 on logically partitionedIBM p series.
• Performed HACMP Failover and Fallback as part of planned changes.
• Installed AIX 5.3, 6.1 Image on 350+ VIO Client lpars.
• Upgrading TSM Client from TSM 5.2 to TSM 5.4 and 5.5.
• Migrated old storage Disks from SSA, DS 8300, DS 4300, DS4500 to NetApp.
• Upgrading EMC Powerpath from 4.8/4.9 to 5.0/5.1.
• Using the Storix version 6.0 for backup/restore, adding, removing, Enabling netboot of all Storix Clients.
• Installing and Configuring NIM Master and Clients, Troubleshooting and Managing NIM Resources.
• Creating and modifying various scripts to startup and shutdown Oracle applications on various servers as a part of the migration process.
• Performing NFS mounts on various servers and exporting file systems over the network.
• Day to Day AIX Troubleshooting Activities which would be addressed with the help of the ticketing system HP Service Center.

Environment: Confidential AIX v5.3, v6.1, 7.1,p-series, LPAR, DLPAR, Virtual I/O, NIM, KORN Shells, Oracle10g,11g,12g, RAC, MQ, GPFS, HMC, HACMP, SAN Application Server