SUMMARY:

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

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEMS: OEL, Redhat 5/6/7, Centos 5/6/7, Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, Solaris 9,10,11

NETWORKING SERVICES: DNS (BIND), NFS, TCP/IP, DHCP, NTP, Windows Active Directory, Kerberos, Nagios XI

APPLICATIONS: Vmware Esxi 4/5/6, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Apache web server (httpd), puppet,chef, Red Hat Satellite Server, ATA DATA, WEBLOGIC, Ansible, Carbonite-V2V

STORAGE: LVM

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mclean, VA

Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Setup ansible and salt configuration management for all customers
• Advanced usage of Linux skills, coupled with VMware, networking, and advanced OS troubleshooting skills.
• V2V using Ata Data software and Carbonite
• Configured Kerberos on Linux Systems
• Service Now ticketing system
• Setup, configure and label ASM storage on virtual and physical servers using oracleasm
• Configured and deployed applications, files, and patches using ansible
• Build SLES 11 and 12, OEL, RHEL and Centos 6 and 7 VM’s within VMWARE Vsphere
• Engineered and instituted kickstart, VM templates into environment
• Performed regular disk management adding hard drives on existing servers and allocating space to required partitions.
• Provide technical engineering expertise when sought out for deployed systems experiencing failing on OS level
• Perform job scheduling with cron utility for repeated execution using BASH shell scripting
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting in all environments

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing RedHat Linux using kickstart and applying security polices for hardening the server based on the company policies.
• Creating, cloning Linux Virtual Machines, templates using Vmware Virtual Client 5.5 and migrating servers between ESX hosts.
• Managing systems routine backup, scheduling jobs, enabling cron jobs, enabling system logging and network logging of servers for maintenance.
• Monitored servers using Nagios XI
• Hardened servers using CIS Benchmark guidelines for Vulnerability management
• RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management.
• Installation & Configuration of Logical Volume Manager - LVM
• Configured many servers at a time using Red hat Satellite
• Migrated servers to new Red Hat Satellite
• Deployment of various files, directories, applications, users using puppet

Confidential, Laurel, MD

Linux/Unix Cloud Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Manage servers for various clients using QRS
• RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management.
• Installation & Configuration of Logical Volume Manager - LVM
• Respond to technical queries via ticketing system.
• Automate Linux installation with kickstart.
• Perform job scheduling with cron utility for repeated execution using BASH shell scripting
• Perform patch management, software upgrades and OS updates.
• Automated routine activities and scheduled events using shell-scripts and cron jobs.

Confidential, Hanover, MD

Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administers VMware Infrastructure Client 3.5 and VSphere 4.1.
• Creates Linux Virtual Machines using VMware Virtual Center
• RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management.
• Adding servers to the domain and monitoring them using nagios
• Installed, updated and configured RHEL 5/6 using Kickstart Servers.
• Performed regular disk management adding hard drives on existing servers and allocating space to required partitions.
• Created Linux Virtual Machines using Vmware Virtual Center.
• Creating and maintaining user accounts, profiles, permissions disk usage and process monitoring.
• Installed and configured Logical Volume Manager - LVM.
• Installed DNS, NFS, APACHE and LDAP on newly installed machines.
• Set up FTP, NFS and Samba servers for file sharing.
• Bash scripting used for automation

Confidential, ROCKVILLE, MD

Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Engineered installations, upgrades, and configures RedHat Linux 4.x, 5.x, 6.x using Kickstart Servers and Interactive Installation.
• Worked with database administrators to tune kernel for Oracle installations.
• Creates/manages user accounts, security, rights, disk space and process monitoring in Solaris, Centos and Red Hat Linux.
• Installs and upgrades packages and patches, configuration management, version control and service packs; reviews connectivity issues regarding security problems.
• Configures DNS, NFS, LDAP, ftp, and remote access
• Administers VMware Infrastructure Client and VSphere 5.5, 6.0.
• Writes shell scripts to automate the administrative tasks and management using cron.
• Team player with good management, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Installs Firmware upgrades, kernel patches, systems configuration, performance tuning on Unix/Linux systems.
• Creates Linux Virtual Machines using VMware Virtual Center.

Confidential, BALTIMORE, MD

Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration, and administration of Red Hat Enterprise 5 using Kickstart.
• Worked and performed data-center operations including rack mounting, cabling.
• Administrated DHCP, DNS, and NFS services in Linux.
• Created/maintained user accounts, profiles, security, rights disk space and process monitoring.
• Created new groups and tested first in development, QA boxes and then implemented the same in production servers.
• Troubleshot day - to-day issues with various Servers on different platforms.

Confidential, BALTIMORE, MD

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Answer user inquiries regarding computer software or hardware operation to resolve problems
• Assist users to diagnose and solve data communication problems
• Install and perform minor repairs to hardware, software, or peripheral equipment, following design or installation specifications
• Responsible for documenting and updating all customer correspondence and relevant internal information in support tickets via ticketing system
• Set up and manage users in Active Directory, and Exchange