OBJECTIVE:

• To secure a position with a stable and innovative organization, where I can maximize my technical experience in installation, configuring and maintenance of Linux server based system and network applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• RHEL 6/7, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Windows Server 2008.2012
• NFS, SSH, Telnet, Apache, DNS, NSLookup, Netstat, Nagios, TCP/IP and TCP DUMP LDAP
• Barracuda Email Archiver
• Linux file system, VMWare ESX 5.x, 6.x, Tomcat Web/ Application Server, Apache, Oracle, Sharepoint, Active Directory
• Cisco Meraki/ Cisco VoIP Phone Administration
• Symantec Endpoint Protection/ Fire Amp Endpoint protection
• Cisco Advanced Malware Protection Console
• HP Proliant, Blade servers, Dell, R 0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Linux System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Leveraging ansible for job automation and integration in a large - scale environment
• Technical Lead for Linux administration and VMWare engineering
• Creating and/or cloning Linux Virtual Machines, templates using VMWare ESX 4.x, 5.x
• Build, maintain and configure Red Hat Linux systems within AWS and VMware environments.
• Work with customers to define technical solutions that meet their requirements and industry best practices.
• Introduce efficiencies around server processes and procedures.
• Work closely with internal development teams to create scalable solutions and deploy applications.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills. Must assist, guide, and share information with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Monitor system health and promptly respond to outages to support aggressive uptime goals.
• Manage ticket queue for Tier 1 and 2 support
• Participate in rotating on-call requirements.
• Install configure and maintain Drupal
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Confidential

Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation, configuration, and administration of Red Hat Linux, Solaris systems.
• Designed, supported, and maintained Oracle Real Application Clusters supporting business critical applications on HP ProLiant BL465/BL685 & Integrity Itanium2 platforms on RHEL 4 & 5.
• Expanded the environment from 128 to over 280 systems over the course of 12 months.
• Setup and maintained NFS, NIS, and TCP/IP network, configured the systems for TCP/IP Networking with the existing LAN, setting up SSH and SCP features between Red Hat/UNIX hosts.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX server instances for virtual server setup and deployment. Responsible for creating VMware virtual guests running Solaris, Linux, Windows.
• Using rsyslog & mysql, deployed a custom syslog reporting solution for system alerts and notifications.
• Experience with Jumpstart & Kickstart Installations on Solaris & Linux
• Installed, maintained and fine-tuned the Apache-Tomcat server and WebSphere Application Server in Linux Platform
• Automated system management tasks like user account creation, file system size monitoring, monitor system resources and system maintenance using Shell, and Perl scripts.
• Installed, configured & upgraded Websphere and provided extensive support in code deploy, change management and application level troubleshooting for the Dev, Test, Pre-Prod & Production environment. Deployed applications (EAR/WAR) files on multiple Servers/Clusters and maintained Load balancing.
• Worked with DBAs on installation of Oracle database, RDBMS database, restoration and log

Confidential

Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supporting Tomcat, Jboss, & Oracle WebLogic Application Servers in a DEV, TEST, PROD environments.
• Installing Red Hat Linux using kickstart and applying security policies for hardening the server based on the company policies.
• Creating and cloning Linux Virtual Machines, templates using RHEV and VMware.
• Performing capacity analysis, monitoring and controlling disk space usage on systems.
• Monitoring system activities and fine-tuning system parameters and configurations to optimize performance and ensuring the security of systems.
• Deploy EAR WAR RDF and SQL file using WebLogic Jboss Tomcat ApExand CLI
• Designing Firewall rules for new servers to enable communication with application
• Perform and monitor daily server backup and weekly off-site tape rotation
• Setting up network environments using TCP/IP, NIS, NFS, DNS, SNMP, VSFTP and DHCP
• Setting up user and group login ID's, printing parameters, network configuration, password, resolving permissions and access related issues via ACL
• Assisted project management team with design issues, trouble-shoot technical issues, rotating on call pager, install OS patches, NFS mounts and Auto mount.
• Strong scripting experience in either SHELL, PERL, or similar scripting language
• Linux security (web and network)

Confidential

IT support

Responsibilities:

• Provide remote support for the District offices of the judicial districts.
• Assisted corporate edition to configure remote control sessions to assist users with typical daily tasks.
• Setting up new hires with Windows OSX and Linux user profiles, authenticating and configuring their network accounts on the Windows systems OSX systems and Linux server.
• Create and support company mail and applications servers.
• Monitoring Service Desk for tickets assigned to the queue and processing tickets in order of priorities.
• Part of the migration team, which was responsible for installing Linux Windows Severs new servers.
• Setup a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) server also install and maintained Redmine ticketing system.
• Ensure all requests coming in on emails, phones and conversations is logged in the support system
• Feedback any important client information to Client Services Team and/or Technical Support Team