PROFILE:

• A Linux / Unix System Administrator with 8 years commercial experience concentrating primarily with Redhat, Sun Solaris, Oracle DB, SQL and networking.
• Within these main areas, have configured and managed critical servers and customised bespoke databases.
• Specialises in the design, implementation and administration of infrastructures within the Linux environment.
• Possesses transferable skills developed across multiple industry sectors including Information Technology, Telecommunications and Retail.
• Have efficiently managed networks of 50 to 300 users as well as effectively worked on project and design based assignments.
• Successfully worked with teams of up to 20 professionals as well as on demanding individual assignments.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, a resourceful team player with excellent decision making skills and the ability to multitask as well as think laterally.
• Confident, conscientious and charismatic, with relationship building being a strong part of my armoury.
• Works well under pressure and have the ability to work autonomously with little supervision.
• Dedicated to ensuring positive atmosphere in a workplace as well as providing excellent customer service.
• Currently residing in Santa Monica on an L2 Visa and in the process of obtaining an Employment Authorization Document.
• Seeks contract or permanent work being immediately available for both interviews and starts for most locations in Southern California, having since been based in London.

TECHNICAL SKILL SUMMARY:

Operating systems: Red Hat 5.X - 6.X, CentOS, Sles 9.X 10.X 11.X 12.X, Oracle Solaris 8.X-9.X-10.X Ubuntu, Open Suse, HP-UX, HP-TRU64, IBM-AIX, Microsoft Server 2000-2003-2008

Languages: Bash, Perl, Php

Databases: Oracle 7-8-9-10-11, MySQL 4/5.X, SQL Server, Ibm informix

Cluster: Oracle RAC + GRID infrastructure.

Storage: Dell Eqallogic, NAS, private SAN.

Web Server: Apache, Nginx

Application Server: Tomcat

Load Balancer: Nginx

Services: DNS (Bind), SMTP, NFS, Samba

Database objects/Ref: PL/SQL, T-SQL.

Network Connectivity : ODBC, TCP/IP.

Software/Desktop: Toad, Sql Developer, Sql Navigator, Remedy TT, Jira TT, Microsoft SQL 2000, Microsoft Office, Apache, Lamp, IIS, LAMP, Ubuntu Desktop, OpenOffice, PC networking and hardware support, Ubuntu, Linux Environment, VMWARE, ORACLE VBOX, Java, Jre.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential

Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Suse, Redhat, Ubuntu and CentOs Hp-Ux system and network Administration;
• VmWare Esx administrator;
• Nagios Administrator and developer;
• Architectural design and development of environments for new services;
• Building and configuring network infrastructure for Suse, Ubuntu, Linux Red Hat and CentOs systems;
• Applying patch for Suse, Ubuntu, Linux Red Hat, Microsoft and CentOS systems ;
• Installing and configuring new Linux machine on VmWare Esx;
• Installing and configuring new Mysql, IBM Informix Database;
• Installing and configuring Apache, Java, Tomcat, Nginx NFS on Linux System;
• Implementation of SSL certificates;
• Monitoring and administration of the existing Linux systems;
• Dns Administration with Bind on Linux and on Microsoft;
• SMTP Administration;
• Implementing policies for backup;
• Release of technical documentation for 2nd line technical support and final customers;
• Performing network and server troubleshooting procedures;
• Administrating, troubleshooting and configuration of networks and systems;
• Maintaining, creating and editing SQL Scripts and PL-SQL stored procedure;
• Maintaining, creating and editing Bash script.

Technical snapshot: Linux, Oracle, My Sql,IBM Informix, SQL, PL-SQL, RedHat, Cent OS, Suse, Microsoft Server, IIS, Hardware, Dell EqualLogic Storage, NFS, ISCASI, TCP-IP, Cisco, SLA, load balancing, Php, Tomcat, Apache, Nginx, bash, ksh, Chef, Puppet

Confidential

Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA

Responsibilities:

• Redhat and CentOs system and network Administration;
• Architectural design and development of environments for new services;
• Building and configuring network infrastructure for Linux Red Hat and CentOs systems;
• Applying patch for Linux Red Hat and CentOS systems;
• Installing and configuring new Linux machine and Oracle RAC db/clusters;
• Monitoring and administration of the existing Linux systems;
• Implementing policies for backup;
• Release of technical documentation for 2nd line technical support and final customers;
• Monitoring and routine maintenance to prevent problems on regional clusters in HA (High Availability)
• Posts diagnosis and analysis of search engine malfunctions of system hardware (Cogent PMA Elite on Linux Red Hat);
• Performing network and server troubleshooting procedures;
• Administrating, troubleshooting and configuration of networks and systems;
• Oracle RAC 11R1 and 11R2 database and cluster administration;
• Maintaining, creating and editing SQL Scripts and PL-SQL stored procedure;
• Maintaining, creating and editing Bash script;
• Developing a new platform to improve performance with a load balancer and a high reliability cluster;
• Checking hardware, taking a snapshot of the hardware system (ILOM) and, in case of any problems, liaise with the hardware vendor;
• Creating SLA reports of the airport networking performance;
• Preparing and running work conferences with the company to improve the service and to plan the service request, writing documentation and delivering scheduled training sessions on the product to the client;
• I exceeded client expectations regarding the quality of my work and received a lot of praise for the courses I designed for the client.

Technical snapshot: Linux, Oracle, RAC cluster, SQL, PL-SQL, RedHat, Cent OS, Microsoft Server, IIS, Hardware, Dell Storage, NFS, ISCASI, TCP-IP, ATM, BIRTH framework, Juniper, Cisco, SLA, load balancing, GRID, UDEV, bash, ksh

Confidential

Oracle Administrator and SQL / PL-SQL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Checking performance and monitoring the HP-UX systems.
• Monitoring the performance of the Oracle Database.
• Designing SQL scripts and stored procedures.
• Analysing mobile traffic with the purpose of verifying whether there was any fraud and that the product was working properly.
• Preparing bash scripts to control the platform.
• Installing, configuring and monitoring of the Jira Trouble Ticket system on Linux Red Hat and Microsoft.

Technical snapshot: Linux, Oracle, SQL, PL-SQL, Red Hat, Microsoft Server, IIS, Hardware, NFSSql Server, Jira, Remedy TT, SLA, FMS, MySQL, Service guard cluster, Unix, Bash, VMWARE, VBOX, ksh

Confidential

Security Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring Web Server as Apache and Tomcat / Application Server as Weblogic.
• Monitoring daemons, processes and available space Unix and Microsoft Systems;
• Managing the MySql Database.
• Patching and hardening on Linux Red Hat and Sun Solaris systems of the H3G portal.

Technical snapshot: Apache, Tomcat, Weblogic, Glassfish, SQL Server 2000, MySql, Oracle, Squid, Linux, Unix, Bash, Perl, SQL, Sun Solaris, Tibco, Red Hat, Active Directory, VMWARE, VBOX, Sql server

Confidential

Hardware and Software Support Analyst / Customer Service Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Providing 1 st / 2 nd Line Support services to 1000+ users
• Hardware analyst for Microsoft and Linux Servers
• Software analyst for Microsoft Workstations