OBJECTIVE

• To leverage my Linux/Unix Administration and Networking experience in order to help maintain and expand you're corporate infrastructure and/or Internet system, and to make sure that all client and corporate computing needs are met with an eye for efficiency and scalability.

SUMMARY

• Extensive experience with UNIX/Linux based operating systems, specifically with Linux systems.
• Senior level with 14+ years of extensive and results - driven experience with UNIX/Linux based operating systems; Linux, AIX, Solaris platform
• Excellent multi-tasking skills, work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Creative problem solving skills resulting in logical and effective solutions
• Build, maintain and repair computers to improve system performances.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software to resolve performance problems.
• Experienced on-call Maintenance/Support Engineer with flexible availability.
• Monitored/ maintained infrastructures to ensure that both client and corporate needs are met.
• Adaptable and receptive to new systems and concepts.
• Installation and configuration Openstack Icehouse Cloud on RedHat6 with multiple KVM Compute
• Configuration of Swift container storage on Openstack Icehouse Cloud
• Enterprise Infrastructure design for Cobbler and Puppet

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platforms: Windows, LINUX RHEL 4, 5, 6 UNIX Solaris 9,10, AIX 5.3,6.1

Database: Oracle 10,11gr2, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Virtualization: VMware ESX Server 5.0, KVM, LDOM, Containers, VIOS and LPAR.

Networking: LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, NTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP/S, FTP, NFS.

Hardware: DELL/HP/SUN/IBM/Fujitsu Servers DL85G2, DL 580 G7 BL and BL family, IBM p500, p570 series, P690, R710, HP C7000 Chassis, Dell C6100, EVA, HP C7000, XP20000/XP24000, T2000, Rx300 series, T5220, T5240

Software: Nimsoft, IPA, Cobbler, CheckPoint, Nagios, BMC Patrol, Puppet, NetBackup, Weblogic, SUN webserver, Tomcat, OpenNMS, TCP Wrapper, Trip, Openstack Cloud, AWS Cloud

Programming Languages: Ruby, Bash, PHP, Python, SOAP, PL/SQL, XML, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Linux/Unix Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the availability, reliability, scalability and serviceability of hosting infrastructure.
• Provide availability analysis concerning services, processes, applications and infrastructure designs.
• Designs and implement Cobbler infrastructure and integrate with Puppet doing Linux provisioning.
• Designs and implement Puppet infrastructure for all Linux and Windows platform
• Monitor infrastructure and operations perorations processes to detect potential problems and recommend improvements
• Implemented puppet to manage all existing servers and automate the build/configuration of new servers. All servers types where fully defined in puppet, so that a newly built server could be up and ready for production within 5 minutes OS installation.
• Implemented Patrol agent and integrated with puppet for automatic monitoring of server non to puppet
• Extended puppet for non-standard functions using custom facts, parser functions and providers
• Respond to support requests and co-ordinate Customer support teams where appropriate
• Ensure appropriate technical documentation is in place for customer solutions Attend and participate in all operational and architectural meetings
• Design and implemented online storage, backup and archiving solution using Amazon Glacier and Amazon S3.
• Designs AWS gloden image for Linux platform
• Work with middleware team to Designs and implement Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD), Oracle Identity Management (OIM), Oracle access management (IAM) and Oracle Access Manager (OAM) via Cobbler and Puppet.
• Work with DBA team to Designs and implement Oracle RAC installation environment via Cobbler and Puppet.

Confidential, Sterling, Va

Linux/Unix Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect, Design and implement EMC Clarion and VNX SAN environments to ensure high availability and acceptable performance characteristics for VMware vSphere and SAN-backed applications.
• Virtualization Deployment and administration.
• Installation and configuration of Openstack Icehouse on RedHat6 with multiple Compute nodes
• Provide support for Oracle PeopleSoft CRM 9.1 implementation on RHEL6.
• Provide support for Oracle PeopleSoft HRM 9.1 implementation on RHEL6.
• XEN to KVM migration rhel5 to RHEL6.
• Supported Oracle database high availability RAC set up and deployment on RHEL5 & 6.
• Experience in RHEL 5 and 6 clustering performing both active-active/ active-passive clustering.
• Design, install and configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5.
• Environments with Virtual Center management, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Creating rpms for software updates.
• Upgraded VMware 3.5 and 4.X environment to VMware 5.0
• Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling, switching, and zoning.
• Installing, Patching, Troubleshooting RHEL 5.X, 6.X servers.
• Using Puppet to automate filesystem permission, different services on RHEL5 &6 servers.
• Creating, Maintaining servers on AWS cloud.
• Configuration Automation and Centralized Management with Puppet and Cobbler
• Resolve basic and critical system issues.

Confidential, Washington DC

Linux/Unix Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the integrity and management of the operating systems software and hardware
• Linux and UNIX infrastructure design and Management.
• Experience in system design, layout planning, capacity planning, performance tuning for the systems
• Provide support for Oracle Siebel CRM implementation on RHEL6
• Virtualization Deployment and administration.
• Installation and configuration Openstack Cloud on RedHat6 with multiple KVM guest
• Installation and configuration Cobbler with Snippets on RedHat6
• Installation and configuration DHCP server, DNS server and PXE Boot on RedHat6
• Installation and configuration base line Redhat5 and 6 images for Openstack deployment
• Installing and updating operating system environment on various hardware.
• Provide administrative supports for Hadoop and Azkaban Application
• Provide administrative supports for Fisheye and Bamboo Application
• Configuration Automation and Centralized Management with Puppet and Cobbler
• Identifies system improvements and provides answer to clients.
• Test solutions on software/hardware before implementing it into production environment.
• Daily management of operating environment
• Resolve basic and critical system issues.
• Provided Support to Internal Systems by setting up Users, User accounts (managing them) and Managing Day to Day administrations of the systems.
• Monitoring System Securities, Managing and administrating the disk usage, file system usages.

Confidential

Linux/Unix Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation, management and monitoring of Unix/Windows systems and associated hardware/software.
• Provide support for Oracle E-business suite r12 implementation on RHEL5.
• Responsible for managing production data on AIX systems
• Responsible for implementation, designing and maintaining Backup facility failover.
• Built and configured Linux and Solaris on sparc, x86 and blade Platforms.
• Built and maintain virtualization infrastructure (Xen, KVM, and VMware)
• Migrate from physical server to virtualization.
• Racking and De-racking of servers and network connections
• Support Data Direct San support for various UNIX server environments.
• Provide support for Application, Database and Web servers on Various UNIX platforms.
• Performed successful failover test from Production server’s Environment to Backup facility.
• Installing and updating operating system environment on various Hardware.
• Proactive in detecting and resolving issues.
• Identifies system improvements and provides answer to clients.
• Test solutions on software/hardware before implementing it into production environment.
• Provide administrative supports for AFEP V2 and V3 with Oracle Database running on RHEL 4&5
• Upgraded the AFEP application from V2 to V3
• Daily management of operating environment
• Resolve basic and critical system issues.
• Installation and configuration of Esx server on Blade Server.
• Installation and configuration of redhat satellite server on RHEL 5
• Installation and configuration of RHEL 4 & 5, SDI Ingestors. AFEP Antenna Ingest on HP-UX and SGI IRIX.
• Job scheduling and prioritization using CRON.
• Migration from Linux RHEL 4 to 5, Solaris 9 &10 to RHEL 5.
• Design and development of shell scripts (BASH) for various hardware maintenance, monitoring and backup/recovery.
• Application of system patches.
• Building of open source software such as Apache.

Confidential, Reston Virginia

Linux/Unix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Systems administrator responsible for installation, management, and monitoring of Unix/Windows systems and associated hardware/software.
• Daily management of operating environment
• Resolve basic and critical system issues.
• Installation and configuration of Esx server
• Installation and configuration of RHEL 4.0, Solaris 9 & 10.
• Job scheduling and prioritization using CRON.
• Application of system patches.
• Building of open source software such as Apache.
• Remote administration of Linux / UNIX servers using Putty, SSH, VNC, Xmanager and Humming bird Exceed.
• Configuration of network and firewalls.
• Administration and maintenance of users and Access lists
• Performed hardware maintenance for collocated servers, including equipment replacement and capacity planning.
• Establish, monitor and maintain data replication between court primary servers and AO replication servers
• Establish, monitor and maintain document extraction from the court primary servers to the AO replication servers
• Install and upgrade CM/ECF web applications for court use during failure periods of the primary servers

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

Linux/Unix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Systems administrator responsible for installation, management, and monitoring of Solaris systems and associated hardware/software.
• In addition to my official duties as a Unix Admin, I routinely provide support, which includes software, and network troubleshooting, Windows desktop support.
• I have also on occasion take on Oracle DBA responsibilities when needed, and provide operational support to any group requiring data backup/archival, job automation and scheduling, or nightly reporting.
• Installation and configuration of Linux AS 4.0, Solaris 9 and Tru64 Unix
• Job scheduling and prioritization using CRON.
• Application of system patches.
• Building of open source software such as Apache, PHP.
• Remote administration of Linux / Unix servers using Putty, SSH and Humming bird Exceed.
• Configuration of network and firewalls.
• Administration and maintenance of users and Access lists
• Installation of Oracle 9i and 10g on Linux AS 4.0 (work with team of DBAs).
• Designed and implemented administrative tools to automate system maintenance, accounting, and performance (utilities C, Perl, UNIX toolbox).
• Mentored junior UNIX administrator and Microsoft administrator on UNIX operations.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Linux/Unix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Operating Systems including Solaris 2.5 - 2.9, Linux (Debian, Slackware, Red Hat), IRIX, 2k/XP
• Enterprise backups using Legato NetWorker in a mixed platform environment
• Scripting - Perl and Shell (Bourne/Csh/Ksh)
• Object-Oriented Programming in PHP 5
• MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle RDBMS Systems
• Apache Web Server installation/support (Apache 1 and 2)
• Network Appliance network attached storage solutions
• EMC SAN Storage Solutions
• Veritas Volume Manager
• Solaris DiskSuite/Open DiskSuite
• Network resource management using NIS, NFS, DNS, and Lucent VitalQIP