SUMMARY

• Over 16 years of experience as a Lead, IT Consultant, Senior System Engineer, Senior Windows Exchange Administrator, System Analyst, Windows Team Member, System Administrator in a Data center Infrastructure production, development and test environments.
• IT Consultant with over 7 years IT experience including migration/installation/deployment and implementation of Linux and Windows systems, Knowledge on UCS manager for complex enterprise IT infrastructure firms.
• Worked closely with SAN admin team in LUN creation by supporting multiple storage connectivity options.
• Basic Configuration, Monitoring & VLAN setup on Cisco 1900, 2950, 2960, 2500, 2600, 1800
• IP addressing and subnetting, Routing concepts
• Experience includes server builds and migrations of Linux Distri, Windows, and MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013
• Installed Windows Server 2K3, 2K8, 2012 on Blade Server’s series 490c, 460c, ProLiant 370/380, managed Citrix Server, created accounts and log off users. Migrated DFS from Windows to Net Apps Box.
• 7 years of experience with Linux Distro
• 6 an half years’ experience with Redhat CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE
• 3 years of experience with MS Exchange 2003/2007
• 6 years of experience with MS Active Directory.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Linux - Redhat/CentOS/Fedora/Ubuntu/OpenSuse
• Samba/Vsftpd/Httpd/Nginx/NFS/Yast
• Yum/Rpm/Zypper/Apt-get
• Devops tools SpaceWalk/Puppet/Ansible/Docker automation/AWS
• Zabbix/Nagios/Nmon/Icinga/SNMP/Ntp
• Awk/Sed
• Apache/SSL/PHP/OpenSSH/Tomcat
• Ext3/Ext4/XFS/Cifs
• SHELL/PERL/BASH
• XPS 20K, EMC
• Fibre Channel SAN iSCSI
• ESXI 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0
• VMwareVMotion/VConverter/NSX/Update Manager
• DHCP/DNS
• Mysql/MariaDB/MongoDB
• XPS 20K, EMC, Fibre Channel SAN iSCSI
• Dell, HP ProLiant servers & Blade Servers
• Firewalld
• Iptables
• Cisco 1900, 2950, 2960, 2500, 2600, 1800

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead / Linux & Virt

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, optimized & maintained Linux based distro, fix vulnerable
• Research, Compile, install & configure 3rd party open source projects, security hardening
• Designed, implemented test automation, automate tasks, day to day administration
• Performed deploy, implement, config management & automate servers using puppet
• Wrote Puppet manifests & modules for build packages, upgrade linux kernel, ssh, apache
• Performed & Involved in KVM Install, Deploy, Manage VMs, Storage Pools, using Virsh Tool
• Involved in Manage Systems with Ansible with Creation of Custom Roles & Playbooks
• Performed EC2 Web Server setup & Administration EC2 Web Services Instance with filezilla
• Involved in provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS
• Performed AWS signing, create SSH keys, configure security group, create Instances
• Performed Create Snapshot (backup), AMI, Restore snapshot of Instance
• Performed and managed Cloudwatch, create S3 bucket, upload Image file
• Involved & Performed Install & Configure Ansible Automation for IT Management
• Involved and Performed install Docker - Engine, Built Docker Containers
• Performed & Involved in Install, Configure, RedHat Satellite Servers & Custom Repos
• Installed, configured & upgraded Linux based Mysql, mariadb, Mongodb, samba, OpenSSH, NFS, PHP, Apache, Nginx, NFS, SNMP, Ntp, Vsftpd, iptables, firewalld, vnc
• Automated processes & simplified tasks using Shell, perl and debugging scripts
• Performed network discovery, configuration, permissions management
• Performed LVM & Vol Group Management, Extend & Resize FileSystems
• Experienced on register spacewalk linux distro clients from command line
• Installed & configured Zabbix, and Nagios for monitoring virtual machines
• Performed Repository & package management using yum, rpm, zypper, apt-get & dnf
• Involved in SSL Certificate Create & Renewals, linux kernel configuration, performance monitoring, tuning, administration, security hardening & Troubleshooting
• Write scripts to make process more efficient & reproducible, generate sys activity reports
• Performed Technical process & procedures improvements & documentation

Confidential

IT Consultant / Linux

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and administer Production & Development systems and storage
• Troubleshooting of hardware, software, network, OS, Clustering & Virtualization issues
• Performed Automate system config using Puppet, auto provisioning system with kickstart
• Performed setup & configuration of puppet config management with Manifests
• Deployed Puppet for configuration management to existing infrastructure
• Performed Puppet modules to automate configuration of a broad range of services
• Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project
• Involved in Identify appropriate use of AWS operation, Implement & control data flow
• Performed AWS EC2 Instance with Apache, PHP, Mysql
• Performed & Involved in Install Linux Distros, CentOS, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu, OpenSuse
• Repository & Package Management: Rpm, YUM, apt-get, zipper & DNF, EPEL Rpmforge
• Simplified tasks, continual process & procedure improvements using shell and perl scripts
• Physical, logical disk volume & volume group management from command terminal
• Performed Deployment, Create Playbooks, Configuration Management using Ansible
• Performed Install Docker-Engine, Build Containers, Locate & Run Image in a Container
• Performed Modify Image, Create Repository, Push Image to Docker Hub
• Installed & Configured N/W Bonding, SNMP, WireShark, OpenNMS, Nmtui, Nmcli, Icinga
• Managed Services & process using Systemctl Cmds & Text Processing Tools & Utils.
• Deployed Multiple VMs using Network Install Http, Ftp & NFS under KVM Environment
• Performed & Involved in KVM Installation & Deployment, Create & Manage VMs
• Performed Install, Configure, Upgrade & Manage Red Hat Satellite Server RHEL6, RHEL 7
• Experienced on SpaceWalk Systems Management & clients with Base & Child Channel
• Performed Backup, restore & troubleshooting, secured server with SElinux & SSH
• Installed & Configured Munin, Nmon & Monitorix, nagios, collectctl & Zabbix
• Planned, built, managed and support MS Active Directory (2003 & 2008 R2, 2012)
• Experienced dealing with critical incidents, Documentation of Technical Procedures

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed ent IT, LAN, WAN & datacenter operations, Installed, configured VMware Infra
• Responsible for the coordinated management of IT projects and organizational objectives.
• Managed enterprise IT product selection, inventory and deployment
• Managed SAN storage, performed VMware backup using disk based & Robotic Tape Library
• Research, acquire, implement enterprise SAN, unified NAS solutions & disk based backups
• Managed & Maintained Virtualization infra support (VMware ESX/ESXi/vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.1)
• VMware - spearheaded enterprise virtualization initiative, Design, Deploy & Migration
• Installed, configured & maintained VMware vSphere, vCenter, Clustering (HA/FT/DRS)
• Performed VMware security, auditing, performance monitoring, tuning &troubleshooting
• VMware Virtualization virtual networking (VLANs, NIC Teaming, vDS and vSS)
• VMware virtual storage provisioning &management (VMFS, Datastores, iSCSI, NFS, LUNS)
• Performed VMware Auto Deploy and Host Profiles configuration and management
• Performed patch & upgrade hosts using Update Manager & P2V & V2V Conversions
• Installed, Configured and created Hyper-V Hosts, Cluster and guest OS
• Installed Linux using KickStart & Linux-Ask Methods, distri viz...Centos, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu
• Installed & Configured DHCP Server, Created & Managed Btrfs, Xfs, Ext4, Ext3 & other FS.
• Performed & Involved in Install, Configure KVM, Linux Upgrade & HA Proxy Load Balancer
• Performed User & Group Management, File & Dir Management, Install & Upgrade Kernel
• Scheduled & Managed Jobs using cron & package repository using YUM, RPM & DNF cmds
• Physical, logical disk volume and volume group management using LVM commandline Tool
• Installed & Configured Password less Login using Public-Private Keys for SSH Remote Login.
• Installed & Configured Network including Block Unwanted IP, Assign Multiple IP to Single NIC
• Installed & configured Secure NFSv3 & NFSv4 with Kerberos, NTP Server & Clients
• Installed & Configured Authentication Server viz...Open LDAP Administration & Dir Server
• Installed, Configured & Maintained File Servers: Samba, NFS, Ftp, Http & Apache web server
• Installed, Configured, Upgraded & migrated Mysql, MongoDB, MariaDB, LAMP (PHP)
• Configured & Managed Firewalld & IPTables: Add/Remove Ports & Services
• MS Active Directory(2003 & 2008 R2) Architect, management, Incidents & support
• Documented Incident Management process, IT Doc, user guides, network Visio diagrams
• Performed PERL & SHELL scripting language for Process & Procedures improvements

Confidential

Windows Exchange Administrator / Sr. Windows Exchange Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed & Configured Exchange front end & back end servers, AD management & Support
• MS Active Directory Group Policy implementation and management
• MS Active Directory Sites and Services management
• MS Active Directory Permissions implementation and management
• MS Exchange Server management, Clustering, implementation and support
• MS Internet Information Services (IIS), FTP Web Servers setup and management
• Migrated Active Directory from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008R2 Server.
• Installed DNS, DHCP and SCOM 2007 on Windows 2003 Active Directory platform
• Installed and configured BlackBerry devices.
• Storage Area Network information storage (SAN), management and support
• Research and development / Test and evaluate software and hardware
• Built, deployed, managed Servers, Audit & daily checklists, Data Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Deployed & managed Symantec Endpoint Protection Anti-Virus for enterprise setup
• Created & involved in IT Documentation, user guides using Microsoft Visio & Office
• Remote support and troubleshooting of VPN, Citrix and remote desktop issues
• Used Remedy ticketing system with change management control.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Standardized systems setup and installation
• TCP/IP based LAN/WAN support
• Hardware & Software build, migration, deployment and support
• Installed Windows 2003 Server on HPProLiant Servers
• Involved in Active Directory design, implementation and administration.
• Installed and configured Fedora and CentOS Linux
• Installed and configured MS Windows 2000 and 2003
• Installed and configured Active Directory on MS 2003 operating system
• Performed creation and configuration of backup and restoration policies
• Performed Plan, administrative and execution of tasks

Confidential

Windows Team Member

Responsibilities:

• User Security and Policy assignment, End user systems & Network Support
• Installed and configured Linux and Windows operating systems
• Migrated active directory on windows 2000 to windows 2003
• Installed and configured applications on Linux and Windows platforms
• Involved in Active Directory design, implementation and administration.
• Installed, configured, administered and monitored exchange 2003 & windows 2003 servers.
• Router Configuration, DHCP / DNS
• Windows Active Directory Support and TCP/IP Network Troubleshooting

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Windows 2003 servers and client workstations
• Involved and performed windows & linux Server Administration and monitoring
• Created user in Exchange Server and mail boxes.
• Installed DHCP and DNS through Active Directory.
• User & Group Management: Add/Delete/Modify user account & password reset
• Network Troubleshooting, Applications support and deployment
• Performed point of contact for network / IT related issues.

Confidential

Computer Technician/Network Support

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured windows 2000
• Installed and configured Microsoft windows server and client operating systems
• Troubleshooting of hardware and software
• Performed drivers Installation and upgrade
• Installed and configured MS SQL, Office and other applications
• Performed servers build
• TCP/IP Network Support and Troubleshooting