SUMMARY:

• Linux Administrator with over eight years of experience in installing, configuring and maintaining RHEL/SLES Linux servers in virtual enterprise environment.
• Focused on process improvement, information systems, analytical trouble shooting skills and systems automation.
• Performed major revision upgrades from SuSE 10 to SuSE11 systems.
• Administered RHEL 5/6 servers using VMware Virtualization ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.0.
• Defined and configured the TSM client schedules and administrative schedules.
• Installed, configured and upgraded Redhat Linux 5/6

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Linux: RHEL/CentOS/OEL 5/6/7, SUSE 10/11/12

UNIX: AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2, Solaris 9, Ansible Unix

Storage: EMC VPLEX/VNX/VMAX, Net App 6240

Hardware: Confidential Blade Servers, Confidential p series Power 5 - 570, Power6-570, Power 7-770 (MMB, MMD) and Power 8-870 MES, SUN Enterprise … Sun Fire (280R, V480, 3800, 4800, 6800)Web/Application Servers Apache Server, Tomcat, iPlanet, JBoss, Web Sphere Application Server, Confidential HTTP Server, Web Logic Server, HTML, DHTML, XML, Ansible.

Applications: Remedy, Tivoli (TSM), Tripwire, Symone (monitoring), Nessus, Sophos (security), ILMT

Scripting Language: Shell Scripting

Ticketing Tools: Mange Now ( Confidential ), Remedy (BMC) and Service Now (HP)

RDBMS: Confidential UDB2, Oracle 8i/9i/10g, MS-SQL Server 7.0/6.5 and MS-Access 97/95

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Savannah, GA

Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Transitioned to HCL in 2016 onsite at Gulfstream ensuring aggressive KT (knowledge transfer) goals are met while still providing all deliverables to customer. Selected as a Linux Administrator to support onsite Linux servers in a virtualized enterprise environment.
• Administrated Red Hat and SuSE servers using VMware Virtualization.
• Provided patch management for Red Hat and SuSE systems utilizing Red Hate Satellite and Suse Manger Servers.
• Knowledge of Cloud Computing (Openstack,Helion) SDN (Openflow/Opendaylight), NFV, Cloud Foundry, Docker, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins.
• Taking responsible for troubleshooting diagnosing and fixing production issue developing monitoring solutions and using tools which will automate daily operational activities.
• Installed and configured critical applications that were used through the environment that included backup, ips/ids sensors, virus scanners and other software required by the business needs.
• Provided ACL management for user and group administration.
• Provided support and configuration for racle Database systems utilizing ASM disks.
• Provided ongoing Tier 3 support for ongoing and maintenance for Linux and AIX systems.
• Assisted with user account creation and maintenance for systems that did not use a central authentication system like LDAP and Active Directory.
• Provided on-call support working with a team that was based on a rotation that would result in any issues classified as critical service outage.
• Created VMware templates that were deployed enterprise wide.
• Utilize VMware native tools like cloning, managing snapshots and editing vm’s settings.
• Performed Vmotion using the VCenter 5.5 on the ESX machines for migration to the VMs online.
• Wrote documentation how to build, support and maintain current operating systems which also included how to documentation for one off case scenarios.

Confidential - Okemos, MI

Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered RHEL 5/6 servers using VMware Virtualization ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.0.
• Performed major revision upgrades from SuSE 10 to SuSE11 systems.
• Monitored and analyzed systems and processes throughout the enterprise for security vulnerabilities.
• Created User accounts on the mail server and also on the different Linux based servers.
• Configured & supported various applications run on Linux environment, performance tuning, patching and maintenance.
• Setup and configured network TCP/IP at all levels on Linux servers
• Unix/Linux user's creation, file/directory level permissions, Sudo permissions etc.
• Installing, patching, management and troubleshooting of RHEL /CentOS servers.
• Configured and installed VMware tools on the built VM’s.

Confidential, Columbia, MO

Linux/TSM Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and upgraded Redhat Linux 5/6
• Administered and built TSM servers, keep their healthy operation and optimize their performance
• Defined and configured the TSM client schedules and administrative schedules.
• Registered and configured new TSM clients (nodes).
• Monitored backups checked all the scheduled jobs and performed restores.
• Participated in disaster recovery exercises and events.
• Configured and troubleshooted client issues including Cluster backups and API.
• Worked with various support groups on issues with backup/recovery infrastructure.
• Tracked and assisted with UNIX security tasks
• Performed UNIX System Administration. Fine tuning, Kernel debugging, process scheduling, disk and file system I/O, kernel internals, TCP/IP communications.
• Supported servers with Oracle 10g/11g and MySQL Databases, co-coordinating with DBA's for Kernel Tuning and performance monitoring.
• Administrated TSM servers, kept their healthy operation and optimize their performance
• Prepared, reviewed and revised department operation procedures, guides, regulations or other related documents.
• Participated in disaster recovery exercises and events.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured and maintained Red Hat Linux/CentOS, and AIX servers.
• Defined and maintained disaster recovery plans.
• Installed and set up Oracle9i and WebSphere on Linux for the development team.
• Installed and configured OpenSSH and TCP Wrappers.
• Communicated with the user community and co-workers to assess needs, resolve problems, and provide technical assistance where necessary relating to UNIX administration functions, and software running on UNIX platforms such as Apache, WebSphere and Oracle9iAS and COTS third party software.
• Configured and installed VMware tools on the built VM’s.
• Monitored and analyzed systems and processes throughout the enterprise for security vulnerabilities.
• Installed, patched, managed and troubleshooted of RHEL /CentOS servers.

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Linux / Windows / TSM Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designed and deployed Centrify (AD authentication tool) in Unix/Linux environment.
• RHEL/SLES server provisioning, upgrades, patching, configuration and performance tuning in Physical and VMware environments.
• Wrote documentation how to build, support and maintain current operating systems which also included how to documentation for one off case scenarios.
• Administered and built TSM servers, keep their healthy operation and optimize their performance
• Defined and configured the TSM client schedules and administrative schedules.
• Registered and configured new TSM clients (nodes).
• Monitored backups checked all the scheduled jobs and performed restores.
• Participated in disaster recovery exercises and events.
• Configured and troubleshooted client issues including Cluster backups and API.
• Worked with various support groups on issues with backup/recovery infrastructure.