SUMMARY

• Senior LINUX and Sun Solaris ( UNIX ) System Administrator with 11 years of experience encompassing system administration of Sun Systems implementing Redhat Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP - UX. And 6 years on Linux and VERITAS VXVM- VCS
• Proficient in installation and configuration setup and upgradation of Linux OS including security.
• Experienced in Disk management, Software Raid and creating file systems using different Veritas Volume manger,Veritas File System (VXFS), Solaris Volume manager(Solstice Disksuite 4.2.1) Solaris - ZFS(zpool etc) LVM.
• Installation, configuration of high availability products Vertias Cluster (VCS) and Sun Clustering Software (Local Datacenter HA or DR across multiple DC.)
• Experience on EMC SRDF R1,R2 Gold / True Copy with EMC Power path on service side.
• Experience in using VERITAS Net Backup (VNB), Proficient in System Backup and Recovery from tapes /tape Library using ufsdump, ufsrestore, tar and cpio, File system administration.
• Expertise in troubleshooting servers and OS problems.
• Experience with configuring Solaris containers/zones, resource allocation etc.
• Experienced in installing, configuring and maintaining of Sun/Solaris HW.
• Experience in shell scripting (Bash) and Ruby.
• Expertise in building Solaris server using jumpstart and Linux using Kick-start method.
• Experience in on Puppet, BladeLogic and Opsware automation tool.
• Experience with configuration and administration of external storage (SAN/NAS).
• Experience in system support, design, implementation and administration of UNIX/Linux servers.
• Administered, managed, deployed and supported highly available operations by 24/7 for a large number of production and development systems in the datacenter environment.
• Experience in and supporting 2000 plus servers spread across different datacenters.
• Experience in setting up extensive hardware Architecture (SUN/ORACLE, IBM, HP, Dell etc)
• Experience in setting up user accounts, training users and configuration.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux 6.0, 4.5, Sun Solaris 10, 9, 8, HP-UX 11.1i, VMware 4.0, Sco UNIXWindows 2K.

Hardware: SPARC Enterprise M 9000/5000/3000 , Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 / T5240/T2000*Sun Fire V480/V490, 15K /20K. HP-UX work station b2900 Sun Storage Array D1000, A5000, Dell Power Edge 9100/9200 servers, HP Compaq Proliant DL/ML series servers.

Software: VERITAS File System, VERITAS Volume Manager, Solaris Volume ManageSolistice Disk Suite 5.X, 5.1 MP1, 5.0 MP3, 4.x. LVM, VERITAS Netbackup clientVintela, Puppet, Microsoft SCOM monitoring.

Cluster: VERITAS Cluster Server 5.x, 4.x

Tape Hardware: HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Library, Storage tek tape libraries L40, L80, L180, L700, Sl500, Sl850, DAT & DLT, STK 9940B, 9840B, LTOs HP

Scripting Languages: Shell Scripting, C, Ruby.

Other Concepts: EMC SRDF, BCV & Gold Copy, Data Communication and NetworkingTCP/IP and Data Structures

Backup Tool: VERITAS Netback up 5.0, IBM Legato

Ticketing Tool: BMC Remedy 6, 7, HPOV, Track-It

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: Redhat 5/6/7, Solaris 10, VMWARE Vitalization, Shell Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Working on Daily Unix and Linux service request tickets.
• Administration of DNS zones.
• LDAP Administration.
• Linux Server build and configuration.
• On-call support for Linux and Solaris servers.
• Support for Dell Power Edge and Solaris Hardware at various Datacentre.
• Writing shell script for daily and routine jobs.
• Administration of Zenoss monitoring tool.
• Documentation of standard practises and known issues in ISD wiki.

Confidential, Atlanta GA

UNIX Engineer

Environment: Redhat 5/6/7 and Cent OS Linux, VMWARE Vitalization, Shell Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Prepare the design layout diagram for UNIX environment for all Production application.
• Daily DevOps task for puppet, scripting and Application performance.
• Prepare environment setup guides with Architectural design for Application.
• Worked in Stability Project for fixing reoccurring issues like, Serv1 and Serv2.
• VMWARE Server wise Capacity analysis and planning for above applications.
• Application Server Build and configuration as per environment setup Guide.
• Working as Sys Admin / Engineer, tuning exiting environment ( kernel and FS tuning ), configuration and production support for Sev 1, Sev 2 Tickets.
• Writing shell script for daily and routine jobs.
• Build new VMS as per project requirement ( like web servers and DB servers on Linux VM )
• Install, Configuration and support to Apache web servers.
• Install and configure puppet for client node and add them to respective groups for future management.
• Install, configure and monitor performance of UNIX Linux servers using SCOM monitoring software.
• VERITAS Netbackup configuration and monitoring of Daily weekly incremental and full backups.
• Setup authentication with winbind-AD and fix the issues related to AD login from Linux servers.
• Worked on Sudo file centralization using LDAP.
• Worked on POC for LDAP authentication.
• Help developer, tester and UNIX team to troubleshoot UNIX and application related issues.

Confidential, Atlanta GA

UNIX Architect

Environment: Jboss, F5 Load Balancer, Apache Web servers, Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10, Sun Fire, T & M Series Servers, Redhat and Cent OS 5.X Linux, Vitalization, Shell Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Prepare the design layout diagram for UNIX environment.
• Prepare environment setup guides with Architectural design for FADV Application.
• Plan for Migration of Applications from Lexis Nexus to FADV Data enter.
• Datacenter Capacity analysis and planning for migration of above application.
• Application Server Build and configuration as per environment setup Guide.
• 1) Linux and Solaris servers.
• 2) Web server configuration.
• 3) F5 Load balancer design and configuration.
• 4) Jboss application cluster configuration.
• 5) Install, Configuration and support to Apache web servers.
• Help developer, tester and UNIX team to troubleshoot UNIX and application related issues.

Confidential, PA

SR.UNIX Administrator

Environment: Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10, Sun Fire, T & M Series ServersVERITAS VXVM and VCS 5.1, Puppet, Shell Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Solaris and Linux Server Build for production and Testing environment.
• Solaris and Linux hardening and security.
• Solaris Physical to Virtual (P2V) Server Migration.
• Solaris to Linux Migration.
• Build / Add / Remove ( Node ) VERITAS Cluster.
• VCS service group migration from one to other cluster.
• Solaris and Linux Server quarterly Patching
• Emulex HBA firmware and OBP Upgrade on SPARC Systems.
• Oracle M4000/5000 Server Memory upgrade.
• New SAP server provisioning and support to SAP team for application and cluster.
• XSCF configuration for Datacentre move.
• VERITAS Cluster server 5.1 SP1 build and RP4 patch upgrade
• Veritas Netbackup configuration and monitoring of scheduled incremental, full backups.
• Daily UNIX Server Tickets.
• Network Aggregation on SPARC Servers.
• Performed monitoring / Automation of monitoring using shell script.
• Configure Solaris server for ZFS and SAN Boot.
• Solaris server Virtual to Virtual (V2V) migration.
• DataCenter Administration.
• Devops Task related to server patching, scripting, application support ( working with Oracle and SAP Team )
• Implemented and maintained puppet infrastructure building servers and manage configuration in operational and production environments.
• Working as Sys Admin Engineer, tuning exiting environment ( kernel and FS tuning ), configuration and production support.
• Writing shell script for daily and rutine jobs.
• Wrote puppet manifests for deploying, configuring, and managing for metric collection and monitoring.
• Wrote Puppet modules for Installing and packages on Linux servers.
• Developed Puppet modules to automate deployment, configuration like password change on SAP servers.
• Implemented Puppet modules to automate configuration of a broad range of services.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Lead UNIX / Veritas Administrator / SME

Environment: Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10, Sun Fire, T & M Series ServersVERITAS VXVM and VCS 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, Remedy, Shell Scripting

Responsibilities:

• Handled Critical UNIX Tickets (SEV-1, SEV-2)
• Worked on Root Cause Analysis for Solaris and Veritas cluster issues.
• Worked on DR Test of critical applications.
• Business as usual (BAU) support for UNIX environment.
• Kernel level tuning of Linux and Solaris for Oracle DB and Web server performance.
• Solaris and Linux server security and patching.
• Configuring Solaris containers/zones, resource allocation etc.
• Performed monitoring / Automation task using script.
• Migration of Legacy Hardware and Software as per application requirement.
• Attained meetings related to Change management.
• Follow up with Vendor (Oracle and Confidential ) for detailed troubleshooting (Like dump analysis, system performance issues) and provide detailed analysis to client about the issue.
• Co-ordination with Other Teams (SAN, Backup, VMWARE) for planned activities.
• Worked on Critical servers performance issues. (SWAP, CPU, RAM)
• Conducted Technical sessions on Technology like SAN, Scripting, EMC BCV Concept and VERITAS Cluster.
• UNIX Team Management.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Lead UNIX / Veritas Administrator / SME

Environment: Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10, Sun Fire, T & M Series Servers, Veritas, VXVM and

Responsibilities:

• Virtulization Solaris (Zones and containers) and Linux
• SAN Refresh / SAN Migration on UNIX Platform
• Ensure Linux and Solaris security and quarterly Patching.
• Server Build Solaris
• Server Build Linux
• Veritas FS tunning and also system/ kernel tuning on Linux and Solaris servers.
• Linux physical and virtual server build.
• Solaris and Linux Upgrade
• Migration of UNIX to Linux server.
• Veritas Storage foundation Upgrade
• Data centre move project
• Emulex to Qlogic HBA Migration.
• Responsible for preparing the Knowledge Transfer Plan.
• As a lead, was responsible for training & hand-holding new team-members to the project.
• Was in-charge of constantly reviewing the current set-up, analyse the risk & issues.
• When encountered with risks/issues, was responsible for mitigation plan.
• Remedation Plan and implementation of legacy OS and hardware.
• As a team lead, was responsible for managing team - and filling for technical gaps.
• Below are the steps been performed during the EMC DMX to VMAX SAN migration:
• Analysis of current OS and patch level, Veritas Storage Foundation, Server Hardware, HBA, OBP, SAN Multipath.
• As per VMAX support matrix
• Follow the standard patching process on Solaris server OS patching
• Sanity reboot followed by detach the root mirror.
• Upgrade the OBP of server.
• Upgrade the OS from Solaris 8 to 10 or Solaris 9 to 10 as per application compatibility.
• Update the OS patches compatible to VMAX
• Upgrade the Power path as per Veritas Version.
• Upgrade the Veritas storage foundation ( VXVM and VCS )
• Upgradation of the HBA firmware & driver for Emulex & QLogic.
• Validation of the server after the remedation.
• Request the SAN as per data collected in pvinfo for Server FS, BCVs, Gold Copy.
• Validation of allocated storage VMAX.
• SCAN VMAX luns in Veritas and mirror it with DMX plexes.
• Keep batch job on hold for DMX and activate the VMAX jobs followed by test backups on BCV using VMAX SAN.
• Once the back-up is tested with VMAX, disassociate the DMC plexes and reclaim the DMX SAN.
• Support Oracle team to upgrade Oracle apps and database and ensure availability of the required FS and Storage as per their requirement.
• P2v, v2v and V2p conversion of Solaris servers.
• Physical to Virtual and Virtual to Physical
• Oracle Rac (project) provisioning of DBA sub-tasks.

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Sr. Solaris System Administrator at Level 3

Environment: Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10, Sun Fire, Enterprise Servers, VERITAS VCS, VXVM 4.1Remedy6, Remedy7

Responsibilities:

• Solaris system administration, user management file system management.
• Create, resize, and manage Volumes using VERITAS Volume Manager.
• Diskgroup configuration and management in VERITAS Volume Manager.
• Troubleshooting and replacement of faulty disk under VERITAS control.
• Monitoring System performance using different SA commands and utilities.
• Storage and SAN management at server level as per DB and apps requirements.
• VERITAS Cluster administration.
• Printer setup and management.
• VERITAS Netbackup client level configuration and support.
• Solaris OS Hardening as per company security standards.
• Project wise Decommissioning of servers.
• Shell scripting for the daily activity and account management task.
• Assist Monitoring Team for creating & managing Monitoring Tasks.
• Assist Auditors for Various Servers Health Check, loginfail report, Audit processes.
• Installation and use of different Business packages on Solaris Platform like ESM.
• Applying OS and security patches for Solaris Operating Environment.
• Configuring and managing Network interfaces.
• Project Co-ordination and planning for daily business requirement.
• Coordination with Application, Database owners and Change Management for any business requirement and incident/issue reported.
• Attending ON-CALL and RED Alert Meeting Calls.
• Raising REL’ for modifications in server for hardware or software.
• Servers Downtime arrangements and facilitating vendors for any activity.
• Interacting with Vendors, Application/ Database owners and Change management.
• Managing OS and Network level security for system.
• Providing the client side support for VERITAS Netback-up.

Confidential

Sr. Sun Solaris System Administrator

Environment: Sun Solaris 9, Sun Fire V440 and Enterprise 450 Servers, Remedy, Domino Lotus Notes databases, DELL Power Edge server, IBM Servers P series.

Responsibilities:

• System performance Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Backup of SUN servers.
• Datacenter servers Management.
• Sun Storage management and VERITAS volume manager administration.
• Preparing monthly volume Report and SAR report, Backup Report.
• Maintaining the updated list of UNIX resources. i.e. Hardware and software
• Co-ordination with storage, backup, basis and DBA teams in day to day business activities.
• DR Process management and documentation.
• EMC SAN installation, implementation and troubleshooting.
• Server remediation to comply standard security guidelines.
• Vendor coordination. Eg. SUN/DELL etc.
• Implementation and support of TATA- Confidential standard tools.
• Server patching as per requirement
• Performance monitoring and tuning.
• Commission/decommission servers in account
• Maintaining and monitoring of root file systems
• Creating and managing Users on Solaris System.
• Managing devices installation and configuration.
• Managing Swap space for system.
• Documentation related to Incident, Hardware and software modification on servers.

Confidential

System Administrator

Environment: Tru64 UNIX server, Exchange servers, Windows NT servers

Responsibilities:

• UNIX server support ( File Share, accounts )
• UNIX and Linux server performance monitoring and reporting using shell script.
• UNIX servers Data Backup as per scheduled.
• UNIX server Share management and audit tracking.
• Microsoft Exchange server L1 Support
• Windows NT server system administration.
• User Share and access management on SCO-UNIX central server.
• Printer configuration on UNIX ans SAP environment.
• Monitoring the netwok performance between the Confidential Datacenter.
• IBM Windows server and work station support.
• Compaq Thin Client user support.
• As per User requirement configuration and build new windows systems.
• Vendor co-ordination for Hardware and Software issues, Part replacement and new system procurement.
• Documentation of critical issues, activities performed on servers, technical procedure and for audit.
• Co-ordination with other datacenter team for daily and planned activities.

Confidential

System Administrator (Linux and Windows)

Environment: Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux, Windows NT, Windows 2K systems.
• Installation of Java, .NET, Oracle, MS-SQL. Also rational rose and other testing software.
• Network link Management between ISP to Datacenter of Expansion.
• Allocation of additional storage as per individual requirement.
• SAMBA server access configuration and management.
• Backup of Windows and Linux servers ( Daily and weekly using Tapes )
• Windows Exchange server management L1 support. ( User Accounts and modification )
• AD Server access Management.
• Troubleshoot the issue related to the Leased Line and Router connectivity.
• Build and configure UNIX and Windows servers as per project requirement.
• Administration of Microsoft internet security and acceleration ( IAS ) server ( for security and performance )
• Automation, Installation and update antivirus on windows servers.
• DataCenter Audit and documentation of process, technical procedures, Part replacement and Major issues.
• Co-ordination with Vendor for procurement /Hire systems for projects.
• Meetings with Project managers to understand the project requirement and implementation of new projects.
• Co-ordination with Development and testing team for planned released / scheduled activity.