OBJECTIVE:

• A challenging, motivating and responsible Position as a Senior UNIX/Linux System Engineer/AWS solution Architect

SUMMARY:

• Computer professional, resourceful and analytical with more than 17years experience in the IT industry.
• Multiple years’ experience as a Unix/ Linux Systems Engineer
• With proficiency in REDHAT LINUX, VMware, Windows, AWS, Citrix Netscaller, HPUNIX, AIX, Sun Solaris
• AWS, EC2,VPC,S3, glacier, AWS servers migration servervice (SMS), AWS Connector, Elastic Load - balancers, Elastic Container Service, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFront, Elastic Filesystem, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Route53, CloudWatch, IAM. Ansible, Bigix.
• VMWARE, GFS and GPFS Cluster, KVM, ESXi, Azure, CENTOS, DEBIAN, UBUNTU, HP-UX, AIX,Sun Solaris,VERITAS Netbackup,(SAN Technologies) EMC, COMPAQ Storage, Net App 7mode and CDOT, LVM, GFS Cluster, RAID,Whales SSL, Opnet (ACE GURU), HP Service Guard,HP Open View, Ciscowork,Cisco routers, Check point Firewall, CISCO VPN, Oracle Application server, SQL, MYSQL, VMWARE ESX, Open Source VMWARE Proxmox ve Patrol BMG, BIND DNS,SSH, Networking - TCP/IP, NFS, Telnet, FTP, DHCP, NAT, ifconfig, route, netstat, NIS,Mail SMTP, POP, Sendmail, Apache Tomcat 5.5.VMWARE, GFS and GPFS Cluster, KVM, ESXi, CENTOS, DEBIAN, UBUNTU, HP-UX, AIX,Sun Solaris, - U and VM Technology,VERITAS Netbackup,(SAN Technologies) EMC, COMPAQ Storage, Net App 7mode and CDOT, LVM, GFS Cluster, RAID,Whales SSL, Opnet (ACE GURU), HP Service Guard,HP Open View, Ciscowork,Cisco routers, Check point Firewall, CISCO VPN, Oracle Application server, SQL, MYSQL, VMWARE ESX, Open Source VMWARE Proxmox ve Patrol BMG, BIND DNS,SSH, Networking - TCP/IP, NFS, Telnet, FTP, DHCP, NAT, ifconfig, route, netstat, NIS,Mail
• Develop and maintain project plans (timelines, resources, milestones and deliverables).
• Manage issues, revise plan as necessary and communicate changes to all project team members.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels.
• Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies.
• Customer relationship management background.
• Strong deductive and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written as well as strong organizational ability
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, flexible, hard worker, and great team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: HP Unix, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Red hat Linux, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux HP Open View, Cisco Works, Optivity, Patrol, Networker, Windows NT server 4.0, NT workstation 4.0, Oracle DBA, Microsoft Access, Excel, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, 2000, NT, MS DOS, Oracle 7.3, Oracle 8.0, SQL, PL/SQL, Sybase,Microsoft Front page 98, 2000, ADSM, HP Open view OMNIBACK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Senior Linux system Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain about 3200 Redhat Linux servers in a very complex environment as part of a team of 8 Linux engineer.
• Our environment is consisted of IMB blades server and IBM storage.
• 80% of our Linux servers are virtual, and 15% are physical and about 5% in the cloud.
• Used tools as HP SA and BSM to perform patch installation.
• Installed application such as SAS, Oracle, Java, and more.
• Configured multiple nodes GFS cluster in a multipath environment.
• Configured GFS filesystems.
• Used LVM to configure logical volumes for mount points/filesystems.
• Configured multiple nfs severs and clients for filesystems sharing across the network.
• Configured d for web servers.
• Build about 50 Linux servers in a cloud environment using AWS EC2.
• Monitor systems performance activities such as memories, CPU, swap, disk activities and filesystems usage with HP Tools.
• Troubleshoot servers to solve network, or performance related issues.
• Mentor Junior Linux system administrator and help to adapt in environment.
• Install and configure server operating system, middleware, and application software on new and established hardware platforms.
• Install upgrades and patches on operating systems software and hardware (e.g. firmware) and replace failed hardware components as appropriate.
• Work with team members to schedule and implement installs and maintenance around the needs of business.
• Document tasks, schedules, test plans and risk mitigation plans in change management system.
• Perform server administration tasks such as user account management and access control.
• Monitor hardware and software for signs of failure. Create and use tools and processes to perform health checks.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting to investigate problems and implement appropriate resolutions.
• Diagnose problems with peers and other teams and document results in problem management system.
• Provide direction to team members to identify and resolve problems, document results, and develop actions to prevent problems from recurring.
• Prepare routine documentation of how systems are working, check against policies, procedures, and standards to maintain compliance.
• Creating and Managing Virtual Machines and Templates
• Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS)
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter)
• Migrating of Virtual Machines using V Motion
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations
• Creating Templates from VM’s, deploy VM’s from templates and allocate resources
• Monitoring of Virtual Machine’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization)
• Converting P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Creating duplicate Virtual Machine’s using cloning technology (hot & cold).
• Migration of Virtual Machines using V-Motion..
• Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using Storage V-Motion.
• Hands on experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) provisioning and good knowledge of AWS services like EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB,, VPC, Route53, CloudWatch,, IAM.
• Use EC2 to create multiple Linux servers, and set up security encryption key to ssh to servers.
• Defined AWS Security Groups which acted as virtual firewalls that controlled the traffic allowed to reach one or more AWS EC2 instances.
• Created S3 buckets for objects and images storages.
• Configured EBS for application usage as a mount point.

Confidential

Lead Senior Systems Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built multiple Redhat Linux servers in a VMware environment.
• Built and configured multiple Redhat Linux servers that have been used as Golden templates.
• Migrated HP-UX application servers, such as Oracle database,Tuxedo, egate and Snare work in to Redhat Linux 6 environment.
• Cloned Redhat template servers in a VMware environment .
• Installed Tuxedo and egate patches in a HP Unix and Redhat Linux environment.
• Installed Oracle patches.
• Troubleshoot servers to solve network or performance issues.
• Provide technical support and software/ hardware implementation for Development and Testing environments related to AHLTA/CHCS.
• Support direct communication and collaboration with ALL members of the Team, including issue management support, clarification and prioritization of production onsite tasks, reports and site summaries.
• Provide Engineering Tier 3 assistance in the management of Help Desk related issues in production.
• Works directly with IT teams for implementation and configurations of both client desktops and servers.
• Provide IT system support, administration and maintenance for all Development and Testing environments related to AHLTA.
• Provide redhat and support to Senior Unix Admin on the contrat and wrote
• Redhat Linux installation, and configuration procedure to help team members during their tasks.
• Provides System Engineering Analysis for the review of system design specifications for migration of HP UNIX servers to Redhat Linux.

Confidential

Lead Senior Linux and Unix System Engineer, and Citrix Netscaler Administrator.

Responsibilities:

• As the lead Linux and UNIX system Integration engineerMy main responsibilities were to migrate our Unix Production system in to a Virtual Redhat Linux System environment using VMWARE. This Migration was successfully completed.
• In conjunction to the migration, I and my team still have to perform daily systems administration tasks, also build and deploy multiple servers to different DOJ locations.
• Lead a team of Linux administrators by providing, guidance, knowledge
• Direction, recommendation, and help them develop troubleshooting skills to accomplish daily complex tasks.
• Designed and built 250 Redhat Linux servers to comply with the migration of HP-UX and Solaris servers in to Virtualized REDHAT LINUX Environment.
• Used tools such as VMware vCenter Converter Standalone to migrate Linux servers in to
• Virtualized VMware environment.
• Built, patched and deployed with team members more than 250 Red Hat Linux servers to different DOJ departments.
• Built multiple Linux Red Hat and Cent OS virtual servers using VMWARE ESX technology and open source VMWARE such as Proxmox VE for our development and test environment.
• Installed Apache Tomcat 5.5 and installed and configure web base applications for DOJ.
• Register Red Hat Linux server on RHN for security errata and patches update.
• Built the RHN for centralize patches and security errata management.
• Provide support to DBA and applications developers by installing new software and by monitoring database filesystem usage and performance.
• Maintain system services and performance.
• Maintain existing programs and scripts, extending functionality as needed.
• Propose and implement system changes and upgrades.
• Help maintain data centers, wiring closets, cabling, servers, consoles, switches, routers.
• Monitor network and systems health, responding appropriately to alerts and events using Team Quest products.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot daily system issues.
• Assemble and configure servers and related equipment for data centers.
• Adhere to Change Control and Downtime Event Reporting procedures for all critical services.
• Document projects and installations.
• Work a flexible schedule allowing system maintenance during off-peak hours (late evening and weekend work as necessary).
• Serve as engineer in on-call rotation.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned
• Evaluates products and upgrades for appropriateness. Oversees and implements system upgrade strategies.
• Develops and analyzes highly complex system standards, thresholds, and recommendations to maximize system performance.
• Develops strategies to manage the frequency of appropriate support package/patch application.
• Provides technical leadership to internal and external personnel on highly complex system installation processes.

Confidential

Senior UNIX and Linux system Administrator/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing systems administration services primarily on hardware and software components across multiple (UNIX) platforms, middleware applications
• Responsible for the operation and maintenance of operating systems, hardware platform support, backup and restore processes, capacity planning, performance management, and security compliance, as well as the tools and processes that monitor the operational status of the environment.
• Install and configure server operating system, middleware, and application software on new and established hardware platforms.
• Install upgrades and patches on operating systems software and hardware (e.g. firmware) and replace failed hardware components as appropriate.
• Work with team members to schedule and implement installs and maintenance around the needs of business.
• Document tasks, schedules, test plans and risk mitigation plans in change management system.
• Perform server administration tasks such as user account management and access control.
• Monitor hardware and software for signs of failure. Create and use tools and processes to perform health checks.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting to investigate problems and implement appropriate resolutions.
• Diagnose problems with peers and other teams and document results in problem management system.
• Provide direction to team members to identify and resolve problems, document results, and develop actions to prevent problems from recurring.
• Prepare routine documentation of how systems are working, check against policies, procedures, and standards to maintain compliance.

Confidential

Senior UNIX system and Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reponsabilities includes supporting multiples HP UNIX 9000 servers, Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux servers. VM Technologies, SQL, MYSQL
• Oracle 9G databases, network and multiple applications hosted in our Data Center.
• Involved directly in planning and executing various activities such as installing, testing, troubleshooting and maintaining server systems, software and hardware.
• Installing and supporting applications software on different platforms. Provide support on mission critical systems on a 24x7, rotational pager basis.
• Provide technical expertise in the infrastructure design, installation, implementation, operation, maintenance and security of HP UX UNIX and Red Hat Linux servers.
• Evaluate and recommend hardware/software enhancements as appropriate, maintain the latest patches.
• Troubleshoot configuration and integration problems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve OS or hardware issues.
• Monitor and provide solution to optimize system performance.
• Configure security on supported platforms, researches security issues / warning notifications for applicability and make recommendations for implementation of those patches and fixes.
• Ensure backup procedures are in place and executed on a timely basis.
• Configured multiple RAID devices to Linux Dell servers
• Used EMC and COMPAQ (SAN Technologies) for disks and data storage management

Confidential, Bethesda MD

Senior UNIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple HP-UX 9000 servers, VM Technologies, Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux, AIX and Solaris
• MYSQL.
• Plan, coordinate, direct, and execute IT-related activities of the organization.
• Define and implement IT policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Demonstrated leadership, customer interaction and outstanding interpersonal skills
• Responsibilities consist of providing support and maintenance, software installation, patches upgrade, network connectivity consistency, DNS management, Database Management and support, backup and restore for more than two thousand users.
• Provide excellent customer service to users group that we support.
• Provide support to users in a production environment, by maintaining servers
• Installing software and patches, configuring new servers, building five BIND DNS server, supporting servers performance and availability 24/7
• Upgrade and support software and hardware.
• Support 250 servers nationwide for several thousand end-users.
• Successful implementation of ssh, sftp, and BIND DNS.
• Perform all duties relating to UNIX system administration at a senior level, hardware, software technical support in a fast-paced multiplatform, heterogeneous UNIX and Linux environment.
• Maintain domain name server, multiple file servers, Peoplesoft Financial and HR serversBackup, restores and users accounts.
• Upgrade BIND 4 to BIND 9 on five Unix servers.
• Configured multiple RAID devices to Linux Dell servers
• Used EMC and COMPAQ (SAN Technologies) for disks and data storage management. Used VERITAS Netbackup for backup management of Oracle database, Informix database and files over the LAN and the WAN.

Confidential, Chantilly VA

UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided support to client in a testing and production environment by installing software, creating file systems, supporting applications and troubleshot the system to resolve user
• Problems and to ensure that the system remains effective, trustworthy and efficient for users.
• Completed initial installation of new and upgraded software products.
• Responsible for system reliability.
• Overall HP-UX system configuration. Scheduling and coordinating hardware
• Maintenance.
• System account management/maintenance. Provided second level support for internally developed applications.
• Responsible for performance management, mass storage management, backup/recovery planning and scheduling. File transfer scheduling and setup.
• Management and maintenance of system files, daemons and services.
• Using Patrol for the monitoring of file systems, disk usage, applications, and the network of more 25 HP servers and troubleshot if required.
• Usage of Networker for backup scheduling and file recovery.

Confidential, McLean, VA

HP-Unix Systems and Applications Administrator

Responsibilities:

• These responsibilities are multitasking and involve three major knowledge:
• UNIX System Administration, HP Open View System Administration and Cisco routers, Cisco Work and Sybase Database Administration.
• HP-UX System Administration.
• Responsible for the management, maintenance, security and overall integrity of Confidential products on three different HP servers (K-200, K-210, K-570) in multiservers network environment.
• Installed and maintained operating systems programs and software.
• Updated, upgraded, and modified the systems for usage of new applications for best systems performance and year 2K compliance.
• Day to day monitoring of performance of system software applications, hardware activities and prediction of future usage requirement.
• Created users groups, users accounts, assigned privileges to users according to their assignment and removed or deleted users accounts from the systems for security reason.
• Managed disk space by removing unused files.
• Monitored and managed daily system backup activities.
• Troubleshoot the system to resolve user problems and to ensure that the system remains effective, trustworthy and efficient for all users.
• Resolved systems problems such as failure damage or lost of files.
• Configured a brand new HP server (K-570) by creating Lvol and configuring the system to have access to the network, adding new applications such as HP-UX 10.20, HP Open View, Cisco Works, and Sybase.
• HP Open View System Administration.
• Administered, managed, configured and maintained HP Open View networks node Manager for Cisco Works and Cisco View Applications.
• Day to day monitoring of 600 (DOJ) Cisco routers in a WAN environment using
• HP Open View as the management tools to maintain, update, remove, and discover Cisco routers on the map.
• Managed IP maps, configured management station, created new maps, added Cisco routers to different areas of the map, maintained and updated the IP hosts file, solved HP Open View licensing problems.
• Deleted and modified objects from the map ensure that all the areas of the map are updated and remain readable and efficient for all users.
• Troubleshoot the system for router discovery issue, system maintenance and system performance.
• Cisco Works and Sybase Database Administration.
• Administered and maintained Cisco works applications for the Sybase server.
• Added users, removed, modified and assigned different privileges to users.
• Added new applications to the Sybase database and maintained existing applications.
• Managed disk spaces and performed back up.
• Troubleshoot the system to resolve user problems, ensure that the system remains effective, trustworthy and efficient.