SUMMARY:

• 6 years of experience in Redhat Linux and Sun Solaris System Administration. Experience includes Setup, Support, Troubleshooting, and Project Management, from Unix System administration perspective, implementing Networking Software like TCP/IP, NIS/NFS server, AutoFs, Kickstart and Jumpstart.
• Supported servers and users in large environment through Remedy system, at local and remote locations.
• Proficient in configuring HP ProLiant, Sparc and Enterprise class machines such as M4000, E - 25k, E-420, E-5500, E3500, E3000, Ultra-60, Ultra-10, Ultra-2, Sparc 20, Sparc 10's and worked successfully with EMC, CISCO Access Server, Annex Terminal server.
• Proficient in Linux & Solaris installation, upgrade, Patching, VMWare-Vsphere Virtualization,Volume Manager, VERITAS File System, Netback up, Disk Suite, Performance Tuning. Supported oracle database and applications installation and maintenance.
• Prepared technical documentation to support future maintenance activity. Supported troubleshooting network and routine System Administration as a team member. .

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: HP ProLiant, Sun Ultra Enterprise M4000, 25K, E-420, E-5500, E-3500, E- 3000, Ultra series

Operating system: Linux Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6, Solaris 10, 9, 8, 2.7, 2.6, Win 3.1, Win 95

Languages: Shell script, C, FORTRAN and Basic

Virtualization: VMware-Vsphere, Zones, LPAR, LDOM

Applications: MS-OFFICE 97, Star Office, Frame maker

Networking: NFS, NIS, DNS, TCP/IP

RDBMS: Oracle 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, Access

Tools: VXVM 2.6 - 3.5, VXFS, Netback up, Remedy, BMC Patrol

Storage Systems: EMC, A1000, D1000, A-5000, A-5100, A-5200

Naming Service: NIS, DNS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Linux/VMware Administrator

Responsibilites:

• Day to day administering, monitoring and troubleshooting if more than 100 Red Hat Linux development and production servers.
• Installation and configuration of Red hat Linux 4/5/6 using TPM and Kick Start method.
• Working closely with the application Team to building servers and installing basic infrastructure software as per the project requirement.
• Day to day DNS changes as per the requirement.
• Creation, configuration and administration of NFS share on different PROD/UAT/DEV servers as per the application requirement.
• Setting an access ACL's (Access Control Lists) on different NFS share files and directories.
• Spare headedly worked on analyzing, scheduling and upgrading Red Hat Linux OS (4 to 5) using Red Hat satellite server.
• Installing and configuration of VCS and VVR on single node and HA cluster for High end applications.
• Key role in planning and maintaining Linux working on P2V -(physical to virtual) migration using VMware converter 4.5 for all Linux and windows servers.
• Installation and configuration of different application like IBM WebSphere Servers and Oracle Database Servers, Autosys, Tivoli, ITM, MQM.
• Supported DR test using VCS for major production applications.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

UNIX System Administrator

• Installed Solaris operating system on various Sun Hardware, Created Jumpstart Server, Created NIS master, and slave servers.
• Upgraded Solaris and applied required patches. Setup Solaris clients using jumpstart.
• Troubleshoot NIS/NFS/AutoFs problems. Setup security using JASS on System Controllers. Setup Netback up Master using V-880 and implemented backup schedules.
• Configured BMC patrol for monitoring all UNIX servers. Provided uptime for UNIX servers to management.
• Updated patches, OS, VERITAS volume manager and file systems.
• Worked on root cause analysis for hardware and software failures.
• Supported users for routine administration through Remedy and Change Control system. Configured print servers and printers.
• Provided enterprise wide backup solution for NT and UNIX servers using Netback up.
• Setup Systems Policies, Managing file-systems.
• Provided support for Windows NT, 95/3.1 operating systems, and hardware.
• Setup SAMBA for UNIX.

Confidential, NJ

System Support

• Configured Linux AS4 Update3 on AMD based systems.
• Updated rpms on linux systems using up2date.
• Prepared Linux servers for Oracle 10G installation.
• Created disk-groups, volumes and file-systems using LVM.
• Reviewing system log files for errors. Setting up cron jobs for backups and monitoring processes.
• Setup as backup client using Netbackup.
• Monitored system resources like CPU, Memory, Disk usage etc..
• Updated patches, OS, VERITAS volume manager and file systems.
• Worked on root cause analysis for hardware and software failures.
• Supported users for routine administration through Remedy and Change Control system. Configured print servers and printers.
• Provided enterprise wide backup solution for NT and UNIX servers using Netback up.
• Setup Systems Policies, Managing file-systems.
• Evaluation and Purchase of New hardware and Software.

Confidential, NJ

UNIX System Administrator

• Managed Enterprise servers for ECTA and BPPKB projects. Configured and troubleshoot Ultra Enterprise Servers, using Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8.Volume Manager 2.6 & 3.0.4.
• Created different disk groups and volumes.
• Stripped and mirrored plexes for optimal performance and redundant configuration.
• Imported and deported disk groups for maintenance of the systems.
• Configured pair of E-3500 and A-5200 for cluster environment for manual failover of application, which includes oracle.
• Setup Jumpstart Servers for different subnets and jumpstarted users work stations.
• Helped users in setting up environment.
• Setup user accounts in NIS, and standalone environment. Helped users for troubleshooting NFS, NIS, and File systems problems.
• Upgraded OS and supported production environment on 7X24 basis. Setup, Configured, and Managed Axent for security check, on Sun Enterprise Servers.
• Prepare Schedule for running policy for Axent and prepared reports concerning security.
• Cleared Red vulnerabilities.
• Maintained Servers at service level agreement.
• Installed and Configured Patrol for monitoring the servers.
• Exposed to KMDS and its management. Maintained several KM versions