SUMMARY:

• I am an experienced System Engineer/Architect and UNIX/Linux Administrator with expertise in access and identity management, cloud computing, and DevOps.
• With proven track record of successfully implementing complex technical solutions and collaborating across levels with cross - functional teams and managers.
• Supported various on- and offsite clients and systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Amazon EC2 (virtual servers), Amazon Linux, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudFront (CDN), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch (monitoring), AWS CloudFormation (infrastructure templates), Amazon Route 53 (DNS management), Amazon VPC (private cloud), Amazon S3 (storage), Amazon EBS (persistent disk storage), Akamai, Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub, Jira, and Confluence.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DevOps Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supports migration of multiple applications including installation, configuration and deployment as required
• Automation of applications installation, configuration and deployment using Ansible playbook
• Automation of Confidential (Master File Transfer) to all environments using Ansible
• Automation of Applications installation and configurations using ansible script
• Automation of PEGA deployments using Ansible
• Setup of Ambari server and agent using ansible script
• Configuration of Ambari services such as HBASE,RANGER, NIFI, ZOOKEEPER, PIG, KAFKA etc
• Automation of Tomcat7 and Tomcat8 installation and configuration using Ansible and Shell scripts
• Configuration of systems ulimit
• Automation of various systems update using shell scripts and Ansible playbook
• Update cloudformation scripts to update and provision instances in AWS Cloud environment
• Perform Systems Administration in an RHEL/AWS environment
• Maintains the integrity and security of servers and systems.
• Sets up administrator and service accounts.
• Coordinate with PEGA support team to troubleshoot and fix technical issues.
• Support PEGA team maintenance activities and implementation of system updates.
• Perform configuration and integration of various PRPC components.
• Collaborate with clients and multiple teams to troubleshoot and resolve system issues.
• Supports available DevOps tools such Antifactory, Jenkins and GitHub.
• Create and maintain Users and Administrators guide/training materials for Antifactory and other DevOps tools.
• Troubleshoot and identify service level issues.
• Installed, configured and maintained all platforms and web services.
• Utilized Apache-Tomcat servers for cloud server management.

Cloud Engineer/DevOps

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engineering of Cloud related solutions for various project and operational needs.
• Installed, deployed, and upgraded Cloud-based servers and services in accordance with Federal standards and project/operational requirements.
• Migration of various Cloud and On-premise applications to Public Cloud.
• Developed and maintained installation and configuration procedures.
• In-depth knowledge of Jenkins Continuous Integration Server - Installation, Configuration, Design and Administration, and integrating these tools with other systems.
• Created and updated Cloudformation/Terraform templates provision both Linux and Windows instances and configures other AWS services.
• Implementing DevOps, Continuous Build and Continuous Integration/Deployment processes, combining and automating tools like Maven and Selenium etc.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration and engineering tasks.
• Perform daily system monitoring and security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations, regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Provide Engineering/other support per request from various constituencies.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from system or application failures.
• Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.

AWS Solutions Architect/Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported Confidential clients in various cloud related tasks during migration from on premise to AWS cloud.
• Designed and developed architecture diagrams for Confidential Government clients for HIPPA/FISMA compliance.
• Developed risk analysis reports for clients that are HIPPA/FISMA compliant.
• Interfaced with client IT team to provide guidance on AWS best practices.
• In-depth knowledge of Continuous Integration Server - Installation, Configuration, Design and Administration, and integrating these tools with other systems.
• Implemented DevOps, Continuous Build, and Continuous Integration/Deployment processes, combining and automating tools.
• Designed and built high availability VPCs for clients using CloudFormation scripts.
• Created Security groups, NACLs, Subnets, Routes etc., using AWS best practices.
• Supported all kinds of AWS cloud services as required.

System Admin/Identity Management Advisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience providing enterprise support to Linux and Centos servers,
• Performed installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on Dell servers,
• Knowledge of shell scripting in running system jobs,
• Experienced in a Network operations center supporting system users,
• Administered user accounts and passwords,
• Documentation and Tracking of issues, logs and audit files,
• Update server baseline document in line with changes on servers,
• Installed and implemented new patches to Linux operating system,
• Installation, configuration and daily Support of Apache Web server,
• Experience in network configurations to include knowledge of switches, hubs and firewalls,
• Policy management and applying Network File Systems for sharing resources across the network,
• Implemented Network Communications on Servers,
• System Performance Monitoring and capacity planning in anticipation of resource usage and needs.
• Assisted in applications migration from SUN to Oracle Identity/Access management suite.
• Supported the migration of applications to both HP, CDS datacenters and AWS cloud.
• Implemented computer system requirements by defining and analyzing system problems; designing and testing standards and solutions.
• Performed system and application monitoring.
• Deployment automation in cloud environment.
• Supported existing solutions, as well as installations and configurations of upgrades, and migrate applications and systems from one product to another.
• Determined user roles and responsibilities, classifying like users into groups to ease maintenance and control resource access.

Computer System Architect/Analyst (Lead)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a variety of Identity Management products and Directory services and supervise Identity and Access Management across the enterprise.
• Implemented computer system requirements by defining and analyzing system problems; designing and testing standards and solutions.
• Performed system and application monitoring.
• Deployment automation in cloud environment.
• Supported existing solutions, as well as installations and configurations of upgrades, and migrate applications and systems from one product to another.
• Determined user roles and responsibilities, classifying like users into groups to ease maintenance and control resource access.
• Gathered requirements at client sites for design and implementation of technical solutions and provide consulting support to clients.
• Designed, built, and configured multi-site Directory servers and implement master-master and master-consumer replications.
• Created LDAP replication agreement between multiple datacenters and maintain LDAP SSL certificates.
• Assisted with security audits and implement recommended remediation.
• Participated in all stages of system development, including testing and support.
• Served on Disaster Recovery team and assist with risk and crisis management programs.
• Acted as a member of the Change Control Board.
• Performed continuous support and deployment of applications in multi-datacenters and cloud environments.
• Created and maintained data-synchronization in Identity management (SUN/Oracle IDM, NETIQ IDM).
• Supported all kinds of application and systems in cloud environment (AWS, Terremark).
• Created and maintained application/system accounts for applications such as GIT, Confluence, JIRA, MySQL, Cognos, Informatica, etc.
• Setup local LDAP in AWS environment and created master-master and master-consumer replication.
• Created applications and systems bind accounts in LDAP.
• Setup password policies in both IDM and LDAP for applications and users.
• Performed as technical lead in a team of nine engineers/architects and 5 admins.

AWS Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performance and optimization oriented DevOps.
• Designed high availability EC2 instance architecture and created scripts for on demand EC2 instance formation.
• Performed network security using NACLs, load balance, and security groups.
• Worked in Agile environment and performed continuous integration and deployment.
• Setup roles and groups using AWS identity and access management (IAM).
• Used cloud watch and other monitoring tools for servers, applications and storage monitoring.
• Participated in requirements gathering, design and implementation of different projects.
• Automated backups of ephemeral data-stores to S3 buckets and created nightly AMIs for mission critical production servers as backups with AWS CLI utility.
• Amazon VPC environments configuration.
• Use CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Benchmark to harden newly installed systems,
• Set up and administer user and groups accounts, setting permissions, web servers, file servers, firewalls, and directory services,
• Perform both interactive and automated (Kickstart) installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
• Plan and execute RPM and YUM packages and update installations necessary for optimal system performance,
• Assist in LDAP server configuration for user authentication on network,
• Install and configure Apache and provide support on testing and production servers,
• Perform systems configuration and automation using Puppet an Ansible,
• Manage file systems using software RAID and Logical Volume Management,
• Create Virtual Machines using VMWare and KVM, automate disaster recovery planning and maintenance for the virtual environment,
• Diagnose and resolve problems associated with DNS, DHCP, VPN, NFS, and Apache, VPCs and AWS account,
• Experience with inter networking using TCP/IP and maintaining network,

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation, configuration, and general maintenance of web and streaming media servers, as well as mail management systems.
• Upgraded systems as needed and performed backup and recovery subsystems.
• Responsible for operating systems installation, configuration, maintenance and monitoring for Solaris 8 to 10, RHEL/Centos 5 & 6.
• Responsible for monitoring resources, performing backup, and maintaining integrity.
• Provided daily administration support for Solaris, Windows servers as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
• Conducted performance monitoring and capacity planning.
• Implemented Oracle SVM and RHEL LVM.
• Performed zone administration, Custom Jumpstart and Kickstart installations.
• Configured syslog, interfaces, and routing.
• Maintained and monitored file systems integrity.
• Set up backup policies.
• Performed TCP/IP and network configurations.
• Conducted audits of server and workstation security.
• Performed security administration and web content management.
• Provided daily Administration support for servers and conducted performance monitoring and capacity planning.