Linux System Engineer Resume
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Washington, DC
SUMMARY:
- Cross - platform experience with Linux and virtual systems alike, excellent customer support, communication, and problem solving skills as well as goal-driven achiever with strong organizational skills with strong attention to details.
- Effective combination of systems administration,
- System, Backup & Restore, Storage Administration,
- Linux OS & Virtual Environment,
- Data Center Migration, & Consolidation, Development & Production Support,
- High technical inclination with effective written and verbal communication skills,
- Ability to work in a team environment,
- Strong initiative and drive with the ability to absorb technical information knowledge quickly,
- A highly motivated, innovative, and fast learner able to quickly adapt to new environments.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Linux (RHEL) Enterprise
- RHEL Satellite
- AS 4
- Virtualization
- VM Ware ESXi 6.0
- VSphere
- Nagios
- DHCP
- DNS
- HTTP
- FTP. Puppet
- Ansible
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Linux System Engineer
Confidential, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- As a Linux System Engineer with extensive experience with Linux family, install, configure and maintain Red Hat/Centos flavors of Linux Operating system,
- General Red Hat Linux System administration, OS upgrades, security patching, troubleshooting and ensuring maximum performance and availability,
- 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 with ability to diagnose basic Apache Issues,
- 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 configure Apache and provide support on production servers,
- Knowledge of Puppet automation system,
- Manage file systems using software RAID and Logical Volume Management,
- Create Virtual Machines templates using VMWare and KVM, automate disaster recovery planning and maintenance for the virtual environment,
- Create, maintain, and test disaster recovery plans in a non-disruptive mode using SRM,
- Diagnose and resolve problems associated with DNS, DHCP, VPN, NFS, and Apache,
- Experience with inter networking using TCP/IP and maintaining network,
- Provide resolutions to issues by performing system tuning and troubleshooting,
- Design and implement creative solutions that improve system processes through automation and documentation,
- Maintain, monitor, analyze system components and make recommendations for system improvement,
- Provide support to the development and testing teams as necessary,
- Participate in activities as a member of the Linux System Administration team.
Linux Administrator
Confidential, Hyattsville, MD
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.