SUMMARY

• Over 12 plus years of experience Extensive knowledge on UNIX (RHEL/AIX/Solaris/CentOS) Servers for Production and development environment.
• Certified in RHEL, AIX, Tivoli, Puppet, IBM Cloud and Openstack engineer.
• Part of a infrastructure Implementation project building total 3 - way DR project for banking domain including Servers, Cluster environment, SAN, back-up with (DR) disaster recovery management
• Working directly with clients (8 years of onsite Data center exp) and providing the infrastructure solutions.
• Install and Configuration of RHEL/AIX Servers for Production Environment. Upgrade, Package installation and patch management (KVM,VMware ESXi, HMC,NIM,)
• Working knowledge of Open Stack to launch instances on multiple hypervisors (KVM and VMware ESXi).
• Installing Linux Virtual Servers under Host Groups, working with Performance, VMWARE, Network, Capacity teams to allocate resources appropriately.
• IaaS Cloud administration with Openstack using Red Hat and (IBM ICO) IBM Cloud Orchestration for private cloud infrastructure
• Via ICO Provisioning and decommission of nodes with VM/stack images RHEL/Windows with required DB and middleware applications.
• Used REST APIs exposed by Open Stack for launching and managing instances.
• Administration related to virtual machines in corresponding to Nova instances and Cinder volumes.
• Expertise in package management using RPM, YUM used in several Linux distributions such as RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS.
• Installing and Upgrading Packages, Finding and Verifying RPM Packages. Checking for and updating Packages, Configuring Yum and Yum Repositories.
• Managing System Services, listing, start and stopping. Working with systemd Targets
• Creating and administrating file systems ext3, ext4, XFS, and btrfs on Several RHEL Versions
• Expertise in configuring and administering NIS,NFS, DNS, LDAP, DHCP, Mail Servers and Web Servers,
• Installing and Configuring VNC Server, OpenSSH,Apache HTTP Server, Mail Servers
• Configuring a Samba server,vsftpd Server, Print Settings Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
• Configuring NTP using the chrony Suite, Configuring NTP Using ntpd.
• Installing and Configuring Red Hat Linux in VMware Environment.
• Performing Linux Kick Start installation, RAID & LVM Implementation
• System Monitoring Tools, Memory Usage, CPU Usage, Hardware Information, Monitoring Performance with Net-SNMP
• Configuring SSL Certificates for opensource,viewing and managing Log files,RSYSLOG
• Firmware upgrade on Ethernet/Fibre channel Adapter
• Knowledge on Amazon Web Services (AWS) including EC2, VPC, Identity and Access Manager (IAM), EC2 Container Service, S3, CloudFront, Glacier, RDS, Dynamo DB, ElastiCache, Direct Connect, Route 53, Cloud Watch, CloudTrail, OpsWorks, SNS, SES, SQS, SWF,Snowball.
• Installing and configuring Jenkins on AWS environment with instances.
• Creating Docker images and handling multiple images and deployments on Docker containers.
• Good understanding about Build Docker images and responsible maintaining Docker container.
• Configuring and managing with HMC and VMware ESXi
• Hands-on knowledge of P-series/x86 hardware.
• Managing Storage using logical volume Manager.
• Experience in working with Virtualization Technologies like VMware in building and configuring Linux
• Create and perform simple management of Git repos.
• Install and configure Puppet, Create and maintain Puppet manifests and modules.
• Involved in total SAN migration from Hitachi storage to IBM SVC.
• Involved in SAN migration from EMC to IBM SVC.
• SAN working experience with EMC, HITACHI, IBM SVC, DS storage and NAS.
• Configuration management tools Puppet, Ansible and saltsack
• Used Red Hat Satellite 6 to manage client configurations with Puppet
• Version control repository is with GitHub and work with Git repository
• Knowledge on continues integration (CI) and continue development (CD).
• Disaster recovery DR administration in normal and with suite SANOVI.
• LPAR and DLPAR,PowerVM Configuration and administration
• Virtualization PowerVM with NPIV, SEA, LPM, LHEA administration.
• HMC,NIM,NFS,HACMP/PowerHA, GPFS Configuration and administration
• COD capacity upgrade on demand procedure as per the requirement for the environment.
• Version and Code update on Hardware Management Console (HMC) Configuring and Administration of Hardware Management Console (HMC)
• Expertise in understanding of error logging subsystem, resolving technical issues by Diagnosing, Problem determination, Troubleshooting and providing Root Cause Analysis.
• Database environment in UNIX with Oracle, Oracle RAC, Sybase ASE, DB2 cluster.
• Database cluster procedure ex: raw disk and filesystem extension for Oracle RAC and Sybase ASM
• Installation and upgrading the middleware applications Apache Tomcat, Jboss,weblogic, and IBM MQ,Webshpere (WAS)
• Monitoring tools well versed are ITM, BMC, Cacti and Nagios.
• User management along with problem determination and resolution.
• Installing and administration of Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS), IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) and TSM
• Administrating using IBM Storage manager for DS4000 series.
• Performing backup activities in Tape along with NAS, FASt -200, and Manual backup by Quantum PX-720 & Tape Drive 3580.
• Administration knowledge related to SAN used Mcdata SAN switch.
• DR management software installation & admin part by Sanovi DR suite.
• Create and maintain Puppet manifests, Create new Puppet manifests, Debug existing Puppet manifests.
• Create Puppet modules, Create reusable modules.
• Create modules that install software on target nodes and deploy configuration files.
• Use facter to obtain system information.Create custom facts. Use facts to change Puppet behaviour.
• Create and perform simple management of a Git repository.
• Involved in Capacity Planning, Performance Analysts, and Uptime and Response time analyst.
• Knowledge of UNIX internals, Disk IO statistics, CPU load averages, memory management.
• Continuous updating of checklists and careful documentation of the application landscape and the underlying infrastructure (CMDB, BMC).
• Scripting languages working experience are Shell, Python
• Experience designing configuration management systems using tools such as Puppet experience, in pre-production environment.
• Working and troubleshooting on day-to-day problems via opening/closing tickets (Changes/Incident’s).
• Well versed with ITIL process such as Incident, Change and Problem Management.
• Experienced working in a fast paced, highly time critical environment where reporting status and closing issues with customers/partners/team members is expected
• Working knowledge on ITIL, BMC Remedy and Maximo IT Service management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating systems: UNIX, Redhat 5/6/7, IBM AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1/7.1 Redhat Satellite 6CentOS 6/7, Solaris, Windows.

SAN storage: IBM SVC,IBM DS series, Hitachi StorageTek,EMC

Back Up: Tivoli Storage Manager TSM, EMC Networker

Cluster: GPFS,DB2cluster, HACMP/PowerHA, Oracle RAC,Sybase ASM

Disaster recovery: SANOVI Disaster Recovery suite

Database: Oracle,MySQL, Oracle RAC,Sybase ASM, DB2 cluster

Virtualization: VMware ESXi,KVM, VLAN,VIO,Docker

Monitoring: ITM(IBM Tivoli Monitoring),BMC remedy,Nagios,Cacti

Cloud: IBM/Redhat OpenStack, AmazonWebServices(AWS),IBM IBM Cloud Orchestrator

Middleware: WebSphere(WAS),IBM MQ, Apache Tomcat, JBOSS

Scripting: Shell, Python

Configuration tool/repository: Puppet,Saltstack,Ansible,GIT repository

Ticketing tools/Process: ITIL,BMC Remedy, Maximo,ITIL V3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Infrastructure specialist

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Specialist for large UNIX (AIX/Linux/Cloud) environment support for the Clients with Finance and Banking domain in US and European region. (Onsite & Offshore)
• Install and Configuration of RHEL/VIO/ AIX / Servers for Production Environment. Upgrade, Package installation and patch management (HMC,NIM,KVM,VMware ESXi)
• Create vSysNext Pattern via ICO new virtual systems patterns to provision new virtual machines.
• Provisioning and decommission of nodes with IBM ICO VM/stack images RHEL/Windows/AIX with required DB and middleware applications.
• Administration of cinder Volume, creation and related error in virtual environment.
• Stop and start the cinder or nova services according to the necessary.
• Stop and start the ICO orchestrator in all the formats of the environment (dev/test/prod)
• Self service catering offerings are deployed for the end user for commission of new instance and decommission them upon with change management process.
• Regularly processing the golden image patching according to the Windows and Linux virtual stack images as per the process.
• User administration in the environments along with expiration and extension with process of ICO server.
• Deploy the UCD agents according to the reports and information provided by the team.
• Move workflows from dev environment to prod environment.
• Monitor the BPM logging and debug level statements to appear in the IBM logs.
• Creating the new Process APP log in to the IBM process center using browser or IBM process Designer.
• Create and provision the self service user interface catalogue.
• Trouble shooting issue related to vm/stack’s provisioning related issues.
• Identify the error codes via IBM BPM process logs and provide the solution as required for the client. working on Docker container implementation for the Enterprise build system
• Managed Docker orchestration using Docker Swarm and also responsible for the containerization of applications using Docker
• Orchestrator version ICO update from 2.4.0.1 to 2.0.4.2 according the requirement.
• Installing and Configuring Red Hat Linux in VMware Environment.
• On-Call support, Data center, Hardware and Disaster Recovery (DR) administration.
• Involved in total SAN migration from EMC storage to IBM SVC.
• Firmware upgrade on pSeries/Linux machines and Ethernet/Fibrechannel adapters
• Installing and Upgrading Packages, Finding and Verifying RPM Packages.
• Creating and administrating file systems ext4, XFS, and btrfs on RHEL 6/7 Versions
• Data base and middleware Oracle RAC,Sybase ASE,DB2 cluster
• Middleware installation and upgrade of WAS, Massage Broker MQ.
• SAN working environment on EMC, IBM SVC, HITACHI, DS storage and NAS.
• Performing Linux Kick Start installation, RAID & LVM Implementation.
• Installation, Configuration, Integration, Tuning, Backup, Crash recovery, Upgrades, Patching, Monitoring System Performance, System and Network Security and Troubleshooting of Unix Servers.
• Implementing day-to-day tasks in Red Hat Linux including but not limited to upgrading RPM's, Kernel tuning, HBA Driver, configure SAN's, Multipathing and Logical Volume
• HMC,NIM,HACMP/PowerHA, GPFS Configuration and administration
• Administration on file system LVM,NFS and NAS
• LPAR and DLPAR,PowerVM Configuration and administration
• Virtualization PowerVM with NPIV, SEA, LPM, LHEA administration.
• Preparing binary RPMs from the source code to suite our architectures.
• Linux environment with tomcat, weblogic and jboss.
• Performance and problem determination and resolution.
• User administration with LDAP and trouble shooting.
• Cloud support with IBM Smart Cloud Orchestrator with Openstack format.
• Moving appropriate workflows from Dev to production after approval process.
• Configuration management with Puppet model.
• Register Puppet nodes to a Puppet server. Create and maintain Puppet manifests,
• Create new Puppet manifests, Debug existing Puppet manifests.
• Create Puppet modules, Create reusable modules. Create modules that install software on target nodes and deploy configuration files.
• Use facter to obtain system information. Create custom facts. Use facts to change Puppet behaviour.
• Create and perform simple management of a Git repository.
• Install and configure Puppet, Create and maintain Puppet manifests and modules.
• Version control repository is with GitHub and work with Git repository.
• Backup & Restore on a Regular Schedule through tools like IBM TSM
• Installing of Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS), IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM)
• Well versed with ITIL process and with ITIL V3 certified.
• Process followed with BMC and Maximo with client specified tools.

Environment: AIX 6/7,RedHat Linux 6/7, IBM ICO,Openstack,Puppet,SaltStack,GIT,TWS,Tivoli Storage Manager TSM,IBM Tivoli Monitoring ITM, Oracle RAC,PowerHA,VMWare ESXi,HMC,NIM,IBM SVC,EMC,ITIL,BMC,Maximo.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consultant for Confidential LTD/TUI InfoTec for IMSG project consists travel domain with large UNIX (AIX/Redhat Linux) environment support the client TUI-InfoTec GmbH.(Onsite & Offshore)
• Lead the team and co-ordinate with offshore team for the support client.
• ITIL v3 certified process with working on ILTIS & BMC Remedy.
• RedHat Linux and IBM logical volume management via LVM (ext4,XFS,jfs2)
• SAN migration from Hitachi storage to IBM SVC
• On-Call support for the support 24/7 production environment.
• Data Center with coordinate with vendor and replace hardware.
• COD capacity on demand management as per the environment request.
• DR administration and handling with process following.
• Hardware Pservers/ x86 AIX/Redhat Linux Installation and Configuration with VMware ESXi, NIM and HMC.
• Expertise in Installation, Configuration, Integration, Tuning, Backup, Crash recovery, Upgrades, Patching, Monitoring System Performance, System and Network Security and Troubleshooting of UNIX Servers.
• Expertise in package management using Red Hat RPM, YUM used in several Linux distributions such as RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Firmware upgrades on pSeries machines concurrent and disruptive.
• Firmware upgrade on Ethernet and Fibre channel adapters.
• Configuring/Updating, code update and Administration HMC.
• Configuring/Updating and Administration NIM.
• Backup & Restore on a Regular Schedule through tools like IBM TSM
• LPAR, DLPAR, NIM, Power VM, LHEA technologies.
• Clustering with the HACMP/PowerHA
• Administrating using IBM Storage manager for DS4000 series
• Printer configuration and administration.
• Database with Oracle and Oracle RAC, DB2 pureScale and Sybase ASE.

Environment: AIX 5/6/7,RedHat Linux 5/6, Brocade Core switches,IBM SVC,DS3500,DS8700,V7000,Fujitsu CentricStor V5,Tivoli Storage Manager TSM,IBM Tivoli Monitoring ITM, Oracle RAC,HACMP/PowerHA,VMWare ESXi,7310-CR6 V7R7

Confidential

Senior customer Support Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Team lead and 24/7 support provided for the environment
• Data Center and DR administration and handling.
• Site in charge with Part of the team 3 way DR implantation and administration.
• Hands-on knowledge of IBM P-series hardware like P615, P550, P570, P595 etc.
• Installation and Configuration of IBM AIX on IBM p Series Servers for Production Environment and with Disaster recovery.
• Expertise in understanding of error logging subsystem, resolving technical issues by Diagnosing, Problem determination, Troubleshooting and providing Root Cause Analysis.
• 24/7 support provided for the environment
• Configuring and Administration the LPAR, DLPAR, HACMP.
• Pseries is configured and administration with HMC and NIM
• Database with Sybase ASM cluster in environment.
• Backup with legato networker backup tool
• SAN environment with DS storage and HITACHI sun storage TEK9900
• Administration knowledge related to SAN used Mcdata SAN switch.
• Administration part on True copy, shadow copy consists in Hitachi9900
• Administrating using IBM Storage manager for DS4000 series.
• Database environment consists of ORACLE and SYBASE ASM.
• Worked closely with Sybase DBA team to ensure optimal performance of databases, and maintain
• Development applications and database.
• DR management installation & admin part by Sanovi DR suite.

Environment: AIX 5.3/5.2,HACMP 5.4 A,Brocade 6140 Director, Hitachi StorageTek 9990,Quantum PX-720,Networker 7.4,Sanovi Panaces DR management,HMC 7310-CR4 version 6

Confidential

Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of AIX/Solaris server environment in production environment
• Hands-on knowledge of IBM P-series hardware and Sun Spark machines.
• Package installation and patch management.
• Alt disk installation to upgrade the node to latest level.
• Site in charge as well administration.
• Team lead and 24/7 support provided for the environment
• Data Center and DR administration and handling.
• Upgrade the operating system and firmware level.
• Managing Storage using logical volume Manager, NFS and NAS.
• Performance monitoring and administration.
• User management along with problem determination and resolution.
• Working on logical volume management (LVM)
• Installation and configuration of VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS file system.
• Disk and File system management through Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, Logical Volume manager.
• Performing backup activities in Tape along with NAS, FASt -200.
• Configuration and Administration of Tivoli Storage Manager
• Backup & Restore with scheduling by TSM

Environment: High Performance Computing (HPC),AIX 5.2,Solaris 9,FASt T FC based IBM NAS Gateway 300,Cisco Gigabit 3750,IBM LTO 3582(Ultrium-2),Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

Confidential

Trainee engineer

Responsibilities:

• Included in preparing the Test Plan & Strategy to prepare manual test cases.
• Involved in Manual Testing of the application.
• Preparing the Test cases for the requirement.
• Review and modify the test cases as required.
• Part of the team to involve in the Test plan.