Summary of Qualifications

• 7 years of experience with System Administration/ Engineering using RHEL 4/5/6 , Oracle Enterprise Linux OEL 5/6, Sun Solaris 7/8/9/ 10 , AIX 5.1/5.3/6.1 , Suse Linux ES 9/10, HP-UX 10.2, VMware ESX 3.1, VMware ESXi 3.2, VSphere 4.
• Hands on Experience in Solaris Jumpstart, Redhat Enterprise Linux and Kickstart installations.
• Extensively worked on Sun, HP, Dell Hardware - x2200/x4100/x4200/x4250, T2000/T5440, M3000/M5000, v480, E4800/E4900/E6800/E6900, E15K/25K, DL 380/585, R805/R905 models respectively.
• Experience in using console access mediums: XSCF, ILO, ILOM, ALOM and concentrators like lantronix.
• Experience in configuration of LUNs on Sun StorEdge arrays and knowledge of SAN infrastructure.
• Experience in Installation and configuration of VMware ESX server 3.5 on Dell and HP Proliant servers and configured VMs for Solaris x86 and Linux.
• Working knowledge of various SMTP Servers Sendmail 8.12.11/8.14.2, Postfix 2.x, and Exchange 2000/2003
• Expert in UNIX shell scripting ksh, bash, sh and knowledge of PERL scripting.
• Experience with patch and package administration including building of packages and RPMs.
• Experience in diagnosing and resolving TCP/IP connection problems
• Experience in performance tuning, trouble shooting and resolving network issues, related to the servers.
• Experience with Solaris virtual technologies Zones and LDoms.
• Experience in administering Webserver Apache and Application server JBoss.
• Experience with switches and routers from various vendors like Cisco, Dell, and HP.
• Experience in making Disaster Recovery and Disaster Contingency Plans DR with SunGard, SRDF devices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively on a 24x7 basis in crisis situations.
• Effective team player with excellent logical and analytical abilities.

Technical Skills

• Operating Systems: SOLARIS 7/ 8/ 9/ 10, RHEL 4/5/6, SuSe Linux ES 9/ 10, AIX 5/ 6
• Hardware: SUN SPARC STATION SUN ULTRA SPARC Workstations, Sun Enterprise 250/450/ 3500/4500/280R, Sun Fire v480/v490/v890, E4800/E4900/E6800/E6900, E15K/25K Servers, DELL PowerEdge 1650/1600/1650/6400/6800, R805/R905, HP Proliant DL 380/585, StorageTek L700 DLT drives, Sun A5000/5200, D1000, 3510, Hitachi Lightening 9980v/9990v, Thunders 9570v/95985v, EMC Clarion / Symmetrix 8430/8830, DMX-3 arrays
• Web servers and SMTP Engines: Apache Web Server 1.3.x/2.x on Linux and Solaris, IIS 5. 6. 7, Exchange Server 2000/2003, Sendmail 8.12.11/8.14.2, Postfix 1.x/2.x
• Volume Management: Solaris Volume Manager, Veritas Volume Manager 3.2/4.x/5.x, Logical Volume Manager
• High Availability: Veritas Cluster Server 4.x/5, Sun Cluster 3.2
• Server Management: Sun Management Console, HP Open View, Network Node Manager, Compaq Insight Server Manager, Intel LAN Desk Manager, Nagios, BB4, BMC Patrol and Predict.
• Programming Languages: C, C , Shell scripting ksh, sh and csh, Perl, Basic etc.
• Database Servers: Oracle 8i/9i/10g on Solaris and Red Hat Linux and Win NT/2000, MS SQL 7/ 2000/2005 on Win NT/2000/2003
• Networking Protocols : SNMP, SMTP, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, PPP, SLIP, UUCP, X.25, LAN, WAN, PCNFS, ARP/RARP, FTP/TFTP, RIP, DHCP, DNS, NIS, NIS , NFS, Automount
• Desktop Applications: Acrobat, Paint Shop Pro, Quark Express, Lotus Smart Suite, Lotus Notes Desktop, MS Office, Novell Group Wise, Corel Perfect Office, MS Works, STAR Office
• Security: Checkpoint 2000 VPN-1/Firewall -1, Cisco PIX version 5.1/6.2

Confidential

Linux/Unix Admin/Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Applied Recommended Solaris/Linux Patches and Veritas Volume Manager Patches in all the Servers. Installed Packages based on the User Requests
• Modified and updated the internal post installation scripts for the ESX virtual machines.
• Working knowledge of VBlock and VCAC tool.
• Installed user services on RHEL5.x and OEL5.x.
• Installed VMware tools on ESX virtual machines.
• Migrated ext3 file systems across the ESX Linux virtual machines.
• Involved in 300TB of storage reclamation by finding out the zombie VMs.
• Created Change Requests using Jira 6.0 and participate in daily change review board meeting to get the approval for the changes.
• Created configuration items on CMDB
• Created Device Monitoring, Backup and Device Requests in HP service manager 7.10
• Responsible for planning, building and administration of Redhat EL 5/6 and OEL 5/6 servers.
• Installed and Configured Redhat 5/6, OEL 5/6 Physical machines using Kickstart and an internal tool called homer.
• Build about 150 RHEL and OEL virtual machines on ESX clusters using Vsphere 4.0.
• Logical Volume Management LVM , Installed Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 and created file systems, mirrored and striped volumes.
• Assigned IP addresses using Inflobox.
• Applying software maintenance, program fixes and keeping the system software releases current.
• Involved in postproduction support for solving complex TICKETS.
• Worked with team to troubleshoot Development issues on production environment, attended weekly status calls and discuss about resolved issues and ongoing issues.

Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0/4.0/5.9/6.4 OEL 5.9, Solaris 9/10, HP Proliant, SUN SPARC Veritas Netbackup 4.5 Oracle 9i/10g WebSphere Application Server 3.5/4.0.x HP Service manager 7.1 Cron Jira 6.0 VMWare ESX servers, Hitachi.