Summary

Over 16 years of professional experience in Systems architecture application administration and Systems architecture experience with an emphasis on SUN, HP, Red hat, Linux, Storage, Windows NT hardware diagnostic skills, and backup and restore data and system files. Working knowledge of Oracle, Mysql databases and ERP like SAP Netweaver 7.0
Helped to lead team for all infrastructure issues including SAN storage, SAP, infrastructure planning, systems architecture like cloud computing setup , troubleshooting, dealing with problems or solutions that crossed functional boundaries into other groups.

Immigration status

EAD (can work without sponsorship for any employer)

Education

Master of Science.

Skills/Tools

Operating Systems
Sun : E6500, E5000, E4500, E6800Sunfire servers
HP : HP K-9000 servers, N-class servers, HP blade servers.
Dell : Power edge 2920, 6950
OS : HP UX 10.x, HPUX 11.x, Solaris 9.x, 10.0, AIX4.2, red hat ESS 4.0, Ubuntu
Storage :, EMC Clarion, Symmetrix, HP-EVA , Hitachi disk array,
Netapp DDS, Quantum ATL
Misc : DNS, NIS, NFS, AUTOMOUNTERS, M/C Service Guard, Ping, tracert, VERITAS vol mgr, LVMs,
Tools : TRIP WIRE, BIG BROTHER, VERITAS Net backup 5.0, 6.0
Cloud computing : Amazon EC2, Vmware Vsphere.
Web servers : Apache, Tomcat, Jboss
Database : Mysql 5.1 , Oracle 9.0, 10g
Microsoft : Windows 2003 server.
Switches : Brocade silkworm, Mcdata.

Experience

• Production planning and 3rd level support.
• Planning the disaster recovery and implementation procedures.
• Installation configuration of SAN, NAS devices including Hitachi, Netapp, EMC
• Installation and configuration of RAC for Oracle 9i environment.
• SOX auditing of the servers.
• Configuring the HP EVA, Hitachi, Netapp filer storage to various servers.
• Configuring virtual machines on VMware for the users.
• Designed procedures, Setting up Daily Checklist procedures, and Administration duties
• Managing backups using Net backup 6.0
• Installation and configuration of Sun cluster 3.2 on various servers.

System administration of Production and Development servers

• Managing the network across SAN devices like Net appliance, brocade switches
• Creating zones and containers in Solaris.
• Virtualization using Solaris 10 zones and Xen , Vmware
• Monitoring of systems using tools like site scope.
• Configuring vmotion for Vmware.
• Supporting users on MYSQL database
• Caching of Mysql using Memcached.
• Installation and configuration of Oracle data guard.
• Configured Red hat cluster.
• Working on kick starts, jumpstarts.
• Configured servers for cloud computing in Amazon EC2 cloud.

Environment: Solaris 9, Solaris 10, Hitachi 9900, Oracle 11i, Red hat ESS4.1, Netapp filers.
Xen, VMware, HP EVA storage, LDAP, cloud computing

Confidential,Palo Alto, CA July 2007 – Feb 2008
Sr. systems architect/Project lead

• Upgraded the OS from Solaris 9 to Solaris 10.
• Managed the storage on a Hitachi 9900 box.
• Managed the backups in Net backup environment and SAP production backups.
• Managing the network across SAN devices like Net appliance, brocade switches
• Installing and deploying applications on Java , Tomcat , and JBoss etc.
• Virtualization using Solaris 10 zones and Xen virtual servers.
• Monitoring of systems using tools like site scope.
• Supporting users on MYSQL database
• Configured memcache for Mysql .
• Installation and configuration of Oracle data guard.
• Load balancing using Net scaler .
• Configured Red hat cluster
• Configuring Vmware vmotion.
• Installation and configuration of Free BSD servers
• SOX auditing of the servers.
• Worked on allocating storage from HP EVA, Net app, Hitachi to the boxes.
• Worked on kick starting Linux and jump start of Solaris hosts.
• Installed and configured Oracle RAC.
• Zoning the brocade switches for SAN connectivity.
• Configured servers for cloud computing in Amazon EC2 cloud.

Environment: Solaris 9, Solaris 10,Hitachi 9900, Oracle 11i, Red hat ESS4.1, Netapp filers.
Xen, Vmware, cloud computing

Menlo park, CA

Sr. systems architect/Project lead

• Managing team of 5 junior administrators
• Managed full-life cycle implementation for SAP including -Feasibility Study, Requirements Gathering, RFP Process, Evaluation of RFP responses, Facilitation with the business owners during vendor selection process
• Production planning and 3rd level support.
• Planning the disaster recovery and implementation procedures.
• Installation configuration of SAN, NAS devices including Hitachi, Netapp, EMC
• Installation and configuration of RAC for Oracle 9i environment.
• SOX auditing of the servers.
• Designed procedures, Setting up Daily Checklist procedures, and Administration duties
• Managing backups using Net backup 6.0
• Installation and configuration of Sun cluster 3.2 on various servers.

System administration of Production and Development servers

• Managing the network across SAN devices like Net appliance, brocade switches
• Installing and deploying applications on Java, Tomcat, and JBoss etc.
• Virtualization using Solaris 10 zones and Xen
• Monitoring of systems using tools like site scope.
• Supporting users on MYSQL database
• Installation and configuration of Oracle data guard.
• Load balancing using netscaler.
• Configured Red hat cluster
• Installation and configuration of Free BSD servers

Environment: SAP 4.6, Oracle 9i, HP-UX 9 11.i, Solaris 10, Hitachi , Red hat ESS 3.1, Centos, Net backup 6.0 MP4, Netscaler 6.0, Tomcat, Jboss, Mysql, Perl.

San Jose, CA

Senior Systems architect/Lead

• Managed team of 4 administrators.
• Worked in Enterprise search team for administering various servers.
• Worked on setting up new servers in Phoenix.
• Setup and configuration of Net scalers for load balancing.
• Worked on the VERITAS cluster 4.1 for the monitoring of various nodes like DENVER, Phoenix, etc.
• Managing the storage like EMC, Hitachi, and Netapp.
• Administering the systems and managing the various applications.
• Working with application development team for coordinating releases.
• Worked on application launch of EBay Express, Kjiji etc.
• Planning disaster recovery process.
• Involved in datacenter migration from Denver to Phoenix.
• Application support for the search team.
• Supporting users running applications like Java , Tomcat
• Upgrading the OS from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10.

Environment: Solaris 10, Hitachi 9900, Oracle 11i, Red hat ESS3.1, Netapp filers, VCS 4.1, Net backup 6.0,Netscaler 6.0

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA Feb 2005- Jun 2006

Senior Systems architect

• Involved in architecture, design of various projects in Symantec.
• Working on decommissioning the systems, in the Sunnyvale datacenter to Tucson.
• Have good experience on SAN products like Hitachi, EMC, and Network appliance.
• Worked on supporting ERP applications like Oracle 11i, SAP.
• Automating application using shell and Perl scripts.
• Supported Linux servers Red hat Ess4.1 running various applications
• Working on various on support on ongoing projects like OASIS, SLIM etc.
• Installation and configuration of Free BSD servers
• Installed monitoring software like Relic ore for monitoring applications.
• Managing the backups using Net backup 6.0.

Environment: Solaris 9, Hitachi 9900, Oracle 11i, Red hat ESS4.1, Netapp filers, Free BSD.

Mountain View, CA
Senior Systems architect UNIX

• Administering the day to day systems administration support of SAP environment.
• Performance tuning and monitoring of the production servers which were on SUN fire servers and HP-UX
• Installed and configured the M/C service guard cluster for the SAP production database server.
• Upgraded the OS from Solaris 8 to Solaris 9.
• Managed the storage on a Hitachi 9900 box.
• Managed the backups in Net backup environment and SAP production backups.
• Configured the sun cluster 3.0 for running Oracle database.
• Installation and configuration of the AIX boxes upgrading from 4.5 to 5.0
• Configuring the LPARS
• Installed and configured Red hat cluster.
• Accelerated SAP methodology. Online system refreshes, Client Copy, System Monitoring,
• Designed procedures, Setting up Daily Checklist procedures, and Administration duties
• The severs included a SAN environment with the M/C data switch
• System administration of Production and Development servers

Managing the network across SAN devices like Net appliance, brocade switches.

Environment: SAP 4.6, Oracle 8i, HP-UX, 11.i, Solaris 2.9, Hitachi, Net backup, Red hat ESS 3.1,AIX 5.0

Confidential, Jun2001- May 2003

Dendrite supports major pharmaceutical clients like, Pfizer, Sanofi, Solvay, P&G, Whitehead MIT (Genome research) in their IT infrastructure and CRM developments

Responsibilities

• Involved in installation, planning and setup of the Data Center consolidation.
• SUN servers, EMC 3930 from the New Jersey data center to Chesapeake, VA, which is the global data center.
• Implanting I2 supply chain , SCC, CIS, SPOKE application server and administering them
• Installing and configuring Web methods for middleware
• Configuring SEQUEL link for the ODBC connectivity
• The severs included a SAN environment with the M/C data switch

Worked on security products like KEON for authorizing DMZ servers

• System administration of Production and Development servers
• Installing and administering Solaris 2.5, 2.6,8
• Installed and configured web servers like Web logic, I-Planet(Netscape)
• Did performance tuning on the web servers collecting the statistics
• Did the performance tuning of WEBLOGIC servers
• Installed multiple virtual servers
• Configuring disks in a Hitachi box with zoning for various boxes
• Responsible for managing EMC fabric for fiber and SCSI disks.
• Managing the network across SAN devices like Net appliance
• Configuring the EMC, Hitachi disk arrays using SRDF for Oracle Databases, which are more than 1-, Tera byte in size.
• Administration of application web servers running Web force and CRM applications running on Web logic
• Installed and configured VERITAS volume manager, VERITAS cluster server
• Conducted the tests for disaster recovery using SRDF
• Setup enterprise backup system using VERITAS Net backup. Configure the L700 and L1800 robot library. Setup backup class include oracle backup. Manager the backup system catalog
• Managing the backup and recovery solutions through Omni back, VERITAS net backup
• Troubleshoot production servers
• Configuring the MCdata fiber switch to share a fiber channel connection to various hosts.
• Restoring and refreshing the various databases
• Performance tuning of WEBLOGIC servers
• Applying I2 drops for the SCC, CIS servers
• Promoting WEBMETHOD packages
• Implemented dual channel connection on the HP/SUN servers for redundancy
• Configuring the quantum ATL , DDS tape libraries
• Installed the Emmetrix server for the ORACLE database & web interface
• Using the VERITAS cluster server for clustering the servers
• Managing the network using HP Open view ITO manager and Network node manager.
• Implementing Jumpstart, Installation OS, Volume manager, Vxfs, SSH2, NIS, Send mail, NFS Auto mount, Cache File system for NFS.
• Logical Security Analysis using TRIPWIRE, MEDUSA etc

Confidential,VA. Feb 2001-Jun 2001

• Network management and checking network link healthiness across locations.
• Mail Administration and IT Security management.
• DNS / NIS / NFS configuration and administration.
• Worked on security products like KEON for authorizing DMZ servers behind the firewall
• Logical Security Analysis using TRIPWIRE, BIG brother etc
• Installed and configured VERITAS volume manager, VERITAS cluster server
• Administering the web services running on Apache
• Installed and configured web servers like Web logic, I-Planet(Netscape)
• Performance tuning on the web servers collecting the statistics
• Performance tuning of WEBLOGIC servers
• Migrated from Web logic ver 5.1 to 6.1
• Installing and administering Solaris 8
• Configured the custom jump start for Solaris 8
• Supported the ORACLE DBAs in all the oracle related issues
• Checking on remote system status, transferring files using rcp ftp between systems.
• Installed Oracle 8 for a test lab
• Recognized problems with search paths, permissions and ownership and resolved them.
• Configured swap space and created local mail system and local mail alias.
• Monitored processes taking the incremental and daily backups using Net Backup
• Using VERITAS cluster server for redundancy
• Installation Sun E6500, E5000, E4500,Sunfire
• Logical Security Analysis using TRIPWIRE, MEDUSA etc
• Shell scripts for automating jobs.

Environment: Solaris 8, Win NT

Confidential,Kentucky USA Sep1999 -Jan 2001
UNIX System Administrator tech lead

UPS is the premium-packaging carrier in USA with more than 2000 offices in USA all of them inter connected over WAN for package tracking. The data center had more than 500 servers for which I was solely responsible.

Responsibilities:

• Installing and administering various operating systems like Solaris 7
• Configuring the DNS for Internet and Intranet connectivity for the UPS offices.
• Maintaining the in house LAN for healthy network connectivity.
• Managing the NFS, NIS servers across the network.
• Documentation of system reports and activities.
• Installing and configuring VERITAS cluster server and volume manager
• Using VERITAS cluster server for redundancy
• Process utilization and capacity planning
• Installed and configured VERITAS foundation suite
• Installed and configured the network printers
• Administering the web services running on I-planet, Apache
• Configuring the EMC, Hitachi, Clarion disk arrays for various servers
• Supported the users and debugged the problems for them
• Migrated data from the old servers like E4500 to E6500
• Developed and implemented plan on Y2K compliance
• Writing Korn shell, C scripts using for automating the process
• Supported the users in heterogeneous environment
• Installed the APACHE server for the company intranet
• Preventive maintenance of the Servers
• Loading DNS entries for default router
• Loading backup solutions

Environment: Solaris 7, HP 11.X, Win NT4.0