PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Multilingual, fluent in English, French and Russian Languages
• DevOps/Infrastructure/Solaris Systems Engineer, with over 10+ years of experience in a multiplatform Unix and Linux environment with hands - on experience in the administration and management of Solaris 10 operating systems and Red Hat 6 & 7 , 8, SuSe linux , Centos 6, and 7, Ubuntu . In multiple environments of over 3000 servers
• Excellent experience working both with Virtual and Physical severs
• Good Experience in Engineering Pre-Sales and advice on products
• Good Experience of configuring and using automation tools (ANSIBLE), ANSIBLE TOWER, containerization (DOCKERS), orchestration (KUBERNETES/DOCKER SWAM), TERRAFORM, PACKER
• Good knowledge of using VAGRANT for creating virtual Environments
• Experience with Database analytic tools like GRAYLOG
• Managing features of Amazon web service (AWS) like creating instances (EC2), storage (S3), Redshift, Amazon Glacier, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline Cloud Formation, IAM, ELB, ECS, EKS, VPC, AWS Security etc
• Expanding local or on Premises LAN into cloud, thereby setting a hybrid cloud network
• Virtual Source Control (GIT) and continuous integrations CI/CD, Jenkins
• Good Knowledge of VMware ESXI
• Good knowledge in Security Patching and Remediation on Linux and windows environment (Nessus Vulnerability scanner, Symantec DCS)
• Configuring Hypervisors on Bare metals
• Good BASH SHELL SCRIPTING skills
• Apache/Tomcat Installation and Deployments
• Excellent Knowledge of using Confluence, Jira and slack
• Excellent Experience working in and Agile and Scrum environment
• Adaptable, collaborative, strong team player, detail oriented, ability to multitask, excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work within strict deadlines and with a wide spectrum of people
• Solid background in systems and software installation, user and group administration, role base access control, file transfer and sharing; competent in file systems, volume and storage management, patch management amongst others.
• Deeply proficient critical thinker with superior ability to surface underlying customer issues / concerns and identifying root causes and develop recommendations
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight datelines

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Liaison with development team to test and deploy software in the Docker environment
• Assist with the setup, design and maintenance of AWS cloud integration
• Implemented AWS Cloud platform and its features which includes EC2, VPC, EBS, AMI, SNS, RDS, EBS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, AWS Config, Autos calling, Cloud Front, IAM, S3, R53 AWS Security, etc
• Configuring and deploying infrastructure as a code with Terraform
• Create secure Docker application images and interface with the development team
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Kubernetes cluster/infrastructure
• Using Docker Swam , and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Installation and configuration of Kubernetes using EKS service in AWS
• Refactoring of monolithic applications to a Microservices and Component based architectures.
• Creating identical machine images for multiple platforms using Packer
• Managed complete development testing environment using Ansible and created a dynamic test environment using Vagrant
• Configuring and deploying infrastructure as a code with Terraform
• Searched, analyzed log files, across servers and created optimized indexes and derived analytics on Graylog Software
• Designing and building HA Linux servers, and performing general linux administration duties, especially on RHEL, Centos 7 and Ubuntu clusters ( Glusterfs, nfs ) and linking them to Kubernetes
• Single Sign on(SSO) configuration and administration for LDAP and AWS, IAM management
• Patching linux and windows servers for security and making sure they are well secured using Symantec DCS and Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
• Installing SQL server Big Data Cluster on Linux VMs (CentOS, RHEL and Ubuntu)
• Maintain codes for Continuous integration deplyments: CI/CD, using Jenkins, Git
• Configured Ansible Automation tool on RHEL 6&7, Centos 6&7, Ubuntu while include ssh- key generation, creating inventory files, Group var customization, Creating roles & playbooks. Using ANSIBLE to configure and back Cisco routers and Dell Switches. Also Automated Patching for Windows and Linux servers as well as automated CI/CD Pipeline
• Using Ansible Tower to perfom role-based access control, including control over the use of securely stored credentials for SSH and other services. Using Ansible Tower to configure servers, deploying applications, automating playbooks, and general IT orchestration (running tasks in sequence and creating a chain of events to run on several different remote servers).
• Bash scripting and configuring applications such as Apache, Nginx, MySQL, etc.
• Linked Apache Spark (Data Processing), Apache Ignite (Data Cache) and MINIO (Unstructured data storage system) to Kubernetes, for scalability and availability. A BIGDATA PROJECT
• Respond to email and phone requests when required
• Respond to DevOps tickets
• Build, Install, configure brand new virtual servers, test, and deploy Solaris 9&10, RHEL 6 and 7, 8 CentOS 6 and 7 , Ubuntu servers to the network: OS installation and configuration and troubleshooting servers from scratch.
• Monitoring servers using Nagios and PTRG Monitoring tool
• System Hardening and Monitoring, Patching (Redhat, Linux servers, Solaris 10 Servers using 10-Recommended patches), and upgrades (release), on standalone servers (using single user mode), and on production servers (live upgrade)
• Installation and configuration of OpenLDAP for centralized authentication on Linux machines
• Installation and configuration of GIT, managing Git which includes openLDAP and ssh authentication, creating new repositories.
• Performing backups, troubleshooting and problem resolution for servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure
• Work on Central Management Server (Vcenter) to manage all the ESXi hosts in the datacenter
• Analysing VM-support logs for ESXi servers to diagnose the root cause of problems
• Update network hardware and software
• Available for on call escalation
• Collaborate with the Manager of IT to design and implement solutions with objectives, policies and procedures in mind
• Maintain network documentation and maintenance plan
• Participate and execute Agile and other development processes and methodologies.
• Performing related duties as assigned.

Confidential

DevOps/Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build Docker containers and used Kubernetes to manage and orchestrate the containers
• Continuous integration developments: CI/CD, Jenkins, Git
• Migration of windows, Red Hat, and Linux servers to AWS. Mostly used Aws server migration services and cloud endure for migration, backup and disaster recovery. Also performed functions in AWS like connected to EC2 from windows and linux, attached s3 buckets.
• Designing and building HA RHEL, Centos 7 and Ubuntu clusters ( Glusterfs, nfs ) and linking them to Kubernetes
• Managed complete development testing environment using Ansible and created a dynamic test environment using Vagrant
• Creating identical machine images for multiple platforms using Packer
• Configuring and deploying infrastructure as a code with Terraform
• Patching linux and windows servers for security and making sure they are well secured using Symantec DCS and Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
• Installing SQL server Big Data Cluster on Linux VMs (CentOS, RHEL and Ubuntu)
• Migrated windows and linux servers, storage management and configuration, used technologies like Dockers containers and Kubernettes, troubleshoot and configuring ports and endpoints, ssh connectivity issues, installing management packs, databases configurations.
• Designing and building HA Linux servers, and performing general linux administration duties, especially on RHEL, Centos 7 and Ubuntu clusters ( Glusterfs, nfs ) and linking them to Kubernetes
• Single Sign on(SSO) configuration and administration for LDAP and AWS, IAM management
• Involved in setting up a hybrid cloud environment and expanding the local LAN to the AWS cloud. Responsible for spinning up AWS RHEL6, 7 & 8 and Windows Server 2019 on EC2 instances. Install and configure samba file server on the RHEL6,7, 8 on AWS EC2 instances, as well as configuring File and print sharing on the Windows server 2019 EC2 instances.
• Creating Identical machine images for multiple platforms using Packer
• Configuring and deploying infrastructure as a code with Terraform
• Searched, analyzed log files, across servers and created optimized indexes and derived analytics on Elasticsearch
• Map network drives from local Windows 10 NOS systems to the RHEL8 EC2 Samba shares as well as the Windows Server 2019 EC2 shares
• Automate tasks in AWS using Ansible, Git and Shell scripting
• Using Ansible for configuration, automation and deployment of applications on over 93 servers
• Used Ansible tower to perform role-based access control, including control over the use of securely stored credentials for SSH and other services. Used it in configuring servers, deploying applications, automating playbooks and general IT orchestration (running tasks in sequence and create a chain of events to run on several different remote servers)
• Managing features of Amazon web service (AWS) like creating instances (EC2), storage (S3), Redshift, Amazon Glacier etc
• Linking Jenkins, Docker with AWS, the build CI/CD pipelines and run them with Ansible
• Automate and configure Linux servers, automate backups for Cisco routers/Dell switches, automate Windows/Linux/Solaris updates & upgrades using Ansible including other administration tasks
• Used Ansible Tower to perfom role-based access control, including control over the use of securely stored credentials for SSH and other services. Used Ansible Tower to configure servers, deploying applications, automating playbooks, and general IT orchestration (running tasks in sequence and creating a chain of events to run on several different remote servers)
• Build Docker containers and used Kubernetes to manage and orchestrate the containers.
• Provisioning windows servers (Choosing datastore, choosing IP address and subnets, cloning template, Hardening and connecting to the domain, installing SEP/KACE and other apps, updating documentation, setting up in PRTG)
• Performed patches and hot fixes on windows servers
• Writing bash shell scripts for automating linux servers
• |Documenting work activities and Projects in Confluence sofware
• Creating, editing and commenting tickets in Jira
• Using Slack for internal communication with team Members
• Build, Install, configure brand new virtual servers, test, deploy Solaris 10, RHEL 6 and 7, CentOS 6 and 7, Ubuntu servers to the network: OS installation and configuration and troubleshooting servers from scratch
• System Hardening and Monitoring, Patching (Redhat, Linux servers, Solaris 10 Servers using 10-Recommended patches), and upgrades (release), on standalone servers (using single user mode), and on production servers (live upgrade)
• Installing and configuring Hypervisors on Bare Metals (Dell Servers)
• Analyzing systems logs on different Operating systems both on virtual systems and Bare Metal with Hyper-V installed.
• Use of Access control list (ACL) in user management and security
• Good knowledge using Ansible for automation and Orchestration, writes bash shell scripts to automate processes; Installs packages and applications of Ansible
• Configure, install Apache and Tomcat on Red Hat, Solaris 10 and LINUX Servers, for virtual and web hosting; building and hosting websites; configure web hosting and DNS settings: install and configure Samba for quick publishing using a third-party web page maker.
• User and security management in UNIX/LINUX, Windows, create client profiles, accounts, user ID setups, assigning access rights.
• Setup, configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS; NFS, CIFS, and samba servers in a multiplatform LAN. Good use of other protocols like SMTP, FTP, HTTP, TELNET, etc.
• Perform multiplatform volume management using SWAP, SVM LVM, ZFS volume manager, and VERITAS volume manager; installed and configure a LAN wide NAS (Free NAS) used for creating LUNs and attaching to windows servers and to Solaris 10 servers using iSCSi
• Configure an IPA Server (Free IPA)
• Package Management using both RPM and YUM tools
• Shell scripting (bash) to schedule and automate processes including full and incremental backups using tar, migrate and enlarge file systems on Solaris 10.
• Managing SWAP configurations
• Configure an IPA Server (Free IPA)
• Build, configure, secure, deploy Red Hat, Linux and Unix (Solaris 10 systems)
• Build, Install, configure, secure, deploy and migrated Solaris 10 local zones (spare root or whole root zone)
• Troubleshoot Solaris 10 Centos 6&7, Redhat 6, 7 & 8, issues emanating from hardware and software related and configuration issues
• Virtualization (Oracle Virtual Box) and VMware ESXi
• Configure remote desktop Access to a Windows server and a Windows NOS
• Responsible for data management using native Solaris utilities for archiving, compression backup and restore.
• Supporting system users and troubleshooting system issues. Document solutions for future .
• Installing and maintaining the operating system and related software products.
• Participating in root-cause analysis of recurring issues, system backup and security setup, Provide 24X7 support in Production Testing and Development environments.

DevOps/Cloud System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Build Docker containers and used Kubernetes to manage and orchestrate the containers.
• Migration of windows, Linux, Red Hat, and Linux servers to AWS.
• Manage CI/CD tools, infrastructure and build pipelines (Jenkins).
• Managing features of Amazon web service (AWS) like creating instances (EC2), storage (S3), Redshift, Amazon Glacier etc
• Analyzing systems logs on different Operating systems both on virtual systems and Bare Metal with Hyper-V installed.
• Source Code Repository management: Git & GitHub.
• Designing and building HA Linux servers, and performing general linux administration duties, especially on RHEL, Centos 7 and Ubuntu clusters ( Glusterfs, nfs ) and linking them to Kubernetes
• Single Sign on(SSO) configuration and administration for LDAP and AWS, IAM management Ansible for automation and Orchestration, writes bash shell scripts to automate processes
• Build, Install, configure brand new virtual servers, test, deploy Solaris 10 and 11, RHEL 6.and 7, CentOS 6 and 7 servers to the network: OS installation and configuration conf.
• Configure, install Apache on Red Hat, Solaris 10 and LINUX Servers
• Performing system admin duties on Red Hat and Centos servers using SuSe linux Platform
• Patching linux and windows servers for security and making sure they are well secured using Symantec DCS and Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
• Used Ansible Tower to perfom role-based access control, including control over the use of securely stored credentials for SSH and other services. Used Ansible Tower to configure servers, deploying applications, automating playbooks, and general IT orchestration (running tasks in sequence and creating a chain of events to run on several different remote servers)
• Automate and configure Linux servers, automate backups for Cisco routers/Dell switches, automate Windows/Linux/Solaris updates & upgrades using Ansible including other administration tasks
• Package Management using both RPM and YUM tools
• Provisioning windows servers (Choosing datastore, choosing IP address and subnets, cloning template, Hardening and connecting to the domain, installing SEP/KACE and other apps, updating documentation, setting up in PRTG)
• Performed patches and hot fixes on windows servers
• Extensive use of Blade Logic server for automation and deployment of windows servers

Linux/Windows System Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed patches and hot fixes on windows servers
• Extensive use of Blade Logic server for automation and deployment of windows servers
• Installation and troubleshooting windows servers
• Setup and management of a domain and Active Directory on a Windows 2008 server; install and configure a samba server on a Solaris 10 and mapping to the windows 2008 server
• Configuring and updating vital parameters in windows servers like DNS, WINS etc
• Deploy and maintain SCCM for clients
• Performing system admin duties on Red Hat and Centos servers using SuSe linux Platform
• Writing bash shell scripts for automating linux servers
• Unix and linux crash management resolution
• Package Management using both RPM and YUM tools
• Creating and managing files and folders to and from Git/Github
• Automate deployment of patches on multiple servers using Ansible playbooks
• Automate using ansible to run Cron Jobs to perform Scheduled Backup’s
• Ability to use cloud formation to provision infrastructure resources in the cloud environment
• Managing incidents and creation of reports to summarize issues and problems
• Using Kerberos as the authenticating protocols to secure the file server through the key distribution center.
• Provisioning windows servers (Choosing datastore, choosing IP address and subnets, cloning template, Hardening and connecting to the domain, installing SEP/KACE and other apps, updating documentation, setting up in PRTG)

IT DESKTOP ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Support in-house users on issues related to computer hardware, software, mobile devices, peripherals and network connection.
• Setup and configure new user desktop computer/laptop, software, network access and accounts (email, VPN, etc).
• Back up for the Sr Network Administrator in supporting server & network management (including routers, switches, hubs, and UPSs), and disaster recovery.
• Daily data backup review to ensure successful backup was completed as scheduled.
• Provide initial computer related to new user - email, printers and other devices and on-going as required.
• Second line support for the stores’ point of sale applications, hardware, software, network, emails, voice and internet connectivity
• Configure, test, prepare, pack and ship POS system and peripherals to stores
• Provide off-hours support to stores and remote users including District Managers
• Participate in Security administration.
• Support all types of communications, including voice, internet, and data.
• Working knowledge of setup, installation and management of Remote Computer/Desktop/Server Management Software (Kace, SCOM, SCCM, Intune)
• Implement, revise and adhere to IT Standards & Policies