SUMMARY

• Experienced Linux System Administrator with strong background in system management which include but not limited to installation, configuration, and maintenance, securing and troubleshooting of Linux/window operating system. me is a dependable team player, problem solver, and teachable employee.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• ESXi, Hyper - V, KVM, and XEN Linux Redhat/Centos 5,6,7, VMware ESXi, Windows XP, Vista 7, 8, Mac OS.MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, WINSCP, Nagios/OMD, Putty, Jenkins, Samba, FTP, NFS, Git, Jenkins, DNS, DHCP, Confluence, JIRA, Kickstart, DenyHosts, Ansible, New Relic, Nagios, EM7 load balancer, OMD, Cacti, Nconf, MySQL, WebSphere, Apache, Ngnix, Tomcat, Jboss, SiteScope, Spacewalk, OSSEC, DenyHosts, Tripwire,, Lynis (Auditing tool), Git/Gitolite, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Stash, GitHub, Gitlab, bamboo, Postgres, Sendmail, Cron, SSH, FTP,NFS, Samba, DHCP, Fail2ban, Squid Proxy, PhpMyAdmin, LDAP (389 DS), Bind DNS, Zabbix, Splunk, FileZilla, WINSCP etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

System Engineer/Administrator

Confidential, Catonsville MD

Job Responsibilities

• Create, update and route trouble tickets in response to issues detected or trouble calls received.
• Image computers and remotely manage their software after deployment.
• Provide software and hardware tech support.
• Linux Installation and configuration from scratch and regular monitoring
• Network installation via centralized yum server for client package update.
• Network Configuration on Linux.
• Experienced in Red Hat Linux package administration using YUM
• Configuration and Administration of NFS, NIS, and DNS in LINUX environment.
• Implemented file sharing on network by configuring NFS on the system to share essential resources.
• Troubleshooting and resolving network issues.
• Documentation of activities performed and making the standard operating procedure (SOP).
• Linux file systems and user administration.
• Tomcat / Apache installation configuration and troubleshooting.
• Configuration like assigning IP addresses, configuring network interfaces, assigning static routes, hostnames etc.
• Manage IT asset warranties and software licenses for all departments.
• Design, code and update webpage and applications used by staff.
• Maintain departmental Microsoft SharePoint site used to share documents by staff.
• Setup and manage user accounts.
• Troubleshoot and fix NFS, TCP/IP, Net backup issues.
• Administer NFS on Red Hat, and Linux servers.
• Train new users to use computers, copiers, phones and business applications.
• Create, clone Linux Virtual Machines, templates using VMware Virtual Client 4.1.
• Manage systems routine backup, scheduling jobs, enabling Cron jobs, enabling system logging and network logging of servers for maintenance.
• RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management.
• Configure multipath, add SAN and create physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes.
• Installation and configuration of VxVM 5.0 and creating disk groups, volumes, increasing volumes

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installations and configuration of applications on both Physical machine and Virtual machine.
• Analyzes and resolves problems associated with the operating system, applications, and machine (Physical and Virtual).
• Performed installation, configuration, upgrades, Package administration and support for Linux systems on client side using Redhat satellite network server.
• Worked on Red Hat Linux installation, configuring and maintenance of applications on dis environment.
• Build servers using Kick Start, and VSphere Client.
• Worked exclusively on VMware virtual environment.
• Accomplished the Installation, Configuration and Administration of Web & Application Servers.
• Performed automated installations of Operating System using kickstart for Linux.
• Remote monitoring and management of server hardware.
• Package management using RPM, YUM and UP2DATE in Red Hat Linux.
• Worked on JIRA, adding users to JIRA, Implementing the password policy to JIRA users.
• Experience in using various network protocols like HTTP, UDP, FTP, and TCP/IP.
• Monitors systems performance and ensures compliance with security standards.
• Installation of development workflow tools such as Jenkins and Git.
• Setup and management of atlassian product suck as Jira, Confluence and bitbucket.
• Build and maintain server environments running Linux operating system.
• Install, Configure, maintain and administer Linux System using KickStart and Interactive Installation on many servers.
• Install hardware, software and monitor application performance and availability.
• Deploy new VMware vSphere 6.0 Server and upgrade existing vSphere latest vSphere 6.x release.
• Perform a variety of maintenance and end-user support to ensure that all workstations, servers and overall network performance meet the standards and requirements.
• Troubleshoot network related issues on various servers.
• Assist in developing strategic technical documentation and written communication to IT procedures.
• Monitor Service Desk tickets from queue providing assistance and customer maintenance and testing.
• Migrating various applications from physical, virtual, and cloud servers.

Help Desk Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation/upgrades of hard drives and memories for servers and workstations.
• Provide software and hardware tech support to all departments.
• Manage warranties and software licenses for all department computers.
• Installation of patches and packages.
• Installation and configuration of web applications.
• NFS configuration and administration.
• Setup and manage user accounts.
• Daily ticket assessment and update.
• Troubleshot network problems on Linux/Unix and Window servers.
• 24/7 on-call tiers 2 and 3 supports.