SUMMARY

• AWS Certified (Associate) Solutions Engineer with good experience in Building, deploying migrating applications in to AWS.
• Team - oriented system & Cloud engineer with 15+ years' experience in system and network administration.
• Experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) provisioning and good knowledge of AWS services like EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, ELB, RDS, IAM, Glacier, SNS, SWF, ELASTIC BEANSTALK, Route 53, Auto scaling, LAMBDA, Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, Cloud Front, Cloud Formation, Security Groups.
• Designed, investigated and implemented websites on Amazon Web Services AWS.
• Experience in integration of Amazon Web Services AWS with another applications infrastructure.
• Expertise in migrating Legacy applications from On-premise to AWS.
• Experienced in developing web applications with a Dynamo DB, Mongo DB, Cassandra, Elastic Search or similar data store.
• Efficient in creating high availability applications on cloud adhering to DR and availability best practices.
• Hands on experience in building, maintaining production web infrastructures in Dev Ops, Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.
• Experienced in using Configuration management tools Puppet, Chef etc.
• Experienced in defining new architectures and ability to drive project from architecture standpoint.
• Designed Cloud Formation Templates for provisioning and updating AWS resources.
• Experience in using various network protocols like HTTP, UDP, FTP, and TCP/IP.LinuxInstallation and configuration from scratch and regular monitoring.
• Experience in administering VMware Infrastructure.
• Experience in System Administration, System Builds, Server builds, Installs, upgrades, Migration, Trouble shooting, Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance monitoring and Fine tuning.
• Worked on Red Hat Linuxinstallation, configuring and maintenance of applications on this environment.
• Expertise in creating and accessing Database using SQL Queries, PL/SQL scripts (Stored procedures, views, cursors, triggers and synonyms) on Oracle.
• Experienced in working in Linux environment with Apache Tomcat, experience on Amazon AWS.
• Thorough knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC.
• An effective team player, able to deal at all levels within an organization.
• Provided technical expertise and training to the user as well as ensured that the implementations follow the finest practice in configuration principles.
• Experience with architecture, technology innovations, standards, management and consulting experience in medium to large enterprise organizations.
• Managing server infrastructures and data center operations across multiple platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows).
• Design and Implantation of micro services architecture, Docker Solutions with HA and orchestration ( Docker Data center, Kubernetes)
• Working experience with Data center virtualization (VMware), Migrations and Hands on with automation and deployment tools
• Configured AWS IAM and Security Group in Public and Private Subnets in VPC.
• Designed and Developed the Backup and Archiving, Disaster Recovery in AWS Cloud.
• Demonstrate the capacity to deploy complex infrastructure using AWS CLI.
• Hands on experience in development of utilities using Shell and Python scripting to automate processes.
• Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining challenging goals and possess good communication skills and quick learning ability.
• Very good experience in IBM tools like Netcool Ominibus,Impact, ITM Monitoring, Netview.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VMware, VDI, P2V, V2V,ESXi, Virtualcenter, Virtual Storage (Access Control, VMFS Data stores),Snapshot, Horizon View VDI images, VMware workstation, templates, vMotion, High Availability DRS, Hyper-V, VMware View, NSX, VSan, vRealize, Site Recovery manager.

OS: Windows 2000,2003,2008,2012 / Linux,Unix,AIX, Solaris, AD, User Rights, DHCP,DNS, GPO, FSMO. Roles, NTFS, WSUS, SCCM,SCOM

Tools: VERITAS/Symantec Backup Exec,CA Arcserve Brightstor, Symantec Ghost, Suite Puppet, Shell, Bash, Share Point, BMC, Backup, AD tools, DFS, NFS, SSH, SFTP, FTP,NTP, rlogin, RPM, SMTP, YUM, Samba. Monitoring, Remote console administration like ILO,IMM, HMC, Shell scripting. PowerShell, Perl.

Monitoring Tools: Tivoli Omnibus, Tivoli Impact, IBM ITM 5, ITM 6, IBM Tivoli DM, TEC console, BMC Patrol, CA Wily, EMC Smarts, Solar winds, Nagios, Net view.zChange Management Service Now, Service Manager, CISM.

Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, LAN, WAN, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NAS, SAN, Firewalls.

Hardware: DELL Poweredge, HP Blade, HP ProLiant, Cisco & HP Switches, EMC SAN.

Devops: Docker, HA and Orchestration technologies, puppet.

Ticketing tools: CISM, Remedy, SMART.

Methodologies: Waterfall model, Agile.

Other Tools: MS Project, MS Visio, Excel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

System Engineer / Infrastructure specialist / AWS Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Comprehensive experience with AWS services like Amazon S3, RDS, EC2, Cloud Formation, Lambda, VPC, ELB, Glacier, Elastic Block Store, DynamoDB, Amazon RDS, CodeDeploy, CloudWatch, Amazon IAM, SES, SQS, Security Groups and Route 53 in Agile environment
• Tasks performed on performance tuning, capacity planning for AWS environments, monitoring, resource utilization and alerts using CloudWatch,implement hybrid architectures, routing private connections, peering and infrastructure zoning by VPC; CloudFormation templates to deploy infrastructure for environment creation; CodePipeline to design and implement a CI/CD pipeline
• Experience choosing right technologies from an array of deployment technologies like AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Opsworks, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon EC2 Container Service, and Amazon EC2 Container Registry
• Implemented Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI & CD) Process stack using GITHUB/GIT, Docker.
• Automated various infrastructure activities like Continuous Deployment, Application Server setup, Stack monitoring using Ansible playbooks and has integrated Ansible with Rundeck; also used playbooks to simplify and automate day-to-day server administration tasks
• POC Chef/ puppet to all servers, and used the chef node database to drive host configuration, DNS zones, monitoring and backups
• Experience in Chef Workstation setup, cookbooks, recipes and attributes along with bootstrapping instances and auto scaling integration
• Implemented a Continuous Integration and Continuous and Automated Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline with Docker, uDeploy and Subversion and AWS AMI’s, whenever a new Subversion branch get approved to trunk, Jenkins, our Continuous Integration (CI) server, automatically attempts to build a new Docker container from it, The Docker container leverages Linux containers and has the AMI baked in.
• Had experience working with logs and usage of REST and SOAP Services to provision and maintain accounts
• Created Docker images using a Docker file, worked on Docker container snapshots, removing images and managing Docker volumes also deployed Docker Swarm using Ansible
• Experience in Administrating/Managing Application Servers like Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, WebLogic and IIS.
• Production environment from a handful AMI's to a single bare metal host running Docker, Manage containers and container Images, Create custom container images.
• Created virtual images similar to production environment using Docker, developed and maintained containers on a private DockerHub
• Involved in Jira as defect tracking system and configure various workflows, customizations and plug-ins for Jira bug/issue tracker.
• Demonstrated experience of all layers of the TCP/IP stack and common Internet services/protocols such as SMTP, DNS, LDAP, NTP, HTTP.
• Overseeing and planning for the projects delivery & implementation.
• Revisit robust problem management process to reduce incidents and improve quality of systems.
• Manage demands of delivery for better efficiency and ownership, to achieve service excellence
• Track Monthly Performance Scorecards and KPI’s for the team.
• Support and coordinate Audit related queries.
• Manage all documentation and update change procedures for ESXi system.
• System Administration of 1300+ VM system & ESXi system across the Confidential region.
• Deploy and deliver the security patches through the SCCM.
• Monitoring through the Microsoft SCOM.

Environment: RHEL, Windows / AWS CloudFormation, CI / CD, GIT, Docker, Ansible, Jira, Mail servers / Application Servers/ Domain Servers, Database Servers and File Servers

Confidential, Columbus, OH

System Engineer / Associate

Responsibilities:

• SA engineering, provisioning, operations, support and maintenance on a RHEL environment
• Build and Migrate IBM monitoring tools to latest version (Netcool Omnibus/Impact etc)
• Server install builds, configure hardware peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage functions; Users, groups and quota administration
• Configure and administering servers like NFS, FTP, NTP, PTP, SAMBA, SMTP and POSTFIX in Red Hat distro
• Performance monitoring of CPU, memory and network issues
• Create VMs on Linux and Windows platforms using AWS
• Windows 2003 and 2008 Active Directory Installation and Configuration
• Installed ESXi 5.x, 6.x on Dell PowerEdge 320 servers along with configuring and creating VMs.
• Used VMware to create Virtual Machines, take snapshots and use templates to create VMs
• Custom application maintenance by debugging, installing new releases and patching
• Create shell scripts to automate tasks
• Internal IT experience like VPN, printers, IP based phones, tech support, documentation and best practices for internet security were maintained
• Performed RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management, scheduled backup and necessary restoration, continuously monitored server stacks.
• Configured Domain Name System (DNS) for hostname to IP resolution.
• Troubleshooting and fixing the issues at User level, System level and Network level by using various tools and utilities. Schedule backup jobs by implementing cron job schedule during non-business hours.

Environment: VMware, ESXi, RHVM, IPTables, IP bonding, Blade Servers, LVM, RAID, DNS, NFS, PTP, SMTP, SAMBA, Postfix, IBM Netcool, Ominibus, ITM, EMC SMARTS, VCOPS.

Confidential

System Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented CA Wily for Confidential (MQ/Websphere) application monitoring.
• Installed and configured LDAP servers to authenticate between Linux, Apple and Windows environments
• Designed and deployed a scalable LINUX infrastructure that seamlessly integrated a network storage server, LDAP servers and SAMBA servers.
• Reduced infrastructure complexity and improved development productivity
• Worked in coordination with administrators and team leads for design and implementation of VMware High Availability cluster on virtual machines and ESXi hosts
• Host guest ratio balancing with VMs and hosts along with tracking and backups
• Systems and network administration on MS Windows Servers 2000/2003/2008
• Programming services include design, develop, document, troubleshoot and maintain programs for systems; User services like documentation and transferring KTs
• Resolved security vulnerabilities by analyzing and recommending improvements in communications and network security at the component level
• Applied patches on all Linux Boxes from common repository using RPM.
• Worked on installation of Power path on all Linuxboxes.
• Configured and installed Auto mount and Jumpstart.
• Administrated DHCP, SMTP, DNS, NFS, NIS and Samba services in Linux.
• Responsible for Connectivity Issues among various Servers and Switches and responsible for installation of various hardware components on various servers.
• Troubleshooting Day-to-Day issues with various Servers on different platforms.
• File system Administration, setting up Disk Quota, configuring backup solutions on SAN/NAS storage.
• Responsible for patches for the operating system, building startup shell scripts, managing the automation of CRON jobs and managing file systems.
• Writing scripts using sh, ksh and bash for day-to-day administration.
• Troubleshooting logon problems, boot process and printing.
• Responsible for designing High Availability Solutions for different applications, using VERITAS Clusters/ Storage Foundation Suite.
• Reconfiguring Consoles, NIC on the servers and worked with SAN migrations team to bring the EMC disks online.
• Managed Disks and File systems using LVM on Linux.
• Monitored server and application performance & tuning via various stat commands (vmstat, nfsstat, iostat etc) and tuned I/O, memory, etc.
• Installation, Maintenance and Configuration of Computational Servers with corresponding and associated software on Linuxand Solaris Servers.
• Kernel upgrades for Linuxand Solaris.
• Configured Sendmail for the organization needs and solve customer identified problems
• Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and trouble-shooting more than 250 end user desktops.
• Creating NFS File System between different OS Platforms.
• Implementation and Management of Disk Quota on Linuxand Solaris Servers.
• Installation configuration and Administration of Mail Server - Qmail, Sendmail on LinuxServers.
• Implemented Kickstart/PXE Boot Servers that Rsync between multiple locations through restructured infrastructure for fail over and disaster prevention.
• Installation & Configuration of Logical Volume Manager - LVM, Veritas Volume Manager and Netbackup, RAID.
• Installation and Configuration of Oracle10i on Linuxserver.
• Planning and performing backups
• File transfer across systems using RSYNC over SSH.
• Configuration and Implementation of Security Systems with Firewall.
• Administration of Proxy Server, SSH, FTP Servers Administration.
• Configuring LDAP, DNS, NFS-NIS, Nagios and SAMBA servers and clients
• Wrote Scripts with Shell and PERL for User Management and Administration
• Automated Installation with Kickstart using cd-rom.
• Attended Workshop on System Security, SAN, NAS.

Environment: Linux, Solaris, Windows, Vmware, Sendmail, NFS, Qmail, LVM, Veritas, Netbackup, RAID, Oracle10i, RSYNC, SSH, Proxy Server, LDAP, DNS, Shell, Perl, IBM Tivoli tool sets, EMC SMARTS, CA Wily.

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Maintenance and Configuration of Computational Servers with corresponding and associated software on AIX, Windows Servers.
• Roll out Tivoli ITM, Netcool, Impact tools for the Monitoring.
• Implemented the Netview for the Network Monitoring.
• Configured Sendmail for the organization needs and solve customer identified problems
• Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and trouble-shooting more than 250 end user desktops.
• Creating NFS File System between different OS Platforms.
• Implementation and Management of Disk Quota on Linuxand Solaris Servers.
• Installation configuration and Administration of Mail Server - Qmail, Sendmail on LinuxServers.
• Installation and Configuration of DB2 on AIXserver.
• Planning and performing backups.
• File transfer across systems using RSYNC over SSH.
• Configuration and Implementation of Security Systems with Firewall.
• Administration of Proxy Server, SSH, FTP Servers Administration.
• Configuring LDAP, DNS, NFS-NIS and SAMBA servers and clients
• Wrote Scripts with Shell and PERL for User Management and Administration
• Automated Installation with Kickstart using cd-rom.
• Attended Workshop on System Security, SAN, NAS.

Environment: Windows OS, Linux, IBM Tivoli Netcool Omnibus, Tivoli Impact, Tivoli ITM 5 and 6

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Timely maintenance of Confidential systems in Confidential region.
• Keep the maximum uptime record for the servers.
• Build and test and deliver the new project systems
• Update and migrate the Confidential VAP system to new Solaris OS systems
• System administration of Sun Solaris OS servers across the Confidential region.

Environment: Windows OS, Sun Solaris.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Timely maintenance of Confidential Client systems in Confidential region.
• Keep the maximum uptime record for the servers.
• Build and test and deliver the new project systems
• Update and migrate the old system to new systems
• Migration of Windows NT 4 system to Windows 2000
• Build and Delivered the CA Unicentre project to Confidential clients
• Manage the client data center infrastructure and upgrade
• System administration.
• Deliver the new projects systems
• Migrate the old system to new environment.

Environment: Windows OS, UNIX.