OBJECTIVE:

Currently working as a Unix System Administrator with 3 years of experience, looking for an opportunity in a well established organization that will enable me to use my strong IT skills and educational background that will lead to a lasting relationship

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Experience in Confidential, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Windows, WebSphere, and Networking environments.
Outstanding knowledge in programming and software including C,C++, DHTML, JAVA, and Oracle.
Experience in VMWare vSphere Client ESX 4.1.0,BMC, DreamWever and Microsoft Office,F Secure, Putty, Lotus notes, Puppet.
Expert in troublshooing hardware related problems.
Good understanding of ITIL process like inicident, change and problem management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

AIX EXPERTISE:

• Configure and support IBM AIX 4.3.x/5L/5.1/5.2/5.3 Environment
• Planning, Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of IBM HACMP V4.5 and V5.2
• Experience with LVM, User & System Resource Management, Job Scheduling and Paging Space
• Experience in creating CRON jobs to automate various system administration tasks using Crontab Utility
• Experience in Configuration of multiple logical subsystems utilizing IBM HMC with LPAR, NIM to install and manage LPAR
• Good understanding in Virtualization on IBM P5 systems
• Experience in LPAR, Dynamic LPAR and different Regatta servers like p630, p650, p670 and p690
• Knowledge in Unix Shell scripting, Unix Korn, Bourne and C shell scripting
• Experience in AIX System Dump Generation, resizing Dump devices and understanding errpt reports
• Monitoring system performance using utilities such as SAR, TOPAS, VMSTAT, IOSTAT, etc
• Experienced in working with different teams such as Network Engg., Database team and application teams to resolve the issues and provide Customer Satisfaction

• Expertise in implementation and designing of disaster backup and recovery plan
• Provided production support in an on-call rotation in a 24x7 environment

RED HAT LINUX EXPERTISE:

• Experience in Hardware and Installation along with Filesystem Administration
• Good Understanding of Boot Process and Package Management
• Configure User Administration and System Administration Tools, ILO

HP-UX EXPERTISE:

• System Administration Manager
• Installing HP-UX, System Startup, Shutdown, Software and Patch Management
• Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel and Peripheral devices
• HP-UX File System and Logical Volume Manager
• User and Group Management
• Dealing with HP-UX processes
• Memory and swap space management, System backup and recovery
• Automating jobs, System Performance and Monitoring
• Configuring LAN Interface Adapters, ARPA/Berkeley services
• Host name resolution and DNS
• Configuring and managing NIS, NFS, NTP

WINDOWS EXPERTISE:

• Outstanding knowledge on Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista
• Installing and Configuring Active Directory, Exchange Server, Managing Users and Groups
• Setting up Disk Quota, Enabling File Sharing, Accessing Files and Folders
• Managing Network Connections, Dial-Up and Internet Connectivity
• Managing Printing and Performing System Recovery Functions
• Proficient in Windows shell Scripting, Windows Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

WEBSPHERE:

• Deploying web services application
• Web services administration
• Policy sets, WS-secure conversation and transaction specification, Websphere admin console

NETWORKING EXPERTISE:

• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco GSR, 7500, 7000, 5300, 4000, 3000, 2600, 2500 series router
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco 6500, 5000, 3500, 2900 series switches
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco 525, 520, 515, 506 series Pix Firewalls
• Verify, configure and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and Interswitch communications
• Implement an IP addressing scheme
• Implement static and dynamic addressing services for hosts in a LAN environment
• Knowledge of VLSM and summarization
• Configure, verify and troubleshoot DHCP and DNS operation on a router using CLI and SDM
• Verify device configuration and network connectivity using ping, traceroute, telnet & SSH
• Verify router hardware and software operation using SHOW & DEBUG commands
• Manage IOS configuration files including save, edit, upgrade, restore
• Configure, verify and troubleshoot RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP
• Perform routing configuration for a static or default route
• Implement basic router security and configure operation status of a device interface
• Select the appropriate media, cables, ports and connectors to connect switches to other network devices and hosts
• Perform and verify initial switch configuration tasks including remote access management
• Identify, prescribe and resolve common switched network media issues, configuration issues, auto negotiation & switch hardware failures

• Configure VLANs, trunking on Cisco switches, interVLAN routing, VTP & RSTP operation
• Implement basic switch security, port security and trunk access
• Configure, apply and monitor ACLs based on network filtering requirements
• Troubleshoot NAT issues and WAN implementation issues
• Configure wireless network to ensure that devices connect to the correct access point
• Implement IPV6 in conjunction with IPV4 (including protocols, dual stack, tunneling, etc)
• Configure and verify Frame relay, VPN and PPP connection between Cisco routers

HARDWARE EXPERTISE:

• Troubleshooting all Hardware related problems
• Optimizing PC Performance, Preventative Maintenance, and Safety
• Upgrading PC Components, Cabling and Crimping Network Connectors

PROGRAMMING & SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:

• Outstanding knowledge in C, C++, HTML, DHTML, ASP, JAVA, COBOL, Oracle 8i, Perl, Lotus Notes 8.5
• VMWare Workstation, Dream Weaver, Microsoft Office, Symantec Internet Security etc

CERTIFICATIONS:
IBM AIX P-Series System Administration

EDUCATION:
Masters of Science in Information, Network and Computer Security
Bacehlor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Inc
Client: Confidential, AZ
UNIX System Administrator 
 08/09 to Present

Responsibilities:

• Member of 1st level UNIX Server Team which provides technical support for UNIX operating systems and hardware
• As a team member, I am a primary point of contact to business partners for resolving UNIX related issues, providing service restoration, troubleshooting system failures, and implementing UNIX hardware/software changes for the enterprise server environment
• Work in a 7X24 coverage environment along with corroboration with Web sphere, SANS, Network, Windows and Database teams to resolve issues as needed and maintain server availability and stability and provides input for improvement of team workflow
• Create scripts in Unix Shell scripting or Perl to fix standard tickets
• Knowledge of RS6000, HP9000, HPDL380 servers
• Knowledge of Best/1, Wily Introscope, FSecure, WSM and OVO monitoring
• Creating and managing paging space and system dump devices
• Recovering data in the event of disaster recovery
• Monitoring systems, cpu, memory and disk utilization using vmstat, netstat etc
• Worked with paging spaces
• Run security audits on servers and application on monthly/weekly basis
• Backups – Daily, weekly, monthly incremental and complete backups
• Disk Storage Management in AIX like Logical and Physical Volume management, configuring disks, working with volume groups, logical volumes, and physical volumes

• System Dump configuration and analysis

INTERNSHIP

Confidential, CA 
Jr. Network Engineer and AIX System Administrator
06/08 – 08/08

Responsibilities:

• Implement Cisco IOS Firewall IDS using 2600 series router
• Network Assessment and Documentation (including technical, operational, and economic assessment)
• Configure Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator to allow VPN clients
• Implement CiscoSecure Access Control Server (ACS 3.0) for Tacacs+/ Radius
• Configure Pix to Pix, and Router to Router VPN
• Redistribution of routing protocols and Frame-Relay configuration
• Performed Network Migration from RIP to OSPF
• Implemented System Administration and Performance Monitoring on AIX Servers
• Performed User Management like Creating, maintaining, and removing users and groups
• Configured Security settings on user accounts and groups
• Performance monitoring Task on AIX servers using IOSTAT, VMSTAT
• Trouble shooting booting related issues, root password recovery
• Troubleshooting hardware and operating System Problems and backup related issues
• Performed Rootvg backup and restoration using mksysb utility
• Proficiency using systems administration tools and applications
• Applying ML Service packs
• Networking, system security/hardening, IO monitoring and analysis
• Implemented Job Scheduling using CRON and AT

PUBLICATION & ORGANIZATION
Worked on a Research Paper in collaboration with the Dean of NYIT Management Department on Security Risk Analysis of RFID technology: A RFID Tag Life Cycle Approach. Which was published in IEEE Explore Member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)