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Linux Engineer
To be part of a reputed organization which provides a steady career growth along with job
satisfaction, challenges and give value contribution in the success of the organization.
Work experience
WoodMackenzie
Linux Engineer - Houston, TX, 07/2016 - current
Design and update new Linux (Red Hat, CentOS) server images to meet application
requirements.
Development and automation of Linux server installation process. Reduced previous
manually intensive Linux server installation process to fully automated installations.
Day-to-day production support of 400+ Linux servers running RedHat Enterprise Linux ,
and CentOS
Responsibilities including new image design, handling customer requests,
troubleshooting and resolving server issues, and working with external vendors as
required.
Custom Apache Tomcat installations, configuration and troubleshooting as requested by
the DevOPs
Initiated project to centralize and automate linux server monitoring and alerting. Existing
methods were very manual and labor intensive. Improved efficiency and eliminated the
manual portion so that alerts were only received when needed.
Created, maintain, troubleshoot, configure and update multiple Linux environments for
services as Taxonomy, poolparty, ACM file servers, web-authoring and Splunk.
Monitored and responded to SolarWinds notifications.
Day-to-day production support of multiple VMware virtual machines.
Adept at using Change management and Incident management process.
Developed automated process for full imaging/deployment of VMWare servers.
Configured, installed, monitored and administered New Relic Alert Monitoring for prod,
non-prod as well applications. Also did the new relic integration with our company Slack
Channel to receive alerts in the channel instead of just emails.
Successfully led a team and completed VPN protocol transfer project from Blackshield to
Safenet for the whole company.
Developed various automated processes as requested.
Provide VMware Enterprise support by managing resources for virtual machines.
Maintain Linux/Samba integration with Active Directory.
Provisioned and managed Storage for Linux Environment for physical and Virtual
Servers.
Write shell Scripts when needed to automate processes.
Experienced in using Docker containers.
Automated updating and patching using Ansible.
Installed, configured and automated changes, maintenance and deployments by using
Ansible
Created and implemented templates for server deployments and required packages for
physical as well as virtual servers.
Registered/subscribed RedHat Enterprise servers and administered users, packages and
licenses for all the Linux servers for the company.
Responsible for custom LVM creations, deployments and transfer on prod as well as non-
prod servers.
Perform Root Cause Analysis.
Solid understanding of agile methodologies. Continuous Integration and Continuous
Delivery.
High attention to detail with proven ability to juggle multiple, competing priorities
simultaneously and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Analytical, problem solver, logical thinker with attention to detail.
JPMorgan Chase
L2 Linux Administrator/ Queue Manager - Houston, TX,
05/2013 - 05/2016
Diagnose and troubleshoot *Nix/Aix/Sun/servers
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a Linux
Advanced knowledge of Redhat, RedHat clustering
Advanced knowledge of Veritas Products such as VCS, VxVM, VxFS
Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment
Ability to develop strong client relationships
Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Tivoli / Net-SNMP.
Coordinate and document patching of servers following best PCI
compliance practices
Working knowledge of SAN environments connected to Linux systems
Ability to create and execute effective project plans
Ability to multitask and manage projects
Ability to complete tasks with minimal direct supervision
Design, implement, test, and improve disaster recovery procedures and
system designs
Interfacing with internal customers, inputting into technical solutions,
advising on best practice and validating new implementations
Developing and promoting standard operating procedures and creating
processes and tooling for operation efficiency
Coordinate the replacement/maintenance of the hardware
Competency using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows 2003/2008,
Debian/Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and VMware ESXi/Citrix XenServer
Troubleshoot and configure firewalls
Backup/restoration of data for different lines of business
Diagnosing and fixing the errors/faults with the hard
drives/motherboards/NICs/Iscsi drives/SAN storage
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities;
reading professional publications, participating in professional
organizations.Keeping the disk space and disk inodes under the listed threshold by
removing/moving/compressing old log and unnecessary files
Monitoring and configuring the servers settings as needed by the software
for optimal performance and stability
Adept with installation, configuration and troubleshooting of services such
as BIND, Apache, Sendmail/Postfix, NIS/LDAP and FTP
Provide recommendations for server security best practice methods to
mitigate software vulnerabilities and network based attacks
Dell PowerEdge Server Diagnostics through Dell Open Manage Server
Administrator and Intelligent Power Management Interface (IPMI)
Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: MS Project, PowerPoint,
Excel, MS Word and Microsoft Productivity applications.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with
particular emphasis on clear, detailed Business Requirements into Functional
Specifications, and generating reports for management.
Adapts to new systems and environments quickly, takes ownership of all
duties, meeting management skills, good work ethics, group and individual based
problem solving and decision making abilities.
Strong leadership and communication skills and working experience with
customers, end users and colleagues. Demonstrated ability to work in both
individual and team environments.
Improves customer satisfaction for GSO UNIX by assessing and analyzing
the LOB impact of the issue at hand
Concurrently performs duties as QueueManager and resolves P1S3s while
assigning critical issues to the best qualified SA.
Simultaneously serve as ShiftManager, QueueManager, and
SystemAdministrator; switch between the roles of Point of Contact for other
departments and serve as a technical and managerial information resource for
teammates.
In addition to serving as the backup for the QueueManager, actively work
on projects assigned by the shift managers not only including: addressing aged
tickets, fixing unknown assets, substantially reducing ticket volume, and
contacting customers regarding the current status on manual tickets in the queue.
Softlayer Technologies, INC.
Customer support Technician - Houston, TX, 06/2011 - 03/2013
Planning and Designing VMware VI3/vSphere (ESX3.5/ESXi 4.0/ESXi
4.1 and VMware VirtualCenter)
Installation, Configuration and maintenance of Hosted VMware products.
Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware VSphere4, ESX
3.5 and ESXi Server, VMware View.
VMware vSphere client, Virtual vCenter Server.
Installing, configuring and maintaining the VMware ESX 3.x / Virtual
Center 2.x servers
Creating, Installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines,
installing Guest Operating Systems like Windows, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu and
CentOS.
VMotion configuration & troubleshooting.
Guest OS template creation and User Account Management.
Install open source application like Apache, Tomcat.
Upgrade control panels and perform licensing, using GUI and command
line
Perform PHP and MySQL troubleshooting
Compile kernels and apache
Install PHP modules via GUI and by command line
Perform RHN satellite registration fixes
Troubleshoot YUM related issues
Perform firewall troubleshooting and configuration
Perform manual file system checks for bad blocks and bad sectors
Backup and restore data
Hostgator.com
Systems Administrator - Houston, TX, 02/2007 - 12/2010
Administered the Linux/Windows servers and clients
Initiated modifications and required changes via control panels (WHM)
Performed system restores and backups for clients
Diagnosed and resolved email-related issues
Interacted directly with phone technicians and external customers to
resolve issues
The Planet
System Administrator - Houston, TX, 05/2005 - 12/2006
Provided technical service to web hosting clients
Utilized SSH, KVM, and Remote Desktop to solve server-based issues
Configured and troubleshot the control panels (Plesk, Cpanel, Ensim)
Education
B.S. University Of Houston, Houston, TX (2012)
Skills
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified System Engineer and Microsoft Certified Professional, Windows
2000
Red Hat
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator
AWS
AWS Cloud Practitioner
References
Available on request
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