10 Years of experience in Linux, Redhat 6/7/8, SUSE Linux, and Production Support of Operating Systems in VMWare Systems Infrastructure.
Experience in the installation, configuration, and support of Red Hat Linux, virtual (VMware), and physical environments.
Extensive knowledge of LVM volume groups, logical volumes, and file system creation, management, and troubleshooting.
Worked and coordinated with clients on the server build and post-deployment tasks, which included database and application configuration on the newly built servers.
Experience with 24/7 availability to support the production computing environments, providing on-call and weekend support.
Maintained support documentation and created knowledge base articles for continuous improvement.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Tech Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Linux
Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Ltd.
09.2021 - Current
Working as a SME for Linux RedHat for the team and managing break/fix, incident, and problem activities across the team.
Providing Tier 3 systems support and performing routine system administration tasks and system maintenance activities.
Performed a Linux upgrade from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8, system migrations, configuration, and troubleshooting on the Red Hat Linux environment.
Configuring and maintaining software and local repositories in the yum.repos.d directory.
Created and managed user and group administration and access privilege settings with SUDOERS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
Conducting KT sessions on customer service delivery and on-the-job training for the L1 and new joiners.
Sr Technical Services Specialist – Unix/Linux System Engineer
IBM India Pvt Ltd
08.2020 - 08.2021
Installed and upgraded packages and patches on RHEL 6/7 servers using RPM, YUM, and third party software applications.
Worked on daily change requests, including the configuration of file-system LVM and hardware replacements.
Created and managed user and group administration and access privilege settings with SUDOERS on the Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
Created file systems, increasing file systems using LVM.
Performance monitoring with SAR, Iostat, VMstat, MPstat, and other tools.
Investigated, identified, and documented root cause analysis for incidents that result in a service disruption.
Worked with various internal groups and customers to troubleshoot server, application, or hardware issues, provide resolution(s), and implement solutions.
Worked on troubleshooting tickets, i.e., hardware failure, rebooting servers, and replacing system boards.
Worked with various hardware and software vendors, from opening tickets to managing vendor responses and directions.
Sr. Engineer
Cloud4C (CtrlS Data Center)
1 2019 - 07.2020
Installation/ Configuration / Maintenance/ Trouble shooting/ Performance tuning of HP SUPERDOME, Dell, Huawei, Lenovo Servers
Handling Production, Development and Application servers and monitoring in a 24/7 environment
Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications
Implemented, developed and tested installation and update of file servers, print servers and application servers in all departments
Installing, configuring, and maintaining of FTP, PROFTP, SAMBA, and NFS servers
Creating and Expanding file system using LVM, increasing partition space
Fixing mount issues, checking file system integrity, running fsck in single usermode
User management and providing sudo access and enabled SSH for password less authentication for scheduling RSYNC
Schedule various regular and periodic tasks by using crontab, and Shell Scripting for reducing manual work
Implemented Ansible to manage all existing servers and automate the build/configuration of new servers
Installation and Configuration of LDAP and Integrated to Active Directory for Centralized login.
Sr. Linux Admin
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
01.2018 - 05.2018
Responsible for installation, configuration, and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems 6.x
User Administration and Group Administration Activities - Account Creation/Deletion
Granting the permission for appropriate user and directories
Handle the responsibilities of being a Technical Interface for Specific Clients
Modification, performing health checks on server by monitoring using iostat, top, vmstat, sar, netstat
Implementing changes patching, roll back patches, Kernel Upgrade, Firmware Upgrade, memory upgrade and Decommission of a Servers
Managing Swap Space and handling swap related issues
Creating and Managing LVM
Responsible for the creation of File Systems, Logical Volumes
Attending and closing the Service requests as per SLA
Software Installation from various methods like YUM, RPM
Helped to organize client's schedule and plan appointments.
Linux Administrator (L2)
International Business Machine (IBM)
01.2015 - 07.2017
Worked on Operating Systems: RHEL, Solaris, and AIX
Building and configuring the Physical servers like HP, Dell Blade Servers & Virtual machines through VM templates
Server Management using DRAC, ILO, RDP, Vmware VC
Upgrade REDHAT Linux during patching hours in every quarter for security compliance
Troubleshooting issues via Remote Technology Such as Remote desktop, putty, winScp, physical console like ILO
Fixing mount issues, checking file system integrity, running fsck in single user mode
Efficiently handled areas like Veritas volume manager
Creating Sub disks, plexes, and VERITAS Volumes, disk groups
Creating, resizing, restarting, and removing the volumes
Increasing the file system size by using vxassist & vxresize
Administrating VCS by managing service group, and adding & deleting a node in cluster
Start-up and fail over rules and policies in VCS
Interactions with various teams across bridge calls while working towards environment stability and availability.
Supervisor
Pioneer Engineering Works
11.2013 - 12.2014
Conducted routine inspections of incoming materials to check quality and compliance with established product specifications
Charged with staffing, performance management and reviews, coaching, mentoring, salary development and budget allocations
Measured effectiveness of customer success by defining operational metrics, tracking systems and reporting to executive team
Provided supportive link between external customers and internal operations
Meets billing operational standards by contributing billing information to strategic plans and reviews
Prior to ordering, to check all ex-stocks availability in central stores and sub stores
To ensure timely delivery of equipment, material & systems to support site installation works as per approved work program
All procurement process should comply with management approved procedures and policies with respect to time, cost, and quality
Excess materials from sites shall be returned back to central stores on monthly basis
Maintains company reputation & credibility by fair dealings and prompt payment
Responding to and coordinating all internal meeting requests, assisting in implementing the strategy as set by the Project
To follow up all enquirers, preparing proposals where necessary and facilitating show rounds with potential clients to show them our facilities.
Junior Software Engineer
Next Generation Technology - NETECH
01.2012 - 10.2013
Administering and managing the servers with Linux and Solaris on different hardware platforms
Monitoring & managing server's performance for optimization
Handling File system related issues
Analyzing network, disk, and processor performance statistics
Installation of packages and patches
Handling Service Management Facility tasks
Handling File management creation, deletion, assigning permission and ACL
Managing Swap Space and handling swap related issues
Understanding and analyzing the Telecommunication
Configuration of the Gateways on Linux
Preparing Test cases reports in accordance to ISO formats
Resolving Tickets and with various Technical issues including Monitoring and Trouble shooting
Coordinating with Higher Admin and end Clients to report Specification and Requirement.
Education
Information Technology -
JNTU University
Hyderabad
04.2001 - 04.2011
Skills
Linux 6/7/8, AIX, VxVm, VCS, and Vmware
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Timeline
Tech Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Linux
Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Ltd.
09.2021 - Current
Sr Technical Services Specialist – Unix/Linux System Engineer