ChidiNwachukwu

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Laurel MD 20724

Telephone: 301-***-****

Email:acrf1j@r.postjobfree.com

Certified Linux Systems Administrator and VMWARE Datacenter Virtualization Specialist

Proven field experience in Red hat Linux 5 and 6 Systems Administration, Created and Managed User Accounts, Built partitions and File Systems, configured Apache Web Server and SELinux, worked with VMWare ESXi and Redhat Cluster Servers, performed Patch Management, Software installs with YUM and RPM, Storage provisioning, Backup and Recovery, Logical Volume Management in a career of over 4 years.

Hands-on Linux Skills Set:

4 years with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Systems Administration

4 years with various Linux Distributions Installation, Configuration and Maintenance

3 years on System Backup, Recovery, Redundancy and Failover

3 years of Linux User and File System Management

3 years of Support for VMWare ESXi environment

3 years of support for Oracle and MySQL Databases deployed in a Linux environment

3 years of Linux Package and Patch Management using Yum, RPM, Red Hat Satellite

Experience Summary:

Vital Networks Group, Silver Spring MD January 2012-present

Linux Systems Administrator

Executed software patches, system installation and configuration on Redhat platform

Provided both remote and On-Site System Administration support for Red Hat Linux Servers

Setup and configure of Kernel Based Virtual machines on Red hat Enterprise Linux Servers

Have experience configuring Linux guest and supported VMWare infrastructure

Created and activated Swap volumes to enhance system performance

Used Logical Volume Management Commands to create,manage,grow and extend LVM volumes

Monitoring system infrastructure and network with Nagios

Hardening systems with Security Enhanced Linux and File System Special permissions

File transfer with NFS, Enabled Autofs for remote File Systems FTP, SAMBA, SSH etc.

Installation and configuration of Apache Webserver in a LAMP stack and from source.

Configured DNS and local YUM repository for software package management.

Experience with Role Based Access Control and Systems Security Administration

Built and configured Virtual Linux Servers using VMWare ESXi and Vsphere Client.

Performed user, group and file system management on both physical and virtual machines

Provide support to high end Red Hat and Window servers hosting MySQL database

Planned ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimizations

Configured, setup and provision Dell PoweredEdge Server enabling Virtualization

Enabled IP Tables Firewalls, disabled services and block ports to ensure system security

Configured primary and secondary network interfaces VM with Hostname, IP and Gateway records

Configured and deployed various Linux Distributions such as Redhat, Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora

Hi Qu Inc., Laurel MD February 2011-January 2012

Information Technology Analyst

•Performed network installation, configuration and monitoring for network devices

•Troubleshooting internet connectivity in LAN and WIRELESS Networks

•Executed User Account and Email accounts provisioning

Monitored and responded to network alerts, outages and other critical events

•Maintained current Information Technology Inventory in accordance with SLAs

•Maintained records of daily business transactions, problems and remedial actions

•Used Web based ticketing System to transmit client request to senior technical team.

•Planned and implemented Patch Management programs for LAN/WAN infrastructure

Regent Care Services Inc. December 2009- January 2011

Tech Support

•Set up local Area network (LAN), Network Printers and Scanners

•Checked computers on store network

Created shared network drives and folders and personal drives for users.

•Ensured that client’s computers had access to SERVERS and other Network resources

•Updated and documented Helpdesk tickets with Remedy ticket system.

•Resolved software and hardware issues for clients

•Performed Customer Technical support services

Operating Systems and Software/Hardware

Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, CentOs 6.5 Ubuntu 12.2.

Virtualization: KVM build on Dell Server Power Edge 2950 servers,

Bare-metal setup and configuration of DRAC for Server Management

Setup and configure VMWARE Hypervisor for Virtualization.

Configuration Management: Kick-Stat network installation, Puppet, Tomcat, Local Repository, NFS etc.

Network Administration and Protocols: tcp/ip, udp, dhcp, dns, ftp, http/https, samba, BIND, ISCSI etc.

Information security hardware integration and system hardening.

Support and administration of cluster servers

Install, configure, secure, and patch servers and clients. Kernel update and tuning.

Monitor log files, rotate logs and perform system backups

Deployment of LDAP/Nagios for monitoring system performance.

Web server installation, configuration, security and trouble shooting.

Data archiving and extraction.

Linux security-File permissions, ACL, Iptables/Firewalls and Routers configuration (Linksys) etc.,

Application/software management skills.

Local Area Network Configuration on RedHat, CentOs, Ubuntu etc.,

LAMP (Apache, MySQL and php) installation and database querying.

Education and Training

•Bachelors of Science degree (ESUT –PA)

•Linux Certified Professional (LPIID: 277311803)

•VMWare Certified Associate in Datacenter Virtualization (VMWARE:01615263F-00510807)

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems Administrator Training (RHCSA – 2015 Candidate)

Other skills and Competencies:

Linux Server Troubleshooting, Application Installation and deployment Exceptional Quantitative, Qualitative, Analytical, Research abilities Experience in Project Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control

Ability to organize work in various levels and communicate across multiple areas Work both in team and independent environments

Skills in Microsoft office suite, help desk applications and Windows and Linux Servers Administration

References:

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