KS RAVIKUMAR | 988-***-**** | ***************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
. Senior IT Infrastructure professional with over 8.5 years of
experience in Operations, Service Delivery and Project Management
across diversified domains ranging from IT infra management, software,
banking, telecom, hotels, hospitality, ISPs and web hosting based on
diversified hardware and proprietary / open source software
platforms. Support, Implementation and Designing exposure in IT
Infrastructure Management on diversified platforms with expertise on
Middleware, Web / App Hosting, Linux, Virtualization and HPC GRID
environments.
. Accomplished IT professional in performance, leadership and
productivity improvement with exceptional problem solving skills and
drive to succeed with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Strong exposure in client facing roles involving multi-million dollar
projects & contracts with specialization in SoW expansion and revenue
enhancement. Exposure to Preparation of RFPs, Due Diligence artifacts,
Operational Run books etc., during various phases of projects /
engagements.
. More than 6.5 years of experience in Knowledge, Process, Operations
Transition, Project Management & Managing geographically spread 24x7
Technical Support and Engineering Teams. Proven expertise in providing
cost effective solutions by adopting best of practices, procedures and
approaches to client / business requirements.
KEY STRENGTHS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
|IT Service Design and Management |Infrastructure Planning and Deployment |
|IT Operations Support and Management |Application Infrastructure Design and |
| |Deployment |
|Quality and SLA Management |Transition Management and Deployment |
|Change Control Management |Account Revenue and Growth |
|Project Management and Service |Team Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring |
|Delivery | |
|Process and Operations Management |Vendor and Client Relationship |
| |Management |
|Resource Scheduling and Estimation |Resource Planning, Workforce Management,|
|Performance Management and Appraisals |RFPs, Pre sales documentation, etc., |
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
|Organization |Role |Designation |From |To |
|Leading IT Organization |Project Lead |Project Lead |Dec,201|Present |
| | | |0 | |
|HCL Technologies, Chennai|Lead / Asst |Senior. Specialist - |Sep,200|Dec,2010|
| |Manager |Systems |8 | |
|Sify Technologies Ltd, |Team Lead |Senior. Engineer - |Sep,200|Jun,2008|
|Chennai | |Technology |6 | |
|Akmin Technologies, |System |System Administrator |Jun,200|Sep,2006|
|Chennai |Administrator | |4 | |
EDUCATION
. Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, 2004, Madurai Kamaraj
University, India.
. Master of Business Administration in Systems, 2008, Madurai Kamaraj
University, India.
PRODUCT SKILLS
|Products |Scope / Products |Experienc|
| | |e |
|Linux Administration |Advanced Administration on RHEL, SuSE, CentOS |7.5 |
| |and Fedora Linux | |
|WebServer |Apache HTTP Server 2/2.2, IBM HTTP Server 6/7,|7.5 |
|Administration |IIS | |
|Application Server |IBM WebSphere Application Server, Tomcat and |7 |
|Administration |JBOSS. | |
|Authentication and |Siteminder Policy Servers, WebAgents, Option |5 |
|Authorization |Packs | |
|Management | | |
|LDAP Administration |SunONE LDAP Server, Apache DS, LDAP Browser |6 |
|VMWare Administration |Vmware Server, ESX Server, Virtual Center and |5 |
| |Vsphere | |
|Security Administration|Certificates and Keys Management for SSL using|7 |
| |IBM GSKIT | |
|Messaging and Queuing |IBM WebSphere MQ. |6 |
|System Administration |Install, Configure, Manage, Fine tune performance, |
| |Administer, Troubleshoot, Monitor, Clusters for High |
| |Availability / High Performance, Manage Security, Logs |
| |of the above components |
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS
|Microsoft Certified |Windows XP |Apr 17, 06|MCP ID: 3632165 |
|Professional |Professional | | |
|RedHat Certified |RedHat Enterprise |Apr 26, 07|RHCE No : |
|Engineer |Linux 4 | |804************ |
|IBM System p |IBM AIX - 5.3 |Feb 25, 08|Candidate ID: |
|Administration | | |SR3261400 |
|Ethical Hacking & |Certified Ethical |Apr 1, 08 |Membership ID: |
|Countermeasures |Hacking - v5 | |ECC924359 |
|IBM WebSphere |WAS 6.1 ND Core |Apr 21, 08|Candidate ID: |
|Application Server |Administration | |SR3261400 |
|Solaris 10 |Level-I |Aug, 08 |NA |
|Administration | | | |
PRODUCT SKILLS
|Domains |Web-Systems, Virtualization, High Performance, High |
| |Availability Computing |
|Operating Systems |RHEL 3,4,5 CentOS 4,5, Fedora 2 - 15, SuSE Linux 10 |
| |Windows 9X,XP and 2003 |
|Virtualization |VMware Server 1,2.x, ESX 2.5, 3.0.x, 4, VC 2.x, |
| |VSphere VC 4 |
|Web / Application |Tomcat 4.x,WebLogic 8.1, WebSphere AS ND 6.x,7, Apache|
|Servers |2.x, I.H.S 6.x,7, IIS 5/6 |
|Web / App Components |WS MQ Series 6.x, LDAP, J2EE, JMS, JDBC,SSL |
|Identity and Access |CA Siteminder R6 / R12, RockForge OpenSSO, SunOne LDAP|
|Management |5.2, Apache DS |
|Web Infrastructure |DNS (Bind), FTP (VsFTP, ProFTP), DHCP, PXE Boot, LTSP,|
|Proxy / Firewall |Squid 2.x, Endian Firewall 2.0, Shorewall 2.x, IP |
| |Tables (Linux) |
|Support Tools |Remedy, TouchPaper, ServiceNow, MQMON, MQ Explorer, |
| |Wily Introscope 7 |
|Others |Bash Scripting, NASBackup, Nagios 2.x, OSCAR5.0, |
| |Heartbeat 1.x, IKeyman |
|Process Skills |Technical Writing for operational documentation of |
| |process and procedures, Reports designing, Projects |
| |and Operations Management using ITIL,. |
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
LINUX ADMINISTRATION
. Manage the entire lifecycle of Hardware and subsystems for the SDLC of
development, implementation and support projects. Install, Configure
and Manage multiple distributions of linux operating systems like
RedHat Enterprise, SuSE, CentOS, Fedora, etc., based servers on
multple hardware platforms like HP Proliant, DELL PowerEdge, IBM X
Series, Virtualized and assorted systems. Setting up PoCs,
Development, Integration, User acceptance, production, disaster
recovery environments as required for project / business teams.
. Install, configure and manage applications, products and services
based on business requirements from diskless nodes to clustered
servers to high performance grids. WebServers on Apache HTTP Servers,
IBM HTTP Servers, IIS (On Wintel platforms). Application Servers of
IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, JBoss. Database Servers based on MySQL.
File Transfer services proFTP and VsFTP.
. Support development tasks / activities and projects based on LAMP and
components. Configuring Linux servers, delivery components, creating
development, integration, QA, UAT and production environment,
assisting development / engineering teams in day to day activities
from the OS / Opensource software perspective.
. Directory and User Management Services based on SunOne LDAP.
Authentication and Authorization Services for User Access Management
based on Siteminder Policy Servers. User, Disk, Storage, Network, I/O
and Peripherials Management. Scheduling and Automation of
Administrative Tasks. Clustering, Performance management and Resource
Monitoring with various monitoring tools. Disaster Recovery in
conjunction to Capacity Planning.
. Manage, summarize and automate the archiving process of System,
Application Error and Access Logs. Configuring Backups and performing
integrity testing. Participate in discussions, meetings involving
technical teams on, Incidents, Changes, Problems and optimization of
Process for better Performance.
. Plan, Implement and Support migrations of application, infrastructure
with in organizations, across locations, etc based on business
requirements. Follow Request, Incident, Problem and Disaster
Management in accordance to ITIL processes.
. Document processes, procedures, etc and update the knowledge base and
CMDB. Manage Web infrastructure required to hosting websites with
static and dynamic content with necessary configuration components
like DNS, WebServers, and Content Management Servers (including media
servers with audio / video content).
VIRTUALIZATION
. Plan, Design and Implement solutions with infrastructure sizing and
capacity planning to virtualize non critical and critical
infrastructure with acceptable risk coefficient.
. Provisioning Virtualization Hosts, Guests, Templates, Storage, etc.,
in virtualized environment based in VMWare, Xen and Linux Native
virtualization. Configuring Storage, Network, Access, Logging,
Clustering, Distributed Resources (HA and DRS) and Performance
management for the entire virtualized infrastructure.
. Create infrastructure as proof of concepts or for non production
environment to test applications, etc., before commissioning them to
production. Perform physical to virtual conversion to consolidate
resources.
ACCESS MANAGEMENT, WEB SECURITY and USER STORES
. Install and configuring CA Siteminder 6 / 12 Policy server agents on
heterogeneous platforms. Troubleshoot, Administer, performance
tuning, identification, replication and resolution of siteminder
incidents, perform regular maintenance activities as required by the
business teams.
. Create and administer policy server objects like Authentication
Schemes, ACO, HCO, Rules, Realms, Domains, Policies, Responses, User
Directories, etc. Troubleshooting problems with the CA Siteminder
policy servers and components across various environments which
requires close coordination with various groups such as development,
support and engineering on the use of CA Siteminder Policy Server.
. Provide training to support teams on process, procedures and tasks.
Work on public and certificates consolidation, renewal, etc for
configuring Self Signed and CA Signed SSL certificates for intranet
and internet websites. Installing, Configuring LDAP instances. Perform
user / group management, password policies, audits, log management and
house keeping of LDAP objects in SunOne LDAP Server across various
environments. Configuring applications to use the LDAP user store as
user registry for authentication / authorization processes.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
. Plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and
within budget including acquiring resources and coordinating the
efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in
order to deliver projects according to plan. Define the project's
delivery objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life
cycle.
. Expertise in Project Management activities such as Performance
Management (Appraisals), Staff Scheduling (Shift rosters),
Recruitment, Resource allocation / sharing, etc.,
. Direct and manage infrastructure projects from beginning to end.
Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business
goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications
documents. Effectively communicate project expectations to team
members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Liaise with
project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
. Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project
goals. Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent
budget changes where necessary. Where required, negotiate with other
department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from
within the company.
. Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and
make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and
other stakeholders. Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate
personnel. Identify and resolve issues, conflicts project dependencies
within the infrastructure and support team.
. Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved
parties throughout project life cycle. Coach, mentor, motivate and
supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to
take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. Plan
and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
and Track project milestones and deliverables
. Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements
documentation, and presentations. Determine the frequency and content
of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and
troubleshoot problem areas. Proactively manage changes in project
scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
. Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the
success of the project. Conduct project post mortems and create a
recommendations report in order to identify successful and
unsuccessful project elements. Develop best practices and tools for
project execution and management.
. Implementation, Support and Operations exposure in supporting large
scale Application Infrastructure on diversified platforms like UNIX,
Web / App Hosting, Virtualization, Datacenter, HPC GRID environments.
With Specialization in Implementation, Application / Infrastructure /
Datacenter Migration, Process / Knowledge / Operations Transition,
Documentation.
. Starting with the pilot phase, coordinate with the onshore resources
for Operations, Process and Procedures Knowledge Transfer, process
creation, mapping process to activities, staff scheduling for managing
24 X 7 offshore support teams thereby ensuring successful service
transition for offshore team. Ensuring the incident, problem, change,
asset management, escalations and performance parameters meet the
agreed SLA in Service Delivery metrics in accordance to ITIL Framework
for the outsourced IT Infrastructure.
. Consult with client to define requirements and specification for
application and infrastructure support. Prepare artifacts such as
SoW, SoP, support presales teams with RFP / RFI, due diligence
reports, project reports, operational documents, etc., Analyze the
existing infrastructure, providing recommendations, implementation
plans, process enhancements for optimal utilization of the
infrastructure and technical resources.
. Plan, Design, Install, Configure and Administer the client
Infrastructure with middleware components - IBM WebSphere Application
Server ND 6.x, 7, MQ Series, Apache 2.x, I.H.S 6 / 7, CA Siteminder 6
/ 12 and SunOne LDAP 5.x on multiple Operating Systems. Deploy
Enterprise Applications at pre-determined and ad-hoc schedules defined
by the Development / Change Management Teams.
IBM WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER and MQ SERIES
. Install Configure and Manage IBM WebSphere Products for middleware and
application administration services using IBM HTTP Servers 6.x, 7;
WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere MQ Series. Create and
Manage profiles, nodes, cells, connection pools, federation,
augmenting profiles with feature / fix packs. Perform augmentation /
un augmentation of profiles with feature packs as required.
. Creating Horizontal / Vertical application server clusters based in
IBM Websphere Application Server ND to corresponding to the needs of
different environments namely the Development, Sys-Test / Integration,
UAT, Live.
. Create scripts for automating tasks like installation, migration,
application deployment, backup, recovery, housekeeping, etc.,
Configure Web Server plug-in, Database (JDBC), Messaging (JMS)
components, SSL Certificates from the WebSphere Application Server
end. Perform Patching (fix packs), Upgrades, etc on Web System
Instances. Manage Security Configuration, Keys, Certificates, User
Registry, etc.,
. Create and Administer Queuing Components like Queue Managers, Queues,
Channels, Clusters, Configuring application interfaces, etc in IBM
WebSphere MQ 6.x using MQ Explorer. Troubleshoot and Remediate
Incidents and Problems across environments. Perform Crash Analysis;
provide Root Cause Analysis, Performance Reports, etc
CLIENT / PROJECT SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Delivery Project Lead (India), Mphasis, a HP Company, Chennai : Dec 2010 to
Present
. Leading / Managing the Middleware team to support the day-to-day
activities of an Insurance Major, USA, in coordination with
Development, OS, Networking, Design and Security teams. Presently
leading their e-business platform which is responsible for the
functioning of more than 900 public and internal websites.
. Work on new projects, understanding the business requirements, liaison
with related teams in setting up environments (PoC, Dev, Int, QA, UAT,
Staging and Prod) and participate in the complete SDLC right from
requirements gathering to post implementation support. Responsible for
SLA metrics and ITIL processes like incident, problem, change,
inventory management. Transitioning new projects to offshore teams for
24X7 support.
. Installation, Configuration and maintenance of inhouse applications
hosted on web infrastructure consisting of IBM HTTP Servers 6.1/7.0,
WebSphere Application Servers 6.1/7.0, Anatomy Ultraseek Search Server
5.8 / 6.2, CA Siteminder 6/12 web agents and Policy Servers, Quova
GeoDirectory Servers, SUNONE Directory Servers 5, Tridion 2009 Content
Management and Content Delivery Servers.
. Automation of daily activities using Bash scripting like Software
product installation, creation of self extracting binaries, log
rotation, purging and archiving, application deployments, local
backups and restoration. Log analysis, monitoring, Performance tuning
of web infrastructure components - web servers / application servers
to ensure no outages to the applications / websites.
. Installation, configuration and support of eBP application on AIG
servers in development, QA, UAT, Staging, Production and Disaster
Recovery environments. Installation, configuration and support of
following products required for eBP application on SuSE Linux 10 / 11
and Windows 2011 Operating Systems.
o IBM HTTP Server V6.1 / 7.0
o IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 / 7.0
o CA SiteMinder R6/12 (Web Access Manager)
o SunONE 5.X LDAP Servers
o SDL Tridion Content Manager - 2009
o QUOVA GeoDirectory Servers 6.2
. Set up Websites specific to the business requirements for
multiple countries on EBP Platform which includes liaising with
multiple teams involving the Business Networking, DataCenter, UNIX
etc. Analyze and report incidents, problems during the project
development / testing phases and notifying related teams and ensure
the remediation of the same within the agreed timelines.
. Perform application migration corresponding to the product
updates (mentioned in point #2) on all environments with client
approved timelines. Participating in the application release cycles
which involves
a. Based on the project requirements, setup the
infrastructure in development, QA, UAT, Staging, Production and
Disaster Recovery environments and coordinate with development
team during the development phase of the project.
b. Coordinate with the QA team and development team to assist
them during the function / performance testing and corresponding
bug fixes which involves changing the configuration of the
application / underlying components in coordination with the
change control team.
. Plan and cutover the migrated application to production and disaster
recovery environments with scheduled maintenance windows and ensure
minimal / no impact to business during the same. Regularize
environment house keeping by scheduling automated jobs for log
rotation, archiving and purging.
. Maintain and update documentation regarding the infrastructure
and inventory of all hardware / software components and application
instances. Provide up to date documentation on Project specific
standards and guidelines. Perform performance tuning of application
and infrastructure components for optimal utilization of server
resources.
. Provide periodic reports with status of all in progress and
completed activities to the client and interacting with the client on
regular basis for updates on project related activities. Managing
hardware / domain commissioning and decommissioning processes based on
the business requirements in coordination with related teams and
stakeholders.
Senior Specialist -Systems, HCL Technologies - IOMC, Chennai : Sep 2008 to
Dec 2010
Middleware Consultant, Gartmore Investments Management, (www.gartmore.com).
Team Size: 23.
. Lead the Knowledge Transfer of processes, procedures and activities
performed by Onshore Middleware Administration team, London, UK.
Formulated processes for Incident, Change, Problem Management.
. Supporting their Middleware Infrastructure consisting WebSphere
Application Servers ND 6.1, Applications clients, MQ Series, IHS Web
Servers protected using Siteminder Policies, running on Windows 2003
servers and supporting the VMware ESX 3.5 Infrastructure with
containing 8 hosts and around 70 guests in Development, Sys Test, UAT,
Production and Disaster Recovery environments. Planned and executed
the movement of Middleware Infrastructure from the client owned
Datacenter to SunGard Datacenter, London.
Team Leader, Migration Team, Wal-Mart App Operations Team,
(www.walmart.com). Team Size: 10
. Lead the migration team for performing the upgrade of the Wal-Mart
application hosting environment from WAS / I.H.S 6.X to 7.0.0.7 on a
total of 330 hosts running on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and Windows
OS.
Team Leader & Middleware Consultant, Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
(www.starwoodhotels.com). Team Size: 20
. Worked as a Transition Lead and transitioned processes, procedures for
activities performed by Onshore Team, White Plains, New York to the
Offshore HCL team, India. Ensured the Incident, Change, Problem
Management is properly coordinated and executed with in the stipulated
SLA parameters.
. Lead Level I & II teams providing round the clock remote support the
Middleware Infrastructure comprising of WebSphere 5 / 6, Apache and
IHS Web Servers running on RHAS 3 /4, Solaris 8/9/10, AIX 4 / 5
servers on environments namely Development, Staging, Production and
Disaster Recovery hosted at various datacenters spread across the
globe.
. Plan, Design, Implement, Test, Commission and Support various
components of Middleware Infrastructure to meet upcoming business
requirements. Review Capacity Planning report information and meet the
stake holders with recommendations.
Middleware Transition Lead, Direct Brands Inc, ( www.bookspan.com ) Team
Size: 18
. Lead the middleware transition and operations team for the task of
consolidating the server hosts on their middleware environment.
Planned and executed the movement of the entire application
infrastructure from the client owned Datacenter to SunGard Datacenter,
New Jersey.
. Configured security for intranet applications using SSL and
centralized web authentication with protected password policies and
security groups based on Siteminder WAM 6 on Apache HTTP Servers and
the user repository based on SunOne Directory Servers.
Lead Middleware Consultant, Lowe`s, (www.lowes.com) Team Size: 8
. Worked as a consultant and had regular meetings with the client to
understand the requirements and provide recommendations, solutions to
the existing offshore support team, thereby increasing the items in
the Scope of Work and aimed towards increasing the project revenue.
Lead Linux Consultant, Avago Technologies and Semiconductors,
(www.avagotech.com)
. Participated in data center migration comprising of about 60 servers
running on RedHat Enterprise Linux (4 & 5) from the HP DataCenter to
SunGard Datacenter to be managed by the Offshore Linux Support Team,
HCL.
Team Leader (Senior Engineer), Sify Technologies Ltd., Chennai, September
2006 to June 2008
Web Systems Administrator, Corporate Services Company, (www.incspot.com).
Team Size: 6
. A member of offshore 24 / 7 remote Unix support team responsible for
supporting onshore software development team and applications based on
for Apache 2.x,WebLogic 8.1, WebSphere Application Servers 6.0 and
6.1, IIS6, Tomcat4.x running on Solaris 8,9 on SPARC boxes totaling
110, hosted at Wilmington, Charlotte Data Centers.
. Assist onshore development team in application builds, deployment and
troubleshooting across Development, QA, UAT, Staging and Production
environments. Manage User accounts across the UNIX servers.
Lead Linux and Web systems Administrator, Bharti Teletech Limited,
(www.bttindia.com). Team Size: 8
. Designed, Implemented Highly Available web systems setup based on
Apache, WebSphere 6.0 ND Cluster, Oracle RAC and Heartbeat 1.0 running
on RHAS 4 for their in house built web portal powered by Apache,
Tomcat 4, Crystal Reports and Oracle 10 secured by Siteminder 6
webagents and policy servers with user directory based on Windows
Active Directory 2003.
. Providing round the clock remote support the Web Systems
Infrastructure, Firewall and Proxy servers running on 20 RHAS 4
servers on 3 environments (Development, Staging and Production) hosted
at their own Data Center facility, Okhla, New Delhi. Ensuring the 24x7
availability of the web infrastructure and coordinating with the
monitoring, development teams.
. Installation and configuration various web system components like
Apache, WebSphere Application Server, etc., for development, QA,
testing, staging, production and disaster recovery sites. Set up
horizontal, vertical, single and functional clusters, to meet business
demands. Installation and deployment of J2EE applications across all
the environments and troubleshooting in coordination with development
teams spread across India.
Lead UNIX and VMware Administrator, Nielsen Mobile,
(www.nielsenmobile.com). Team Size: 16
. Planned, designed, implemented, maintained and transitioned the entire
Virtual Infrastructure with two Virtual Data Centers comprising of 3
clusters of 40 ESX 3.0 hosts serving 450+ guests. Performed DST
patching and migration of hosts from ESX 2.5 Servers and about 120
guest machines to ESX 3.0.
. Round the clock support for ensuring availability of custom built web
applications powered by web, application, email, database, reporting,
FTP servers based on Apache, JRun, Sendmail, Oracle, WebSphere
Application Servers 6.0 and ProFtp on 120+ physical based on Solaris
7,8, RHEL3,4, CentOS 4.4, Windows XP, 2003 hosted at San Francisco and
Dallas Data Centers.
. Installation and configuration of ESX 2.5 and 3.0 on HP Proliant
servers, VMware Virtual Center, Licensing Server and configuring them
for clusters / virtual datacenters implementing the HA, DRS
capabilities of VMware. Installation and configuration of various
flavors of Linux, Solaris (x86), CentOS, Windows XP and 2003 guest
operating systems and user applications on the ESX clusters for
development, QA, testing, staging, production environments.
Lead GRID Administrator, Verseon Inc, (www.verseon.com). Team Size: 16
. Actively involved in planning, designing, implementation for rack
layout, power, air conditioning, networking layout for a High
Performance Clustering Computational GRID comprising of 1200+ nodes
based on X86 architecture running CentOS 4.4, at Sify`s Level 4
Datacenter, Bangalore, India.
. Post Implementation maintenance GRID activities - health monitoring
replacing the server nodes, building new nodes, adding / removing
nodes, carrying out routine maintenance activities and
troubleshooting in coordination with the Data Center Operations
Support team, Bangalore.
System Administrator / Software Support Executive, Akmin Technologies Pvt,
Ltd., Chennai.
June 2004 to September 2006. Team Size: 8
. Maintain development, staging and production websites namely
www.akmin.com, www.sitegalore.com, www.sitegaloreplus.com,
www.onlinesitecreator.net, www.editlet.com, powered by Apache 2.x,
Tomcat 4.0, Weblogic 8.1, Websphere 5 and 6.0 application servers and
MySQL 4.0. on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 / 4.0, hosted at RackSpace
Datacenter, Texas in coordination with the internal Web Designing
Department.
. Managing the user store with centralized authentication based on
openLDAP and configuring security and login policies using Siteminder
5 WAM. Creating ACOs for all web resellers and hosting providers to
point their websites to the centralized policy server for one point
authentication and authorization solutions. Enforcing password
policies, intruder attempts, change password self services, password
expiry and account lockouts on LDAP servers.
. Manage Primary and Secondary DNS servers running Bind 8.x, hosting
400+ domains and sub-domains and Public FTP servers serving over a 800
user accounts across the globe. Managing deployed software in Linux /
Windows based production servers to leading Internet Service
Providers, Domain Registrars, Web Designing and Hosting companies and
hosting services to their end users. Provide 24X7 Technical Support
over Chat, Online Ticketing tools and Email.
. Manage LAN (Hardware, Software, Network and Phone) infrastructure
comprising of DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, File and Database services based
on 6 Servers Based on Windows 2003 DC and RHEL ES 3/4 and end user
base with 40 Windows, Linux Desktops and Laptops.