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System Administrator

Location:
District Heights, MD, 20747
Posted:
May 01, 2011

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Resume:

Boubacar Soah

**** *** *** *****

District Heights MD 20747

202-***-****

Email:****.********@*****.***

Career Objective:

UNIX System Administrator with over 8 years experience working with computers

(5+ years with Solaris and Linux). Able to adapt and learn whatever is needed to

accomplish complex goals in a constantly changing environment.

Summary of Skills:

* In-depth knowledge of UNIX systems security and secure system access

programs

* Comprehensive knowledge of windows and UNIX operating systems like

Solaris, Red Hat Linux

* Strong planner, organizer, and problem solver

* Excellent oral and written communication skills

* Ability to build and maintain good rapport with clients and colleagues

Skills:

Administering Unix services( standAlone,Inetd)

Unix Network & TCP/IP Administration

Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning

Administration of NFS Services

Administration of Apache web server

Process control and Administration

Data Management

Solaris 10 containers/zones

Installation Unix OS

Patch Administration

Applicatoin Software Installation

Operating System Configuration

User Account Administration

Linux/solaris Host Security Administration

Linux/solaris Disk Adminisstration

Volume Management

Network concepts and services

Network interfaces,Routing and Firewalls

Device Management

System Logging,Accounting and Tunning

DNS

Expert knowledge: Linux (RHEL4/5) Solaris 9, 10( Zones,containers, ZFS)

Extensive experience: Solaris 8,9, RHEL4/5

Systems Hardware: IBM BladeCenter, Dell PE19XX Blades, Dell PE Rack

Servers, Sun V120-V1200, Sun 6800

Web/App servers: Apache HTTPd 1.3/2.x,ApacheSSL

Network Apps, Protocols: NFS, IPTables, DNS, FTP, DHCP, TCP/IP, SSH

Filesystems: NFS, Linux LVM, UFS,VVM

Summary of Experience:

Network Security Solution, Alexandria VA

Febuary 2007 till date

UNIX Administrator

•Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance

pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and

application to meet business needs.

•Maintain 40 Linux servers including 14 Dell PE1955 blades, 10 pizza boxes

•Built an automated RedHat Kickstart

•administrated VMware ESX server

•worked with SAN

•monitoring system based on open-source software

•Maintain 100+ Solaris 8/9 systems in production (WEB, DNS,DB)

•Automation of various tasks through crontabs

• install system to fully automate RedHat and SuSE server installs, eliminating

hours of work for engineers

•Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure

changes are in accordance with appropriate operating procedures.

•Worked on a project for planning and implementing TCP/IP network

•Implemented troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system

problems: document system events to ensure continuous functioning.

Helped fix complicated hardware and OS problems

•managed data drives using Veritas VM & RH LVM

•Performed occasional off-hours and remote support.

Sun Trust Bank, Piscataway NJ

April 2006 to December 2006

UNIX Administrator

•Installed and maintained 25 Solaris/Linux

•Physical installation and cabling servers in datacenter

•Performed system and application performance tuning tasks on large production

servers running web applications

•Utilize standard corporate tools to record changes, service requests, and problem

activities for tracking purposes.

•Built a Linux distribution from scratch for use in secure production servers

•Installed Oracle and MySQL databases working side by side with Database

Administrator

•Built secure Linux server to host DNS, web pages, and UNIX shells

•Maintain jumpstart system build environment

•Helped in troubleshooting problems over the phone and internally

•supported third party applications on both platforms

Training and Certification:

Solaris system administration

Linux system administration

Windows Computer Technician

reference:

Kingsley 301-***-****

Emeka 240-***-****

Cynthia 301-***-****



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