Manager Engineer

Zahid J. Khan

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

Ashburn, VA *0148

703-***-**** (C)

************@*****.***

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OBJECTIVE:

To secure a senior level UNIX System Administrator/Lead position to use my

knowledge, exercise my skills and gain further experience in the IT field.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Computer Languages: Shell scripting, Perl, C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, Visual

Basic 5.0, SQL, PL/SQL.

Software Packages: Solstice Disk Suite, Veritas Volume manager, Raid

Manager 6, Netscape/Iplanet Webserver, Apache Webserver, CVS, MQ Series,

Patrol, SendMail. MS Word, MS Excel, eTrust Access Control, Sun Cluster

3.2, Veritas Net Backup .

Network Management: TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, Utilities for UNIX, HP-UX Unix

Networking, Telnet, FTP

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris, AIX, Win NT, Win 2000, DOS.

OS Utilities: Network administration utilities, corn scheduling, and disk

partitioning tools, print software, remote utilities, Kerberos, LDAP and

VERITAS.

Hardware: V240, V440, V880, T2000, X4500, Sun Fire 4140, Sparc 5250,

Sparc/X86 Blades 6000/8000 Chassis, StorEdege 6250 SAN, Sun/AIX, Sun

Enterprise 250, 450, 420, 3500, 4500, Netra 1125t, A1000, D1000, StorEdge

3510 FC Array, SUN S1 JBOD, IBM PCs.,

UNIX Shell(s): ksh, sh, bash, csh.

Networking: ping, nslookup, traceroute, netstat, vmstat, mpstat, telnet.

GUI: Sun Solaris Browser and java Browser

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sun Microsystems, Ashburn VA Apr. '09-

Present

UNIX Systems Administrator:

Responsibilities include:

Providing on-call 24x7 support for mission critical servers.

Installing and supporting Sun Cluster 3.2, Solaris 10 zones.

Installing branded zones (sol8, sol9) on Solaris 10 global zones.

Creating backup policies for servers using Veritas Netbackup.

Managing 6250 SAN.

Creating LUNS from SAN to be used for additional volumes required for

servers.

Creating and maintaining ZFS File systems.

Setting up Jumpstart servers, DNS Master/Slave servers, DHCP Servers,

Sparc/X86 Blades.

Setting up system ALOMS/ILOMS for new servers.

Replacing system Hardware (CPU, Memory, Fans, Power supply, etc).

Racking and installing new servers at the Data Center.

Using Solaris Jumpstart to install Solaris simultaneously on multiple

hosts.

Supporting users/DBAs with their system requirements.

Writing shell scripts to monitor the sanity of the systems.

Monitoring servers through SysEdge.

Resolving server issues identified by SysEdge alerts.

Using Remedy ticketing system for issue assignment and resolution.

Freddie Mac, McLean VA

Nov. '06-Feb. '09

UNIX Security Specialist - Lead:

CA (e-Trust) Access Control Administration/Support:

Responsibilities included:

Team Lead in a team of 6 members.

Managing resources and team members according to the project deployment

schedules.

Managing work load within the team on daily basis.

Inventing and implementing new processes to save time for security

management processes.

Improving current processes to improve productivity.

Using eTrust Access Control for file security management.

Defining Policy Model Database (PMDB) rules sets to secure the applications

at the file access.

Defining, modifying and administrating the user access.

Creating the new rules to required file systems for different applications.

PMDB administration and controlling the different applications.

Configuring ports for audit server.

Generating reports for eTrust audit control.

Planning and implementation for eTrust audit reports automation using the

MS SQL and MS DTS.

Developing the scripts for policy reporting.

Problem resolving for other teams with 24x7 on call rotation.

Maintain the issue tracker with CA and different application teams for

resolving the problems.

Resolving issues through Change/Help desk tickets (Remedy).

Developing and executing shell scripts intensively for access control

implementations.

UNIX Security Auditing Support - Lead:

Responsibilities included:

Ensuring the rules/regulations are in place, and being followed.

Making recommendations to meet Auditors requirements.

As a lead, providing ad-hoc presentations to the Internal and External

Auditors for Auditing Reviews.

Putting processes in place to comply with Auditors' suggestions.

Northrop Grumman, Alexandria VA Sep. '04-

Nov. '06

UNIX/PDS Systems Administrator

Responsibilities included:

Writing shell scripts to optimize server performance.

Writing monitoring scripts to ensure server operations and problem

notification.

Monitoring PDS server operations.

Working as a POC for all customers and to help them with their daily

PDS/EDGAR issues.

Managing user accounts and passwords to ensure security of the PDS servers.

Configuring and optimizing the SUN 3510 FC disk array to fit the PDS

storage requirements.

Using Solstice disk suite to configure and manage all disks.

Creating EDGAR data DVDs for subscribers using Veritas storage software.

Managing all EDGAR archive data on the PDS server and on the PDS archive

server.

Making the EDGAR data available on the DVDs to achieve redundancy to avoid

data loss.

Creating reports to measure customer performance on the PDS primary server

by running shell scripts.

Helping new customers with their Fastcopy software installation and

testing.

Building Solaris 10 Boxes to accommodate client's needs.

Freddie Mac, Reston VA Jul.

'03-Sep. '04

UNIX Systems Administrator

Worked for the internal security group.

Responsibilities included:

Writing and modifying shell scripts to enhance security features for

internal servers

(up to 500 servers).

Writing monitoring scripts to ensure server and network security.

Managing user accounts which involves excluding old users' accounts and

performing

cleanup in NIS, and on local systems.

Changing UIDs and GIDs on the local system to NIS UIDs and GIDs.

Administering the NIS environment.

MCI, Ashburn VA

UNIX Systems Engineer. Nov. '00-

Jan. '04

Primary Systems Engineer for U.S. Government Sites.

Responsibilities included:

Managing content on some U.S. Government Boxes using CVS.

Teaching clients how to use CVS in production environment.

Creating new Netscape/Iplanet and Apache Web server instances for clients.

Resolving clients network issues.

Configuring Cisco routers, and switches.

Creating and modifying users, and helping end user's with their tasks.

Maintaining file systems for several customers.

Using Solstice disk suite and mirroring the entire file system.

Resolving System booting problems.

Resolving Solstice disk suite and Veritas volume manager issues on client

machines.

Maintaining and applying Software and patches on clients' machines.

Resolving Raid Manager 6.x issues.

Installing Third party Software on client's machines.

Performing routine System Administration tasks on client Production boxes.

Replacing hardware on in house test boxes.

Tuning Production Netscape/Iplanet and Apache Web servers.

Building and patching Test and Production boxes from scratch.

Writing Shell scripts to perform System Administration tasks.

Setting up Kerberos security on some new server installations.

Resolving Firewall issues.

PRIMARK CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD. Jan. '00-

Oct. '00

Software Applications Engineer.

Responsibilities included:

Maintaining financial information web sites, in the Production Control

group.

Monitoring MQ-Series (IBM Product) functionality in UNIX-based environment.

Monitoring all UNIX(Sun-Solaris) and NT production servers with the help of

Patrol.

Organizing File Systems on Unix (Sun-Solaris) and NT Production Boxes

Trouble shooting problems related to Global Access site (A real time web

site that provides latest financial information to customers).

Providing technical support on printing the Financial reports on site, and

on remote sites.

Maintained/modified shell scripts for different processes.

Helping internal users with different technical issues related to

Production Control group.

THE SYSTEMS HOUSE, INC., Clifton NJ.

Oct. '98-Nov. '99

Junior UNIX Administrator.

Responsibilities included:

Installing and upgrading UNIX machines.

Installing NT servers for clients.

Installing and configuring modems and DIGI boxes for the UNIX machines.

Installing third party software on the UNIX boxes.

Setting up and installing the Ethernet Networks.

Installing Hubs and Routers for the clients.

Providing Technical Support, and Trouble Shooting for UNIX, Win 95, Win 98,

and Win NT.

EDUCATION:

RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

B.S., Computer Science May '96

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Affiliated with SUNY)

A.S., Math and Computer Science

May '92

COURSES:

Sun Educational Services, McLean VA Aug. 31

'09 - Sep. 4 '09

Sun Cluster 3.2

CERTIFICATIONS:

Sun Educational Services, Herndon VA.

System Administration Solaris 8

Passed Sun Solaris10 system administrator exam part I (CX-310-200)

Studying for Sun Solaris 10 system administrator exam part II (CX-310-202)

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