Tejas Shah
** **** ****** ***, *******, NJ *****
908-***-****, ********@*****.***
Objective: To obtain a challenging position where I can apply my skills in
Linux/Unix technologies to deliver maximum value and provide secure and
robust solutions.
Summary of qualifications:
Dedicated System Administrator with more than 5 years of Linux/Unix and 11+
years of total IT experience along with strong organizational and time
management skills.
Motivated team player with good communication skills who is equally at ease
working with technical peers and non-technical end users.
Excelled in troubleshooting production systems in a large corporate setting
with large scale server deployments (more than 200 servers).
Applied expertise in File Systems, Software/Hardware RAID & Logical Volume
Management (Linux LVM, Veritas VxVm, HP-UX VVM) in implementing ext2/ext3,
OCFS/OCFS2, UFS, Peerfs, GFS, ASM, XFS, & Reiserfs File systems.
Resolved System Performance issues & network issues (TCP/IP, firewalls,
load balancers) using in built Linux/Unix tools, logs and third party tools
such as HP/Compaq Insight Performance & Monitoring Tools.
Configured and maintained Linux Kickstart/Solaris Jumpstart servers for
automating Linux/Unix installations.
Applied knowledge of Application Architecture & Middleware in configuration
and administration of Webserver/Appserver Apache.
Skills:
Linux: Red Hat/CentOS AS/ES 5.x/4.x/3.x, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.x,
10.x, 11.x, Ubuntu 7.10/8.10/9.10, Debian 3.1/4.0/5.0
UNIX: Sun/Solaris 9, 10, HP-UX 11.23, 11.31, FreeBSD 6, 7, Open BSD 4.4.
Windows: Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP, 7
Services - SSH, Firewall, Backups, Proxy, FTP, Console, Remote
administration
Core Unix/Linux Services - NIS, NIS+, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, NFS, PXE, LDAP,
RAID, Autofs automounter, Sendmail, X11
System Software: Oracle 9i RAC and 10g RAC, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Veritas
Cluser server, Red Hat GFS, Veritas Volume Manager v3.2 & v3.5, Linux
logical volume manager (LVM)
Server Management - Clustering, High Availability, Virtualization, Grid,
Provisioning, Monitoring/Reporting
Security - Prevention, Detection, Remediation, Patch installation and
Updates
Scripting: Perl, bash, ksh, sed, awk
Programming: C, C++, Java, JDBC, Servlets, SQL
Networking: TCP/IP, SMTP, DNS, BIND, DHCP, NAT, NFS, NIS, HTTP, SSH,
Apache, Firewalls/IP Tables, SELinux, Samba, X11.
Hardware: IDE, SCSI, SATA interfaces, RAID, X86, IA64, SPARC, PowerPC, HP
Proliant Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, IBM Blade Servers, HP
Proliant Blade Servers, Cisco Routers and Switches, EMC Clarrion SAN
devices
RDBMS: MySQL, Oracle, DB/2, SQL Server, Postgres.
Professional Experience:
Ciber Inc., Edison, NJ, July 06 - Nov 09
Sr. Linux Systems Administrator
Designed & implemented Red Hat RHEL 5 Servers to host client's ERP solution
on Oracle applications.
Configured and maintained five 2 -node Oracle 10g Rel 2 RAC clusters on HP
Proliant 385 & 585 and DL580 servers using Red Hat RHEL 4
Involved with migration of database from Solaris 8, 9 to RHEL 4 Servers.
Configured and maintained Linux Kickstart/Solaris Jumpstart servers for
automating Linux/Unix installations.
Built clustering solution for proprietary Oracle application server using
Oracle 10g RAC cluster.
Designed & implemented company wide Secure FTP server cluster for the
client using Red Hat Cluster Suite to provide HA.
Administered and set up SAN on Linux servers.
Configured and setup Multipath I/O on SAN attached Linux servers using
Qlogic SAN surfer.
Tested and implemented Disaster Recovery (DR) for the client in compliance
with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
Implemented NIC teaming/bonding on all new and existing Linux servers to
provide HA in case of NIC or switch failure.
Identified and resolved possible system bottlenecks utilizing Linux system
monitoring and performance monitoring tools
Installed, configured, maintained and performed day to day administration
of Sun Solaris 8, 9 and RHEL 4 and 5 servers and networks for UNIX
environment for different projects.
General Electric Company (GE), Princeton, NJ Apr 05 -May 06
Global Operations (GO), Systems Administrator
Managed and administered Solaris 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 based
servers in Data Center.
Performed software and hardware upgrades, troubleshooted and resolved
production issues.
Supported GE's WAN consisting of data & voice for over 5200 nodes.
Monitored and troubleshooted VPN issues.
Monitored & tested Cisco routers, switches, CSU/DSU for various GE
businesses.
Worked with router teams, Internet teams, GE IT help desk, & equipment
vendors to ensure problem resolutions.
New York Life Insurance Company, New York, NY May 02-Mar 05
Systems Analyst/Programmer
Administered multiple Linux workstations and servers in a development and
test environment for Data mapping systems.
Performed software and hardware installation, user administration, file
system management, OS Backup and Restore
Utilized Linux volume manager to monitor and maintain server storage.
Provided mechanisms for installation and removal of software, including
project code changes and vendor supplied OS patches.
Completed project from initial implementation to delivery in a timely
fashion with no variances.
Designed and programmed Enterprise Data Mapping system using UML, JSP,
Servlets, JDBC and J2EE concepts.
Generated database in Oracle 8.0 by forward engineering from ERWIN.
Assisted Deployment team in deployment process.
NJ Air National Guard, McGuire AFB Jan 98-Mar 02
Data Analyst
Analyzed data about maintenance of military refueling aircraft.
Maintained Windows NT and UNIX servers.
Maintained G081 database, SQL Server databases and computer networks.
Education:
B.S. Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, G.P. A 3.7/4.0
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Jan 98-Jan 02