Adebowale Akinwumi (Wale)

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LINUX ENGINEER

Over 7 years of well educated and experienced Linux System Administrator with strong back ground in installation of RHEL, Upgrading, Configuration of Servers

(NFS, DNS, FTP, and HTTP), remote trouble shooting, enthusiastic, dependable team player, problem solver, and teachable employee to lead or follow. Works well under pressure and quick learner to new concepts were I could contribute my knowledge and skills for growth and development of the organization. CERTIFICATION

• CompTIA Linux+: COMP001021021078244

• Certification Number: LP1000368724

• Linux Professional Institute Certified (LPIC-1)

TECHNICAL SKILL/PROFICIENCY

• Platforms/ Operating System

Red Hat Linux RHEL/Centos (6&7 servers), Ubuntu, Fedora, Mac OS, Windows Server 2008, VMware ESX/ESXi, Hyper-V, Amazon AWS (EC2, Route53, Network, ELB, S3/EBS), Kick start, RPM Package Building Tools, Bash Scripts, Puppet, Putty and Open SSH protocols, VSFTP, Nagios, MySQL, Apache, DenyHosts, Fail2ban, WINSCP, DNS, DHCP, ITIL, Atlasian tools (Confluence, JIRA)

• Applications/ Web Servers

MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, Microsoft Office, WINSCP, Jira, Nagios/OMD, Putty, Jenkins, Samba, FTP, NFS, VMware, VSphere, AWS Architecture, Puppet, Git, Jenkins

• Programming Language

Autocad, C++, SolidWorks, MATHLAB/Simulations, COBRA-TF, TRACE.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Linux System Engineer

Advantage Resourcing

Columbia, MD 21044

May 2016 to Present

Job Description

• Install, Configure, maintain and administer Linux System using KickStart and Interactive Installation on many servers

• Install hardware, software and monitor application performance and availability

• Deploy new VMware vSphere 6.0 Server and upgrade existing vSphere latest vSphere 6.x release

• Perform a variety of maintenance and end-user support to ensure that all workstations, servers and overall network performance meet the standards and requirements

• Bashscripts for automating pre/post systems installations and configuration, as adding monitoring agents, NFS client, Samba, and RHN client

• Administer and configure Logical Volume Manager which involve creating and modifying File Systems, Logical Volume, Physical volume, Volume Groups and Resizing

• Installation, configuration and migration of JIRA Server for bug tracking and reporting for projects

• Support user management, create user and group accounts, profiles, configure appropriate aces for users and groups and manage quotas

• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks on various servers and workstations

• Configure and Administer NFS, HTTPD, DNS, and FTP on Linux server environment

• Perform daily backup to appropriate media, disk and recovery tapes

• Administration and monitoring infrastructure consisting of Nagios server as web interface for configuration and display of performance data

• Firewall installation and configuration, NAT, port monitoring, network intrusion testing

• Troubleshoot network related issues on various servers

• Assist in developing strategic technical documentation and written communication to IT procedures

• Monitor Service Desk tickets from queue providing assistance and customer maintenance and testing

Linux System Administrator

The Pennsylvania State University

State College, PA, 16801

August 2013 – April 2016

• Install new physical and virtual servers using VMware Virtual Center and configure hardware, settings, directories storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirement

• Design firewall rules for new servers, deploy patches associated with Linux Operating System and hardening the system to ensure a consistent secure platform

• Administer and configure DNS, NFS, FTP, APACHE, and SMD on newly installed servers

• Automate and schedule jobs, scripts and administer task using Cron, and enable system network logging for maintenance and testing

• Perform RPM and YUM package installation

• Install and configure Logical Volume Manager, perform hard disk and storage allocation and management

• Create user and group accounts, network configuration, manage password and permissions and administer quotas

• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, system process, viewing system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs

• Ensure proper recording, documentation and closure of tickets Junior Linux Administrator

US NAVY, NAVAL ACADEMY (VETERAN)

Annapolis, MD, 21402

October 2009 – June 2013

• Assist in installation, configuration and administration of Centos using Kickstart Servers and unattended disk

• Assist in monitoring network security and intrusion detection while adjusting and updating system to meet requirement

• Assist in ongoing system performance, system application tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required

• Assist in creating and managing users and groups, assign permissions and control access to files

• Provide first level contact, troubleshoot application issues on the platform and convey resolutions to customer issues

• Provide telephone and in-person support to end users for network and application issues

• Document and update all staffs correspondence relevant to internal information via ticketing system

• Create Linux/Unix/Window Virtual Machines using VMware

• RPM and YUM package installations, patch and other server management

• Monitor system performance on all servers (Virtual memory, Disk and CPU utilization)

• Implement password aging on Red Hat and Centos servers

• Provided on call support by rotation 24/7

• Setup of NFS and Samba file sharing services on Linux and Windows environments

• Day- to Day, hands on work building, patching and maintaining Linux system in highly virtualized (VMware) environment.

• Installation of Nagios/ OMD server

Education

Associate of Arts, General Studies, Catonsville Community College, 2004

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, 2016

REFERENCE

Will be provided upon request

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