PROFILE SUMMARY

RedHat Enterprise Linux System Administration and Server Virtualization, worked closely with development, storage, quality assurance, networking and customer support teams to meet business and technical demands Manual installation of Linux servers as well as using KICKSTART. Upgrading and patching of OS using YUM, RPM, Vast experience in configuration of APACHE, SMTP, and NAGIOS. Performance tuning and troubleshooting in Linux systems using commands such as top, free, swap, tcpdump, telnet, and netstat. Knowledge of files system management using NFS, SAMBA, FTP, and LVM. Using and configuring automation tool Ansible.Source coding by Git.Hand on experience AWS, DNS,TCP/IP networking services, firewalls, iptables, SELinux and NAS.

CORE COMPETENCIES

System Administration

Communications

Cryptography Expertise

Network Administration

Equipment Assembly

Network Architecture

UNIX Based Systems

Linux Based Systems

Microsoft Networks

Network Troubleshooting

Information Security

Quality Assurance

Inventory Control

Team Building

System Upgrade and Support

Technical Support and Service

Information Security

Customer Service/Support

Training/Development

Communication/Diagnostic Skills

Organization Skills

Strategic Planning

Claims Management

Interpersonal Skills

Influencing Ability

Decision Making

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Possess expertise in successful development and management of business critical information systems/network for various environments.

Equipped with proven ability in directing strategic initiatives.

In-depth knowledge of files system management using NFS, SAMBA, FTP, and LVM.

Hand on experience AWS, DNS, TCP/IP networking services, firewalls, iptables, SELinux and NAS.

Ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate technical teams and projects; familiar with planning and supervising technology implementations and upgrades.

Possess a keen eye for detail and extreme ability to multitask in a globally competitive and fast-paced environment.

Possess outstanding communication, organizational and time management abilities.

Remarkable ability to identify problems as well as provide appropriate solutions.

Possess excellent planning, analytical & organization skill and can work independently.

Strong motivator/team player with effective and excellent planning, organizational, and negotiation strengths as well as the ability to lead, reach consensus, establish goals, and attain results.

Committed to professional development, willing and able to complete special training as required.

Flexible professional capable of adjusting rapidly to new and challenging situations as well as working well under pressure to meet time-sensitive deadlines.

Ability to facilitate teamwork, builds rapport, manage conflict, and teach, coach, counsel.

Exemplify solid customer relations skills with an inherent sense of empathy in understanding and dealing with the needs and desires of clients of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Acknowledged for remarkable problem solving ability, with flexibility in performing increasing responsibilities without compromising quality.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OPERATION SYSTEMS: RHEL / CentOS 5,6,7, Fedora, Ubuntu14 /16, RHEL/CentOS 5,6 and 7, Solaris, Windows 2003/2008

NETWORKING: DNS, LDAP,, SMTP, IMAP, Postfix, Sendmail, SAMBA, TCP/IP, DHCP, SSH, FTP, LAN/WAN, VLAN.

SERVER: Apache, Send mail, Nagios, DNS, DHCP, AD, Password server, Samba, SSH, and FTP.

SCRIPTING LANGUAGE: Bash shell.

INSTALLATION SFHA AND CONFIGURATION: Linux Kickstart, Red Hat Volume Manager, Installation and Configuration - PUPPET, Ansible Nagios System Monitoring. LDAP, HTTP, FTP, NFS, KVM, LVM, Vsphere.

HARDWARE: IBM System X3250, X3650, X3750, Lenovo Think Servers RD340 RD440, HP-DL380 G5, G6, G7 & Gen8, Dell PowerEdge R620,R630,R730. Storage administration: RAID arrays, SAN (HP EVA-NETapp), NAS, NFS.

DATABASE: MySQL

APPLICATION AND WEB SERVER: Appache (httpd).

MONITORING: Nagios system monitoring.

TROUBLESHOOTING UTILITIES: Wireshark, ping, tcpdump, telnet, netstat, netcat, nmap, Arp.

SYSTEM SECURITY UTILITIES: iptables, tcpwrappers and selinux.

VIRTUALIZATION: VMware - ESX, ESXi Server, Workstation and VMware, Xen, KVM, Oracle VirtualBox.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR (On support 24X7) May 2015 - Present

Zenoss Inc, MD

Designed and investigated Linux groups, servers and workstations. Looked into programming establishment methods. Executed new strategy for drive replicating, significantly lessening an opportunity to make new framework circles. Kept up and bolstered Linux model plates, including security refreshes, working with log documents, bug fixes, and highlight improvements.

Performed standard system administration tasks, such as patching, software and hardware upgrades, troubleshooting and problem resolution.

Participated in RedHat 7 migration project.

Installing and configuring various services like DNS, DHCP, NFS, Send mail, Apache Web Server, Samba, SSH, Telnet, http, RPM Package Management, Yum.

Setting up and maintaining Domain Names System (DNS) servers.

Implementation of advanced partitioning schemes like Software Raid and LVM.

Creating users with root’s privileges and also users with limited root’s privileges called the sudo users.

Disabling telnet and enabling SSH. Manually setting up sshd_authorized keys.

Creation and management of VM’s using KVM.

Performed day to day Linux administration such as user accounts, logon scripts, directory services, file system shares, and permissions etc.

Setup NFS, Samba and FTP File sharing setup on Linux and Windows servers.

Maintaining VMware ESX servers using VMware Virtual center

Supporting web development and database teams for day to day operations

Involving in VMware updates manager to install & Troubleshoot patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.

Installation of hardware, fiber cabling, network cabling.

Install, upgrade and maintain Linux operating systems.

Installation, setup and configuration of RHEL, CentOS, VMware ESX on HP hardware.

Manage, Install patches and other software packages using YUM and RPM.

Used different Linux commands to run, maintain, setup schedule work, protect and rescue file systems.

Added, modified and/or deleted users and group’s account on local systems using tools and manual procedures.

Created automated KICKSTART environment for RHEL standard builds for WEB, APP servers.

Setup NFS, FTP and Samba File sharing setup on Linux and Windows servers.

Setup and configured Apache in Redhat, Fedora and CentOS.

LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Oct 2013 - Mar 2015

Collabera, VA

Responsibilities

Configured and maintained Software Raids, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and Hardware Raids.

Created Logical volumes for clients using LVM.

Red Hat Linux Kickstart Installation

Creation of user accounts.

Managed the complete Network File System (NFS).

Configured various network services – DNS, LDAP, DHCP, NFS, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, Samba, SSH, FTP

Performance monitoring with conventional tools such as top, sar, netstat, iostat, etc.

Install, monitor and maintain hardware/software related issues on Linux systems.

Investigated, installed and configured software fail-over system for production Linux servers.

Job Scheduling using Crond.

Monitoring system services using NAGIOS

Creating partitions on raw LINUX disks, creating ext2, ext3, ext4 and xfs file systems on rhel/centos4,5,6, and 7

Setup and configured Apache in Redhat and CentOS.

Configuring servers to synchronize with the NTP Server.

Involved in configuring iptables firewall and hardening Linux systems for system security.

Accenture Ltd August 2012

Jr. UNIX/Linux System Administrator VA

Responsibilities

Performed day by day framework checking, confirm the respectability and accessibility of all equipment and server assets, and audit framework and application logs. Coordinated with other Administrators to resolve large issues requiring multiple professionals and their input.

Setup and Maintain DNS, DHCP, LDAP, WebServers (Apache), NFS, FTP and Samba for File Sharing on Red Hat Linux and Windows servers.

Patching Linux Servers every 6 months.

Scheduling used tools such as Cron, set up collaborative directories ( sticky/ setfacl), NFS/Autofs. (Included ssl/https, selinux contexts and ports, protected password directories, home web directory access, virtual hosts, etc).

Creating and installing new servers using PXE Server, Kickstart.

Managing servers using Puppet Configuration Management tools.

Virtualization: VMware - ESX, ESXi Servers, Vcenter. Install and configure virtual machines.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NAMANGAN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY, UZBEKISTAN 2003 - 2008

BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING

REFERENCE

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