Information Technology System Administrator
Resume:
Ferdinand Fotachwi
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Summary
I have 5years + experience on Linux System Administration seeking a challenging and innovative position in a heterogeneous AWS/Unix/Linux System & SAN environment in which I will be responsible for the Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and Administration of System’s Users. I have an effective combination of systems administration, high technical inclination and communication skills as well as the ability to work in both team and independent environment, and emphasizing team goals over personal goals on Linux platforms. I have project planning, execution, monitoring and control skills. Moreover, I have exceptional quantitative, qualitative, analytical, research abilities as well as the strong initiative and drive with the ability to absorb technical information/knowledge quickly.
Education
A.A.S Information Technology 2012, Prince George’s Community College
Certifications:
Redhat 7 Certified Systems Administrator
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Summary of Computing Skills
Languages: Bash, sed, awk
Hardware: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, DL85G, IBM p500, p561, T series (T2000, T5220, T5240 DELL/COMPAQ R710, 1885, 2900, 2950. Cisco routers ASR 9000, 2800 series and Switches 2950.
OS: RHEL & Centos (6.5, 6.6 and 7), Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Windows
AWS: IAM, Cloud Watch, S3VPC, EBS, Cloud Trail, EC2, AWS Trusted
Advisor, Glacier, ELB, AMI, Snapshots, RDS, and OpenVPN.
Configuration tool : ANSIBLE .
Softwares: Apache, Tomcat, Nagios, MariaDB, Oracle, MySQL,, Saltstack, Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Trend-Micro, Nessus
Professional Experience
March 2014 – Present Lolubyte IT Consultants, Inc ( Hyattsville-MD)
Position Title: Linux System Administrator
Participated in team activities as a member of the Linux / UNIX System Administration
Provide support to the Window Administrator team in Active Directory management such as adding and configuring new workstations, setting up user accounts and resetting passwords to provide authorizations on Windows Servers
Manage user group policies and user security rights assignment.
Launch EC2 Instances (Linux and Windows) on AWS Cloud.
Performed Daily Monitoring of System performance, capacity & managed Inventory; adjust System configurations to accommodate required loads and functionality
Set up and administer user and groups accounts, setting permissions Web servers, file servers, database server, firewalls, and directory services with ability to diagnose basic Apache Issues.
Build and installed multiple Linux servers on AWS Cloud.
System and Application troubleshooting and other related issues
Hands on experience in updating / upgrading, KVM, ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines.
Provide assist and support in the installation, configuration and monitoring of different database servers such as Oracle and SQL
Tested and installed the latest software on servers for end-users
Provided management of system process in areas like boot process, startup and system shutdown
Install new servers using kick-start installation & configuration method
Implement advance disk configuration such as RAID 5 using Linux Software RAID programs.
Planned and executed packages and updates installations necessary for optimal system performance.
Experienced with Linux family (Red Hat Enterprise Server, Cent OS, and Ubuntu).
Experienced with inter networking using TCP/IP and maintaining network
Researched the market to gain information on the latest updates available and recommended accordingly
April 2012 – March 2014- Aquilent (Laurel-MD)
Position Title: Linux System Administrator
Installed, configured Linux servers (Red Hat enterprise and centos7) and operating system on x86_64 base architecture on AWS cloud.
Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using aws console and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances.
Performed advanced installation on Linux servers, using kick-start installation.
Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services .
Created and Managed User and Group Administration Access Privilege Settings using Role Based Access Control (ACL).
Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging and Trusted Advisor.
Configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NFS, CIFS, and Samba file servers in a multi-platform LAN/WAN Centos, Redhat Linux 6.8 and RHEL.
Scheduling of automated processes including full and incremental backups using tar and gzip; migrate and enlarge file systems on Linux servers.
Create and manage files system using fdisk and parted, add and reduce storage space using logical volume manager. (LVM and RAID).
Using top and kill command to manage system processes and prioritize them.
March 2011 – April 2012 Lincoln Technical Institute, Columbia MD 21046
Information Technology Specialist
Coordinated all Information Technology needs of the organization
Worked on desktop computers, repaired printers and monitors
Fixed software and hardware issues on windows systems
Performed Operating System upgrades from Windows Versions to upgraded versions
Performed software and hardware driver updates
Performed networking tasks as assigned by management.
Troubleshoot and resolve software and hardware problems, interface with vendor technical support to resolve problems and work with other technical staff on supporting their needs.
Respond to security alerts with risk evaluation and monitoring /report on unauthorized access attempts
Monitor security logs to determine security problems
Optimize system performance by tracking daily system utilization, to determine if problems are imminent
Monitor and provide daily reports on system performance to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and on an as needed basis, select various system options and parameters
Awards
Employee of the Month (March 2015)
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