AYAZ AHMED

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Tel : +1-224-***-****

E-mail : ac6bcn@r.postjobfree.com

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***** ******* **** ******* ***-GE Glenview IL 60025

Professional Skills

Highly motivated flexible and versatile with excellent team building skills looking for an opportunity within an organization that understands the value and aptitude that I bring to the table. I love learning and easily adapt to new environments,

Eager to use knowledge and expertise of developing useful statistical information to help the company achieve its short and long-term goals.

Over 6+ years of experience as a Unix/Linux Administrator in Linux System Administration,Server Virtualization and RHCSA certified.

Extensive experience in configuration and administration of RHEL, CentOS, Solaris and VMware on HP /DELL.

Installing, configuring, upgrading and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers in an enterprise Data Center environment.

Knowledge in Unix/Linux OS installations interactively and with automated Kickstart

Strong experience in Red Hat Satellite Server /Solaris installation, upgrading and patching OS and system firmware using YUM, UP2DATE and software migration.

Good experience in implementation of advanced partitioning schemes such as RAID and LVM.

Experienced in installation and configuration of Apache HTTP, LDAP, and SMTP Servers

Extensive experience in configuring and monitoring network services such as DNS, NFS, NIS, FTP, DHCP, SAMBA

Experience in User Account Administration and user authentication services NIS, LDAP

Strong experience in scripting (Bash, Python & Perl) for process automation, job scheduling using Cron

Extended experience of troubleshooting of hardware, software, and networking systems on remote and local servers

Strong knowledge in server security services IPTABLES and SELINUX

Worked with Storage team to configure EMC SAN, NAS configuration.

Experience in SAN Administration and LVM

Experience in Installed VERITAS Volume Manager, VCS Cluster Server for failover and for mirroring and raid level configurations on EMC storage frames.

Monitored infrastructure and network services using NAGIOS

Provide management of Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 servers. DNS DHCP and Active Directory

Application installation and troubleshooting for Solaris, Red Hat Linux and CentOS.

Setting up of ESXi server and its connectivity with the existing NAS equipment.

Managing VMware ESXI servers using VMware virtual center.

Performed VMotion and Storage VMotion of Virtual Machines across different cluster with respect to security policies and application development requirements.

Experience with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services

Proven ability to understand and follow complex instructions to successful conclusions

Implementation, testing and verification of disaster recovery plan and Backups

Extremely productive in a high volume, high stress environment

Ability to quickly learn and use new software/hardware

Communicating ideas clearly and effectively

Work Experience

ZD Tech Solutions Inc, Lincolnwood, IL

Linux System Administrator MAY2016 – APRIL2018

Working on daily work orders, which included configuration of file systems using LVM and Multi pathing.

Installed and upgraded packages and patches on RHEL 5.x, 6.2, 6.5 and 7 servers using RPM, YUM and

Third party software applications.

Installation of Database servers and users management such as Oracle, MYSQL, SQL Server.

Managing security and implementation of firewall with Microsoft Azure

Implementation and maintenance of DHCP, NFS, NIS, DNS Mailing List, Send mail, FTP and Apache SMTP.

Automate configuration management across environments with Puppet

Performing creation and permission changes of files, folders and groups and managed user accounts on several servers as part of day-to-day tasks.

Troubleshooting and analysis of hardware and software failures for various Linux servers.

Worked on Kernel upgrades and SAN Disks configuration.

Installing and configuring Apache and supporting them on Linux production servers.

Performed Installations and upgrade of operating systems and software applications on several servers

Working on Troubleshooting critical hardware and software issues and other day-to-day user trouble tickets.

Installed VERITAS Volume Manager, VCS Cluster Server for failover and for mirroring and raid level configurations on EMC storage frames.

Writing Scripts with Bash and Python for managing day-to-day transactions & for automation of routine tasks.

Managing VMware ESXI Server and V Motion of virtual machines.

Hands on experience on HP ILO and Dell IDRAC for monitoring and logging on to console.

Managing daily activities to include user support and system administration tasks.

Providing 24/7 on call and weekend support for production and Go Live events.

Tech Access Islamabad Pakistan

Linux System Administrator SEP 2013 - APR 2016

Installation, setup and configuration of RHEL, CentOS, and VMware ESXi

Using Kickstart setup automated installation of Linux servers

Patching, installation, and upgrading of software and hardware packages

Performing all System Administration tasks like cron jobs, installing packages, and patches.

User Account Management with NIS/LDAP

Extensively worked on administering and configuring DNS and LDAP services

Creating, and administering Logical Volumes and mounting them

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

Storage Area Network Management

Monitor system hardware and software performance.

SAN Administration and LVM

Fiber Cabling, fiber Switch Zoning

Creating RAID Groups, Binding LUNs and Storage Group Management.

.INBOX Business Technologies ltd Islamabad Pakistan.

Linux System Administrator JUN 2012 - SEP 2013

Hardware installation and cabling

Installation, setup and configuration of RHEL

Installation, patching and upgrading software p packages

User Account Management with NIS/LDAP

Shell Scripting for the task automation

DNS and NIS configuration

Monitor system hardware and software performance

Provided on call support by rotation 24x7x365.

Education

2018 RHCSA Certified ID:170-232-896

2008 to 2010 MBA Finance

Riphah International University, Islamabad Pak

2005 to 2007

Bachelor of Arts

Punjab University Lahore Pak

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