MOHAMMED ABDUL FAROOQ
ac7e19@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LINUX / UNIX ADMINISTRATOR COGNIZANT HYDERABAD, India 05/2014 –02/2015
Analyze and resolve complex issues, including familiarity with network routers/switches, networking, and servers
Performing some analysis and assessment of server performance and storage capacity and planning
Provide oversight to on site field resources. Understand the business perspective and establish urgency and conformance to site standards
Effectively manage the life cycle of infrastructure assets in support of the IT Framework
Establish monitoring software/metrics to provide accurate representation of hardware, o/s, database and server environments
Asset management. This includes assisting with hardware purchases, deployment, configuration, and asset retirement / disposal of servers
Lead site contact for Unix and Linux servers. Provide administrative services such as monitoring, patching, lifecycle and remote management for remote sites.
UNIX ADMINISTRATOR R&D Engineer Hyderabad, India 04/2013 – 04/2014
Escalation Management: identify, manage, and lead escalations through L3. Work with others to help manage escalations through L5
Assist senior management in making recommendations to improve and enhance WFS systems
Provide next level support for difficult network, workstation, and laptop issues
Good IT aptitude that comply with ITIL framework (Incident Management, Change Management)
Performing root cause investigations for major support incidents or problems and providing feedback to seniors and client management
Ensuring Capacity Planning and Management by providing input on monthly capacity reports for client infrastructure
Support developers, database administrators, service providers and data center operations staff
UNIX ADMINISTRATOR Finwizard Technology Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 02/2012 – 03/2013
Provide proactive network management with deployment & use of management tools. Maintain up-to-date working knowledge of server hardware & software
To provide problem diagnosis/resolution on customers managed infrastructure
Perform file system management tasks
Perform user and Filesystem management
Help user on an on-call basis
Indentify and drive continual improvement program in UNIX environment and improve the service efficiency
Assist application development teams with software that is to be deployed on a UNIX server
EDUCATION
UNIVSRSITY OF POTOMAC, Virginia
Master of Science in Information Technology
GPA: 3.8/4.0
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Ability to conduct training sessions to share knowledge with peers and other support teams as necessary
Quickly learn and master new technology; equally successful in both team and self-directed settings; and proficient in a range of computer systems, languages, tools and testing methodologies.
Deeply familiar with developing, testing and documenting backup and recovery routines
Installed different software on users’ computers, in accordance to their specific requirements
strong working knowledge of software, hardware, networking, operating systems, and security applications
Knowledge or experience with DevOps, OpenShift, AWS cloud, or other similar technologies is desirable
Basic knowledge of storage and networking - 2 to 4 years of experience
Strong Understating of Linux operating and working knowledge
Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and provide resolution
Strong attention to detail
Have good understating of Change management policy
Able to multitask efficiently and effectively
PC proficiency, including the use of Microsoft Office
References:
Will be furnished upon request