ATUL THAKUR ac7lhf@r.postjobfree.com

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CORE COMPETENCIES:

Linux administration

NFS, NetApp storage

Data Center migration

Root cause analysis with application teams, vendor coordination, troubleshooting, Change Management.

Networking

Did course in Hadoop and big data management.

Virtualization of windows2012/Linux hosts on VMWare ESX 6.0

Virtual Linux server creation, networking it and migrating data for Oracle DBA

XPERIENCE:

Hansen Technologies: A global managed service company providing primarily billing services to Global energy retailers.

Bethlehem, PA Oct 2017 - Present.

-All Linux systems are on AWS

-Provided administration of the RedHat Linux systems.

-Backup of the systems.

-Created new image on AWS for quick install of servers in AWS.

-Monitoring of the Linux systems.

-Migration of data from standard hardware to AWS.

Johnson and Johnson: A family of companies worth more than $100B spread around the world with innovative ideas about health

ITS, Raritan, NJ February 2000 – October 2016

Technology Lead

Unix/Linux Engineering: Part of the Unix/Linux Engineering Team.

Managed Global HPUX servers, Data Center Migration, Networking, OVO, Centrify, NetBackup, Service Guard.

Did RedHat Linux administration for the last 3 years along with managing the Lab and

providing value in reducing IT Unix costs.

- Managed RedHat setup in Cloud and AWS bringing in innovation to the Global IT team.

- Did data center migration in a team from the HPUX server to RH Linux.

-Project management in setting up servers with Oracle back end for users around the world.

-Research and install Proof of Concept in the lab.

-Applied Good Manufacturing Principles to be FDA complaint.

-Resolve escalated issues as per Service Level Agreements.

-Managed DNS, NFS and DHCP for Global Unix servers.

-Provided 2/3 level support for Incident/Issues with systems.

-Managed RedHat Linux systems on physical servers.

-Networking the systems for communication.

-Work to setup NetBackup and Data Domain for backup of critical data on servers.

-Setup Centrify with AD for single sign on, streamlining and standardizing the user management via AD, and creating a huge cost saving for the company.

Inter Op Lab Management: Lab was a very important Datacenter for Innovation and Proof of Concept for new

software and hardware. It had a mixture of new and old technology of various

OS Servers and hardware, SAN, Network, Backup, Monitoring and much more.

-Create VM virtual machines for users on VMWare ESX 6.x

-Collaborate with business colleagues to understand Global End user Infrastructure needs.

-Assist in the design of enclosure to host NBU master to back up on Data Domain and replicate it to another site for DR purpose.

- Setup RSA on systems for server hardening and security.

-DR setup and DR exercise management.

-Setup disks assigned from 3PAR to Unix/Linux servers.

-Data Center consolidation, system and storage migrations to save space and money in maintenance costs.

-Coordinated the network and helped troubleshoot any network issues with the network team.

-Proof of concept for AIX install, administration, networking and SAN connection.

Centrify: Single Sign on software. To streamline and standardize Global User management and reduce cost of

maintaining user management on the over the thousands of Unix/Linux servers via AD.

-Setup Centrify in the lab test and configure it for Unix/Linux servers.

-Coordinated to assign proper UIDs for Centrify servers. This truly made the system Global for the thousands of Unix/Linux servers.

-Configure Identity and Access Management using Centrify tool. This hardened the Unix/Linux systems

hardened the systems for security along with segregation of duties.

-Setup groups for Centrify based on segregation policies.

-Created reports from the Centrify console for license information.

NetBackup: An enterprise Backup Software to back up the enterprise systems on tape and on disk. 5 years. Backup

of systems has evolved from tape drive backup to disk backup and replication to another site for DR.

-Design and Install configure and operate the NetBackup environment.

-Configure and execute backups on various backup devices.

-Created Technical requirements, design and configuration of the NetBackup environment.

OVO: HP Open View Operations software to monitor the Unix/Linux systems. Monitor of servers to proactively determine possible errors on systems and fixing them.

-Configure and install OVO for monitoring of Unix systems.

Pershing Inc: A large global financial company with financial solutions February 1997 – Feb 2000

Florham Park, NJ

Unix System Administrator:

-Maintained/Install and update production machines used by traders.

-Designed Fail over Unix system for use.

Columbia University: A world renowned University/ Medical College February 1996- February 1997

Manhattan, NY

-Setup AIX Unix system for use by the students

-Troubleshoot networking issues

Time Link Systems: A medium size company giving software solutions to customers.

New York February 1988 – February 1996

-Proprietary scripting and data base programming for customers and install of the program at customer sites

EDUCATION:

Master of Science: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Electrical Eng.: Pantnagar University, India

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