JACK S. KALLU
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SUMMARY
UNIX System Administration, Data Center Experience, Thousands of Servers,
Web Alerts Resolution,
SAN and NAS Storages, QA Testing, Lab Admin, Marketing Pre Sales Support.
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Red Hat Linux, Fedora, Mac OS and Windows.
Remote Imaging Solutions (kickstart, Jumpstart / OpForce / Ignite / NIM
/ PXE).
Nagios monitoring, Version Control, FreeVM for Linux, VMware fusion to
run windows on Mac OS.
broad range of computer science skills, persistent, result and detail-
oriented, strong organizational
and communication skills, a self-starter, team player, self-motivated and
proactive. I like to use my skills and experience to enhance your
company's success and my own personal growth.
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1 TECHNICAL SKILLS
SAN and NAS Storages: Configured SAN Switches, Storages and Servers. EMC
SymCLI DMX
Symmetrix, Clariion CX-380, Hitachi HDS 9970, HP MSA 1500, NetApp NAS FAS
3210, 3240, 3270,
6210, 6080 and DS 4243, EMC Connectrix, Celera, Centera, Cisco VSAN on
MDS 9216, 9513 and Brocade 200E, 7420B switches,
QLogic, Sun qlc, JNI, HP, Emulex and LSI HBA's, Veritas DMP, EMC Power
Path, Clariion Navisphere,
ISCSI and FC SAN, SCSI-3, ISL, EMC ECC SRM Software.
Systems: Sun Fire Servers, v220, x2200, 1-10 U, 6800, V880, V240, T1000,
X4200, 64/32 Bit Servers, IBM e series, P5 series, Hp Proliant DL360,
580, C7000 Blade, etc. Dell Servers Power Edge R620, M1000e, etc.1U, 4U,
10U.
Network: Cisco Catalyst 2950, ISL, VLANS, Server Racking, Relocation, IBM
HMC, Console Servers Perle
and Raritan Serial Console Servers, Avocent and Belkin dongle KVM
Switches, Subnets, NAT, FC and
Copper patch panels.
Tools: VMware Central and ESX 3.0 Servers, VMClients, VMware Remote VI
Client 2.0 and Vmotion.
Provisioning, AIX NIM, HP Ignite, Jumpstart, PXE, Veritas OpForce,
Veritas CC Storage, Zoning, VLANS, Perle Serial and Raritan Console
Servers, Apache Web Server's, Windows SFU Laddis NFS QA testing, Veritas
VM, FLEXlm, HP EFI Firmware, LSF, Samba, PC NFS, etc.
Languages: Shell Scripting, SED, AWK and Regular Expressions.
2 EXPERIENCE
Synopsys Inc. Mountain View CA, UNIX System Administrator, Contract
Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
Setup remote Linux kickstart scripts for groups of 25-75 servers,
configured Boot and CPU BIOS, ran
scripts for hosts, IP, MAC Addresses and configuration scripts to create
kickstart files to load Linux
also ran DNS and Audit scripts. Worked on CCT ticket system for hung
servers at Savvis Data Center for thousands of servers including Sun,
IBM, Cisco, HP and Dell blade servers, Dell and HP rack servers.
Checked server status using Nagios server health check monitor, used
Cyclades Console Servers to
troubleshoot hung servers, booting and system file check.
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Yahoo Inc. System Reliability Engineer SRE, N. Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale,
CA Apr 29 to May 23, 2013
Worked with System Engineers SE's in Revenue-SRE on Watcher Real Alert
resolution and metrics, analyze website's performance in real time as
it handles real user transactions generated graphs, reports, alerts,
dashboards and visualizations by NOC technicians using Nagio Web
monitoring technicians to resolve Bugzilla and remedy tickets escalated
to tier II SRE's. WebEx video conferencing, Adium IRC group chat,
Google Drive/Docs,
Independent Consultant UNIX Systems/Network Admin, San Jose, CA
Feb 10 - Apr 2013
Unix Admin responsibilities, Solaris, AIX, Hp-UX, Linux and Windows
Operating Systems, SAN, QA Testing, Network trouble shooting and Lab
Admin experience.
Palm Inc: UNIX Admin - Contract, Sunnyvale, CA
Jan 10 - Feb10
Short contract less than a month, performed data restore from NetApp
Snapshots to NFS server using Linux, checked clients data then SSH to
Linux NFS server, to restore client data to Tomcat internal servers,
documented results on Excel spreadsheet.
US Government, DOD - Contract:
Jul 09 - Sep 09
FT Benning, completed clearance training and documentation,
EMC Corp: Lab Admin, Sales Support - Contract, Santa Clara, CA Jul 07
- Oct 07
Setup Symmetrix, Clariion, SAN Storages, Installed VMware ESX 3.0
Servers and VM Clients, pre sales support for Symmetrix, Celera,
Centera, Invista, and Connectrix in demo lab, checked VSAN on Cisco
SAN switches, checked OS code upgrade on MDS 9513. Knowledge of ECC
SRM and Cisco Fabric Manager.
Symantec Corp: UNIX/Storage Global Services Lab, Mountain View, CA
Jul 06 - May 07
Interacted with members of a Global IT team, Configured UNIX Clusters
for Tech Support, used Sym CLI
to configure LUN's on; EMC Symmetrix used GUI on Clarion, Hitachi 9970
and HP SAN storages. Configured Zoning on Brocade switches and VLANS
on Cisco IP switches used Veritas CC Storage SRM and Opforce. Used
Solaris Jumpstart, IBM MIN and Opforce to load UNIX and Linux.
Configured cluster nodes for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and Linux. Configured
Navisphere and HBA drivers, Setup SAN and helped with Lab move.
Hewlett Packard: QA SAN Testing - Contract, Cupertino, CA
Dec 05- Apr 06
Lab testing HP Fiber channel SAN Storages using SCSI and FC drives
attached to Itaniam
Integrity Servers, ran Storage Stress Tests, configured zoning on
McDATA and Brocade SAN Switches.
VLANS on HP Procurve Network Switch
US Government, DOD - Contract: Fayetteville, NC
Jul 05 - Dec 05
Worked as Translator, Advisor and Facilitator for Department of the
Army, Civil Affairs Command.
Head liaison between the US Civil Affairs Command and Diyala, Iraq
Provincial Government.
US Government, Department of the Army - Contract: Washington, DC
Dec 03 - Mar 04
Translator, Facilitator and Contributor to the US Federal Government
and Baghdad, Iraq Government.
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Maxtor Corporation: QA Lab Testing - Contract, Milpitas, CA
Oct 01 - Feb 02
Setup and configures HP and Sun Servers used Laddis SPEC SFS 3.0 NFS
performance test measured NFS Load metrics and Access Time. Configured
different RAID volumes using Maxtor SAN and NAS storages, Configured SFU
with UNIX clients, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux and Red Hat as load generators.
WebMd Corp: UNIX System Administrator, Santa Clara, CA
Feb 2000 - Nov 20000
Maintained Data Center servers, and production servers, installed Solaris
and maintained Informix production and web servers, installed JNI Fiber
channel cards configured to test SAN storages, managed
user accounts and other requests. SC branch was closed and the company
was moved to Nashville.
Cybersource Corp: UNIX Administrator-Contract, San Jose, CA
Oct 99 - Jan 2000
Setup Solaris Servers, maintained Data Center servers, maintained DNS,
Sendmail, Cyrus Imap mail server, Legato back up, Apache Web Server's
virtual host setup, granted access to secure web sites.
Global star Comm.: UNIX Administrator-Contract, San Jose, CA
Nov 98 -Apr 99
Installed Solaris and configured Netscape SuiteSpot Servers, backup and
restored LDAP, installed and customized jumpstart. Installed and
configured Veritas Volume Manager, resolved NIS problems, was responsible
for support of web development group.
Silicon Magic Corp: UNIX System/Network Admin, Santa Clara, CA
Jan 98 - Jul 98
Maintained and managed UNIX Systems and Networks, resolved NIS, NFS, DNS,
maintained FLEXlm new licenses and server, used Legato for back up.
Installed LSF, CPU Load Sharing Facility, for compiler jobs. Upgraded
network infrastructure, new Cisco CAT5500, PIX FW and Cisco Dial-In
router.
Cylinc Corp: UNIX System/Network Administrator, Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 96 - Jun 97
Installed new Sun Solaris servers, resolved NIS, NFS, DNS and Sendmail
problems. Upgraded network infrastructure and switched internal addresses
from class C to class A using NAT.
Actel Corporation: UNIX System Administrator, Sunnyvale, CA
Aug 94 - Jul 96
Setup HP servers using SAM, configured NFS, and NIS. Installed Synopsys
and EDA Tools, installed Sun OS and Solaris configured HP-UX.
Troubleshot NFS, NIS on HP and Sun servers.
Digital Equipment Corporation: Customer Support, Field Engineer, SC, CA
Jun 92 - Sep 93
Provided field/In-hose customer service for DEC Equipment at customer
locations in Santa Clara county.
Computer Land Corp. Customer Field Service, Campbell CA,
1988- 1991
Provided customer field service for desk top equipment.
1 EDUCATION
Honors in Electronics Engineering, Mohawk College, Ontario, Canada.
EMC Symmetrix CLI and Veritas OpforceTraining Courses
Sun Solaris System Administration Courses,
HP-UX System and Network Administration,
IBM, Compaq, Digital and Apple PC Courses,
Dale Carnegie Customer Relation Course.
Work Ethic Course and First Aid Training Course.