Maintenance Manager
Resume:
BANUPRIYA PALANICHAMY
*****.****@*****.***
Professional Summary
Over 4 years of experience in System Administration working on Red hat Linux 6/7, CentOS 6/7 and Windows environments.
Experience in administering Linux. Experience in Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, Red hat Linux.
Experience with Virtualization technologies such as installing, configuring, and administering Red Hat environment using KVM based hypervisors.
Experience with RAID using Hardware Raid and Software Raid on Red Hat Linux in combination with Volume Management utility, Logical Volume Manager and Hardware RAID.
Experience in Installing, upgrading and configuring Red Hat Linux 6/ 7, PXE, Kickstart Servers and Interactive Installation.
Experience in Creation and managing user accounts, security, rights, disk space and process monitoring in Red hat Linux.
Experience in installing, administering, troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, NFS, LDAP, SAMBA, postfix, ftp Server in a heterogeneous environment..
Experience in Logical Volume Manager for creation of Volume groups / Logical Volume and File systems in LINUX / UNIX.
Experience in networking concepts like TCP/IP, IP Addressing, Networking Technologies and WLAN.
Hands-on experience in diagnosing, troubleshooting various networking, hardware & Linux/ UNIX server issues, performing preventive maintenance.
Experience in systems upgrades, patching Linux OS, kernel tuning and resource management for MySql databases alongside DBA’s in team projects.
Experienced in installation, configuration & maintenance of Apache-Lamp stack, MySql.
Configuring & Administration of Samba Server on Linux for UNIX File System Access on Windows Env
Familiarity with monitoring tools and utilities such as vmstat, iostat, free, netstat and top.
Experience of working in Data centers with 24X7 Production and On-Call Environment.
Good Knowledge on shell scripting languages like Bash shell, Korn-shell .
Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printers.
Installed and configured recommended kernel setting for various applications such as MySQL/MariaDB.
Deft in the management of operating system, network and applications with experience in configuring and troubleshooting various hardware and software related issues.
Self-starter, self-motivated and quick learner. Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Strong problem solving skills. Ability to work in a team or independently.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, Anna University, India.
Diploma in Computer Engineering, Dept. of Technical Education, India.
Technical Skills Inventory
Operating Systems : Linux (Red Hat Linux 6/7, CENTOS, Debian)
Hardware : HP ProLiant DL360, DL380, Blade servers, IBM Workstations
Database : MySQL / Maria DB
Services : NFS, SSH, SFTP, FTP, rlogin, RPM, YUM, Samba, Auto FS, Telnet.
Monitoring Tools : vmstat, iostat, free, netstat and top.
Networking : TCP/IP, UDP, LAN, WAN, DNS, DHCP, NAS, SAN.
Web Applications : Apache Tomcat, httpd
Directory Server : Openldap, SAMBA Server
Messaging : Postfix, Sendmail.
Scripting : Bash Shell Scripting.
Security Application : SELinux, ACL
Storage integration : NFS, RAID 0/1/5, LVM, SCSI, SATA, Ext 2, Ext 3, Ext 4 and NAS
Virtualization : KVM
Other tools : KickStart, Puppet, sar, ps, dig, tcpdump, lsof, ping, lookup, tar and parted.
Work Experience
Princeton IT Services Inc, Hamilton, NJ July-2014 Present
Linux Administrator
Responsibilities:
Designing, implementation, deployment and maintenance support of web infrastructure and features that are cost effective and sustainable; Primarily focused on Linux/Apache, Tomcat/DNS, LAMP, Cluster and other relevant technologies including mobile web sites.
Setup and configured Virtualization Environment using Qemu KVM for Development/QA/Stage Web Infrastructure Environments. Created templates for auto creation of virtual hosts.
Working with SELinux Context, Booleans and Troubleshooting.
Established YUM repositories used in conjunction with the kickstart server.
Migrating services from remote data center to in-house data center.
Setup and configured DHCP, Kickstart, and PXE servers for automated system builds using COBBLER.
Established NFS mount on NAS.
Implementation, deployment and Day to day monitoring for our web /utility /web accelerator’s clusters.
Implementation, deployment and Day to day monitoring for our Remote access/ account maintenance (OpenVPN/OpenLDAP)
Responsible for upgrading system, capacity planning, security, and disaster recovery.
Administering web servers and applications including web server maintenance and patches/ fixes.
Maintaining the security of web resources by adhering to all applicable Company policies.
Assisting in the implementation and maintenance of all web-enabled applications.
Performing typical operating systems administration tasks.
Systems Support on Redhat Enterprise Linux/CentOS/MYSQL/NFS
Web Server Administration and troubleshooting with knowledge of Apache/ Tomcat.
Server hardware monitoring and maintenance.
Software installation and configuration through puppet (OS / Network / web related)
Software monitoring and maintenance (Centos Linux /web Related)
Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x,7.x, KVM, MYSQL, MS Windows Server, Tomcat, Apache,
YUM, NFS,PXE, DHCP, NAS, LDAP.
Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, OH August 2013- July 2014
Linux Admin
Responsibilities:
Administration of (RHEL) Red hat Linux 6/7 which includes installation, testing, troubleshooting both physical and virtual server issues.
Used commands for creating new users, groups, user passwords, changing passwords, managing user accounts and locking users.
Configure disk partition and RAID.
Creating templates for Linux VM’s those are used for deploying for the environments.
System audit report like number of logins, success & failures.
Created user roles and groups for securing the resources using local operating System authentication.
Experienced in tasks like managing User Accounts and Groups, managing Disks and File systems.
Analyzing and monitoring system performance through various system tools such top, sar, vmstat, netstat, iostat.and perform kernel tuning to enhance the system performance.
Install and configure packages for the server they are needed by vendors.
Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process into full-fledged production network
Experience with change control process for any changes done on the server.
Configuring Vsftpd and NFS Server with TCP Wrappers for local System Administration repositories.
Experience in installing, integrating, tuning Apache and Tomcat application server.
Taking supplemental backup using tar and recovering during the data loss.
Maintaining relations with project managers, DBA’s, Developers, Application support teams and operational support teams to facilitate effective project deployment.
Manage system installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, performance tuning, managing storage resources, network configuration to fit application and database requirements.
Performed regular installation of patches using YUM, RPM and Tarball utilities. Archiving and compressing a file and folders.
Configuring & monitoring DHCP server.
Performed application installation and management on Linux servers for applications like with Apache HTTPD / TOMCAT, MYSql.
Installation of SAMBA server for interface between Linux servers and Windows servers to share files.
Troubleshooting of day to day Server & User related issues on Windows and Linux systems both.
Working with SELinux
Creating physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volume.
Enabling, starting and stopping of services.
Working with run levels, systemd and system targets.
Working with jobs – cron and at - running on the system.
Management of Red Hat Linux user accounts, groups, files permissions and ACLs.
Systems Support on Red hat Enterprise Linux/ CentOS / MariaDB / NFS.
Installation, configuration and maintenance DNS servers, Mail servers.
Troubleshooting Linux network, capturing packets using tools such as IPtables, firewall, NMAP.
Setup and configured DHCP, Kickstart, and PXE servers for automated system builds.
Performing typical operating systems administration tasks.
Troubleshoot issues related to hardware, operating system and networking.
Configured yum repository server for installing packages from a centralized server.
Software monitoring and maintenance (CentOS Linux).
Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x,7.x, Centos, SAMBA, MYSQL,PXE, MS Windows Server, Tomcat, Apache, IPTables, Firewall, NMAP, YUM, RPM.
Prithvi Information Solutions, India June 2009- February 2011
Linux Desktop Support
Responsibilities:
Installed, configured, administer and maintained all of the Redhat linux and centos in-house systems.
Help with capacity and infrastructure planning for future computing needs
Performs routine software, system updates and installations on the UNIX machines.
Performs network design, layout and configuration.
Consulted with 3rd party vendors to resolve issues related to hardware and software.
Provided UNIX network support which included working with the network group to fix network issues.
Troubleshoot and fixed problems that occur within UNIX environment
Worked closely with the MySql DBA’s to stabilize the Oracle Environment
Perform system performance and tuning on Linux servers
Supported In-house processes and shell scripts.
Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x,7.x, Centos6/7, MYSQL, Shell scripts.
Professional Trainings
Red Hat Linux Training Level 1 August - 2008
Red Hat Linux Training Level 2 March - 2013
Red Hat Linux Training Level 3 October - 2014
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