Systems Administrator/Architech

ALTAF UDAIPURWALA

Cell: 609-***-**** acy57g@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Highly technical and solution oriented candidate, accomplished more than 10 years in enterprise system design, architecture, high-end hardware infrastructure and operating systems. Hands-on experience with designs, configuring VERITAS (Symantec) High Availabilities Clusters (SFCFS, SFRAC), Volume Replicator (VVR), Maintenance and Troubleshooting in UNIX OS (Solaris/AIX/Linux), Disaster Recovery (DR), AIX HACMP Cluster, AWS Cloud and Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

Senior UNIX admin with excellent business understanding and have strong communication and analytical skills. Proven ability to manage and lead team members.

Achieved deep understanding of Symantec (VERITAS) High Availability in CFS/CRS RAC Clusters, Volume Replicator, Disaster Recovery, Solaris, LINUX and AIX logical volume manager (LVM).

Extensive knowledge in virtualization system, AIX VIO server, Solaris LDOM/Zones, Linux, VMWare, KVM and have experience on AWS cloud administration.

Proficient in building servers and have extensive knowledge in supporting Linux, Solaris and AIX OS, resolving networking, performance and monitoring issues, kernel tuning and load balancing to ensure stable performance.

Achieved knowledge on cost efficient solution in AWS cloud to suit application specific needs.

Involved in designing and deploying servers utilizing almost all of the AWS stack (Including EC2, ELB, Route53, S3, SNS, SQS, IAM) focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling.

Created S3 backups using versioning enable and Created users and groups using IAM and assigned policies to each group.

Created load balancers (ELB) and used Route53 with failover and latency options for high availability and fault tolerance.

Responsible for data center migration, migrating servers from Solaris/AIX platform to Linux RedHat. And migrating data from primary to secondary server using Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR).

Achieved deep understanding of Shell/Perl scripting, JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

Support and supervised network architectures, administering NIS/LDAP/SAN and NAS storage technologies, protocols and all facets of data center design.

Experienced in supporting middleware application IBM MQ, Websphere, DB2, Tivoli System Management (TSM) and Tivoli monitoring system, Veritas Netbackup, AUTOSYS, Sendmail, HIS, Tomcat.

Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1/6.0/7.0 on AIX/Solaris/Linux servers.

Led IBM and Wipro offshore teams on several large-scale projects.

Working towards to get certified with AWS Solution Architect.

Technical Skills:

Building / Managing Clusters for Solaris, AIX and Redhat operating systems, Symantec (VERITAS) software, LINUX logical volume manager (LVM) and AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM), SFCFS, SFRAC, AWS Cloud, Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP),

IBM MQ, DB2, Websphere, Sendmail, IHS, Tomcat, Sendmail, Tivoli backup systems and Tivoli monitoring system, SAN and NAS storage technologies, Red Hat Satellite, Veritas Opforce and jumpstart scripts for Solaris servers, TSM and AUTOSYS.

WORK EXPERIENCE

UNITED SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS, Monroe, NJ January 2017 – Current

AWS Cloud Administrator:

Involved in designing and deploying servers utilizing almost all of the AWS stack (Including EC2, Route53, S3, SNS, SQS, IAM) focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling.

Strong experience in supporting day-to-day activities on AIX / Solaris / Linux Servers

Migrated the servers/applications from Solaris/AIX environment to AWS cloud.

Proficient in managing vendor support and have in-depth knowledge supporting AIX, Solaris and Linux platform.

Created S3 backups using versioning enable and Created users and groups using IAM and assigned policies to each group.

Created load balancers (ELB) and used Route53 with failover and latency options for high availability and fault tolerance.

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Princeton, NJ May 2000 to May 2016

AIX Systems Administrator:

Responsibilities included designing IT infrastructure incorporating emerging technologies, enterprise architecture, integration and implementation, disaster recovery design, analysis and performance optimization.

Led discussions with management on implementing new technology resulting in $1.4M cost savings.

Coordination between Application Support Team, Release Management, Compliance team, Infrastructure Team, Capacity Management Team for streamlined successful application release in Dev/UAT/Production environments.

Have experience in supporting and upgrading IBM HACMP cluster software on AIX servers.

Spearheaded in supporting daily day-to-day issues on AIX / Solaris / Linux Servers.

Proficient supporting for VERITAS, RAC Clusters, HACMP clusters, LDDAP and EMC/Hitachi SAN storage.

Responsible and managed migration of Solaris and AIX servers to Linux RedHat operating systems.

Developed detailed implementation plans, managed and controlled resources for execution of the project to achieve the goal on time. And have extensive knowledge in writing Shell/Perl scripts.

Installed and managed firewall on Linux servers, troubleshoot and resolved various issues.

Extensive knowledge in virtualization on Solaris Zone/LDOM, AIX LPAR and VIO server, VMWare and have managed many servers on Solaris/AIX/Linux platform.

Responsible managing and assisting several infrastructure projects like data center migration, Disaster Recovery, lifecycle UNIX servers that has reached End-of-Life, cost saving with server/storage consolidation, GAP remediation.

Worked with Application team to migrate WAS and other applications from AIX/Solaris platform onto AWS Cloud.

Proficient in managing UNIX servers, patching, upgrading operating system, firmware upgrade and helped increase the number of servers each cycle by 80% more.

Supported several Disaster Recovery project and have in-depth knowledge in failover and testing DR servers.

Worked as LDAP administrator to troubleshoot day-to-day issues, configuring replication and monitoring performance.

Achieved extensive knowledge in supporting middleware application like IBM MQ, Websphere, Tivoli Storage Management (TSM), Veritas Netbackup, DB2, HIS, Tomcat, Sendmail and LDAP.

Performance tuning WAS/Weblogic by configuring cashing, queuing JVM parameters.

Known to IT team members as the “go-to-person” for new ideas and direction on tasks that are challenging and complicated.

Lead UNIX team to upgrade and patch the operating systems on AIX/Solaris and Linux servers.

Education:

Bachelor degree in Commerce for Finance & Audit, Bombay India

Certifications & Training:

Sun Solaris Administrator / Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer / Certified Novell Engineer / VMware / IBM WEBSphere / VERITAS Volume Manager / Oracle RAC Cluster / AIX Administrator.

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