Christopher Henderson

Fort Worth TX

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Summary

Highly skilled and certified Linux System Administrator experienced at completing tickets. Motivated team player eager to gain experience with cloud computing and network administration. As a Red Hat Certificate holder, I am well-versed in best practices for customer service, debugging, and troubleshooting. I am experienced with systems such as Linux, Command-Line Interface, and Domain Name Systems. Proficient at networking, web and identity management, ticketing systems, monitoring tools, configuration management, and infrastructure.

Skills

Operating Systems: Linux (RedHat/CentOS 7/8)

Virtualization: VMWare ESXi, Oracle Virtual Box

Networking: SSH, TCP/IP/ DNS, NFS, DHCP, FTP

Ticketing System: Jira

Scripting: Bash

Monitoring Tools: Nagios, Check_MK

Version Control: Git, Gitlab

Automation: Cronjob, Bash Script, Ansible

Configuration Management: Ansible, Foreman

Containers: Docker, Podman,

Web/Mail/Identity Management: Apache, LDAP, FREEIPA

Professional Experience

Procore Plus Remote

Linux System Administrator 8/2023-10/2023

Built, deployed, and provided ongoing support for multiple systems, which lead to a smooth operating system

Implemented and managed Linux, Apache, MySQL web server configurations

Maintain and utilize the foreman server for distributed CentOS / RHEL Patching

Experience patching and updating systems

Installed, upgraded, and configured new Linux releases, specializing in RedHat/CentOS 7/8

Web Server Deployment & Management

Conducted resource optimization and tuned to enhance system performance

Configured, planned, and successfully deployed a LAMP stack application on a Linux server, enhancing web hosting capabilities to improve overall performance

Managed and monitored multiple servers at the same time

Practiced semanage to protect the systems against security threats

Reviewed application logs to identify and address issues

Provide users with elevated privileges for special tasks (sudo)

Perform YUM package installs

Disk Management and partitioning

File Server Deployment (NFS)

Automount NFS shares on client machines to ensure that NFS shares were automatically mounted when needed and improved user efficiency

Exported Share Directories (exports) and mounted Shared directories, testing permissions to ensure proper file permissions, ownership

Installed and configured NFS on Redhat Linux 8

Server Deployment (VMware vCenter 6.7)

Implemented monitoring tools to track server performance, resource utilization, and service availability

To prevent data loss set up regular automated backups of critical data and configurations

Utilized VMware Virtualization to create server deployments from scratch and installed the OS, network, and security recommendations

Work Experience

T-Mobile Assistant Manager Ft Worth TX 2022-2023

Provided exceptional customer service

Staying up to date on technology

Developed problem solving skills

Century 21 Realtor Ft Worth TX 2021-2022

Practiced great analytical skills

Work well within a team

Able to teach real estate market to clients

DISD Social Studies Teacher Dallas TX 2015-2020

Ability to clearly present and explain education material

Multitasking

Communication

Leadership

Education

Kaplan University Bachelor of Science Davenport IA 2011-2015

Purdue University Global MBA W Lafayette IN 2020-2022

Certifications

Yellow Tail Tech. 10-2023

RHCSA certification # 220-200-182

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