Resume of: Braj Niraula

Work Status: US Citizen

Current Location: Fort Worth, TX

Availability to Interview: 1 Day Notice

Availability to Start: Immediate

Phone Number: 817-***-****

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/braj-niraula-15827974/

Previous FTE/Contractor: No

Cleared for Rehire per CWM (Y/N): No

Previous GuideWell/Florida Blue Hiring Manager: N/A

Vendor Notes:

Braj is a Certified RedHat Linux Consultant with over 12 years of expertise in RHEL.

Extensive experience managing and deploying various agents on both physical as well as virtual servers.

He possesses experience in Guardium, Symantec and Carbon Black as well.

His current contract is scheduled to finish sometime soon and hence he is looking for a new role.

SUMMARY:

Over 12 years of strong experience in engineering and administration of UNIX, Linux in 24/7 support environment.

Experience in installing and configuring VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS)

Strong experience with system builds, patching, kernel panic, create RAID and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, 7.x and 8.x

Extensive experience with Kickstart, ISO images, Virtual Template in a VMware ESX 5.x, 6.x &7.x environment.

Mastery with networking concepts like NIC Bonding or Teaming, VLAN, TCP/IP, DNS, LAN/WAN and DHCP

Self-starter, self-motivator and quick learner. Excellent Communication Skills. Ability to work in a Team or on an Individual basis.

Strong experience with Chassis, Blade and Rack Mount of Dell HW (Gen 12, 13 and 14 PowerEdge), iDrac/ILO (HP) configuration and connect all the physical servers thru iDrac for support.

Extensive experience with BMC (BladeLogic Automation) and Servicenow ticketing system.

Extensive experience VMware vSphere 5.x, 6.x and 7.x (ESXi) and vCenter.

Extensive experience with SAN (VPLEX & VNX) and NAS Storage.

Agent Tools:

CrowdStrike, Delinea (Centrify), Autosys, Backup agent (Avamar for Core and Networker on DMZ), BES Client (BigFix), CiRBA (on physical server only), Cybereson, Chef, EnCase, Guardium (DB servers only), Nimsoft, Splunk, Tanium, Trend Micro, Symantec, Carbon Black Sensor and more

EXPERIENCE:

Lockheed Martin (RYAN Consulting Group), Fort Worth, TX Jul 2021 – Present

Role: Linux System Engineer

Responsibilities:

Perform OS installations for RHEL versions 7 and 8.x on both physical and virtual servers via kickstart, boot from San, FCoE/converged network adapters, troubleshooting various hardware/network/storage issues as part of the build process

Install and support server compliance/monitoring tools such as 2FA, PASSM, Splunk, Guardium, Qualys, Symantec endpoint protection, Carbon Black Sensor (cbagent)

Assisting in patching 100 plus Linux virtual/physical servers

Supporting users and application, performance, network issues and manage file system

Professionally handling day to day activities like ticket monitoring, checking emails and responding them on time

Environment: RHEL 7, and 8.x, SLES 9,10 and Solaris 10, HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9, Dell PowerEdge (Rack/Blade) Generation 12,13, 14 on Rackmount Model R620, R720, R820, R630, R730, R830, R240, R340, R440, R540, R640, R740 and Blade Model M420, M520, M820, M630

AIG Global Services, Fort Worth, TX Sep 2014 – Jul 2021

Role: Sr. Linux Build Engineer

Responsibilities:

Perform OS installations for RHEL versions 5, 6, 7, 8 and appliances on both physical and virtual servers via kickstart, boot from San, FCoE/converged network adapters, troubleshooting various hardware/network/storage issues as part of the build process

Approx. 80% of all builds happen in the VMWare ESX environment and manage these builds via custom templates.

Customizing builds based on customer demand for various applications and databases, including Oracle/Oracle RAC, Splunk, SAP HANA, etc.

Reserve IP addresses and manage DNS entries to support server deployment via ipcontrol.

Guide automated scripts to verify adherence to security standards.

Check in-build systems to ensure they meet customer requirements and quality assurance and pass go-live checks and promote to operational status.

Analyze root causes for recurring issues in server deployment, system backup, and security compliance.

Environment: RHEL 6, 7, and 8.x, SLES 9,10 and 11, Dell PowerEdge (Rack/Blade) Generation 12,13, 14 on Rackmount Model R620, R720, R820, R630, R730, R830, R240, R340, R440, R540, R640, R740 and Blade Model M420, M520, M820, M630

New Breed Logistics, Fort Worth, TX Dec 2008 – Sep 2014

Role: Linux Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

Major tasks involved installing, maintaining Redhat Linux EL 5 and 6.x on Development and Production servers. Responsibilities included designing and deploying. Monitoring system backups, performing restores, security patching and user administration. Implementing and working with naming services protocols NFS, NIS, DNS, SMTP.

Provide support in different geographical locations on a 24x7 basis on Linux platforms.

Performance Analysis of resources like CPU, Memory, Disk and Swap from command line using commands like prstat.

Environment: RHEL 5, 6, 7, and 8.x, SLES 9,10 and 11, CentOS, Ubuntu and Solaris 8, 9, 10, Dell PowerEdge (Rack/Blade) Generation 12,13, 14 on Rackmount Model R620, R720, R820, R630, R730, R830, R240, R340, R440, R540, R640, R740 and Blade Model M420, M520, M820, M630.

IBM, Tulsa, OK Jun 2006 – May 2008

Role: Systems Administrator

EDUCATION:

Associate Degree in Science, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky

CERTIFICATIONS:

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA - Cert# 150-044-626)

CompTIA Security+ Certification

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE 2000)

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