Vmware Jira

AHMED I. AJUWON

Phone: 443-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced information technology professional with a solid track record of managing IT projects, server infrastructures and data-center operations across multiple platforms (Linux, Windows) and vendors.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2009

TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS:

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

• CompTIA Linux+

• Linux Professional Institute Certificate LPIC-1 & 2

• VMware certified professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization

• Redhat Certified system Administrator (RHCSA)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Operating/virtualization Systems: Red Hat Linux RHEL 7/6 servers.

• Windows Server 2008, 2012, VMware ESX/ESXi.

• Software: Active Directory, Kickstart, Bash, Putty and Open SSH protocols, Bash Scripts, VSFTP, VMware vCenter.

• Nagios, MySQL, Apache, Nginx, SFTP, Deny Hosts, winSCP, DNS, DHCP, Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA)

• Databases: Familiarity with MySQL, Maria DB

• Application/ Web Servers: Apache, Nginx, Squid, Tomcat and Web Sphere

• Help Desk Applications/ Agile tool: Jira Helpdesk

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

LEIDOS INCOPORATION

July 2017 – Present

• Configuration of ASM LUN’s and storage to support Oracle 11g and 12c databases

• Managing systems routine backup, enabling system logging and network logging of servers for maintenance

• Performed storage based migration using pvmove, rsync and mirroring

• Performed automated installations of Operating System using Kickstart for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6/7

• Performed and worked with Red hat satellite to sync packages for system update and upgrade

• Experience in installation and configuration of GPFS Clustering

• RPM and YUM package installations, patches and other server management

• Creating physical volumes, volume groups and logical volume

• Configuration of Nagios and check_MK Network management and System monitoring tool.

• TCP/IP Configurations of Clients & Servers: Assigning IP’s, Gateway, Name servers, Net Masking on Linux operating systems

• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software system errors.

• Create password less logging (SSH KEYS) for application and users authentications

• Configuration of DNS, NFS, FTP on Linux servers.

• Installation of firmware upgrades, kernel patches, systems configuration, performance tuning on Linux/Centos systems.

• Installation and configuration of Nebackup agent on client and master servers

• Using Ansible for configuration management, application deployment, intraservice orchestration, and provisioning

• Investigate and troubleshoot system network issues at different time and facilitate network resolutions

• Creating Linux virtual Machines using VMware virtual center, VSphere client.

• Performed server decommissioning and disk sanitization to meet company policies for unused machines

• Installation, Maintenance, Administration and troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7 and

• Working directly with the vendor (Red-hat,HP) to troubleshoot system hardware and software errors

• Creating and managing user and group accounts, security, rights, and process monitoring in Red Hat Linux

• Installing and configuring Apache and supporting them on Linux production servers

• Experience working on User admin groups, maintaining account and monitoring system performance.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Check_MK Nagios and others

• Involve in setting up JIRA as defect tracking system and configured various workflows, customization and plugins for the JIRA

bug/issue tracker.

• Team player that function exceptionally well in a team and capable of working alone with minimal supervision.

• Documentation of all the setup procedures and System Related Policies (SOP's).

• Providing 24/7 technical support to Production, pre-prod, Validation and development environments

Linux Administrator

Advantage Resourcing

Columbia MD. 21044

February 2016-june 2017

Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols).

Configuration and Administration of NFS, NFSv4 and DNS in Linux environment.

Demonstrated success in automating server builds, standardizing images, and managing Linux systems via central management tools such as Satellite, Ansible

Familiar working with Zlinux multipath and ASM Lun’s to support Oracle 11g databases

Analyzing logs, configurations, and monitoring metrics to debug application problems

Working directly with the vendor to troubleshoot system hardware and software bottle neck issues

User account management and administration. Troubleshoot user's login and directory access/permission related issues; reset password and unlocked user accounts.

Experience securing Linux systems, including conducting regular patches, update and updates

Directly worked on Production servers and troubleshoot different severity one system errors

Perform application health checks and infrastructure monitoring using Nagios

Installation and configuration of web applications such as Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP (1.3, 2.2) Web server in Red Hat Linux.

Using bash scripting to customizing administrative tasks and performing task automations

Manage systems routine backup and enabling cron jobs for tasks scheduling and automating system maintenance

Perform and worked on configuration of local storage using partitions and logical volumes

Created trouble tickets to track, diagnose and resolve new and ongoing incidents using Service Now ticketing system.

Provide 24/7 support as required to maintain the availability of key systems across the environment

Proper documentation and attention to details of any changes apply to the system

Team player with good management, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

Linux Administrator

S$J CONSULTING.

Columbia MD. 21044

April 2014 – February2016

• Job scheduling and automating process using Cron job

• Installation of hardware, software and upgrading to ensure work is performed as per the company policy on various hardware

platforms

• Ability to troubleshoot issues and suggest resource monitoring options

• Configuration of ASM LUN’s and storage to support Oracle 11g and 12c databases

• Installation of patches and packages with RPM for server maintenance, security vulnerability, update and upgrade

• Create Bash Shell scripting for monitoring the servers load averages performance

• Expert in setting up SSH, SCP, SFTP connectivity between UNIX hosts

• Experience with disk management using parted and fdisk to configure and resize new partition and use LVM to manage for OS use.

• User account management and administration; Troubleshooting User's login and accessibilities related issues

• Building servers with jumpstart using Kickstart, CD on timely basis, along with corporate wide requirements

• Provide support for Apache web server administration

• TCP/IP Configurations of Clients & Servers: Assigning IP’s, Gateway, Name servers, Net Masking on linux operating systems

• Installed and configured Apache web servers and provided support on production servers

• Used RPMs to install, update, verify, query and erase packages from Linux Server

• Created trouble tickets to track, diagnose and resolve new and ongoing incidents using Service Now ticketing system.

• Identified problems and performed root cause analysis using multiple client tool to resolve issues and meet client’s SLA.

• Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth and organizational development

Systems Administrator

Comcast

Reston VA.21091

(Contract)

August 2012 – April 2014

• Experience with disk management using parted and fdisk to configure and resize new partition

• Configuration of Nagios and check_MK Network management and System monitoring tool

• Documentation of all the setup procedures and System Related Policies (SOP's)

• Configuration of DNS, NFS, NTP, ftp on Linux servers.

• Installation of firmware upgrades, kernel patches, systems configuration, performance tuning on Linux/Centos systems

• Creating Linux virtual Machines using VMware virtual center, VSphere client

• Configuration and administration of NFS in Linux and also implemented Samba for sharing of resources be-tween Linux and

Windows environments

• Experience in using various network protocols like HTTP, UDP, FTP, and TCP/IP

• Experience with data migration tools like using RSYNC, SCP, SFTP and WinSCP

• Expert in setting up SSH, SCP, SFTP connectivity between Linux hosts

• Experience in writing Shell scripts using bash for process automation of databases, applications, backup and scheduling

• Providing 24/7 technical support to Production, Validation and development environments

• Involved in Installing, Configuring and Upgrading of RedHat Linux 6/7 operating systems

• Maintained and configured VMware ESX server and VCenter via web access

• Installation, Configuration and Upgrading the RedHat Linux 6/7, Centos 6/7 operating system

• Identified problems and performed root cause analysis using multiple client tool to resolve issues

• User account management and administration. Troubleshot User's login and directory access/permission related issues; reset password and unlocked user accounts.

• Team player with good management, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

• Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work

Linux Administrator

Union Bank,

Ile-ife, Nigeria

February 2010 – June 2012

• Responsible for the Installation, Configuration & Upgrade of operating systems Red hat Linux and Windows 2000/ 2003

servers

• Installing operating systems, patches, hardware, vendor software packages, system customization and documentation

• Installed and Configured Security Services like SSH, SSL, TCP Wrappers on Linux Servers

• Configured auto mounts/maps for the user accounts and groups

• Part of the team that supported a 24/7 highly critical system

• Manage all the technical support department documentations, installation and deployment manuals

• Created and manage an up-to-date internal Help and FAQs pages

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