TIMOTHEE ARMAND
NTAMACK,
UNIX/Linux/windows System Administrator
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Unix/Linux/Windows System Administrator
UNIX/LINUX/WINDOWS System Administrator with over 5 years of experience in a multi-platform Server builds on VMware, with hands-on experience in the administration and management of Windows Server 2008, UNIX (Solaris 10), LINUX (Centos 6.4/7); RHEL 6.4/7 and windows (7,8 and 10).
Highly skilled at troubleshooting and fixing network connectivity related issues. Highly motivated and driven, possessing outstanding interpersonal, technical and communication skills.
Adaptable, collaborative, strong team player, detail oriented, ability to multitasking and work within strict deadlines with a wide spectrum of people; Project leader experience.
Solid background in systems and software installation, user and group administration role base access control. Competent in File System, Volume and Storage Management.
Core Competencies
System/Software Installations
File and Transfer/Sharing
System Maintenance
File System
TCP/IP
VMware Exsi6
Troubleshooting
Teamwork
Volume/storage management
Basic SElinux Management
User/Group Administration
Raid Configuration
Active directory
Professional Experience
Trinitech Consulting, Inc. Beltsville, MD November 2017 to Present
UNIX/Linux System Administrator
Hired as a System Administrator to manage and maintain 70+ mixed server environment (Windows/Linux/Unix), ensuring 99.9% or better uptime. Evaluate, monitor and enhance IT infrastructure with an emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, security, data confidentiality and system integrity.
Builds, installs, configure brand new virtual and physical servers, test, deploy Solaris 10 RHEL/CentOS 6.4 and windows 7,8,10 virtual servers on Oracle Virtualbox and VMware Esxi 6 using VMware Player or vSphere hosted hypervisor
Create new user accounts and profiles on Windows NOS, UNIX and LINUX systems.
Troubleshoot and resolve OS, application, malware desktop related issues on various Windows NOS.
Use “dcpromo” tool to configure DNS, Active Directory as well as to promote standard Windows 2008 servers to domain controllers.
Setup, configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS; and Samba Servers in multiplatform LAN
Configured Active Directory on Windows 2008 server and Remote Desktop Access on windows 7,8,10.
Responsible for assigning hostnames, default gateway, static and DNS address to servers in order to Introduce UNIX/Linux servers to the LAN.
Configured A-records, created and managed users and groups on Active Directory, Solaris and RHEL/CentOS servers
Setup, configured and troubleshoot TCP/IP related issues.
Increased end-user productivity by immediately troubleshooting and fixing system issues emanating from hardware and software.
Experience in building and configuring VMware host and guess system on Oracle Virtual Box as well as bridging the guess VMware systems to communicate with another physical LAN
Configured file and print sharing then mapped shares to drive letters.
Troubleshoot and fix system issues using built in windows troubleshoot application.
Installed antivirus applications, uninstalled obsolete applications, and deleted system junk files.
Configure Windows NOS clients to join the domain as well as configure file and print sharing on some Windows NOS to enable resource sharing.
Fix virtual box issues and enable virtualization
Understand cloud concepts and able to create an AWS free tier account
Install and configure Samba server in an AWS RHEL8 ec2 instance and mapping to the windows 2019 server
Install and configure Ansible (DevOps) to automate O.S and applications installation
Install and configure Nagios (DevOps) to monitor systems, applications and protocols
Install and configure Splunk to monitor systems,applications and protocols
Install and configure Docker to create and manage containers
Supporting system users and troubleshooting system issues. Document solutions for future references.
FORCE Network Consulting, inc.Douala, Cameroon 2012-2017
Hired as a full time System Administrator to coach and support customers by building
trust, relationship, and providing solutions to their needs
Provide 24/7 support in Production Testing and Development environments.
Responsible for data management using native Solaris utilities for archiving, compression backup and restore.
Install and configure a samba server on a Solaris 10 and mapping to the windows 2008 server
Configure password authentication (single sign on) using LDAP; IPA server service
Responsible for User, Security and Package management in Unix and Linux
Managing swap configuration.
Responsible for root password reset in Linux and Unix
Hands-on experience with ticketing tools such as STARS
Technical Skills
Platforms/OS:
Oracle Solaris (x86) 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4/7, Centos 6.4/7 Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019
Software:
VMware vSphere Virtualization (ESXi 6, VirtualBox Hypervisor), Microsoft Office, Visio, WinSCP, PUTTY, Team Viewer.
Networking Protocols/tools:
Application/configuration:
TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP (PING), Ethernet, NAT, Netstat,, SCP, SFTP, FTP, SSH, CIFS, ARP
Jumpstart, kickstart, Solaris Virtualization (Zones), Ansible
Access Security Protocols:
SElinux
Volume/Storage Technology: SVM, LVM, ZFS,
Education and Certification
Training: UNIX/LINUX/WINDOWS System Administration, AWS
Prince George Community College: Student in Information Technology
University of Douala: (Bachelor Degree in Marketing and Computer science)
References available upon request