Security Vmware

Naga Prasanna Mandava

Mobile: +1-858-***-****, E-MAIL: ****.*******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To work in a challenging environment that demands strong ‘IT’ technical skills in the areas of Linux, Virtualization Administration, Basic Shell Scripting, Servers Builds, Linux Patching & Vulnerability Remediations, Monitoring, security hardening. In a company that is process driven, and where ample scope for learning and organizational skills is encouraged.

SUMMARY:

A Axon Network Solutions and Cinterco Tech with 2+ years’ of insightful experience in Linux Server Administration, Data Center servers Nagios Monitoring, Linux Servers Builds, Linux Patching, Security Hardening, LVM, CPU, Memory, Disks trouble shooting, Basic Shell Scripting and Basic VMware Administration.

Excellent communication, research and documentation skills

Planning and setting up of total IT infrastructure and security for the organization. (includes planning of structured, servers configuration and IT security implementation as per the ISO standards)

Developed standard procedures SOPS and policies for operation and maintenance of IT department.

Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

Experience on the Disk allocation, Resource allocation, Disk consolidations, VMware Tools install/upgrade, Template builds, VMotion

Experience on user, group, service account, sudoers and Network Administration

Configuring and Trouble-shooting the Booting Issues, NFS, DNS, FTP, Samba, Apache, Squid proxy & Mail servers, syslog-NG servers

SSH keys generation on Linux servers for password less authentication

Jobs scheduling through Cron

Storage addition on Linux servers and scan the disks, extended required volume groups

Registering servers with Satellite Servers and Perform Linux Servers patching that includes Kernel upgrades and security fixes

Knowledge on Basic shell scripting experience in automating monitoring, LVM extension, Reports generations etc

ITIL documentation like Incident/Problem/Change Management

Software Package Administration. (RPM and YUM)

EDUCATIONAL SUMMARY:

MCA (Master of (Computer Application) Mangala Institute of management studies, Bangalore, from 2007 - 2010 (80 %)

BSC (Bachelor of Science) Bharathi Degree college, Chirala, from 2004-2007 (74%)

Intermediate (M.P.C) Y.V.C. R C S.P Junior College, Karamchedu, from 2002-2004 (70%)

S.S.C from Z.P.S.S, Sri Saraswathy Vidya Niketan Karamchedu, from 2001-2002(72%)

Trainings/CERTIFICATIONS:

Red Hat Training Completed

VMWARE Certified Professional (VCP 5.0) Technical training Completed

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Languages

C, Java

Packages

MS-Office.

Operating Systems

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, CENT OS, OEL

Virtualization

VMware

Database

My SQL, Oracle, DB2

Hardware

-Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis, Cisco B 200 M3/M5 Blades

-DELL Power Edge Servers

-HP ProLiant Rack Mount servers

Tools

Nagios, BMC Remedy, SPACEWALK and Red Hat Satellite and SUSE Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Axon Network Solutions PVT Ltd, Hyderabad

[Systems Engineer, FROM June 3rd, 2013 TO April 2nd, 2014]

Job Responsibilities: Linux and VMware Administration, Monitoring, Patching and Builds

Install Red Hat Linux and perform post build activities like backup tools installation, security hardening, LVM creation, monitoring tools etc.

Troubleshooting basic Linux network issues like Lan, Wan etc.

Good knowledge in configuring and Trouble-shooting the Booting Process, NFS, DNS, FTP, Samba, Apache, Squid proxy & Mail servers, syslog-NG servers.

Build Linux Operating system in physical servers through ILO mount ISO image

Build Linux Servers in ESX and deploy virtual machines from templates

Implemented Nagios Monitoring on Prod Linux Server and pushed Nagios client tool all client servers

Deployed Red Hat Linux, CentOS, SUSE Linux Patching and upgrade the kernel

Prepare the KB articles, technical documentation and maintained these documents in shared location

Prepare presentation Weekly Review like Switches, Router, Nagios alerts, Incidents, Changes, Outages, Memory utilization repots and presented to Apalya Management

Perform security hardening on various Linux Servers and fix the all Vulnerabilities

Trouble shooting on Linux servers like NFS, SAMBA, SQUID, NTP, FTP, APACHE, SENDMAIL, SYSLOG-NG, DHCP

Storage addition on Linux servers and scan the disks, extended required volume groups

Attending the P1/P2 bridge calls

Follow the ITIL process while executing all environment changes

Creating and maintaining Run-Books, SOPs and RCA

Installing and Configuring Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis and B 200 M3 Blades, Dell HW.

Hardware and Firmware Update for all the blades

Creating VM’s using templates, ISO images.

Adding processors, RAM, NIC, disks to the VM

Configuring Vmotion / Creating resource pools and configuring the VM’s based on priority.

Cinterco Tech Solutions PVT Ltd, Bangalore

[System Administrator FROM Dec 2011 TO May 31st, 2013]

Job Responsibilities: Linux Administration

Install Red Hat Linux and perform post build activities like backup tools installation, security hardening, LVM creation, monitoring tools etc.

Providing first level of troubleshooting to the Linux servers by taking the Red Hat remote using Putty.

Creating user accounts and add respective groups also passwords reset in Linux boxes

Good Knowledge in user, group administration

Knowledge in sudoers

Create service accounts and set to never expiry passwords, never expiry account based on requests

Troubleshoot basic Linux network issues like Lan, Wan etc.

Good knowledge in configuring and Trouble-shooting the Booting Process, NFS, DNS, FTP, Samba, Apache, Squid proxy & Mail servers, syslog-NG servers.

Build Linux Operating system in physical servers through ILO mount ISO image

Build Linux Servers in ESX and deploy virtual machines from templates

Implemented Nagios Monitoring on Prod Linux Server and pushed Nagios client tool all client servers

Deployed Red Hat Linux Patching and upgrade the kernel

Achievements:

Won first prize for IT Quiz

Awarded the 'Best Student of the Year'

Participated in various technical events conducted in my college

STRENGTHS:

Excellent troubleshooting skills to identify root causes and resolve problems related to application and systems functionality

Ability to work well in a team environment with minimal supervision and deal with ambiguity

Willing to acquire new knowledge and skills

Know-how of IT service management guidelines

Personal Profile

Full Name : Naga Prasanna Mandava

Father Name : Sri. Ratnakara Rao Talluri (Late)

Date of Birth : 10th February 1987

Sex : Female

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : English, Telugu and Kannada.

Passport Number : K4788747

VISA Status : Feb 2022

Place: San Diego, California, USA Naga Prasanna Mandava

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