PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname

Mahlaola

Name

Mahlatse

Initials

M.S

Physical Address

Allandale Medrand

Postal address

** ***** ****** ***** **** Tzaneen

Cell Phone

072-***-****

E-mail

adj67u@r.postjobfree.com

Work no

011-***-****

FAX

Gender

Male

Identity Number

871**********

Driver’s license

Code 10 (C1)

Nationality

South African

Race

African

Health

Excellent

Disability

Yes, right leg due to soccer

Criminal record

None

Home Language

Sepedi

Other Languages

English – good

Tsonga - fair

Zulu – fair

Tshivenda-Fair

Hobbies

Browsing the internet, Music,Reading CompTIA books,socializing

Marital Status

Single

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

Highest Standard Passed

Grade 12

Institution

Kgapane high school

Year Passed

2007

Subjects

Economics, English, Sepedi, Biology, Geography and Agriculture

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Subjects Passed

Institution

Year Graduated

Metric Certificate

Kgapane High School

2007

Information Technology Diploma in P.C Engineering

Certification ID:JCD11249

Jeppe College Of Commerce And Computer Studies(polokwane campus)

2011

ISSET Technical Support

Jeppe College Of Commerce And Computer Studies(polokwane campus)

2010

ISSET System Support

Jeppe College Of Commerce And Computer Studies(polokwane campus)

2010

CompTIA N+ International Certificate

CODE:P9HKR12D3KF42DHH

Jeppe College Of Commerce And Computer Studies(polokwane campus)

2011

CompTIA A+ International Certificate

CODE:NLP9N4JBHF1CFF3

Jeppe College Of Commerce And Computer Studies(polokwane campus)

2010

Red Hat Certified System Administrator ( RHCSA)

Certification ID: 130-094-907

Torque I.T Revonia

2013

Microsoft Window7

Certification Number: E056-1491

CTU Pretoria

2012

WORKING EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYER

POST HELD

PERIOD

REASON FOR LEAVING

TOSHIBA Polokwane (Lopes ICT)

NHLS ( National Health Laboratory Services )

Net1 U.E.P.S Technologies Inc.( Net1 Mobile Solutions )

IT Unix/Linux Technician

Unix and Linux System Administrator

Operations Engineer

(Mid Linux Engineer)

From 05 Feb 2008 to 06-June 2011

From 01 August 2012- 30 November 2015

From 01 December 2015

I was working under Renewable contract and its can only be renewed 3 times

Better Technical growth opportunity but less Money.

Company Name

Job description

Toshiba

-Installation of UNIX, Linux and Solaris to the systems

-Assembling of new computer systems and troubleshooting

-Installations an upgrading of software packages

-LAN troubleshooting and ensuring optimal performance

- Diagnose hardware faults and arrange repair with service provider

-Network printer troubleshooting and configurations

-Remote assistance on Linux, Unix and SunSolaris systems

-Printer assenting Technician (service maintainer and repair )

-Daily Backup of company data and information disaster recovery

-HP storage administration

-WordPress websites administration on applications level and Operating system level running on Unix/Linux.

-ServerRoom monitoring.

- Changing of damaged hard drives on the EVA8000 and EVA8400 backup storage

NHLS

-Installation of Linux Red-hat, SunSolaris and UNIX server systems

-Linux and Oracle end user management and permissions monitoring

-Daily Backup of company data and information disaster recovery

-Remote desktop assistance

-Server room monitoring

-Provide secondary support for UNIX system administrator and provide advice and guidance

-Document server hardware and software assets and licenses as per audit requirements

-Perform advanced fault finding and diagnostics on UNIX system and undertake routine preventative maintenance to ensure performance and availability

-Monitoring the EVA900 backup storage system

-Changing of damaged hard drives on the EVA8000/EVA8400 backup storage

System and HP 3par storageServ

-Administrating EVA8400/EVA8000 storage System, changing damaged Disks and presenting the new once to the storage

- Monitoring the F5 load balancer

-LAN troubleshooting and ensuring optimal performance

-Installations an upgrading of software packages on Linux enterprise systems.

- Diagnose hardware faults and arrange repair with service provider

-Administrating the SunSolaris SuperCluster T5-8

-Replacing of damaged Hard-drive disk on the SunSuper Cluster T5-8

-Administrating and Monitoring daily backups on the SunSuper Cluster T5-8

-Administrating the HP 3par StorageServ

Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc

-Further technical investigation into support queries

-DB (SQL) operational querying to assist in the resolution of support and operational queries

-Roll out of projects/products/systems in the resolution of support and operational queries

-Roll out of projects/products/systems into LIVE that are ready for delivery

-Operational support of projects/products/systems in LIVE

-Implementation and automation of system operations and backups

-Monitor network traffic and usage

-Operation procedures implementation and support / helpdesk

-Ensure VPN connectivity for remote support

-Installation of Linux Red-hat, SunSolaris and UNIX server systems

-Linux and Oracle end user management and permissions monitoring

-Daily Backup of company data and information disaster recovery

-Remote desktop assistance

-Server room monitoring

-Provide secondary support for UNIX system administrator and provide advice and guidance

-Document server hardware and software assets and licenses as per audit requirements

-Perform advanced fault finding and diagnostics on UNIX system and undertake routine preventative maintenance to ensure performance and availability

-Monitoring the EVA800 backup storage system

-Changing of damaged hard drives on the EVA900 backup storage

System and HP 3par storageServ

-Administrating EVA 900 storage System, changing damaged Disks and presenting the new once to the storage

-Thwate SSL certifications for Linux systems.

- Monitoring the F5 load balancer

-LAN troubleshooting and ensuring optimal performance

-Installation and troubleshooting of windows7 to desktop systems

-Installations an upgrading of software packages

- Diagnose hardware faults and arrange repair with service provider

-Administrating the SunSolaris SuperCluster T5-8

-Replacing of damaged Hard-drive disk on the SunSuper Cluster T5-8

-Administrating and Monitoring daily backups on the SunSuper Cluster T5-8

-Administrating the HP 3par StorageServ

-Support VCPay Credite cards system

-Easyredmine administrator and support.

-Testrails support

-Sugarcrm application support and administrator.

-Wordpress website hosting

- Loan processing

Alexander Forbes

-Administration, Installation and security of the Solaris and Linux enterprise systems

- Installations of Operating systems ( Solaris 9-11, Red-hat, Cent-OS and Ubuntu ) to best standards

- Checks daily and weekly backups and logs

- Development, administration and maintenance of Informix Databases

- Maintenance of the password file i.e user accounts

- Printer administration from Unix/Linux level ( CUPS Printers )

- Change Control -Strict adherence to change control procedures

- Linux files permissions administration

- Email facilities ( mpack and send-mail )

- Troubleshooting day to day Linux and Sun-Solaris problems and Hardware problems

- 1st line support to users of development team

- Administration of Backups and restores

- Patching of the operating systems ( Sun-Solaris, Red-hat, Cent-OS and Ubuntu )

- working with ZFS file systems, zones and LDOMs

- Test new software before it is moved into a production environment

- Works closely with the team manager and development team to perform Application enhancements and O/S related installations.

- Active process running on the server is monitored and should be authorized.

- Monitor World Writable, key system and other sensitive directories

- Unauthorized SUID and GUID files are check for and removed if not necessary

- Monitor permissions on user profiles - should not be world writable

- The unauthorized .rhosts file should be removed

- Password ageing on all accounts should be set in accordance with company policy Account lockout should be enabled

- Dormant and inactive users should be deactivated

- Monitor database and server performance statistics, tuning and database maintenance and recovery.

- Effectively monitor and take action to ensure coordination and effectiveness of all components and activities and decide on issues requiring escalation.

- Analyze data stored in the database and make recommendations relating to performance and efficiency of that data storage.

DEVELOPED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Willing to learn and expand skills/knowledge base.

Ability to work with other people of all ages.

Good communication skills.

Ability to work overtime.

REFERENCES:

Names

Position

Contacts

Mr Fazil Mckenna

Mr Jiyana Ntokozo

Mr Moshimane Tshepe

Mr Calvin Masungini

IT Snr Networks Engineer

(National Health Laboratory Services )

Linux Systems Engineer (Eclipes Holidings)

IT Operations Engineer

I.T Support Team Lead

Cell No: 082-****-***

Call No:084-***-****

Call No:082-***-****

Call: 076-***-****

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