SAHRA TAHIRAH
929-***-**** ************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Highly motivated and talented Linux Admin/Engineer with approximately 4 years of experience in multiplatform Linux environments. Strong ability to fix complex problems, captivate new information, troubleshoot system related issues, and adapt to evolving circumstances. Looking to leverage my knowledge and experience to contribute to the overall efficacy of an organization while also challenging and further developing my skills as a Linux Engineer.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Operating Systems - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7; CentOS 6,7
Hardware - HP and DELL server platform HP ProLiant DL380 G7, Dell PowerEdge (R610, R710)
DevOps tool - Ansible, Ansible Tower, CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker
Servers - NFS, HTTP, DHCP, PXE boot, Kickstart, and MySQL, Windows server R2012
Version Control Tools – GIT, GitHub
Storage & Disk Management – SAN, NAS, DAS, RAID, LVM
Monitoring Tools – Nagios, CloudWatch
User Authentication – Active Directory, LDAP
Virtualization Technologies – VMware, ESXi host, Clustering,
HA, DRS, vCenter, vSphee
Hardware Troubleshooting – Rack and Stack, ILO, IDRAC, RAID, DELL/HP servers
Servers – PXE, DHCP, Apache, MySQL NFS, FTP, TFTP
Amazon Web Services – EC2, S3, IAM, ELB, EFS, CloudWatch, Cloud Formation
Bash Scripting, Cron Jobs, Kernel tuning
EXPERIENCE
Dell Technologies – New York, NY
Linux Systems Engineer/Admin
Oct 2019 - Present
Managing full lifecycles of servers i.e. deploying, provisioning, troubleshooting, maintenance, experimentation and decommissioning.
Supported DevOps teams to configure Virtual Environments using Gitlab, Ansible Tower and Docker.
Profound Experience with Ansible and Ansible Tower for automating tasks, patching, installing applications and configuration. Worked with Ansible vault to encrypt sensitive information.
Worked with multiple AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, IAM, Cloud Watch and S3 Buckets.
Provisioned EC2 instances using CloudFormation templates written in YAML and JSON.
Involved Code control Management on GIT repositories and using best practices to commit code with comments as references for better understand.
Deployed Docker containers using Docker image, managing Docker Volume, port mapping for Docker containers.
Experienced Apache web server deployment and configuration for applications.
Management of Ansible Tower to give users permissions to run their tasks and update inventory when needed.
Worked with Active Directory running on windows servers.
Modified kernel parameters for optimized performance.
Implemented Kickstart/ PXE Boot Servers that Rsync between multiple locations.
Perform Upgrades of OS, servers and applications with minimal downtime, perform RCA and implement rollback plan in case of system failures.
Deployed and Configured the NFS server and NFS client to share data over the network.
Setup NIC bonding/Teaming for redundancy and improved performance.
Working with incident management tools and cooperating with different teams and departments for better and fast solutions.
Worked with various distributions like CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, and Fedora in testing, development and production environment.
Worked with windows servers to maintain logs and check connectivity.
Experience virtualization and proficient in installation and management of VMware EXSI.
Converted Linux systems from local password authentication to Active Directory.
Created managed file system (EXT3, EXT4 & XFS) as required and extended Volume Groups, Logical Volumes using Logical Volume Manager.
Diagnosed and troubleshoot Linux server issues by isolating problems and preserving information in the form of documentation for better and faster future troubleshooting.
Provided input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
Proactively monitored system performance and capacity planning and help to tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure.
Improved system recovery after a crash or other outage and supports data integrity by ensuring that there is never a massive loss of vital information.
Emigrant Bank - Elmsford, NY
Linux System Admin
April 2017 – Oct 2019
Proactively maintained and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service.
Supported the operations team with daily tasks.
Installing OS (RHEL 6,7 and CentOS 6,7), on HP, Dell servers and VMware ESXI 5.5, 6.0 and 6.7 using PXE with kickstart.
Deployed Virtual Machines on Oracle VirtualBox, and VMware ESXI as requested.
Deployed new equipment and install applications, which enabled the customer to perform their job function on updated equipment which leads to higher work output.
Maintained and managed users by creating, modifying, and deleting users on the demand of clients.
Sudo access management granted and removed Sudo privileges as requested
Installed, Deployed and Configured LDAP and ACTIVE DIRECTORY server for user management.
Racking and Stacking servers and setting up iLO, iDRAC configuration.
Performed deployment, provisioning, and troubleshooting for Linux servers.
Used file sharing technologies like NFS, SCP, and FTP.
Hardened Security using SETUID, GETGID, and STICKY BIT
Provided support in the implementation and installation of hardware and software components.
Handled tickets that involved troubleshooting hardware issues.
Assisted in maintaining systems in lab environments at various sites.
Managed daily activities to include user support and system administration tasks.
Installed and upgrades packages using RPM and YUM.
Provided support to multiple environments and ensured that all the hardware and software requirements are met.
Maintained system upgrades and apply patches periodically for RedHat and CentOS.
Monitor Linux servers using monitoring tools and create reports.
Ensure secure access by creating SSH keys and allow the users to access password-less.
Interacted with the ticketing system, assigned tasks to concerning departments and email all parties involved.
Taking backup according to rules and instructions.
EDUCATION
B.A.
Hunter College
Expected Date – Jul 2021
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Computer Science
Minor: Political Science