Ramdat Rambaran

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Professional Summary: Accomplished Linux System administrator and Windows Specialist with over 15 years of experiences managing server infrastructures and data-center operations across multiple platforms ( Linux, Redhat Linux, Windows server ). With proven experience in several programming languages: Python,BASH, Perl, Poweshell, Unix shell scripts, SQL, and C.

OBJECTIVE: SPLUNK Specialist /Linux System Administrator

Professional Skills

LINUX: 8 years of experience with Linux operating system engineering or automation

Scripts: 5 years of advanced scripting experience using Unix Shell Scripting, Perl, Python, SQL

SPLUNK: 4 years of experience designing and managing Splunk Dashboards, reports, lookup tables, and summary indexes, including Splunk SPL

Devops: 4 years of experience with secure DevOps and deployment automation

Integration: 5 years of experience in Automation and Continuous Integration-Continuous Development (CI-CD) of Full

Circle applications 5+ years of systems analysis experience, systems programming experience and performance /

SQL - Create AD Hoc SQl queries for Oracle and MySql Databases for various reporting.

Cloud: Familiar with AWS and AZURE

Work Experience:

Altice USA /Subcontractor Eliassen -Software Engineering Automation and Testing 10/14 - 06/20

-As member of the Automation team, create Python and Linux Shell scripts to Test various functions of Linux Setop boxes and User Keypress Behaviour and Performance

-Splunk - Create Splunk Dashboards and Reports which goes out daily to SME as part of monitoring APPS.

-Configure Splunk Forwarders for the various Linux Application VM. Splunk - Create Splunk Dashboards and Reports which goes out daily to SME as part of monitoring APPS.

-Configure Splunk Forwarders for the various Linux Application VM.

-Log sources integration and onboarding including custom parser development and tuning.

-Perform Splunk configuration management, troubleshooting, addressing complex issues including day to day operations management related to Splunk.

-Create scripts in BASH and Python to run via scheduler to Parse Application Logs and Sendmail to SME Teams when high level error occurs.

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-Create SNMP Scripts to check/ correlate various system performances

-Create Alerts to Help manage Automation Scripts Results Results for UI testing .

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- Upgrade and Deploy Linux Backend Apps ( Search, Data Collection,DVR Fabrix, Apache, SQL Guide ) and Web Application servers

- Upgrade Redhat Linux server and work with Development Team to Test and validate applications.

-Create functional test to validate new functionality.

SQL - Create AD Hoc SQl queries for Oracle and MySql Databases for various reporting.

-As member of the Automation team, write Bash and Python Script to Do SNMP quires and API Calls to Linux setop boxes on a daily bases for Monitoring.

IBM Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY

Software Developer 08/14 - 10/14

•Create and modify Python and BASH Unix Shell Scripts to import statistical data from DB2 database into Linux Oracle database.

Morgan Stanley & Smith Barney Citigroup New York, New York 04/1995 - 5/2014

UNIX Administrator / Systems Specialist

•Perform administration, installation and L3 support on Linux,Unix, and Windows servers various Microsoft Servers( NT Server 4.0 through Server 2008, 2012) to support financial brokers.

•Project Lead for the McAfee Enterprise Deployment EPO in the firm virus and created check script for software patches and verification for Compliance SIEM report.

•Create SQL quires to inventory all networked devices, users from several SQL databases on the firm network and report to the Compliance department.

• Remediate/ Update Servers and Workstations with Vulnerabilities and Security Patches.

•As part of the Software Testing and Packing team, worked with developers to test and rollout new software packages, workstation images to address various software enhancement discrepancies/issue.

•Create SQL quires to inventory all networked devices, users from several SQL databases on the firm network and report to Compliance department.

•Create scripts in various languages (Perl, Python, BASH, Unix Shells KSH, SQL, VB, PowerShell, ) to augment daily automated/scheduled systems checks and various administrative tasks.

•Create HTML and XML pages from reports which internal department uses.

•Created Perl and Pyton Scripts to Automate system checks for Rollout team members to check users account information and data files . E.g user login id, Active Directory GPO group membership and permission.

•As member of the SWAT team worked on remediation on production issue with servers and applications on the desktop across the firm.

•Perform monitoring and create Splunk dashboards virtual machines in VMware farm to address performance issues and assist in root cause Analysis

•As part of the L3 support, troubleshoot Server performance issues ( memory, process, application, network).

•Create technical documents and trained consultants to implement the server rollout procedures.

•As member of the server Rollout team, Worked with installation, maintenance and network configuration(TCP/IP,DNS,WINS) of Microsoft Servers (SNA Server, MSSQL server, SMS server, DHCP server, Print server, Exchange Server) starting with NT Server 4.0 through Server 2012

•Familiar with monitor and configuration tools Nagios, UDEPLOY .

•Managed a team of 12 consultants to replaced and upgrade 500 offsite branches Unix servers, 30,000 workstations and manage user account data transfer.

•Create technical documents and trained consultants to implement the firm servers installation procedure.

•Worked in supporting Disaster Recovery and Datacenter backup procedures.

•Worked with various Vendors and worked with their technical teams( Reuters,, IBM, HP, Hughes Satellite, Broadridge, Verizon, ATT, Avaya)

•Create groups and service accounts and modify members in Microsoft Active directory to administer firm’s group policy and created scripts to report on users membership.

•Configure system alerts to monitor the health of UNIX and NT servers using Tivoli,IBM Netview, and BMC software

•Responsible for major maintenance the heath of IT infrastructure for 700 Morgan Stanley offsite branches Voice and data network

•Coordinate with management, vendors, and technical teams to identify root cause of major system outages.

•Worked with network, firewall and security teams to identify/correct bottleneck and network performance issue.

•Worked on the administration and repair of IBM Unix/Aix servers services the Trading floor operations for financial brokerage organizations.

•Worked several shifts in Datacenter to support and upgrade/reload of the Wall St Financial Firms data servers, data circuits and support field technician.

•Performed maintenance on disk drives and tape drives for upgrade and restore Commodity Stock Exchange transaction systems.

Education & Training: Bachelor of Computer Science- Pace University -1998,

SPLUNK ( Splunk Infrastructure, SPlunk Fundamentals, User Behavior Analytics )

C, Perl Programming, Microsoft Enterprise Server Classes - New York University 1988

Novell Certified Systems Administrator- Westcon Corporation NY NY,

Digital electronic and Computer Technology Certificate- School of Computer Science- NY NY

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