ABDULAI SESAY
**** ********* ***** ****** **, ***06 240-***-**** ***********@*****.***
Objective: Experience Linux System Administrator seeking challenging and fast paced environment with ability to learn new technologies to solve functional issues. I can utilize technology and communications skills to provide rapid and exceptional client-focused service.
Highlight of Qualification
• 7 years of IT experience and about 5 years of hands-on experience in system design, construction, deployment, administration and support of Red Hat Linux 6 & 7 servers and networks
• Strong administration and troubleshooting skills in Red Hat Linux environment
• Very confident with Apache http, Apache Tomcat, NFS, FTP and LVM on Red Hat Linux
• Good understanding of network concepts and protocols
• Well organized with strong problem solving and good communication skills as well as ability to work both in teams and independently
Work Experience:
Ixsolutions, LLC: Linux Administrator 2017 – present
●Ability to install, support and troubleshoot Linux server
●Create, manage and troubleshoot LVM
●Check logs file, file system maintenance and managing processes
●Maintain Linux systems serving as firewall FTP server, mail server, DHCP and DNS server
●Managed daily activities include user support and file management tasks
●Perform server updates, patching, upgrade and package installations using RPM
●Setup, configured, and debugged network configurations for RedHat servers and workstation
●Configure apache/nginx
●Maintain excellent verbal and written communication
●NFS/CIFS file system mounting and support for developers
●Schedule and maintain cron jobs
●Provided support on weekends and odd hours to ensure little to no disruption of local and operational systems during scheduled maintenance and outages
●Monitor the disk space, CPU utilization and performance of the servers
●Install and configure Apache tomcat server for developers
●Performed file system backups and restores using local archiving utilities to include tar, gzip
●Sends weekly report to management on overall system performance and health checks
Lowes store 1188: Lumber/paint/plumbing/receiving/pro-service 2011 – present
●Provides superior customer service by assisting customers in selection, demonstration, and purchase of product including special orders and installations.
●Liaise with department managers on new items and products to ensure customer satisfaction.
●Greet and acknowledge all customers in a friendly, professional manner and provide quick, responsive customer service.
●Meticulous attention to detail
●Strong work ethic
●Experienced in stock management software
●Operate power equipment i.e. forklifts
●Delivered product to customer
●Received merchandise from vendors
●Coordinate inventory prep
Education
Bowie State University, Bowie, MD – 2012 to 2016.
●Bachelors of Science in Information Technology
Technical Skill and Applications
Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2012
●Software Application: BMC Remedy, DNS, DHCP, FTP, Samba, NFS, IDM, Active Directory
●Web Server: Apache http, Apache Tomcat