Systems Administrator Linux

Endam Alonjang

Houston,TX ***********@*****.*** 240-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Linux Systems Administrator with eight years of experience building, configuring, monitoring, upgrading and maintaining systems. Experience with user administration, managing users and groups and granting privileges and permissions. Ability to multitask, work with strict deadlines and eager to take on new challenges. SKILLS

● Firewalls, VPNs, and security products

● Linux Installation and Configuration

● Cloud services

● Kickstarts, Patching

● TCP/IP protocol

● Interpersonal Communication

● Network File Sharing

● Ansible

● Written Communication

● Detail-oriented.

● Planning and Coordination

● Git, Gitlab

● Storage: LVM, NFS

● SSO, MFA

WORK EXPERIENCE

Linux AWS Administrator

Flashnet IT Solutions Remote Mar 2016 - Present

● Experience using virtualization technologies such as VMware and KVM

● Experience configuring and managing over 200 Linux servers

● Experience with installing, loading operating systems, software, and troubleshooting.

● Experience with maintaining VMware ESXi hosts and virtual machines (VMs)

● Experience with VI Editor and Ansible.

● Successfully set up and maintained DNS, DHCP, and LDAP services for a user base of over 500 clients, ensuring high availability and reliability.

● Conducted 10 comprehensive risk analyses, leading to the implementation of security countermeasures that reduced vulnerabilities by 30%.

● Ensured alignment of security architecture frameworks with IT cloud strategy, resulting in a 25% improvement in compliance with industry standards.

● Supported migration of applications to the cloud infrastructure and assisted in the analysis, tuning, and re-architecture when necessary to ensure adherence to business requirements.

● Ability to write comprehensive S.O.Ps on building and troubleshooting linux machines

● High level and hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services, particularly services relating to high- availability web infrastructure. For example, EC2, RDS, ALB, S3, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront,

● Security Groups, IAM, and ECS deployed to build the customer’s infrastructure.

● Conducted 8 assessments of cloud infrastructure, ensuring security compliance and mitigating risks, leading to a 40% increase in compliance scores.

● Managed relationships with 12 stakeholders, enhancing satisfaction levels through effective communication and ownership of project outcomes over a 5 month period.

● Monitor infrastructure related licensing and related maintenance and support contracts.

● Collaborated with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support organizational needs.

Linux Administrator

Bank of America Remote Nov 2010 - Feb 2016

● Maintained backups and monthly patches for over 100 systems, ensuring a 99% success rate in disaster recovery scenarios.

● Analyzed system logs to identify and remediate issues, leading to a 20% reduction in system downtime.

● Conducted problem trend analysis, successfully preventing recurrence of issues and improving service levels by 15%.

● Performed daily backups, maintenance on applications and operating systems, and patching, contributing to a 30% increase in system reliability.

● Monitoring CPU, memory usage, server disk space and performing proactive capacity analysis

● Managed user administration, security, and access control for 200+ users, ensuring compliance with company security policies.

● Experience in troubleshooting PuTTY’s session logging feature to record terminal sessions for auditing and troubleshooting purposes

● Experience in troubleshooting PuTTY connectivity issues, including resolving network errors, firewall rules and SSH configuration problems

● Knowledgeable in configuring and managing DNS, DHCP and NTP services to ensure reliable network services EDUCATION

University Of Dschang, Cameroon

Bachelor of Science Dec. 1998

2X AWS Certified 2023

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