Linux Systems Infrastructure Engineer

Husain Pulav

562-***-**** ******@*****.*** Thousand Oaks, CA

Summary

Experienced DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer with a proven track record of driving operational efficiency and innovation across Linux System Administration, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps engineering. Over a 9-year tenure at a single company, advanced from managing Linux systems to maintaining and building OpenStack clusters, and ultimately optimizing CI/CD pipelines and automation processes. Currently pursuing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification to gain experience and proficiency in Kubernetes.

Tools and Skills

Programming/Scripting: Bash, Ruby, Python

DevOps Tools: GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Jenkins

Cloud Platforms: OpenStack, AWS, Azure

Configuration Management: SaltStack, Ansible, Chef Containerization/Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes Monitoring/Logging: Nagios, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus Infrastructure Concepts: OSI model, DHCP, DNS

Project and Issue Tracking: Jira, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Opsgenie Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban

Experience

Edgio (Spun off from Yahoo, Inc. and merged with Limelight Networks) Remote DevOps Engineer 06/2022 - Present

● Enhance in-house Canary deployment systems in Ruby by adding new features and resolving critical bugs, improving deployment reliability.

● Gained experience working with REST APIs while collaborating on the canary software, enabling seamless communication between services.

● Maintain CI/CD pipelines for all repositories and developers across the company, ensuring seamless integration and deployment processes.

● Automate build, packaging, and deployment processes for multiple software tools.

● Manage GitLab on AWS using Kubernetes, ensuring consistent availability and performance for development teams.

● Conduct monthly and yearly patching and Ubuntu upgrades for eight server types, ensuring compliance and security.

● Solely manage the last remaining OpenStack cluster, utilized by all developers on the team for development testing, and use Terraform to spin up instances for various environments. Yahoo! Inc.(Spun off from Verizon Media) Remote

Production Engineer 09/2019 - 06/2022

● Migrated legacy OpenStack Chef cookbooks to Ansible playbooks reducing the deployment time by 40%.

● Containerized OpenStack services, eliminating legacy RPMs.

● Maintained the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins for seamless code deployment.

● Managed All-in-One (AIO) service for efficient testing and deployment of OpenStack services on a single node.

Verizon Media (Spun off from Verizon Digital Media Services) Los Angeles, CA Systems Engineer 05/2017 - 09/2019

● Created and managed 3 OpenStack clusters which were going to replace outdated legacy physical back-office systems.

● Using SaltStack deployed OpenStack services which benefitted multiple teams to use the services. Transitioned the workflow from SaltStack to Ansible and migrated from RPM packages to Docker containers for improved deployment and scalability.

● Enhanced visibility and performance tracking across all three OpenStack clusters by setting up Datadog monitoring.

Verizon Digital Media Services Los Angeles, CA

Linux Systems Administrator 09/2015 - 05/2017

● Provisioned and decommissioned edge PoPs in a company with a network of over 100 PoPs, totaling more than 20,000 physical servers.

● Utilized SaltStack for efficient Ubuntu server deployment and provided support to other teams in configuring team-specific Linux application servers.

● Troubleshot from the BOOT process, FAI (Fully Automated Installation), and iPXE booting. Rant, Inc. Irvine, CA

Linux Systems Administrator 06/2014 - 09/2015

● Operated as the sole system administrator in a startup setting, reporting directly to the CTO.

● Gained hands-on expertise in cloud-based services, including Amazon Web Services and Server Central.

Hypermedia Systems Los Angeles, CA

Linux Systems Administrator 10/2012 - 06/2014

● Provisioned CentOS servers using PXE boot and kick start profiles, configured clustered web servers utilizing Zeus and Apache web services.

● Proficiently resolved hardware and software issues, effectively addressing tickets. Zerolag Communications Los Angeles, CA

NOC Engineer 12/2011 - 10/2012

● Performed Tier-1 support during the third shift in a data center housing over 2,500 servers.

● Conducted rack and stack procedures for servers, network equipment, power supplies, and executed cable installations.

Education

California State University, Long Beach

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering 05/2012

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