Platform Engineer Aws Cloud

SUMMARY

Linux platform Engineer with a strong background spanning 6 years in the IT industry, primarily focus leans towards automation, where I excel in utilizing Ansible, delving into cloud computing, and delivering hardware abstraction through virtualization technologies like VMware, Esxi hosts, Vsphere, VMotion and I possess familiarity with Docker and AWS cloud services. Profound proficiency in overseeing system monitoring, adept in managing filesystems, storage, and disk operations, alongside maintaining comprehensive backups and adeptly troubleshooting networking glitches. Hands-on experience extends to the installation, configuration, and administration of diverse Linux operating systems. Additionally, I am well-versed in source code management using Git. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LinuxPlatformEngineer

Wells Fargo, NYC, NY - -- Sep2022–Present

Ensuring the resilience and fault tolerance of the VMware environment, encompassing the ESXi hypervisor, for optimal high availability.

Monitor the health status of virtual machines and ESXi hosts, designing templates for the efficient provisioning of new VMs, and securing snapshots in preparation for patching or decommissioning processes.

Administering RPM and YUM for package control, overseeing the YUM repo server for effective patch management, and fortifying Linux systems through a local repository for secure application installations and upgrades.

Taking proactive measures based on Nagios alerts, addressing concerns ranging from network connectivity and critical services to application availability, high CPU spikes, and system resource utilization.

Optimizing performance by leveraging Ansible for streamlined management of extensive systems and applications, ensuring efficiency and consistency in automation and processes.

Leveraging Ansible and Ansible Tower for adeptly handling infrastructure, configuration, user management, file system management, and seamless server provisioning.

Harnessing the power of Adhoc commands and crafting personalized playbooks, roles, and dictionaries to elevate automation to new levels.

Creating S3 buckets, configuring roles and policies, and adeptly handling user and group management through the IAM service.

Deploying Auto-Scaling mechanisms, ELBs for load balancing, and managing security groups within the specified Virtual Private Connection (VPC). Mohammad Raza

Linux platform Engineer

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Navigating version control systems like GIT, involving the creation of branches, cloning repositories, and efficiently pushing and pulling code on the centralized Gitlab platform.

Interacting seamlessly with the SNOW ticketing system, tasking concerned departments, and facilitating communication by sending emails to all parties involved.

Proficiency launching Docker containers through either Docker Hub image retrieval or custom image usage, coupled with image creation and orchestrating multiple containers seamlessly with Docker Compose.

Linux Systems Admin:

BankofChina,NYC, NY --- Aug2020 - Jul 2022

Proficient in orchestrating server migrations, executed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to- Virtual (V2V) transitions with expertise.

Proficient in deploying diverse RAID levels, strategically implementing RAID (0, 1, 5, 6, 10) based on customer priorities, emphasizing performance and redundancy.

Configured NFS server and mounted the exported NFS shares on the client side.

Implemented NIC bonding/channel bonding during new builds to attain fault tolerance, load balancing, and redundancy for enhanced network reliability.

Set up and performed administration of VSFTP servers, along with the installation and configured Apache on Linux production servers.

Expert level handled disk partitioning, employing diverse file systems for effective formatting.

Effectively set up and managed logical volume management (LVM), with the ability to seamlessly extended and modified volume groups and file systems without causing downtime.

Executed a diverse range of responsibilities including the installation, configuration, and upgradation of workstations, servers, and associated hardware and software across LAN, WAN, and stand-alone environments.

Implemented and managed user and group accounts, defined user permissions, and controlled user account privileges by configuring SUDOERS.

Efficiently managed the offloading of VMs from ESXi hosts through vMotion, ensured smooth ESXi host maintained operations such as CPU upgrades, memory replacements, and network adapter updates.

Expert in network configuration tasks, encompassing the configuration of network adapters for IP addresses and adeptly resolving issues related to routing.

Played a key role in network problem-solving, employing tools like Tcpdump and Traceroute to diagnose and address issues effectively.

Oversaw the regular backup of systems, orchestrated scheduled tasks involving the management of cron jobs, enabling system logins, network disconnections for server maintenance, and conducted performance tuning and testing.

ITOperator(Linux)

Dealer Track, Lake Success, NY --- Aug2018 - Jul 2020

Conducted regular inspections and upkeep of hardware components and network devices.

Maintained 24/7 availability through on-call rotations, ensuring prompt assistance and support.

Addressed networking challenges on RHEL systems, specifically resolving issues related to TCP/IP and UDP.

Provided support to the data center team during server decommissioning operations.

Utilized YUM and RPM utilities to install and upgrade system packages.

Managed ticket queues seamlessly with the Jira ticketing system, adeptly resolving tickets and incidents to ensure efficient workflow.

Handled server cabling, ensuring organized setups and proficient racking and stacking for streamlined operations.

CORE SKILLS

RHEL

CentOS

Ubuntu

Debian

PXE

Kickstart

VMware

Vmotion

ESXi host

vSphere

vCenter

Converter

Clones

Template

Snapshot

Ansible

Ansible Tower

SAN

NAS

LVM

RAID

AWS

IAM

EC2

S3

EBS

EFS

CloudWatch

Cloud Trail

Git

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira Confluence

IDRAC

ILO

fdisk, gdisk

EXT4, XFS

Dell Servers

HP Servers

NIC Teaming

DHCP

DNS

NFS

HTTP

FTP

TFTP

Kernel Tuning

EDUCATION

Associates, Computer System Information

Queens Borough Community College 2022

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