Systems Administrator Aws Cloud

Pearl E Becke

301-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Linux Systems Administrator CompTIA + AWS Cloud Solutions Architect linkedin.com/in/pearl-e-becke-539237181

SUMMARY

Linux System Administrator with over 6 years of experience, specializing in building environments from scratch. Proficient in Linux internals, including installation and configuration of physical and virtual servers, troubleshooting application issues in Dev/Test/Prod environments, system hardening, and monitoring. Experienced in client and enterprise server environments, with strong communication skills in English. A fast learner, self-motivated, career and goal-oriented, effective team leader, teacher, and motivator. EXPERIENCE

Linux Engineer/AWS Administrator DYNAMIC TECH, LLC 03/2018 to Present Managed Linux systems and AWS cloud environments.

Implemented security best practices and optimized system performance. Collaborated with teams to ensure seamless operations. Installed, configured, and maintained Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Unix (AIX) servers, supporting IBM pSeries and OracleWebLogic environments

Developed and maintained Ansible and Bash scripts, automating server provisioning and reducing deployment time by 40% Administered Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management (IdM), and NFS for secure, scalable infrastructure Supported database servers, including Progress 4GL, OpenEdge, and Oracle OBI, ensuring high availability and performance tuning Managed backup/recovery, load balancing, and disaster recovery for critical business systems using Rubrik backup systems Troubleshot network configurations, OS, and application-level issues, improving uptime and reducing incident response time by 25% Install, configure, and maintain RHEL servers across dev, test, and prod environments Perform upgrades, patching, and security hardening Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure uptime and efficiency Develop automation scripts using Ansible, Bash, or Python Configure and maintain Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management (IdM), and ecosystem tools Collaborate with security teams to maintain system compliance Manage storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions Support application teams on Linux-based deployment best practices Maintain detailed documentation of systems and procedures Provide on-call support and resolve incidents as needed Set up NFS and mount points; configure Cron jobs. SharePoint Administration: Provide technical support for SharePoint users, assisting with permissions, navigation, and collaboration features. Maintain SharePoint sites, ensuring optimal functionality and performance. Assist in developing and customizing SharePoint pages and workflows using out-of-the-box features and Power Automate. Linux Systems Administrator/AWS Architect DYNAMIC TECH, LLC 03/2018 Implemented security best practices in AWS, including multi-factor authentication and access key rotation. Architected cost-effective AWS cloud solutions for non-production environments. Eliminated single points of failure in production architecture designs. Designed secure, cost-optimized, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure in AWS. Provide technical support and problem resolution via phone, email, ticketing system (Service Now) for internal and off-site end users with hardware, software, connectivity, and application issues. Active Directory account management implementation and administration. Install and maintain computer software on users’ devices such as Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite, Antivirus and Malware protection.

Conduct user training on approved software and hardware on an as required basis. Configure, installs and support Windows OS desktop computers, laptop computers, printers, monitor and other general peripherals. Perform block device encryption Bitlocker for windows workstations. Provide accurate incident resolution and service request management, within established Service Level Agreement (SLA). Analyze and assess equipment and performance degradation, including determination of hardware, software and /or other technical changes necessary.

Obtain necessary signature(s) and record equipment issues, transfer, and turns-ins. Install and troubleshoot of approve software on Windows desktops and laptops. Provides occasional off-hours on-site support for planned maintenance work, unplanned support issues, or to meet customer SLAs. Linux Admin Intrepid Housing Solutions 06/2022 to 06/2023 Maintained bare-metal Linux servers supporting aviation communication platforms. Administered Dockerized applications and performed kernel patching. Integrated monitoring tools for trend analysis and early detection of performance bottlenecks. Managed system deployments across multiple secure data center environments. Provide technical support and problem resolution via phone, email, ticketing system (Service Now) for internal and off-site end users with hardware, software, connectivity, and application issues. Active Directory account management implementation and administration. Install and maintain computer software on users’ devices such as Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite, Antivirus and Malware protection.

Conduct user training on approved software and hardware on an as required basis. Configure, installs and support Windows OS desktop computers, laptop computers, printers, monitor and other general peripherals. Perform block device encryption Bitlocker for windows workstations. Provide accurate incident resolution and service request management, within established Service Level Agreement (SLA). -Analyze and assess equipment and performance degradation, including determination of hardware, software and /or other technical changes necessary. Obtain necessary signature(s) and record equipment issues, transfer, and turns-ins. Install and troubleshoot of approve software on Windows desktops and laptops. Provides occasional off-hours on-site support for planned maintenance work, unplanned support issues, or to meet customer SLAs. Linux Systems Administrator Linux Systems Administrator B&C Tech Consulting/HHS 02/2016 to 02/2018 Deployed and maintained RHEL and CentOS VMs on vSphere. Configured and managed NFS, Cron jobs, and network configurations. Provided application development support for PeopleSoft and Mobius. Implemented backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery plans. Engineered load balancing and high-availability solutions for database servers. Support the stable operation of HSS computing infrastructure in a VMware environment that includes Linux/Windows platform maintenance, patch review, systems checking, new VM requisition and deployment and implementation of handedness Linux/Windows platforms.

Deploy, troubleshoots, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux/ Centos and Ubuntu VMs on vSphere 6.x. Provides support for device management including image development (fog project), application packaging and deployment. Provides Active Directory Management, managing user profile and computer accounts. Creates and maintains written and verbal procedures; prepares written technical documentation, training material, standards, reports, and other documents as assigned.

Experience with VMware Vsphere 5.x/6.x

Perform configuration/life cycle management, track software licensing and correct/mitigate vulnerabilities as requires. Setup Active Directory accounts and maintain corporate network and domains. Perform Linux/Windows desktop and helpdesk support efforts, making sure all desktop applications, workstations and related equipment problems are resolved in a timely manner with limited disruptions. Familiarity with LVM, filesystems, RAID arrays, NFS, Samba, SELinux troubleshooting, iSCSI targets and initiators, system, SSSD and integration with Windows Active Directory for user authentication. Support and troubleshoot issues with Linux OS, applications, fileservers, and databases (MariaDB/MySQL). Linux Systems Administrator Dynamic Tech IT, LLC 02/2014 to 02/2016 Troubleshot network connectivity issues using commands like snoop and nslookup. Set up computers on the network and configured network interfaces. Managed user accounts, groups, and access levels.

Controlled system logging services and examined system log files. Support and troubleshoot issues with Linux OS, applications, fileservers, and databases (MariaDB/MySQL). Install, configure and support MySQL and MariaDB database, include backups and restores. Evaluate, test and intergrade new operating systems versions, drives and patches (Red Hat Satellite). Provide support to and coordinate with application developers, IT operations staff, other platform administrators and end-users when required.

Troubleshoot infrastructure and application alerts within defined SLAs. Manage Linux Local accounts, file permissions and SSH keys for 100% authentication. Experience in SSL/TLS certificates, including the ability to isolate and resolve SSL-related server and client issues. Provide support for information assurance artifacts such as SCAP scan, OS hardening (STIG) and Nessus scans report and remediation. Image/reimage Windows/Linux workstations and join them to Active Directory. Knowledge of Veeam Backup & Replication software and administration. Knowledge of Linux filesystems, quotas, RAID, LVM and storage protocols NFS, CIFS, SMB & iSCSI. Engineer and maintain Linux and Windows system golden images in vSphere. Experience with system monitoring solutions, such as Zabbix. EDUCATION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Architect Associate Amazon Web Services (AWS) Focused on AWS cloud solutions architecture, including designing secure, cost-optimized, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure. COMPTIA SECURITY + CE CE

Emphasizes security best practices and compliance standards in IT environments. Bachelors in Public Administration Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration University in Ghana Studied public administration principles and practices. SKILLS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) - EC2, IAM,

CloudTrail, S3 - CI/CD & DevOps Tools:

Git, GitHub, Jenkins - Ticketing/Tracking

Tools: JIRA, ServiceNow - Compliance &

SSP Policy Enforcement

Written Communication. Operating

systems: Windows 7, 8,10, RHEL/CentOS 7,

8, Ubuntu Windows Server 2008 through

2019

Technology Solutions. - Security Monitoring

& Patch Management - Assured File

Transfer (AFT) - Network Services: DNS,

DHCP, NFS, TCP/IP - Containerization:

Docker

Operations Management Auditing Engineering

Virtualization: VMware ESXi, Docker,

AWS

Scripting: BASH Database:

MySQL/MariaDB Authentication Server:

Active Directory, Free IPA(LDAP)

Networking: Active Directory, Group

policy, DNS, DHCP, VPN PKI

Administration: TLS/SSL Certs

Management TCP/IP debugging tools: ping,

netstat, NetCat, tracert, tcpdump

Source Code Management: Git, GitLab &

GitHub Infrastructure Backup tools:

Veeam Monitoring tool: NagiosXI

Vulnerability/Compliant scan tools: Nessus

Tenable & SCAP Application

Administration: Atlassian Suite (JIRA,

Confluence)

- Linux Administration (RHEL/CentOS,

Ubuntu) - System Hardening: STIGs,

SCAP, Nessus/ACAS - Automation &

Scripting: Ansible, Bash, Python - VMware

ESXi & vCenter (vMotion, vSwitches,

DRS/HA)

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