MICHAEL OJONGTAMBIA
Calgary AB T3R1V9
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MICHAEL OJONGTAMBIA
CAREER PROFILE.
I am a Cyber Security, Cloud Computing & a RHEL Certified SYSADMIN with more than 8yrs of experience, working on projects, including building new environments. I like to challenge myself with new Innovative Technologies in this Digital Transformation Era. I demonstrate a variety of deliverable skills and experiences in analyzing, troubleshooting, hardening, user management, monitoring, patching, installation, configuration, and decommissioning of Linux and Windows systems. I have experience working in client and enterprise server environments. I have successfully run operations to finish with close datelines. I have experience working in the Cloud Environment, (AWS, AZURE and Google Cloud). I have worked extensively collaboratively and produce results in a lot of IT projects. I have experience working with DevOps tools like Git and Ansible as a configuration management tool.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY;
Senior Linux Systems Administrator – Team Lead (Nov 2017- date)
• Organize weekly status meetings with Team Members, System Owners, DBAs System Admins, giving Briefings on the systems including any SR for that week on my Assigned systems.
• Submitting weekly and monthly Status Reports to my supervisors.
• Advise and assist System Owners and management in processing assessments and obtaining authorizations for assigned systems/applications monitors, to ensure relevant policies are followed.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and guidelines, on security awareness materials.
• Troubleshoot file system issues, grub functions. conceive shell scripts for automating file systems administration and cron jobs for disk management, process management, and server reboots on RHEL, CentOS and Unix Operating Systems.
• Monitoring System Performance of Virtual and Physical servers, memory and Swap Space using Nagios and Xymon on RHEL, Ubuntu and CentOS operating Systems.
• Managing system storage resources and security by implementing LVM for disk utilization, logs alert and CPU utilization of Dev/Test/Prod environments on Linux/Unix systems.
• Sound understanding of Linux/Unix internals, in the aspects of Installation/configuration of physical and virtual servers, creating and managing user accounts, troubleshooting problems related to applications in Dev/Test/Prod Server environments, System Hardening, Monitoring, perform system patches for security, update and bug fixes, backup/restore and Scripting, Apache website and Virtual hosting.
• Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and security protocols.
• Experience with Internet technologies and Proficient with Network Protocols such as DNS, NTP, TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP. Configuration of Static IP, DCHP and Iptables.
• Experience working with Linux Distros like RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Kali Linux, proxmox.
• Effective use of Bash scripting and corn jobs as a scripting language to automate my environment MICHAEL OJONGTAMBIA
• Experience working with automated configuration management tools, like Ansible on Linux/Unix.
• Team lead for LDAP, Virtual Hosting, LAMP and KVM platforms implementation and file sharing project via Samba and NFS, using RHEL and CentOS Operating Systems.
• Proficient in managing and configuring Virtual Machines/servers in VMware workstation and VMware ESXi as well as decommission of virtual clients and virtual servers on RHEL.
• Knowledge of patching the Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems using the Red Hat Satellite.
• Ensure systems support operational efficiency, compliance, and scalability in the entire environment.
• Oversee incident response, risk management, and in line with the Standard Operation Procedure
(SOP).
• Work closely with various teams to oversee the development, deployment, and optimization of enterprise data platforms to protect client information.
• Proficiency in using the cloud environment for hosting instances on AWS EC2 for clients on RH.
• Patching multiple servers in the Dev. Test, Pre-Prod and Prod environments using the Ansible ad-hoc command.
• Able to use Citrix to enhance virtualization and remote desktop solutions that enable the environment deliver secure access to applications and desktops from any device, anywhere.
• Prioritize system enhancements, integrations, and vulnerability checks in all systems in the Ecosystem.
• Providing technical guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborating with development teams to implement solutions.
• Ensuring security and compliance in architecture designs.
• Systems Security Administration, Role Based Access Control and Sudo. Root password recovery on Linux/Unix systems.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to support day-to-day operations.
• Oversee change management and risk mitigation strategies for IT projects, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal operational disruptions.
• Able to manage budgets, resources, and timelines for the entire ecosystem ensuring cost- effectiveness and efficiency.
BELCARE ENERGY SERVICES, EDMONTON CANADA.
Linux Systems Administrator (Feb 2015 -Oct 2017)
• Troubleshoot network connectivity issues using commands like snoop, traceroute, nslookup
• Setup computers on the network. Configure and implement network interfaces on Linux/Unix.
• Day-to-day functional administration tasks, as well as application-specific technical support.
• User management, Creating and managing user accounts, groups and access levels.
• Control the System Logging services and examine system Log Files of all system events.
• Experienced with remedy ticketing system. Knowledge of Symantec professional services.
• A variety of duties and technical tasks are structured to assist and facilitate solutions on Linux/Unix.
• Conduct problem solving projects related to department workflows.
• Manage file systems and ZFS quotas, reservation and automatic NFS – share of directories.
• Maintain and troubleshoot network connectivity. Troubleshoot File Systems and Disk Management on Linux/Unix.
MICHAEL OJONGTAMBIA
• Install and configure Apache web server and set up virtual hosts on the web server.
• Basic knowledge in Bash shell scripting on Linux/Unix.
• Kernel visualization management. SELinux management on Linux/Unix. EDUCATION AND TRAINING;
Bay River College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Diploma in Cyber Security & Cloud Computing, May 2025. Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Bachelor of Applied Petroleum Engineering Technology, October 2016. Dynamic Tech Academy, Maryland, USA.
• Red Hat Linux Administrator Training and Certification, May 2019. National Advanced School of Public Works Buea-Annex, Cameroon.
• Higher National Diploma (HND), Civil Engineering, October 2001. Government High School Mamfe, General Science, Cameroon.
• High School Diploma, June 2005.