Red Hat Senior Specialist

Asif Zuberi

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SUMMARY

Experienced IT professional with versatile expertise in computer system analyst, architecture, the designing and administration of on-premises, virtual, multi-cloud, and hybrid technology solutions.

Experience working on planning, installation, co-ordination, migration, upgrade of OS, as well as deployment and Production Support.

Proficient administrator experienced in managing Unix, Linux (Red Hat, Centos & Ubentu), Windows, within diverse on-premises, VMware and Public cloud (Azure & GCP) environments..

Experienced in utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform, Ansible

Expertise in creating, optimizing, and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows for efficient system management.

Understanding of internet and networking protocols, including TCP/IP,NFS, DNS

Excellent collaboration, cooperation, problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, organizational, ethical, and presentation skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems : Linux (Red Hat/Ubuntu/Cantos), UNIX (Solaris, HP) & Windows

Cloud technology : Azure, AWS and GCP

Virtualization : VMware Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) & Hyber-v, Proxmox VE

Automation Tools : Terraform, Ansible

Version Control Tools : Git, Bitbucket & Azure Repos

DevOps : Azure DevOps

Container tool : Docker, Kubernetes & Openshift

Ticketing tool : Service Now & JIRA

Application Servers : Weblogic, Tomcat, Jboss

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Engineer (San Jose state University California, USA)

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCSA)

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

AZ-900 - (Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals)

AZ-104 - (Microsoft Certified Azure Administration)

AZ-305 – (Microsoft Azure Architect)

AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

HP CSA (HP-UX)

Oracle SCSA (Solaris)

IBM CSA (AIX)

Foundation Certificate in IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Linux System Administrator Nov. 2024- Date

ZINAM CONSULTING, INC (FNF Canada)

Provisioned Azure virtual machines using corporate images (Windows, RHEL and Ubuntu) to support development, testing, and production workloads.

Upgraded Windows 10 systems to Windows 11 on both legacy and new hardware; reimaged desktops/laptops for consistent configuration and performance

Managed Linux VM on boarding in Azure for patching, inventory, and change tracking; implemented Azure Security Center recommendations.

Created and managed Azure storage accounts for file sharing; supported daily operations in compute, storage, and networking.

Prepared infrastructure documentation, including system configurations and Buildbook

Linux System Administrator May 2024- Nov. 2024

Shiseido

Worked as Linux Administrator in IT infrastructure environment providing server administration, application administration and automation solutions to support business objectives.

Administration involved installation, configuration, evaluation, implementation and support of strategic Business systems in a heterogeneous environment.

Supported Proxmox-based virtualization environments as part of hybrid infrastructure initiatives.

Integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VMs into Active Directory using adcli for centralized user authentication and management.

Configured network printing solutions, including setting up Laser and Richon label printers on Red Hat, and troubleshooted and resolved printing issues to maintain high uptime and reliability.

Conducted OS patching and vulnerability management activities, ensuring systems are up to date and secure against threats.

Leveraged automation tools like Ansible for efficient management of configurations and streamlined processes.

Worked with DBAs on installation of Oracle database, including Oracle RAC cluster

Linux System Admin May 2021- Sept 2023

CN Rail

Managed and administered Unix and Linux servers, including Red Hat, Centos and Ubuntu, in physical, virtual (VMware) and Could (Azure, GCP)

Utilized VMware for Red Hat VM guest builds, cloning, snapshots, and maintenance tasks.

Provisioned Azure VM and AWS EC2 instances using preconfigured templates and Terraform.

Configured and managed Azure services such as Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Networking, and Active Directory

Handle incidents, requests, and change requests related to Azure services

Installed & configured agents for hardware monitoring and vulnerability management (OVO, Qualys, Cortex) and documented audit compliance

Utilize Red Hat Satellite for system management, patching, and automation of routine tasks.

Created and maintained internal documentation for lifecycle management of infrastructure assets.

Linux System Admin Mach 2020 - April 2021

BUZZMAX Inc

Provisioned Google Compute Engine (GCE) instances leveraging preconfigured templates (RHEL, Ubuntu) and customized corporate VM images containing complete build and test environments.

Provisioned resources using Terraform and configured guest OS with Ansible

Created and used Azure CLI and PowerShell scripts for automated deployments and configurations

Managed on-going guest configuration with Ansible

Configured virtual machines for user authentication via Azure Active Directory

On boarded Linux VMs for patching, change tracking, and inventory management

Monitored security center for recommendations and implemented them if applicable

Created storage accounts and used them as file shares on virtual machines

Day-to-day activities involving client support around compute, storage, networking,

Technical Consultant May 2014 - Feb 2020

STC

Handle the business operations, automations, upgrades and planning. Involved in entire product life cycle from strategic to tactical activities, revenue management, converted business requirements into solution design that met business expectation, driven the creation of solution set across the development team and managed multi-vendor large scale telco-grade projects.

Migration from legacy distributed application architecture to hybrid environment (comprise of onsite ecosystem, AWS (Public) & OpenStack IaaS/PaaS Services (Onsite) – more than 700+ nodes, 20 PB of data). overall efforts helped STC in operations excellence, time to market and scalability

Migration performance Monitoring (UPM) solution from a legacy environment to Openshift & DevOps (CI/CD)based architecture (Microservices/Docker/Kubernetes); partnered with mycom-OSI & RedHat for associated technologies (Jenkins, GitHub, Ansible)

Fully Responsible for deployments of Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (Granite Inventory) in Production and in staging environments. System involves Granite systems, Automaton, Ericsson Expeditor, BEA Weblogic, CNUM, Discovery & oracle databases

Installed, configured & upgraded tomcat, Weblogic and provided extensive support in code deploy, change management and application-level troubleshooting for the Dev, Test, Pre-Prod & Production environment. Deployed applications (EAR/WAR) files on multiple Servers/Clusters

Worked with DBAs on installation of Oracle database, RDBMS database, restoration, and log generation.

UNIX/Linux System Administrator May 2008 – Feb 2014

NTG Clarity

Installed, configured, and administered UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems.

Managed file systems, LVMs, server patching, and upgrades.

Supported Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, and Weblogic deployments across environments.

provided extensive support in code deploy, change management and application level troubleshooting for the Dev, Test, Pre-Prod & Production environment.

UNIX System Administrator Apr 2007 – May 2008

Filogix Inc

Managed Unix (Solaris )and Red Hat servers including installation, patching, JumpStart setup, and VERITAS/SVM storage.

Migrated apps to newer Sun hardware and administered SAN storage in 24x7 environment.

Involved in migrating Oracle 8 to Oracle 9i under Solaris servers

UNIX System Administrator Sept 2005 – Mar 2007

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Managed installation and support of Linux (Red Hat) and Unix systems (AIX, Solaris, HP-UX).

Administered security policies, user/group access, and performed OS-level diagnostics.

Developed and maintained system documentation for operational standards and best practice

UNIX System Administrator Jan 2004 to Aug2005

Hydro One Telecom Inc

Supported multiple UNIX environments; responsible for OS-level configuration, & backups.

Implemented monitoring scripts and performed daily health checks for production infrastructure.

Collaborated with network and DB teams to ensure infrastructure health and availability.

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