Red Hat Linux System Administrator (RHCSA)

FABRICE AMALANTCHAN, RHCSA # ***-***-***

UNIX/Linux System Administrator

312-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen

**** * ***** ** *******, IL 60616

UNIX Linux Shell Scripting Ansible Docker Podman Performance Tuning

RHEL 7, 8 & 9 VMware ESXI KVM LVM HTTPD LDAP AD Server

SAN NAS TCP/IP DHCP DNS NFS SAMBA MariaDB

Summary:

Over 7 years of experience in UNIX/Linux System Administration with hands-on experience in the administration and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7,8 & 9 Centos 7 & 8.

Solid background in systems and software installation, user and group administration, role based access control, file transfer and sharing; competent in file systems, volume and storage management, patch management amongst others.

Perform Systems Administration activities as part of the Firm’s Technical Infrastructure team.

Provide production support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Connecting Linux systems to Single Sign On LDAP/AD Server.

Virtualization (VMware ESXi and KVM).

Install and Configure Apache HTTPD .

Perform regular system backup & recovery.

Adaptable, collaborative, strong team player, detail oriented, ability to multitasking Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work within strict deadlines and with a wide spectrum of people.

Bilingual in English and French.

Education Background:

Associate in Science from University of Benin (west Africa).

Computer Numeric Control (CNC) from Black Hawk College, Moline IL.

English as Second Language (ESL) from Black Hawk College, Moline IL.

Certification:

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA). Credential: https://www.redhat.com/rhtapps/services/verify?certId=230-246-647

Professional Experience:

CURB MOBILITY, Chicago IL

Linux System Administrator (March 2021 – Present)

Build, Install, configure virtual and physical servers, test, deploy RHEL 7, 8 & 9 Centos 7&8 servers to the network: OS installing and configuration standard and advanced "kickstart".

Hardening Linux systems using Red Hat Satellite for patching.

Monitor log management on Linux servers, including processes, crash and swap management with password recovery and performing tuning.

Setup, configuration, and troubleshoot TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS; NFS, CIFS, LDAP; KVM, and SAMBA servers in a multi-platform LAN.

Monitor and maintain critical services, improve processes surrounding monitoring.

Experience with configuration Management such as Ansible.

Troubleshoot Red hat Enterprise Linux 7,8 & 9 and Centos 7 & 8 issues in hardware and software related and configuration issues.

Work with engineering teams to establish best practice on automating build and test environment.

Installation and configuration SAMBA server and mapping to the windows servers.

Install and maintain the operating system and relate software products.

Participating in root-cause analysis of recurring issues, system backup and security setup, provide 24/7 support in production testing and development environments.

Scripting language using Bash, and Shell.

Experience with containerization technologies such as Podman.

Chicago Carriage Corp, Chicago IL

Junior Linux System Administrator (February 2019 – March 2021)

Performed user accounts administration.

Successful in resolving customer issues through troubleshooting.

Monitored and managed server performance using associated tools.

Setup, configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NFS, CIFS.

Performed logs administration to detect and resolve system errors.

Offered various support to software developers.

Developed functional and technical documentation.

Performed security hardening on dedicated servers by turning off unused services.

Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using gzip, tar, bzip.

Configure key-based authentication for SSH

Install and update software packages from RedHat network, configure a remote repository, or for the local file system.

Managed File system such as LVM.

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