Unix /Solaris System administrator

Sivakumar Dravidamani

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Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, – 56124.Pisa(Toscana),Italy.

Mobile : +39-327*******.

E.Mail ID : *********.***********@*****.***

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PROFFESIONAL PROFILE

• Overall 6.9 years of rich IT Experience in UNIX/LINUX/SOLARIS System/Network Support Administration including Windows servers and currently specializing in Sun Solaris 10 with more than 3.5 years of exposure.

• Sun certified Solaris System Administrator ((SA310- 200, SA 310 -202). Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation -License SR3417427)

• Effective team leader, Proven Team Coordinator and can fix into any team. Can also work individually if the situation demands. Good Command over English language.

• Highly flexible and adaptable performer, Results-driven achiever, with good interpersonal skills, confident, self motivated and enthusiastic team player with the ability to maintain and raise morale. Determination to find workable solutions under difficult and pressured circumstances.

• Possess extensive knowledge on computer hardware and networking components. Added skills on Troubleshooting and supporting for software application and hardware failures.

• Possess considerable experiences in IT industry in various domains, Adaptable to any kind of work environment with good record for deadline.

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and an International Masters degree in Computer Science and Networking from the finest universities in India and Italy respectively.

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

2006 Mar–Aug 2009 Worked as an Infrastructure Administrator cum project assistant in B.S.Abdur

Rahman University Chennai, India.

Job responsibilities: Involved in Level II Solaris System/Support Administration

activities and project resource allocation.

2002 Oct–Feb 2006 Worked as a Networking administrator in SeethaKkathi Groups, India.

(A West Asia Maritime Group Company)

Job responsibilities: Level I &Level II support for WINDOWS and networking domain

SUMMARY OF EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2009 – Till Date Master of Science in Computer Science and Networking (2009-2011)

Scuola Superiore Sant’anna and the University of Pisa,Pisa,Italy.

2004- 2008 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (2004-2008)

(Part Time) Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

1996 – 1999 Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. (1996 -1999)

State Board of Technical Education and Training, Tamil Nadu, India.

KEY SKILLS

Hardware Environment:

Hands-on data centre planning, installation and configuration experience. SUN x86/x64 Sun Ultra and Fire, V-series & E-series which includes E10k,15k, 25k, E250, E450,E4500,E6500, Sun Fire 220R,440R Servers and Blade servers, DELL Power Edge T105, various SAN storage systems, Fibre channel switches, Load balancers, Cisco routers, managed Switches and Firewalls as well as Watch Guard Security Appliances.

Operating Systems:

SUN Solaris 5.8/ 9/ 10, IBM AIX 4.x 5.x, HP-UX 10.x 11.x, various Linux distributions Server and Desktop (Red hat 4/5, Centos, Fedora, Sues, Debian/Ubuntu), Patch management and Performance Tuning, Mac OS knowledge and experienced with Microsoft Windows Server solutions.

Scripting and Programming:

Shell Scripting knowledge (Bash, Korn) and Perl, C, C++, ASM, OcamlP3L and Web programming. (HTML, CSS, PHP/MySQL)

Networking Skills:

IPv4 Forwarding, QOS, TCP/IP and L2/L3 protocols, STP, VLANS, RIP, OSPF, MPLS, GMPLS, BGP, SONET/SDH , GSM, GPRS, 3GPP, HSPA, EDGE, LTE, UMTS.

CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Professional Experience I

Organization: B.S. Abdur Rahman University, India.

Duration: 3.5 years (From March 2006 to August 2009)

Role: System Analyst cum Project Assistant.

Environment: Solaris 9, Solaris 10, IBM AIX 4.x 5.x, HP-UX 10.x 11.x & Linux Red Hat AS/ES,

Hardware platforms including x86, Sun Ultra and Fire, V-series & E-series which

includes E10k,15k, 25k, E250, E450,E4500,E6500, Sun Fire 220R,440R Servers.

Responsibility:

• day-to-day functional administration tasks, as well as application-specific technical support.

• On hand experience on Solaris OS installation using jumpstart, Configuration and troubleshooting.

• Creating users under different groups, working with Files and Directories & regular trouble shooting, server and client related problems.

• Password configurations, Disk management, process monitoring, Boot up and Shutdown procedures.

• Recommended Sun OS kernel/OBP patch upgrade for production/development servers.

• Maintaining the regular backups using tar, ufsdump, ufsrestore, Snap shot backup etc.

• Configuring SWAP, NFS servers and clients with AutoFS and NIS, Syslog messages.

• Configuring the services for sharing the resources from UNIX such as remote login through TELNET, FTP.

• Checking alert logs and trace files. File System maintenance, performance tuning.

• System error and performance analysis with tools like Explorer, sun-checkup, core dumps and ATS Resolution Methods.

• Printer and Package Administration and providing the organization with complete Internet and intranet facilities, Perception in system Trouble Shooting and Knowledge in System hardware and maintenance.

• Providing 24x7 Sun hardware and software support for workstations, entry- and middle- range servers, storage products and the Solaris Operating Environment.

Reference : Alhaj.V.N.A.JALAL, Director ( Contact No +91-44-227*****,22751347,48,50,75)

Professional Experience II

Organization: Seethakkathi Groups, India.

Duration: 3.4 years (From October 2002 to February 2006)

Role: System Engineer.

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003&NT Servers, HP ML 350, DELL Power Edge T105,

Responsibility:

• Working on File system, Active Directory Services, DNS Servers, DHCP Servers, WINS, Microsoft Cluster Admin and Application Center and IIS 5.0, 4.0.

• Installing & Configuring Win 2000 Server & Win Professional, Installing SQL Server, System Troubleshooting and support to end users to solve their queries on various Microsoft applications.

• User Creation & Authorizing rights, Server Side Networking, Client Side workgroup Connectivity.

• Rack Mount Switch Erecting & Patch Card Crimping, Information Outlet Crimping in 568A&568B Standards and I/O box punching, IDE & SCSI Hard Disk Installation Maintenance.

• Data Recovery, Networking Solutions, Hardware Services, Troubleshooting and Assembling of computers and Installing & Configuring Dot-matrix, Inkjet & Laser Printer.

Reference: Mr.E.A.Syed Mohaideen, Manager (Contact No: +91-44-227*****)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English: Read, Write and Speak

Tamil: Mother Tongue

Hindi: Basic

Italian: Basic

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