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SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Accomplishments
- LinkedIn - My Profile Summary.
- An IT Professional with almost 5 years of experience in Building out and Supporting VMware, Linux and Windows Server Physical and Virtual Environments.
- Expertise is Managing and Troubleshooting the whole Virtual and Physical infrastructure in a Data Center that includes Servers, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load balancers, Terminal Servers and Power Distribution Units.
- Experience in deploying the Azure Cloud infrastructure and Integrating it with Cisco ACI Fabric for better Network Performance and Manageability.
- Experience in Basic Configurations and usage of the IXIA/Spirent Traffic Generators.
- Experience in Planning & Building out ACI Labs for QA/Development Groups.
- Experience providing 24/7 support in a Production Environment to maintain maximum uptime and ensure server reliability using Monitoring Tools.
- Expertise in deployment of Applications from various different Vendors on Windows and Linux Platforms.
- Expertise in Configuring, Maintaining and Troubleshooting different Server Hardware that includes Cisco UCS B-Series & C-Series Servers, HP C7000 Enclosures, BL series blades and DL series Rack mount Servers as well as managing them using the Cisco UCS Manager and HP Onboard Administrator.
- Experience in Configuring and Managing NFS server on Linux as well as basic Management of NetApp and EMC Storage Solutions.
- Expertise in Setting up and Managing the Windows Virtual Machines, Hypervisors and Windows Azure pack using the System Center VMM.
- Experience in implementing VMware Virtual Infrastructure Environment that consisted of VMware products such as ESX/ESXi hosts, multiple Virtual Centers, VMware Orchestrator & VMware Update manager and included features such as vMotion, HA, DRS, vDS.
- Experience in setting up the VMware VDI and Integrating it with the Microsoft Active Directory for Authentication and Cisco ACI for Network.
- Experience in Server Provisioning, Upgrades, Patching, Configurations and Performance Tuning of Linux, VMware and Windows Servers.
- Experience in basic Configurations and Management of Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/3K Switches.
Professional Summary
Certifications
Certified AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
*Preparing for VMware VCP6 - DCV
Skills
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Work History
Systems Administrator, 04/2014
to 02/2017
Mri Software – Las Vegas , NV
Mri Software – Las Vegas , NV
Role: Provide IT Support to the ACI QA team on a day to day basis
Responsibilities include:.
- Responsible for Capacity planning, design, installation and configuration of newly provisioned VMware, RedHat and CentOS servers.
- Installing and updating packages using YUM (custom YUM Servers/repositories), Red Hat Satellite Server.
- Deploying and Provisioning New Virtual/Bare metal Servers using PXE Boot/Kickstart Profiles and Post-install scripts written in Perl/Python Languages.
- Write and Run Bash scripts to collect any data from several Linux Servers in the Datacenter.
- Leverage Configuration Management Tools Such as Puppet/Ansible and Monitoring tools Such as Nagios/Zabbix for Configuration Consistency and Performance Monitoring of RedHat/CentOS Servers
- Configure High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS).
- Configure and Manage NFS servers running on CentOS/NetApp.
- Update Kernels Parameters, deploy security patches and package management on Red Hat Enterprise Servers.
- Bring up ACI Fabric including the APIC Cluster, Leaf and Spine Switches and integrate them with different Cisco and Non Cisco Products.
- Occasionally help with Platform testing of Nexus 9K switches.
- Troubleshoot L1/L2 issues in the Lab Network and assist Cisco IT in identifying and fixing any other Lab Network issues.
- Purchase Cisco and Non-Cisco Equipment for QA/Dev Groups and Manage the hardware/software inventories as well as the Licenses.
- Build out and Manage the Windows/VMware Virtual and Cloud Infrastructures and Integrate them with Cisco ACI.
- Basic Configurations of Nexus 9K/7K/5K and 3K Switches.
- Occasionally rack any new equipment and make connections between different devices.
- Document Procedures, Create Topologies using Visio and Create/Maintain spreadsheets of Access details and IP Management.
- Train new employees on how to bring up the ACI fabric and Basic configurations of Tenants/BDs/EPGs/VMM Networking and OOB Management configurations of Leaf/Spine Switches.
- Diagnose and troubleshoot Linux and Windows processing problems and apply solutions to increase company efficiency.
- Monitor network performance and provided network performance statistical reports for both real-time and historical measurements.
- Ensure network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
- Implement company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access.
- Recommend architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions.
VMware/Linux Administrator, 10/2012
to 03/2014
Mri Software – NJ, State
Mri Software – NJ, State
- Role: Provide Technical Support, build out and Maintain three new server farms that included over thousand Virtual/Physical VMware, Linux and Windows Servers Responsibilities Included:.
- Lead a team of Four System Admins in Cloning and Replicating a server farm using the Acronis Backup and Recovery Software.
- Setup and Configure/Optimize Red Hat Satellite and Kickstart Servers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6 installs and RHN Push Updates to minimize manual efforts.
- Provide Tier 3 support for ESXi servers running on HP ProLiant BL460's, DL360's and DL380's.
- Configure Linux multipath and Linux device mapper to configure multipathed LUNs from HP 3Par Storage.
- Installation of ESXi 5.1/5.5 Hosts, vCenter Server, vCenter update manager and administering VM's across multiple datacenter's.
- Create any specific LVM's for middleware developers as well as Database teams.
- Configuring and Administering NFS, DNS, NIS, NIS+ and LDAP on RHEL server environment.
- Upgraded the VMware tools, VM hardware 8 on all the VM's as a part of Upgrade process.
- Troubleshoot, engage in incident calls, and define RCA's as part of the tier 2/3 support team.
- Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware ESXi 5.1/vCenter 5.1,.
- Assessment, design and Implementation on the vSphere Upgrade, 200+ ESXi hosts upgraded from VMware ESX 5.0 to ESXi 5.5.
- Part of the implementation team that configured and deployed new patches, upgrades, bug fixes on both physical and virtual windows servers.
- Building VM's and new Templates for new Projects and allocating them to appropriate Resource pools.
Systems Administrator, 03/2012
to 08/2012
Juniper Networks – City , STATE
Juniper Networks – City , STATE
- Role: Provide L3 Support to the Development Team Responsibilities Included:.
- Maintain and deploy High End applications developed in Java using Weblogic/Tomcat Application Server.
- Provide support to the Java development team to help develop Java based applications.
- Install and configure RICCI agents to deploy RHCS and manage the entire cluster environment utilizing LUCI and clustat.
- Create and maintain ACL's to allow only specific LAN computers to use squid, as well as utilizing access.log to test squid proxy.
- Design and implement mechanisms for handing on-off technical issues to other technical teams for resolution.
- Write and Deploy bash/perl scripts using crontab to perform daily backups, audit collection, and push new changes out to manage and maintain consistency across Redhat Enterprise Linux servers.
- Configured and deployed patches, upgrades, bug fixes on both physical and virtual Red Hat Linux servers using Satellite Server/Spacewalk.
- Review and remediate software distribution failures and to eliminate the problems that causes those failures.
Education
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