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LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEERPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLECAREER BACKGROUNDQualified and motivated with 6 plus years of experience in Linux Systems Engineer adept at installing and maintaining Linux servers, improving security, and providing support to users, managing applications. Performed patching through industry standard tools RedHat Satellite and Ansible, and created playbooks to automate various tasks. Managed storage, file systems, processes, and services. Developed custom cron jobs to schedule daily and weekly tasks. Experience in various cloud services for automation, deployment, and performing version control on sandbox and production servers using Git. Maintaining isolated environment for application by leveraging Docker containers. And some Proficient in implementing data security protocols, optimizing performance, and ensuring seamless data accessibility. Skilled in technical troubleshooting, project management, and training. Seeking to leverage expertise in data storage and management to contribute to the success of a forward-thinking organizationEMAIL AVAILABLETECHNICAL SKILLSOperating System:RHEL/CentOS Linux (6,7,8), Ubuntu, Windows, SolarisNetwork:TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, VLAN, FIREWALLD, IPTABLESVirtualizationVMware ESXi, vCenter, vSphere, vMotion, vConverter, Snapshot, Clone,Hardware:HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge, CiscoDisk Management:LVM, RAID (0, 1, 5, 6, 10), NFS, gdisk, fdisk, EXT3, Ext4, XFSTicketing:BMC Remedy, Service Now, git (GitLab, GitHub)Automation/DevOPs:Ansible Engine, Ansible Tower, Puppet, Tenable,IO Tenable .SC AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, EBS, EFS, ELB, Auto-Scaling, Cloud Formation), Docker (Docker Image, Dokerfile, Docker Volume, Docker Swarm),Kubernetes, Redhat SatelliteLanguages:Bash Shell Scripting, YAML,Application Server:SSH, FTP, TFTP, SFTP, Apache, Samba, NIS, NFS, NginxOffice Utilities:Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, puTTY, Slack, Skype, TeamViewer, VPN, MobaXterm, WinScpOther Technical Skills:Kernel Sysctl Tuning, Splunk, Nagios, TCpdump, WireShark, NIC Teaming, nmcli, static and dynamic IP settings.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCELinux Systems EngineerEmigrant Bank, Elmsfors, NY June 2021 - PresentDeployed and configured Physical and Virtual (RHEL, Centos) servers and managed the whole life cycle of servers.Supporting on-prem bare-metal systems, virtual machines, and cloud instances.Deploying and configuring VMs with Linux Operating System, applications and managing configurations.Conducted root cause analyses (RCA) for incidents, effectively resolving them using TCP/UDP protocol analysis and Wireshark packet inspection.Actively monitored production systems, applying TCP/UDP network expertise to optimize operational efficiency..Identifying security vulnerabilities and patching servers to keep updated servers and hardened serversParticipating in application migration involving multiple teams to ensure a smooth transition.Managed and resolved tickets using SNOW ticket systems and resolved incidents, and conducted root cause analyses (RCA).Extensively utilized configuration management tools like Ansible to manage Linux-based environments.Creating playbooks, roles and used ad-hoc commands to manage existing infrastructure and deploy applications against Dev, QA, and Production systems.Utilized Tenable.io to conduct vulnerability assessments and scans across the organization's infrastructure, identifying and prioritizing security vulnerabilities.Managed the Tenable.io platform, including user access, configurations, and updates, to ensure optimal performance and accuracy of vulnerability assessmentsManaging secrets, API keys, and certificates for engineers using Ansible Vault.Regularly using GIT and GitLab for version control and integrated GitLab with Ansible Tower for adding playbook in the list of projects to manage job templates.Working in a hybrid environment to provide support for infrastructure across, AWS, and Docker containers.Hands on experience with IAM to set up user roles with corresponding user and group policies.Deploying, scaling, and monitoring cloud instances and managing Storage S3 Buckets for managing object-based storage, attaching EBS volumes with EC2 instances and managing EFS.Increasing visibility of AWS infrastructure with AWS cloudwatch service, managing logs.Experienced in Docker container management, Pulling Docker Images from the Docker Hub and deploying containers.Created Docker images for deploying containers using Docker file and managed Docker volumes using bind mounts and persistent storageLinux Systems AdministratorDell Technologies - NYC, NY Sep 2018 May 2021Installed, maintained, and frequently upgraded RHEL and Centos based servers using PXE-boot and kick-start based network installation.Provisioned, configured, and maintained VCenter for ESXI hosts and Transferred Virtual Machines from one ESXi host to another using VmotionManaged snapshots, cloned Virtual machines and created templates for existing Virtual Machines.Collaborated with the security team to configure Tenable.sc dashboards and reports to monitor the organization's security posture effectively.Provided incident management, responded to tickets from application owners, and resolved problems identified by performance monitoring and internal diagnostics.Configuration of NIC teaming for having active back arrangement or load balance depending upon the network traffic and client specifications.Managed different user mode, recovered root password, hardened of the OS and tuned Kernel parameters.Performed troubleshooting various server issues such as hardware, CPU, memory, I/O, boot, network connectivity, DNS and other application issues.Expertise in implementation, and maintenance of Apache, NFS, FTP, and DHCP servers.Initiated and scheduled changes to Linux servers in accordance with the approved change management policies.Contributed to and used version control tools to support configuration management code.Performed daily system monitoring, daily reviewing of system and application logs.Effectively created standard and LVM partitions on hard drives across multiple nodes.Hands on experience with project management tools like Jira, also managed and tracked tickets using Jira ticketing tool.Developed, tested, and documents disaster recovery and business continuity plans.Configured static Ip address by tweaking configuration file and troubleshoot SSH and DNS related issues.Added users, created journaling file systems, configured various system services, updated firewall rules to filter network traffic.Linux Systems TechnicianGetFelix, Berkeley Heights, NJ May 2017 Aug 2018Installing and updating packages on RHEL servers using YUM, RPM utilities.Identifying, researching and resolving technical problems and extending support to different teams and customers.Troubleshoots problems associated with assigned server, desktop hardware, operating systems, and application software.Resolved tickets and escalates for further support.Denying some specific machines to build connection while allowing other to have secure connections of servers using the SSH service.Enabled the users to perform their tasks smoothly by provisioning of updated equipment.Keep liaising with Vendors to get repair of hardware and opened warranty claims.Carefully monitored and examined the system and hardware logs and reported the errors and sort out solutions in collaboration with respective teams.Managed backed up and compression of data using tar, zip and gzip utilizes.Provided 24x7 support to keep the environment up.EDUCATIONBachelor - 2016University of The Karachi -Pakistan |
