'Systems Administrator: Servers-Cloud-Network-Storage'

IT support for client projects. Primarily jobs posted on Upwork.com platorm. Windows, Linux, and VMware system administration, web hosting environments, networks, vpn’s, firewalls, routing and switching.

Engineering Operations and Infrastructure support for a hybrid cloud Financial Analytics SaaS product. Managed Linux and Windows servers in a VMware private cloud and also managed Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Load balancers, Virtualization, SAN, and Blade servers colocated at a Tier1 Datacenter. BGP and OSPF. DevOps support for software development team. Implemented Intrusion Detection and SIEM solutions.

Systems Administration at Fortune 500 Company. Datacenter deployments of cloud storage systems and VMWare, HyperV, and Linux\KVM Clusters. Windows and Linux systems administration, Automated provisioning of Test and QA environments for Application Development. Management of virtualized Windows and Linux servers on VMWare, HyperV, and KVM hosts. Hardware installs, automated firmware updates, and installation / configuration of IPMI based cluster management software.

IT Cloud Services AdministratorDevOps deployment of multi-tiered contextual search service hosted on Amazon AWS cloud. Provisioned and deployed 200 Linux servers and 20 Windows servers on Amazon Web Services for a team of 20 developers. I also worked on perfomance and scalability planning, configuration, cloud security, and auditing. I managed server deployments, automation, and security infrastructure for production, staging, development, and QA environments . Troubleshooting virtual machines, network connectivity, firewall rules, application issues, error logs, and system logs. I also performed Linux and Windows system administration: create user accounts, managed ssh keys, digital certificates, vpn infrastructure, and provisioned block storage and object storage resources.

Linux Systems Integration and Testing at IBM on their Intelligent Cluster Test team. Installed/ configured RedHat and SuSE Linux , and XCAT cluster administration software on a 200 node High Performance Computing cluster. Supported IBM servers -xSeries, BladeCenter, iDataplex, Flex, and NeXtScale , and Mellanox, QLogic Infiniband networking, Brocade/ Cisco/ IBM /Juniper/ LG Ericsson 10 GigEthernet and 40 GigEthernet switches, and Nvidia GPU's. Config/support for Infiniband, FibreChannel, FCoE, 10Gig and 40 Gig Ethernet, SAS switches, SSD storage, SAN storage, and GPU computing. Tested and wrote defect reports for IBM, Intel,and Mellanox network adapters. Installed network cables, power cables, kvm cables, switches and servers in a datacenter environment.

Technical Support Engineer – Federal and Major Accounts Team. Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve critical and routine hardware and software issues with terabyte scale data storage systems for major and federal account customers, including Yahoo, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lockheed Martin, US Army, Bank of America, T-Systems, Barclays, Thomson Reuters, and other global organizations with worldwide sites. Troubleshoot and diagnose issues with CIFS, NFS, ISCSI and FCP protocols for NAS and SAN storage systems. Provide technical support for data backup, data replication and disaster recovery solutions such as clustered storage appliances, metro clusters, SyncMirror replication . Support data storage systems to host storage for VMWare ESX and vSphere virtual machines, Microsoft Exchange 2007 /2010 servers, Microsoft SQL servers, Microsoft Sharepoint sites , and Oracle databases,

Windows systems administration for small business clients in Raleigh / Durham area. Windows Server 2003, WIndows XP, LAN / Internet connectivity and end user support.

Technical team member on a server inventory/virtualization project for SunTrust bank. Build Microsoft Sharepoint based inventory of 1000 physical and 2000 virtual servers at 2 data centers located in Durham, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Utilized VMWare Virtual Center Server, Virtual Infrastructure client, Windows Remote Desktop, HP Integrated Lights Out (iLO), to inventory Windows 2003 servers, VMWare ESX hosts, VMWare virtual guests, and Unix Servers.

Technical Support Specialist - RENCIConfigure and deploy Windows and Mac OS X based computers.Manage Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, and Red Hat Linux desktop and laptop computing environment including Active Directory administration, server, and network printer support. Install and troubleshoot desktop, laptop, and mobile computer hardware and software as well as network printers and network connectivity for end users. Order, receive and maintain inventory of RENCI desktop computing assets. Hands on end user support in resolving user support issues for RENCI staff and faculty. Technical Support Analyst -ITS System administrator for Windows 2003 servers for the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, Institute for the Environment, Sonia Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, the Aids Clinical Trials Unit , and the Office of Human Resources. Provided management, scripting, backup, and administration of Windows servers. System Administrator for Windows 2003 and Windows NT 4 domains. Migration of file servers from Windows NT 4 and Novell Netware to Windows 2003 Server Active Directory domains. Member of the UNC ITS Onsite Support Dispatch and ITS Internal Support teams, providing end user support to ITS and several customer departments. Support Windows XP, 2000, 98, and Mac OS X servers and workstations. Provide customer support for email, calendar, and vpn client software. Maintain listserv lists, printer configurations, ip address configurations, and provide Netware 5.1 server and client support. Setup and deploy workstations, laptops, pda's and network printers for end users.

Provide technical and consulting support for ITI clients on a Project and Time & Materials basis, for network infrastructure and system administration. Deploy Windows 2003 and 2000 Active Directory servers, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000 servers, Novell servers, and Windows workstations to customer environments. Windows NT 4 domain and Novell NDS migrations to Windows 2003 Active Directory. Test workstation client access and software functionality. Install and configure WatchGuard and Cisco firewalls and vpn servers. Conversion of a multi site Cisco /3Com based frame relay WAN to a Cisco VPN over broadband Internet network. Install and configure tape backups for servers using tape autoloaders and DLT tape drives. Install and maintain DHCP, DNS, WINS, FTP, and SSL Web Servers.