Senior System Administrator
CurrentA. Responsibilities: 1. Infrastructure Deployment:- Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters using Kubespray from 7+ nodes (virtual servers). Installed and maintained Elastic Stack on Kubernetes, including Elasticsearch and Kibana combined with Filebeat and Logstash as a centralized solution to parse logs from 50+ virtual servers.- Deployed and maintained email systems using various platforms like cPanel, IceWarp, MDaemon, SmarterMail, Proxmox Mail Gateway, and Cluster SMTP with Postfix from 100+ virtual servers and containers.2. Automation and DevOps:- Utilized Jenkins and GitLab to establish and manage CI/CD pipelines to deploy Mail Transport Agent application.- Automated provisioning and configuration management with Ansible. Created 50+ custom Ansible Roles and playbooks for software installs and application deployments.- Developed 50+ automated tools to support technical support when supporting end users.Monitoring and Analysis:- Deploy and managed monitored system performance with tools like Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana from 100+ virtual servers.- Analyze logs from 50+ virtual servers to assess end-user needs and usage to provide timely optimization solutions.3. Collaboration and Optimization:- Collaborated with Dev team and UX/UI design team to align and optimize over 3 different Email products.- Trained technical support team on setup, troubleshooting and use of automation tools in supporting end users during the use of email application.Implemented effective disaster recovery strategies to ensure high availability for critical systems.B. Achievements:1. Skill Development:- Automation Expertise: Gained extensive experience and honed skills in system automation. Reduce system configuration time for multiple servers.- Microservices Mastery: Acquired hands-on experience operating microservices with Docker Swarm and successfully transitioned to K8S infrastructure.