Valerie Moliki

2611 Nicholson St #202

Hyattsville, MD. 20782

valerie.moliki@gmail.com

202-706-2532

I have 6years + experience on AWS/Linux System Engineering and Administration seeking a challenging and innovative position in a heterogeneous AWS/Unix/Linux System & SAN environment in which I will be responsible for the Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and Administration of System’s Users. I have an effective combination of systems administration, high technical inclination and communication skills as well as the ability to work in both team and independent environment, and emphasizing team goals over personal goals on AWS/Linux platforms. I have project planning, execution, monitoring and control skills. Moreover, I have exceptional quantitative, qualitative, analytical, research abilities as well as the strong initiative and drive with the ability to absorb technical information/knowledge quickly.

  Associate of Arts, Degree in General Studies, 2014, Prince George’s Community College

Certifications:

§ AWS Certified Solutions Architect

§ AWS Certified Developer

§ Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200-RHEL 7)

 

Languages:Bash, sed , awk

Hardware:Amazon Web Services  (AWS) Cloud, DL85G, IBM p500, p561, T series (T2000, T5220, T5240 DELL/COMPAQ R710, 1885, 2900, 2950. Cisco routers ASR 9000, 2800 series and Switches 2950.

OS:RHEL(6.5, 6.6 and 7), Centos(6.5,6.6,7) , Ubuntu, AWS

AWS:                       IAM , S3 , Cloud Watch , VPC , EBS , Cloud Trail , EC2 , AWS Trusted                                

                                  Advisor , Glacier, ELB , RDS, and OpenVPN.

Softwares:                Apache, Nagios, MySQL, Saltstack, Jira, Confluence, GitHub,

                                  Trend-Micro , and Splunk.

August 2015 – Present   Aquilent Inc. (Laurel-MD)

Position Title:  Cloud/Linux System Administrator

Project Summary: Provide Administrative /Architecture support to HHS-CMS Enterprise Consumer Web Services on AWS.

§ Apply patches/updates following the patching cycle on all AWS environments/tiers (DEV, TEST, IMPL/SS, and PROD/SS) using Saltstack.

§ Perform different configurations and managements of the system using Saltstack.

§ Perform the creation of Flowlogs on VPC for monitoring of built VPCs.

§ Perform creation of AMIs

§ Perform troubleshooting and monitoring of the Linux server on AWS.

§ Creation of user accounts, policies and roles on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using IAM.

§ Perform creation of Amazon ELB and Auto Scaling Groups.

§ Deployment and provision of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) on AWS using Cloud Formation with JSON.

§ Management and Administration of AWS Services CLI, EC2, VPC,S3,ELB Glacier, CloudWatch CloudTrail, IAM, and Trusted Advisor services.

§ Creation of user accounts on OpenVPN and troubleshooting/diagnosing issues regarding OpenVPN connectivity and logging problems.

§ Build Amazon EC2 instances and assigned required firewalls using security group (SG) and Network Access Control List (NACL) rules.

§ Perform monitoring and alerting leveraging CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Nagios.

§ Documentation – write Standard of Procedures (SOPs), operation processes, and policies.

 

 

April 2015 – August 2015Neustar Inc -Remote-Contract (Sterling –VA)

§ Perform installation, configuration and testing of LAMP stack on AWS.

§ Perform migration of production LAMP stack to AWS.

§ Perform installation, configuration and test of ticketing system (Request Track).

§ Perform installation and configuration of mail servers and relays (Postfix).

§ Document special procedures and standard of procedures (SOPs) required for continuous operations of Systems.

§ Monitor and provide daily reports on system performance to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and on an as needed basis, select various system options and parameters using Nagios, tar, and sar.

§ Perform troubleshooting and diagnose regarding the LAMP and mail servers/ relay performance.

 

 

 

May 2012 – August 2015Lolubyte, IT Consultants, Inc.( Hyattsville-MD)

Linux System Administrator

§ Participated in team activities as a member of the Linux / UNIX System Administration

§ Provide support to the Window Administrator team in Active Directory management such as adding and configuring new workstations, setting up user accounts and resetting passwords to provide authorizations on Windows Servers

§ Manage user group policies and user security rights assignment

§ Performed Daily Monitoring of System performance, capacity & managed Inventory; adjust System configurations to accommodate required loads and functionality

§ Set up and administer user and groups accounts, setting permissions Web servers, file servers, database server ,firewalls, and directory services with ability to diagnose basic Apache Issues.

§ Build and installed multiple Linux machines.

§ System and Application troubleshooting and other related issues

§ Hands on experience in updating / upgrading, KVM, ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines.

§ Provide assist and support in the installation, configuration and monitoring of different database servers such as Oracle and SQL

§ Tested and installed the latest software on servers for end-users

§ Provided management of system process in areas like boot process, startup and system shutdown

§ Install new servers using kick-start installation & configuration method

§ Install, configure, maintain and administer Linux / UNIX operating systems and components. Diagnosed and resolved problems associated with FTP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, NFS, and Apache

§ Disk management, and implementation of RAID levels using fdisk and LVM.

§ Implement advance disk configuration such as RAID 5 using Linux Software RAID programs.

§ Planned and executed packages and updates installations necessary for optimal system performance.

§ Installation and configuration of windows 95,98,2000, and 2003 in a client server environment.

§ Experienced with Linux family (Red Hat Enterprise Server, Cent OS, and Ubuntu).

§ Experienced with inter networking using TCP/IP and maintaining network

§ Researched the market to gain information on the latest updates available and recommended accordingly.

§ Installation and administering mail using Postfix (MTA)

 

February 2010 – April 2012 Command Security Corporation (Linthicum Heights-MD)

Jr. Linux System Administrator

§ Build, installed, configured Red Hat Linux servers in a data center environment

§ Install new servers using kick-start installation & configuration method

§ Monitoring of Web servers using Nagios monitoring tool

§ Implementation of package management, FHS systems and LVM management

§ Administered local and remotely servers on daily basis providing weekly status reports to management

§ Supporting data management through on-site & off-site storage and retrieval service

§ Installation and configuration of Nagios monitoring tool.

§ Troubleshoot and resolve software and hardware problems, interface with vendor technical support to resolve problems and work with other technical staff on supporting their needs

§ Respond to security alerts with risk evaluation and monitoring /report on unauthorized access attempts

§ Monitor security logs to determine security problems

§ Optimize system performance by tracking daily system utilization, to determine if problems are imminent

§ Monitor and provide daily reports on system performance to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and on an as needed basis, select various system options and parameters

September 2008 – October 2009Security Finance Corporation - Cameroon

Jr. System Administrator

§ Support person on Computer devices and peripherals sales, installations and configurations

§ Installation and configuration of printers on LAN

§ Maintenance and Repairs of computers and Peripherals in a network environment

§ Implementing Troubleshooting procedures in isolating local area network faults

§ Assisted users with hardware and software installation. Provided technical support and documentation for Y2K issues, Applied and tested patches and service packs for Y2K on operating system and applications

§ Build and test revised operating system configurations as necessary

§ Document special procedures required for continuous operations of Systems

§ Schedule vendor maintenance and services activities

§ Performing remedial hardware maintenance, new software and hardware upgrades

§ Monitor security logs to determine security problems

§ Optimize system performance by tracking daily system utilization, to determine if problems are imminent

 

§ Employee of the Month (December 2015)

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