Roles and Responsibilities:

·               Experienced installing, configuring and maintaining of Linux OS on VMware ESXi server.

·               Knowledge of Oracle T-Series and M-Series Entry-Level and Midrange servers.

·               Excellent experience of Solaris Containers and LDOM configurations.

·               Creating and managing Solaris Flash Archive (FLAR)

·               Experienced on ZFS, VXVM, LVM and RAID administration.

·               Use configuration management tools like puppet for provisioning

·               Hands on experience with installation of patches, Security fixes, packages.

·               Conducted host discovery and vulnerability patching of VMs and Physical machines in order to improve the company’s security posture and prevent data loss.

·               Knowledge on shell scripts to accomplish day-to-day system admin task.

Organizing DR (Disaster Recovery) server tests to make sure the infrastructure is correct and the DR servers are working as expected.

·               Experience in VMware and Amazon Web Services (EC2/S3)

Unix System Administrator                            Oct 2010 to Dec 2013

AT&T Inc. – TX USA

Roles and Responsibilities:

·               Expertise installing, configuring, and support RHEL5/6

·               Installing and Maintaining Kickstart environment.

·               Experienced on VMware platform and managing Redhat through vSphere.

·               Installation, upgrading and deployment of RHEL on X-86 based HP BL460, BL685 Hardware.

·               Installation and configuration of HA environment using Veritas Cluster.

·               Configuration and administration of Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager.

·               Managing a file system ext3, ext4, tune2fs, fsck, e2fsck and zfs.

·               Installing, Configuring and Administering TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, SAMBA and FTP.

·               Managing user’s accounts and groups, setting up user environments in Linux.

·               Implementing various security tools like setuid, setgid and sticky bit on file system for providing secure access.

·               Monitoring Tools such as Nagios, BMC Patrol, IBM Netcool.

·               Writing and maintaining technical documentation for new and existing projects.

·               On call 24/7 x 365 for emergencies and a shift based monitoring schedule.

System Administrator             Feb 2008 to Oct 2010

Tech Mahindra Ltd – Pune, INDIA

Roles and Responsibilities:

·               Expertise installing, configuring, and supporting the Solaris 9 and 10.

·               Installing and Maintaining Solaris Jumpstart environment

·               Experienced on configuration and administration of Solaris zones.

·               Created Local zones and Branded zones on global zones and migrated the application on to these zones from the physical serves. 

·               Configuration and administration of ZFS.

·               Maintaining file systems: Checking and repairing file systems and monitoring file system usage.

·               User admin by creating, maintaining user’s accounts and groups, setting up user environments.

·               Monitoring Virtual memory, adding additional swap space as needed.

·               Processes administration like monitoring, start/stop/kill various processes/sub process.

·               Viewing and controlling the Processes running on the system and automating repetitive tasks.

·               Activities include user admin, startup and shutdown scripts, crontabs, file system maintenance.

·               Knowledge of backup and restore of UNIX servers.

·               Day to day support of Unix and Middleware systems and users.

·               Report Maintenance (Daily report and Monthly Report).

Technical Associate                         Oct 2005 to Nov 2007

Adrian Technologies Pvt Ltd – Chennai INDIA

Roles and Responsibilities:

·               Extensive experience in installation, administration and networking in various environments.

·               Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.

·               Administered change management related to server upgrades and software installation.

·               Installed, configured, and provide troubleshooting for Server 2003.

·               Installed and configured an Active Directory Domain Controller.

·               Managed user accounts, groups, print queues and controlling access rights using AD.

·               Troubleshooting Unix OS Alerts, & Middleware Access Services alerts from all the servers running middleware applications using BMC Patrol, Wily Introscope & Mercury.

·               Performing routine checks and Bouncing the services according to the schedule

·               Monitoring the server performance and checking the disk spaces of servers.

·               Increasing, decreasing, registering and un registering the number of Datagate and EMBus services instances using configure files, scripts and MMT Tool, as required for Load balancing.

·               Actively involved during the Change requests and all maintenance activities.

Hardware Support Engineer    Jun 2002 to Jul 2003

Access Systems – Chennai INDIA

Roles and Responsibilities:

·               Install and upgrade hardware and software components


·               Provide technical solutions and troubleshooting services on need basis

·               Assisted the clients with technical issues, troubleshooting, installation and configuration


·               Installed, changed and removed hardware in various desktop and service hub configurations


·               Install and assist service personnel hardware and peripheral components such as monitors, keyboards, printers, and disk drives on user's premises.

·               Responds to client inquiries concerning systems operation and diagnoses system hardware, software, and operator problems.

·               Maintain accurate records of PC and laptop serial numbers and base configuration.

·               Installing computer and printer hardware, configuring computer and printer software.

•          Sun Certified System Administrator (Solaris 9 and 10)

•          HP – UX System Administration

·   Master of Business Administration (Systems)     2005

Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, TN, INDIA.

·   Bachelor of Electronic Science      2001

S.R.M College, Chennai, TN, INDIA.