Eric Akwenkwelle

E-Mail: ericakwe@ gmail.com

Phone # : 240-280-6077

 

Career Objective

 Looking for a Linux System Administrator/AWS support position in which i will utilize my prior experience for the benefit of the company.

 

 

IX Solutions                                  Jan/2011-present

Linux Systems Administrator/ AWS support              Lanham, MD

 

Amazon Web Services Used:

Amazon EC2,Amazon S3, Elastic Block Storage{EBS},Elastic Load Balancer{EBL},Snapshots, Amazon RDS,Auto Scaling,Cloud Front,Cloud Watch,Cloud Trail,Amazon VPC,Route 53, Elastic Beanstalk,Elastic IP, IAM, Amazon Machine Image{AMI},NAT Instance, Security Groups, NACLs, Glacier, RRS, SWF,AWS CLI,Opswork,

 

v       Perform server update, patching and upgrade using RPM

v       Installation, configuration and maintenance of Red Hat Linux Servers.

v       Performance tuning functions on Red Hat servers.

v       Monitor system activity and performance using Nagios monitoring tool.

v       Resolve hardware and software related issues.

v       Manage system processes and schedule processes with cron utility.

v       User management, creating user accounts,groups and access level.

v       Prevent Security breaches by making sure that the company’s security policies are observed by the implementation of IP Tables, SE Linux, ACL on Linux servers.

v       Logical Volume Management.

v       Develope strategies for client/server implementations including utilizing the use of Virtual Private Cloud and cloud solutions.

v       Participate in Scrum meetings

v       Creating and managing root and sparse zones in Solaris servers.

v       Experience with TCP/IP, DNS,NFS,FTP,SSH.

v       Paticipate in rotation 24x7x365 on call duties as well as off-hour planned activities

v       Assign Roles, manage Users and groups,assign policies and multi-Factor Authentication{MFA} using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

v       Use S3 for Storage, archiving,static web site hosting and origin for Cloud front distribution.

v       Use Amazon EC2 to launch and manage instances in the cloud using Amazon AMI.

v       Elastic load Balancing to maintain high availability and fault tolerance infrastructure across EC2 instances in multiple availability zones.

v       Use of Amazon cloud formation alongside developers to build infrastructure as code using JSON.

v       Use Amazon Route 53 as a scalable domain name system with the following routing types:Fail over DNS and Latency based routing for high availability and fault Tolerance.

v       Good understanding and implementation of security groups,Network Access control lists(NACL) within a VPC.

v       Use Amazon VPC to host AWS Resources and services and Networking within a VPC

v       Exposed to continuous deployment environment from version control to application management

v       Experience with Cloud Trail, Glacier, versioning and life cycle policy of object.

v       Install Amazon RDS with cross Multi-availability zone enabled to ensure high availability and fault tolerant infrastructure.

v       Manage virtual cloud Resources as required with and overall objective of improving scalability, performance,reliability and highly available fault tolerant cloud infrastructure.

v       Utilize AWS CLI to create and access Resources.

v       A good understanding of application functionality and Architecture.

v       Implement and maintain the monitoring and alerting of production and corporate servers/costs using cloud watch.

v       Use of Cloud Trail to monitor API calls within VPC environment.

v       Prewarming and Backing up EC2 EBS volumes.

v       Work with Developers in using chef as a configuration management tool, managing users, resources and deploying servers.

v       Adhere to Amazon Wed Services best cloud practices.

v       Provide on-call support outside of normal scheduled business hours.

v       Strong written and verbal communication skills.

v       Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mi Swaco

Solids Control Technician                          2006-2010

 

Responsibilities:

Ø      Operate and Monitor solids control equipment, Evaluate performance and recommend proper waste management procedures.

Ø      Supervise and monitor installation of solids control equipment on rig site and ensure proper maintenance, repair and reporting carried out in a timely manner.

Ø      Cross-train on other company’s product lines.

Ø      Keep available information and report to company management..

Ø      Monitor systems operation and ensure compliance to technical specifications.

Ø      Promote and maintain good public relations with client, maintain assigned company assets and facilities in a neat workable condition and conduct self in an exemplary manner at all times to perpetuate the good reputation enjoyed by the company.

Ø      Ensure that the operation meets environmental regulations.

Ø      Provide cost effective solutions to avoid repetitive occurrences.

Ø      Maintain updated system records (on Red Hat System) on all solids control operations.

Ø      Train staff and site personnel on proper system operation procedures.

Ø      Submit recaps in a timely manner and make recommendations for next operation.

Ø      Assist in the formulation of safe working practices and procedures.

Ø     Supervise maintenance /operation and keep maintenance records of all System

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 

Ø        Linux System Administration Training

Ø    Cloud ComputingTraining

Ø    AWS Associate solutions Architect Training

Ø    International Seminar on SAFETY FOCUS organized by Global Santafe.  

Ø    Drilling Waste Management Course in Aberdeen Scotland, UK.    

Swaco Training and Technology Center, Bridge of Don

Ø    International Seminar on NEXT STEPS organized by Transocean.             

Ø    Offshore Basic Safety and Sea Survival Training course                         

Ø    Training for the introduction of the key terms, process and content of Maersk

Drilling and Maersk FPSO’s systems for safety management, occupational health,

Environmental management and Security.

Ø      First aid and CPR Training

 

EDUCATION

 Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria       10/1996- 12/2001(5 years)             

Bachelor of Engineering

Concentration: Agricultural Engineering

Major: Soil/Water Engineering Technology (GPA 3.61)