Niveditha

System Administrator
: rajgogunix@gmail.com
: (571)-524-9999
Professional Summary:

Installation of kernel level patches and software packages on RHEL,

SUSE Linux, and Solaris.
Efficiency in upgrading firmware on various hardware including SUN,
HP, DELL, IBM blades.
Moving RHAS machines from physical to virtual and virtual to virtual on
VMware ESX 3.5 and vSphere 4.0.
Installing, configuring, cloning and troubleshooting the Zones on
Solaris.
Building and configuring Oracle Enterprise Linux and working with
OVM.
Experience in supporting SUSE Linux 9 and 10 and Ubuntu 10.04 and
12.04 LTS.
Experience in working with NetBackup server and clients.
Installing and configuring LAMP environment.
Installing and upgrading VMware tools on client machines.
Sufficient knowledge of general hardware maintenance & experience in
computer assembling.
Sound Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 & Active
Directory Implementation.
Well versed in Red Hat Linux Server systems (v9, RHEL3, 4.),
Network administration, security, Network services. Well-versed in
LINUX system installation and administration which includes backup,
upgrades, monitoring system performance. Configuring Sendmail,
Samba Server and Squid.
Experience in All types of software installations in both Unix and
Windows systems.
Proficient in Configuration of Routers, LAN and Network Administration.
Have knowledge of IPMP Technology, Raid technology,Veritas Volume
manager, Solaris Volume manager, SAN Configuration, Basic Things
about EMC,Hitachi 9980,true Copy Concept,DR Activity on Sun Servers.

Migration Activity Experience:

Performed Migration of HACMP 4.3.1/4.5 to HACMP 5.1 using Node-byNode Migration without changing the cluster setup.
Configured new M-series servers (M5000, M4000 and M3000).
Upgrade the Solaris 9 OS to Solaris 10.
Build the Solaris 10 and Linux servers through Jumpstart and Kick start .
Configured new zones with Service group and VXFS file system mount
points.

Configured VERITAS volume manager and cluster (SFHA pack).

Involved in server migration from Solaris to RHEL, and from physical
server to virtual server.
Involved in P2P, P2V and V2V migration.
Expertise in migration from HACMP V 5.5 to HACMP V 6.1.
Migrations of data from SAN SVC to XIV LUNs.
Configured different VLANs each zone on M-series servers.
Configured console and management IP address on M-series servers.
Performed Data Center migration from AIX to Linux and 5.x to 6.4 Linux
upgrade.
Configured AWS, EC2 and VBLOCK(VCE).
Configured IP aggregate on Solaris boxes.
Implemented migration from Red hat to CentOS environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating
Systems

Web
Technologies
Security

RHEL 7.x/6.x/5.x, Solaris 8.x/9.x/10.x, ONTAP 7.3

&8.1versions, Windows XP/7/8, VMware ESX/ESXi, fedora
11/12.
IBM RS/6000, P-Series P5, P6, P7 550,570, 575, 590,
750, 770, SUN Enterprise 450, IBM ESS (Enterprise
Storage Server), DS8000, IBM 3494, 3583 HP DL (380s
and 580s)
Shell scripting, PERL, Bash, Python, PL/SQL, ORACLE
TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, NIS, SSH, DHCP, HTTP, CIFS, Cisco
Routers / Switches and LAN
Sun Cluster 3.2, Net app CLI, Net App GUI (filer view &
system manager), VERITAS Net backup 6.0, VERITAS
Storage Foundation Suite, Solaris Volume Manager.
RAID, LVM, FC, SCSI, iSCSI, Fiber channel, Multi pathing,
Backup and recovery, Business continuity and
continuous access, Veritas Volume manager, Netapp
storage and Amazon S3
Apache 2.0, HACMP, Samba, Tivoli (TSM), Symantec
Netback up, VERITAS Volume Manager.
Checkpoint, Symantec firewalls, Open SSL

Protocols

TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, SSL, OpenSSH, SunSSH

Hardware

Languages
Networking
Tools
Storage
Technologies

Application
Servers

Web sphere, Apache tomcat, Web logic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

GuideOne Insurance West Des Moines IA

Mar 15 to Present
Role : Linux administrator

Responsibilities:
Building and configuring of Ubuntu Linux and RedHat Enterprise Linux
servers.
Providing support for production servers running with RHEL, Ubuntu
Linux, SUSE Linux, and CentOS.
Troubleshooting systems crashes, slowness, and hardware issues, and
replacing the failed hardware as needed.
Installing packages and patches using rpm, yum, up2date, dpkg, aptget, and aptitude utilities.
Monitoring Netbackup, troubleshooting failed backups, expiring old
backups, rotating tapes as needed.
Maintaining Xen Servers (v6.0) and building virtual machines (Ubuntu
and Redhat) thru Citrix XenCenter, and assigning additional storage as
needed.
Supporting virtual machines running on VMware ESX Server 3.5.0
Maintaining NetApp and Dell Compellent SAN storage, Netgear NAS
storage and provisioning storage to servers.
Migrating servers from one data center to other (Data Center
Migration).
Installing DRAC cards and configuring DRAC for remote access.
Configuring Nagios and Check_MK monitoring for Linux servers.
Administering of DNS and DHCP, allocating IP addresses and adding
reservations as needed.
Creating virtual disks (VD)/RAIDs for Dell servers.
Racking and unracking, and cabling of servers.
Troubleshooting servers for network and booting issues.
Environment: RHEL 5, 6, Ubuntu Linux LTS 10.04, 12.04, Citrix XenServer
6.0, VMware ESX Server 3.5, NetApp, Dell Compellent, SAN, DNS, DHCP,
Logical Volume Manager, Symantec NetBackup 7.1, TandbergData Storage
Library, Nagios, Check_MK, HP Proliant Blades, Dell Blades, Dell 2950, R610,
R710, R720, R820
American Family Insurance, Madison WI
Mar 13 Feb 15
Role : Linux administrator
Responsibilities:
Patching of Linux using satellite servers and Solaris Patching.
Unix Account management on Solaris and Linux Production SOX,
Dev, QA and Staging servers.
Administration and Configuration of Sun Solaris Zones
VERITAS Netbackup Client Installation and troubleshooting.
Sun Mid range and High End Server like 6900, 2900, 490, 890 & 25K
Domain reconfiguration activities.
Monitoring servers with top, vmstat, iostat and prstat.

 Troubleshooting for hardware and Operations systems coordinating

with Sun, Dell & VERITAS.
File System management with UFS, LVM, SVM & VERITAS VxVm
( VERITAS Volume manager).
Troubleshooting of VCS VERITAS Cluster, including Active Passive,
Parallel & CVM. Management of VCS Service groups resources.
Automation using shell scripts.
CRQ & Incidence (INC) request handling in BMC Remedy 7.
Following up with Approvers for Change request and Releases.
Handling Conference calls with other technical teams and
management in order to troubleshoot the issue.
Ugrading the Storage foundation
Increasing of file syatem with new luns
Raising REL for modifications in server for hardware or software.
Servers Downtime arrangements and facilitating vendors for any
activity.
Interacting with Vendors, Application/ Database owners and Change
management.
Managing OS and Network level security for system.
Providing the client side support for VERITAS Netback-up.
Environments: Solaris, Veritas volume manger, Veritas cluster, SunSolaris8/9/10, and Linux Hardware like v240 V840 v 880 & High end servers
like E10k E15k E25k and DELL, HP, EMC storage, knowledge of Navisphere
web console.
State of NY (DOH) , Albany, NY
Sept 11 Feb 13
Role :Linux Administrator
Responsibilities:
Taking part in regular Patch updation.
Firmware Version Upgrade of boxes- H/W & OS Level.
Veritas Cluster environment activities- Failover of 2node &3node.
VCS cluster attributes updating using VCS Java Consol (GUI/CLI)
EMC power path up gradation
Disk drives Installation and Replacement.
System board Replacement or Installations.
Decommissioning the Servers on client request.
System Security, integration, analysis and support.
IP change activity on servers
User Administration- adding/deleting users, groups
Providing temporary Root access to Users on Client requirement for
specific period.
File system Management- Extension/Modification.

Java upgrading
Changing Kernel parameters.
Performance monitoring using CAMCS REM and TNG tools.
VERITAS Volume manager- activities on disks, sub-disks, volumes, file
system

Environment: Red Hat Linux 5.x/6.x, Intel servers, Sun Enterprise servers,
VERITAS Volume Manager, VMWARE, VERITAS Netback up 5.0, Perl Scripting,
NIS, NFS, LDAP server, VMAX, Apache Tomcat, EMC Storage SAN.
ICICI Bank, Hyderabad, India
June 09 Aug 11
Role : Linux System Administrator
Responsibilities:
Installation, configuration and Operating System upgrade on, Red Hat
Linux and Sun Solaris.
System administration support involving server build, installation,
configuration and implementation on Linux (Red Hat & SuSE) and
Solaris/AIX servers
Administration of DHCP, FTP, NFS, Apache-Tomcat, Samba, Squid
proxy on Linux.
Experience in VMWARE ESXi 4 and vSphere and managed VM resource
upgrades.
Allocating necessary space requirements for oracle database.
Server Virtualization using VMware for Red Hat Linux.
Perform User Account management, data backups, and users' logon
support.
Installing, configuring and administering DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, FTP, SFTP,
VPN and NIS.
Installing and supporting SQL server and Oracle database.
Worked with Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to create file systems,
volumes in efficient manner and troubleshoot.
Configuring Windows Active directory service and designing standard
folder architecture for the users.
Providing day-to-day user administration like adding or deleting users,
password aging.
Creating and resolving users access issues (Role access, FTP etc.).
Creating Oracle case and coordinating with hardware & application
team to resolve the system hardware issues and break-fix.
Monitoring the ticket queue all the time, working on the tickets and
resolving them within the time frame.
Handling system dependencies and binary file management.
Creating main log and inform the higher management to inform the
unplanned server outages and planned change activities.
Providing Application Support on Red Hat Servers which included
Apache configuration

Installation and configuration of VERITAS, VERITAS Net Backup and

performing backup using VNB, OS Mirroring and OS replication.
Worked on client's HPSM ticketing system for change management
tasks on servers.
Worked in production & application support 24/7 in NAS, EMC SAN
Storage on Linux Environment.

Tuned servers for maximum efficiency for Oracle and DB2 Data Bases.

Aided Oracle and DB2 data base administrators in installing data bases,
building data base, refreshing and overlaying data bases, removing
data bases, and backing up of all data bases.

Created, documented, and implemented back up and disaster recovery

plans.

Escalates and works with vendors to resolve application issues.

Secures system by developing system access, monitoring, and controls.
Establishes, tests and documents disaster recovery policies and
procedures.
Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs

Environment: RHEL 5.x/4.x, VERITAS Netback up, Sun E250, E450, Sun
E3000, SunFire v440/v480/v490, Solaris 8/9, VERITAS volume manager 3.5.