ALLAUDDIN ABDUL
Senior Engineer - Linux, Cloud And Ansible Automation
Bangalore
Summary
Competent Engineering Professional offering strong competency in Linux, Cloud and Ansible Automation with 10.5 years of experience in project execution, project management and solution architecture and design. Detail-oriented with strong knowledge of Linux and Automation for both On-Premise Datacenter Infrastructure as well as on the Cloud in large-scale projects of Manufacturing Industries, Retail and Healthcare Businesses. _____________________________________________________________
Seeking a Senior SysOps/DevOps position for a corporate with IT infrastructure on the Cloud involving Linux Administration/Engineering and scope for automation using Ansible and other DevOps Tools and where my gained experience and skills can be best utilized for achieving corporate objectives and to ensure professional advancements while being dedicated, honest, innovative and resourceful.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
6
6
Languages
Work History
Senior Engineer - Linux, Cloud, Ansible Automation
Herbalife International
Bangalore
04.2021 - Current
- Individual Contributor - responsibility of owning and executing multiple projects involving Linux Engineering for Infra enhancement.
- Managing complete Linux Operations for approx 750+ Linux Servers including HP Synergy, HP DL980's, BL680's, BL460'c Physical Servers and VMware and Azure Virtual Machines.
- Ímplemented Ansible Tower for Automating Linux Environment Management.
- Implemented Splunk Monitoring and Log Analytics for all Linux servers and built Splunk Heavy Forwarders and Deployment Servers for the enterprise.
- Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
- Assessed scope and requirements to assist with project design determinations.
- Conducted tests to determine success of product performance.
- Developed and implemented proactive maintenance practices.
- Defined engineering problems, collected data, established facts and drew conclusions to solve project issues.
- Delivered public presentations to provide plans and updates on projects.
- Determined project specifications by thoroughly studying performance standards, requirements and technical studies.
- Trained and managed junior engineers.
Senior Engineer - Linux, Cloud, Ansible Automation
Dell EMC (Client : Herbalife International)
Bangalore
11.2016 - 04.2021
- Handling individual Projects for Linux Infrastructure Enhancements and Routine Upgrades – Hardware Refresh project from HP Blade Gen7 to Gen 10 servers, Enterprise Linux 6 to Enterprise Linux 7 OS Upgrade and Ansible Configuration Management and Optio Printing Upgrade Project
- Assisted in implementing InfiniBand Networking for High Performance Critical machines
- Involved in establishing a Release Management process for Patching and Security hardening of the Linux Infra including PCI/DSS compliant and DMZ servers
- Worked on Ansible for automating server configurations and the Patching process and have built numerous Shell/Bash scripts to automate the operations
- Build Linux instances on Azure and VMware vCloud for public facing Infrastructure and others on premise
- Knowledge on VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter 6.5 for managing the Linux virtual environment
- Working knowledge and experience on LDAP, Spacewalk, CUPS Printing, SMTP Mail Servers, DNS servers, NTP servers
- Problem Management on Linux platform and performing Root Cause Analysis - conducting initial research into Linux issues and software troubleshooting based on vendor support and providing Temp/Permanent Fix.
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore
09.2011 - 10.2016
- Level 2/3 administration and support for approx 4500+ Supervalu UNIX (Red Hat Linux + Solaris) Servers
- Worked on upgrading all RHEL 2,3,4,5 servers to RHEL 6 and 7
- Building and managing AWS Cloud servers for the client
- Successfully migrated the Knowledge database from the SharePoint to a browser-based DokuWiki Knowledge
- Fulfilling Incident requests and Service requests from internal and external customers surrounding the management of Linux Servers
- Member of the engineering team that involves in server builds, installing, configuring and maintaining Linux servers, services and networking
- SPOC for Capacity Management and Planning - using SAS Analytics to analyse server parameters to tune and suggest upgrading/downgrading the parameters and reporting the same to customer for future capacity planning and also to generate reports for availability, audits, proactive monitoring
- Release Management using Red Hat Satellite for patching all Linux Servers.
Education
MBA - Management: Information Technology
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai 07.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology,
Bangalore 09.2007 - 07.2011
SSC (12th) - Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya C.R.P.F
Bangalore 05.2005 - 04.2007
HSC (10th) - Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya C.R.P.F
Bangalore 05.2004 - 04.2005
Skills
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxundefined
Accomplishments
- Received On the Spot Award as a Rising Star in the year 2017
- Received Inspire Award for Customer Enlightenment for a Critical Last-minute Build in the year 2018
- Received Inspire Award for Outstanding Escalation Management for the Client in the year 2019
- Proud recipient of Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance in the financial year 2012-2013
- Star of the Month for July 2016 for my efforts on Linux OS upgrade and Automation on Server Builds
- Service and Commitment Award for 5 years of dedicated service in TCS in the financial year 2016-2017
- Service and Commitment Award for 3 years of dedicated service in TCS in the financial year 2014-2015
Certification
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) on RHEL 8
Timeline
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
03-2022
MBA - Management: Information Technology
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
07.2021 - Current
Senior Engineer - Linux, Cloud, Ansible Automation
Herbalife International
04.2021 - Current
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate – Solutions Architect
07-2020
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
06-2020
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) on RHEL 8
02-2020
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation on RHEL 7
09-2019
Dell EMC Certified Cloud Expert – Cloud Architect
04-2019
Senior Engineer - Linux, Cloud, Ansible Automation
Dell EMC (Client : Herbalife International)
11.2016 - 04.2021
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) on RHEL 6
06-2016
ITIL Foundation
05-2014
VMware Certified Associate - Datacenter Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
11-2013
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2011 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology,
09.2007 - 07.2011
SSC (12th) - Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya C.R.P.F
05.2005 - 04.2007
HSC (10th) - Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya C.R.P.F
05.2004 - 04.2005
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