SUJITHKUMAR P
EXECUTIVE IT (SERVER AND STORAGE)
Krishnagiri
Summary
Dynamic IT Infrastructure Engineer with nearly four years of experience at VVDN Technologies, specializing in server management, storage management, and infrastructure optimization. Proven expertise in Linux administration, NOC operations, and high-performance clustered environments drives impactful results. Skilled in enhancing system efficiency and ensuring reliability through strong organizational and technical skills. Committed to leveraging technology to support business objectives and improve operational performance.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive IT (Server and Storage)
VVDN Technologies Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
- Technical support: Delivered comprehensive technical support for server and storage infrastructure, maintaining 99.9% uptime, and significantly improving service stability across development and production environments.
- Server and VM management: Managed over 50 physical servers and 500 virtual machines (VMs) across multiple data centers, leveraging proactive monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, and Nagios to reduce incident response time by 40%.
- Linux administration: Deployed, configured, and maintained Linux environments (Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Debian, RHEL), managing OS patching, upgrades, and automating tasks via Ansible, achieving 95% automation, and reducing manual efforts by 90%.
- Virtualization management: Administered virtualization technologies, including KVM, Proxmox, and VMware, managing over 500 VMs, and optimizing resource utilization and workload distribution.
- Storage management: Provisioned and managed storage solutions using LVM across 300+ VMs and 50+ physical servers, ensuring 99.99% data reliability.
- RAID configuration and management: Implemented and maintained RAID levels (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) to enhance data redundancy, performance, and fault tolerance.
- NetApp storage administration: Configured and maintained NetApp storage systems in two data centers using NFS, SMB, and Fibre Channel (FC), boosting storage performance and reliability by 80%.
- Root cause analysis (RCA): Conducted in-depth RCA and resolved performance bottlenecks and network issues, improving system stability by 30%.
- Backup and disaster recovery (DR): Managed daily backup and DR operations for over 50 servers and more than 100 VMs using BorgBackup and Proxmox Backup Server, ensuring 100% SLA adherence.
- Version control and service administration: Administered GitLab, Nextcloud, FTP, and SFTP, handling repository management, user access control, configuration, and service maintenance to ensure efficient and secure version control and file-sharing environments.
- Web server hosting and security: Deployed and maintained Apache and Nginx web servers, implementing security headers, and Web Application Firewalls (WAF) to enhance web security and load balancing.
- Vulnerability assessment and security monitoring: Conducted regular vulnerability assessments using Nessus, and centralized security monitoring via Wazuh and Seceon SIEM tools, improving security posture by 45%.
- Time synchronization: Configured and maintained NTP servers to ensure consistent time synchronization across environments, essential for accurate logging, and security audits.
- Protocol familiarity: Well-versed in networking and communication protocols such as DNS, FTP, SNMP, DHCP, TCP/IP, NFS, and SMB.
- NOC operations: Led Network Operations Center activities, monitoring systems in real time, and resolving issues promptly to maintain network and system health.
- Upgrade management: Executed hardware, OS, and firmware upgrades proactively, ensuring minimal disruption and up-to-date infrastructure.
- Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCP/DR): Experienced in BCP and DR operations, including backups, data restoration, and recovery processes.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Applications
Jayam College of Engineering And Technology
Dharmapuri 04.2001 -
B.Sc. - Computer Technology
Hindustan College of Arts And Science
Coimbatore06-2019
Skills
Server management
Storage administration
Linux administration
Virtualization
Clustering technologies
Network security and protocols
Backup and disaster recovery
Web server hosting and security
Monitoring and security tools
Datacenter operations
Timeline
Executive IT (Server and Storage)
VVDN Technologies Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Applications
Jayam College of Engineering And Technology
04.2001 -
B.Sc. - Computer Technology
Hindustan College of Arts And Science