Altaf Jamadar, Senior Systems Officer

Altaf Jamadar

Senior Systems Officer

Brunel University

Lieu
Royaume Uni
Éducation
Master, Information Systems Engineering
Expérience
34 years, 1 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :34 years, 1 Mois

Senior Systems Officer à Brunel University
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • Je travaille ici depuis juillet 2007

Member of 5 person system administration team responsible for farm of 500+ servers in 2 data centers in mixed environment

• VMware ESX 4 Administrator; build, deploy & administer farm of virtual servers, policy management, storage pool configuration and maintenance
• Manage & support HA RHEL 5.6 servers hosting oracle
• Perform database installation, upgrades and patches to Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL environments
• Manage & deploy system patches; apply security patches as needed
• Coordinate backup & recovery for databases using various methods
• System monitoring using NAGIOS, MRTG & SolarWind
• Scripting of administrative tasks & automate system management
• Use Incident ticket system for support issues. Change Control for system changes & patching
• Document all configurations and installations; provide operational & disaster recovery procedures
• Formulate purchase requests for new hardware

Projects:
• Design & deploy Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) solution; RHEL, Oracle RAC, cisco load-balancer
• Design & deploy Student Records System (SITS) solution; RHEL, Oracle RAC, cisco load-balancer
• Deploy & administrate Shibboleth; integrate to Blackboard & eLibrary portal
• Administrate & support HR / Payroll DB systems
• Virtualise & upgrade Library Archiving & Catalogue Portal
• Implement Novell Identity Management System; connectivity to AD and LDAP
• Implement OpenLDAP & migrate people/account information from NIS to LDAP; synchronise data via Identity Management system
• Implement spam & virus filtering solution (MailScanner)
• Implement & support Email (EXIM) solution
• Design & deploy a university-wide cloud based solution for centralized data & remote access
• Deploy secure DNS and DHCP solution
• Implement & support automated patch management solution
• Manage & support UNIX file-stores
• Design & deploy Single Sign-On (NAM)using Novell; setup & integrate to Intranet, Password Self-Service, Registration, eLibrary portal

Senior Systems and Network Administrator, Tutor à University of Applied-Sciences (Bremen)
  • Allemagne
  • août 1992 à septembre 2006

• Implemented & managed teaching lab environment with complex settings, configurations, topologies and equipment including servers and network elements
• System Administrator for mixed Solaris / AIX / Linux and Windows environment
• Network Administrator for department; installation, configuration, troubleshooting & maintenance
• Designed & implemented automated system installation and configuration solution for UNIX and Linux systems
• Planned & implemented high-speed WAN backbone for department based on IP, frame relay and ATM technologies to provide Internet access services (ISDN, T1)
• Supervised backbone maintenance, troubleshooting & component upgrades; capacity planning for future services like distance-learning & multimedia projects
• Designed, configured & supported Internet access services, file servers, Firewall, directory services, Databases, Centralize Printing
• Designed a daily backup plan; administer, monitor and troubleshoot backups
• Developed scripts to automate server administration
• Designed & maintained Intranet web site for department
• Mentored student projects, create user and technical documentation
• Served as main technical advisor for department
• Researched and formulated hardware & software purchasing; performed hardware maintenance including replacement & capacity planning

Projects:
• Implement WebCT online courseware program, worked directly with teaching staff to develop first online courses for University. Administrator for WebCT; setup, configure & provide access control
• Implement &design lecture capture system (Tegrity) and learning management system (Moodle); developed online courses for academic degree and distance learning
• Deployed MBone distance learning (featuring two-way video and audio) with other University’s
• Designed and implemented card-based security system to authenticate and log-in for academia
• Taught classes on campus & distance education (online) UNIX/Linux, Programming & Networking

Communications Analyst / Programmer à BT Customer Systems
  • Royaume Uni
  • avril 1989 à mai 1992

Duties and Projects:
• Application programming (C and Assembler) for Freight handling system
• Writing and debugging communication software on PCs (C, x86 assembler)
• Develop test suites for testing software modules
• Provide customer support on-site and technical support over the phone.
• Provide appropriate training in-house for freight handling software
• Customize and deploy communication-suite (pre-installed hardware and software) for existing and potential customers in UK

Éducation

Master, Information Systems Engineering
  • à South Bank University
  • janvier 1988
Baccalauréat, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • à South Bank University
  • janvier 1987

Specialties & Skills

Distance Learning
Infrastructure Planning
VMware Infrastructure
Systems Engineering
System Administration
Virtualization
Distance Learning
High Availability Architecture
Spam Filtering
Email Systems
Security
Network Design
Automation
System Monitoring
Network Monitoring Tools
Database Administration
Network Administration
LAMP administration
Scripting
Linux System Administration
Open Source Software
Connectivity Solutions
Blackboard Administration
Directory Services
Technical Support
Academic Tutoring
eLearning
Identity and Access Management
Unix Administration
Windows Administration

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Allemand
Expert
Français
Débutant
Arabe
Débutant
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Adhésions

Institution of Electrical Engineers (AMIEE)
  • Associate member
  • April 1994

Formation et Diplômes

NIM 3.5.x (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2007
Valide jusqu'à:
October 2007
Advanced Red Hat Certification (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
February 2012
SuSE Linux Ceritied Engineer (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
May 2010
Valide jusqu'à:
November 2011
Cisco Works 2000, Catalyst 6000, Routing (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2000
Valide jusqu'à:
March 2002
VMware Certified Professional (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
May 2012
Intermediate Perl Certification (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
January 2012