IT System Administrator
Emirates Driving Institute
Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months
1. Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
2. Introducing and integrating new technologies into existing data centre environments.
3. Performing routine audits of systems and software.
4. Performing backups for all recoverable data and configuration.
5. Analysing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems.
6. Installing and configuring new hardware and software.
7. Answering technical queries and dealing with often frustrated users.
8. Responsibility for documenting the configuration of the system.
9. Responsibility for security implementation & maintenance.
10.Troubleshooting any reported problems.
11.System performance analysis and tuning.
13.Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running.
14.Informing IT Management with any suggestion or upgrades which could improve the performance and stability of the system or infrastructure.
Administration, Trouble shooting and Maintenance of Linux and Windows servers for enterprise use in a 24x7 environment.
Job on Contract Basis
Administration, Trouble shooting and Maintenance of Linux servers for enterprise use in a 24x7 environment.
User / group administration, Server monitoring
Installing, configuring, administration and maintenance of critical web services such as Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, MySQL across multiple servers.
Setting up and administering DHCP, DNS, and NFS services in Linux
Analyze and resolve client issues based on SLA.
Configuring and maintaining the SSL Certificates for various servers.
Familiar with Ticketing systems (Ubersmith/ Kayako / WHMCS).
Managing IPtables/rules in the server.
Experience in firewall tools like CSF, APF.
Monitoring Dos attacks and spamming on servers.
Automation using CRON jobs.
Backup and restoration.
Perform system-wide software patches, upgrades, and deployments as needed.
Collaborate with multiple teams on projects, systems design and integration, and for troubleshooting.
Participate in a tiered shift and on-call rotation providing 24x7 support.
Mail server configuration (Exim, Qmail, Postfix, Sendmail).
Nagios installation, management and monitoring.
Configuring FTP server for maintaining share folders in the organization.
VPS Management (OpenVZ). Backup configuration.
Managing hosting control panel like Cpanel/WHM, Direct Admin, Kloxo, Webmin.
Managing servers on cloud infrastructure - Amazon, Rackspace.
Providing technical support; answering support queries either onsite or via phone or email.
Maintaining a high degree of customer service for all support queries and adhere to all service management principles.
* Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
