Linux Engineer with 19+ years of IT experience

Linux Administration
Extensive experience in Linux hardening, configuring secured servers, and managing file systems. Skilled in patching Linux servers and keeping them up to date with the latest patch levels as recommended by RedHat.

Ansible/Ansible Tower
Administration of Ansible/Ansible Tower servers to configure users, permissions, inventories, templates, and projects. Development of Ansible playbook and roles for build, deployment and infrastructure maintenance tasks.

Containerization and Orchestration
Knowledge in Docker, Kubernetes with certifications as Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). Experience in container orchestration and DevOps concepts.

RedHat Linux
Experience in RedHat Linux OS migration from RHEL6 to RHEL7 or RHEL8 or RHEL9. Skilled in inplace upgrades and building servers using kick-start build and VM templates.

Version Control Systems
Experience working with Git and Source code management tools including Branching, Tagging, and Merging of code delivery at required releases.

Virtualization
Building and managing Virtual Machines using VMware vCenter Server with creation, management and customizing of VMs, clones and templates. Maintaining Dell and HP Servers with regular firmware upgrade.

Scripting
Involved in writing/modifying scripts using Python and bash for day-to-day administration tasks and automation.