BVRM-IT

Prasanth Mudundi

19 Evergreen Dr., Franklin, MA - 02038

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Summary

20+ years of experience in providing Unix System Administration/System Design on Solaris, Linux,Windows across a range of hardware Sun, IBM, HP, Dell, EMC, Egenera, and Data General. Proven Capabilities in Infrastructure Design/Deployment, Systems Administration, Documentation, Technical Leadership, hands-on experience with a wide range of technologies:

  • Operating Systems :

    • Sun/Oracle Solaris( Sparc/X86-2.5 to 10 ), Redhat (3,4,5,7,8)/Suse Linux, Windows NT-2003

  • Virtualizations : VMware, Solaris Containers/Zones, Linux KVM, VirtualBox

  • Volume/File Systems Management: Veritas Volume Manager/LVM. UFS/ZFS/EXT2/EXT3/VXFS file systems

  • Clustering : Veritas Cluster / Sun Clusters

  • Backups Solutions: ARCSERV / Netbackup/HP Data Protector

  • Replication Technologies: Veritas Volume Replication/Sun SNDR

  • Centralized System Monitoring/Performance: Unicenter / Foglight / Nagios /Big Brother/ Syslog/Splunk

  • Offsite Disaster Recovery planning and procedures/Bare Metal Recovery

  • Network/System Security

  • Applications: Websphere / SiteMinder / Apache / Sonic / LDAP / Transact Tools / FX Connect / Sonic MQ

  • Scripting/HTML: UNIX shells, PERL, Expect, and PERL based CGI.

  • Database Server (OS components): ORACLE HA/RAC design and deploy configurations 8-11, Sybase.

  • Openshift 4.6 - Infrastructure Deployment on UPI.

Primarily worked in Financial Institutions who provide Critical Institutional and Individual Electronic Trading Platforms that need High Availability/High volume support I need minimal supervision and a self starter. I take pride in learning new technologies and methodolies to better business operations/procedures.

Hardware

IBM X-series, Sun SPARC, T1/ T2/MX000, Sun fire entry level /mid Range and HP Proliant Series servers. Worked with Enterprise SPARC Hardware and exposed to E10K, E15K, All HP DL/ML line servers.

Work Experience

Systems Administrator – < Withheld > - 4/2014 – Present

  • Support AIX/Solaris/Linux

  • Support Virtualization (installation/Management/VM builds) using VMware / Solaris Zones/Aix LPARs.

  • Deploy Cisco Voice VM infrastructure

  • Deploy Support Business Applications

  • Support Backups via TSM/Amavar/Data Domain

  • Configure Storage as needed on servers.

  • Scripts using Shell/expect/Perl – Network Layout diagrams,Server Audit withheld

  • Systems monitoring using Nagios

  • Data Center Migrations

  • Disaster Recovery - Server Recovery and Site Recovery planning.

  • OS patching / Upgrades and Server Hardware migrations.

  • Veritas Cluster /Volume Manager Support.

  • Qualys/Cyber Trust Remediation

  • Install Openshift Environments on bare metal and UPI

  • Service Now

Systems Administrator – Philips Lifeline - Framingham MA – 9/2011 – 4/2014

  • Support Life products on Tru64/Solaris/Linux

  • Support Virtualization (installation/Management/VM builds)using VMware / OVM / Solaris Zones / Solaris LDOMS

  • Design / Deploy Oracle RAC into Solaris containers using shared storage in VNX5100

  • Implemented shared QFS for Oracle Golden Gate deployment.

  • Support Backups via Data Protector/Amavar/Data Domain

  • Manage EMC SAN (VNX/VMX)/HP EVA – Provisioning and allocations

  • Manage San Fabrics for Zoning/Storage Allocations to Servers as needed.

  • Scripts using Shell/expect/Perl – Network Layout diagrams,Server Audit

  • Systems monitoring using Openview

Systems Administrator State Street Bank & Trust Boston MA 7/2006 to 8/2011

  • Support Custom Business Apps on SOLARIS/LINUX/Windows.

  • Deploy/Troubleshoot/Support Websphere 5 & 6 /SONIC/LDAP/Siteminder apps /Install CVSNT

  • Monitoring/reporting/Audit Unix systems with custom Scripts/splunk/Quest foglight

  • Support virtualizations using ESX/Solaris Containers. Physical to virtual Migration

  • Patching and upgrades using Solaris live upgrade, Upgrade Veritas foundation Suites, Linux Upgrades/patching/Build using Kixstart/Jumpstart

  • Install / Support Transact tools based FIX application in a VCS configuration, expanded cluster nodes. Install/Support ORACLE 10g/11g RAC clusters.

  • Backup/Recover failed systems from tape/dumps, Migrate from hardware to hardware.

  • Used and familiar with OS level Apps Veritas Foundation Suite/Veritas Cluster/LVMs

  • Write scripts in shell / perl to automate auditing/reporting/rollout OS/Applicaiton configurations.

  • DR site to site/Recovery rebuild systems from Netbackup.

  • System Wide management and Audits/Syslogging/Monitoring using Bigbrother/Foglight/Custom Scripts

  • System Tools for Processing configurations using PERL,CGI/Expect/Shell Scripts.

  • NIS Management/Configurations/User Management.

  • Manage Storage on servers/address Performance /Disk relayouts/good VRTS Storage Foundation Skills.

Systems Administrator Putnam Investments Boston MA 8/1999 - 6/2006

  • Support and Administer as part of operations group Solaris/Linux Boxes with a user base of 3000+users

  • Installation/Upgrade/Maintenance of Solaris Enterprise servers (Sunfire Series). D1000/SSA/A5200/T3/T3+ Disk Storage Systems. SUN L180/IBM LTO2 Tape libraries. Exposure to Sun 6800/E10Ks and HP-UX.

  • Support Sun Cluster 3.0 / Veritas Cluster Environment on a daily basis ( upgraded vcs clusters )\

  • Perform Disaster Recovery and create procedures between different site

  • Create off site Disaster recovery procedures and recovery from tape.

  • Installation and Use Veritas FS/ Veritas Volume Manager / ODS on Solaris Enterprise Servers

  • Exposed to EMC symmetrix/clariion storage arrays and SRDF operations.

  • Support Enterprise wide Backups using Veritas Netbackup/Arcserve. Implemented Web based reporting on Veritas Netbackup (base functionality of Advanced Report writer) using perl and shell scripts.

  • Very proficient with both Vendor system maintenance/monitoring tools (CIM/IBM/Director/Bladelogic/Unicenter)

  • Develop administrative procedures, documentation and standardization of servers

  • Evaluate servers, capacity planning, Data recovery, Build & install both NT and Solaris servers including Windows/Solaris Clusters along with securing them

  • Automate procedures to reduce response time – Unicenter messages/Paging/Web based server management

  • Developed Server Inventory Programs (Perl – Win32/Unix Based) that help maintain inventory real time and query domain for details like type of system, groups and administrative privileges.

Systems Engg Data General (EMC) Westboro - MA 1/1999 - 7/1999

  • Develop server deployment procedures and server installation for Clients on AVIION range of servers Documentation and Integration.

  • Automated Windows NT 4 Preinstall procedures.

  • Provide all technical support for the Installation tool including testing, and resolving specific technical issues

  • Audit /Record daily log of problems, tests, and results.

  • Verifying Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Specifications.

  • Develop Test Procedures, matrices & Documentation.

  • Source control and Product release certification, Knowledge base development.

Environment:

WinNT, Win2000, AVIION NUMA Series Servers and workstations, Fibre CLARIION RAID storage systems. NTALERT.

Sysadmin /Network Administer PartyLite Gifts Inc Plymouth - MA 6/1998 - 12/1998

  • Provided End User and Back End Support to a Custom Solution from Alliance Data Systems.

  • Worked with Help Desk at Second and third level supports for local and remote sites.

  • Responsible for UNIX Administration (IBM AIX 4) for order scanning applications from Alliance data systems.

  • Network Administrator for Novell NetWare, WinNT 4.0 Unix IBM AIX, Sun Netra Servers.

  • Responsible for Centralized Server and Backup management and Disaster recovery

  • Performed upgrades on older Compaq servers and installed Citrix Winframe and SQL Server on Win NT.

  • Also responsible for GroupWise 5.2 Administration, Server Documentation and Performance Base lining at network and operating system levels.

  • Infrastructure review and recommendations for new hardware and restructuring were also performed.

  • Migration of GroupWise from Direct PO Access to TCP/IP were provided,

  • HP Jet Direct Technology for easing printing burden on servers was implemented.

  • Unix Shell Scripting was done for more efficient reporting and performance of custom built applications.



Environment:

OS: 5 NetWare 4.11 Servers with 300 Users, 5 Novell 4.11 Servers Running NDS, Windows NT 4.0, Sun Solaris, Citrix Winframe, IBM AIX, Arcserve 6.0 Inoculan, GroupWise 5.2, NWSAA, Compaq Insight Manager, LAN Analyzer, Dell OpenManage, HP Optivity, Site Manager, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, IBM AIX 4 running on RS/6000 (J40), PowerServer (J590), Serial Storage Architecture (SSA 7133) Disk subsystems, Sun Netra Web Server 3.1, PowerPC, Sony Juke box OSL 25000 (NFS Mounted) Windows NT on Dell Poweredge 6100/200, Dell Pentium Workstations, Bell + Howell Copiscan II Scanners


Network Administrator National Australia Bank, Australia Melbourne 5/1995 - 4/1998

  • Provided 24-hour end-user support Help Desk and 24-hour Hiportfolio V6.4 Support (Financial Asset Management Software).

  • Installed and maintained Novell and NT Servers on existing and new Hardware;

  • Installed, configured and maintained end-user software.

  • Provided support for in-house Developed software;

  • Responsible for Network Administration & Management (Novell, NT 3.51&4, SCO),

  • Daily Backup of Systems (Arcserve 5 & Arcserve 6 on Win NT 4)

  • System Health Monitoring (Servers, Network Traffic), Cabling, Mainframe connectivity and configuring Mainframe Environments at user end (Extra 4.1; 4.2 & Personnel Client);

  • Inventory Control on end-user systems;

  • Proactive antiviral containment and DRP implementation; Automated File transfers to and from mainframes into the system.

  • Built and installed New Novell/WinNT Servers, for test/development Sections

  • Automated install of WinNT on Desktops & Laptops multiboot options.

  • Set up SCO Open Server Rel 5 on Compaq Prosigna for remote access overseas using dial-up.

  • Installation and configuration of Shiva LanRover for providing RAS over IPX/SPX with call back.

  • Checking of all cabling and replacing damaged ones with new ones (10 Base T, DB9). Used Fluke Cable Meters.

  • Built/Installed WinNT systems for migrating of Novell environments integrated them Novell Token Ring environment.

  • Rolled out CIM to facilitate Network Management