Sairesh Akhtar
Summary
Experienced Linux engineer with over 4 years of experience in the I.T field. Skilled with engineering, deploying, and troubleshooting applications across RHEL 7 & 8 systems. Focused on automation and working with different layers of the OSI model. Enhanced with skills in AWS. Knowledgeable in Vmware, vcenter and Vsphere. Applying proven communication, analytical and problem solving skills to identify, communicate and resolve issues to maximize the benefit of IT systems.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Linux Engineer
J.P. Morgan
01.2018 - 06.2022
- Created and managed Amazon EC2 instances and security groups.
- Configured elastic/application load balancers with EC2 auto-scaling groups.
- Managed S3 buckets, policies, and Glacier storage for backup.
- Set up CloudWatch alerts for EC2 instance monitoring.
- Designed IAM rules and groups for users and resources.
- Built and configured network infrastructure in VPC with subnets, route tables, security groups, and internet gateways.
- Implemented AWS technologies like S3, Route 53, CloudFormation, Elastic IPs, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch.
- Configured secure VPCs with subnets, routing tables, Network ACLs, and NAT gateways.
- Developed SCM strategies using Git/GitHub.
- Provisioned AWS resources via console and CLI.
- Automated VPC-VPN creation and cross-account VPC peering with Terraform.
- Managed AWS resources with CloudFormation.
- Proficient with Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Administered VMware on ESXi, vCenter, and vSphere.
- Used Ansible for instance provisioning, configuration, patching, and deployment.
- Skilled in Bash scripting.
- Implemented CI with Jenkins.
- Administered Linux systems and virtualization (RedHat, Ubuntu, VMware).
- Good understanding of OSI Model and TCP/IP protocols.
- Set up NIC bonding for redundancy and performance.
- Managed LVM on RHEL7/CentOS7.
- Configured NFS for network file sharing.
- Created CronJobs.
- Managed Nagios and security with IP tables.
- Data center management, server provisioning, monitoring, performance analysis, and network management.
- Experienced with YAML and JSON.
- Administered packages with YUM.
- Performed system administration, security patching, and troubleshooting.
- Automated Service Desk tickets with Jira API Tools.
Education
Bachelors of Computer Science -
Brooklyn College
06.2018
Skills
- Linux System Administration: Experienced in engineering, deploying, and troubleshooting applications across RHEL 7 & 8 systems; expertise in virtualization (RedHat, Ubuntu, VMWare) and Red Hat Linux package administration using YUM
- Cloud Computing & AWS: Proficient in AWS services including EC2 instances, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, CloudFormation, and Terraform; skilled in EC2 auto scaling, security groups, load balancers, and network infrastructure within VPC
- Automation & DevOps: Strong background in automation using Ansible playbooks, Bash scripting, Jenkins, and Docker; experience with Kubernetes, Git/GitHub, and software configuration management strategies
- Networking & Security: In-depth knowledge of the OSI model, TCP/IP protocol suite, NIC bonding, network configuration and management, IP tables, and network monitoring tools like Nagios; adept at configuring routing tables, subnets, NAT gateways, and security patching
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with strong communication skills; proficient in troubleshooting, performance analysis, server provisioning, and system administration duties
- Data Center & Storage Management: Experienced in data center management, logical volumes with LVM, NFS configuration, CronJobs, and managing AWS storage solutions like S3 buckets and Glacier for backup
Timeline
Linux Engineer
J.P. Morgan
01.2018 - 06.2022
Bachelors of Computer Science -
Brooklyn College
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