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CHARAN KUMAR GORLA

CHARAN KUMAR GORLA

Hartford,USA

Summary

Over 10 years of experience as a Unix/Linux System Administrator with expertise in Linux, Solaris, HP Unix, VMware, AIX, Top of Form

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Unix Administrator

The Hartford
Hartford, USA
06.2021 - Current
  • Maintained and Administered Red Hat 6.x, 7.x 8.x Servers, Windows 2019/2016/2012, Unix servers across data centers
  • Managed package, patch installations and upgrades on RHEL 5/6/7 using RPM & YUM
  • Administered HP Unix and VMware environments, managing server builds, migrations, and virtualizations
  • Managed SAN and NAS storage, RAID configurations, LVM, and Veritas Cluster for HA setups
  • Installing and configuring Apache and supporting them on Linux production servers
  • Troubleshooting Linux network, security related issues, capturing packets using tools such as IPtables, firewall, TCP wrappers, NMAP
  • Oversaw user account management, group administration, sudo and directory permissions on Red Hat Linux
  • Managed VMware virtual machines for RHEL Oracle/Sun Solaris, and Oracle Linux servers
  • Administration of RHEL 5.x/6.x/7.x which includes installation, patching, tuning, package management, troubleshooting
  • Environment: RHEL 7.x/6.x/5.x, Cent OS 5.7, Python, Ansible, Dell R810, IBM POWER 760/770, Virtual I/O Server 2.2, Sun T4-2/T5440, TCP/IP, Remediation, VxVM, Netbackup 9.x, VM ESX 6.x, NFS, IPTables, LDAP, NAS, Hitachi SAN

Sr. Unix/Linux Administrator

State of MI
Michigan, USA
10.2018 - 03.2021
  • Maintenance of over 1000 Linux servers running Red Hat Linux and AIX
  • Worked on establishment of full networking services on AIX, Windows Active Directory, including protocols such as NIS/NFS, DNS
  • Administered HP Unix and VMware environments, managing server builds, migrations, and virtualizations
  • Managed SAN and NAS storage, RAID configurations, and Veritas Cluster for HA environments
  • Solaris and Linux server troubleshooting and end-user support
  • Implemented and managed data backup and recovery solutions
  • Executed Kickstart installations, Linux Kernel upgrades, and memory enhancements
  • Accountable for building OS systems (RHCE, RHEL 6, 7, Windows 2012, 2016), installing software, tuning systems, adjusting resources, mounting SAN/NAS storage, technical support for 2008 server hardware addressing compliance issues and documenting procedures
  • Environment: RHEL 6.x/5.x, AIX, HP-UX, Cent OS 5.7, BIND, HAProxy, Shell, Apache 1.2/1.3/2.x

Unix System Admin

CVS
Groton, USA
02.2016 - 07.2018
  • Conducting capacity planning, optimized computing resource, basic technical support for internal R&D department
  • Providing VMware and Linux system support to clients and in-house teams
  • Linux kernel, memory upgrades and swaps area and performed Red Hat Linux Kick start installations
  • Hardware Maintenance and System Administration of existing RS 6000 running AIX 40 systems in Network
  • Created users, manage user permissions, maintain User File System quota on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AIX
  • Administered HP Hardware via remote consoles like ILO

System Admin

VLS Consulting LLP
India
07.2011 - 08.2013
  • Worked on support and development of Redhat Linux versions 5/6/7/8, Sun Solaris, Suse Linux, and AIX for the Enterprise Preference Management System project
  • Proficiency in Jumpstart & Kickstart installations for Solaris & Linux systems

Skills

  • Linux
  • Red hat
  • SUSE
  • Ubuntu
  • CentOS
  • Rocky Linux
  • IBM AIX
  • Windows Operating Systems
  • Powershell
  • Sun Solaris
  • ESX6x
  • ESX7x
  • Dell R740
  • Sun SPARC T5120
  • Sun SPARC T5220
  • Sun SPARC T5240
  • HP DL 380
  • HP DL 580 G5
  • HP DL 580 G7
  • HP DL 580 G9
  • HP Superdome
  • HP Integrity Server Blade
  • EMC Symmetrix
  • Hitachi SAN
  • Vmax
  • Netapp
  • Pure Storage
  • Dell Compellent
  • Dell Powerstore
  • Veritas Netbackup
  • Avamar
  • Tivoli Storage Manager
  • Veam
  • Commvault

Certification

  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

Timeline

Sr. Unix Administrator

The Hartford
06.2021 - Current

Sr. Unix/Linux Administrator

State of MI
10.2018 - 03.2021

Unix System Admin

CVS
02.2016 - 07.2018

System Admin

VLS Consulting LLP
07.2011 - 08.2013
  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

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