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Noelle Assanga

Charlotte,NC

Summary

Talented, hardworking IT professional with over 5 years’ experience, proficient in hardware, software and security planning with focused on performance optimization and technical improvements with an understanding of cost-effective decision making and usability. Able to select, install, configure and manage components and Applications within the Linux and Windows environments. Dedicated, enthusiastic, and customer service-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Linux Support Engineer

Microsoft
11.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for Assisting customers with complex Linux related issues affecting their VM on Azure.
  • Provided security consulting on complex issues related to data access and integrity in relation to server migrations from legacy security domain to new environment.
  • Assisted customers in resolving issues stemming from security risks from an OS perspective.
  • Working knowledge of security policies and government regulations pertaining to information security.
  • Troubleshooting issues with SUSE and RHEL clusters within Azure.
  • Coordinate and perform knowledge transfer to enhance skills and improve productivity.
  • Edit and improve knowledge base articles with information on resolved incidence, troubleshooting scenarios and helpful tips to ease the day-to-day tasks of an administrator.
  • Build reports and host meetings to discuss critical breakdowns, possible root causes and proactive measures.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve multiple OS and apps-based issues daily to ensure and maintain stable production environment, aligned with the production stability initiative.
  • On-call production and application client support on high priority issues affecting end users hence impacting business.
  • Improved on the ticket handling process using DfM which helped in reducing missed SLA’s by 20%.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in customer’s environment running SUSE, Red hat and other flavors of Linux.

Education

BSc - Health Informatics

University of Buea
Buea Cameroon
12.2006

Skills

Core Linux Skills

Advanced Linux troubleshooting (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)

  • System performance tuning and optimization
  • Kernel debugging and panic analysis
  • Process and memory diagnostics (top, htop, vmstat, iostat, strace, perf
  • Network: nslookup, dig, ping, ifconfig, netstat, tcpdump, tcpwrappers, iproutes
  • Package management (APT, YUM, DNF, RPM)

Enterprise Infrastructure & Clustering (Suse / RHEL)

  • High Availability (HA) configuration (Pacemaker, Corosync, PCS)
  • Clustered file systems (GFS2, OCFS2)
  • Fencing and quorum configuration
  • Failover testing and disaster recovery validation
  • SAN/NAS integration with Linux clusters
  • Database: SAP HANA ORACLE EXADATA
  • Load Balancing: F5 load balancing solution

Azure & Cloud Skills

  • Azure Linux VM deployment and troubleshooting
  • Azure Monitor & Diagnostics for Linux
  • Azure VM extensions and custom script extensions
  • Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template debugging
  • Identity and access troubleshooting (AADDS, managed identity)

Security & Compliance

  • SELinux policy tuning and troubleshooting
  • SSH hardening and key-based authentication
  • Auditd, journald, and syslog management
  • Firewalld, iptables, and TCP/UDP port management
  • Vulnerability mitigation and CVE patch strategies
  • Protocols: HTTP, FTP, DNS, NFS/iSCSI, SSH, DHCP, TCP/IP, LDAP
  • Server Security: IP Tables Firewall for rhel7x Security Enhance Linux (SELINUX)

Automation & Scripting

  • Bash scripting for incident replication and remediation
  • Cron job automation and monitoring
  • Troubleshooting automation with cloud-init and shell scripts
  • Log parsing and alerting scripts

DevOps & Configuration Tools

  • Azure DevOps pipeline troubleshooting (Linux agents)
  • Git, YAML, and pipeline-as-code
  • Troubleshooting Ansible playbooks on Linux
  • Jenkins or GitHub Actions on Linux nodes (if applicable)

Training & Leadership

  • Linux upskilling sessions for global support teams
  • Building internal documentation and KBs for complex scenarios
  • Cross-functional collaboration with engineering for bug reports and fixes
  • Ticketing: DFM Service Desk Service Now JIRA
  • Monitoring: Nagios Centerity EM7 Tivoli Splunk
  • IAM Solutions: Centrify Power Broker
  • Suse / RedHat Clustering
  • Advanced Linux troubleshooting (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)

Certification

Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer

LANGUAGES

English and French

Timeline

Linux Support Engineer

Microsoft
11.2020 - Current

BSc - Health Informatics

University of Buea
Noelle Assanga