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Sitora Akilova

Brooklyn,ny

Summary

Seeking a position in the field of Linux engineering which will enable me to utilize my acquired skills, over 5 years of experience as LINUX Administration in RHEL 7/8/9, Centos 7/8/9, Rocky Linux9 knowledge in computer hardware and I/O devices. Strong experience in System Administration, Installation, Upgrading, Patches, Configuration, Troubleshooting, Security, Backup, Performance Monitoring and Fine-tuning on LINUX (Red Hat Systems). Involved in complete Administration tasks on LINUX (Red Hat Linux) and documentation for the projects executed and good knowledge on operating systems architectures. Strong technical background in Storage, Disk Management, Logical Volume Management (LVM) and logical partitioning. Experience in writing Shell scripts and Python using shell, bash for process automation of databases, applications, backup and scheduling.

Professional systems engineer with strong foundation in Linux environments. Adept at optimizing system performance, ensuring security, and managing complex infrastructures. Emphasizes collaboration and adaptability to meet team goals and evolving project requirements. Skilled in scripting, network management, and troubleshooting, with focus on delivering impactful results.

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Results-oriented achiever with proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Linux Systems Engineer

Name of the company
02.2018 - Current
  • Administering RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, AIX, Solaris systems.
  • Troubleshooting production systems working with business applications.
  • Creating virtual machines for installation of applications and servers using VMware.
  • Monitoring clusters for high availability and resource management using VMware HA and DRS.
  • Monitoring users and groups using LDAP and Active Directory.
  • Managing VMware VCenter and VSphere in production. Providing support and backups of vms after business hours. Creating ESXi hypervisors with hardware RAID’s
  • Automating configurations and installations using Ansible.
  • Creating playbooks to deploy and configure multiple servers.
  • Creating SSH keys for password less entries and VPN servers.
  • Installing and configuring HTTP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, NFS and PXE boot servers.
  • Monitoring web applications on production systems.
  • Creating DNS records and managing IP addresses and hostnames using DNS and DHCP.
  • Installing OS patches, system patches, and vulnerability patches.
  • Creating local YUM repository and packet management using RPM and YUM.
  • Monitoring system and infrastructure health using Linux CLI and Nagios.
  • Ticket management and solving issues.
  • Creating bash shell scripts to automate tasks such as monitoring machine performance and repetitive daily tasks.
  • Creating iptables rules to manage firewall and harden servers.
  • Communicating and collaborating with network, database, and storage administrators to perform server builds.
  • Working with different teams after business hours to provide support for patches and upgrades. Supporting systems on call with monthly rotations.
  • Migrated systems from on premises to AWS with Migration Hub.
  • Managed EC2 instances and provided troubleshooting support with deployed instances.
  • Created backups and deployed S3 buckets. Provided object availability and durability solutions.

Linux Systems Administrator

Name of the company: GwP studio
10.2020 - 03.2024
  • Providing support with developer's infrastructure servers.
  • Configured NIC for Configured, managed and provisioned RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu servers.
  • Configured physical servers to virtualize and configure virtualized infrastructure using VCenter.
  • Managed and provisioned virtual machines using templates.
  • Installed and partitioned storage and installed file systems such as EXT3, EXT4, and XFS. Monitored servers' performance and their health.
  • Resolved basic and critical system issues in a timely manner.
  • Automated daily tasks and scheduled them using cron and at utilities.
  • Created documentations basic operation procedures and tasks.
  • Used LVM to manage disk space more efficiently.
  • Collaborated with bonding to enhance performance and redundancy.
  • Racked, stacked, and wired servers in data center. Troubleshooted issues with servers related to on premises.
  • Decommissioned servers that were on premises and provided upgrade support.
  • Managed upgrades and patches using Red Hat Satellite on production systems.
  • Troubleshooted production systems with Linux CLI commands.
  • Experience on patches installation, patch upgrades and packages installation on Red Hat Linux servers by using RPM & YUM.
  • Created and serviced administrator and user accounts on Linux-based systems, managing [Number] deployments.
  • Stayed up-to-date on the latest developments in Linux technologies and best practices, sharing knowledge with team members to continuously improve processes and systems.
  • Reduced downtime during planned system upgrades, maintaining seamless user experiences through thorough testing and rollback planning.
  • Developed scripts for automating routine tasks, reducing human error and increasing overall efficiency in the administration process.
  • Implemented and maintained virtual private networks.

Education

Bachelor’s degree -

Samarkand State University

Skills

  • Operating Systems: RHEL/CentOS 7,8, 9,Rocky Linux9
  • Disc Management: LVM (Logical Volume Manager) and RAID (software and Hardware RAID)
  • Server installation and Configuration: Apache, Ansible, Nagios, DNS, SSH, NTP and Crony, Database(MySQL, MariaDB)
  • Database: Mysql, MariaDB
  • Monitoring: – Nagios system monitoring
  • Networking: TCP/IP, SSH
  • Storage administration: RAID arrays, LVM
  • System Security and Troubleshooting utilities: – ping, selinux, Firewall
  • Configuration Tool: Ansible
  • Cloud: AWS EC2
  • DevOps Tools: Ansible , Nagios, Git, Docker , Kubernetes, Jenkins, Jira
  • Scripting: Bash and Basic Python
  • Network configuration
  • System troubleshooting
  • Automation tools
  • Workstation onboarding
  • Team collaboration
  • TCP/IP protocol
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Continuous improvement

Certification

Ziyotex Institute of Technology

Timeline

Linux Systems Administrator

Name of the company: GwP studio
10.2020 - 03.2024

Linux Systems Engineer

Name of the company
02.2018 - Current

Bachelor’s degree -

Samarkand State University
Sitora Akilova