Soundiata Keita

• 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.
• Efficiently process and complete various Jira ticket tasks and projects.

• Managing server updates using Ansible playbooks on multiple servers for weekly patches.

• Identifying and addressing vulnerabilities using Qualys security scanner to harden virtual machines.
• Progressing towards automating configurations with Ansible and Terraform.

• Performed software package and patch administration involving adding and removing software packages and updating patches
• Performed day-to-day Linux administration tasks such as user account management and file management
• Optimized systems and application performance using approaches like reboot, shutdown, start and stop services
• Setup cron jobs on servers
• Installed, configured, maintained, and upgraded various Linux flavors such as CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu
• Experienced installing and configuring Linux machines on VMWare Virtual Box
• Wrote Bash scripts to automate various tasks like installations, back-ups server
• Used Ansible for managing system configuration, creating and executing tasks on target servers
• Designed and implemented a load-balancing (LB) solution that improved server performance and decreased response time

Collaborated with Development team to implement CI/CD pipeline, reducing software release time and minimizing production time