Senior Consultant

• Mar 2019 - Present

AIX and Linux on Power Consultant

• Aug 2016 - Mar 2019

SAP IBM R&D LABS Currently working on a Client Site ( SAP HQ ) Germany. Working with Production Services Team and IBM Linux On Power Labs Using PSeries Hardware upto P8 Configure install Lpars (LOP and AIX) , VIOs, HMC etc SLES 9,10,11 and 12 LE, RHEL 6 and 7.1,7.2 and 7.3 LE Managing PowerVC infrastructure , including all power vc related tasks for Linux on Power Supporting Productioon Service Team Developing infrastructure solutions, automation scripts Supporting a large P-Series infrastructure / Datacenters LPAR Migrations, upgrades, patching All virtualization related tasks Show less

AIX / Unix Consultant

• May 2014 - Jun 2016

● Working in JL Unix team to support AIX/Sue Linux/Centos/Oracle Linux ● Working as BAU and Project resource ● Completed transition of around 2600 systems from IS to JL Unix ● Completely reconfigured AIX NIM environment ● Configured Linux BMR (bare metal recovery) ● Designed and performed DR procedure and Tested solutions ● Supporting 3000 systems including all flavours of unix ● The applications run on these systems are from web applications to databases and Data warehousing. ● Capacity management planning ● Take part in meetings to discuss customer requirements and provide solutions ● Support projects through development and transition to BAU ● scripting, planning and OS patching, application upgrades ● Supporting Oracle and DB2 DBAs ● Support includes VIOSs, HMCs, LPARs, PSeries servers also Linux servers ● VMware, ganglia, solarwinds ● On IBM Power7, Power8, xSeries, SVC infrastructure Show less

Unix Linux AIX System Administrator

• Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

● working in BAU team supporting SSE and SG ● also supporting projects team in Maximo implimentation ● also worked on webmethods maximo deployments ● completed technical documentation and checklists ● shell scripting, TWS scheduling ● working in BAU team supporting SSE and SG ● also supporting projects team in Maximo implimentation ● also worked on webmethods maximo deployments ● completed technical documentation and checklists ● shell scripting, TWS scheduling

AIX Systems Administrator / Engineer

• Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

● Working in maintenance team to upgrade the AIX to latest approved TL ● upgraded hardware and migrated lpars to P7 ● discuss production changed with business owners and schedule changes ● write change documentation and get changes approved and implemented using hp service manager ● Working in maintenance team to upgrade the AIX to latest approved TL ● upgraded hardware and migrated lpars to P7 ● discuss production changed with business owners and schedule changes ● write change documentation and get changes approved and implemented using hp service manager

AIX Systems Specialist - EERP Infrastructure

• Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

Currently working on an EERP project, Implementing IBM P7, VIO, HMC, V7000 storage, ProtecTIER, SAN, SAP, Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 (VCS), Veritas FileSystems, Documentation, DR recovery process design, implementation and documentation, scripting, Project Documentation, Involved in Project meetings and provide technical implementation support to Project team Currently working on an EERP project, Implementing IBM P7, VIO, HMC, V7000 storage, ProtecTIER, SAN, SAP, Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 (VCS), Veritas FileSystems, Documentation, DR recovery process design, implementation and documentation, scripting, Project Documentation, Involved in Project meetings and provide technical implementation support to Project team

AIX Systems Administrator

• May 2010 - Jul 2011

ERP project to build LPARS with AIX 6.1 on P5/P6 systems , NetApp storage, Brocade switches, TPM, Power HA clusters & SAP installations , HP Quality Centre ERP project to build LPARS with AIX 6.1 on P5/P6 systems , NetApp storage, Brocade switches, TPM, Power HA clusters & SAP installations , HP Quality Centre

IT Consultant

• Nov 2008 - Mar 2010

Provided AIX 5.3 training, Linux configuration services and support, Windows Server installation and configuration Provided AIX 5.3 training, Linux configuration services and support, Windows Server installation and configuration

IBM Pseries Specialist

• May 2008 - Oct 2008

Unix Infrastructure Design and Delivery teamAs a member of project team , building P570 systems for LloydsTSB in the City of London.. Thisincludes VIO Server Builds and configuration, HMC, LPARS design and delivery. I have also configured HACMP Clusters for the Business Applications using AIX Version 5.3 TL07 as OS. Unix Infrastructure Design and Delivery teamAs a member of project team , building P570 systems for LloydsTSB in the City of London.. Thisincludes VIO Server Builds and configuration, HMC, LPARS design and delivery. I have also configured HACMP Clusters for the Business Applications using AIX Version 5.3 TL07 as OS.

AIX Consultant and Capacity Planning

• Mar 2008 - Apr 2008

Responsibilities include day to day capacity planning for the corporate P Series Systems. The duties also include VIO Servers, HMC and LPAR resource planning , configuration and OSimplementation and trouble shooting. This is worlds largest SAP hosting infrastructure which consists of IBM p595 and IBM p570 systems. Responsibilities include day to day capacity planning for the corporate P Series Systems. The duties also include VIO Servers, HMC and LPAR resource planning , configuration and OSimplementation and trouble shooting. This is worlds largest SAP hosting infrastructure which consists of IBM p595 and IBM p570 systems.

Unix Systems Analyst

• Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

Providing 3rd line Technical Support on AIX 5.1,5.2,5.3, Sco Unixware and Solaris 9 and 10.Responsibilities include day to day support and provide all technical support to new projects.These include HMC, VIO Server, Micropartitioning and Enterprise Techincal Support for AIX 5.1,5.2, 5.3 and HACMP 5.4.1 Providing 3rd line Technical Support on AIX 5.1,5.2,5.3, Sco Unixware and Solaris 9 and 10.Responsibilities include day to day support and provide all technical support to new projects.These include HMC, VIO Server, Micropartitioning and Enterprise Techincal Support for AIX 5.1,5.2, 5.3 and HACMP 5.4.1

EMEA IT Senior Systems Administrator

• Feb 2006 - Jun 2007

At Clientlogic/Sitel Worked on a project which is to migrate data center from Amsterdam to London. Responsible for maintaing the 24/7 AIX/RS6000/P-Series platforms which provide service to more than 1200 users running Siebel Vantive applications. This included all day to day system admin, capacity planning Written scripts to monitor the AIX/RS6000 systems and send emails to helpdesk in case of any problems and provide after work hours support on ALL Unix systems. Haredware used is IBM P-Series P5 Servers, HMC, Sun Fire and HP. Show less

Technical Platform Development / Consultant

• May 2005 - Jun 2006

Responsibilities include: Creating AIX 5.3 customization shell scripts· Hardware Management Console (HMC) installation, configuration, maintenance and support on IBM eServer xSeries IBM PSeries, POWER 5 HYPERVISOR , Logical Partitioning , Micro Partitioning· IBM Virtual Input Output Server (VIO Server) , planning, configuration and installation· LPAR, Dynamic LPAR planning, implementation, configuration and support· Involved in SAN design, configured SAN Switches, DS4300 drawers· Configured HACMP using installation instructions· Creating Software RPM packages· Writing Technical Documentation / Installation Guides / Configuration instructions for the IBM LITS Project. Providing ongoing AIX System Administration / Support , Dynamic LPARS, VIOS and HMC support· Web Based System Management Interface, Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI)· Written scripts to install and configure NIM Server, Written NIM Client customization scripts, instructions for NIM client maintenance Show less

Infrastructure, Configuration and Support

• Feb 2005 - May 2005

Main responsibilities were supporting unix infrastructure· Included all flavours of unix (Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Dynix, Digital unix, Sequent) and NetBackup backup software.Used Omnibus system monitoring and Clarify as help desk tools. Large number of servers supported. Main responsibilities were supporting unix infrastructure· Included all flavours of unix (Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Dynix, Digital unix, Sequent) and NetBackup backup software.Used Omnibus system monitoring and Clarify as help desk tools. Large number of servers supported.

Distributed Systems Engineer

• Mar 2001 - Jul 2002

System Administration of AIX/IBM RS6000 Server / Sun Solaris / Linux (Red Hat Linux / Sun Solaris ) Servers. Provided technical support to global customers / Sales Teams and distributors who were using Serena’s ChangeMan DS Tools. · Provided support for third party software ( ORACLE, SQL SERVER, Visual Age for JAVA, SCCS etc). Configured ChangeMan DS(distributed systems) tools on variety of operating systems including MS Windows (all versions) / UFS (unix file system) on OS390 / Z os / HP-UX / AIX / Linux / Sun Solaris. Show less

UNIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

• Mar 1999 - Mar 2001

AIX Systems Administrator Informix Database Administrator AIX Systems Administrator Informix Database Administrator

IT Consultant

• Aug 1999 - Dec 1999

Informix Unix Systems Administration BAU support DEV and project support Informix Unix Systems Administration BAU support DEV and project support

Implimentation Consultant

• Mar 1998 - Jul 1999

Informix DBA Programming / Amarta Tools Development Testing software Data import export Informix DBA Programming / Amarta Tools Development Testing software Data import export