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Balaganesh K

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  • Looking For: linux administrator, cloud engineer

  • Occupation: IT and Math

  • Degree: Bachelor's Degree

  • Career Level: Experienced

  • Languages: English & Tamil

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Highlights:• Handled around 1K Linux servers (Ubuntu, CentOS and Oracle Linux) both OnPrem and Cloud Infrastructure. • Deployed middleware applications like Nginx, Node and managed them through ansible on both Staging and Prod environment. Used Ansible and Zoho's Desktop Central for Patching and package management. • Manged AWS three tier applications and enhanced knowledge about AWS services. • Automated vertical Scaling (Scale in & scale out) using Lambda and Eventbridge in aws which leads for cost cutting up to 3 lakhs per month for a customer. • Carried out server hardening and infra hardening based on CIS benchmark and fixed zero-day VA’s. Deployed SSL certificates for various applications and used DNS panels. (GoDaddy and Route53) • Managed 100's of SMTP servers and IMAP mail servers. Performed mails server log analysis and backups. • Handled following physical servers (Dell PowerEdge, HP, Cisco, and Lenovo servers) and managed following virtual environment (Nutanix, VMware ESXI and VxRail). • Involved in AWS Cloud projects and POC's as well as performed BCP drills. • Used FTP(Samba), NFS, SMTP, RAID, LVM and Cron. • Developed custom automation scripts and Implemented monitoring tools for proactive monitoring. • Managed L1 and L2 engineers and assigning responsibilities as well as assigning tasks to them. • Maintained high availability of critical systems by proactively addressing issues and conducting regular backups.

Skills:Linux, AWS, Devops, Ansible, Shell Scripting, DNS, Infrastructure Specialist, DataCenter, Cloud, Support Engineer

Goal:6 years of experience in Linux, Cloud and middleware administration with a passion for automating everything. Proven ability to maintain high-availability systems, optimize performance, and implement security best practices. Seeks an opportunity to leverage skills in an environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged.

Certification:AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECH & REDHAT CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Honor:Awards & Achievements: Received Best Outstanding Performer of the Year 2021-2022 in Futurenet Technologies and crowned 3rd prize in Division Level Chess and 4th in Table Tennis.


Experiences:

Lead Linux Admin 03/2023 - current
CAMS, Chennai, Tamilnadu India
Industry: IT
6 years of experience in Linux, Cloud and middleware administration with a passion for automating everything. Proven ability to maintain high-availability systems, optimize performance, and implement security best practices. Seeks an opportunity to leverage skills in an environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged.
COMPUTER AGE MANAGENT SERVICES(CAMS) - (MAR 2023 – Till Date) Designation : Lead Linux Administrator • Handled around 1K Linux servers (Ubuntu, CentOS and Oracle Linux) both OnPrem and Cloud Infrastructure. • Deployed middleware applications like Nginx, Node and managed them through ansible on both Staging and Prod environment. Used Ansible and Zoho's Desktop Central for Patching and package management. • Manged AWS three tier applications and enhanced knowledge about AWS services. • Automated vertical Scaling (Scale in & scale out) using Lambda and Eventbridge in aws which leads for cost cutting up to 3 lakhs per month for a customer. • Carried out server hardening and infra hardening based on CIS benchmark and fixed zero-day VA’s. Deployed SSL certificates for various applications and used DNS panels. (GoDaddy and Route53) • Managed 100's of SMTP servers and IMAP mail servers. Performed mails server log analysis and backups. • Handled following physical servers (Dell PowerEdge, HP, Cisco, and Lenovo servers) and managed following virtual environment (Nutanix, VMware ESXI and VxRail). • Involved in AWS Cloud projects and POC's as well as performed BCP drills. • Used FTP(Samba), NFS, SMTP, RAID, LVM and Cron. • Developed custom automation scripts and Implemented monitoring tools for proactive monitoring. • Managed L1 and L2 engineers and assigning responsibilities as well as assigning tasks to them. • Maintained high availability of critical systems by proactively addressing issues and conducting regular backups.--

Education:

Annamalai UniverSity 06/2018 - 06/2020
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Bachelor of Computer Applications
Bachelor of Computer Applications


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