Present Address: Manju Villa

Seeking a challenging & growth oriented career as an L1/L2/L3 Unix/ Linux/AIX System Administrator in Trivandrum or abroad / onsite

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  Good background in UNIX, Solaris, Linux, Perl (database), C, PHP, Shell scripting, PIC embedded systems, VB, JavaScript, HTML, XML, ASP.NET, C#.NET, JAVA, SQL, ORACLE
  
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  Well versed with WHMCS,Kayako,LIveZilla etc.Good with whmcs integration.
  
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  I have written articles for many companies. Many of my articles have been published in some of the top websites.
  
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  Worked on Amazon/Rackspace and CloudLinux
  
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  Company profile writing, blog writing, writing articles on the latest technology like cloud computing
  
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  Managing datacenters VPS, solusVM, cpanel/WHM etc
  
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  Good knowledge in TCP/IP, VPN, IPSec, firewalls, encryption, authentication protocols, network sniffers, digital certificates, ability to handle CISCO routers and switches and IPS/IDS]
  
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  Did installations, clustering, load balancing of Debian servers directly for US clients as freelance work with necessary documents to prove the same if required.
  
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  Coupling multiple broadband internet lines for office application
  
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  Installations of Java/J2EE packages on office computers on LAN network.
  
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  Coupling multiple broadband internet lines for office application
  
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  Knowledge of remote monitoring tools like Nagios.
  
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  Knowledge in maintaining and implementing NIS, NFS, Samba
  
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  Experience in configuring & maintaining Apache/Tomcat
  
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  Knowledge of installing various open source packages
  
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  File system-organization, mounting, file types, permissions etc.
  
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  Installations of Java/J2EE packages on office computers on LAN network.
  
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  Completed courses on RHCE, MCP, CCNA, embedded systems[PIC microcontroller]
  
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  Knowledge of LAN/WAN protocols and services
  
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  Knowledge of Virtualization environment
  
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  Project done on Client/Server Application on Network File System (C on Linux).
  
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  Ability to learn new technologies on my own and adapt to the needs of the job & organization.
  
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  Good communication skills.
  
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  Completed course on Software testing-black box using Win Runner, Load Runner, Astra Quick test, Silk Test
  
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  Knowledge of AppLogic Grid Operating System & Web Interface
  
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  Experience with CloudLinux
  
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  Knowledge of configuring Cisco & Extreme networking equipment
  
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  Experience with Windows Server based hosting environments
  
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  Experience with configuring and working with clustered and redundant hosting environments (Linux).
  
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  Experience with HTML/PHP Coding
  
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  Experience with Squid and Varnish proxies/caches
  
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  Experience with iSCSI / SANs
  
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  Doing java projects on my own, implementing chat servers on tomcat/jboss/websphere servers as well as deploying web based JSP/JSF projects [shopping carts], socket programming
  
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  Implementations of chat application server /shopping carts etc using C#,VB/ .NET/ASP
  

1.    Strong Exposure to Network Architecture and Security on Linux servers.

1.    Good knowledge in web hosting Control panels such as Cpanel, WHM

1.    Installing and configuring software Firewalls (APF and CSF)

Apache 1.3.x/2.2.x

Linux Security Tools handled

Iptables, Ipchains, TCP Wrappers, APF, Rkhunter (Rootkit Hunter),

Well experienced with working for many leading data centers and webhosts.

Well experienced in handling L1/L2/L3 level tech support, Security and
Installation works.


Control Panels:
- Cpanel/WHM
- DirectAdmin
- Plesk

Support/Billing:
- Modernbill
- Kayako (including chat)
- WHMCS (including installation and error troubleshooting)

Experience in VPS(OpenVz and Xen)

Installing, configuring VPSs with various linux distros.

Good knowledge in FFMpeg installation to enable video streaming for servers.

I have written articles for many companies. Many of my articles have been published in some of the top websites

Worked on Solaris based platform for setting up platform for Neon operations [Network / Server monitoring] as well as mobile broadcasting technologies. Setting up ZFS for Solaris at the various servers; knowledge of Virtualisation. Monitoring jboss for mobile sms messaging.

Involved in live remote system administration tasks on Linux servers based in the US for installations [ffmpeg/ROR/php] as well as MySQL clustering/email services and setting up ftp accounts for the employees on Debian/Centos servers.

Did work for the company as a part of the International Linux system administrators for and prepared documentation on the work done.

Apr ‘04 to Oct ‘07

Worked as Linux System Administrator in Vanilla Networks[Australian based] at Infopark/ Cochin.

System Administration on Redhat Linux systems:

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   C programming /Socket programming in Linux environment
   
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   Perl scripting and PHP coding in linux environment.
   
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   Bash Shell scripting on Linux
   
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   Did client/server applications and applications like Time server/file mounting/device drivers using C on Linux gnu c compiler
   
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   Package installation / performance monitoring in Linux.
   
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   Linux squid, samba, NFS, NIS, Mailservers (Sendmail / dovecot / exim / qmail), MYSQL, Firewalls, Tomcat,DHCP,POP3/IMAP,SMTP
   
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   Worked with WHM/Control Panel.
   
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   Did clustering of servers [MySQL clustering/Load balancing etc].
   
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   Able to perform System Maintenance functions (including O/S u grades and patches)
   
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    Installing and configuring software (including custom configurations); Upgrading software between major and minor versions; Tweaking software and system configurations; Using control panel software to make system changes/updates; Tracking issues through log files; Finding the cause of load problems; Performance tuning; System hardening and hack prevention and cure; Spam prevention and cure; Updating firewall rules; Installing secure (SSL) certificates; Restarting services; Custom kernel compilations.
    
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    Implemented PHP projects like shopping carts/SMARTY/MAMBO
    
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    Experience in production system management-load balancing and clustering like MySQL clustering
    
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    FFMPEG installations
    
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    Installation, configuration and securing ftp
    
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    Coupling broadband internet lines
    
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    Live chat(sales) and customer service support.
    

Client Server - C, C++, Visual Basic.,VC++,Java,C#.NET

Network & OS - UNIX, Solaris, Linux (Red Hat, Debian, Centos)

Languages - C, C++, Perl, PHP, AUTOCAD, PSPICE, ORCAD, Java, Javascript, Macromedia Dreamweaver

Packages Used - MS Office 2000

Software Testing - Win Runner, Load Runner, Astra Quick Test