Dickson K Vincent
Ferntree Gully,Vic
Summary
Seasoned system administrator with 5+ years of experience in Linux and Windows server management, including extensive work with Red Hat, CentOS, and Windows Server. Demonstrated ability to create and maintain cloud infrastructures on AWS and Google, while ensuring server security and compliance with industry standards. Experienced in monitoring large server environments and resolving issues promptly, with a solid foundation in VMware and Hyper-V technologies. Strong troubleshooting skills in network protocols and adept at using various ticketing tools for effective incident management.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
System Administrator (Linux/Windows)
Admin-ahead Server Technologies
Kakkanad, India
02.2016 - 01.2018
- Company Overview: Admin-Ahead Server Technologies is a worldwide web offshore outsourcing company debut in the industry in 2004 that helps webhosts, server resellers and data centres support and maintain servers and their related applications to set aside businesses to be dynamic and flexible.
- Providing technical support to International clients via ticket and chat, which includes handling of issues up to L3 including server/software/application upgrade, Installation of services/modules as per customers’ requirements.
- Monitoring the server using Zabbix monitoring, Snort, Nagios tools and generates abuse cases for Spam, disk usage, server load etc.
- PCI compliances for servers/domains.
- Managing Apache and IIS web servers, Performance monitoring and optimization of Webservers.
- Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, sever security auditing, server optimisation, server hardening, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups and cron jobs.
- Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
- Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
- Admin-Ahead Server Technologies is a worldwide web offshore outsourcing company debut in the industry in 2004 that helps webhosts, server resellers and data centres support and maintain servers and their related applications to set aside businesses to be dynamic and flexible.
Junior System Administrator (Linux)
Activelobby Information Systems
Kakkanad, India
08.2014 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Activelobby was incorporated on 19th of March 2007, within 6 years creating major impact and resolving itself into a well established company in the Technical Support and Remote Infrastructure Management industry. The company holds a vast database of clientele, going international all around the world, providing 24x7 services to Web Hosting Companies, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers and Corporates.
- Providing technical support to International clients via ticket and chat, which includes handling of issues up to L1/L2 including server/software/application upgrade, Installation of services/modules as per customers’ requirements.
- Monitoring the server using Nagios tools for the disk usage, server load to make the server on normal load.
- Managing Apache and IIS web servers, Performance monitoring and optimization of Web servers.
- Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, sever security auditing, server optimisation, server hardening, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups and cron jobs.
- Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
- Duties include installation, maintenance, configuration / troubleshooting of different server operating systems such as Centos 5/6, Debian 5/6, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2003, 2008 and Windows 2012.
- Activelobby was incorporated on 19th of March 2007, within 6 years creating major impact and resolving itself into a well established company in the Technical Support and Remote Infrastructure Management industry. The company holds a vast database of clientele, going international all around the world, providing 24x7 services to Web Hosting Companies, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers and Corporates.
Technical Consultant
Clado Solutions
Palarivattom, India
08.2012 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: Clado solution’s is one of leading solution in cPanel training and Linux training. It all started from a dream, a dream to provide world class training for students which would turn them from an ordinary amateur to an industrial professional.
- I was worked there as Technical Consultant (Trainer) for the newly passed out graduates.
- Clado solution’s is one of leading solution in cPanel training and Linux training. It all started from a dream, a dream to provide world class training for students which would turn them from an ordinary amateur to an industrial professional.
Education
B.E - Electronics & Communications Engineering
Annamalai University
Chidambaram, TamilNadu, India01.2012
Plus Two -
Jai Rani English Medium Higher Secondary School
Thodupuzha, Kerala, India01.2008
SSLC -
Jai Rani English Medium Higher Secondary School
Thodupuzha, Kerala, India01.2006
Skills
- Bash
- Basic Python
- AWS
- Apache Web Server
- Nginx
- IIS
- LiteSpeed
- CSF
- APF
- IPTABLES
- Windows Firewall
- Exim
- Postfix
- Qmail
- MailEnable
- MailServer
- Mailq
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- MSSQL
- WordPress
- Joomla
- Magento
- Nagios
- PRTG Network Monitor
- Zabbix
- OSSEC
- Snort
- Bind server
- CPanel/WHM
- Parallels Plesk Panel
- Website Panel
- Virtualmin webmin
- Direct Admin
- Linux
- Windows Servers
- Kayako
- WHMCS
- JIRA
- OpenVZ
- Hyper-V
- VMware vSphere Esxi
- R1soft
- Nakivo
- Bareos
- VEEAM
- Ansible
- Server management
- System monitoring
- Backup and recovery
- Web server optimization
- Technical support
- Performance tuning
- Troubleshooting hardware
- Documentation skills
- Configuration management
- IT documentation
- Performance testing
- Linux administration
- Virtualization
- System updates
- Network troubleshooting
- Firewall configuration
- Windows 95/98/2000/XP/XP pro/nt
- Backup management
- Server maintenance
- Program installations
- Server improvements
- Nagios monitoring software
- File system administration
- Active directory
- Virtualization technologies
- Web security
- Windows administration
- Virtualization technology
- Network firewall management
- Network configuration
- Remote Access
Hobbies and Interests
Chess, Caroms, Cricket, Full, clean driving license, Listening to music, Driving
References
- Soori Raj, BrookWin Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Infopark Campus, Infopark, Kakkanad, Kerala, 682030, India, +91 484 210 4165, +91 96967 96985
- Sandeep M, ActiveLobby Information Systems Pvt Ltd, Moopans Commercial, Rajiv Junction, Padamugal, Kakkanad, Kerala, 682030, India, +91 484 242 5257, +91 98951 68556
- Fuji Komalan, Clado Solutions, 32/2484/A-3, SECOND FLOOR VETTIKAT TOWER, Palarivattom, Kerala, 682025, India, +91 99955 91714
Timeline
System Administrator (Linux/Windows)
Admin-ahead Server Technologies
02.2016 - 01.2018
Junior System Administrator (Linux)
Activelobby Information Systems
08.2014 - 01.2016
Technical Consultant
Clado Solutions
08.2012 - 01.2014
B.E - Electronics & Communications Engineering
Annamalai University
Plus Two -
Jai Rani English Medium Higher Secondary School
SSLC -
Jai Rani English Medium Higher Secondary School
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