Murali S

Linux System Administrator | AWS Cloud Engineer | VMware | Production Support (L1/L2) | RHEL | Incident Management

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Linux System Administrator | VMware ESXi | AWS Cloud | RHEL/CentOS | Bengaluru I'm a Linux System Administrator with 1+ year of hands-on experience managing 300+ RHEL/CentOS production servers in enterprise VMware ESXi and AWS cloud environments. I specialize in keeping infrastructure running โ€” 99.9% uptime isn't just a metric for me, it's the standard I hold myself to every day. โ€ข Linux server administration (RHEL 7/8/9, CentOS, Rocky Linux) โ€ข VMware ESXi 8.x / vCenter โ€” VM provisioning, snapshots, vMotion, cloning โ€ข AWS services โ€” EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, ELB, CloudFront โ€ข Patch management, server hardening & security compliance โ€ข LVM storage management, disk expansion, filesystem troubleshooting โ€ข Application server support โ€” Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WildFly โ€ข Backup & disaster recovery using Commvault Backup 11.36 โ€ข ITIL-based incident management, RCA, and 24/7 production support โ€ข Bash / Shell scripting for automation and operational efficiency ๐Ÿข Currently: Linux System Administrator at Nexion Pro Services LLP, supporting BESCOM's IPDS Data Centre Operations โ€” managing critical infrastructure for one of Karnataka's largest power utilities. โ˜๏ธ Cloud Project: Built a scalable 3-tier web application on AWS (EC2 + RDS + ELB + CloudFront), implementing secure VPC networking and high-availability architecture from scratch. ๐Ÿ“Œ Always learning. Currently expanding skills in cloud infrastructure and automation. Open to opportunities in Linux/Cloud Infrastructure, and enterprise IT operations. ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected] | ๐Ÿ“ Bengaluru, India

Experience

  • Linux Administrator at NexionPro Services
    Mar 2025 - Present ยท 1 yr 5 mos

    Administer and maintain 300+ RHEL/CentOS production servers in enterprise VMware ESXi/vCenter environments, ensuring 99.9% uptime and strict SLA compliance. โ€ข Deliver 24/7 production support for mission-critical infrastructure, performing proactive monitoring, incident triage, and escalation management. โ€ข Conduct root cause analysis (RCA), log analysis, and systematic troubleshooting for Linux server, storage, and network incidents. Operating Systems: RHEL 7/8/9, CentOS Linux, Windows Server Virtualization: VMware ESXi 8.x, vCenter, vMotion, VM Provisioning, Snapshots, Cloning Cloud Technologies: AWS EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, ELB, CloudFront Linux Administration: User/Group Management, File Permissions, Sudo Access, Package Management (rpm/yum/dnf), Cron Jobs, Log Analysis Web & App Servers: Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WildFly Storage & Filesystems: LVM, NFS, AutoFS, NetApp Storage, Disk Partitioning, Filesystem Troubleshooting Automation: Cron Automation Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, Firewalld. Backup & Recovery: Commvault Backup 11.36, Backup Monitoring, Data Restoration Monitoring & ITSM: HPSM, Cisco UCS Manager, ITIL Incident Management, Log Monitoring