About
Infrastructure engineer with a long sysadmin memory.
Over 15 years working across enterprise Linux, Unix, AIX, automation, middleware and production support at companies including IBM, Goldman Sachs, SAP, TCS, Dell, e-Core, Atlassian, SmartBear and Veeam.
Experience
IBM — System Reliability Engineer
Production support and reliability engineering for enterprise infrastructure environments.
Goldman Sachs — Technical Support Engineer
Technical support engineering in a demanding financial services infrastructure context.
SAP — Technical Support Engineer
Enterprise infrastructure and application support for SAP environments.
TCS — IT Technical Lead
Technical lead for infrastructure and operations projects across client environments.
Dell — Senior Analyst & System Engineering Advisor
Application management, system engineering advisory and production infrastructure support.
e-Core — Support Engineer
Infrastructure and application support engineering.
Core competencies
Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux since 2008. RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu — administration, hardening, patching, migrations and production support.
IBM AIX & Power
AIX administration, patch management, HACMP configuration, IBM Power Systems and legacy Unix environments.
Virtualization
VMware vSphere/ESXi, KVM/libvirt, container hosts and hybrid infrastructure platforms.
Automation
Bash scripting, Ansible automation, familiarity with Kubernetes and Chef. Runbooks, operational reports and handover documentation.
High availability & clustering
Pacemaker, Corosync, GPFS, HACMP, clustered filesystems, failover design and operational recovery.
Observability & support
Splunk log analysis, 11+ years as a Technical Support Engineer across enterprise environments.
How I work
My strongest work happens around complex systems: stabilizing infrastructure, understanding failure modes, documenting operational procedures and making legacy environments safer to maintain.
I enjoy the intersection between traditional systems administration and modern automation — the practical place where Linux, storage, networking, middleware, virtualization and people all meet.
Education
Computer Networks degree (started 2006, coursework completed 2010). Resumed studies in 2019 and graduated in 2022 with a degree in Technology in Systems Analysis and Development.