JAMES OBOUR

1485 FULTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10456

Phone: (347)691-5031

Email: Jamesobour103@gmail.com

Objectives:

Adaptable professional with 5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge on Red

Hat Linux and AWS environment. Ability to handle multiple tasks and work
independently as well as a team member. Work on flexible hours for production,
backup, and on-call support for 24/7 environments. Capable in installing patches
Hardware, software, and firmware upgrades. Seeking an opportunity by filling the
System Administrator or Cloud Administrator post to help the organization boost
productivity and benefits.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Health Pilot Project - February 2016 - Present Linux System
Administrator / AWS Cloud Administrator

 Updating and installing packages using ansible by automating tasks to help

promote continuous development and continuous improvement.
 Build virtual Linux server and windows server using VMware and on AWS when
needed for testing
 Responsible for supporting Linux servers for testing, production, and
development
 User account management, setting up local machines and giving permissions to
various pages on different applications
 Help with documentation and best practices in the environment using Confluence
and Jira
 Experience in Managing and maintaining IAM policies for organizations in AWS
to define groups,
create users, assign roles, and define rules for access to AWS resources

 Day-to-day troubleshooting for the end user and monitoring of servers on a 24/7
basis for business continuity
 Working with a develops team to help automate environment and help with their
day-to-day tasks
 Problem solving duties as per ticket created
 Hardening of server per client requirement and Installation of Linux OS using
VMware and on AWS
 Managed policies for S3 buckets and also created S3 buckets
 Experienced in Security policies like Security Groups, IAM roles and Multi Factor
Authentication
  Configuration of Security groups for EC2 Linux instances
United Postal Services – January 2015 -January 2016
Linux System Administrator

 Supporting Linux Severs for production, testing and development

 Working with develops team to help automate environment and help with their
day-to-day tasks
 Decommissioning of old servers and keeping track of decommissioned and new
servers
 Installed and configured Linux machines on Red Hat and CentOS
 User account management, setting up local machines and giving permissions to
various pages on
different applications

 Granting of permissions to users to access various files and pages

 Resolved trouble tickets quickly and efficiently, dropping backlogged tickets from
1000+ to less than
100

 Responsible for setting up Cron Jobs on the server

 Used ansible for automation.

EDUCATION
Lehman College Bronx, NY
GED (March 2016)
Borough Of Manhattan Community College
Associates in Liberal Art (June 2021)

CERTIFICATION
CompTIA Security +
(September 01, 2021)

Associates degree
(June 2021)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS

 Fluent in Scripting Language such as SHELL and BASH

 Server OS such as CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Windows
 Extensive experience in using Ansible for Automation
 Server monitoring using Nagios
 Strong time-management and organization skills
 Nagios and CloudWatch for Monitoring
 Storage; S3 and LVM
 Microsoft word, Excel, Power point and Internet application