Abdirahman Dirie Jama

Contact: (403) 427-0177

E-Mail:aburaas595@gmail.com

Professional Summary

System Administration experience on operating systems in Windows and Linux with 5 years of
hands-on experience supporting, installing, configuration, management, and maintenance
enterprise equipment, automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments in AWS cloud.
Proficiency in vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. I have professional certificates
regarding system administration and cybersecurity such as RHCSA, RHCE, RCHP, CCNA,
MCSA, CEH, CompTIA Sec+, Azure 104,

Qualification

• 5+ years of System Administration experience

• Strong background in Unix/Linux system administrator
• Hand on experience on Vulnerability and Penetration Testing
• Hands on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• A solid understanding of Cyber-Security practices and standards, as well as the managing
of cloud technology platforms for business operations
• Security gap remediation and tracking
• Experience with enterprise backup software systems.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using Ansible
• Strong working knowledge of containers and orchestration (Docker + Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge using Version Control Systems or configuration management systems
( Git)
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Strong networking, troubleshooting, security
concepts and services (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, Mail server, Apache , NGINX, Tomcat,
,Firewalls, NAT, Iptables, firewalld, DHCP, ICMP, SMTP, FTP, httpd, Postfix, HTTP,
HTTPS, SSL,SSH, OpenSSH, IPsec, PKI, DKIM, VLANs management, VPN, SMTP,
IMAP, SIP,NIS,IIS , RDP, X2GO, VNC, SFTP, SMB, AFP,NFS as well as LDAP, SFTP
and NFS)
• Hands on experience in Active Directory, GPO, DFS,
• Experience with Red Hat OpenStack deployment (OSP10/OSP13)
• Strong understanding in Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat IDM, and Ansible tower
• Experience managing and supporting infrastructure on public cloud computing
technologies (AWS, AWS)
• Hands on Scripting experience with Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of network monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Nagios and Zabbix
• Experience with Jira ticketing system.
• Strong time management skills and customer services.
• Experience managing Backup systems, data recovery and operations (MS DPM,
Commvault, snapshots, legato , NetBackup, Avamar )
 • Virtualization experience with QEMU, KVM((Kernel Virtual Machine) and VMWare
platform (vCenter, , vSphere ,ESXi )

• Good communication skills

• Experience in infrastructure using IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, cloud computing in general and
managed services.
• Hands-on experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) provisioning
good knowledge of AWS services like EC2, Elastic Load-balancers, Elastic Container
Service (Docker Containers), S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Front, Elastic File system,
RDS, DynamoDB, DMS, VPC, Direct Connect, Route53, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail,
Cloud Formation, IAM, ELB, EMR, EKS, RDS, Elastic search. AWS CloudFormation

Professional experience:

Linux system administrator at Netplus consultant February 2020 - present

Job Responsibilities

• Performing OS (Operating System) installation &updating and package management

through yum to install, remove, and upgrade packages.
• File System administration (expand/reduce) using LVM and troubleshooting using fsck
• Configuration and Administration of NFS, iSCSI (SAN), FTP and SAMBA on Linux
environment.
• implementing and troubleshooting different RAID levels like RAID 0, RAID 1 and
RAID 5
• Analyzing & monitoring system performance through various sources like free, top, sar,
iostat, vmstat.
• Implementing and troubleshooting NFS, Apache, NGINX in the LINUX environment
• Experience in root password recovery and emergency target issues.
• User and Group Administration like creating, modifying/deleting user accounts,
password aging policies, locking, and unlocking user accounts. Providing Sudo privileges
to users.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure deployment and monitoring, as well as
configuration management
• Providing day-to-day support based on the tickets to resolve user requests & issues.
• Scheduling scripts through cron job to perform backups & monitoring
• Managing file permissions & setting Sticky bit, applying suid for files and sgid on
directory level and soft link, hard link.
• Supervision and mentoring skills of junior staff and helpdesk staff
• Work effectively across multiple teams and time zones
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation, and after-hours deployment tasks
• Providing end-user support for any technical questions, resolution, and technical support
for all operating systems
• Provide ongoing 24/7 support of supported systems and services
team
Professional Experience:

System administration at SEQUEL SOFT august 2017 -jan

2020

• Trouble-shoot users’ day-to-day issues

• Installing applications and operating systems.
• Maintaining and updating applications and operating systems.
• Monitoring all services and servers.
• Monitor regular backup operations, maintain and test disaster recovery infrastructure,
and verify backup data integrity
• Support helpdesk department, making sure all desktop applications, workstations, and
related equipment problems are resolved in a timely manner with limited disruptions
• Manage Office 365 portal, set up emails, and manage shared printers
• Ensure information is backed up securely, regularly, effectively, and efficiently
• Apply patches, security updates, and perform all system maintenance activities
• On rare occasions provide afterhours support
• Provide support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation, and afterhours deployment tasks
• Other duties as required
• Create new and update existing scripts
• Research, test, and implement new solutions

Educational Background
•Bachelor of Computing
•Masters in business administration (MBA)
Professional Certifications
• CCNA, ID CSCO13225010
https://www.credly.com/earner/earned/badge/5f9a3166-4740-45c7-af10-026cc2e28b39
• MCSA , ID CSCO13225010
https://www.credly.com/earner/earned/badge/0cd52e36-64ec-4052-b8f1-b19dbf8717a4

•Red Hat Certification (RHCSA—Red Hat Certified Solution Associate)

•Red Hat Certification (RHCE –Red Hat Certified engineer
•Red Hat Certification (RHCP –Red Hat Certified Professional
Verify link - https://rhtapps.redhat.com/verify/?certId=210-027-744
• Comptia Sec+
https://www.credly.com/badges/007210ec-057c-4f26-ab7e-40ce564180c0?source=linked_in_profile

•Azure 104
https://www.credly.com/earner/earned/badge/ac25111c-7904-46da-b052-9d94ff16f8b6