Sarbjeet Prasad
Linux System Administrator

E-mail: jeetmca@yahoo.com                                                                        

Experience Summary:

More than 7 years experience in Unix/Linux and Network Administration. More than 4 years experience of ISP operations. Hands on installing, configuring, troubleshooting and managing Internet server, E-mail server, routers, modems, serial boards, leased data circuits, ISDN, VSAT. Customer oriented with experience in customer support and sales in an ISP environment. Strong written and oral communication ability. A good team worker with ability to handle projects independently. Experienced with delivering against aggressive schedules.

Credentials:

•	Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2003
•	Master of Computer Application. 2000 (MCA) from Birla Institute of Technology, India
•	PG Diploma in Computer Application. 1991 (PGDCA)  from Xavier Institute of Social Service, India             
•	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. 1990 (B.Sc. (H)) from Ranchi University, India  

Skills:

System Administration	DNS (BIND-8.x), Sendmail-8.x, DHCP-3.0, FTP-wu-2.6, Backups, Firewalls (iptables-1.x, ipchains-1.x), openSSH-3.4, Custom-compiling kernels, User management, System Scheduling, Printer Sharing, Apache (httpd)-2.0, Squid 2.4.STABLE7-4, MySQL-3.x, PHP-4.x, Perl-5.x set up and configuration.
	
Network Administration	Installing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Maintaining Routers (Cisco-2500 series D-link-DI-1162), Switches (Cisco-1900 series, D-link-DES1008D), Modems (RAD ASM-20), Serial Boards (MOXA-turbo, Boca board), Data Circuits, ISDN, VSAT.
Operating Systems	Red Hat Linux-8.0, Slackware Linux-3.0, Unix (HP-UX Release 9.0), Windows 2000, Windows NT, 98, 95, 3.1, MS-DOS-6.22.
RDBMS	MySQL-3.x, ORACLE, SQL, PL/SQL
Scripting, Languages		C, Perl-5.x, Unix Shell, AWK (gawk-3.x), PHP-4.x, Dos Batch files.

Experience Detail:

Vital Continuity Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Ranchi (India)			April 1995 - Till date 

Environment: Red Hat & Slackware Linux Servers, Windows Clients (2000 Pro, Win98, Win95), Leased Data Circuit, VSAT.

Responsibilities:

Carry out day to day system administration tasks. This includes managing two Red Hat Linux servers and one Slackware Linux server (out of these one is Internet server, one email server and one is cache server). We have around 600 subscriber. 60 can logon simultaneously to access Internet. We have one leased line and one VSAT link. The most challenging part is to deal with the Phone Company to get leased circuits restored after failure. The most interesting it to train our customer and support staff and perform technical support for residential and corporate Internet customers. Provide support over phone to our subscribers. Managing the internal LAN. Take backups. Monitor and enhance security of servers. 

Wrote software SAT (System Administration Tool) to ease day-to-day system administration activities. Wrote Billing software for Email and Internet services. The SAT and billing software are integrated to manage the user account. Generate different type of reports. Wrote scripts to parse logs, compile user statistics, and deny multiple access.  
Additional Information:  

•	Received GOLD MEDAL for securing 1st position in PGDCA.

•	Attended short training course in COMPUTER NETWORKING and SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION from Dateline and Research Technologies (I) Ltd., Bombay (INDIA).

•	Attended short training course for COMPUTER TRAINER from Brilliant's Computer Centre, Calcutta (INDIA).

•	Attended short training course for COMPUTER TRAINER from Uptron India Ltd.,Lucknow (INDIA). 

•	Secured 1st position in INTRODUCTORY TELEVISION PROGRAMME PRODUCTION COURSE from Notre Dame Communication Centre, Patna (INDIA).