Suresh krishna Seethapathi

Professional Linux System & Network Administration Security Patching and Compliance for Linux OS IT Service Delivery – Support (Level 2) and Development (Level 3) Project leadership and management, People Management Total 18+ years of experience consists of

14.4 years of IT industry (Linux Admin and IT Support field) 4.3 years of R & D (ISRO & Engineering)

Skills Linux System & Network Administration Security Patching and Compliance for Linux OS Expert with IBM BigFix patching tool IT Service Delivery – Operation / Support (Level 2) and Development (Level 3) PERL / Shell Scripting Linux security - Firewall IPchains/IPtables, Patching Project Leadership and Management, People Management Incident/Problem investigation for production outages, Perform RCA, Provide Short term fix and Long

term fix for reoccurring issues Prepare and Present Project Monthly Reviews (PMR), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) and various

technical, business and management presentations Sendmail / DNS (BIND) / Apache / Squid (proxy) / VPN Thin-Client implementation with Linux Video/Audio Streaming servers using VLC with Thin-clients GPIB programming with CVI(C for Virtual Instrumentation)

Strengths

Results-focused, Self-driven, client-centric senior IT professional with extensive industry experience serving both internal and external clients

Proven experience in high class service delivery with exceptional C-SAT score Designing and delivering enterprise class solutions and services to reduce operational costs, improve

reliability and resiliency, and drive productivity Proven track record of understanding business needs and translating those to IT outcomes Well-developed interpersonal skills, coupled with strong influencing, negotiation, project leadership and

relationship management capabilities Can-do attitude with exceptional communication skills Ability to work with geographically dispersed and culturally diverse high performance teams to support

“run the business” and “change the business” outcomes

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MIGH-308, Flat # 301, Surya Towers, Road Number 4, KPHB Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana India. PIN : 500072

E-mail : sureshkrishna.s@gmail.com

Phone : +91-7675855388Website : LinkedIn Profile

Rich experience in R&D and Service enterprises like ISRO R&D, IIT-Madras – TeNet Group R&D, HP Application Services and Xerox Services

Personal Goals plannedShort Term ( < Dec 2016 ) Long Term ( 2016/18 ) PMP certification Linux clustering Apply MS Software engineering – BITS, Pilani

MS Software engineering CISSP certification CISA certification

QualificationsQualifications

AMIE Engineering (Bachelors) degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from The Institute of Engineers (India), Kolkata.

Diploma engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

Certifications

Advanced Linux System and Network administration Operating System Convergent networking from IIT–Madras

Trainings

IT Consulting IT Partnering through cross culture Many soft-skill trainings

Awards and Appreciation

Awarded “Top performer” for 2 consecutive years at Xilinx Awarded “Key and Top performer” for 5 consecutive years at HP Awarded 7 times with “HP e-Award” for exceptional and extra mile performance at HP Awarded “Best support and help” by Cisco Systems Awarded 6 times “Xilinx instant recognition” directly from Engineering customers

Many appreciations from Xilinx Directors (Engineering, IT, InfoSec) for the exceptional work done.

Many appreciations from Cisco end users and Management for the best and beyond support.

Many appreciations from HP and Xerox Management to keep the Customer delighted in IT support.

C-SAT score of 5/5 (Excellent with good remarks). Best appreciation from IIT professors (TeNet Group, IIT-Madras) for the Linux

administration and project works. Appreciation from Department/Section heads, Scientists of VSSC, ISRO for the

automation of Testing and Evaluation area.

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ReferencesReferences available upon request

Work Experience Xilinx, Feb 2014 – till dateHyderabad, India

Role : Patching and Compliance Team Lead & Mobility Team Lead (Global teams)

Project : Patching and ComplianceI lead the Patching and compliances for Linux and Windows OSs for Engineering systems (Software/Silicon/IP) globally. Leading team of 9 engineers globally. Every patch cycle, we do prepare the baselines with security patches, test and certify. Then work with Engineering customers and patch the systems systematically.

OS hardening (OSH) is also part of my responsibility. We audit the OSH non-compliances regularly and fix them with automation.

Project : Mobility projectI lead the Mobility project for Engineering IT team (Team of 5). The goal is to develop MobileApps to ease out engineering day-to-day operational tasks hence increase the productivity. I liaison between engineering customers and MobileApp developers to collect the requirements, define the scope and development, testing and rollout plan.

Responsibilities: Responsible for Security Patching and Compliance for Linux/Windows OS Patching is done with the IBM BigFix (IBM EndPoint Manager) tool Responsible to plan & scope out the Patch cycle plans and execution – Coordinate with 20 different

groups. Settings up Test servers, Create project plan with time lines, Create patch baselines, Test & Certify

for different OS flavors, dot versions, Pilot and production patching Report outs to management and steering teams Team members performance evaluation Mobility :

- Leading the project end to end- Liaison between Engineering customers and MobileApp developers- Collect requirements and define the scope- Development, Testing and Rollout planning

Quarterly IT maintenance coordinator(Lead) for India- Plan list of IT maintenance tasks, resolve conflicts and schedule - Work with Network, Storage, Server, Front End services and Global Maintenance

coordinator. - Support and Make sure planned tasks are done on time and effectively.

Environment: IBM BigFix (IEM) tool, Linux RHEL 4/5/6/7, CentOS 5/6/7, SuSE11/12, Ubuntu 1404, Windows OS.

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Cisco Systems (client) Apr 2005 – Nov 2013Bangalore, India

Project : Cisco Enterprise Print System - CEPSThe Cisco Enterprise Print System (aka CEPS) - Cisco’s legacy enterprise print software provides Managed enterprise print service. CEPS system Manages and supports printing from different client platforms to multi-vendor printers, driver management and green policies.

I’m working for CEPS project since Apr 2005 under various employers.

EmployersXerox Services as Systems Consulting Principal (Dec 2011 – Nov 2013)Hewlett-Packard as Technology Consultant (Jan 2006 – Nov 2011)Network Solutions Pvt Ltd as Senior Member MS (Apr 2005 – Dec 2005)

Role : Team Leader

Responsibilities: Responsible and Lead for Operation / Support SLAs and SLOs, C-SAT etc IT Service Delivery – Operation / Support (Level 2) and Development (Level 3) Prepare Operational Metrics and Management Presentations for Monthly and Quarterly review

meetings Project Leadership and Management, People Management Incident/Problem investigation for production outages, Perform RCA, Provide Short term fix and

Long term fix for reoccurring issues PERL / Shell (ksh, bash) Scripting Single point of Contact (SPOC) for Customer Chair for Project Monthly Reviews (PMR), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) and various technical,

business and management meetings and reviews Leading Team of 6 operation/support engineers and 5 developers Linux and Unix server admin for (283 servers) – Automatic monitoring scripts, performance data

Collection, load distribution, Install/Upgrade, hardware maintenance etc Capacity Planning, Server consolidation/optimization, Server upgrade based on the usage,

performance, load and further expansion etc. Performing routine security audits Server performance monitoring using automated PERL scripts for average load, iowait, memory

& swap utilization, irq, softirq, disk and CPU util. Following the CM and CR processes for new releases or maintenance patches. NextGen print system design and development.

Environment: RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0/5.3/6, HP-UX servers, HP Proliant servers, VMware ESX 3.5 and ESXi servers, Cisco WAAS VB - Virtual Blade servers, Apache, BOOTP servers, Simple Distributed Data Base (SDDB), Xerox GPD, HP UPD and Various model printers and drivers.

TeNet group, IIT-Madras July 2000 to Apr 2005Chennai, India

The TeNet (The Telecommunication and Computer networking) Group incubates many R&D companies and collaborates with like-minded organizations. The Group works in diverse areas including Wireless Communications, Computer Networking, Fibre Optics, Digital Systems Architecture, Network Management Systems, Integrated Voice/Video/Data Communications, Indic Computing and applications for rural development. `

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I have worked under payroll of different TeNet group companies like Electrical Engineering Department, IIT-Madras, Midas communication technologies pvt ltd, and Novatium solutions pvt ltd. With main responsibility as Lead Linux system and network administration for TeNet group, I have played different roles and involved many R&D projects.

Novatium : 1st Nov 2004 to 7th Apr 2005Midas : 28th Jun 2004 to 31st Oct 2004IIT-Madras : 28th Jul 2000 to 26th Jun 2004

Role : Linux system Administrator – Team LeadPeriod : July 2000 to Apr 2005

Responsibilities: Linux System Administration Lead for TeNet group of companies. System Administration for more than 400 networked PCs with 12 Linux servers, firewalls etc. Configuration, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of

Mail (Sendmail) servers, DNS (BIND) servers LAMP – Linux apache with MySQL and PERL/PHP servers. Proxy(Squid) servers and Web(Apache) servers Firewall servers using ipchains and iptables VPN, RADIUS servers and clients WLL-corDECT system, Routers and NMS servers Video streaming servers and clients with VLC

Setup a Video lab, with diskless thin VNC clients and configured video streaming servers and clients with VLC. Configuration and Maintenance Minnow (ISP) and Billing server for IIT-Madras corDECT system for WLL users. Linux system and Network technical support for n-Logue communications - small ISP for rural villages through WLL-corDECT system. Linux Network, system and Billing software technical support for Banyan Networks ltd. DIAS service provider for BSNL.

Environment: RedHat Linux 6, 7.3 and 9, Fedora core 4 to 10, HP Proliant servers, WLL-CorDECT, LAMP, DHCP/BOOTP servers, MySQL servers, DNS/Squid/Firewall/FTP servers.

Project : Security and FirewallsTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Developer and Admin – Security & FirewallPeriod : July 2000 to Apr 2005

Responsibilities: Linux server Firewall using IPchains and IPtables. Server vulnerabilities & security audit, tripwire and LogWatch setup. Regular monitoring for security patches at RedHat and update the Operating System, Firewall rules etc.

Environment: RedHat Linux 6, 7.3 and 9, Fedora core 4 to 10, HP Proliant servers, IPChains and IP Tables.

Project : Thin-Client development and implementationTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Linux Developer Period : Aug 2004 to Apr 2005

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Responsibilities: Multimedia supported Thin-Clients development with Linux OS

o With VNC Server-Client modelo With X based clients using DOM Flash with VIA Mini-ITX Motherboard

Customization of Linux kernel and file system for Thin-Clients. Kernel and file system optimization. Cramfs creation with selected applications. Compilation and Porting new applications into the DOM Flash. NMS for Thin-Clients management. Complete Package design for Thin-Clients.

Environment: RedHat Linux 7.3, VNC server/client, kernel compilation, file system optimization, porting into Flash drive etc..

Project : Multi-Media VNC development with Tight VNC for Black-Fin based Thin-ClientsTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Linux developer & System administrator Period : Jan 2004 to Jul 2004

Responsibilities: Hacking of Tight VNC open source code to implement new encoding – decoding algorithms Implementation of separate stream for Multi-media from VNC stream.

Environment: RedHat Linux 7.3, VNC server/client, kernel compilation, file system optimization, porting into Flash drive etc.

Project : Minnow systemTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Linux developer & System administrator Period : Nov 2002 to Dec 2003

Responsibilities: LAMP – Linux apache with MySQL and PERL/PHP. Shell and Perl scripting for service monitoring and automatic switch over, automatic backup system, auto alert system etc. High availability for Email, DNS, Radius, MySQL, apache, DHCP services. Installation and configuration of MySQL, DNS, Radius, Sendmail, Apache and PERL. Support and troubleshooting for any failures.

Environment: RedHat Linux 6 and 7.3, PERL and Shell scripting, Apache, DNS, MySQL, Radius, Sendmail.

Project : Satellite based Hybrid Internet Access SystemTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Linux developer Period : Jan 2002 to Oct 2002

Responsibility: Setup and configure the Linux apache, DNS and DHCP servers. Linux Driver installation for the WLL cards. Static and dynamic routing on Linux systems. Bandwidth control using NetMon. Commission the end-to-end system with direct Satellite communication.

Environment: RedHat Linux 6 and 7.3, PERL and Shell scripting, Satellite transmitters/receivers.

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Project : Access Terminal ProjectTeNet group, IIT-Madras, Chennai, IndiaRole : Linux developer & System administrator Period : Jan 2001 to May 2001

Responsibility: Ported SVNC on the ARM-Linux operating system Linux kernel compilation and file system tweaking

Environment: RedHat Linux 6, SVNC, ARM mother board.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Apr 1997 to Jul 2000Indian Space Research Organization - ISRO, Trivandrum, India

Project : Testing and EvaluationRole : Test & Evaluation engineerPeriod : Jan 1999 to Jul 2000

Responsibilities: Development of GUI-based Automation Software for Test & Evaluation of Satellite launch vehicle (GSLV and PSLV) Control Electronics Packages and Control System Actuators in C Language using LabWindows CVI 4.0.1 Uses General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB-IEEE488.2 - NI card) as an interface. Perform the complete performance testing under various environmental conditions like high vibration, EMI, Hot and Cold etc. Prepare and submit the test report based on the test results and qualify the package.

Environment: Windows 95, LabWindows CVI 4.0.1, C Language, High end various types of electronics equipment.

Project : Checkout System development and Control & Data acquisitionVSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum, IndiaIndian Space Research Org, Trivandrum, IndiaRole : Apprentice engineerPeriod : Apr 1997 to Apr 1998

Responsibilities: Development of Checkout system and Software for control and data acquisition for the PS3, PS4 and DAISY Control Electronics Packages and Control System Actuators with the different programmable instruments. Remote control software to operate and control the advanced instruments like, Signal Response Analyzers, DMMs, Precision Volt Meters, Multiplexers, Thermal Array Printers, Digital Scopes etc using GPIB.

Environment: Windows 95, LabWindows CVI 4.0.1, C Language, High end various types of electronics equipment.

Vee and Jay Engineering, Chennai, India Apr 1996 to Mar 1997

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Role : Supervisor

Responsibilities: Monitor and guide the manufacturing jobs that are done as per the technical specifications and diagrams. Audit all the materials and supplies that are used. Guide and support the procurement. Supervise and manage the workers shift timing, leaves etc. Inventory control for the materials.

Environment: Windows 95, MS Office suit, High end various types of electrical and electronics equipment.

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