John Smith

Saker Salama
UNIX/LINUX Administrator

  • 7 EL-Fayroz st, Ain Shames, Cairo
  • saker.salama@gmail.com
  • +2-010-04909623 / +2-0120-2148444
  • www.how-2-know.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking position as a Unix system administrator utilizing my experience with multiple platforms ,specializing in IBM AIX.

WORK

Sep 2010 - Present

UNIX/LINUX Administrator @ National Bank of Egypt (NBE)
IT Specialist

Dec 2009 - Present

FreeLancer
PHP Developer / Instructor

EDUCATION

Sep 2009 - July 2010

Information Technology Institute (ITI) - 9 Month Program
UNIX Department

Sep 2005 - July 2009

National Civil Aviation Training Organization (NCATO) -
Institute of Computer Information and Technology of Aviation and Aerospace (ICITAA)
Bachelor of Computer Science ( Excellent Degree)

EXPERIENCE

National Bank of Egypt Sep 2010 - Present

  • Project: Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking Based on IBM Power 795 Dec 2013 - Present Responsibilities:-
    1- Monitor Servers (OS/HW).
    2- Apply latest patches.
    3- Help Other Teams on Troubleshooting process.
    4- Deal with HMC as a Management System.
    5- Using Mounting System (LPAR2RRD,NMON2WEB,EVENTLOG).
    6- Support Other Teams 24/7.

  • Project: ATM Switch & Prepaid IBM Power 770 Oct 2010 - Present Responsibilities:-
    1- Implement New LPARs (High Availability).
    2- Install/Apply Application/Database Prerequisites.
    3- Apply PCIDSS Security Rules.
    4- Monitor Servers (OS/HW).
    5- Make OS up-to-date.
    6- Apply Latest Security Patches.
    7- Install/Manage Varitas Net-backup Services.
    8- Support Other Team 24/7.
    9- Utilize Server Resources.
    10- Test High Availability.
    11- Deal with HMC as a Management System.
    12- Using Mounting System (LPAR2RRD,NMON2WEB,OPManager,EVENTLOG,OSSec).

FreeLancer

  • Project: How To Know Personal Blog Jan 2013 - Present It's my blog whihc I create it to publish most of problems that I faced and all tricks that I know.
    Responsibilities:-
    1- Monitor Virtual Server @ Hostgator & Domain on Godaddy.
    2- Install/Manage Wordpress.
    3- Deal with MYSQL as a database.

  • Project: Work with Trinity Company April 2010 - Dec 2011 Work with Trinity Company as a PHP Developer.
    Responsibilities
    1- Develop websites using PHP Programming Language.
    2- Deal with OSCommerce and justify it's style and some functions.
    3- Work as a PHP/MYSQL Instructor.

Certifications

  • IBM-AIX 7.1 Administration (000-221) – 2013
  • Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS): .NET Framework web 2.0 certificate - 2008

Courses

Administration

  • IBM – Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11) – Dubai,IBM Center
  • IBM – Power Systems for AIX-Virtualization II: Advanced PowerVM and Performance (AN31) – Dubai, IBM Center
  • IBM – PowerHA for AIX: Implementation, Configuration and Administration (AN41) – Dubai, IBM Center
  • IBM – AIX Basics (AU13) – Cairo, Education Center
  • IBM – AIX System Administration: Implementation (AU14) – Cairo, Education Center
  • IBM – AIX System Administration: Problem Determination (AU16) – Cairo, Education Center
  • HP-UX Fundamentals – Cairo, OMS Center
  • HP-UX System Administration I – Cairo, OMS Center
  • HP-UX System Administration II – Cairo, OMS Center
  • Solaris System Administration - ITI
  • Advanced Solaris Administration - ITI
  • Linux System Administration - ITI
  • Linux Cluster - ITI
  • UNIX Cluster - ITI
  • Solaris Network Administration - ITI
  • VISTA Administration - ITI

Database @ ITI

  • Database Fundamentals
  • Oracle Administration 1
  • Oracle Administration 2
  • MYSQL (Self Study)

Programming @ ITI & ICITAA

  • UNIX Shell Scripting
  • X-Window Programming with MOTIF
  • UNIX System Programming using C
  • Perl Scripting
  • Java Programming
  • Advanced Java Programming
  • Data Structure using C
  • Object Oriented Programming using C++
  • UNIX Network Programming
  • Visual Basic – Ministry of Defence

Web Developing @ ITI & Self Study

  • Servlets & JSP
  • PHP
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • MCTS: WEB 2.0 – YAT - 2008

Language Course

  • English Course (level 6) - AmidEast (NBE) 2012
  • English Course in New horizons at ITI Scholarship - 2009

SKILLS

Management

  • IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) - Very Good
  • WebMin - Very Good

Virtualization

  • Virtualization Concept - Very Good
  • IBM Virtual IO (VIO) Server - Very Good

Administration

  • UNIX - IBM AIX 6.1 - Very Good
  • LINUX - Good
  • UNIX - Oracle Solaris - Fair

Security

  • OS Security Concept - Very Good
  • PCIDSS - Very Good

Disaster Recovery

  • High Availability Concept- Very Good
  • IBM HACMP & HACMP/XD - Very Good

Database

  • MYSQL- Very Good
  • Oracle - Good
  • Oracle RAC - Good

Communication

  • Network Concept - Good

Storage

  • IBM LVM - Very Good
  • IBM SDD - Very Good
  • IBM SDDPCM - Very Good

Programming Language

  • Shell Scripting - Excellent
  • Perl - Fair
  • HTML/CSS - Good
  • APACHE/PHP - Good

Monitoring Systems

  • OPManager - Very Good
  • Eventlog Analyser - Very Good
  • OSSec - Very Good
  • NMON2Web - Very Good
  • Lpar2rrd - Very Good
  • My Own Monitoring Scripts - Excellent

Soft Skills

  • Communications Skills
  • Presentation Skills
  • Hard Worker
  • Work on a Team
  • Document Work

Languages

  • Arabic - Mother Tongue
  • English - Written Very Good / Spoken Good

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 29 may 1988.
  • Place of birth: Kuwait.
  • Gender: Male.
  • Nationality: Egyptian.
  • Marital Status: Married and have Three daughters.
  • Militarily Status: Exempted.
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