Nikhil Nishant is a systems administrator seeking a role involving operations, development, and security. He has over 5 years of experience administering Linux, NetApp, VMware, and AWS environments. His technical skills include Python, Bash scripting, Linux, NetApp, VMware ESXi, AWS services, and monitoring tools like Nagios and Zabbix. He holds certifications in NetApp, RHCE, VMware VCA, and has experience with incident and problem management.

1. Nikhil Nishant
Mobile : +91-9013261362
Email ID: nikhilnishant@outlook.com
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/nhome
Career Object
To solveproblems that involveeverything from operations,all theway to front/back-end development. Particularly interested in
high-availability systems,Amazon Web Services,and information security.
Primary Skills:NetApp,Linux,AWS&VMware
Technical skills:
OperatingSystem ONTAP8.2.3 P1, Esxi,RHEL 6, RHEL 7, CentOS, Ubuntu & Amazon Linux.
Languages Bash Scripting and Phython.
Hardware RAID Technology, X86 servers and sparc, Net App FAS/V-Series
Virtualization VMware ESX 5.0 & 5.5.
Networking NFS, DHCP, DNS, Squid Proxy,FTP, Samba etc.
Others VERITAS Cluster 4.0 ,5.1 & 6
Cloud Privatecloud and Public Cloud
Monitoringtools Wireshark,Nagios,Zabbix & OPManager
Global Certifications and Training
 NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
 RHCE and RHCSA in 2013
 VMware Certified Associate:VCA-Data Centre Virtualization
 VMware Certified Associate:VCA-Cloud
 VMware Certified Associate:VCA- Work Force Mobility
 1-week full Time Trainingof Eidos application for managing sysadmin part.
Experience
1. Organization : HT Media Limited, New Delhi
Period : December 2013 – April 2014
Designation : Trainee
2. Organization : ProgressiveInfotech Pvt Ltd
Client Site : HT Media Limited, New Delhi
Period : May 2014 – Oct 2015
Designation : Linux System Administrator
3. Organization : Wipro Limited.
Client Site : HT Media Limited, New Delhi
Period : Oct 2015 – Till Date
Designation : LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Operations:
 Responsiblefor provisioning,maintainingand improvingupon server infrastructure,splitbetween physical data centers
and AWS. Also provided 24/7/365 on-call support.

2. Responsibilities:
 Providing 24*7 technical supports to our clients for Linux, Amazon Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris, SUN storage, NetApp
storage and hosted applications.
 ManagingPPI and Eidos application for Newspaper Printingand web.
Amazon Web Services
As a passionateadvocateof AWS within Gracenote, I migrated my department from a physical datacentreenvironment to
AWS. I also designed, built, and deployed a multitude applications utilizing almost all of the AWS stack (Including EC2, R53, S3,
RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM, and EMR), focusingon high-availability,faulttolerance,and auto-scaling.
 Creating EC2, RDS on amazon web services.
 ChangingRDS type and increasingspaceof RDS.
 ChangingInstancetype.
 ConfiguringLoad blancher and Auto Scalinggroup.
 Configuration monitoringfor AWS in Cloud Watch.
 ConfiguringSNS group for mail alertin AWS.
 Takingsnapshoton monthly basis for backup purpose.
 Managingsecurity group in AWS.
 ManagingVPC, Network ACL and Subnet.
 For storage managingEBS and S3.
 Resolvingissues on AWS level.
 Seamlessly transitioned AWS infrastructurefromEC2-Classic to VPC, overhauled AWS accounts to followlatestsecurity best
practices,reduced AWS costs by over 30%
Linux (RedHat, CentOS,Ubuntu)
 Installation and configuration of Solaris,Linux for new build environment.
 Configuringand monitoringDisk mirroring,stripingusingLVM.
 NFS configuration & administration.
 Kernel re-configuration & parameter tuning.
 Monitoring& troubleshootingwith performance related issues
 Managingall rebooting& partreplacement activities.
 Managingupgrade of Linux and Solarisservers.
 User Management & Administration.
 LDAP Administration.
 Filesystem management.
 Creating SOP (Standard OperatingProcedure).
 Swap spacemanagement.
 Job Schedulingand Automating process usingCRON & AT.
 RAID configuration.
 Installation of patches and packages.
 Basic creation and troubleshootingon scriptinglike Shell.
 Doing hardeningon OS level i.e. permission,denyhost,iptables,system.d, disablingunknow/unused services.
 Managing critical Website on linux environment livehindustan.com, airquality.hindustantimes.com, hindustantimes.com,
www.desimartini.com, www.livemint.com, www,mintonsunday.com etc...
 Installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux, Amazon Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2K3/2K8.
 Installation and configuration of Application like,Apache, Nginx, node, tomcat, Samba, MySQL, MongoDB and Ftp.
 ManagingDatabasei.e MySQL, Mariadb,MongoDB, versantdatabase.
 Kick startInstallation,IP tables configuration,Shell scripting,servicemanagement and performance monitoring in RHEL.
 Analysis,installing,troubleshootingof Services in Red Hat Linux.

3. Vmware
 Familiarwith VMware venter 5.5.
 Installation,configuration and maintenanceof multiple VMware ESX clusters spread acrossfour geographies.
 P2V migration of very old (10+ years) production systems,it solved spaceand power capacity constraintatData Center.
 Creation of virtual machines,load balancingof VM’s on ESX.
 MonitoringFileSystem, Backups and Restores.
 Creating and ManagingVirtual Machines and Templates
 Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and DistributiveResourceScheduling(DRS)
 Configured Resource Pool,V Motion, Alerts, Alarms,NTP
 Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server usingVMware Converter (P2V Converter)
 Migratingof Virtual Machines usingVMotion
 Performing Snapshots,Cloning,Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations
 Creating Templates from VM’s, deploy VM’s from templates and allocateresources.
 Monitoringof Virtual Machine’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization) for Security.
 Converting P2V and V2V usingVMware StandaloneConverter.
 Creating duplicateVirtual Machine’s usingcloningtechnology (hot & cold).
 Migration of Virtual Machines usingV-Motion..
 Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic ResourceScheduling.
 Creation of Virtual Switches,Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
 Troubleshootingissues relatingto v motion such as compatibility issues with help of event log.
 Setting up Users and Groups for access to the Virtual Center.
 Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between Virtual Machines.
NetApp
 Workingon switch for creatingaliasand zoningon brocade switch.
 Storage & Server performance tuning, performance monitoring and health checkup
 Planning,preparation and implementingdata ontap upgrades.
 Storage LUN provisioning
 Qtree, CIFS FileSystem, NFS Filesystem Management.
 ManagingiSCSI/FCP Networks
 ManagingVIF, VLAN, RAID, WAFL and NVRAM
 aggregate, FlexibleVolume, qtree, RAID-DP, Disk Scrubbingetc
 Snapshot, Snapmirror, Snaprestore,Vol Copy, ndmp copy, Deduplication,etc
 Active/Active administration
 configuration activeactive,Management of takeover and giveback.
 Perform tasks necessary to fulfil servicelevel.
 Takingbackup for brocade switch.
 Create RDM’s disk for VM on VMware.
 ManagingVIF, VLAN, RAID, WAFL and NVRAM
 FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3040, FAS3140, FAS3170, FAS3210, FAS3240, FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210, FAS6240, FAS6280,
FAS8020, FAS8040
Data Protection/Monitoring Software:
Snap Mirror,Sync Mirror,Snap Vault,Open System Snap Vault(OSSV), Snap Drive, Snap Lock, Snap Restore, Snap Manager for
Exchange (SME), Snap Manager for SQL(SMSQL), Snap Manger for Virtual Infrastructure,Snap Manager For Oracle(SMO),
Operations Manager (Data Fabric Manager(DFM)),Oncommand Core and Host Package,Flex Clone, Oncommand Balance,

4. IncidentManagement/ ProblemManagement/ Change Management
 Ensuringthatthe goals of the IncidentManagement process areachieved;restoringnormal serviceas soon aspossiblebased
on customer perspective and within defined SLA; detecting, logging,categorisingand prioritisingincidents;providinginitial
IncidentSupport.
 Closing incidents after verification from users; defining and planning separate procedures for major incidents; ensuring
adherence to SLA and priority based management.
 Resolvingproblems & issues within set timelines thereby developing the Knowledge Base; ensuringthat the issuedoes not
happen again.
Education Details
QUALIFICATION UNIVERSITY/BOARD YEAR
B.A (IRPM) Delhi University 2013
H.S.C C.B.S.E March 2009
S.S.C C.B.S.E March 2007
Hobbies
 Interactingwith new technologies.
 Traveling
 Photography.
Personal traits
 Hardworking
 Dependable
 Positive
 Self-motivated
 Team-oriented
 Organized
 Works well under pressure
 Effective communicators
 Flexible
 Confident
Personal Details
 Father Name : N.K. Yadava
 Date of Birth : 15th July 1990
 Gender : Male
 Marital Status : Single
 Language Known : English,Hindi
 Passport : Yes
Declaration
I hereby declarethat the information given herewith is correctto my knowledge and I will responsiblefor any discrepancy.
Date:
Nikhil Nishant
Place: New Delhi