This resume summarizes Ashok Kumar K's experience working in roles supporting Linux and Solaris systems. Over 8 years of experience, he has worked on projects for telecom companies configuring servers, applications, and networking. His skills include Solaris, Linux, clustering, virtualization, testing, and troubleshooting. He currently works as a senior engineer performing testing for VMware projects.

1. RESUME
Ashok Kumar K email: kamsaliashok@gmail.com
+91-9652617962
OBJECTIVE
 To work inan environmentwhere Icanapplyand builduponmytechnical &analytical skills
 To add value tothe productsandservicesonwhichI undertake the assignments
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
 8 yearsof work experience inSolaris,Linux, Resiliency,Infrastructure Testing, Telecomdomain,
SS7 and OSPApplications.
 responsible forensuringthe teamisconsistentlydeliveringworkingsoftware to the standardsthe
departmentexpects
 Strongknowledge onSolaris, Linuxoperatingenvironment
 ProductionApplicationSupportKnowledge(OSP,OVO,Apache,WEB)
 Knowledgeon SUN Cluster, Service GuardCluster, SVM, andLVM.
 KnowledgeonZones,LDOMs
 KnowledgeonVXVMandVCS
 ConfigurationondifferentVMs(Vspare,XEN,ZONES,VMware, etc...)
 KnowledgeonAppServers/DataBase Servers.
 Havingconsiderable experience inTelecomapplications.
 Exclusive experience inALU-IntelligentNetwork(OSP) Applications.
 Havingconsiderable ONSITEworkexperience with E-PlusGermany,SFRFRANCE,MTC-TOUCH LEBANON and
DONICANAROMANIA
 Havingextraordinary DataCentre managingskills
 Strongknowledge onITILData centre Process(Experience onBharti Airtel Datacentre)
 Strongknowledge inSS7/SIGTRAN configuration.
 Infrastructure andResilience Testing
 Basic knowledgeon Shell scripting
 Havinggood experienceoncreationof documents,PPT,VISIO Diagrams(POC, SOW, BOM)
EDUCATION
MCA (2003-2006) fromOsmaniaUniversity with64% Aggregate
B. Com & Computers(2000 to2003) fromOsmaniaUniversity57% Aggregate
VALID VISAs
USA B1 VISAValid up to 17th
May 2025 (Passport No: J2206079)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Engineer Testing
PROLIFICS - July 2014 to Present(Permanent),Working with VMware as a QA engineer.
Senior Software Engineer
ARICENT GROUP - October 2010 to June 2014
Customer Support Engineer
ACCEL FRONTLINE Ltd - December 2008 to September 2010

2. CERTIFICATIONS
Oracle Solaris 10 System AdministratorCertifiedProfessional,PartI(1Z0-877) & Part II(1Z0-878)
Electrical AuthorizationHAB-BT, APAVEINDAIN OCEAN LTD,MAURITIUS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
OperatingSystems: Solaris,LINUX,HP-UX
TOOLS: VERITASVolume manager,Cluster,SVM,Bugzilla,Hudson/Jenkins,Nagios
Virtualization:Zones, LDOMs, VMware (ESXi,vCenter) andXen
Applications:Apache,OSPIntelligentNetwork
TestingKnowledge: Infrastructure Testing,Resilience Testing
Hardware Knowledge: Sun,HP,Dell,ALU,OMNISWITCH, CISCOSWITCH
DATABASE:Oracle 9i &10g
CARRIER HIGHLIGHTS (PROJECTS)
Sr. Test Engineer(Linux/SolarisSystemAdministrator)
Prolifics- July2014 to Present
PROJECTS: VMWAREProjects(IAMUPGRADE, MYVMWARE, VMWORLD, SOA,GEMFIRE, vSWA,RS2 and
VCredit), PG&E and McSSION
 Responsible forinstallation,configurationof SolarisandLinux servers
 Workingas a Team Leadpositiontohandle the teamwithsize of 4
 CreatingVMs, Zonesand Applicationdeployment
 TroubleshootingissueswrtLDOM, VXVMandVCS
 Handledmore than100monthlyreleaseprojects(MYVMWARE,VMWORLD,ORIAN,ASCEND,IAM
Up and etc.)
 Verifyingthe Solaris,LinuxboxeswrttoBusinessfunctionalities.
 HA testing,F5loadbalancervalidation
 Infrastructure andResiliencyTesting forVMWAREclient
 WebApplication, middlewareApplicationTesting
 HelpNowticketmanagement/ zenoss monitoring
 Toolsconfiguration&installations(Jenkins,Nagios,Webmin,GLPI,Apache,Mysql)
 LINIXsystemadministration
SeniorSoftware Engineer(Linux/SolarisSystemAdministrator)
ARICENT - Oct 2010 to June 2014
PROJECTS: E-PlusGermany (Mar2014 to June 2014), SFR-FRANCE(Mar2013 to June 2013), TOUCH TELECOM, LEBANON,
Alcatel Lucent
 LINUX O/S,ClusterandOSPinstallation
 Solaris,ZonesandLDOMconfigurations
 ApplicationdeploymentonZones,LDOMsand VMboxes.
 Installation&configurationof RHEL-SAN basedcluster
 Deployedwhole IN servicesforOSP-CLIproject
 Switchconfigurationandnetworkconnectivity
 SIGTRAN/SS7configuration

3.  Site Preparation,Rackmountingservers,cable connection,switchesconfiguration.
 VLAN creation,networkalignmentwithcustomernetwork.
 SNMP Alarmconfiguration,NTPconfiguration.
 Responsible forthe software updatesandbackupactivitiesforthe above mentionedsystems
 Setup3 differentsitesinvariouslocationsasMain/Mated/Testbed
 Added2 slee’sforSS7basedcalls
 ConfiguredOMNI6850 switch,CISKOswitch
 InstalledOSPusingMAP-Tools
 TroubleshootingserverproblemsandfaultanalysiswithindefinedSLA
 Installationof OSandconfigurationof SVM,LVM, VXVM
 OSP,5350 and mCASApplicationsinstallation
 Workaroundissuesresolutionof SNAP,DDUP,GUI,Jars and all type of platform servicesrelated.
 Verifyingthe issueslike SHMDB, SEPs, ss7,massaccess,Traces,
 Ss7 configuration&linkcreation.
 Service installationandverification.
 Givingall supportlike O/S,Hardware andapplicationsupport
 Resolvingproblemslike Oracle,Java,Solarisandall applicationlevel issues.
 Hardware issueslike RAM/Disk/CPUreplacement.
 InvolvedCOSTNODESpreparation
CustomerSupport Engineer(Linux/SolarisSystemAdministrator)
Accel Frontline Ltd - - December2008 to September2010
PROJECTs: Bharti TNG (Dec2008 to Oct 2010), AricentClient,AlactelLucent
One of the Critical Data Centre where more than500 serversare installedwhichcontrol Bharti Airtel
networkcountrywide.We maintainall systemadministratorrelatedtaskaswell asbackupof these
serversondailybasisandalsoRecoverData whenitlostfrom Servers.
Work Profile & Achievements
 Handlingof Ticketmanagement,Faultanalysis, PerformanceManagement
 TroubleshootingserverproblemsandfaultanalysiswithindefinedSLA
 Preventivemaintenance andperformingHealthchecksforall Servers
 TroubleshootingandLive handlingof all problemsrelatedtoO/S,Zones,VERITAS
 Configurationof Zones,LDOMs
 VCSand VxVMconfiguration.
 3rd
party toolsinstallations
 ConfiguringHardware andSoftware SVM/VxVMforscalability.
 Patch and packagesinstallationandmanagement
 Implementationof patchesonthe SolarisServers.
 Troubleshootingwith BootrelatedProblems.
 TroubleshootingwithHardware Problems.
 User AccountManagementthat includesusercreation,deletion,
 InstallingandconfiguringVERITASvolume manager
 NIS,NFSconfiguration
 HP Openviewticketingmanagement,OVOmonitoring

4.  Hardware replacement(V240,440,880,890, T2000, T5120, DL380)