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Location:
Bangalore, India (GMT+05:30)
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5.0
Member Since:
October 4, 2007
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Pradeep K. - Windows/Linux/Unix System Administrator, Exchange administrator, - Freelance System / Database Administrator, India


I have 9 years of experience in IT industry as a Desktop Admin/System Administrator I have been supporting multiple platforms like Windows, Solaris, Linux & hardware platforms:-intel & Sparc. I'm responsible in setting up a ODC. As a team member handled 500+ desktops. 

Also responsible for setting up of ADS servers, Exchange Servers, NIS, NFS, Samba, Secure Shell,etc.


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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
37134 10/2008 - 10/2008 Configuration of Server 2003 $135 (fixed-price)
26096 05/2008 - 05/2008 DFS Setup/Replication $240 (fixed-price)
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Active Directory Test 2.75 73% 04/08/2008 28 min
Networking Concepts Test 3.40 52% 04/11/2008 13 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 3.10 14% 10/12/2007 15 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Systems and Network Administrator Buyer December 14, 2008
Job Category Interests

Networking & Information Systems
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
UNIX/Linux Administration 5 yrs 3.0 2007
  • Installation of Operating Systems  like Solaris- 7/8/9/10 & Various flavours like of Linux like RedHat Enterprise, SUSE Enterprise, Fedora Core, etc
  • Knowledge in building Jumpstart Server and Jumpstart/Kickstart installation.
  • Disk Management, create & manage LVM's and softwares
  • Set up & management of  NIS, NFS, Automounts, Samba servers         
  •  Backup Administration Using UFSdump, tar
  • VMware ESx server installation and installlation of Virtual machines
  • Schedule jobs using CRONTAB.
  •  Troubleshooting hardware & network problems
  •  Performance tuning and optimization using tools like SAR, vmstat, iostat, netstat,mpstat, and nfsstat.
  • Application management like installation/uninstall/update
  •  Implemented Secure Shell (SSH) in Client-Server Environment.
 
Windows System Admin 9 yrs 4.0 2007

I have proficient in

  • Installation of Windows OS like Windows2003, XP & other Microsoft OS
  • Design, implementation & management of Active Directory Services including cross forest, multiple domains
  • Design, implementation  & management of DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS.
  • Design ,implementation & management  of TCP/IP networks.
  • Implementation of Windows cluster & familar with EMC AutoStart high availablity product
  • Taking images of desktops using Symantec ghost and managing Symantec Ghost server.
  • Management of Antivirus server Symantec  Coporate Edition & Mcafee
  • Management of Update server - WSUS 
  • Proficient with VMWare configuration, creating VM Images and configuring Virtual Machines
  • Backup management- Proficient with EMC NetWorker, Symantec- Net Backup and NTbackup
  • Installation of applications on Windows & create MSI packages.
    Implementation of group policy.
  • Designing, implementing & management of Microsoft Exchange Server- 2000/2003.
  • Management of DFS & network shares.
  • Management of Routing & Remote Access (VPN, Router)

         
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
05/2006 Present MTC Senior Engineer / Team Lead

As a senior engineer I take care of total System admin requirements.  Support for multiple platform like Windows, Linux, Solaris. 
Maintain production servers in cluster enviroment, DHCP, DNS servers
taking regular backups, 
total ownership of Change management. 
Installation of servers, 
create ghost images for lab servers. 
Exchange server installation and maintainence.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
07/1995 05/1998 Bangalore University Bachelors Physics, Mathematics & Electronics
Bachelors of Science (BSc) from Bangalore University, India
Major Subjects are Physics, Mathematics & Electronics
Passed with 55% aggregate
07/1995 05/1998 Bangalore University Bachelors Physics, Mathematics & Electronics
Bachelor of Science from Bangalore University(BSc.), India

Major subjects: Physics, Mathematics &Electronics.

Passed out with 55% aggregate
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Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
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Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
37134 10/2008 - 10/2008 Configuration of Server 2003 $135
26096 05/2008 - 05/2008 DFS Setup/Replication $240
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Active Directory Test 2.75 73% 04/08/2008 28 min
Networking Concepts Test 3.40 52% 04/11/2008 13 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 3.10 14% 10/12/2007 15 min