BatchaRiazAhamed S

Linux AIX SME 18 plus years of exp. India

Lead II – Infrastructure Specialist (L3) at Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2022-05 – Present)

• Lead operations for 1,500+ Linux and 100+ AIX servers in North American production environments
• Supported on-prem to AWS cloud migrations, including build, validation, cutover, and post-migration stabilization
• Automated operational tasks using Ansible, reducing manual effort and alert noise
• Executed Linux & AIX OS upgrades and patching using NIM, VIO, and HMC
• Performed IBM Power hardware refresh, migrating LPARs from Power8 to Power10 systems
• Managed HA clusters (Red Hat HA, Pacemaker, HACMP)
• Led CVE-based security remediation and Disaster Recovery Exercises (DRE)
• Owned P1/P2 incidents, RCA, and mentored L1/L2 engineers

Senior Specialist (L2.2) at HCL Technologies Ltd. (2018-03 – 2022-05)

• Deployed and managed RHEL & CentOS servers across global healthcare infrastructure
• Led legacy OS and application migrations to modern Linux platforms
• Implemented Foreman Server for centralized Linux patching
• Authored runbooks and knowledge articles, improving operational stability
• Managed production incidents and changes in 24×7 environments

Specialist (L2.1) at HCL Technologies Ltd. (2016-10 – 2018-02)

Senior Systems Engineer at CSSCORP Pvt. Ltd. (2015-06 – 2016-09)

Systems Engineer (L2) at Sify Technologies Ltd. (2011-08 – 2015-05)

Linux Administrator at Sixth Star Technologies (2007-02 – 2011-07)

• Progressive experience in Linux & AIX administration, HA clusters, virtualization, storage, and automation
• Managed large-scale enterprise environments, patching, incident response, and production support
• Strong foundation in Veritas Cluster, DRBD, Pacemaker, shell scripting, and 24×7 operations

B.Tech in Information Technology