Mr. Iffu Moosa Sk

Results-driven Linux Administrator with 4+ years of enterprise experience managing 1,000+ RHEL and IBM AIX production servers across large-scale banking environments. Skilled in system hardening, patch management (BMC/Satellite), Ansible automation, and RHEL LEAPP upgrades, with hands-on expertise in KVM virtualization, networking protocols (DNS, SSH, TCP/IP), and scripting (Bash, Python). Executed OS upgrade projects from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8.8 with zero unplanned downtime, supporting mission-critical infrastructure for State Bank of India.

Linux Administrator at SVN (2025-04 – Present)

Client: State Bank of India

• Administered and maintained 1,000+ RHEL and IBM AIX production servers, achieving 99.9% uptime through proactive monitoring and system hardening.
• Executed monthly patch cycles using BMC Software and manual patching procedures, remediating 100% of critical vulnerabilities within SLA windows.
• Automated daily operational tasks (log rotation, backups, NFS/LVM management) via Bash scripting, reducing manual effort by approximately 30%.
• Deployed and integrated Splunk for centralized log monitoring in coordination with the SOC team, improving incident detection response time.
• Hardened server security by configuring firewall rules, enforcing SELinux policies, and conducting quarterly security audits across the entire fleet.

Linux Administrator at Teamlease (2024-12 – 2025-03)

Client: State Bank of India

• Administered 1,000+ RHEL and IBM AIX production servers, maintaining system stability for critical banking workloads.
• Performed monthly system patch management using BMC automation tools, ensuring 100% compliance with scheduled maintenance windows.
• Automated monitoring, log rotation, and backup workflows, improving operational consistency and reducing ad-hoc escalations by 25%.
• Installed and configured Splunk for real-time log monitoring integrated with the SOC team, supporting incident response activities.
• Secured Linux environments by configuring iptables firewall rules, implementing SELinux policies, and conducting regular security audits.

Linux System Administrator at Aarav Software Services (2023-02 – 2024-11)

• Managed deployment, configuration, and maintenance of large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting SBI's domestic and international banking portals.
• Led RHEL LEAPP upgrade project from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8.8 across production servers using BMC Tools, completing migrations with zero unplanned downtime.
• Implemented Commvault-integrated backup and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and reducing average recovery time by 40%.
• Monitored and optimized system performance using Dynatrace and Nagios, analyzing metrics and fine-tuning kernel parameters to improve resource utilization by 20%.
• Developed Bash scripts for automated CPU utilization analysis and server health reporting, saving 5+ hours per week of manual monitoring effort.

IT Support Engineer at ACL Digital (2022-01 – 2023-02)

• Resolved customer escalations for network and Linux server issues in coordination with L2 TAC/NOC engineers, maintaining SLA adherence in a 24x7 shift environment.
• Managed NFS, FTP (VSFTPD), Samba, and DHCP/DNS server configurations, supporting file server protocols for 200+ end users.
• Applied monthly patches using BMC Tools and RPM/YUM package management, remediating vulnerability assessment (VA) findings on schedule.
• Monitored network service touchpoints via Nagios in the NOC environment, raising alerts and coordinating field engineers for server upgrades.
• Automated user account management and server access control via Linux CLI, including MAC whitelisting and Encap server user removal.

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunication – Anjuman Islam Kalsekar Technical Campus (2018)

Diploma in Electrical Engineering – Anjuman Islam Kalsekar Polytechnic (2015)