M Ali Farooq

Motivated Linux System Administrator with hands-on experience in Red Hat, CentOS, and Ubuntu environments. Skilled in user administration, storage management, shell scripting, networking, and AWS cloud services. Seeking to contribute to a Linux support or system administration role while expanding expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, Scada integration and Industrial IT solutions

Linux Support Engineer - Al Nafi - Part Time

(2025-01 - 2026-01)

• Installed, configured, and maintained RedHat Linux, CentOS, and Ubuntu systems per client specifications.
• Administered user accounts and groups: creation, modification, deletion, and permissions management.
• Managed disk partitions, logical volumes (LVM/FDISK), volume groups, and file system operations including create, mount, unmount, and removal.
• Performed kernel compilation and system tuning in line with client requirements.
• Configured and maintained FTP and RSYNC for secure file transfers between systems.
• Managed RPM packages and YUM repositories; resolved package dependency conflicts.
• Administered DNS server configurations and firewall rules to maintain network security.
• Wrote basic shell scripts to automate repetitive administrative tasks.
• Troubleshot Linux file system issues, network connectivity problems, and user password incidents.
• Applied file permissions including chmod, SUID, SGID, and Sticky Bit as required by security policy.
• Linked files using hard links and symbolic links; managed compression and archive operations (tar, zip).
• Launched and managed AWS EC2 instances, EBS volumes, and S3 buckets to support cloud workloads.
• Provided technical guidance and support to clients during incident resolution.

B.Sc. - Materials & Metallurgy Engineering - University of the Punjab (2022-01 - 2026-01)

F.Sc. - Pre-Engineering - Punjab Group of Colleges (2020-01 - 2022-01)