Emmanuel Ajayi
Senior Linux Systems Administrator
Talent
BaltimoreMember since May 22, 2026
RHELCentOSAlmaLinuxUbuntuUnixAWSEC2S3IAMEBSRoute 53BashShell scriptingCronAnsiblePuppetChefNagiosSplunkVMwarevSpherevCenterVirtualBoxTCP/IPDNSDHCPSSHFTPNFSSamba
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About
Senior Linux Systems Administrator with 10+ years of experience managing enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu) and AWS cloud infrastructure. Skilled in automation using Bash scripting, system performance optimization, and maintaining high-availability environments.
Experience
Senior Linux Systems Administrator at Catalent Pharma Solutions (2020-04 – Present)
- Managed and supported Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux) in production
- Provisioned and managed AWS EC2, EBS, and IAM
- Automated tasks using Bash scripting and cron
- Performed patching using Katello, Spacewalk, Foreman
- Monitored systems using Nagios and Splunk
- Configured Apache, NFS, FTP, MySQL, Tomcat
- Managed users, permissions, and authentication (LDAP/IAM)
- Implemented LVM and optimized filesystems
- Conducted vulnerability scans using Nessus
- Supported VMware environments
- Resolved production incidents and maintained SLAs
Linux Systems Administrator at Merck & Co. (2014-06 – 2020-04)
- Managed RHEL and Solaris systems
- Automated installations using Kickstart
- Performed performance tuning and capacity planning
- Provisioned AWS EC2 and Route 53
- Configured DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP
- Managed backups and recovery
- Maintained security policies and system hardening
- Managed LVM and NFS storage
- Supported VMware virtual machines
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology – Howard University
Skills
Senior Linux Systems Administrator
