Sandeep Pandey

Experience

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  IBM

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2019

   Manage an environment which has 4500+ Linux & AIX servers. Responsible for design, planning, Installation, technical support and administration of UNIX systems including: software, hardware and firmware.  Building new LPARS (AIX/VIO) Using OS clones and OS migrations via NIM Technical Lead for VIO Server operations projects Such as VIO upgrade, Mapping Luns (NPIV and vscsi), Assigning Virtual adapters (Scsi and Fibrechannel) for Storage allocation Installing, configuring and maintaining Apache, samba, WebSphere & Web Logic Application Servers. Proficient in installation, configuration and maintenance of applications like Apache, LDAP, PHP. Package management task performed also Installed 3rd party software on RHEL & AIX OS servers Knowledge of Virtualization technologies VMware, Hyper V and Hyperv KVM, ESX servers Performed task like service stop/start and opening port for TCP/IP, NFS, SSH, SCP, FTP, SUDO if required. Good understanding of IDM / LDAP / AD, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, NIS and NTP services etc. Show less  Design and implement AIX/Linux infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements and improve system performance. Lead architectural planning and review sessions to ensure alignment with enterprise standards. Develop and maintain high availability strategies using HACMP/PowerHA. Oversee system upgrades, migrations, and patch management to ensure environments are up-to-date. Conduct performance tuning and optimization to enhance system efficiency and reduce downtime. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support application deployments and troubleshoot issues. Show less

  • Technical Services Specialist

    Nov 2015 - Aug 2019

  • AIX Server Adminstrator

    Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
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  HCLTech

  Aug 2019 - Oct 2020

  Technical Specialist

   Manage an environment which has 1500 Linux & 300+ AIX servers and performed end to end Project transition. Responsible for design, planning, Installation, technical support and administration of UNIX systems including: software, hardware and firmware.  Building new LPARS (AIX/VIO) Using OS clones and OS migrations via NIM As Technical Lead performed VIO Server upgradation from 2.2.5 to 3.1.1.25, Frame firmware upgrade, Adapter Firmware upgrade, EMC upgrade and HMC upgrade projects  Appreciated for Migration of Vplex to Powermax storage from entire environment. Experienced in performing DLPAR operations for CPU, Memory and Adapters. HACMP/PowerHA Cluster Configuration, setting up new Cluster environment, Planning, Design, Configuring, Failover testing and verification, Cluster Synchronization, performing HACMP health checks, Physical Volume Management on Cluster, Analyzing cluster statistics and PowerHA Migration from 6.1 to 7.1 GPFS disk addition and storage migration performed. Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to system administrators and project teams. Develop and enforce security and compliance policies to protect sensitive data and maintain regulatory standards. Solaris server management with VxVM task including Solaris cluster Management.Linux: Configuring RedHat Satellite servers, Yum repositories and Troubleshooting activities. Manage users accounts for the team access for Redhat Satellite server. Build Channels and pull packages from master Redhat Satellite server. Red hat Linux patching for version 7 & 8 using Ansible & GITHUB. Managed and installed software packages using YUM and RPM and created repository files for offline servers. Configured networking concepts like NIS, NFS, SAMBA, LDAP, SSH, SFTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP Utilized ssh-keygen within DSA encryption to make a connection without a password from a remote Linux cloud server to a local machine. Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Oct 2020 - Jun 2024

  Associate Consultant

   Project role includes planning, Building(carving) of new lpars, installation of OS, transitioning the server to prod state, provide steady state support, scheduling and performing upgrades which includes TL and OS on the servers as per the requirement of the customer Installation, migration and maintenance of AIX operating systems and servers. To provide support on the whole suite of AIX OS which includes HACMP, HMC, VIOS and LINUX. VIO Server operations Such as VIO upgrade, Mapping Luns and Assigning Virtual adapters (Scsi and Fibrechannel) for Storage allocation Working with HMC, creating, configuring logical partitions, performing dlpar operations on dlpar nodes, installing OS on lpars using NIM etc.,  HMC and Frame Firmware upgrade LPAR transition and decommission which involves a full life cycle of an LPAR from build to SUNSET Knowledge in Ansible automation, updating the playbook as per requirement.  Knowledge in Data Migrations & Disaster Recovery. Red hat Linux patching for version 7 & 8 using Ansible & GITHUB. Taking snapshot backup and clone from Vcenter Proficient working experience with vendors like HP, Oracle, Dell, Veritas and RedHat for troubleshooting issues. Server Performance monitoring and tuning using vmstat, prstat and top. Show less

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  MetLife

  Jun 2024 - now

  Assistant Manager