Rakesh Darpe

Experience

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  IT Source Pvt Ltd (Wipro Infotech Franchise).

  Oct 2004 - Nov 2005

  Facility Management Engineer

  Client Name : HDFC BANK LTD, Corporate office, Mumbai. Responsibilities:Maintaining Desktop’s and Windows Server’sMaintaining Hardware and Network devices like Hubs, Switches, and PrintersInstallation of software used by the Bank for eg: Oracle 9i, Sybase, Crystal reports, Citrix, Business Object and various different RBI software’s.Installation and configuration of Lotus Notes Client 5.09 and 6.05 which act as a mail access tool by HDFC Bank.Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of new IBM, Compaq and Zenith Laptops, Desktops and Servers.Performing vendor management and hardware replacement of laptops, desktops and network printersSetting up the Video Conferencing to different locationsAttending MD’s, Group Heads and Directors technical problem calls Show less

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  Allied Digital Services Limited

  Nov 2005 - May 2006

  Technical Support Engineer

  Client Name : Efunds, Mumbai. Project : Desktop and Server administration.Responsibilities:Maintenance and monitoring of Sun Fire V440 and Window DesktopsDoing first level on Sun Solaris 8 server i.e. performing and monitoring backups creating groups and user accounts, checking logs, monitoring disk space.Managing resources like User & Groups accounts, Account polices, Auditing, User rightLook after all hardware and network devices Hub, Switches, and PrintersMaintaining Data Backup of all servers using VERITAS software on LTO’s TapesInstallation and configuration of Lotus Notes Client 5.09 and 6.05Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Laptops and Desktops. Show less

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  HCL Infosystems Ltd.

  May 2006 - May 2007

  System Administrator

  Client Name : Oriental Insurance Corporation Ltd, VSNL Data Center, Mumbai. Responsibilities:Maintaining Sun Solaris V480, E2900 and SAN 6320 Storage and Sun Storage L100 Installation and configuration of Solaris 5.9 and 5.10 Performing and monitoring backups, creating group and users, checking logs, monitoring disk space.Coordinating with SUN and performing hardware replacements on Sun servers. For eg: planner board, CPU/Memory board and memory replacements.Managing resources like User & Groups accounts, Account polices, Auditing, User right and profilesLook after all network devices like Hub, Switches, Routers and Pix-firewalls.Maintaining Data Backup of all servers using VERITAS Netbackup 5 software on LTO’s & DAT TapesPreparing daily Backup reports and Server performance monitoring reports.Project Managed:Installed and configured four T2000 servers overnight and also done disk mirroring and created user accounts and permissions to install oracle application into it.Successfully completed operating system up gradation from Solaris 5.9 to 5.10 for Asian Paints client at Technopolis Park, Mumbai. Show less

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  Wipro Infotech

  May 2007 - Jan 2010

  System Administrator

  PROJECT PROFILE:Division : Global Service Management Center (GSMC), Mysore. Project : Remote System Administration.Clients : Aditya Birla, Gati, Yes Bank, Corporation Bank, Bharti, Nilgiris, Al Yousuf (Dubai), Noor Islamic Bank (UAE), Wipro DC, Future GroupResponsibilities:Maintenance and monitoring of Sun Fire V880, Tseries servers, X series, M4000, M5000, LDOM Servers, SUN storage , etc .Logging the incident / problem calls and resolving the same within the SLA.Fine tuning the kernel parameters for oracle database.Installation of OS patches and packages as an when required.Using performance monitoring tools like sar, vmstat, iostat, prstat, top and creating basic scripts to analyze the performance of the serversTroubleshooting of day to day issues, such as login problems, network issues, permission issues.Proactive monitoring and health checking on servers which includes activities such as monitoring the file system sizes, user login attempts etc.PROJECT PROFILE:Client Name : Times of Money, Mumbai. Project : System Administration.Responsibilities:Maintenance and monitoring of Sun Fire V440, Enterprise 420R, Sun Fire 280R, V210, Ultra10 Servers, D1000 & Sun 3510 storage and Sun L280 Tape Library.Performing patch analysis and System Security.Handled backups and restoration of data using Solstice Netbackup.Installation and configuration of Solaris 5.9, 5.10 on SPARC and x86 machinesInstallation and configuration of My SQL 5.0.41 and 5.0.45 on SPARC and x86 serversInstallation of New servers and migrating the applications to new serversProject highlights :Installation and migration of existing web application server from Solaris 5.9 to Solaris 5.10 operating systemInstallation and configuration of web server and application server for new web portal launch by Times i.e. www.window2india.com in VSNL Data center, Mumbai Show less

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  IBM

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

  Senior System Engineer

  Responsibilities:Supported Solaris 8,9,10 and HP-Unix 11 Working on the incidents and resolving the same within the SLA.Proactive monitoring and health checking on servers which includes activities such as monitoring the file system sizes, user login attempts etc.Installation and Support of various application environments (for e.g: java, perl, oracle client, mysql, etc.)Deployment and upgrade the various application modules.Troubleshooting or consulting application teams to resolve application issues.Managing various OS related issues and escalating the same to respective team (other vendors) to get it resolved.Preparation of RCA for critical errors and present the solution to Customer.Monitoring the SVM, Veritas Cluster, Veritas Volume Manager and Zones.Projects Managed : Configured and managed relocation activity for the client in veritas cluster. It includes created cluster service groups and its resources also instaling and migrating different dependent softwares. Show less

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  J.P. Morgan

  Apr 2011 - Oct 2012

  Engineer Analyst

  Responsibilities : Maintenance and monitoring of Tseries servers, X series, M4000, M5000, LDOM Servers, VM’s, Zones, IBM Pseries , etc ...Performed OS patching, Firmware upgrade, HBA firmware upgrade & Veritas upgrade on Solaris 9 & 10 servers.Handling the servers incidents, changes and P1 issues as per the process.Logging the incident / change calls and resolving the same within the SLA.Preparation of RCA for P1 issues and present the solution to Customer.Performing first level troubleshooting on the servers as and when issue occurs.Installation of OS patches and packages on Solaris and Linux servers as an when required.Performed upgrade of CPU and memory on the VM’s servers. Also per formed rebooting of servers from ESX host.Monitoring the SVM, Sun Cluster, Veritas file systems, Veritas cluster, Zones/Containers & Ldoms.Follow the SLA and SOP as per the customer requirement. Projects Managed : Succesfully build & tranistioned VM's having Red Hat Linux 5.5 and performed installation of different softwares and tools. Also performed Kernel upgrade and vertias netbackup configuration on those servers before go live. Show less

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  ANZ

  Oct 2012 - now

  Engineer

  Maintenance and monitoring of M Series and T Series servers, LDOM Servers, VM’s, Zones, IBM Pseries, etc…Performed OS patching, Firmware upgrade & Veritas upgrade on Solaris servers.Performed host base storage migration on IBM SVC storage LUNs in ZFS, veritas and cluster shared file systems.Installation of OS vulnerability patches and packages on Solaris and Linux servers as an when required. Performed upgrade of CPU and memory on the VM’s servers. Also performed rebooting of servers from ESX host.Handling the servers incidents, changes and P1 issues as per the process.Logging the incident / change calls and resolving the same within the SLA.Preparation of RCA for P1 issues and present the solution to Customer.Monitoring the SVM, Sun Cluster, Veritas file systems, Veritas cluster, Zones & Ldoms.Follow the SLA and SOP as per the customer requirement.Performed DR’s on Solaris servers for Platinum rated application for bank.Perform Capacity related changes (for e.g. file system creation, extend, create ASM disk)Performed OS upgrade and SUN Cluster nodes OS patching and troubleshooting.Performing Oncall support (support after business hours) and resolving P2 incidents.Projects highlights:Performing host base storage migration from EMC to IBM storage on Solaris servers. Show less