About Me

IT Professional with over 5+ years of experience in Systems Administration with specialization in Linux, OpenStack, Web Hosting & Infrastructure Management Systems. Seeking to leverage my technical and customer skills to grow and prosper in the fields of Server Administration, SRE and DevOps.

Work Experience

Salesforce, Hyderabad IN

Site Reliability EngineerJune 2019 - Present

The SRE organization provides leadership for the availability and reliability of Salesforce products by acting as the agent of change through continuous partnership with service owners to monitor, respond, and proactively identify and fix resiliency gaps.

GSS Infotech, Hyderabad IN

DevOps EngineerMarch 2017 - May 2019

Working with Rakuten Marketing Inc. as a L2 Sysadmin with OpenStack expertise.
My responsibilities include server migrations between different Openstack environment, working with the onsite team to resolve AWS issues and handle AWS tasks and requests.
Reviewing security groups and user permissions in Openstack and AWS.
Managing Git repositories, servers and handling Jenkins-2 users and jobs.
Worked with Ansible to deploy Zabbix agents to required nodes and creating new servers.
Server Migrations: KVM to Openstack, Live migrations within Openstack, Manual Server Migrations.
Working with Packer to create custom images for AWS and Openstack.
Working with Vagrant to deploy development environments.

ZNetlive, Jaipur IN

Systems AdministratorMay 2015 - December 2016

As a Systems Administrator at Znetlive I helped people manage their webservers and host their websites. I worked on DNS, Git, Log and Backup Servers, Load Balancers and a Private Cloud where we setup Virtual Private Servers in no time. My responsibilities were:
Installation and configuration of Web servers and their modules, securing services installed on the server and keeping the server up to date by applying updates and security patches.
Installation and configuration of control panels (WHM/cPanel/ Plesk) on Linux Servers.
Monitoring system resources and maintaining remote server backups.
Resolving AWS related queries on L1.
Assigning and resolving helpdesk tickets of clients’ server related issues.
Delivering training and talks to new recruits in Linux Team on basics of Web Hosting, AWS, Linux, Mailing Services and Infra Solutions.

GRRAS Solutions, Jaipur IN

Linux System Administrator (Intern) June 2014 - July 2014

This is the place where I started my IT journey. This is the place where I learned the basics of Linux System Administration. Greatly motivated and highly encouraged to pursue my dream, it was a launchpad for a fresh graduate like me.

Education

Edx

Harvard PH526x: Using Python for Research Jan 2018 - May 2018

This course bridges the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python. In this course, after first reviewing the basics of Python 3, we learn about tools commonly used in research settings. Using a combination of a guided introduction and more independent in-depth exploration, you will get to practice your new Python skills with various case studies chosen for their scientific breadth and their coverage of different Python features.

MITx.600.1: Intro to CS & Programming Using Python Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

Basics of the Python programming language while taking computational approack to solving problems. A course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technologym taught by Prof. Eric Grimson (Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering, Professor of Computer Science)

Udacity

Python Foundation Nanodegree October 2017 - December 2017

Relevant Coursework: Basic Understading of the Python Programming Language, Files and Modules, Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks, NumPy and Pandas for 1D and 2D Data, Web Crawling, Data Analysis Process.
Project : Wikipedia Web Crawl, U.S Bikeshare Data Exploration and Analysis.

Vivekananda Institute of Technology (EAST), Jaipur

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering 2011 - 2015

Relevant Coursework: Computer Architecture, Operating System Concepts, UNIX Shell Programming, Computer Networks, Data Mining and Warehousing, Information and System Security, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing.
Project : Setting up a Highly available GlusterFS based storage system.

Certifications

Testimonials

  • I know Muddassir since last 4+ years. Though I had worked with him for a smaller time duration only but I must say it’s been a real pleasure for me to know a professional of his status. I would give any organization thinking of bringing Muddassir on board, my highest endorsement.

    Prateek Agarwal
  • I worked with Muddassir Nazir at ZNetLive, he is really a talented and soft spoken person. He has got all the skill which makes him a good team player.

    Shivam Kotwalia
  • I have known Muddassir for more than a year now. He worked in the Linux team as junior to me. He is very enthusiastic, professional, hardworking and eager to learn. He takes initiatives to improve the quality of team work. He has excellent communication skills which makes him a people person.

    Ashish Kumar Laxkar

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