Jorge Luis Ramirez Sanchez

Team Leader | Linux & OpenStack Administrator | DevOps Engineer
Alamo casa 21. Fraccionamiento Colinas de la Piedad, La Piedad., 76246, La Piedad, El Marques, Queretaro,Mexico.

About

Highly accomplished Linux Administrator and OpenStack Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, specializing in incident resolution, cloud infrastructure, and financial services. Proven leader focused on maximizing system efficiency, accelerating deployments, and ensuring the reliability of critical systems through strategic use of advanced tools and team capabilities.

Work

Rackspace Private Cloud
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Openstack Engineer (Private Cloud)

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico

Summary

Led OpenStack deployments for private cloud environments, ensuring hardware and network compatibility while optimizing installation and operational procedures.

Highlights

Reduced OpenStack deployment time by 33%, from 3 weeks to 2 weeks, through enhanced cross-departmental communication and process optimization.

Streamlined OpenStack installation guides and updated installation scripts, debugging procedures to improve efficiency and reduce errors.

Promoted to Team Leader, supervising two new engineers and maintaining systems as the sole engineer for the entire department.

Developed and strengthened a comprehensive training program for new team members, accelerating their onboarding and skill development.

Validated hardware compatibility, OS baselines, and physical/logical network configurations (connectivity, VLANs, routing) for OpenStack deployments.

Performed full-service quality and functional validation across all OpenStack components, including GenStack post-installation.

Huawei Cloud
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Openstack Engineer (Public Cloud)

Queretaro, Mexico, Mexico

Summary

Provided advanced technical support and leadership for Huawei's OpenStack platform, driving cloud service expansion and improving operational efficiency.

Highlights

Promoted to Team Leader, overseeing a team of 7 engineers and leading cloud services expansion into new international markets, including a 4-month assignment in Argentina.

Advanced to L2 (Second-Level) Engineer, proficiently handling and resolving escalated complex technical issues for enterprise clients.

Delivered on-time Glance image releases (Linux, Windows, BareMetal) across all countries in Huawei Public Cloud, ensuring critical service availability.

Supported Huawei's Fusion Compute infrastructure and OpenStack services (Glance, Neutron, Nova, Cinder, Keystone), executing system upgrades and module updates.

Translated new feature training into team knowledge sharing and successfully onboarded/trained new technical staff, enhancing team capabilities.

Performed hardware validation, network verification, and conducted private cloud services validation and testing.

Santader-Produban
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Linux Admin RHEL / DRP México

Queretaro, Mexico, Mexico

Summary

Administered and supported critical RHEL and Windows servers and virtual machines, focusing on system migration, security, and incident resolution for financial services.

Highlights

Successfully participated in the migration of virtual machines from ESX 4.x to ESX 5.x, ensuring seamless transition and minimal downtime.

Identified root causes of application issues using advanced operating system tools like tcpdump and trace, enhancing system stability.

Utilized RedHat Satellite for operating system security package updates and hardening RHEL 4 and 5, significantly improving system security posture.

Provided critical support for incidents across the organization's applications and production databases, maintaining high availability.

Participated in Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) exercises, providing support for Linux virtual machines to ensure business continuity.

Managed the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of RHEL servers (versions 2-6) and Windows 2003, along with VMware VM creation and management.

Provided comprehensive support for network and system services including Nagios, DHCP, iptables, CUPS, DNS, and Mail, ensuring robust operations.

Buro de Crédito
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Linux Admin RHEL

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico

Summary

Administered Linux and Windows servers, virtual machines, and Red Hat Cluster configurations, providing critical support for applications and infrastructure within a financial context.

Highlights

Virtualize RHEL 3.0 for a critical application on a physical server running RHEL 5.0 and Virtual Manager, enhancing system stability and resource utilization.

Recompiled the kernel for legacy servers running critical applications, ensuring continued functionality and support.

Provided essential support for deploying critical Java applications and performing production changes, maintaining operational continuity.

Supported Red Hat Cluster configurations, ensuring high availability and reliability for critical services.

Managed installation, upgrade, and maintenance of RHEL servers (versions 2, 3, 4, 5) and provided solutions for Nagios, DHCP, iptables, CUPS, DNS, and Mail.

Troubleshot critical application issues and offered end-user application support, maintaining user productivity.

Actinver Banco
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Linux Admin RHEL

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico

Summary

Provided Linux and Windows server administration and support for bare metal and virtual machines, focusing on infrastructure maintenance and critical application deployment.

Highlights

Administered and supported Linux bare metal servers and Virtual Machines, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.

Provided support for deploying critical Java applications and performing production changes, contributing to system stability.

Supported Red Hat Cluster configurations, enhancing the reliability of critical services.

Managed the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of RHEL servers (versions 2, 3, 4, 5) and Windows 2003.

Provided solutions and support for Nagios, DHCP, iptables, CUPS, DNS, and Mail, ensuring robust network and system services.

Troubleshot critical application issues and offered end-user application support, maintaining operational efficiency.

Education

INAOE CRECTEAL
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Specialization Course

Satellite Technology

Instituto Tecnológico de Apizaco
Apizaco, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Bachelor Degree

Compute Science

Languages

English

Fluent

Spanish

Native

Skills

Monitoring

Nagios, Openstack Monitoring, MaaS.

Programming & Scripting

C, C++, Visual Basic 6.0, Matlab 5.0, .Net 2005, Shell Scripting, Awk, Java (basic), Python (basic).

Automation & DevOps Tools

Bash Shell, Ansible, RedHat Satellite, Git, GitHub.

Databases

Mariadb, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server 2005, Mongo DB Jr Support, PLSQL.

Networking

TCP/IP, Wire Networks, Wireless Networks, Routing, Cisco Routers, Switches, VLANs, iptables, DHCP, DNS.

Cloud & Virtualization

OpenStack (Queen to Zed, all services, GenStack), Kubernetes (basic), AWS (basic), KVM, VMware, Huawei Cloud Software- Fusion Sphere-Fusion Compute, Cinder, Nova,Glance,Ironic,Neutron,Kyestone,Octavia,Ceph, Terraform (basic).

Infrastructure & Security

Veritas Clustering, Security Hardening, DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan).

Soft Skills

Team Leadership, Incident Resolution, Root Cause Analysis, Process Optimization, Training & Mentoring, Cross-functional Communication, Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Management, KPI Tracking, Results-driven, Reliability, Self-motivated Learner.

Hardware

Raid Configuration, HP Proliant G3 servers, HP Proliant, Blade Server Dell, Intel, AMD, IBM.

Operating Systems

Linux (Ubuntu 16,18,20,22,24, Red Hat 4.0, 5.0, 6.0,7.0.8.0, Fedora 7, Debian, Mint, OpenSUSE, RHEL 2.1AS, 3AS, 4AS), ESX 3.1.4.1, 5.0.5.1, 5.5, Vcenter Vmware.