Vishal Kaushik

Cloud / Linux Administrator

Delhi, IN.

About

Highly motivated and certified Linux Administrator (RHCSA RHEL 9) with hands-on experience in Linux system administration, cloud computing, and automation. Possessing a strong foundation in AWS Cloud services, including EC2, VPC, RDS, and IAM, complemented by an MCA degree and ongoing training in Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. Eager to leverage comprehensive technical expertise and a proactive approach to drive operational excellence in a dynamic IT/cloud environment, contributing immediately to a growing team.

Education

Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Computer Applications

MDU University

Unknown, Unknown, India

Bachelor of Art (Degree)

Art

H.B.S.E

Unknown, Unknown, India

Senior Secondary Certificate

General Studies

Grade: 89.9%

H.B.S.E

Unknown, Unknown, India

Secondary Certificate

General Studies

Languages

English

Hindi

Certificates

RHCSA Certified (RHEL - 9)

Issued By

Red Hat

AWS Solutions Architect Training

Issued By

KR Network Cloud

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

Issued By

AWS

Terraform Training

Issued By

KR Network Cloud

Docker Training

Issued By

KR Network Cloud

Kubernetes Training

Issued By

KR Network Cloud

Skills

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows, RHEL 9, System Installation, Configuration, User and Group Management, Password Policies, Permissions, File System Management (XFS, ext4), Logical Volume Management (LVM), Storage Administration (RAID, iSCSI, swap), Network Configuration, Service Management, Task Scheduling (Cron, At), Access Control Lists (ACLs), Package Management (YUM/DNF, RPM), Process Management, System Boot Process (GRUB2), SELinux Management, Firewall Management (Firewalld), Remote Access (SSH, SCP, SFTP), System Backup and Restore (Tar, Rsync), Virtualization (KVM).

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, VMware ESXi, EC2, Elastic Block Store (EBS), Elastic File System (EFS), Amazon S3 Glacier, IAM (Identity and Access Management), RDS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, AWS Lambda, Amazon SNS, Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CLI, AWS VPN, Data Migration, Application Migration, Multi-Tier Architectures, Three-Tier Architectures.

Networking

OSI Model, TCP/IP Models, DHCP, DNS Server Configuration, WINS, SMTP, NFS, IPv4, IPv6, Subnet Mask, CIDR, FLSM, VLSM.

Scripting & Automation

Shell scripting, Bash scripting, Python (Basic), Ansible, Git, Ansible Playbooks, Ansible Roles, Ansible Modules, Docker (pursuing), Kubernetes (pursuing).

Web Servers

Apache, NGINX.

Databases

MySQL, MariaDB.

Monitoring Tools

Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana.

Storage Technologies

SAN, NAS systems, Samba, NFS.

Mail Servers

Sandmail, Postfix, Zimbra.

Productivity & Collaboration Tools

ServiceNow, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Ticketing Tools.

Interests

Technology

Android tweaking, Windows tweaking.

Social Activities

Socializing with friends and family.