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Swapna A

@swapnaa

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Senior Linux Systems Administrator with 15+ years in Linux, virtualization, cloud and DevOps automation.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on infrastructure role where I can drive automated patching, cloud/virtualization operations and mentor teams within a process-driven, security-focused organization.

I am a senior Linux systems administrator with over 15 years of experience managing production infrastructure, patching, and application support across Oracle VM, VMware and cloud platforms. I specialize in Linux L3 administration, shell scripting and automation to maintain secure, highly available systems.

At Oracle and PureSoftware I led compute patching and provisioning efforts, implemented automated patching (Ksplice, ADR), and supported DBaaS/version-locked environments while driving compliance and incident remediation. I routinely troubleshoot kernel and OS update issues and produce daily patching reports.

I bring strong DevOps capabilities—Ansible, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes and Git—plus monitoring and storage expertise (Nagios, GlusterFS, NFS). I focus on process-driven operations, mentoring teams, and delivering reliable infrastructure for mission-critical SaaS offerings.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Admin - System

PureSoftware Private Limited

Dec 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 3 months)

Owned OS patching and compute support for Oracle IES environments, implementing automated patching (Ksplice/Autonomous) and reducing reboot windows while ensuring compliance and resolving patch failures.

Linux Administration Patch Management Oracle Ksplice Ansible Shell Scripting VMWare Nagios

Senior System Administrator

Oracle India Pvt Limited

Sep 2015 - Apr 2019 (3 years 7 months)

Provided L3 Linux/Windows administration and Oracle VM/VMware provisioning for OCI/GBUCS, led patch testing/remediation and served as L3 escalation and on-call support improving infrastructure reliability.

Linux Administration VMWare ITIL Shell Scripting Chef LDAP)

Sr. NOC Engineer

PanTerra Networks

Oct 2010 - Aug 2015 (4 years 10 months)

Maintained data center infrastructure, automated operational tasks with shell and MySQL, managed storage (NFS/GlusterFS) and virtualization, and ensured SLA-driven uptime across client environments.

Shell Scripting MySQL NFS)GlusterFS VMWare Apache Nagios

Sr. SOC Analyst

ACS

Oct 2009 - Oct 2010 (1 year)

Managed Linux server administration, backups and restores, monitoring and incident handling in a 24/7 SOC, authored scripts for monitoring and supported customer-facing issue resolution.

Linux Administration Rsync Backups Shell Scripting Apache Incident Management Monitoring SOC

SOC Engineer - Shift Lead

Satyam Computer Services

Aug 2006 - Sep 2009 (3 years 1 month)

Led SOC shift for Ford IGS, performed server monitoring with NetView/OpenView, coordinated incident response and training, and maintained server availability and SOC process compliance.

SOC Tivoli NetView Incident Management Monitoring Troubleshooting