VIPIN GOPAL K
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA
E-Mail : -Skype : vipingopal1
Mob : -
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipingopalk/
SUMMARY
A result-oriented System Administrator with 16 years of rich experience in a diverse range of industries which include IT, Health Care, Oil & Gas, Construction and Retail. Now looking for more challenging roles in IT infrastructure management.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Platform Windows, Linux
Cloud AWS , Microsoft Azure
Virtualization Hyper-V ,Vmware (V-sphere 6.5,6.7) KVM
Storage SAN, NAS
Key Skills Linux and Windows Server Administration. Clustering. Migration. AWS Cloud Enterprise architecture solutions, Disaster Recovery. Performance monitoring, Backup & Restore, Antivirus Solutions (Kaspersky)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Company: MOUWASAT MEDICAL SERVICES, SAUDI ARABIA
Period : OCT, 2020 to Present
Position: Corporate System Administrator
Scope of Responsibility
Monitor and Manage Hyper-V cluster environments over SAN Storage.
Configure and Deploy VMs and its resources and services through Hyper-V
Perform Backup/ Restore operations for all the 6 sites of Mouwasat hospitals using Tape Library (Dell TL4000, TL2000) Backup Exec) and
Veeam Exagrid Disaster Recovery Operations.
Storage Administration (Dell EMC Powervault ME Series, Equalogic).
Office 365 Administration.
Email Gateway Monitoring (Proofpoint Protection Server).
Kaspersky Antivirus Administration through Security Center Server.
Kaspersky EDR server threat analysis and monitoring.
Manage Engine Ticketing System Administration.
Server and Network monitoring using OPManager.
Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel in order to facilitate purchases.
Company: ABV ROCK GROUP RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Period : NOV, 2016 to OCT 2020
Position: System Administrator
Scope of Responsibility
Project Site IT Infrastructure management
Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing
Environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware.
Monitor network performance in order to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.
Gather data pertaining to users needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.
Company:JOSCO GROUP, KOCHI, KERALA
Period :18th November 2014 to November 2016.
Position:System Administrator
Scope of Responsibility
Assisting developing team to host and manage their e-Commerce site in AWS platform.
Installation and management of Magento CMS in lamp server
Management of Amazon AWS EC2 instance with Ubuntu Linux platform and other services (S3,EBS,ELB,RDS,Auto scaling and Cloud Front)
Installation, configuration and maintenance of IBM servers with windows 2012 R2 and desktop clients consists of windows 7/8/10.
Configuration and management of Cyberoam firewall router.
Supporting video surveillance team for continuous monitoring of 19 showrooms from central location.
Company: SOFTEN TECHNOLOGIES KOCHI KERALA
Period : June 2013 to 17th Nov, 2014
Position: Linux Administrator
Scope of Responsibility
Install, Manage, upgrade Linux servers Redhat/Centos/Ubuntu.
Supporting development teams to deploy their apps.
Job Scheduling and Automation
Basic Shell scripting
Effectively resolving any networking related issues, Network Printers, Application related issues.
Company : CCC (UAE)
Period : June 2010 to June 2013
Position : IT Support Officer
Scope of Responsibility
Working as an assistant to system Administrator to manage windows server infrastructure and other services like print, file sharing, etc.
Responsible for the installation and maintenance of IT equipment’s including printer, scanners and workstations.
Maintaining a log of all problems detected and resolution.
Responsible for maintaining backups
Working closely with software suppliers to resolve operational issues.
Responsible for supporting: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/ Office
2003 and 2007, Active Directory management Exchange
Company : ITIAN INFO LABS (Jr System Administrator) May 2006 -May2008
Company : Infobeat IT Systems (Service Engineer) Oct 2005 – Apr 2006.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor in Science -).
Pre-degree-Science Group-Calicut University -)
Secondary School Leaving Certificate-Kerala Board (1999)
CERTIFICATIONS
RHCE(Red Hat Certified System Engineer) Certification id :-
RHCSA(Red Hat Certified System Administrator)
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate - OCT 2012
MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Associate) –SEP 2017
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth and age: 17th Dec 1982, 40
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status: Married
Language proficiency: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil
Driving License: TN-
Passport No: N-
Passport Expiry : 14-APR-2026
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Yours faithfully,
VIPIN GOPAL K
