Balagopal Menon

Balagopal Menon Sr. SysAdmin Manager IV Nodericks Technologies (A subsidiary of VIPoint Solutions Pvt. Ltd) Experience Total IT Experience: 13+ years (May 2004 - present) Total Linux Experience: 13+ years (May 2004 - present) Personal Information Place of Birth: Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India Date of Birth February 8th, 1979 (37 years old) KEY SKILLS Operating Systems Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora Web Servers Apache, LiteSpeed, Nginx, Lighttpd Databases MySQL, PostgreSQL Mail Servers Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, Dovecot ,Qmail Server Audit / Security Tools CSF, IPTables, APF, LFD, BFD, chkrootkit, rkhunter, ossec rootcheck, Mod_Security, Mod_Evasive, Anti-Malware plugin Control Panels cPanel, Direct Admin, Plesk, InterWorx Backups RSYNC, cPremote, R1Soft, cpBackup, PleskBackup, Programming Languages C, C++, Java Virtual Platforms OpenVZ, Virtuozzo Global Certifications ID Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) RHCE-) cPanel Technical Certification goub-716392 cPanel Sales Certification bmhb-096325 Un it 1 G, Ca rn ival I nf op ark 2, In fop ark, K akk an ad, K och i – 6820 30, Ke rala , Ind ia h ttp :// www. n ode ric ks.co m Academic Background  Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Anna University  Master of Computer Application from Bharathiar University Extracurricular Activities and Awards  Participated in college level badminton competition in 1998 VIPoint Training Seminars Attended            Website Publishing and management (with or without Control Panels) Initial Server Setup and Server Hardening Regular maintenance and efficiency checking of servers Installation and configuration of third party software used in sites KVM/Avocent/IPMI Installation & Configuration of monitoring tools Server load management using top, ps, lsof, strace etc Bash shell scripting for automating tasks Virtual environment management Kernel compilation from source American English vernacular and elimination of “Indianisms” Interest and Hobbies  Playing cricket - fast bowler Supervisor Remarks  Very Dedicated to his work  Extensive knowledge in web hosting industry  Very Punctual Un it 1 G, Ca rn ival I nf op ark 2, In fop ark, K akk an ad, K och i – 6820 30, Ke rala , Ind ia h ttp :// www. n ode ric ks.co m