Rajendra Rao
Lilburn
Summary
Backup and Linux/UNIX Administrator with proven experience at General Electric (GE), supporting enterprise backup environments, disaster recovery and system monitoring while performing UNIX administration responsibilities. Demonstrated expertise in optimizing and upgrading backup systems to reduce failures and improve operational efficiency. Strong collaborator recognized for effective incident resolution and system reliability.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Backup & UNIX Systems Administrator
Tech Mahindra
08.2017 - Current
- Administer and support Linux servers (RHEL, Solaris) used for enterprise backup and recovery infrastructure
- Install, configure, and maintain Linux-based backup servers, ensuring high availability and optimal performance
- Perform OS patching, upgrades, and security updates on Linux servers following change management procedures
- Manage Linux user accounts, permissions, and SSH access for operations and vendor support
- Monitor system performance, disk utilization, and logs to proactively identify and resolve Linux-related issues
- Troubleshoot Linux OS, file system and network issues impacting backup jobs and restore operations
- Manage NetBackup, EMC Avamar, Data Domain and EMC IDPA systems in production environments
- Reduced frequency of daily backup failures through proactive monitoring and issue resolution
- Executed BMR, granular, full VM and PPDM restores during production incidents and DR events
- Decommissioned 1000+ VMs and physical servers from production backups
- Participated in multiple disaster recovery drills and exercises
- Engaged EMC support for P1/P2 production incidents
- Collaborated with networking teams to resolve server communication and connectivity issues
- Participated in change control meetings for hardware upgrades, patching and infrastructure changes
Backup Administrator
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
07.2015 - 12.2016
- Managed Dell Tivoli TSM Server, EMC Avamar systems, virtual tape, physical tape library systems, along with Data Domain systems in the production environment.
- Installed and configured new backup servers when required. (Linux, Solaris, Windows, AIX)
- Migrated over 1,200 servers from TSM version 5.5, 6.1, 6.4, to TSM 7.1 Linux servers.
- Reduced frequency of daily backup failures.
- Upgraded hundreds of client software applications to current Avamar versions, along with TSM clients.
- Executed numerous granular restores in the production environment.
- Performed disaster recovery drills every three months, as per SLA.
- Decommissioned over 200 clients from production backups.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ02-2008
Skills
- Backup System Administration
- Junior Unix Administration
- Disaster recovery
- System upgrades
- Data restoration
- Technical troubleshooting
- Software upgrades
- Team collaboration
- Network troubleshooting
- Vulnerability Management
- Incident management
Education and Training
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) — Scheduled
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Backup & UNIX Systems Administrator
Tech Mahindra
08.2017 - Current
Backup Administrator
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
07.2015 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science -
University of Phoenix