Ganesh Nalawade

To use my skills, experience and adaptability to obtain a systems engineering or architect position where I am constantly challenged. My greatest strength is my ability to walk into a new environment and be functional immediately. I am quick to learn and adapt to new situations, configurations and technologies.

8+ years of extensive experience in Systems Engineering/Administration and Systems Design/Architect, Product/Application implementation and administration for UNIX / Linux / Windows. Additional - strong expertise in PLM-PDM/CAD Domain

Walmart Global eCommerce, Sr. Systems Engineer, San Bruno, CA USA (10/2011 - Present)
IT Infrastructure Design and Planning

Walmart.com, Systems Engineer, Brisbane, CA, USA (01/2010 - 09/2011)
Leading major IT Infrastructure projects in production and development enviornment

Walmart.com, System Administrator, Brisbane,CA USA (07/2008 - 01/2010)
� Production / QA / Development Support.
� Blade Logic automation for patching servers and other application job supports
� Daily Change Control and Case Management tickets tasks
� SUN servers/ Linux servers having more than 500+ servers.
� Patching Servers per IT security comply.
� Troubleshooting - pre and post implementation / deployment.
� Documentation for internal projects and policy/procedure
� On call support for production issues
� Coordination with Vendors like SUN / Symantec / Red Hat / Team/ NOC

InMage System, Solution Engineer, Hyderabad, INDIA (05/2007 - 07/2008)
� Implementation of customized solution per customer needs and requirements.
� Solution implementation at customer place and post deployment support.
� Coordination with development and QA teams for better solution.
� Troubleshooting - pre and post implementation / deployment.
� Solution- Implementation of product DR-Scout for various applications like MS Exchange / SharePoint / Oracle / MS SQL / MySQL according to customer needs and requirements.
� Coordination with Technical writer for solution documents.
� Planning scope and limitation for new solution.
� Business case study for emerging technology and trends in market.

Ford Technology Services, System Administrator, Chennai, INDIA (02/2006 - 05/2007)
� Implementation and support for PLM - PDM tool like Team Center, CatiaV5 & Catia V4, IDEAS on platform like Solaris 8/9, HP-UX 11.11, AIX 5.2, Windows 2003/XP.
� Documentation and implementation of IT Policy as per global Ford policy, Disaster Recovery Planning and Business Continuity Planning (DRP / BCP)
� An Influencer towards the forecast and planning for Engineering IT Division.
� Monitoring the Application Performance and fine-tuning.
� Oracle support for Teamcenter
� WebSphere configuration for PDM Application like Teamcenter
� Monitoring the Security and Control to Applications and systems
� Installation and Testing of C3P Classic (IDEAS) and C3P NG (Teamcentre).
� Production Support for C3P Classic (IDEAS) and C3P NG (Teamcentre).
� Production Support and Testing for other CAD and CAE tools.
� Preparing for Technical Documentation for each task & activity.
� System Integration and Planning
� Infrastructure Planning for Engineering Division
� Application and System Security Planning and Implementation

Grupo Antolin, System Administrator, Pune, INDIA (04/2005 - 01/2006)
� Providing telephonic and online support to USA, Australia for installation, configuration and troubleshooting of OS UNIX and CAD applications.
� Providing System & Application support to local users.
� Setting up Data Backup Policies using VERITAS Netbackup.
� Monitoring the Tape Drives and NAS for daily, weekly, monthly data backups.
� Vendor Management for Grupo Antolin India Office.
� Installing & configuration of AIX, HP-UX.
� Installing & configuration of windows 2K3 Server, XP Professional.
� Design and Planning of network and systems for future.
� Preparing for Technical Documentation for each task & activity.
� Setting Up LAN / Connectivity with WAN using Cisco Router and switches
� Software Support (GMS, CATIA, I-DEAS, UG, Hypermesh).
� Administration of Linux mail server with third party licensed tool.
� Monitoring Network status checking the Internet traffic by IP level.
� Setting up Net Meeting and Video Conferencing between India, Spain & USA.
� Maintaining the Security and Audit polices for Grupo Antolin India Division.

EDS Technologies, Systems Engineer, Pune, INDIA (08/2004 - 04/2005)
� Windows 2003 Server Administration, Red Hat 4 Administration
� Customer Support for implementation of Catia V4/V5 on AIX/HPUX/Solaris Platform
� Disaster Recovery Plan and Mock Test with documentation.
� Ensure the Data Backup using VERITAS Netbackup.
� Vendor Management for systems/licensing purpose.
� Installing & configuration of AIX, HP-UX, Solaris.
� Installing & configuration of windows 2K3 Server, XP Professional.
� Design and Planning for network and systems for future.
� Preparing for Technical Documentation for each task & activity.
� Setting up LAN /WAN Router and switches.
� Configuring and Testing the Systems.

Expertise/Experience:

 Operating systems: Solaris 10/9/8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3/4/5, HP UX 11/10.x, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, Windows 2003/2008/XP/Vista
 HA - VERITAS Cluster server/ Linux cluster server GFS
 Virtualization: VMware ESX 3.x , Oracle VM, Solaris Zones
 Hardware/Network System: T1000/2000/ E2900/E250, Sun Fire V240/V280/V880/V890, Sun Blade 1000/2000, RS/6000, HP 9000/ 350, Dell Power Edge
 Network Attached Storage (NAS): Network Appliance NetApp Filer
 Networking Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, Ethernet, DNS, NIS, NFS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, Firewall, SAMBA, SSL
 Network Backup, File System Tools: Solaris Disk suite, Veritas Volume Manager, VERITAS Netbackup
 Databases: Oracle 10g/9i, MSSQL Server 2005 with Cluster, MySQL 4/5
 Mail and Proxy/Firewall servers: MS Exchange, IPtables, Squid
 Web / Application Servers: SharePoint portal Server 2003/Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft IIS 6.0/5.0, Apache Web Server, Tomcat, Web Sphere 5.2
 Programming Language and Web Technologies: HTML, PHP, ASP, PERL, UNIX Shell Script
 Others: CATIA V4/V5, I-DEAS 10.2, UG NX2, Hypermesh, LS-Dyna
 PLM Tools: Teamcenter Engineering / Smartteam
 Licensing Tools: LUM, FlexLm, Orbix

Solaris 10 Advanced Performance Management.
Solaris Zones and ZFS Management
Solaris M5000/M9000 Servers Management