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Freddie Holmes

Edmonton,Ab

Summary

To contribute highly technical skills and strong commitment to achieving companies' goals.

Overview

14
years of professional experience

Work History

MTN Ghana
Accra, Ghana

Outsource Support Engineer
04.2011 - 10.2011

Job overview

  • Install, Configure and Administer Sun Solaris 10 Operating System Setup, Install, Configure, Manage and Service Sun Fire V440, V490, V480, V880, V890, Sun Fire M4000, Sun fire X2200 Sun Netra 440,7x24 mission critical support Setup and Configured Sun Server and updating OBP environment Troubleshooting boot error, systems hang issues amber and other hardware related issues
  • Install Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux 5.5 Install and Administer Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 Configuration and Management of Volume group and Logical Volume on RedHat Enterprise Linux .Formatting, extending and mounting of File System, Joining Windows to Linux Domain, Configuring of Routing on a Linux Box
  • Patches installation, kernel upgrade

Vodafone-Ghana
Accra, Ghana

Outsource Support Engineer
11.2010 - 03.2011

Job overview

  • Install, Configure and Administer Sun Solaris 10 Operating System Setup, Install, Configure, Manage and Service Sun Fire V440, V490, V480, V880, V890, Sun Fire M4000, Sun fire X2200 Sun Netra 440,7x24 mission critical support Setup and Configured Sun Server and updating OBP environment Troubleshooting boot error, systems hang issues amber and other hardware related issues
  • Install Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux 5.5 Install and Administer Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 Configuration and Management of Volume group and Logical Volume on RedHat Enterprise Linux .Formatting, extending and mounting of File System, Joining Windows to Linux Domain, Configuring of Routing on a Linux Box
  • Patches installation, kernel upgrade

Compu-Ghana Ltd
Accra, Ghana

Network & Support Engineer
11.2012 - 02.2013

Job overview

  • Installation of Windows server 2008/2012 Enterprise R2 Install, configured and Manage Microsoft Hyper-V through system-Center Adding roles and features Install and configured Active Directory domain controllers and services, Integration of managing domain accounts within Active Directory (creating, enabling, disabling accounts) Managing Organization Units, Deploying group policies through Group Policy Management console,[GPMC] Configuration of DNS, DHCP, NAT, Group Policy, Web Server and RAS services Backup and Troubleshooting Exchange 2007/2010 database and Service Configuring of IPsec, Site replication, software publishing and assigning.

Guinea Bissau Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware , ilo 5 Setup configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6.5 Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050 SAN controller RAID creation of physical disks Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts Configuration MoDe Xtra time platform.

MTN Guinea conakry Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware ilo 5 Setup configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6.5 Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050 SAN controller RAID creation of physical disks Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts

Guinea Bissau Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware , ilo 5 Setup configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6.5 Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050 SAN controller RAID creation of physical disks Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts Configuration MoDe Xtra time platform.

MTN Guinea conakry Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware ilo 5 Setup configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6.5 Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050 SAN controller RAID creation of physical disks Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts

MTN Ivory Coast Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

10.2020

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware for both SITE Marcory&Bingervile, ilo 5 Setup firmware upgrade
  • Configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6
  • Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050/2060 SAN controller Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts

MTN Ivory Coast Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

10.2020

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP hardware for both SITE Marcory&Bingervile, ilo 5 Setup firmware upgrade
  • Configured HPE Proliant DL380 G10 RAID configuration Install, manage and configure VMware ESX 6
  • Installation of Centos 10.5 OS
  • Setting up HPE MSA 2050/2060 SAN controller Creating logical volumes Mapping logical volumes to hosts

LIBTELCO National data center project

08.2020

Job overview

  • Install configure and manage VMware Esx 6.7 Managing existing VMs Installation of Ubuntu 20.04 OS Installing Ubuntu dependencies Assigning Ip address to interface Windows server 2016/2019 installation & configuration Setup AD domain controller and file server.

MTN Gemalto DMC Project

09.2014

Job overview

  • Power up the rack in the data center cabling and cramping from Rack (4 cables from the 2 servers to connect to 1 uplink cables from our Internal LAN switches to their core network
  • Testing of Bonded interface and loopback testing of data cables
  • Changing of Bonded interface IP address.

MTN-CLF HW installation and System configuration

08.2014

Job overview

  • Mounting of HP Hardware & Systems Integration Cables and labeling management, RACK PDU installation Lying, crimping & Termination of the Data cables Continuity & loopback testing of Data cables Testing of Power redundancy of the server powering on Storage & servers Operating System Installation & Luns Partition creation Operating System patches Upgrading both Oracle Linux & Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Storage Volume Creation & LUN Mapping.

Lonestarcell/MTN Onmobile Singapore CBRT SI Project MSC-2

06.2014

Job overview

  • Installation of the rack (1 No
  • In Central Site) in the space allocated by the customer Tile cutting for the cable routing (both power & Data cables)
  • Fixing of PDUs(both Chassis PDU & Rack PDUs) on the racks as per the Requirement
  • Installation of HPE c700 Blade Enclosure
  • Internal Rack cabling (Power & data) through cable managers as per the requirement (Power & Data cabling should be on different side of rack)
  • Labeling of the all systems & Cables installed into blade system enclosure, Servers, Storage, Routers, Switches, PDUs, power strips, Data Cables, and Power Cables etc
  • Testing of Power redundancy of the equipment's Continuity & loopback testing of Data cables.

Lonestarcell/MTN- BIB Project

09.2013

Job overview

  • Setting up mounting and cabling Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 servers Installing, Patching Sun Solaris os, connecting Zfs controller to JBOD Configuring Brocade 300 switch appliance
  • Creating and managing zones, creating alias, adding WWn to active zones
  • Creating and managing LUN on the zfs storage etc.

Ericsson

01.2011

Job overview

  • Setup, racking, and configuration of EMC cLarion storage Sun Sparc T5240,x4140 systems for the new Ericsson SDP systems.

Office of the national Security Assembly (ONSA) Abuja Nigeria

01.2011

Job overview

  • Mounting and installing Sun Sparc M4000 server, updating system firmware on HP Bladesystem c7000 enclosure onboard administrator BL460 G6 server ilo3 management firmware and updating the entire system using HP smart update firmware maintenance CD
  • Installing configuring and managing HP MSL 6000 tape library
  • Installing HP Data Protector on the CMS system.

Ericsson/MTN Benin Republic

01.2011

Job overview

  • Setting up Oracle 42U rack for the installation of sun storegde 3300 and mounting of Sun fire V890 Server
  • Labeling and cabling the rack running hardware check on all servers and Storage.

Liberia Revenue Authority
Monrovia , Liberia

Senior System Administrator
12.2016 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • Installation of new HPE ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge hardware, Install Configure and manage all customs systems, Automated system for customs data [ASYCUDA] Sogema SIGTAS, Tax Administration System [TAS]
  • Install, configuration of Microsoft Active Directory domain services Configure and manage Domain Naming service [DNS]
  • Install, configure and manage VMware ESXi host Apply OS patches and updates on a regular basis, performs system daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media.

APM Terminals Liberia Ltd
Monrovia , Liberia

IT Specialist
04.2015 - 03.2016

Job overview

  • Install setup and manage all Windows Server 2008/2012 Active Directory Domain Controller Setup and configured all VMT RF Terminals
  • Backup all database including QuickBooks SQL and Windows system
  • Install configured and manage all Navis N4 SParc and XPS to tracks all Shipping Jobs
  • Setup users PC and join them to the domain
  • Creating a baseline measure in preventing company asset
  • Managing Symantec Backup Exec and creating of backup jobs Setting up newly purchase HW (HP Proliant) mounting labeling and Cabling
  • Creating access control of Internet access through Mikrotik router board device
  • Deploy Windows 8 Professional Global Image on all desktops to meet company standard
  • Update VMware tools on all servers running VMware ESX 5.5 Preparing Backup and scheduling jobs through Symantec backup Exec.

Secure Data Consulting Inc (Lonestar cell-MTN Liberia)

Infrastructure Consultant-HP Servers & Storage
01.2014 - 01.2015

Job overview

  • Plan, Deploy, Install, Configure, Service and Administer HP Server Setup and Configure HP Storage MSL 6000 Tape-library, Setting CBRT- Call back ring tone in MSC-2 data center Setting up BIB- Business in the box application Installation of VMware Esx and setting up and configuring MoDe Xtra time platform.

Geronimo Data System (GDS) Africa

System Engineer
10.2009 - 11.2012

Job overview

  • Plan, Deploy, Install, Configure, Service and Administer HP Server such as ML 350, ML 370, DL 380, DL 580, BL460C BL465 490c G9/10/11 servers
  • Install Administer and Service HP RP 3440 PA, HP RP 3410 PA servers Setup and Configure HP Storage MSL 6000 Tape-library, Racking and Configuring HP Bladesystem C3000 and C7000 Enclosure
  • Install and configured HP-UX 11i v3 operating system, Install, Administer and configured HP Storageworks P2050/2060
  • Managing, troubleshooting and Servicing HP integrity rx2600, rx6600, rx7640, 8460 Servers [Intel Itanium base system] Installing and deploying HP data Protector express 6.0 on MSL 2024 tapelibrary Creation of RAID level on HP Server with Service pack for proliant [SPP]

Education

University Overview

  • MCP ID: 7125995
  • HP ID: PL70918499
  • ICSI: 19853944
  • ICSI | CNSS Certified Network Security Specialist
  • Microsoft Certified Solution Associate [MCSA Windows Server 2012]
  • Microsoft Certified System Administrator [MCSA 2003]
  • Microsoft Certified Professional [MCP]
  • Microsoft certified technology Specialist [MCTS]
  • Certificate in CompTIA Networking [N+] IPMC Ghana
  • HP Certified System Administration HP-UX 11i v3 [CSA]
  • HP Accredited Presale Consultant [APC 2010]
  • HP Integrity Server: Accredited Presale Professional [APP2009]
  • HP Enterprise Solutions: Accredited Sale Consultant [ASC 2009]
  • HP Enterprise storage solutions: Accredited Platform Specialist [APS 2010]
  • HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL Servers: Accredited Integration Specialist [AIS 2010]
  • HP storageworks solutions: Accredited Presales Consultant [APC 2009]
  • HP Network Security: Accredited Integration Specialist [AIS 2011]
  • HP Network Infrastructure: Accredited Integration Specialist [AIS 2011]
  • HP Bladesystem: Accredited Integration Specialist [AIS 2010]
  • HP Procurve Networking: Accredited Integration Specialist [AIS 2011]
  • HP ProLiant ML/BL/DL/SL Servers: Accredited Platform Specialist [APS 2010]
  • HP Sales Certified SMB Solution [2012]

Intercom Programming and Manufacturing Company Ltd [College of Technology IPMC]
Accra, Ghana

Diploma in Computer Engineering
12.2009

Skills

  • Decision-Making
  • Remote Conferencing Support
  • IT best practice framework expertise
  • Product Development
  • Infrastructure Planning
  • User Support
  • Technical Support
  • Server Event Logging

Languages

English
Elementary

Technical Qualifications

  • 13 years' experience in Information Technology offering top-notch service in Server and storage systems Administration, Engineering and Operating Systems.
  • Systems Administration on HP-UX 11i v3, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris 10/11, RedHat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft windows server 2008/2012/2016/2019.
  • Storage Administration on NetApp, HP [ MSA, P2050 P2060],EMC Clariion storage.
  • Systems Engineering on HP Proliant, Dell PowerEdge Oracle Sun Sparc Servers, Oracle, Redhat Linux OS Microsoft Windows Servers.

References

  • Mr. Jerry Wiah, Manager Compliance Risk, Liberia Revenue Authority, +231886465393, jerry.wiah@LRA.GOV.LR / Jerrywiah1979@gmail.com
  • Mr. Adolphus D Bowier, WAN and Network Engineer, UN Minusma in Mali, +231880500007/+231886501395, abowier@gmail.com
  • Mr. Ronald Justice Henry, System Administrator, UN Minusma in Mali, +233243589223, rjhenry19@hotmail.com

Training

  • HP Data centre Solution Specialization training Program (90 days), HP Nigeria Training Centre, 2nd Floor Octagon Building, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, Industry Standard Architecture, Servicing HP Proliant Servers ML/DL/SL, Implementing HP Blade System [v9.31], Integrating and Managing HP Blade systems in enterprise 9.31, HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3, Designing HP Storageworks solutions [v9.21, Implementing Enterprise virtual array [EVA], Implementing MSA Solutions, Designing and Implementing HP Enterprise Backup Solution [EBS], Deploying HP Procurve Product, Selling Business Class Storage Solutions, Selling HP Enterprise Storage solutions [2009], Selling HP Enterprise Storage solutions [v10.21, Implementing storage Essentials Standard Edition, Implementing storage Essentials Enterprise Edition, Planning and Designing HP enterprise solutions [v10.11], Planning and Designing HP Integrity server solutions [v9.11]
  • NetApp FAS3200, V3200 Storages, NetApp Data OntaP software Administration, GDS Africa Training centre, North Industrial Area, Accra, Ghana
  • IBM Virtualization, Managing Hardware management console [HMC] Introduction to IBM AIX 6.1 Administration, African Royal beach hotel, Teshie Nugua beach road, Accra, Ghana

Timeline

MTN Ivory Coast Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)
10.2020

MTN Ivory Coast Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)
10.2020

LIBTELCO National data center project
08.2020

Senior System Administrator

Liberia Revenue Authority
12.2016 - 12.2023

IT Specialist

APM Terminals Liberia Ltd
04.2015 - 03.2016

MTN Gemalto DMC Project
09.2014

MTN-CLF HW installation and System configuration
08.2014

Lonestarcell/MTN Onmobile Singapore CBRT SI Project MSC-2
06.2014

Infrastructure Consultant-HP Servers & Storage

Secure Data Consulting Inc (Lonestar cell-MTN Liberia)
01.2014 - 01.2015

Lonestarcell/MTN- BIB Project
09.2013

Network & Support Engineer

Compu-Ghana Ltd
11.2012 - 02.2013

Outsource Support Engineer

MTN Ghana
04.2011 - 10.2011

Ericsson
01.2011

Office of the national Security Assembly (ONSA) Abuja Nigeria
01.2011

Ericsson/MTN Benin Republic
01.2011

Outsource Support Engineer

Vodafone-Ghana
11.2010 - 03.2011

System Engineer

Geronimo Data System (GDS) Africa
10.2009 - 11.2012

Intercom Programming and Manufacturing Company Ltd [College of Technology IPMC]

Diploma in Computer Engineering

Guinea Bissau Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

MTN Guinea conakry Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

Guinea Bissau Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

MTN Guinea conakry Xtra time Project (Advance credit system)

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