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Yang Zhen How

Yang Zhen How

Ayer Itam

Summary

Experienced IT specialist with 6+ years in Linux OS, compute hardware, data center related optimization and operation-related automation. Seeking to leverage previous data center management skills and server operation for a senior technical position.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior IT Engineer 1

Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd
2023.12 - Current
  • Responsible for maintaining/administering HW(Asset Lifecycle)/OS (Windows/Linux) on different distros (RedHat, CentOS)
  • Monitor and optimize SAN performance, ensuring high availability and efficient storage utilization.
  • Implement data backup and recovery procedures, safeguarding critical business information against potential loss; Netbackup, Nakivo
  • Administration and support of CAD License & Tools
  • Reduce downtime by proactively monitoring systems and conducting regular maintenance tasks (PRTG)
  • Evaluate alternative virtualization technologies to reduce power consumption, improve resource utilization and reduce operating cost
  • Establish strong vendor relationships for procurement of high-quality hardware and software products at competitive prices
  • Troubleshoot complex technical issues occasionally, providing timely resolution to minimize disruptions

IT Infrastructure Security Engineer

Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
4 2022 - 2023.12
  • Full time security engineer responsible for creating and managing security patch bundles on monthly basis and ensure InfoSec requirements are fulfilled
  • Provides technical support by investigating arising incidents caused by incompatible/mismatch packages version upgrade on various applications globally and across multiple OS versions
  • ( ~200K Servers) Work hand in hand with InfoSec team to remediate various vulnerabilities for my organisation within the agreed timeline.

Regional IT Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer

Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
2017.03 - 2022.04
  • Full time support engineer managing server related operations including periodical security patching, breakfixes and server lifecycle management (2017 to 2022), Netbackup solution (2017)
  • Provides technical support by investigating arising incidents caused by misconfiguration, hardware failure and new deployment bugs via ITIL framework within Asia Region
  • ( ~16000 Servers) 2021 - Stabilized data center power usage (total > 100kW over usage), defining short term and long term strategies
  • 2019 - Planned and executed VMware to KVM migration within GAR region, while ensuring key infrastructure servers/services stability at the same time
  • 2018 - Invested heavily on automation and managed to avoid 500+ manually handled tickets, guiding and sped up team members progress at the same time
  • 2017,2018,2019,2021 - Led, planned and executed data center routine maintenance effort for Malaysia site's HPC Hosting
  • (2017'Q1 , 2017'Q2, 2018'Q1, 2019'Q4, 2021'Q4)

Education

Bachelor Degree of Science in Information Technology (BSc.IT) -

Universiti Utara Malaysia(UUM)
Kedah, Malaysia
2013.09 - 2017.05

Skills

Linux

System Administration

OpenSuSe

Ubuntu

RedHat

CentOS

Perl

Bash

VMware

KVM

Automation

Computing Hardware

ServiceNow

Jira

Netbackup

Samba

Accomplishments

  • 2021'Q4, Division Recognition Award (10/2021 - 12/2021)
  • 2021'Q2, HPC Award (04/2021 - 06/2021) Tech Debt Reduction: 100% Migration of HPC Infrastructure Servers to SLES12SP5
  • 2020'Q2, HPC Infrastructure Department Award (04/2020 - 06/2020) Xi'An Site's HPC Infrastructure Repurpose Activity Compute and Storage Re-Use Savings ~900K USD
  • 2020'Q2, HPC Infrastructure Department Award (04/2020 - 06/2020) Steering and delivering resutls in 2020 Q2 as Scrum Master with limited resources, working hand in hand with Product Owner
  • 2017'Q3, HPC Award (07/2017 - 09/2017) Stabilized Malaysia Hub and being significant partner

Languages

English
Bahasa Malaysia
Mandarin

Timeline

Senior IT Engineer 1

Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd
2023.12 - Current

Regional IT Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer

Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
2017.03 - 2022.04

Bachelor Degree of Science in Information Technology (BSc.IT) -

Universiti Utara Malaysia(UUM)
2013.09 - 2017.05

IT Infrastructure Security Engineer

Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
4 2022 - 2023.12
Yang Zhen How