Rimma Ashkinadze

About Rimma Ashkinadze

SUMMARY:Highly skilled and motivated OpenShift and UNIX/Linux systems administrator with a passion for automation and scale. Technical support background includes troubleshooting and analytical skills for hardware and software. Experienced in hardware life cycle management. Instrumental in establishing and implementing scalable standards and processes for server deployment and management. Extensive experience working to understand customer needs within high-pressure environments with frequent on call duties. Proven ability to convey technical concepts and constraints to non-technical audiences. Seeking opportunities to apply these skills in a collaborative, team based environment.

Experience

1. Director, Senior Systems Engineer

   SMBC Group

   Jul 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   RedHat Linux systems engineer with a focus on automation using Ansible working within the Enterprise Systems Group supporting the banking infrastructure. Primary responsibilities include:* Automation – using Ansible to automate configuration management and application installation.* AKS - integrating AKS with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and managing application deployments using Argo CD.* OpenShift - deploying on premises OpenShift clusters using VMWare infrastructure and creating automation using Ansible and Red Hat ACM for cluster and deployment management* Azure Red Hat OpenShift - managing ARO clusters using Red Hat ACM for governance and compliance* Infrastructure Management – implementing, updating, and maintaining the management/build infrastructure using RedHat Satellite for provisioning, repository, security, and subscription management.* Version control – maintaining and implementing version control of automation code for the teamAdditional responsibilities include troubleshooting software and hardware errors and resolving urgent service impacting outages and writing appropriate documentation.

Education

• Columbia University

  M.S, Urban Planning

  2004 — 2008

• Fair Lawn High School

  HS

  1988 — 1992

• Oberlin College

  BA, Sociology, History, Women's Studies

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Unix
• Servers
• Databases
• Linux System Administration
• Software Documentation
• Red Hat Linux
• Solaris
• System Administration
• System Configuration
• Infrastructure
• Security
• Troubleshooting
• Technical Support
• Hp
• Shell Scripting
• Software Installation
• Linux
• Configuration Management
• Mac Os
• Operating Systems