SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with 15+ years experience in UNIX and Redhat Linux System Administration, File Systems, Clustering, Storage and Networks.
• Resourceful in Diagnosing and Solving Issues, Knowledgeable of Technical Processes and Procedures, Helpful in Training and Sharing information.
• Developed Exceptional problem solving, troubleshooting and communication skills
• Managed Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Volume Manager
• Administered netapp filers, created qtrees, managed space and set up snapmirrors
• Maintained Customer Relationships and Presented Technical aspect of Vender offering
• Installed SUSE 11, CentOS, RedHat 4, 5 & 6 and Solaris 8, 9, &10 on both X86 and Sparc platforms
• Trained and Mentored new and junior level administrators
• Maintained Domains and Zones
• Set up Hardware and Software Raids
• Split Mirrors, Upgraded and Patched O/S
• Created and Restored from Flars and Installed and Upgraded from NFS
• Upgraded Firmware on System Boards, Raid Controllers and Disks

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Solaris (6, 7, 8, 9, 10), RHEL (4, 5, 6,7), CentOS, SUSE:
• Utilities: Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server,
• Veritas Net Backup, Confidential OmniBack, EMC Legato Networker, Tivoli, SGE, NFS, NIS, FTP, autofs, cifs, samba, citrix,
• Exceed on demand, Perl, PC Anywhere, Remote Desktop, Putty, Lotus Sametime, Sitescope, CA EHealth Performance Manager, Opsware, Remedy (6, 7), Visio, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Projects
• Storage Devices: EMC, Hitachi, LTI, Confidential, Confidential, Sun StorEdge T3/A1000/A5200, Storage Tek Libraries, LTO, SD - 3, IBM 3592, and Quantum DLT Tape Drives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Linux Build Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built both Physical and Virtual Linux machines on RedHat and SUSE platforms
• Configured multipath and set ownership with udev
• Used LVM extensively to add, remove and modify storage volumes
• Provided technical expertise for projects, work orders and changes
• Handled incident tickets as they were identified by system monitoring
• Set up Linux environment for Oracle Rac cluster

Sr. Linux Security Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided PowerBroker Application support for Security Servers in multiple geographical locations
• Scheduled Maintenance, Upgrades and Installs on PowerBroker Servers
• Performed throughput analysis against batch jobs
• Administered Linux, Sun Solaris and AIX systems

Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided User and Software Support for Geophysical and Geological Applications
• Maintained VMWare systems
• Set up partitions, created volumes in LVM2, mounted file systems, set permissions, and exported nfs
• Added storage to both SAN and NAS environments
• Backed up and Restored files systems using Tivoli TSM in support of backup and DR efforts
• Administered Linux HPC Cluster using Bright Cluster Manager
• Supported all aspects of Redhat Linux and Centos Operating Systems

Lead UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented changes with system services to include: automount, NIS, FTP, SSH, citrix, sudo, samba, trusted host, cron, yum, exceed on demand, sendmail
• ITIL certified
• Administered netapp filers, created qtrees, scheduled snapmirrors, in a NAS environment
• Supported Oracle Solaris 8, 9, &10 and Redhat Linux 4, 5 & 6 systems utilizing Veritas
• Managed Linux Sun Grid Engine (SGE) Cluster
• Trained new and junior level administrators
• Provided Technical Guidance for several multimillion dollar hardware upgrade/replacement projects

UNIX Technical Account Manager

Confidential

• Addressed Customer requests, Provided feedback on customer calls and worked with Account Managers to insure that SLAs were being maintained
• Resolved hardware and software issues utilizing T - systems support structure
• Provided technical expertise with projects, changes and issues concerning t-systems customers
• Maintained customer relations with customer’s personnel
• Provided root cause analysis and situation assessment documentation

Sr. UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of both business and technical aspects for multiple client systems with different characteristics and customer requirements
• Managed hundreds of Enterprise class Machines via Remote Administration
• Installed Sun Solaris and Redhat Linux on both X86 and Sparc platforms
• Provided application support during installs and upgrades
• Followed an operational change management process to implement changes
• Supported NetApp NAS devices and SAN Storage
• Performed troubleshooting on system, network and storage
• Utilized Veritas Cluster Server and Volume Manager
• Maintained PCI compliance in accordance with PCI data security standards
• Wrote shell scripts in sh, ksh, csh, bash, awk and perl to automate administrative tasks
• Maintained Users, Groups, Sudo, Interfaces, Routes, and Services

Sr. UNIX/Linux System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported High Availability Solaris and Linux Servers in a 24/7 Enterprise Environment
• Provided Application Support during Installs, Upgrades and Conversions
• Maintained Cluster Integrity and Diagnosed Hardware and Software Faults
• Installed Storage devices in SAN and NetApp NAS environments
• Managed multiple clusters and routinely performed failover using Veritas Cluster Server
• Created and Supported domains on Sun M class servers
• Wrote shell scripts using perl to create reports and automate system tasks

Storage Sales Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical expertise on sales calls and customer visits
• Evaluated customer site implementations, Recommended enhancements and Maintained customer relationships
• Installed and configured the DataDirect S2A high performance storage solution on GPFS
• Provided expertise with Polyserve, StorNext, and Lustre file systems
• Made Presentations on the technical aspects of the company’s offerings to customers
• Updated customers with new releases of firmware

UNIX System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported Sun Solaris Servers in an Enterprise 24/7 environment
• Configured San Switches and Disk Arrays
• Implemented Disaster Recovery site to provide 100% site functionality
• Provided daily reports of system downtime, hardware failures and overall system integrity
• Reconfigured Netbackup policies to be more efficient and use fewer backup tapes

Linux Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Upgraded and Patched Redhat Linux
• Informed customers of proposed changes and the implications to their services
• Configured and installed Raid storage
• Performed Performance tuning, troubleshooting and daily maintenance on multiple Linux clusters
• Diagnosed and Resolved hardware and configuration issues

Storage Sales Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Presented storage concepts to customers and Maintained customer relationships
• Installed Object based Storage on Linux clusters
• Configured Cisco, Dell, Confidential, and Extreme Switches
• Installed Redhat Linux, DHCP and TFTP
• Wrote Shell Scripts to automate functions for Linux and BSD operating systems
• Recommended system configurations and Debugged problems at customer sites
• Updated customers with new firmware for raid controllers and disk drives
• Setup equipment and performed presentations at conferences and conventions