SUMMARY:

• Self - driven highly motivated open source automation engineer .
• As a Linux Engineer, I can provide free/low cost options for monitoring, automation and reporting, as well as integration of off the shelf products.
• Areas of excellence, monitoring, automation, integration, creation and customization of applications and services for large to small businesses.
• I have experience in the following areas telecommunications, networking, physical/virtual server provisioning, system monitoring, automation, cloud and database administration.
• I enjoy creating new applications and processes which both standardize daily responsibilities as well as preventive maintenance routines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS: Linux, Unix, AIX, OSX, SCO, Windows

Coding: HTML, PHP, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, PERL, RUBY, BASH, POWERSHELL and PYTHON

Database: MSSQL, MYSQL, ORACLE and MONGODB

Automation: ANSIBLE, CHEF, EXPECT, Kickstart and Jenkins

Version Control: GIT, SVN

Backup / Recover: VERITAS NetBackup and NORTON GHOST

Monitoring & Systems Analysis: NetSNMP, BMC PATROL, EMC IONIX, CA EHEALTH, CA Spectrum, HP Operations Manager, HP SiteScope, SPLUNK, Syslog, ELK Stack, NMAP, Tableau and Wireshark

Embedded Linux: Raspberry PI, UNO, Beagle-Black and C.H.I.P

CMS: Windows SharePoint, Drupal and WORDPRESS

Virtualization: ESXi, Virtualbox, KVM, Docker and XEN

Networking: CISCO PIX, ASA, ISR and Wireless 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz, BLE, RFID and 700mhz video links.

Aerial photography (UAS): DJI DRONE 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz, UAV FAA part 107 license pilot.

Telecommunications : HARRIS PBX, NEC PBX, COMPASS Smooth Operator VM and Software defined radio(SDR)

VOIP : Cisco Unified Communications Manager and ASTERIX

Cloud Service: OPENSHIFT, AWS, GCE and AZURE

WORK HISTORY:

Site Reliability Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement.
• Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews.
• Maintain services by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
• Development of custom CMDB architecture and interfaces via API and web GUI for virtual and physical devices.

Linux Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Linux project support, initial design of Linux infrastructure, including input on OS configuration (versions, networking, disk layout, and creating of VM templates).
• OS patching management to keep the systems updated with official distribution security enhancements and bug fixes within the approved response time and update schedule. Maintain and tune the OS provided as needed, and updated as the overall solution evolves. Support for backup and recovery also provided to ensure customer data is secure.
• Development of custom CMDB architecture and interfaces via API and web GUI for virtual and physical devices.
• DevOps Chef cookbook deployments of OS and applications across multiple machines and environments.

Systems Management Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• System Analyst: Systems monitoring with HP Operations manager and HP SiteScope via both agent and agentless configurations. I supported systems across a large geography diverse company utilizing remote VPN.
• DBADMIN: I maintain MONGODB Replica Sets and performed task such as creation of user accounts, complex data aggregations, MONGODB backup, restores, database migrations and troubleshooting.
• APP Development: Custom scripts in PERL, BASH, RUBY and PHP to interface with MONGODB. Custom applications created to monitor AS400 system over TCP sockets which collect system messages to be alerted on. Also created custom SNMPTRAP collector to intercept and process TRAPS via TCPDUMP and stored in a MONGODB. TCPDUMP collections also used to create CAP files for import and analyst in WIRESHARK.

Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation and the maintaining of CA Monitoring Suite (Spectrum, Ehealth and SOA.
• The role entailed the installing/configuring of systemedge and NETSNMP agents across both the local facility and remote locations around the United States. Also, custom applications were created in PERL/BASH for monitoring website health and SSL certificate expire dates. Also created custom Confidential for CA Spectrum event ticketing. Web portals were created via a L.A.M.P stack configuration to display reports and system health dashboards.

Linux System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Linux server administration of (CentOS/RHEL/Solaris) for 500 plus machine datacenter. Daily responsibilities included new installs via kickstart, creation of custom RPM repos and configure multiple monitoring technologies such as (SAR, SNMP, Confidential, WMI and syslogs).
• WSS/SharePoint2007 administration and creation of custom apps for (RCA, CMDB) reports and workflows.
• Administration of Confidential to tape backup and DATADOMAIN on 500 plus servers in the datacenter as well as remote locations. Developed custom applications, API, GUI interfaces and integrations.
• Example applications a technician web portal into the BMC CMDB, WEB GUI’s (patch reports, backup reports and system health reports).

Network Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed / configured network hardware, Windows servers and desktops for Confidential customers. Supported hardware included but was not limited to CISCO VOIP, Routers, Switches, Wireless, VPN, PBX, Desktops, Laptops and Servers. Also ran/terminated COAX, CAT5 and fiber.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported Unix/Linux/Windows systems for a water ways survey team.
• The team would deploy every summer to Alaska and Puerto Rico to map the sea floor. The role included support of both a local and remote office locations equipment and servers including telephone PBX, TRU64 UNIX server, network switches and desktops. The supported systems were HP TRU64 Servers with external raid array, dual boot CentOS Linux and Windows workstations.
• Also supported CISCO VOIP and networks for the home office and mobile deployments.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as part of a hardware replacement team for Wachovia bank’s acquisitions SunTrust bank. Daily responsibilities included but were not limited to de-racking, racking of 2U servers and network equipment at multiple branches.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Windows Servers (Exchange and Active directory), desktops workstations, HP printers, wireless and wired networks and NEC PBX for a Manufacturing Plant/Call Center with about 300 plus workers.

Information Technology Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Telecommunications Technician: In this position I installed, configured and troubleshot the following technologies POTS Lines, Harris PBX, Payphones, Voicemail, call accounting software. Also, my duties included running and terminating CATV/COAX and CAT5 cables.
• Information Technology Technician: AS400 operator, PC support technician of 300 plus desktops, Windows Server (Exchange and Active directory), MICROS POS and SCO UNIX.