TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: HP OpenView, Netapp, Netbackup (VERITAS), Brocade, Netbuilder, Legato, Cisco Works, Budtool, Tripwire, SecureFrame, Nagios, SolarWinds, Lotus notes, Project planner, Remedy, ABT, ADSM, Neoload, Tivoli, TSM, MQ series, HACMP, Tomcat, Splunk, Managenow, Documentum, Sendmail, Strongmail, X - Windows, Microsoft Office, Rational, Secured servers, NFS, Samba, LDAP, Active Directory, Exceed, Asterisk / PBX

Hardware: Confidential - Servers and Workstations “All Versions”, Blades, Storage, Tape Library, DSU/CSU, SUN - “workstations / Servers” All Versions, 25 K, HP 9000 & various arrays, Intel servers & workstations, AIX servers (all versions), Fast T, 2104, Hitachi SAN, EMC, Dell, HP

Operating Systems: LINUX - “SuSe, Red Hat, Mandrake, Oracle, Debian, etc.”, VMWare, Solaris/SUN version 2 thru 11, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX (4 thru current), VIO, Power VM, Zen, Hyper V, Windows - all versions, AS 400

Programming /Shell Scripting experience: Bash, PERL, Sed / Awk, Basic 5.0, HTML, Python, Apache, Tomcat, Apache, Xwiki, Jenkins, PhP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Newtek Solutions Engineer - UNIX / LINU

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on UNIX, LINUX, Windows servers
• Built / Decomm servers - Stand alone, Virtual ”VMware, Xen, Proxmox”
• Migration to AWS and Azure
• Dev & QA, Test, Production - LAMP Stack build
• PCI Compliance - Developed and wrote current PCI Document
• Created - CMDB, Build Process, Incident Management Notifications
• Reporting of system and application operational status reports
• Worked with various vendors, app teams; DBA, Storage, Web, customers
• Migration, Decommission, Web Application, Web Security
• Worked closely with management on various project / tasks
• System monitoring - Nagios, Solarwinds, Logstash
• Environment security - wrote and developed security policy and procedures. Used tools such as RSA, Arch light, log managemet Splunk, Logstash
• Develop Policies - build process and procedure, Ticket Workflow, Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Data Retention, CMDB - created SLA, and RCA

Confidential

Contractor Engineering - UNIX, LINUX, Windows

Responsibilities:

• Worked on UNIX, LINUX, Windows servers
• Built / Decomm servers
• PCI Compliance
• Dev & QA, Test, Production
• MySql
• Support of systems and applications with various security tools
• Confidential Rational software to define, automate software
• Implemented and Administered; Splunk, Logstash, Puppet, Webmin, Ansible, Salt
• Reporting of system and application operational status reports
• Security Analytics
• Worked with Weblogic and various applications
• Worked with various vendors, app teams; DBA, Storage, Web, customers
• Migration, Decommission, Web Application, Web Security
• Confidential Rational software for defining automate & integrate
• Worked closely with management on various project / tasks
• System monitoring

Confidential

UNIX / LINUX Manager, Scottsdale, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with upper management on servers needs - present / future
• Dev & QA, Test, Production
• Reporting of system and application operational status reports
• Built / Design - LINUX, Apache, MySQL & PHP in an open source web development platform
• Created scripts for automation - PERL, sed, awk
• Environment security - wrote and developed security policy and procedures. Used tools such as RSA, Arch light, log managemet Splunk, Logstash
• Developed numerous process and procedures ranging from Disaster Recovery Process, Server Build, Capacity Planning

Confidential

System Engineer, Scottsdale, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with management on servers needs - present / future
• Dev & QA, Test, Production
• Used Neoload for load, stress and performance testing
• MySql
• Reporting of system and application operational status reports
• Built / Design - LINUX, Apache, MySQL & PHP in an open source web development platform
• Created scripts for automation - PERL, sed, awk
• Developed Disaster Recovery Process

Confidential

Technical Lead /LINUX System, Scottsdale, AZ

Responsibilities:

• System administrator on LINUX systems - Debian OS
• Build/Decommission - Database and Web server with Debian OS within building server. – WebLogic, Tomcat
• Worked on evaluation / development of Gray Log, Logstash, Redis on existing systems
• Admin for LINUX, Apache, MySQL & PHP “LAMP”
• Built / deployed Proxmos virtual system
• Worked with developers on SQL queries

Confidential

UNIX / LINUX System Admin, Confidential, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Wrote proposal, working with other teams in creating scripts, setting goals and how to be measured, worked with change management team, implementation, and finally results.
• Created technical documents for operational procedures.
• Set up Yum update scheduling.
• Building, updating, decommissioning of WebLogic, Tomcat servers.
• WebSphere setup, install and admin
• Admin work on PowerVM on Power5, 6, & 7 systems, also on enterprise systems – Power4 on RS 6000.
• Worked in admin and build of VIO servers along with IOS software.
• Special projects - Total system upgrades, system refreshes, dynamic reconfiguration, numerous data center moves, DMZ, set up clusters and blades for LINUX servers, set up VMware for LINUX environment.
• Security – SFTP, FTPS, SSH, Digital Certificates.

Confidential

Team Lead UNIX / LINUX System, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead - leadership for SA within the US, Argentina, and Brazil.
• Worked on actual disaster recovery effort within datacenter move.
• Worked in admin and build of VIO servers along with IOS software.
• Security – SFTP, FTPS, SSH, Digital Certificates.
• WebSphere setup, install and admin
• Admin work on PowerVM on Power5, 6, & 7 systems- Power 4 on RS/6000.
• Worked on migration efforts of AIX, SUN, LINUX, and HP from Confidential SAN to EMC SAN “EMC Source One”, - remediation of server, data copy, and actual migration. This included adding of HBA and configuration, patching, and system analysis.
• Total system upgrades, system refreshes, dynamic reconfiguration.
• Working closely with Confidential, Confidential and EMC management on special projects to include SAN Array upgrade, removal of systems, etc.

Confidential

UNIX / LINUX Systems Admin, Tempe, AZ

Responsibilities:

• UNIX / LINX system administrator. Involved with SA duties for over 300 + servers ranging from AIX, SUN, HP, LINUX, and Intel.
• Duties included; monitoring & maintenance of hardware & software, capacity planning, disaster recovery, troubleshooting and configuration issues, patching and compliance.
• Install OS & apps for SUN all versions, LINUX “Red Hat, Oracle” VMware instances, and images created for AIX.
• Administered SUN 25 K servers, SUN Storage & ZONE containers, and LINUX cluster.
• Advanced problem solving skills, including debugging complex multiple component software system and component software interactions.
• Total system upgrades, system refreshes, dynamic reconfiguration Tivoli.
• Provide support to domestic and global customers via telephone, email, and electronic systems.
• Trained team members on Basic / Advance System Administration.
• Monitored backups with various applications (Netbackup, EPOCH, VERITAS, and TSM.
• Documentation of all procedures used. Evaluated hardware and software technology against existing, future and anticipated needs. Provided, reviews or assists in the creation of and evaluations of suggested hardware/software configurations pertinent to the assigned technical area.

Confidential

UNIX / LINUX Systems Engineer, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Technical / Operational UNIX system administrator. Work with Confidential management to ensure all corporate policies are followed.
• Directed and assisted team members with scheduling of System Admin duties, basic to advance.
• System admin for 300+ servers. These duties include; monitoring of system “overall” performance – CPU usage, file systems capacity, disk space, network connectivity, system(s) health and maintenance. Troubleshooting and configuration problems in test and production environments.
• Installation of Solaris on SUN systems, HP/UX on HP systems, AIX on Power4 and RS/6000, PowerVM, IRIX on SGI, LINUX “Red Hat, SuSe”- configuring install server & jumpstart installation. Software package and patch administration for all UNIX OS.
• Advanced problem solving skills, including debugging complex, multiple component software system and component software interactions.
• Worked on set up of 2104, Fast T., LPAR, HACMP, Cluster – LINUX & SUN, GPFS, Workload Analyzer, Confidential Logical Partitioning. Also storage for SUN servers – 3500, etc, Admin work on P4000, 6000 series.
• Monitor backups with various applications (Netbackup, EPOCH, Vertais, TSM, and Legato).
• Provide support to domestic and global customers via telephone, email, and electronic systems, regarding - troubleshooting and configuration problems in test and production environments.
• Monitoring system activities and performance tuning for numerous SUN, HP, AIX, SGI workstations, servers (Low end & high-end) SUN servers ranging from E10000, E6500, 450, to workstations, and SGI workstations and servers, HP – 9000 & arrays, RS6000 – models 7026, etc.
• Advised / Recommended to customers various hardware/software improvements to there present Environment. Assurance of Sarbanes Oxley Compliance.
• Created technical documents for operational procedures. Work with vendors to ensure proper assistance.
• Work with the client on; Special projects - Total system upgrades, system refreshes, dynamic reconfiguration, numerous data center moves, DMZ, Backup Architecture (including tape retention), Set up clusters and blades for LINUX servers. Ensure proper support, and scheduling of tasks.
• Provide Confidential management with up to date status of all operations. Project Mgr for SUN servers refresh. Worked with DBA to set up systems, and file system structure.

Confidential

Computer Application Specialist, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to domestic and global customers via telephone, email, and electronic systems, regarding Lotus Notes, Remedy, Crystal Reports, ABT, UNIX, and ADSM software for server and clients, which operates on multiple platforms including: Windows (98, NT 4.0, 2000), Sun / Solaris, HP/UX, and AIX.
• Software support includes troubleshooting and configuration problems in test and production environments while documenting possible defects for review.
• Provided support for tape libraries & drivers used by ADSM.
• Created technical documents for internal & external viewing to inform team members and customers to transfer knowledge of problems discovered with various software & applications within my organization.
• Additional duties included desktop / LAN support.
• Worked with various hardware within my organization to troubleshoot, upgrade, and install various hardware.
• Computer installs involved coordinating with Users, other LAN & WAN administrators, Network cabling, switching, and routing groups.
• Monitored network which such tools as HP openview, UNIX based scripts, & various databases.
• Completing my certification for Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE).