SUMMARY:

• I was 1 of 3 essential individuals to help build, set up, and establish the Microsoft Azure environment for the Confidential
• I have over 12 Years of IT work experience in various positions with increasing responsibilities and technical capabilities.
• Experience includes customer support for COTS and custom applications, LAN, MAN, WAN, Configuration and deployment of various components supporting a variety of enterprise architectures.
• Ability to work with technicians/administrators from other disciplines to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Extensive experience in Network Operations, Helpdesk (Analyst/ Supervision).
• Solid understanding of Service Level Agreements, Federal Government IT Infrastructures.
• Thorough knowledge of Remedy ticketing and problem resolution tracking software.
• Very proficient & knowledgeable in spreadsheets - Access and Excel.
• Extensive working knowledge of Linux / UNIX (Red Hat) & Windows Operating System Environments.
• Several years of experience in Computerized Financial Accounting and Internal Control Structures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Work efficiently with little or no supervision, and meets deadline.
• Subject matter expert in Microsoft Office Suite.
• A team spirited professional, quick learner, motivated, well organized, trainable and dependable
• Has a well defined knowledge of the Azure Cloud and Linux build outs
• Six years of strong experience in IBM WebSphere Application Server Administration and integrating with various webservers, databases, Ldap and security servers.
• Experience setting up WebSphere Global Security for access to the adminconsole.
• Experienced in Installing and Configuring IBM WebSphere MQSeries V5.3, V6.0 creating local queues, remote queues, creating channels, listeners and installed client software on AIX, Solaris and Windows Platforms.
• Strong experience in Analyzing, Troubleshooting and taking appropriate actions for Application/Web server errors and logs using Web Sphere Log Analyzer tool.
• Experienced in Installation and Configuration of WebSphere Application server V3.5/4.0/5.x,6.x, IBM HTTP Server, Sun-one Webserver on AIX, Solaris, Linux and Windows platforms.
• Experienced in deploying J2EE components on IBM WebSphere Application server and monitoring using Wily Introscope
• Azure Cloud
• Experienced with deployments, Maintenance and troubleshooting applications on Microsoft Cloud infrastructure Azure.
• Installing windows roles, features and deploying applications using PowerShell scripting.
• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies and routing.
• Working with multiple technical teams, architects, security officers, managers and business users, reviewed and documented workloads, system dependencies and business requirements. Mapped workloads to the capabilities of Microsoft Azure for public, private and hybrid clouds.
• Led automation of Azure deployments utilizing Linux based scripting tools
• Spearheaded the Linux platform build out for our Database, IBM DataPower, and Weblogic servers for Azure
• Upgraded our Linux Servers from 6.9 and 7.2 to 7.4 hardened images through the STIG process
• Has worked with configuration and automation tools such as Ansible and Puppet
• Worked with Windows as well and group policies
• Proficient in most scripting tools ( Bash, Perl, Python and etc)

SKILL:

Platforms/Systems: LINUX / UNIX (Red Hat); Windows Server 2008 and 2012, Created user accounts, modified and deleted according to the environment using user administration in Active Directory.

Technologies: LAN; WAN; IBM Blade Chassis; Dell Poweredge Servers; JBoss; VMWare; Tivoli; IBM; Centos; SSH; Virtual Box; TCP/IP; Suse; SUDO;LVM;Apache; Netbackup; WinSCP; Java; Shell; Oracle DB; Remedy; FTP; NFS

Enterprise Tools: HP Openview (NNM, Operations), CiscoWorks 2000 WhatsUP Gold, Concord (eHealth Suite)

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Systems Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing VMWare and vSphere to replicate the existing production environment into a Test Lab
• Configuring the DNS and subnet to the specifications required to for site access
• Modifying the apache httpd.conf file to allow proper web browser timeout limits
• Remediating the security and vulnerability issues that are persistent in current beta and prod environments
• Installation of Firewall checkpoint & CRON Job automation.
• Monitor system logs.
• Installing, configuring and hardening Centos and RHEL servers.
• Volume and file system management in Linux and other operating systems environment (LVM)
• Administering user accounts.
• Used VI editor to edit necessary files.
• Set up and manage user accounts
• Updated and upgraded the current version of RHEL 7.4 from the 3.6 version it was previously at.
• Worked with team lead to update and upgrade the current Arsenal operating as it resides on the Linux platform
• Working with python to develop an automated testing option for web content filtering

Confidential

Systems Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the 2020 Census Monitoring Systems (these report on the status and performance of 2020 Census network, ISP services and facilities).
• Managed over 8 individuals that worked the 3rd shift of the Confidential facilities for the Confidential as well.
• Offered insight and guidance for issues that ranged from troubleshooting to documentation creation for the use of others.
• Fault handling and escalation (identifying and responding to faults on 2020 Census systems and networks, liaising with 3rd party suppliers, handling escalation through to resolution).
• Provisioning (IP assignment, core network configuration, DNS setup, monitoring and graphing for colocation, leased lines, customer backup and other customer network services).
• Server build and installs, application upgrades, network equipment build and installation.
• Maintaining hardware serial audits, writing custom monitoring plugins and configuring bespoke graphing.
• Maintenance of WIKI and technical documentation (for Confidential ) of processes and procedures used throughout normal operations.
• Development of knowledge and skills in network and system administration, particularly with regard to 2020 Census own architecture and platforms.
• Tier 3 Support for co - location, customer backup network and ISP services.
• Participate in a 24x7 call-out rotation if required.

Confidential

Linux Systems Engineer/ Azure Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• In charge of spearheading the upgrade of CA APM 10.2.3 to 10.5.3
• Has performed the Data Center Flip and executed the process with no mistakes
• Given multiple meetings and presentations on the products we work with on a daily basis to stakeholders
• Provided support for multiple programs ( LogRhythm, UIM Monitoring, Groundworks, etc) for the VA
• Helped with RAC Config and RHEL7 setup in multiple enclaves
• Regular Database and server updates/maintenance
• Worked with multiple developers and smoke testers for deployments into Windows R12 and D12 environments
• Patching in multiple environments such as Dev, SQA,PreProd, and Prod
• Has rudimentary understanding of most monitoring tools (Splunk and UIM) and how to install and configure them
• Account creation inside Linux as well as Windows
• Full understanding of Active Directory and navigation through the environment
• In charge of developing a stable image for RHEL 7.4 for Microsoft Azure
• Developing and hardening a DOD standard security parameters for our RHEL servers
• Worked to develop and migrate over multiple images from our VMWare environment into the Azure Cloud
• I have experience in WebSphere Backend Linux Servers
• I also have extensive experience inside the Weblogic and WebSphere GUI
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1/6.0.x, and WebSphere Portal Server 5.1.0.4 on AIX/Linux platform
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.x/7.4 on Red Hat Linux
• Made modifications to Nodes that sat inside of WebSphere using Express JS and other middleware tools to execute updates on the server as well as application side as well
• Involved in complete infrastructure setup and configuration which included WebSphere ND 6.x/7.x, SiteMinder 6.0
• Troubleshooting errors both Application & JVM also analyzed heap/core plus error logs - configured tuned JVM for optimum performance.
• Monitored Applications and Weblogic performance through Tivoli Performance Viewer and tuned the system - caching, queuing, JVM parameters, DB Connection Pooling.
• Troubleshooting, security, failover and workload management of WebSphere Application Server 5.0 /5.1/6.0, WebServers like IBM HTTP WebServer, Apache Webserver.
• Deployment, software installation, maintenance, fixes upgrades, general administration, troubleshooting and performance tuning of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.x/6.x/7.0, JBOSS.
• Used WebSphere Admin Console and wsadmin - Jython scripting to install and update enterprise EAR.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Volume and file system management in Linux and other operating systems environment (LVM)
• Administering user accounts.
• Used VI editor to edit necessary files. worked with the migration and upgrades of Linux servers to Windows as well as Linux VMware to the Virtual Drives as well.
• Setup user accounts.
• Preventive maintenance (OS patching of Red Hat Enterprise UNIX).
• Proficient in Chef and Puppet scripting but have worked with Ruby and Python well.
• Troubleshooting user logins using various remote utilities.
• Worked with server virtualization, desktop virtualization, and storage consolidation.
• Configure local firewalls and managing IP Tables.
• Deep understanding of AWS, Glacier and Lambda, working knowledge Azure.
• Familiarity with network systems such as switches, servers and routers.
• Monitor system logs.
• Performance monitoring using necessary monitoring tools (top;sar;vmstat;nslookup;traceroute).
• Installing, configuring and hardening of servers.
• Installing and configuring apache web servers.
• Monitor client disc quota and general disc space usage.
• Using CRON Jobs to schedule task.
• Sharing resources across the network (NFS share).
• Monitoring the servers using the web based Advantage View & System Edge for data analysis.
• Monitor the file systems and CPU load for better performance. Detect and correct the file system errors.
• Interact with vendors with regards to circuits and equipment outages (HP; Dell; Red Hat).
• Adding & removing devices from monitoring platforms e.g. Openview.
• Hardware maintenance and replacement.
• Tuning of operating systems.
• Installing, configuring and hardening Solaris and Linux servers.
• Evaluating needs and installing appropriate recommended patches as needed.
• Disk replacement and Ram increase in virtual environment.
• Volume and file system management in Linux and Solaris environments.
• User and security administration.

Confidential

Data Server Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Network monitoring & troubleshooting using HP Open View; Whats-Up-Gold & Concord via SNMP.
• Performed regular system backups and recovery monitoring.
• Setup user accounts.
• Installation of Firewall checkpoint & CRON Job automation.
• Monitoring the servers using the web based Advantage View & System Edge for data analysis.
• Monitor the file systems and CPU load for better performance. Detect and correct the file system errors.
• Interact with vendors with regards to circuits and equipment outages (HP; Dell; Red Hat).
• Subject matter expert responsible for the Configuration of UPS (utilizing APC cards) for all FDIC offices & its monitoring.
• Adding & removing devices from monitoring platforms e.g. Openview.
• Performs OS patch updates.
• Installing, configuring and hardening Linux servers, evaluating needs and installing appropriate recommended patches as needed.
• Configuring and maintaining Linux (Red Hat) virtual environments. Installed multiple sparse and whole root zones within one physical instance of Red Hat 6.
• Performed data management using Red Hat utilities for archiving and compression.
• Used VI editor to edit necessary files.
• Administered user accounts.
• Troubleshooting user logins using various remote login utilities.
• Proficient in troubleshooting system problems.
• Performed administration and monitored job processes using associated commands.
• Monitored client disk quotas and general disk space usage.
• System performance monitoring and tuning.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting network connectivity.