SUMMARY:

• Install, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers. Monitor and tune appropriate systems to ensure optimum level of performance. Install new releases and system upgrades. Evaluate and install system patches. Implement and maintain Security measures according to SOP.
• Develop installation and testing plans/procedures for integrating commercial off the shelf (COTS) products
• Perform Linux systems administration functions within a Red Hat, SUSE, Centos, Sun Solaris & AWS physical and virtualization (Xen, VMware, VIOS). Perform bash/ksh scripting and conduct capacity planning and upgrade reviews with management. Perform analysis, performance tuning processes.
• Provided J2EE Application support, IIS Support, and Citrix Netscalers Support
• Solely provide support installing, configuring and troubleshooting HP Quality Center and HP Quality Center within the Lab Agency environment.
• Develop, document, and maintain build - release processes Setup, configure, and manage the build and development environments, automate the build, deployment, and Cots integration test processes. Within Subversion, Eclipse, NEXUS, Apache Maven and JBoss environment perform software branch, merge, and related functions.
• Utilized Clear case to perform builds in a Data Ware Housing environment in Oracle 11g, ODI, Load Runner, and EPM11.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

RHEL 6/7, SUSE, Centos, Solaris, AWS, CA Gateway, Puppet, Docker, Ansible, Linux Red, Apache, Windows Server 2012/08/03, VM Ware ESX,, HP/Unix, SUN/Unix, Citrix, HP Utility/ILO, UCS Central, .NET Framework, Subversion, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), Eclipse, NEXUS, Apache Maven, Tomcat, Web Sphere, Web logic, JBOSS, Control, ArcGIS, AGILE, Mainframe and AS/400.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

System Engineer Administrator /Dev Ops /Build Engineer (Contracting)

• Using SUSE, Redhat Linux 7 /6, Centos, Sun Solaris & AWS, build out, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot both physical and virtual servers. Monitor and tune appropriate systems to ensure optimum level of performance. Install new releases and system upgrades. Evaluate and install system patches. Implement and maintain Security measures according to SOP
• Provide technical support for CA API Gateway 9.2/1/0, Cisco UCS blade infrastructure setup and support (Fabric Interconnect through the blades), Confidential Storage and NFV environment.
• Created SCM Process, policies and procedures to follow Development and QA team to Release or Deploy highest quality product for the enterprise.
• Utilized Build Automation tools like Ansible, Subversion, Jenkins, Tomcat, TFS, Weblogic, and Cruise Control.
• Configuration Management, Build, Release Management and Quality Assurance using TFS, CVS, Subversion and Jenkins on UNIX and Windows environment.
• Responsible for configuring application builds and automated deployments using the TFS Build and Release features, such as Jenkins.
• On Win 2012/08 R2 build out physical and virtual servers, perform maintenance and support: Install updates, deploy new applications, instances, troubleshoots and resolves server, application and/or system issues.
• Responsible for the installation and configuration of project software
• Tools utilized Jira, Ansible, Puppet, Nagios, Tivoli, Splunk, BitBucket, GIT, Remedy, SolarWinds, & Netbackup.
• Manage a team of 10 consisting of release managers, system engineers and dev ops.

System Engineer Dev Ops / Administrator

Confidential, Kansas City, Mo

• Install, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot SUSE, Redhat Linux 7 & 6, Centos, & AWS physical and unix servers. Monitor and tune appropriate systems to ensure optimum level of performance. Install new releases and system upgrades. Evaluate and install system patches. Implement and maintain Security measures according to SOP.
• Tools utilized BigFix, Puppet, Nagios, Tivoli, Splunk, BitBucket, GIT, Remedy, SolarWinds, & Netbackup.
• In an AWS, CA Gateway, Puppet, Docker, Ansible, Linux Red, Apache, Weblogic, JBOSS perform installs, configuration and troubleshooting support in Cloud environment.
• Configuration Management, Build, Release Management and Quality Assurance using TFS, CVS, Subversion and Jenkins on UNIX and Windows environment.
• On Win 2012/08 R2 build out physical and virtual servers, perform maintenance and support: Install updates, deploy new applications, instances, troubleshoots and resolves server, application and/or system issues.
• Responsible for the installation and configuration of project software
• Manage a team of 10 consisting of release managers, system engineers and dev ops.
• Provided Java Application support, J2EE Application support, IIS Support, and Citrix Netscalers Support
• Perform Linux systems administration functions within a Red Hat Enterprise, Linux SLES, Linux suse environment and virtualization (Xen, VMware, VIOS). Perform bash/ksh scripting and conduct capacity planning and upgrade reviews with management. Perform analysis, performance tuning processes.
• Setup, maintain, and troubleshoot the following: Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, Firewalls, Switches, Server Operating Systems.

Confidential

System Administrator Specialist

• Provide IT support for the Army National Guard in the Signal Unit testing electronic equipment and software. Installs, operates, and performs unit maintenance on multi-functional/multi-user information processing systems and peripheral equipment and auxiliary devices. Performs input/ output data control and bulk data storage operations. Transfer data between information processing equipment and systems. Troubleshoots automation equipment and systems to the degree required for isolation of malfunctions to specific hardware or software.
• Configures information processing equipment into required operating configurations. Performs senior operator and systems administrator duties and unit level maintenance functions on assigned computer systems. Compiles production report data and quality control information.
• Assists less experienced soldiers in the installation, operation, and maintenance of information processing equipment. Writes, analyzes, edits, tests, and modifies computer programs. Drafts program operation manuals and technical program requirements documents.
• Troubleshoots software using established debugging procedures.
• Provide support in a Sun Solaris 10 environment, troubleshoot Army security systems: Retina and Hercules: Support Microsoft Servers 2003, Cisco Routers and Cisco Switches.

System Engineer /Dev Ops

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

• Build out both physical and virtual Red Hat Linux 5.9, 6.1, 6.9, 7.2 servers.
• Build and support physical and virtual Window 2012/08/03 servers.
• Configuration Management, Build, Release Management and Quality Assurance using TFS, CVS, Subversion and Jenkins on UNIX and Windows environment.
• Tools utilized BigFix, Puppet, Nagios, Tivoli, Splunk, BitBucket, GIT, Remedy, SolarWinds, & Netbackup.
• Install, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers. Monitor and tune appropriate systems to ensure optimum level of performance. Install new releases and system upgrades. Evaluate and install system patches. Implement and maintain Security measures according to SOP.
• Setup, maintain, and troubleshoot the following: Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, Firewalls, Switches, Server Operating Systems.
• Install and troubleshooting VMware, patch VMware, patch HP infrastructure and UCS.
• Provided J2EE Application support, IIS Support, and Citrix Netscalers Support

Environment: Linux Red Hat 5.9, 6.1, 6.9, 7.2, Windows Server 2012/08/03, VMware/Sphere, Hyper V, VM Ware ESX, Java, JIRA, JVM, MS SQL 2008 R2/2003, HP Unix, Sun Solaris Unix, Apache Maven, Web sphere, Web logic, JBOSS, ANT, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, .NET Framework, ArcGIS, Citrix Farm, AGILE, Mainframe, Sys36, and AS/400.

DevOps

Confidential, Kansas City, Mo

• Provide System Administrator responsibilities in a Linux Red Hat, Hyper V, VM Ware ESX, Windows Server 2008/03 and MS SQL 2008 R2/2003. Install, update servers with software updates and patches. Troubleshoot build, configuration, and installation errors
• Configuration Management, Build, Release Management and Quality Assurance using TFS, CVS, Subversion and Jenkins on UNIX and Windows environment.
• Develop installation and testing plans/procedures for integrating commercial off the shelf (COTS) products
• Tools utilized BigFix, Puppet, Nagios, Tivoli, Splunk, BitBucket, GIT, Remedy, SolarWinds, & Netbackup.
• Solely provide support installing, configuring and troubleshooting HP Quality Center and HP Quality Center within the Lab Agency environment.
• Install and configure software on Web Sphere and Jboss Application Server platforms. Configure application server JVM’s and server settings to include not limited to Heap Size, Garbage Collection, Thread/Session settings, Name Space Bindings/JNDI, JDBC/Data sources and MQ Providers/Queues/Factories.
• Perform software scheduling utilizing CA Workload Automation and Control M within a Web Sphere and JBoss environment.
• Develop, document, and maintain build-release processes Setup, configure, and manage the build and development environments, automate the build, deployment, and Cots integration test processes. Within Subversion, Eclipse, NEXUS, Apache Maven and JBoss environment perform software branch, merge, and related functions.

Environment: Linux Red Hat 5/6, Sun Solaris Unix, Windows Server 2008/03, Hyper V, VM Ware ESX, Java, JIRA, JVM, MS SQL 2008 R2/2003, CA Workload Automation, Control M Subversion, Eclipse, NEXUS, Apache Maven, Web Sphere, Web logic, JBOSS, ANT, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, .NET Framework, ArcGIS, Citrix Farm, AGILE, Mainframe, Sys36, and AS/400.

Software Configuration / System Administrator

Confidential, KS.

• Temporary Contract to fill in while the permanent employee was on maternity leave
• Was as a liaison between users of business computer systems and the information systems technical staff. Performed system administrator and release engineer responsibilities in Sun Unix environment.
• Utilized TFS, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Cruise Control and ANT in order to perform release management and configuration management responsibilities.
• Provide Configuration Management support for the Software Development Group (SDG) and support application deployment activities in coordination with Configuration Management staff collocated with infrastructure/environment.
• Provided customer support in an Active Directory environment and MS Outlook, MS Office, Windows 2003/XP/Vista/7, VMware, Service Desk and SharePoint environment.

System Administrator & Configuration Management

Confidential, Overland Park, KS.

• Implemented and maintained a, AS/400, Sun Unix Solaris, Windows XP/2003/Vista & Linux network in an Active Directory environment and MS Outlook, MS Office, Windows 2003/XP/Vista, SharePoint, HP Service Center maintained support.
• Provided Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy administration: Monitored and maintained LAN and email systems: Instituted and maintained LAN disaster recovery procedures. Supported Unix Sun Solaris, & AIX.
• Was responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining networking equipment (NICs, switches, Ethernet cabling, Cisco L3/L2, routers, VPNS and firewalls). Performed application testing including unit testing, regression testing and system testing.

Information Analyst

Confidential, Overland Park, Kansas

• Performed software development created, maintained and modified software coded in Cobol and RPG on a System AS/400 and Unix Server in a Telephony environment for the NOC.
• Provided support for NOC and data center computer operators, in a Windows environment utilizing NT/95/98, Lotus Notes and support for web base applications. Perform system administration duties in all production environments.

System Administrator

Confidential, Overland Park, Kansas

• Team lead for the Help Desk and Data Center team.
• Provided Technical Support for end users in a Unix AIX, AS/400, Mainframe, Microsoft Windows NT/95/98 and TCP/IP environment. Supported Confidential application PeopleSoft, performed system administration duties in a RS 6000/AIX Unix and Windows environment.
• Configured, installed, troubleshoot, and administered RS 6000/AIX operating system. Supported external and internal applications for end users and was responsible for hardware and software.