SUMMARY:

To work with a technically orientated organization to enhance their technical capabilities and improve current methodologies. Seeking a position that will challenge and enhance my current technical and leadership abilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior UNIX Administrator

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed 20 Confidential - UX servers running versions 11.11 and 11.23. These servers were comprised of RP8400s, RP5400s, and RP7400s.
• Standardized the configuration of the servers to make then easier to manage.
• Used Confidential M/C ServiceGuard to create a three node cluster of critical applications such as Oracle and Supply Change Management (SCM) applications.
• Configured Confidential MeasureWare to monitor file system usage, resources on the servers, and various applications. MeasureWare would also send out an alert when critical thresholds were exceeded.
• Wrote scripts to automate various procedures, and to solve repetitive problems such as orphaned processes.
• Supported the Confidential Data Protector application for backups. Wrote scripts and scheduled backups in Control-M and cron. Took an environment where backups were failing daily to a level where backups had not failed in over two years. Backups were done directly from the file systems, Business Continuance Volume (BCV), and SnapShots.
• Created and supported file systems using Confidential Online JFS. Wrote scripts to create the Volume Groups (VG) and Logical Volumes (LV) as well as add an entry into the fstab file.
• Was in charge of disaster recovery (DR) testing of the Confidential -UX servers. Managed to bring up the Confidential -UX servers at Sungard within four hours. Using Ignite-UX images and backup tapes.
• Managed the Symmetrix DMX8000, and the Clariion disk arrays. Created and destroyed LUNs as required by the environment. Used the CLI symm commands for the DMX and the GUI for the Clariion.
• Created and maintained a software depot for the application of patches across the servers. This software depot also contained various Confidential applications used to upgrade the software.
• Upgraded the Confidential -UX OS from on all the servers.
• Performed analysis of the file systems used by Oracle, and implemented disk stripping to improve the performance of the file system and the Oracle application.
• Implemented and supported the StorageTek (SUN) SL8100 Tape Library and the ACSLS in a mixed environment.
• Implemented the Confidential ISEE application to send hardware problem alerts to Confidential Support.
• Configured Confidential EMS (Event Monitoring Service) to alert the system administrators to possible hardware problems on the servers.

Senior UNIX Administrator

Confidential, Orange, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed 24 Confidential - UX servers running versions 11.11 and 11.23. These servers were comprised of RP8400s, RP5400s, and RP7400s as well as two Itanium servers.
• Created Ignite-UX server and ran a make net recovery on a weekly basis.
• Created a software depot for patches and applications for the 11.11 and 11.23 versions of Confidential -UX
• Wrote detailed processes and procedures for various areas of system administration of the servers.
• Implemented the SPOP server and ISEE on all the Confidential -UX servers.
• Configured LUNs and created file systems on the Confidential VA7410 and EVA5000 Disk Arrays.
• Worked with OmniBack version 5.x to perform backups and restores of various file systems on the servers.
• Participated in the SOX implementation at Ameriquest.
• Standardized the implementation of various configuration files used on the servers such as /etc/hosts, etc .
• Worked with the Brocade switches and XP1024s.
• Worked with Bastille, IPsec, ssh, and trusted systems.

Lead Senior UNIX Administrator

Confidential, Fullerton, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed two UNIX System Administrators, assigned resources to projects, and assisted them in day to day activities.
• Responsible for managing the budgets for new hardware acquisitions, server upgrades, and support contracts.
• Implemented OpenView ITO and Network node manager for Beckman which consisted of all sites located worldwide. This included sites in Europe, Asia, North America, Central America and Australia.
• Setup and implemented IDS9000 (Intrusion Detection Software) software across the enterprise.
• Setup and configured 16 Confidential 9000 servers for the Global Connect project. This was a completely new installation of UNIX and was started from the ground up.
• Managed 16 Confidential 9000 servers and a High Availability Observatory (HAO) which consisted of a mixture of L1000, L2000, L3000, N - Class and two V2600 servers connected to an XP256 via Brocade switches.
• Installed and configured Veritas NetBackup on two Confidential 9000 servers. One was configured as a master and the other as a slave in a Veritas Cluster Server configuration. These servers were attached to an Confidential A5597A, which is HPs version of the StorageTek tape library.
• Installed and configured Veritas Cluster Server on the servers running NetBackup.
• Implemented NFS/NIS+ throughout the Confidential -UX enterprise.
• Created a software depot for both patches and applications.
• Implemented Ignite UX for a make recovery of all Confidential -UX servers.
• Wrote scripts to split and pair the Business Copies (BC) on the XP-256.
• Wrote scripts for reporting purposes on the status of the UNIX backups, state of the servers, and the state of the high availability clusters.
• Wrote detailed instructions and procedures for setting up a new server, kernel configuration, general management of the servers.
• Implemented and managed M/C ServiceGuard on four of the servers. This included the creation of new packages and the maintenance of existing packages.
• Mirrored the root system disks using Mirror-UX, and then wrote scripts to split the mirrors for backup purposes.
• Used OnLine JFS (Advanced Journal File System) to create file systems for use in production, test and development. All file systems were optimized for optimum performance with Oracle databases and application servers.
• Configured MeasureWare to send pages and alerts via e-mail to other administrators. Alerts were also trapped by Confidential ITO. These parameters were set to monitor the state of the ServiceGuard packages, the network interface cards, disk usage and utilization, memory, and cpus.
• Generated custom reports using PerfView of different system metrics to determine optimum performance for the server.

Senior UNIX Administrator

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed 28 Confidential 9000 servers which consisted of a mixture of K, D, V and N class servers running both Confidential - UX 10.20 and 11.00 connected by either SCSI or Fibre Channel to several EMC Symmetrix Boxes.
• Installed and configured Open Symm Manager and TimeFinder on a SUN E450 and Confidential V2500.
• Implemented NFS/NIS throughout the Confidential -UX enterprise.
• Created a software depot for both patches and applications.
• Implemented Ignite-UX for a make recovery of each and every platform. Ignite-UX was also implemented for the initial set-up of new servers.
• Created standard kernel configurations for all the servers.
• Wrote detailed instructions for the use of PerfView, Ignite-UX, and several other processes and procedures.
• Started the implementation of HPs ITO Enterprise Management software in a mixed ethernet/token ring environment.
• Installed and configured MeasureWare to track metrics.
• Architected a development, test and production environment for the Confidential -UX servers. This included the creation of a sandbox which would not affect any of the environments if it was brought down.
• Worked with the Veritas (VxFS) file system.

Senior Project Engineer

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Installed and set - up eight Confidential 9000/800 series platforms for SAP/R3 and Oracle Applications. This included the following tasks:
• Implemented NIS (Network Information Services, formerly known as yellow pages) between the platforms.
• Implemented, configured and supported HPs MC ServiceGuard software between the servers
• Implemented and configured several Confidential AutoRAID 12H disk farms.
• Implemented and configured Confidential OmniBack II backup software for the Confidential platforms.
• Set-up and configured a DEC Alpha 4100 for use in conjunction with the Confidential platforms as a SAP/R3 platform.
• Installed and configured HPs PerfView and MeasureWare software for the monitoring of system performance. Include with the standard MeasureWare software was the Oracle Database component.
• Created user and development accounts and filesystems.
• Installed patches on the Confidential -UX 10.20 operating system to bring it up to Y2K compliance.
• Created a centralized software depot for all the applicable patch installations.
• Installed and set-up an HP9000/700 series platform for the monitoring of the servers (Novell, NT, UNIX) and the network devices (Routers, Hubs, etc ). This included the following:
• Installed and configured Confidential OpenView Network Node Manager. Created a simple go/no go monitoring screen for the operators.
• Installed and configured Confidential OpenView Information Technology Organization (ITO) for the monitoring of the servers.
• Installed the ITO agents on the Novell, NT and UNIX servers (which included DEC UNIX, and Solaris environments).
• Created a PerfView and MeasureWare collection station for the SAP/R3 servers.
• Created ITO templates to collect and monitor certain activities on the servers.
• Created e-mail notification of events, which may lead, to inoperable situation for the servers.
• Installed and created Oracle databases for the collection of the data from all of the servers.
• Determined a methodology for the monitoring of systems on closed networks.
• Developed plan for disaster recovery and started implementation of plan.
• Installed and set-up several Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 servers on the DEC Alpha boxes and the PC Platforms.
• Installed and set-up a FAX server using OMTOOL running on a Windows NT server. The volume of Faxes is over 1000 per night.
• Created an imaging solution for the various Confidential campaigns whereby the latest and greatest deals for the commercial dealers are sent either by FAX or by e-mail, thereby reducing the notification time from one week to 24 hours.
• Completed SAP/R3 in Basis and Oracle DBA from Confidential .

Manager of Network Services

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed group of seven network engineers and UNIX administrators for the corporate infrastructure of Confidential . This included but was not limited to the design and implementation of the network to new facilities and the remote sales offices.
• Set - up a problem/help desk and developed scripts for the help desk personnel to solve as many problems at the help desk as possible. Start the implementation of REMEDY as a solution to managing activities
• Developed materials for the junior and entr e level employees to bring them into the system as soon as possible.
• Wrote and developed standards for the network and UNIX environment.

Senior Staff Engineer

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing a mixed environment of 160 UNIX servers that included Confidential - UX, IRIX, SUN OS and Solaris operating systems and one AUSPEX disk server.
• Consolidated several mail/messaging servers into one mail/messaging server and created a single e-mail address for each user while consolidating their messages.
• Standardized the user home directories and consolidated the various password files on the different systems.
• Architected the standards for the vaulting of drawings and documents into the Sherpa Product Data Management System.

Senior Staff Engineer

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed an environment comprised of 45 Confidential 9000/700 series workstations for the creation of satellite simulators for the Space and Communications group.
• Set - up various HP9000s both hardware and operating systems. Installed the simulation software and tested it prior to shipment to various customers.
• Provided field support to the customers in solving problems encountered with the simulators.
• Manufactured simulator upgrade tapes for use in the field.
• Standardized the development environment, thereby allowing code to be shared between various simulation programs.
• Created a single backup strategy using Confidential OmniBack II and a tape stacker.
• Cleaned up and standardized each workstation thereby reducing down time as well as making the workstations easier to manage.
• Set-up and installed several Confidential X-terminals.
• Cleaned up the network, thereby increasing the performance of each workstation.
• Set-up Novell servers and cc:Mail for the desktop PCs.
• Created a UNIX mail server using the sendmail application.

Staff Engineer

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for a VAX VMS Cluster which provided services to facilities, transportation, security and procurement.
• Performed backups and restores of the various drives attached to the cluster.
• Collected system performance statistics
• Wrote script files to clean up the file systems.
• Removed accounts that were no longer needed.
• Cleaned up the system thereby freeing additional disk space.

Staff Engineer and Member of the Technical Staff

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Hybrids and Microcircuits area.
• Wrote specifications for the compliance of the components to MIL - STD-883 and MIL-M-13586.
• Reviewed electronic assembly drawings for proper use of the components and compliance to the contracts.
• Participated in design review committees for changes and new drawings.
• Participated in configuration management meetings for drawing revisions.
• Performed failure analysis for field failures and determined cause and corrective action.
• Performed the role of parts manager for several programs in the procurement, testing and usage of each part.
• Performed qualification testing of new components for to the requirements of the contract.
• Acting Supervisor for a group of four engineers. Team lead for a tiger team formed to evaluate a possible design flaw in a system.