PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Since my early childhood I have always had an interest in computers and technology. It’s been my passion for as long as I can remember, and now I want to use this passion to excel at with company.
• I’m very confident that my talents will help company give the best experience with the technologies sold through your company.
• Through the years I have tried a few different career paths but in the back of my mind it has always led me back to the tech field.
• I’m a self - starter with excellent communication skills, a passionate commitment to team goals, and an ongoing enthusiasm for learning in many areas.
• Friendly and dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience Administrating Solaris 10 & 11 in a clustered environment
• Helped develop software for AWS and Azure. Very proficient in both.
• Experience integrating Linux, AIX and Solaris into Active Directory using Bind, iDM and SSSD
• Proficient in setting up Windows Servers (2012, 2012 R2, 2016)
• Great deal of experience with Linux (Red Hat Enterprise, Suse, and Debian. I also do Volunteer coding for the Fedora Project)
• Experience with setting up and maintaining Unix based solutions (AIX and Solaris)
• Very Proficient in setting up and modifying SQL databases (Microsoft SQL and Oracle DB)
• Experience with Confidential Networking equipment including
• Expert in Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Puppet, and ELK, and Ansible Tower.
• Expert in Technical Support for Hardware and Software issues via Telephone
• Much experience with Communication equipment including IP telephony and Video Conferencing software
• Very Proficient in Customer Support
• Experience working with Virtual Machine Solutions such as Zen, VMware virtualization, Hyper-V, and KVM Much Experience with SPARC and PowerPC based servers running AIX, Solaris, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux A lot of experience setting up monitoring and log analyses including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Zabbix, and Nagios Programming experience with Python, Ruby, Rust, and YAML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Linux / zOS / Solaris / Windows DevOps Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• First hand setup and maintenance of Linux/Unix/zOS installations and applications
• Maintaining close to 900 Linux servers across physical and cloud environments
• Advising other administrators on how to troubleshoot Linux and Unix issues
• Configuring of Internal Network using VMware and Azure networking
• Helping create several documents regarding Linux up keep and installation
• Maintaining Virtual Environments through Azure, VMware virtualization, Hyper-V, and KVM
• Creating storage integration for EMC, Netapp, and Tintri storage appliances
• Creating and maintaining many LPAR’s and Zpool’s on ZFS
• OS administrative duties include Windows 2016, z/OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Solaris 10 & 11
• Deploying solutions utilizing both PowerShell and SSH
• Creating interoperability between Windows and Linux using Red Hat iDM and Centrify
• Creating and maintaining a Prometheus/Grafana monitoring environment of 900 servers
• Programming solutions with Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala.
• Deploying and administrator the automation stack that includes Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Puppet, and ELK, and Ansible Tower.
• Troubleshooting OS level issues
• Designed and deployed Prometheus and Grafana monitoring across the board.
• Managing the VMware vSphere environment
• Assist in advising design team on potential upgrades to the environment
• Working with network team with securing the Palo and Confidential firewalls and helping develop VLAN protocols.

Senior Linux / AIX / Solaris Support Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Advise on the setup and maintenance of Linux/Unix installations and applications
• Maintain several Linux servers for databases and internal sites including an LMS
• Advising other agents on how to troubleshoot Linux and Unix issues
• Assisting with the development with Backup products for both Azure and AWS
• Deploying and administrator the automation stack that includes Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Puppet, and ELK, and Ansible Tower.
• Helping create several documents regarding Linux up keep and installation
• Maintaining Virtual Environments through Zen, VMware virtualization, Hyper-V, and KVM
• Experience with AIX on PowerPC and Solaris on SPARC
• Deployed Kubernetes hosts and managed many containers (864 by the time I left.)
• OS administrative duties include Windows 2016, AIX 7.2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4, Solaris 10

Tier 3 Technical Support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot Network Connectivity using Telnet and SSH
• Server Maintenance of Active Directory Server
• Troubleshooting of Windows / Mac OS X Network Utilities
• Giving a Customer Service Experience that Maintained Customer Loyalty
• Using Zendesk to maintain and work on dozens of tickets at a time
• Configuring Networks Using TCP/IP, Routers, Switches, and Access Points

Nuclear Pharmacy Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Compounding of Radio-pharmaceuticals including Tc-99m and PET
• Packaging and Labeling of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment
• Setting up and maintaining of ‘Isotrac' Linux & Windows Client
• Configuring of Internal Network using Confidential IOS Routers
• Assigning User Permissions using Active Directory
• Maintaining Virtual Environments through Zen, VMware virtualization, and Hyper-V