PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implementation and Administration of Highly Available Enterprise Level Confidential pSeries Unix Servers and Disk Storage Subsystems
• Systems Architecture and Administration of Enterprise - Level high performance, High-Availability Clustered Confidential System P (pSeries)/AIX Power5, Power6, and Power7(p690, p670, p650, p510, p520, p550 & 55E, p570, p590 & p595, Power 710, 720 & 750 Express and Power 770, 780 and 795 in TurboCore and MaxCore configurations) as well as implementation and maintenance of xSeries Servers and BladeCenters, including JS22, JS23, JS43, JS700 and 701, Oracle Solaris (M-Series and T-Series), and other Linux and Unix systems.
• Confidential System P Solution Design and Architecture, including requirements gathering, sizing, system design, and creation of working configuration with Confidential System Planning Tool, Workload Estimator, eConfig, OLPW’s, etc... and customer-facing Solutions Assurance Meetings and creation of SoW/SoS’s
• Advanced Power Virtualization (APV) implementation, setup, and maintenance, including LPAR creation and Micropartitioning, Virtual IO Server (VIOS), Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR), Partition Load Manager (PLM), etc Confidential virtualization solutions, and management of virtualized systems using HMC (Hardware Management Console) and WebSM interface.
• Solaris and AIX migrations (Solaris 8 to Solaris 10, Solaris to AIX and AIX 5.X to AIX 6.1).
• High Availability implementations of multi-node clusters with Confidential PowerHA/HACMP HACMP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4.1 and 5.5 ( PowerHA ) implementation with integration of Oracle Database and Application Server, etc. HACMP/Power HA tuning and failover testing.
• AIX performance tuning using Measureware, Performance Toolbox, Confidential Workload Estimator, NMON, and home-made performance analysis solutions, patch management, CUoD and CoD provisioning.
• Performance and capacity optimization on Power5, Power6 and Power7 systems, including TurboCore and Maxcore configurations, dynamic performance and energy optimization, workload and server consolidation projects, Live Partition Mobility implementations
• SAN implementations with Confidential DS4000 - DS8000 series disk subsystems, EMC and NetApp storage systems. TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager), Veritas NetBackup storage software server and client installation and setup and implementation into HACMP clusters.
• Sun Solaris administration, including Solaris Containers, Solaris Zones and ZFS, SVM (Sun Volume Manager), SMF (Service Management Framework, FMS (Fault Management System), OBP, ALOM, iLOM, OOBM, TSM integration, performance monitoring, OS patching and package management, security and automation.
• SAP Landscape Implementation, Oracle Application Implementations, ERP solution design, including SAP R/3 and Oracle eBusiness Suite, sizing and solution architecture based on SAPS and number of users for variable numbers of modules, etc… Setup and administration of applications from WebSphere to Apache Web Server.
• Security implementation with PCI Compliance, SOX, STIG and GSD331 compliance for Linux, AIX and Solaris, using various security auditing systems and tools.

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implementation and Administration of Highly Available Enterprise Level Confidential pSeries Unix Servers and Disk Storage Subsystems in Enterprise datacenters of Confidential ’s largest customers
• Systems Architecture and Administration of Enterprise-Level high performance, High-Availability Clustered Confidential System P (pSeries)/AIX Power5, Power6, and Power7(p690, p670, p650, p510, p520, p550 & 55E, p570, p590 & p595, Power 710, 720 & 750 Express and Power 770, 780 and 795 in TurboCore and MaxCore configurations) as well as implementation and maintenance of xSeries Servers and BladeCenters, including JS22, JS23, JS43, JS700 and 701, Oracle Solaris (M-Series and T-Series), and other Linux and Unix systems.
• Systems Engineering of Linux-based HPC clusters, including Beowulf SMP systems on Power 570, 670 & 770 HPC hardware platforms.
• Confidential System P Solution Design and Architecture, including requirements gathering, sizing, system design, and creation of working configuration with Confidential System Planning Tool, Workload Estimator, eConfig, OLPW’s, etc... and customer-facing Solutions Assurance Meetings and creation of SoW/SoS’s
• Advanced Power Virtualization (APV) implementation, setup, and maintenance, including LPAR creation and Micropartitioning, Virtual IO Server (VIOS), Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR), Partition Load Manager (PLM), etc Confidential virtualization solutions, and management of virtualized systems using HMC (Hardware Management Console) and WebSM interface.
• Solaris and AIX migrations (Solaris 8 to Solaris 10, Solaris to AIX and AIX 5.X to AIX 6.1).
• High Availability implementations of multi-node clusters with Confidential PowerHA/HACMP HACMP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4.1 and 5.5 ( PowerHA ) implementation with integration of Oracle Database and Application Server, etc. HACMP/Power HA tuning and failover testing.
• AIX performance tuning using Measureware, Performance Toolbox, Confidential Workload Estimator, NMON, and home-made performance analysis solutions, patch management, CUoD and CoD provisioning.
• Performance and capacity optimization on Power5, Power6 and Power7 systems, including TurboCore and Maxcore configurations, dynamic performance and energy optimization, workload and server consolidation projects, Live Partition Mobility implementations
• SAN implementations with Confidential DS4000 - DS8000 series disk subsystems, EMC and NetApp storage systems. TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager), Veritas NetBackup storage software server and client installation and setup and implementation into HACMP clusters.
• Sun Solaris administration, including Solaris Containers, Solaris Zones and ZFS, SVM (Sun Volume Manager), SMF (Service Management Framework, FMS (Fault Management System), OBP, ALOM, iLOM, OOBM, TSM integration, performance monitoring, OS patching and package management, security and automation.
• SAP Landscape Implementation, Oracle Application Implementations, ERP solution design, including SAP R/3 and Oracle eBusiness Suite, sizing and solution architecture based on SAPS and number of users for variable numbers of modules, etc… Setup and administration of applications from WebSphere to Apache Web Server.
• Security implementation with PCI Compliance, SOX, STIG and GSD331 compliance for Linux, AIX and Solaris, using various security auditing systems and tools.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implementation and Administration of Highly Available Enterprise Level Confidential pSeries Unix Servers and Disk Storage Subsystems
• Systems Architecture and Administration with primary focus on high performance, High-Availability Clustered Confidential System P (pSeries)/AIX Power5, Power6, and Power7(p690, p670, p650, p510, p520, p550 & 55E, p570, p590 & p595, Power 710, 720 & 750 Express and Power 770, 780 and 795 in TurboCore and MaxCore configurations) as well as implementation and maintenance of xSeries Servers and BladeCenters, including JS22, JS23, JS43, JS700 and 701, Sun/Solaris (M-Series and T-Series), and other Linux and Unix systems.
• Confidential System P Solution Design and Architecture, including requirements gathering, sizing, system design, and creation of working configuration with Confidential System Planning Tool, Workload Estimator, eConfig, OLPW’s, etc... and customer-facing Solutions Assurance Meetings and creation of SoW/SoS’s
• Systems Engineering of Linux-based HPC clusters, including Beowulf SMP systems on Power 570, 670 & 770 HPC hardware platforms.
• Performance and capacity optimization on Power5, Power6 and Power7 systems, including TurboCore and Maxcore configurations, dynamic performance and energy optimization, workload and server consolidation projects, Live Partition Mobility implementations
• SAN implementations with Confidential DS4000 - DS8000 series disk subsystems, EMC and NetApp storage systems. TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager), Veritas NetBackup storage software server and client installation and setup and implementation into HACMP clusters.
• Advanced Power Virtualization (APV) implementation, setup, and maintenance, including LPAR creation and Micropartitioning, Virtual IO Server (VIOS), Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR), Partition Load Manager (PLM), etc Confidential virtualization solutions, and management of virtualized systems using HMC (Hardware Management Console) and WebSM interface.
• Solaris and AIX migrations (Solaris 8 to Solaris 10, Solaris to AIX and AIX 5.X to AIX 6.1)
• High Performance Switch configuration/administration with Brocade and McData fibre switches. Setup of zoning and multipathing on Brocade and McData switches for SAN fabric configuration.
• Confidential pSeries hands-on implementations, migrations, and administration of multi-LPAR servers with AIX 5.3 to 6.1 Administration of LPARs, DLPARs, Micropartitions and virtualized system resources.
• High Availability implementations of multi-node clusters with Confidential PowerHA/HACMP HACMP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4.1 and 5.5 ( PowerHA ) implementation with integration of Oracle Database and Application Server, etc. HACMP V5 tuning and failover testing.
• AIX performance tuning using Measureware, Performance Toolbox, Confidential Workload Estimator, NMON, and home-made performance analysis solutions, patch management, CUoD and CoD provisioning.
• Sun Solaris administration, including Solaris Containers, Solaris Zones and ZFS, SVM (Sun Volume Manager), SMF (Service Management Framework, FMS (Fault Management System), OBP, ALOM, iLOM, OOBM, TSM integration, performance monitoring, OS patching and package management, security and automation.
• SAP Landscape Implementation, Oracle Application Implementations, ERP solution design, including SAP R/3 and Oracle eBusiness Suite, sizing and solution architecture based on SAPS and number of users for variable numbers of modules, etc… Setup and administration of applications from WebSphere to Apache Web Server.
• Security auditing and implementation using various open-source and commercial software packages for PCI, SOX, STIG and GSD331 compliance for Linux, AIX and Solaris.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of Highly-Available Enterprise-Level Confidential pSeries Unix Servers and Disk Storage Subsystems.
• Use of sizing and capacity planning tools for Oracle/SAP/DB2 back-end solutions for BI, CRM, etc, and Confidential eConfig for server and DS/storage solution design.
• Implementation and integration of datacenter/system management tools such as Chef, Splunk, Puppet and Nagios.

Confidential, Cincinatti, OH

Systems/Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise-level pSeries AIX /Linux implementations, migrations and vitualization.
• Client-site implementation of Confidential pSeries and xSeries servers and disk systems.
• Setup and administration of HACMP (High-Availability Clustered Multi-Processing) systems.
• AIX performance tuning using Measureware, perf.tools
• Solution design and architecture.
• Implementation and management of Confidential pSeries machines (eServer P5 and pSeries p590, p595, p570, p550, 520, 690, 670, 650, 630, etc also xSeries servers and BladeCenters) and eServer iSeries machines.
• LPAR & DLPAR administration and resource management. pSeries-Linux LPAR integration (RedHat and SUSE)
• AIX migrations (Linux, Solaris, Windows to AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3).
• LoadLeveler, CoD, CUoD, RAS, ODM administration
• HMC implementation, maintenance, and administration.
• Virutalization, MicroPartitioning, MPIO, etc...
• Confidential server implementation, maintenance, and administration.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Systems & Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Client-site, data-center, and remote administration of large, disparate, scalable, high-availability networks, VPN's, WAN's, SAN's.
• Setup, testing, auditing, repair and maintenance of environments, employing multiple versions of Unix (AIX, Solaris) and Linux on a wide-array of enterprise level servers, storage devices, and networking peripherals, from several vendors.
• Focus on Confidential eServers, pSeries administration with AIX 4.3 - 5L. AIX clustering (Cluster 1600 and RS/6000) with Confidential HACMP.
• Migrations (Solaris to AIX)

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Systems/Network/Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built ISP from ground up, including OC-3, T1 connectivity.
• Installation and setup of Cisco access servers and routers, authentication.
• Full security implementation, including firewalls, automated vulnerability scanners and syslog servers with log scanners and automated reporting services.
• Implementation of all ISP related services (webmail, DNS, etc.) using Redhat and Debian Linux and OpenBSD.

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Systems Team Manager & Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Unix administrator and leader of 6-person team of sysadmins supporting a large disparate network and several different research groups (including several classified DARPA projects) at Main Engineering facility of the nation's 2nd largest Research & Development firm.
• Confidential is also historically notable as being one of the original four nodes of DARPA-NET, the original foundation of the present-day Internet.
• Lead Security Engineer, and second in charge of internal security team(Team CHAOS), dedicated to ensuring the security of highly sensitive
• "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" (DARPA) projects in fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, chemical engineering, information and signals warfare, etc.
• Working closely with various research groups to implement custom computing system environments and software/script creation to accommodate unique technological needs of individual research projects and groups.
• Systems Engineering of Linux-based HPC clusters, including Beowulf SMP systems on commodity-server-based (Intel x86 and AMD) Linux HPC hardware platforms.
• Networks consisted of Sun E-450's, E-3500's, Ultra 60's & 80's, SparcStations, Confidential pSeries with AIX 3.2, 4.3 - 5L. eServer P5 and pSeries 690, 670,650, 550 Express Servers, BladeCenters, Cluster 1600 and RS/6000.
• Confidential eServer iSeries machines. pSeries High Performance Switchconfiguration/administration.
• Confidential HACMP integration with Oracle Application Server. HACMP V5 CSM and LoadLeveler.
• Confidential DS-series disk systems (DS4100, DS4000EXP, DS6000). Multiple NT servers and workstations, Network Appliance fileservers, and Cisco and Bay Networks routing and switching equiptment.
• Ensured high-availability of services and data by employing Veritas Cluster Server, Cluster Server Enterprise Agents for NetApp F800 Filers & Oracle, integration of VCS with Sun StorEdge arrays & E-3500's with Oracle 8i, conducted testing for resource availability during policy-based failovers, wrote custom failover-testing scripts.
• HA Mail solutions including Sendmail and Postfix, Queue management, security (Postfix SASL Authentication + OpenSSL), with IMAP SQL/Postfix integration, Multiple domain MX hosting with Proxy/NAT configuration.

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, and maintenance of integrated Solaris Enterprise environment
• Management of systems integration projects.
• Production phase administration of redundant, scalable, high availability clustered high bandwidth network, Cisco routers & switches, Extreme switches PIX Firewall.
• Systems architecture and design with latest Sun hardware.
• Sun machines under my domain included (5) Enterprise 450's, E-3000, E-3500, E-4000, E-5000, (2) E-6500, E-10000, T3, Sun's Netra and Cobalt line, StorEdge, Cisco switches.
• Development of Solaris Jumpstart scripts.
• Configuration and support of RAID, network storage, and backup systems. Including Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Global Cluster Manager, Sun Cluster Server 3.0, Veritas ServPoint Appliance Software, VCS Quickstart, NetBackup, & Oracle back-ends on E-3500's and StorEdge T3 arrays. Testing of QOS and availability and custom testing scripts.
• Development, configuration and integration of system management scripts.
• Complete system configuration of entire line of Enterprise servers from out-of-box to production phase, including Jumpstart, NIS, NFS, DNS, Veritas, Netbackup, SyMon (SMC 3.0), Big Brother, Oracle, SunRay Server and Appliance administration, Jini server, Netscape Enterprise Server, SunPCI Win/Solaris interoperability, iPlanet Portal Server, Apache, Perl scripting for systems administration and Confidential purposes
• Security and integrity duties within Suns Customer Briefing Center and Asia Pacific Sales Force networks.
• Assumed Webmaster and customer satisfaction roles in addition to regular workload.

Confidential, San Mateo, CA

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Leader of 3 person systems team, managing a Windows/Linux/MacOS integrated environment for a medium sized web-development company.
• Responsibilities included managing systems/network, building and upgrades, implementing RAID array, ensuring availability of all network services including. DNS, NFS and NIS, LDAP, Samba file sharing services.
• Security auditing and implementation of Linux firewall and establishing security policies.
• Assisted the web development team with Confidential debugging issues.