SUMMARY:

• 28+ years culminated in complex applications, communication and networking services
• Education and certifications: BsEET, CCNA, CISSP - ISSAP, Cloud+, ITIL, MCSE, OCP*, PMP** and Security+
• Research, design, integration and management for latest computing, networking and storage technologies
• Proven track record in acclimating to adjusting, competing priorities and organizational needs
• Develop application lifecycle designs for custom, COTS and GOTS enterprise architecture services
• Technical team leader and mentor
• Field service engineer - business communication systems (PBX, fire alarms, nurse call, satellite and security)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ODSEE (SunOne LDAP)
• F5 (LTM, APM, ASM)
• OS (Linux, UnIx and Windows)
• Network (LAN/WAN)
• Firewall
• Storage (NAS/SAN)
• OAS SSO/OCSP solutions PKI/SSL Atlassian Jira Clustering VMWare

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. New Technology Specialist

Confidential, Kansas City, Missouri

Responsibilities:

• Manage application team in support of complex distributed applications on varied OS environments
• Pioneer efforts to improve reliability, consistency, scalability and availability of USMC applications
• Engineer application solutions for tiered support and accessibility
• Propose technical and tiered staffing solutions to accommodate varied requirements and timelines
• Partner with engineers, managers and executives to accomplish missions across DoD organizations
• Perform server design, configuration and application deployments to development and 24x7 production environments (Apache, Cognos BI, IIS, WebSphere MQ, J2EE Oracle Application Server, ODSEE, Tomcat, and WebLogic) for web, mainframe and DB (MS SQL, Oracle and DB2) connectivity and interoperability
• Comply with federal and military security standards (STIG) for OS, application and web platforms
• Administer: Network (F5 BigIP), OS (Linux, Solaris, Windows) and Sun/ Confidential storage
• Configure enterprise management tool (Foglight) for OS and application event notification
• Analyze server and application logs to isolate troubles and propose enhancements
• Develop custom installation scripts with InstallShield for CD and web distribution
• Evaluate emerging hardware and software products to secure and streamline environments
• Utilize native application tools for backup, recovery and compliance
• Serving as on-site contact/coordinator for sub-contractor staff

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Lenexa, Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Configured and managed multi-vender ( Confidential / Confidential / Confidential ) SAN environments via StorageWorks, OpenManage and Navisphere for core business servers
• Trained IT staff on FC storage management and best practices
• Provided real-time disaster recovery capabilities by replicating sensitive SQL databases to secured data center
• Designed, configured and maintained high availability Microsoft clusters for MSMQ and SQL
• Secured and managed 24x7 environment (Solaris/Linux/Windows platforms) which includes services for Apache, DNS, FTP, Oracle, SQL, Legato RepliStor and spam filtering (Sophos)
• Managed enterprise backups (NetWorker) for primary and remote data center
• Configured and supported Microsoft Active Directory (Windows 2000 and 2003)
• Utilized and supported Citrix for secured application functions

Systems Administrator

Confidential, Lenexa, Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Maintained 24x7 environment (Solaris/Linux/Windows platforms) which includes services for DNS, FTP, email, LDAP, Oracle, TripWire and Apache web servers
• Provided application support for proprietary wireless utility meter reading, kernel level auditing, Oracle, Objectstore, Veritas (File System, Netbackup and Volume Manager) and Solstice Disk Suite
• Developed and document system design standards, capacity planning and business continuance parameters for new and existing utility customers
• SAN Management: Utilized Confidential Control Center, ESN Manager and TimeFinder to manage hyper volumes and Business Continuance Volumes (BCVs) in a highly available environment
• Infrastructure includes: Symmetrix (8530 and DMX 1000-P), ED-64M, V880, V480, V100, E4500, E3500, E3000, E450, E420, E250, E220, Netra X1, U30, U10, U5, U2 and Spectralogic 64000 library

UNIX and Storage Specialist

Confidential, Lenexa, Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Created partnership business plan for HP 9000 server line sales
• Developed HP-UX and Linux technical training plan for staff engineers
• Trained sales staff on HP 9000 server line and HP’s Linux direction
• Promoted HP storage line (MSA1000, EVA3000 and EVA5000) via lunch and learn sessions
• Performed server sizing for Linux customers
• Coordinated HP-UX Partnership kickoff event

Communications Engineer

Confidential, Kansas City, Missouri

Responsibilities:

• Supported 24x7 Internet/Intranet/ISP infrastructure services including caching, customer service, DNS, email, LDAP, Oracle, proxy, radius, security and web on Solaris and Linux platforms
• Provided performance monitoring, capacity management and capacity growth planning for corporate Intranet / Internet / ISP infrastructure
• Managed projects including hardware installs, disaster recovery, ISP billing, SAN implementation /operations and web caching
• Infrastructure includes: SUN hardware (Servers: U5, U10, T1, E220, E250, E280, E420, E450, E3500, E4500; Storage: A/D1000, A3500, L3500), HP XP512, Cisco PIX and software (Netscape/iPlanet application/web, Sun Cluster, Veritas (File System, Volume Manager and Netbackup), Solstice Disk Suite, Raid Manager, Openview, PeopleSoft and SAS)
• Team lead for Solaris / Linux environments and SunReady Availability Assessment (SRAA)

Network Engineer

Confidential, Overland Park, Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Specified, configured and managed laboratory and enterprise computing environments - NT and UNIX (AIX, DGUX, DEC, HPUX, IRIX, Linux, Solaris), network connectivity (Intranet, Internet and dialup), networking equipment (ATM, ISDN and Ethernet), servers (DNS, SMTP, HP Openmail, web, WINS and DHCP), firewalls (Raptor and Checkpoint) and software/databases (SQL, Oracle, Opnet, Envy, Gemstone and Versant)
• Utilized LAN/WAN test equipment (Adtran, cable/fiber testers, HP, Radcom, Network General, Tberd) to maintain nationwide ATM WAN and videoconferencing applications
• Represented and supported Confidential ’s WAN and videoconferencing equipment at trade shows
• Maintained several state of the art experience centers at which customers and employees can learn about Confidential ’s history, present products and future endeavors
• Member of teams that set standards for LANs, wireless networking and desktop data backup/recovery
• Provided secure computing environment across all TP&I networks via routers and firewalls
• Participated in mentor program and trained several interns daily operations and research projects