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TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: HP Proliant, Dell, Sun SPARC T4 - x and T5-x series, Sun Enterprise servers T5xx0, T2000, M5000 and legacy servers E3x00-E6x00 including teh E10K and SunFire systems (F3800-F6800), StorEdge T3, Sun A1000, A3x00 Disk Array, D1000; Hewlett-Packard J, D and K series, IBM RS/6000;

Software: Python, Apache, Solaris SVM, ZFS, Veritas Volume Manager, FileSystems, SunCluster 3.0, Cluster Server (VCS) and NetBackup; HP LVM. MirrorDisk, Online JFS, MC/ServiceGuard; NIS and DNS; NFS; Korn shell and Perl scripting, PV links, EMC PowerPath and TimeFinder.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

Support ed an d maintai ned servers running Red Hat Linux and UNIX Solaris operating systems. T roublesho t and resolve d day - to - day hardware and software issues . R espond ed to pages and escalations from level 2 SAs and resolve d issues.
Responsible for evaluating and approving storage requests (EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, and various types of flash storage) and making sure they follow best practices and also meet and satisfy teh existing file system layout (stripe, concatenation, mirror, etc.).
Developed SOPs (Standard of Procedures) and guidelines for different types of operational support. Wrote scripts and run them daily as cron jobs on all servers to proactively detect software and hardware issues. Evaluated system performance issues, identified and eliminated bottlenecks.
Develop ed Perl and Korn shel l scripts for checking server health before and after patching ; configure d logical volumes using SVM, ZFS and Veritas Volume Manager. Install ed, configure d, and support ed Sun Cluster, Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) . Installed and configured Veritas Clutser on both UNIX and Linux environment; added and removed nodes to existing clusters Appl ied O/S and security patch updates to UNIX and Linux servers; installed system firmware and updated HBA (QLogic and Emulex) firmware and driver s . Lead in storage and high availability. Built and maintained LDOMs and Zones. Tested and verified SOX/PCI checks and fixed issues to achieve total compliance. Some experience wif Windows and VMware.
Lead on UNIX to Linux migration projects where existing production UNIX servers were replaced wif Linux servers. Worked on all types of troubled tickets on UNIX and Linux servers brought forth by BMC Remedy ticketing system and resolved them in a timely manner. Restored O/S from backup in worst case scenarios where all copies of teh O/S were unrecoverable. Joined service outage calls in high pressure situations and maintained calm and composed and worked wif all parties involved in a professional manner to resolve issues.

Confidential, Quincy, Massachusetts

Systems Officer

Responsibilities:

Deployed and supported Windows NT, UNIX Sun (including teh E10K), Hewlett-Packard, IBM (including teh SP) and NT servers. Set up and maintained High Availability cluster on Sun using Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) .
Installed, supported and upgraded Veritas Volume Manager and FileSystems.
Installed Sybase, Oracle, Informix, and MSSQL. Monitored and tuned systems for optimal performance.
Configured EMC Symmetrix LUNs and PV Links. Conducted training sessions of basic UNIX for helpdesk personnel and intermediate UNIX for first-level support group.

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