Objective

Skilled professional who works very well with others seeking challenging position where my technical knowledge and system administration experience can be effectively utilized. I present excellent ideas coupled with experienced standards.

Employment History

Confidential, May 2012 - Present

WebLogic Systems Engineer

• Built/configured multiple WebLogic Environments/Clusters
• Created documentation for infrastructure and process
• Trained Level I & Level II staff to support each environment
• Produced training syllabus and taught training classes for 20+ employees
• Designed Client WebLogic Environment Architecture

Senior Middleware/Application Administrator / Team Lead

• Configured and Installed WebLogic Middleware Applications for multiple customers
• Created team procedures and processes to streamline deployments and server builds
• Wrote perl code to implement and automate deployments
• Designed WebLogic, Web Server (Apache), and Network Layers for Middleware Environments
• Worked with customers on a daily basis to plan and implement application and software upgrades
• Involved in Infrastructure discussion for future customer environment planning
• Available 24 /7 for outages or issues related to customer production environments

Confidential, (Boulder, CO.) June 2004 - Feburary 2008

Senior Web Middleware/Application Administrator

• Upgraded WebLogic and WebSphere applications for IBM External/commercial accounts
• Installed and configured WebLogic and WebSphere patches and upgrades to newer versions
• Worked with customers on a daily basis to plan and execute application and middleware upgrades
• Supported of all MiddleWare Applications such as Inquira, Wily and Resin (including TomCat appserver)
• Worked a hotpager rotation for 50 different accounts and do overnight change processes on request

Confidential, (O\'Fallon, MO.) October 2003 - June 2004

Senior WebSphere Application Administrator

• Responsibilities include support of a 109 clustered environment using WebSphere Application Server V3.5 & 4.0.
• Maintained a production environment with 99.9% uptime
• Supported WebSphere MQ V5.3 and work with developers on application moves to production.
• Worked with Actuate, SQL, Filenet, and WebTrends applications
• Served as a dedicated point of contact for assigned accounts.
• Project leader on many large scale projects including a Linux / WebSphere roleout.

Confidential, (Parker, CO.) October 2002 - October

2003 Unix System Engineer

• Responsibilities included supporting AIX and SCO Unix platforms with the NDS application
• Performed promotion of new application code and code fixes for the production environment
• Troubleshot and provided problem determination for issues occurring within the NDS application
• System architecture and design support (Unix platforms)
• Created scripts to better support the environment

Confidential, (Boulder, CO.) July 2001 - June 2002

Systems Analyst, PartnerCommerce/Servers Support Dedicated Team

• Supported PC/S application and primary infrastructure on all servers within the production and pre-production environments
• Performed promotion of new application code and code fixes for the production environment
• Wrote shell scripts, which automated department process for archiving of system logs
• Produced and maintained procedural technical documentation for team database
• Relevant Applications/Operating Systems supported include: AIX, Websphere Application Server, DB2, MQ Series Messaging, Tivoli Monitoring.

Confidential, (Austin, TX.) July 2000 - July 2001

IBM Global Services AIX Support / Administrator

• Instructed AIX administrator through procedures and processes for network setup and various issues
• Administered level 2 support for AIX servers globally
• Provided knowledge for new employees and instructed individuals on network management and structure
• Walked several administrators through network configuration and FTP setup for their Unix environments
• Acquired AIX Engineer Certifications and assisted with debugging of AIX code for critical systems as well as standard systems

Confidential, (Evansville, IN.) July 1998 - July 2000

Support Lead / UNIX Administrator - South Region

• Provided support for AIX, SCO, HPUX, and SUN systems for medical offices and various hospitals throughout a 7 state region
• Directly supervised 24 technicians within the region
• Conducted employee training and support

Confidential, (Lexington, KY.) July 1996 - July 1998

Customer Support / Team Lead

• Performed support for server based applications as well as desk-side support
• Responsible for application training and support billing structure
• Deployed web based applications with tomcat using the apache server
• Implemented web pages for internal employee use

• AIX Systems Administration
• AIX Professional Certification
• IBM WebSphere Certification
• Connect: Enterprise / Direct

UNIX: SunOS, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat Linux, SuSe Linux; FTP, Telnet; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Visio; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Project; Lotus Notes; Tape and Disc backup software: Solstice Backup, Veritas Netbackup, StorEdge Volume Manager, Solstice Disk Suite; HTML, Perl and Unix shell scripting, C++; Web servers: Netscape Enterprise Server, Apache, Websphere Application Server 3.5; WebSphere Application Server 4.0, BEA WebLogic Application Server 8.1, BEA Weblogic Application Server 9.0, BEA WebLogic Application Server 10.0, Connect: Enterprise, Connect: Direct, Servlet engines: JRun, JServ.