SUMMARY:

• Experienced (RH) Linux/Unix administrator in supporting medium to large scale distributed systems
• Proven as a consultant in remote help desk roles with application, system, and network level troubleshooting
• Demonstrated success in support of mission critical hardware, software, O/S, application & networks
• Great experience in providing a high level of customer service and satisfaction
• Solid scripting, programming, and debugging skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Linux & Unix: Red Hat (RHEL), Centos, Ubuntu, Solaris, Unix, Android, AIX, HP/UX

Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, NFS, Apache, Web, Confidential

Configuration: Jumpstart, Kickstart, LVM, SAN, NAS, LAMP

Scripting: Bash, ksh, Perl, Python, Regex

DevOps: Nagios, Puppet, Git, Docker, Confidential, Cloud, Agile

Virtualization: VMware, Virtual Box, Amazon, Docker

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, Progress

Hardware: Sun, HP, IBM, Oracle, Dell, PC, Sequent

Programming: Python, Perl, PHP, NodeJS, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SQL

Technologies: Clustering, Solr, Nutch

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Administrator

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

Responsibilities:

• Provided remote Network Monitoring Support for the corporate Infrastructure using HP/OpenView
• Used DevOps tools to stand up a local development environment for iTop application on RHEL7
• Wrote python programs to import data from various data sources into the ITOP MySQL applications
• Wrote various scripts in Python, Perl and Bash and SQL for Red Hat Linux Systems (RHEL)
• Researching and developing a test environment using DevOps applications and principles to implement an idea relating to antique clocks.

Data Center Tech

Confidential, Umatilla, OR

Responsibilities:

• Provided hardware and network support for mission critical servers and network hardware in an Oregon datacenter
• Performed server, switch, router configurations and Linux installations, troubleshooting, board - level replacement
• Performed network fiber cabling and escalation support for large scale events (LSE)
• Wrote various scripts in Perl and Bash to facilitate easier workflows

Unix Technical Support

Confidential, Bothell, WA

Responsibilities:

• Supported a development team with code review using SVN & Git for Java middleware
• Wrote various scripts in Perl and bash to facilitate easier workflows
• Trained coworkers on how to maximize work efficiency using Linux tools

Solaris Systems Administrator

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Key member of the Confidential implementation team to upgrade and standardize several Solaris clusters
• Standardized Solaris servers running Oracle RAC for the LTE Rollout
• Assisted with other system level troubleshooting, scripting and upgrades

Unix Systems Administrator

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Responsibilities:

• Set up, reviewed, and wrote tests of Linux Servers for a large systems environment using Perl & Bash

Unix Systems Administrator / Analyst

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Set up procedures and wrote scripts for monitoring and performing disk allocation on SAN using Perl & Bash

Unix Systems Administrator

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Our team provided remote and hands-on systems administration support for over 3000 large-scale Unix servers
• Primary responsibility on HP-UX & Sun Solaris & Linux
• Our team also scoped and implemented various Sun to Linux virtualization projects

Owner

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Created a part-time business buying antique clocks in Europe restoring & selling them online internationally
• Bought and restored and sold over 250 rare antique clocks from Austria, Germany, Czech, France, Switzerland & Russia
• Acquired experience and became the expert on several types of clocks after intensive research and travel

Unix Systems Administrator

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Sole systems administrator for a Sun Solaris Unix network critical to the NOC
• On the NOC help desk team monitoring & correcting faults on mission corporate data GPRS & ATM network
• Sun servers clustered in a highly available SAN Veritas with Oracle & proprietary telecom applications