Unix/Linux Systems Engineer Resume

SUMMARY:

Specializing In - Virtualization | Provisioning Bare-metal Servers | Big Data | Data Warehouse Administration
Senior Systems Engineer with more than 15 years’ supporting Enterprise Data Center operations in the technology operations sector.
Well versed in supporting and provisioning bare-metal servers that support virtualization strategies in a number of environments utilizing industry standard technologies including ESX/VMware and Oracle VM.
Extensive experience with configuration, administration, automation, and implementation of UNIX and Windows based operating systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Red Hat Linux | ESX/VMware | Virtuozzo | Xen | Veritas | Veritas Cluster Server | Windows Server
Volume Manager, LVM | Solaris UNIX| Solaris LDOMS and Zones| Big Data - Hadoop, Cassandra, GlusterFS
Bash Shell Scripting | Virtualization technologies | Oracle VM | Java |Linux |Active Directory
Oracle OpsCenter | HP Software Server Automation (Opsware)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Unix/Linux Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Confidential

Staff Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Supported two large Data Centers with over 1,000 bare- metal servers and 25,000+ ESX/VMware virtualized servers.
Utilized ESX/VMware with Red Hat Linux and Windows Server Operating Systems to provision and support both virtualized servers and bare-metal servers.
Built Linux - based systems with leading edge server hardware to replace legacy systems comprised of multiple hardware/software solutions.
Provisioned and supported bare-metal servers with Red Hat Storage Solutions baseline for several Big Data applications including Cassandra, Hadoop, and GlusterFS.
Utilized HP OpenView, HP Software Server Automation (Opsware) combined with Bash shell scripting to automate common procedures to large groups of servers.

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Supported Solaris on a number of varied architectures including systems as large as 12/15k.
Virtualized Solaris OS using Solaris Containers
Solaris clusters utilizing Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Volume Manager.
Completed a successful pilot configuring Linux servers to authenticate with Active Directory.
Deployed a full rollout to all Linux servers.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Installed, configured and maintained monitoring applications on a large number of servers.