SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Unix Systems Administrator with over 18 years of experience managing large - scale, enterprise UNIX server infrastructure in a mission critical, data center environment on 24/7 on-call shifts. Skilled at building and patching Oracle Solaris and RHEL servers, data center operations and virtualization. Experience leading cross-functional teams to facilitate complex server administration based on client specifications and best practices. Expert customer service professional recognized for exceptional performance in completing client projects ahead of schedule to 100% client satisfaction.
• Recognized by senior management for performing production cluster patching ahead of schedule at AIG
• Saved AIG $1M by reducing the number of servers on a vendor contract renewal
• Led a cross-functional team to install client software and perform monitoring on Solaris servers at AIG
• Recognized by senior management for upgrading Blade Logic client software ahead of schedule at AIG

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle Solaris (8-11) | SUN cluster | SVM | Oracle Automated Service Request | Veritas Volume Manager | VMWare
• Veritas Operations Manager (VOM) | Veritas Cluster Server | BMC Blade Logic | RHEL 6| SuSE Linux | AIX | ZFS | LVM Service Now | Sun SPARCServer v880, 480, 220 | Sun 6800 | SUN 15K | SPARCServer 1000E | Oracle T5/M4000/M5000
• SUN ULTRA ENTERPRISE 3500/6000 | Sun SPARC Center 2000 | Sun Workstations | SUN 480/220/T5240 | RHEL 7

PROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE

Confidential

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Established Linux virtual consoles with VMware to reboot production servers after patching
• Installed packages and expanded file systems using LVM on Redhat servers
• Restarted services on Redhat servers and installed client software
• Connected to virtual instances with VMware to install VMware tools
• Participated in change control meetings and joined the conference bridge for outage situations
• Installed Oracle ASR, refreshed Solaris server hardware, maintained CMDB for all UNIX servers, supported storage migrations and installed applications on UNIX servers, including Legato for backups
• Patched, created and modified cluster resources, and remediated ITSRC server security alerts for compliance
• Automated Blade Logic client rollout and created packages to run security remediation on UNIX servers
• Managed incoming calls, (including Severity 1) in a large-scale, enterprise data center on a 24/7 on-call rotation

Confidential

UNIX Operations

Responsibilities:

• Performed server-side SAN allocations, SUN Cluster support, configured servers and upgraded Sun Cluster software, HBA drivers and SUN OS
• Managed Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Volume Manager including: resizing Veritas file systems/volumes, creating new volumes and file systems with Veritas Volume Manager, migrating data through Veritas Volume manager, offline/online Veritas resource groups and switching resource groups to other cluster nodes
• Installed packages and the Autosys client on LINUX SuSE and created scripts for daily use
• Engaged customers in a variety of mediums including: email, phone, live chat and screen sharing sessions
• Managed incoming calls, (including Severity 1) in a large-scale, enterprise data center on a 24/7 on-call rotation

Confidential

Insite Command Center Associate

Responsibilities:

• Created file systems on Solaris servers, allocated SAN storage and installed OS patches
• Added hardware to Linux/UNIX systems, including HBA’s and NIC cards and configured appropriate firmware
• Troubleshot server outages to determine root cause and provide an appropriate solution
• Entered data into the Retek Retail Merchandising System, transferred files to remote sites using Radmin, edited/modified XML files and ran scripts in UNIX
• Installed, configured and upgraded Linux servers and system software

C OMPUTER C ONCEPTS

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded a Novell network from 10baseT to 100baseT
• Installed network cabling, configured client network components and ensured connectivity at the Old Bridge School System in Old Bridge, New Jersey
• Installed, configured and upgraded enterprise system software and Storage Area Networks (SANs)
• Managed system backups, security, integrity and disaster recovery
• Conducted capacity planning to ensure availability of sufficient resources to meet business requirements
• Developed technology standards and established performance guidelines to support daily operations of server and storage infrastructure

Confidential

UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Backed up and restored filesystems using Solaris ufsdump and ufsrestore
• Utilized Veritas NetBackup for media and device management and backups/restores over the LAN
• Managed active users, installed patches upon customers approval and troubleshot system/network problems
• Added hard disks and partitioned them to customer specifications
• Performed kernel modifications in etc/system file for Oracle based systems
• Installed Solaris 2.6-2.8, created filesystems and configured networking components (i.e. DNS, TCP/IP & NFS)
• Created cron/backup scripts and modified existing scripts on 30 SUN servers
• Utilized Veritas Volume Manager to create volumes with mirroring feature, resize filesystems, and remove volumes and filesystems
• Operated HP OpenView node manager, added servers to database, monitored servers and performed upgrades to nodes across the WAN
• Monitored server filesystems using HP IT/O and provided 24x7 support