SUMMARY

• 20 years' experience as Linux, Unix, Windows system administrator and senior engineer; including more than 10 years' successful remote support to AT&T, GE, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Otis Elevator, Hamilton Sunstrand, and Carrier Corporations
• Cloud compute provisioning: SaaS, IaaS, BdaaS, PaaS wif Hadoop proof of concept to beta customer testing, Cloud Foundry (Pivotal) to external customers in a hybrid cloud environment in conjunction wif OpenStack
• Kernel - level customizations for cloud deployments in public, private, and hybrid cloud environments: XML, YAML blueprint modifications and customizations
• 5 years' experience in development and tuning of DevOps pipeline(s)
• Source code management VIA GIT/GITHub, Subversion
• CI&D experience wif Bamboo (Agile Suite) and Jenkins
• Automation of deployments through Chef, JSON, API endpoint customization
• Enterprise system configuration management for Linux and Windows servers/workstations VIA Puppet, ruby manifests
• Scripting (advanced) in CSH, KSH, BASH, PHP, Perl, intermediate Ruby, intermediate PowerShell
• 15 years' experience in virtualization: VMWare, Solaris Zones/Domains, IBM LPARs, Windows HyperVisor
• 15 years' experience in HA solutions: HACMP (Now "PowerHA)", SunCluster, VMWare solutions
• 10+ years' experience in SAN solutions: EMC, NetApp,
• 5+ years' experience in physical and virtual networking engineering: Juniper, Cisco, F5 (and other) firewalls
• Windows server intermediate experience in 2008, 2012 server releases (R1, R2)
• AD/LDAP/Samba/Winbind integration of Linux systems into a Windows AD server-managed environment
• 20+ years' security hardening, PCI/S-Ox, HIPPA & HL7 compliance; audit compliance for public-facing systems
• 5+ years' experience in Atlassian Suite "Agile" methodologies: JIRA task/project management, Confluence code control, Congress documentation and problem tracking, Bamboo CI&D
• Highly communication and documentation-driven work ethic: documentation of all procedures/processes both at a technical, fine-grained level for technical documentation as well as a more general overview for a more general audience.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Linux and Windows Sr. Engineering Consultant

Confidential, Melbourne, FL

Responsibilities:

• Transformation of mission-critical applications to a private cloud provisioning environment (OpenStack) Windows and Linux installation, security patch application, and deployment. Integration of linux systems into Windows AD managed environment through Winbind/LDAP; Installation and configuration of Puppet master and clients in a 500+ workstation and server environment for systems configuration management and control.
• Worked as a private contractor/consultant to several small businesses for Windows, Linux, and Network issue problem resolution and system upgrades and release updates, patching, security entrancement, etc. Various short-term hourly projects. Some cloud provisioning/transformation proposals.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. DevOps and Cloud Transformation Support Engineer, Systems Architect: RedHat 6.x, CentOS, Hadoop, Ubuntu, OpenStack
• Pipeline systems deployments in a true DevOps environment. Jenkins for deployment automation, Subverion and Eclipse (moved to GitHub mid-project) for code management, Puppet and Ansible for deployment automation. Several packages (all opensource) were used by the developers for unit testing.
• CloudFoundry, Hadoop and Cloud Deployment Platform solutions engineering, testing, and production deployment from project proposal stage to end user beta testing and version updating as per customer requests
• Linux RedHat EL V. 6, CentOS, and Ubuntu 14.04 “Trusty” operating system kernel tuning, cloud deployment tuning and optimization for OpenStack and CDP xml optimized cloud compute: BigData as a Service, Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, etc.
• Satellite kernel, sub-process, and system services maintenance; recommended and critical automated patch application.
• Java xml-blueprint based codee management and configuration changes and modifications.
• Network integration and virtualization methodology for large cloud systems isolation (shared systems security mitigation)
• Multiple Business Units & partners into shared compute environments
• Security and User & Mechanical ID Integration into proprietary secure environments following PCI and S-Ox standards
• RUBY script debugging and modifications/customization; development for configuration standardization
• XML blueprint development for automated systems deployments VIA OpenStack
• CSH, BASH, KSH, BSH, Perl, SED, AWK scripting and automation
• Jenkins, Puppet/Chef (JSON) based deployment recipe modification, continuous deployment (server automation) tools

Confidential, Hunt Valley, MD

Senior Linux Systems Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Stood up RedHat EL VM servers (800-1000 VM's) required for Live Game Operations, Services Platform, Basic Autantication in Frankfurt, Germany (remote) through VMWare CLI and powershell script automation (200,000 + subscriber realms/environments)
• In depth Devops pipeline experience wif Chef, AntHillPro, Agile, Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence products in support of engineering activities, server automation, code control, task definition, bug report resolution
• Installation/configuration and bootstrapping of worker, login, and Live Game Ops servers utilizing AntHillPro in tandem wif Chef recipes and cookbooks
• Installation and bootstrapping of new (additional) Chef master servers into newly created VM environment

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Senior Linux/Unix Engineer/SA

Responsibilities:

• Linux and Unix administrator on Redhat EL 5&6, Sun Solaris 9-11, AIX 6-7, HP-UX 10-11, Enterprise-Wide (45,000+ Unix and Linux VMs & physical servers)
• BoA was moving towards a piplined DevOps environment (work in progress at the time ) and me had significant exposure to tools such as BladeLogic for data gathering automation and continuos monitering services.
• ServiceNow and BladeLogic systems management and configuration management solutions scripting and automation
• Automation of NFS and SAN attached storage data collection for primary project of “Zero Growth Initiative”, aimed at reducing the hardware and system resource footprint across the enterprise; manual as well as automated data collection through BMC BladeLogic enterprise configuration management tools and scripts (44K+ servers)
• Performed NAS migrations in support of NAS storage migrations to new platforms at “end of lease” flags (old storage approaching off-lease date)
• Performed SAN migrations in support of same; primarily EMC SAN equipment/devices-operating system side support
• Performed as technical PM to primary stakeholders on VLU (very low utilization) servers discovered for systems consolidation efforts (50+ key stakeholders, 400+ applications administrators, developers; 25,000+ physical and virtual “VLU” servers)
• Worked closely wif the storage team and the primary stakeholders and management in coordinating server migrations and/or decommissioning activities related to the footprint reduction effort

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Senior Network Engineer, IBM AIX SysMirror/HACMP systems

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as the sole AIX 6.1 System Engineer in support of Confidential 's primary data systems (PAM & ashell) running on
• Initially, stabilized the HACMP cluster configuration wif proper ether channeling as well as dedicated switch configuration for correct auto-fail-over performance
• Migrated the existing physical staging, training, and QA servers from the existing F80 and Power5 servers in Miramar to virtual LPAR's in Franklin; customized the data and application specific files and filesystems for each instance as directed by the application development and production application support teams
• Completed design and implementation of a complete production DR solution in the Franklin location.
• Scripted several system monitoring programs to monitor the health of the AIX HA production cluster in Doral.
• Performed software updates, patching, and maintenance on the HMC in Doral, the Power7 cluster in Doral, and the power6 server in Franklin
• Set up NIM server on a retired power5 server in Doral and added a NIM LPAR to the Franklin Power6 DR server
• Engineered, deployed, tested and turned over a true 4-tier sandbox, test, development, and QA staging environment to the development and production teams
• Regularly performed Production to Staging data updates from the Netapp storage system (snap restores from production LUN's to staging LUN's and re-attachment of the LUN's to the AIX staging server)
• Assisted wif Cisco and Junos switch configurations and troubleshooting communication issues and bottlenecks
• Assisted wif fiber switch installation and configuration in the Doral datacenter

Confidential, Cincinatti

Project Sunset Solaris Virtualization Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed complete physical systems analysis for potential virtualization on 500+ physical servers worldwide
• Recommended best initial targets for virtualization efforts-‘Proof of Concept’ targets
• Successfully virtualized approx. 100 physical servers to M & T-series Oracle Enterprise frames
• Worked directly wif the PM for the project and the various GE business unit managers, technical leads and directors on proving full risk mitigation, options and strategies for best methods of moving to virtualization, and weekly status and planning.
• Performed migrations from Veritas Enterprise storage to Oracle ZFS storage solutions.
• Wrote and finalized GE Standard Operating Procedures documents for automated systems data gathering, systems analysis and selection for potential virtualization, and Physical-to-Virtual technical procedures for both direct P2V as well as systems migration virtualization methods.
• Debugged and re-wrote existing PERL, KORN and BASH scripts to automate data gathering on physical servers for handover to the L2 and L3 administrative teams @ GE.
• Performed interconnectivity and co-dependency requirements and full Systems Analysis of several dozen full Enterprise-level engineering, capital/finance, and human resources ERP Applications for virtualization requirements across the business.
• Took over duties as primary engineer on the global Solaris system Security and Recommended Cluster/Update OS patching “Spring Cleaning” project in November 2011.
• Brought the project from approx.. 50% “health”/completion to 90% “health”/completion in less than 30 work days during November and December through testing, customer acceptance and implementation of the Solaris Live Upgrade system
• Assisted streamlining of the business and customer approval process wif the L2 administration team leads
• Worked directly wif the L2 and L3 support teams as lead L4 virtualization team contact for Live Upgrade implementation across several dozen existing large-frame (Sun T5000, M5000/6000 ) global servers worldwide containing approx.. 100 local virtual machines, including Development, QA, Production and Disaster Recovery environments.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

UNIX Project and Technical Lead-repeat

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as UNIX technical resource and project lead for Blue Cross / Blue Shield Asset Discovery and Software License Management analysis project for UMS. Responsible for complete system software and publisher analysis on approx. 247 Solaris (7, 8, 9, 10), 58 AIX (5.x and 6.x), and 36 Linux (RedHat 5, 6) servers.
• Remote system analysis and reporting provided under W-9 agreement wif UMS.
• Successful completion of project on schedule and provided additional value-added reports on logical server zoning and cpu hardware resource counts for licensing verifications & provisioning.
• Onsite Linux (primarily RedHat) & Unix Support, AIX 5.x 6.x, HP-UX 10 &11, Solaris 8,9,10 .
• Primary job function as hands and eyes hardware and software support for 1200+ production, development and testing Linux and Unix server datacenter.
• Project work in systems reconfiguration for Oracle and DB2, SAN migration (Veritas Enterprise Storage Foundation and Clustering solutions,), high availability solutions, system builds.
• Primarily AIX advanced support operations on system-p wif RH, Sun enterprise and entry-level server hardware and some HP systems.
• Other projects included SAN system storage migration (Veritas Foundation Suite to IBM XIV product), disaster recovery testing, and high availability cluster configuration and setup.

Confidential

Unix Sr. Engineer & Administrator

Responsibilities:

• The Westgate Shop consisted of two data center collocations (primary and DR site) wif approx. 130 Unix and Linux servers for which me was primarily responsible for as the senior administrator.
• Also responsible for 24 x 7 support of Unix print servers at all remote locations (approx. 30 resorts)
• Full design/engineering, administration and 24 x 7 support of Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Systems running on SPARC and X86 (Dell) Platforms: ZFS and Virtual Platform Setup, configuration, and administration (“Zoning”) hardware support, problem analysis, upgrade path development and execution.
• Familiar and expert level support of Veritas Enterprise solutions including Netbackup running to an ml-6000 LTO4 fiber channel robotic units as well as Volume Suite, etc.
• Java, Apache and Tomcat application servers processing PCI and additional financial data in a secure environment (PCI, SPI, S-Ox compliance, security hardening, etc). Code changes and debugging/issue resolution, advanced level support.
• Oracle 10g and 11g upgrade/migration assistance at the OS level including kernel patching, etc.
• EMC Clarion System Management including LUN assignments, configuration, system monitoring, fine-tuning, SAN replication, RAID configuration
• Redhat and Oracle Enterprise Linux running on X86 platforms
• Brocade configuration, fiber channel multipathing configuration, system stand-up
• Hardware support, problem analysis, upgrade path development and execution
• Oracle database and application server system configuration and fine-tuning
• PCA Audit compliance testing and security hardening/problem resolution
• Supported SCO 5.1 Unix (c. 1994) running on Dell hardware
• Functioned as UNIX technical project lead for BCBS Asset Discovery and Software License Management project for UMS. Responsible for complete system software and publisher analysis on approx. 90 Solaris (7, 8, 9, 10), 45 AIX (5.x and 6.x), and 10 Linux (RedHat 7, 8) servers.
• Remote system analysis and reporting provided under W-9 agreement wif UMS.
• Successful completion of project and provided additional value-added reports.

Confidential, INC

Linux Technical Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical and engineering lead for migration of virtual CentOS LAMP servers to load-balanced RHEL 5.3 Enterprise Advanced Platform virtual servers running under Virtual-Iron (xen-based) platform on Dell hardware
• installed RH Enterprise Edition Advanced Platform kernels and advanced packages (GFS, Clustering)
• creation of RH Java and apache clusters (virtual nodes) as well as paired redundant master-master MySQL database nodes for high availability running under RedHat 5.3 Enterprise Edition Advanced Platform
• configuration of virtualized database and Apache webservers to SAN-Based storage through IP and iSCSI connections (StorMagic and NetApps SAN products)
• proof-of-concept testing
• complete documentation of entire environment for customer.

Confidential, West Palm Beach, FL

Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• IBM AIX, SOLARIS, DEC Tru64, HP-UNIX, and RedHat Linux System installation, OS loads and configuration (fine-tuning), HACMP and SunCluster (high availability) software loads & configuration (fine tuning), system maintenance/ support/ performance/ monitoring/ auditing tool and software loads and configuration at the expert/advanced level
• SAN administration, LUN setup/design (striping, plaiding for HA/Oracle, etc), hot swap hardware changes, DR planning and administration, wif both EMC products as well as high-end Hitachi SAN solutions.
• Supported over 400 applications (ERP, manufacturing, engineering, accounting, human resources) at the system level-troubleshooting (tcpip/networking, NIS+, DNS/LDAP/Domain administration, communications, inter-system process timing and communications), as well as enterprise-level application migrations and consolidations in a 450+ server and 3500+ workstation global environment
• HP-UX, AIX, Linux, and Solaris system hardening, vulnerability patching and security tuning; day-to-day operations as well as barebones installations utilizing NIM (AIX) and Jumpstart (Solaris) servers; SSH, tcp/ip wrappers, service standardization and de-installation (wall, tooltime, etc)
• 15+ years’ experience in advanced file systems such as JFS1, JFS2 (IBM), Tru64 ADVFS, Solaris AdvFS and many previous and current versions of Veritas advanced file systems
• Enterprise-level project management, solution design and rollout; (me.e. preventive approach to discovered vulnerabilities and/or bugs)
• Complete expert-level familiarity wif Veritas Clustering solution, veritas Volume manager, as well as StorageWorks RAID support/troubleshooting/disk operations
• Familiar at the expert level wif hardware resolution on many HP Microsystem platforms, Sun Microsystems platforms (e220, 440, v880, 12K) as well as most or all IBM p-Series and e-series platforms
• Enterprise-wide experience in installing, applying and utilizing Unix and Intel system security and scanning tools such as H.E.A.T (Hydra Expert Assessment Technology) and CA (Computer Associates) system security tools such as Unicenter monitoring and other auditing/security tools
• Several years experience in virtualized platform design and management (VMware, IBM AIX Virtual machine partitioning, Solaris logical machine partitioning)
• Solaris 6,7,8,9,10 systems running on Sparc-based Sun hardware platforms in both stand-alone and high availability configurations (SunCluster)
• Java and JVM (Java Virtual Machine) systems support
• IBM AIX 4.x and 5.x running on IBM System p and "Power" processor based hardware platforms in both standalone and HA (high availability) (HACMP) configurations (4000+ server environment in worldwide data center locations)
• Red Hat & Caldera Linux including CentOS systems versions/releases 5.x-9.x in both stand-alone and batch-ring processing (100+ workstations) - configuration and fine tuning, server, batch workstation and stand-alone workstation stand up and troubleshooting; Dell, Compaq, several other WinTel-based (386-786) hardware platforms
• DEC/COMPAQ Tru64 (4.0 a-g) running on DEC/COMPAQ Alpha-based hardware platforms "End of Life" system(s)
• HP Unix 8,9,10 running on both HP platforms/systems as well as some custom-manufactured hardware platforms
• Legato Networker Enterprise backup and disaster recovery design, installation, planning, daily monitoring and administration to both robotic tape library solutions as well as SAN-based storage solutions (Hitachi and EMC)
• Websphere MQ series inter-process communications application troubleshooting and configuration optimization.
• Veritas NetBackup Enterprise backup and disaster recovery design, installation, planning, daily monitoring and administration to both robotic tape library solutions as well as SAN-based storage solutions (Hitachi and EMC)
• Solutions scripting for job/batch automation (including cron/at jobs) in C shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell wif some experience in PERL scripting as well (backup monitoring, system patch level monitoring, distribution and application, availability checks, etc.)
• Initial engineering (hardware and software) design participation, IBM High Availability HACMP systems (most recent experience)
• Routine Day-to-Day 3rd level break-fix response operations: Applications software, OS, networking, backups, disaster recovery, database function (application and database components), etc-participated quite successfully as support or as technical lead on dozens of SRT’s (emergency service restoration teams) over the past 10 years
• On-call emergency support 24 x 7 and complete familiarity and adherence to standard change control processes, standard problem escalation, customer notification, service restoration team, root cause analysis and final resolution procedures and processes as per ISO and industry quality standards
• Complete familiarity and experience in standard and accepted project management procedures and processes
• Solutions-oriented approach to system improvements and break-fix. (Complete initial problem resolution, root cause analysis, and enterprise-wide solutions distribution and installation)
• Intensive experience in private sector manufacturing, research, development, accounting/HR, and government operations support.
• As wif any large (4000+ server) environment, a substantial number of tasks on a weekly and monthly basis are required to be performed on every server in the environment or a significant number of servers in a subset of the environment. me frequently wrote or rewrote many scripts to perform both simple as well as more complex data gathering (monitoring) and system updates and changes across the enterprise environment at both the Carrier Corp. business unit and the Pratt & Whitney business unit of the CSC United Technologies account.