Confidential

Summary:

• Specialized role with Abbott. Worked with AMO IT and greater Abbott GIS. Responsible for supporting, enhancing, and driving projects pertaining to Linux, Unix, Windows Servers, network monitoring, security and put into action WAN/LAN enhancements.

• Build and/or administered HP-UX, AIX, Linux and Windows operating systems on customized, factory built HP or VM hardware based servers.

Examples: HP-UX 11i xx, AIX V7.x, CentOS, RHEL, Fedora CORE, Fedora vv , Ubuntu, Kubuntu, FreeBSD, Slackware, SUSE, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 SR2, 2012

• Typical administration: DNS, data security, log/subsystem monitoring, disk space, capacity planning, and permission control for IT, dev, SAP, and BW system accounts.
• Created monitoring infrastructure using Zabbix, Nagios, and BigBrother. Configured and distributed both customized and standardized templates for Zabbix, Nagios and BigBrother as per profile to monitor multiple subsystem health via service/daemon for Windows and Linux. Utilized SMTP announcements for Cisco routers, and e-mail notifications for TippingPoint IPS/firewalls. Used monitoring systems to also keep track of other business essential server sub-systems globally.
• Manually engineered Linux LAMP installations on various platforms. Managed and created websites resulting from LAMP installations. Created and hosted IIS websites from Microsoft based server environments. Developed and maintained web based EDI monitoring and developed both low and high level user interface for transportation services, and EDI status health. Trained and updated knowledge for the monitored infrastructure and generated SAP data throughput reports for all related meeting material.
• Supported, maintained, and developed scripts for: MySQL back-end, various web front end, SAP application calls, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct, CLEO Dial Up 32-GW, IBM Sterling Gentran , Linux/UX data conversions to Windows, HP JetDirect, PrintPOST, AIX native for global printing, internal SSH, S/FTP, Global VPN transports, SAP virtual printing on HP-UX/AIX, full EDI platform for Eirtrade, complete EDI solution for 100 trading partners, monitor system health, complete file system maintenance. Automate with: Crontab, Zabbix, schedtasks, VL Trader and Lexicom. Code with: HTML, PHP, java, Powershell, WSH, batch, Bash, Python, Ruby, Perl, C, C and .NET
• Experience working in team oriented environment on a local and global scale. With 7 years of project management and support experience with various aspects of infrastructure, global applications development services projects from start to finish. Projects involving 130 business critical data trading extranets, 55 remote locations, over 200 servers located locally and/or within datacenters globally. Fully managed and supported entire aspects of a project lifecycle. Kick-off, design, project approval, overview, budget, change control, implementation, reflection, maintenance, and project closure.

EDI Cut-over and Migrations:

• Projects involving Electronic Data Interchange
• Migration to Cleo Lexicom, EDI modems to TCP/IP, Evare global banking implementation, scripting language conversion, three EDI server cut-overs, and migrating 100 Lexicom trading partners to VL Trader.

WAN Implementations:

• Projects involving global wide area network with 55 remote offices with many diverse carriers, providers and implement security solutions.
• Global VPN enhancement, Virtela circuit upgrades, TippingPoint network security installation 200E, 50U, and X506 , BlueCoat proxy upgrade, Verizon circuit enhancements, global VoIP QoS/CoS procurement, MPLS/BGP and router conversion, and WAN firewall migration and maintenance.

Unix and Linux Upgrades and Procurement:

• Host and support role both planned and unplanned team projects.
• SAP ECC conversion, HP-UX to AIX platform, SAP Dazel printing to native AIX, BigBrother, Zabbix, and Nagios for system monitoring, Unix/Linux patching/upgrading, and annual Unix/Windows account auditing.

Emergency and first response:

• Occasional involvement of emergency support groups requiring 10 hours to ensure business continuity on all time zones.
• SAP weekend project support, EDI translator performance, EDI banking support, Treasury incidents, Ireland EDI issues, Unix scripting emergencies, network performance and circuit capacity planning, network security and emergency response to attacks.

Data Center Migration and DR Test:

• Migrate from Toronto Canada to St. Louis Missouri and perform annual DR test by break/fix situational experiences
• Coordinated logistics, network infrastructure, systems management, and maintained SAP database continuity via secondary DR site, lead team DR, complete network swing over and test all backup circuits globally.

Summary of Roles and Responsibilities:

Linux/Unix Systems Administration/Engineer

IT Project Management/Support

Network Security Specialist/Engineer

Confidential

• Experience with setup, configure and troubleshooting Skechers retail stores using APROPOS on Redhat Linux 7.1 platform.
• Experience with setup and configurations for temporary and permanent assignment laptops using Microsoft operating systems.
• Company wide new hire and termination processing and their access level to all Sun and Microsoft based systems.
• ImageCAST server administration for all company workstations, servers and laptop systems.
• Administer Postfix E-mail server, GARPAC database system on Sun OS 5.8. Troubleshoot all retail locations DSL, Cable modem, and ISDN broadband communications on VPN.
• Troubleshoot and provisioning with Netopia R9120 and 4686XL VPN routers. Working knowledge of Netopia 3100 ISDN and 4652 SDSL/IDSL routers.
• Experience with CISCO PIX site-to-site, client-to-site group and solo VPN implementation. Built CheckPoint NG IPS/IDS solutions as per site and administer retail site activity and connectivity throughput.

Confidential

• Set up, and configure eBackoffice collection of products, Lotus Notes Domino 5.8 Microsoft Backoffice, and assorted crucial industry applications.
• Decipher all network issues including WINS, DHCP, IP, Firewall and DNS. Resolve all Internet dial-up and navigation issues for users on both Windows 98 and 2000 Workstations on all systems.
• Configure and maintain all NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers locally or nationally, update user accounts, and their user-level resources.
• Fully manage all helpdesk operations and prioritize ticket intake composition of executive decision level project requests.

Confidential

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot all Microsoft Office 2000 Suite of products, AutoCAD 2000 LT and various essential business applications.
• Troubleshoot all hardware and networking
• Troubleshoot all Internet dial-up connectivity and navigation issues for users on both Windows 98 and NT Workstation operating systems via VPN.
• Configure and maintain all file and print servers, update user accounts, their privileges and end-user connectivity to their services.
• Examine daily network monitoring, perform upkeep and examine users trouble ticket intake and execute training if necessary.