SUMMARY:

Computer Operating Systems: 20 Years Confidential - UX 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.0, 11i v1-v3; 3 Years RHEL 5x, 6x, Currently 7.0

System Administration: Confidential -UX Install and upgrade OS, LVM,, MirrorDisk-UX, performance monitoring, kernel tuning, system and application troubleshooting, crash recovery, MC/SG HA, Serviceguard Extensions for SAP and Oracle RAC, nPars, vPars, Integrity Virtual Machines, Containers, APA, Ignite-UX and SD; recovering and cloning systems across the network using an Ignite-UX server with system images stored on SAN disk

Red Hat: Building VMware templates for cloning new systems; load OS via iLO and local datastore; confiugre LUN’s allocated from NetApp SAN Storage; LVM file system creation, management and tuning; Network configuration; DNS configuration; kernel tuning; install VMware Tools; application installation and configuration; NIC Bonding

Virtualization: Confidential Itanium VM’s and vPars/nPars; VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise, vCenter

Networks: Confidential -UX Diskless Clusters, TCP/IP, NFS, HA NFS, LAN9000, CIFS/Samba, APA, Teaming, Bonding

SAN: EMC CX380/Navisphere - zoning, build RAID Groups, Bind LUN's, allocate/deallocate LUN's, build Storage Groups, DMX/VMax Ecc, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, CX/DMX Migration to VMax; build RAID Groups, Mapping/Masking Confidential 3PAR Zoning, Mapping, Masking, 3 Tier Dynamic Optimization, EVA to 3 PAR SAN Migration

Confidential EVA: Command View, EVA to 3PAR SAN Migration for decommission of EVA Chassis

Backups: Confidential Data Protector

Monitoring: Nagios, Big Brother, Confidential OVO, Confidential SIM, Confidential SMH, HPSA, Zabbix

Provisionig/Automation: Foreman, Chef, Blade Logic

Programming/Scripting Languages: SED/AWK, Korn/Bash Shell scripting and PERL

Application Support: SAP, Oracle, Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, VMware vFabric tc Server

Leadership: Team Lead of teams with members across the US and India; Mentoring and Training Project Lead from conception to implementation on several major projects

Security: SOX Compliance, PCI Compliance, ArcSight Logger implementation, sudo, PowerBroker Data Center Migration, SAN Migration, Server Refresh and Consolidation, P2V and V2P

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support and Maintain 200 RHEL servers across 4 Data Centers in Platform Security Engineering
• Both Physical (DL380) and Virtual (VMware) servers maintained and supported
• Troubleshoot a specialized Security System Scanning application using various Bank Tools and Oracle SQL+ queries
• Use of Toad to troubleshoot Application problems with data residing in Oracle Databases
• Update RHEL servers from version 6.7 to 7.0
• Troubleshoot Linux resource usage (CPU, Memory, I/O, kernel, swap) problems normally caused by the Security Scanning application which is written in Perl using an Oracle Database

Confidential

Linux Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provision RHEL 6.x and CentOS 7.x on VMware VM’s, DLx80, Moonshot, and Apollo servers using Foreman, Chef, and BladeLogic
• Patching/Rolling Updates of Linux servers and removing/adding to F5 using BladeLogic
• Server monitoring and setup maintenance windows through Zabbix
• Support various Application and Database servers across 4 Data Centers; ~2000 Linux servers
• Server rebuilds and rebuilds via Foreman and Chef and server decommissioning
• Monitoring and troubleshooting CPU, Memory,I/O and hardware issues. Engage Confidential in hardware support issues.

Confidential

Sr. Confidential -UX/Red Hat SA/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build Confidential -UX and Red Hat VM’s and standalone servers. Confidential -UX 11.0, 11.23, and 11.31 and Red Hat 5.x/6.x
• Large server migration from UK to US using new hardware and Confidential -UX Containers - 100 Servers currently in the UK
• Support PowerBroker migration on 100 Confidential -UX servers
• Support Sybase and Informix DBA’s and Applications team
• Ssupport of 200 Confidential -UX servers, both stand alone and Integrity VM’s across local and remote Data Cebters
• Support of over 400 Red Hat Linux VMware VM’s and stand-alone servers

Confidential

Sr. Confidential -UX/Red Hat Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build Confidential -UX, Red Hat VMware VM's, RHEL stand alone servers, and Red Hat Oracle and SAP servers in North America, Europe, and Asia per Confidential Specifications and Confidential requirements.
• Engineering Project Lead on 40 Red Hat 6.6 VM Builds across 6 ESXi Clusters
• RHEL for Oracle Server Builds including NIC Bonding
• Install all necessary Confidential tools on Confidential -UX servers and Red Hat VM's
• Build ESXi clusters on Confidential ProLiant DL380p Gen 8 Blades in a C7000 chassis; p420i RAID Controllers in RAID 1+0 configuration for internal drives; NetApp Storage

Confidential

Sr. Confidential -UX Systems Engineer and Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all facets of Confidential -UX Systems Administration in a large Oracle Environment on Confidential PA/ IA and Proliant Blades/C7000 Chassis, ItaniumVM's, and Ignite Client/Server Infrastructure build
• Confidential -UX 11.0, 11.11, 11.23, 11.31
• Supported the migration of Oracle DB from Confidential -UX to AIX
• Configured and supported Confidential p420i Smart RAID Array Controllers configured to RAID 1+0
• Migrated root disk from local LUN to SAN LUN
• Supported Prod/Dev/Test and DR environments in Denver, CO remotely from Grapevine, TX
• Installation of new C7000 Blade Chassis, Virtual Connect, and BL860C i2 blades
• Used Ignite-UX for cloning new environments onto the new Confidential -UX Blades
• Utilized Update-UX and DRD clones for upgrade of Confidential -UX
• Project Lead from conception to completion: 10 new environments built entirely on Confidential Itegrity VM's version 6.1 on Confidential BL860c Server Blades in C7000 Chassis with Virtual Connect; upgraded iLO, Chassis, and Interconnect Firmware.

Confidential

Sr. UX/Linux Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• All facets of Confidential -UX/Linux Systems Administration in a large SAP/Oracle environment on Confidential IA and Proliant Blades/C7000 Chassis, rx3600 i2, IA VM's, SG Clusters with SG Extensions for SAP, HA NFS and VMware VM's.
• Servers and SAN located in three remote locations across the US
• Support Large Data Center and SAN migration for Production, Dev, Test and DR as well as DR POC and testing

Confidential

Sr. UNIX Systems and SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• All facets of Confidential -UX/RHEL Systems Administration in a large online book & e-book environment on Confidential IA Blades/C7000 Chassis, IA VM's, SG Clustered Superdome2's with P2000 to IOX plus ProCurve Interconnects, and Confidential Proliant Blades
• Support Web applications programmers and ADABAS/Natural DBA's
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn and Bash Shells, Perl
• OS patching and Firmware Updates
• Ignite-UX specialist - implemented Ignite Server and automated make net recovery to SAN across the Confidential -UX Enterprise
• RHEL 6 on VMware VM's with VCenter and ESXi on Confidential Proliant Blades
• SAN administration on Confidential 3PAR and migration from Confidential EVA to 3PAR
• Confidential Data Protector Backup Administration and support
• Architect and Implement remote DR solution using nPar's and IA VM's

Confidential

Sr. UX Systems Administrator/IT Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• All facets of Confidential -UX Systems Administration in a large Oracle RAC Environment across a landscape of over 100 OS instances. PA, IA, and Confidential Blades
• Support Weblogic application users and DBA's
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn/Bash Shells, Perl, SED/AWK
• DR/Ignite-UX specialist
• ServiceGuard Extensions for SAP and CFS
• Built test environment for Oracle clustered RAC with ASM using raw devices and raw lvols for Oracle CRS and database file storage on Confidential -UX
• Server consolidation and Architect for system refreshes

Confidential

Sr. UX Systems Administrator/Secondary SAN Admin/IT Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• All facets of Confidential Systems Administration in a large SAP/Oracle environment; Single SA of 120 OS instances. Secondary SAN Admin: EMC CX380, DMX, and VMax
• Configure and maintain Integrity Virtual Machines running on Confidential -UX 11.31
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn/Bash Shells, Perl, SED/AWK
• Configure and maintain Big Brother system for OS and application monitoring and email/page notifications
• CX3-80/DMX to VMax migration using Open Migrator and Open Replicator
• Oracle and SAP CI migration and server refresh and consolidation as well as Physical to Virtual migration

Confidential

Sr. UX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• All facets of Confidential -UX Systems Administration in a large environment with HA and extensive virtualization with over 150 vPar's running SAP/Oracle
• Specializing in ServiceGuard Extensions for SAP HA
• Large data refreshes between landscapes using EMC BCV's
• Scripting to automate data refreshes and software distribution
• Using Ignite to build golden images and perform server cloning. Also building Software Distributor depots for patching and deploying applications such as sudo
• All facets of Confidential -UX Systems Administration in a large environment with HA and DR. Design, Implementation, Maintenance, Server and Data Migration, Server Consolidation
• Serviceguard implementation including SG Extensions for Oracle RAC
• Project Lead: Migrate, buildin, and support a large Confidential -UX server environment for the Department of Education
• System performance tuning, monitoring, trouble shooting
• Using Ignite and building SD-UX depots for patching and software deployment