OBJECTIVE

• A position where more than 20 years experience as a Senior Unix Systems Administrator (Solaris, LINUX, HP - UX, and AIX) will contribute and allow me to learn new skills to help my employer achieve their business objectives.

SUMMARY

• Building/configuration of kickstart/jumpstart/ignite/nim servers to facilitate building client machines
• Hardening of *NIX servers and clients against outside attacks (ssh, tcpwrappers, IPtables, authorized keys (RSA/DSA), removal of R-commands/telnet)
• Kernel performance optimization (Solaris/LINUX) for Oracle server needs
• Build/configure/maintain Checkpoint firewalls (IPSO, patching, rulesets)
• Building/configuration/maintenance of RedHat EL (3/4/5) servers, as well as SUN 52xx, M4000, M6000, RX3600 RP3440.
• Use Solaris Disk Suites to mirror system drives in jumpstart build
• Logical Volume Manager
• Administration of DNS Master and slave servers for 100+ clients (bind 8 & 9)
• Built and configured Amanda to utilized autoloaders for backing up *NIX and PC clients on network(s) (using combination of ntbackup and samba)
• Built/configured/maintained NAS (1TB), using 10 tape autoloader to facilitate backups using Amanda
• Administration of AFS servers, for maintenance of user dataspace and accounts.
• Administration of Kerberos for user authentication and tying into Active Directory for PC accounts (one account login)
• Make hardware/software purchase recommendations to Dept. heads as needed (3 yr. hardware life-cycle for budget planning)
• Build/configure/maintain NFS, AFS, DNS, Sendmail, NIS (server/client), Apache

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: SUN 280R, T5220, RX3600, RP3440, M4000, M6000, P710/20/30

Software: LINUX RHEL (5, 6,7), SuSe 11, Fedora, Centos, OpenBSD, Solaris 2.5.1 thru 11, zones), HP-UX 8 thru 11.31, IRIX, AIX(5/6/7), VIO server, LPARs, HMC, TRUServer (Ultrix), ESXi 5/5.1

Shells/Tools: Bourne, Csh, Tcsh, Korn, BASH, Perl, awk, sed

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr UNIX Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrate 153 AIX systems from Mexico to Troy, NY datacenter, using mksysb’s to create SPOT for install
• Use HMC console window to monitor install

Sr. UNIX Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrate 7 SLES/UBUNTU servers to CENTOS 7 for client
• Built kickstart and yum repo server for client (Centos 6/7)

UNIX Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Move existing DataCenter from Tel Aviv to Houston TX
• Build Solaris jumpstart server and create Solaris 10/9/8 clients
• Build configure kickstart server for client builds
• Build RHEL 5/6 clients
• Build LPARs using HMC/VIO server
• Build AIX NIM server and create AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1 clients
• Build HPUX ignite server and create HPUX 11.11/11.23/11.31 clients
• Configure ILOMs/ALOMs to allow for remote console access
• Make hardware refresh recommendations for all platforms
• Install/configure HMC for AIX clients
• Use Vcenter to build VM clients on hosts (allocate disk/memory/network)
• Built yum repo server for client
• Resolve DNS/NIS issues transitioning systems to new DataCenter (DC)
• Resolve user issues during DC transition

UNIX Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• After hours and weekend support contract
• Remote support for production and DR site HP-PARISC systems running 11.23
• User account management

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configure SUN ILOMs, HPUX ALOMs for remote access Installed/configured
• Install/configure HMC’s (Hardware Management Consoles) to allow for Management of AIX systems in SC/DCOE/RTP labs
• Configure SUN/HPUX/AIX systems for DHCP
• Installed/configured M6000 (4) SPARC, (3) X86 blades
• Design/install/configure jumpstart for Solaris, created flar *golden images* for Solaris of system disk. to allow for Bare Metal Restore (BMR). Deployed this solution in RTP/DCOE/SC labs
• Design/install/configure Ignite for HPUX, created *golden images* for HPUX system (BMR) of system disk. Deployed this solution in RTP/DCOE/SC labs
• Install/configure VIO server and LPARs on IBM P series hardware in SC/DCOE/RTP labs
• Design/install/configure NIM for AIX, created mksysb *golden images for AIX (5.3,6.1,7.1) system (BMR) of system disk. Deployed this solution in RTP/DCOE/SC labs
• Use Vcenter to build VM clients on hosts (allocate disk/memory/network)
• Design/install/configure kickstart RHEL systems in SC/DCOE/RTP labs. Customize port install scripts to allow for total hands-off install. Used NFS installation methodology, no PXE server needed.
• The process jumpstart/ignite/nim/kickstart processes saved several hours per system of manual installation and configuration, allowing for cookie-cutter installs with no manual intervention
• Install ESXi 5.0, configure host for Management, Vmotion and vnic interfaces
• Install/configure OEL on several VMs

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintain existing production LINUX RH environment in support of Boeing Commercial Aircraft division across the US
• Work with Remedy (BARS) to insure proper response to customer tickets
• Install OVO in RHEL environment
• Resolve netbackup client issues

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead Sys. Admin. for Disaster Recovery and Banner projects
• Built kickstart server for installation and use RHN for patch management
• Travel to 17 University affiliates to upgrade Puredisk from 6.5 to 6.6
• Configure SUN 2540/6140 arrays using CAM software, implement multi-pathing for arrays
• Troubleshoot VxVM kernel issues (SuSE 10)
• Provide backup *NIX Sys. Admin for support for 17 University affiliates as requested (patching, software installation, etc)
• Configure netbackup master servers, create SLPs and DR backup policies
• Configure/maintain Puredisk environment (DR)
• Maintain DELL blade center (24 blades)

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Rebuilt SUN M4000 (global/ 4 zones) after hard drive failure
• Reallocate LUNs from SAN after rebuild for M4000
• Install/configure CUPs printing system on (server on globals, client on zones)
• Build 2nd M4000 with 2 inherited zones
• Configure ILOMs for remoter administration/access to console
• Configure Windows Services for UNIX to allow SUNs to mount Windows server shares
• Create FLAR image backups of M4000 for DR purposes
• Kernel tuning HP-UX servers, maintain existing production environement
• Allocate storage from XP 48 array to HPs as needed
• CIFS maintenance

UNIX Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Rebuilt kickstart and jumpstart infrastructures
• Expand swap and filesystem LVM’s
• Opsware scripting (rosh) to update/maintain clients
• Install opsware, ITM, netbackup (nsr) and vmclient agents
• Configure VMWare clients
• Purchase recommendations for SUN M3K and M5K hardware

Sr. UNIX Contractor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Build and configure jumpstart server for environment
• Creating/maintaining user accounts.
• Tuning the kernel as required by applications
• Use hardware raid on SUN T5220’s to mirror system drives
• Install/configure ILOM’s for SUN boxes to use ssh for connectivity
• Work with Oracle DBA’s to resolve printing issues
• Use HP Openview Service Center to resolve 3rd level tickets
• Help resolve sendmail issues

Sr. UNIX Contractor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Build and configure jumpstart and ignite server(s) for environment
• Creating/maintaining user accounts.
• Tuning the kernel as required by applications
• Use hardware raid on SUN T5220’s to mirror system drives
• Install/configure ILOM’s for SUN boxes to use ssh for connectivity
• Configure LOM’s for HPUX hardware

Sr. UNIX Contractor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created "Golden Image" for HP-UX11.23, after applying STIGS and running SRR checks. Utilized ignite for build clients with "application and database" build formats.
• Tuning the kernel as required by applications (Oracle, Weblogic)
• Securing/hardening of the HP-UX Operating Systems.
• Building Ignite server and creating custom clients in the HP-UX environment.
• Troubleshooting miscellaneous problems with HP-UX.
• Build "Gold Images" for application/database servers.
• Use Veritas to "grow" logical volumes as needed by applications.

Sr. UNIX Contractor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Build jumpstart server for Solaris 10 client imaging
• Use Solaris Disk Suites in jumpstart build to mirror system disk as part of DRP.
• Make infrastructure/architecture recommendation to site Enterprise System Architect
• Implement system security on servers, test and development boxes as recommended in STIGS.