Summary

• SUMMARY Information Technology Specialist with 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field of computing. Possess an excellent understanding and knowledge of UNIX/Linux system administration responsibilities, system analysis and troubleshooting, server and network infrastructure design, Service Oriented Architecture, computer security. A true professional works well in a team environment or independently. Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Kevin is a prime candidate that can hit the ground running in a new environment. OBJECTIVE
• To obtain a position as an Information Technology consultant in a company that offers development and advancement opportunities for technical IT Professionals.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

System Engineer

• Primary Operating System Engineer for the Wholesale LOB and team member of the Wells Fargo Technology infrastructure Services group. Responsible for the several technologies such as RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6, VMWare, SunOS/Solaris. Duties included troubleshooting any issues related to the operating system as well as applications and the supporting infrastructure and providing Tier 2 3 level support to the internal business customers.
• Responsible for the WATS project which consisted of approximately 3000 Linux/UNIX servers located in the Cassie Hill, CA data center that needed to be moved both physically and virtually to several other data centers located within the Wells Fargo enterprise network..Supported the Project Managers, Infrastructure Engineering team, and line of business Wholesale to conduct user acceptance testing, troubleshooting, and various other IT support related tasks.
• Preparing for the most current project Global Process Expansion based on overall Infrastructure planning, design, and architecture needs of the various Global Business partners. This project will be to buildout and implement core applications such as the Oracle Lease Management Oracle EBusiness Suite 12.1 to all global locations for international business needs. Responsible to setup RedHat Linux configuration for Oracle RAC 12c using ASM, Veritas Netbackup, Veritas Clustering, and Oracle Weblogic application server staging. Prepared virtual machines for operational readiness ensuring the Redhat security patch levels, operating system hardening, audit reports using HPSA to automate infrastructure tasks.
• Contributed to the quarterly Federal Reserve Banks contingency tests for Fedwire Funds Service which is synchronized with CHIPS resiliency tests, and designed to demonstrate the ability of the Fedwire Funds Service simulating an outage impacting front-end systems that manage connections via the FedLine Direct access solution.

Confidential

System Engineer

• Lead System Engineer for the eCommerce Technology Microsites team responsible for the overall infrastructure, vendor management, computer security and compliance, system administration of the RHEL Linux, Microsoft 2008 Servers, IIS, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat Server, Interwoven Teamsite/Livesite CMS application. Implemented Puppet for system configuration automation. Implemented a solution to deploy Java web applications using automation as part of the overall SDLC process.
• Successfully completed 15 projects including large initiatives for the Marketing line of business such as the Confidential
• Facebook Virtual Bank J2EE compliant applications.
• Contributed to the Disaster Recovery project working closely with the hosting vendor AT T Hosting, Inc. to replicate the production environment to failover from the Annapolis, MD site to the Denver, CO site with minimal manual tasks using technologies such as Apache HTTP IIS load balancing F5/Netscaler, Apache Tomcat clustering, 3DNS, Content Delivery Networking, Oracle 11g SQL Server 2008 database clustering.

Confidential

Sr. System Administrator

• Primary application support for the Wealth, Retirement, Trust and team member of the Wealth Management Technology group. Responsible for the several technologies such as Microsoft ASP .NET, J2EE architecture, SOA, Microsoft 2003 2008 Server, IBM Websphere, Red Hat Linux, VMWare, Oracle Weblogic, and Oracle 11g database environments. Duties included troubleshooting issues with the Wealth applications and the supporting infrastructure and providing Tier 2 3 level support to the internal business customers.
• Contributed to supporting the infrastructure for the Wealth, Retirement, Trust during the Wachovia/Wells Fargo merger. Supported integration and data conversion projects by ensuring the availability of systems and assisting with implementations of core applications.
• Responsible for the WRTT Boston Data Center move which consisted of approximately 25 J2EE applications for the Trust line of business. Installation and configuration of Apache HTTP server, JBoss, HornetQ specifically. Supported the development team and business to conduct user acceptance testing, troubleshooting, and various other IT support related tasks.

Confidential

System Engineer IV

• Supported the AIX Infrastructure for the Quantico Regional Processing Center in support of the National Cemetery Administration. Responsible for the UNIX technology security controls and implementing a backup solution using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software. Actively implementing a secure file transfer process for the APP120 project to automate reporting and streamline the processes for the end business users. Responsible for the maintenance and support of the UNIX operating systems and IBM hardware located at the Quantico and Culpepper data centers.
• Provide Linux/UNIX support as the Senior System Administrator for the Department of Veterans Affairs Scheduling Replacement Project. Responsible for the Technical Infrastructure Team providing systems support for the IBM Blade Center hardware, IBM Servers, SAN, Oracle BEA Weblogic middleware support, and Oracle 9i 10g support. Provide hardware management and architecture design support for VA the Scheduling Replacement Project Technical Team.
• Responsible for the project tasks assigned to the Technical Infrastructure team, SLA's with VA vendors, defining process and procedures, enhancing the overall security for the systems. Consulting on the overall high availability architecture and disaster recovery plan from the data centers located in Austin, Texas AITC and Hines, IL. The development/test environments are located in Bay Pines, FL where the systems are remotely administered.

Confidential

IT Analyst II

• Implemented an SOA solution using the IBM Websphere suite of products such as Websphere Application Server 6.0 6.1, Websphere Partner Gateway 6.0 6.1, and Websphere MQ Series 5.3 6.0. Working closely with developers to implement the Enterprise Service Bus and publish Java web services to UDDI or WSRR. The replacement of Websphere Integration Collaboration Server to Websphere Process Server is the primary objective to a successful migration.
• Contributed to the implementation of an Oracle ERP working in conjunction with Oracle Corporation to configure and install the Oracle E-Business Suite including Oracle Leasing Management OLM , Discoverer Business Intelligence, and Forms. Assisted in the Infrastructure/Architectural design of the highly available solution utilizing Oracle 10g Database RAC with Dataguard and ASM, Oracle 9iAS 10gAS, as well as Cisco CSS 11500 load balancers in a secured environment through SSL and data encryption at both the application and database tiers.
• Systems Analyst in the eBusiness Group of the Information Technology Department responsible for supporting ebusiness web applications such as CatUsed.com, FinancExpress, AccountExpress, Insurance Quote Express. Support for J2EE compliant web applications in a load balanced environment using BEA Weblogic Server 8.1 clustering and Cisco CSS 11500 Content Switches. The end result was 99.99 system uptime for over a 2-year period.
• Responsible for environmental settings on the Enterprise UNIX systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2000 NT servers. System Administration of BEA Weblogic, iPlanet Web Server, Apache HTTP Server. Experience with UNIX/Linux shell scripting.
• Application and system security Sarbanes-Oxley SOX auditing and documentation of all IT processes and procedures. Familiar with security software such as NetIQ Vigilent Pentasafe, Web Inspect, Checkpoint Firewalls, and intrusion detection.
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt that utilizes project management skills on a daily basis. Completes all assigned tasks on time, is able to complete projects from cradle to grave.
• Automated UNIX System Administration using tools such as cfengine, isconf, HP IgniteUX, Solaris Jumpstart, Red Hat Kickstart. Worked on a team to re-architect the UNIX Infrastructure, which resulted in improved system performance, uptime, and high availability. The overall impact was complete customer satisfaction and total cost of ownership.

Confidential

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR/SYSTEM ANALYST

• System Analyst for the SEI Level 3 Cargo Movement Operations System CMOS , an Air Force Program to automate base-level transportation functions worldwide. UNIX System Administration duties include telnet and secure shell sessions, FTP sessions, reactivating UNIX accounts, Hewlett Packard server hardware problems, and functional problems, rebuilding database files using ORACLE Relational Database Management System RDBMS techniques, as well as using SQL commands to update the database. Remounting hard drives and reestablishing volume groups and filesystem through VxFS Logical Volume Manager LVM , NFS, HFS, and recovering from backup tapes. Support for configuration of LAN/WAN networks using a variety of network topology techniques.
• Responsible for workstation configuration, PC desktop maintenance, system upgrades, and hardware purchase requests. Other duties include setting up network accounts, DNS administration, and Windows NT 4.0 server administration, and advanced UNIX System Administration tasks. Maintaining e-mail accounts, full and incremental backups, anti-virus updates, configuring network printers, and installing various software applications.
• Provided technical support to Department of Defense DOD system administrators worldwide on a daily basis at over 230 sites. Remotely rebuilt UNIX Systems and Oracle databases through backup and recovery techniques from a VLAN connection. Knowledgeable in UNIX shell scripting, SQL, Perl, Java, and HTML. Developed Technical Support Web site, which was used for a quick reference for technical support and systems personnel accessible on the Intranet.

Confidential

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

• UNIX System Administrator for the Cargo Movement Operations System CMOS . Extensive experience in computer applications while serving in the capacity of the Traffic Management Office. Daily responsibilities included checking the integrity of the system, ensuring that the nightly backup was successful, and checking the communication ports for connectivity worldwide. Performed upgrades to the network, installed and configured MS Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator web browsers, MS Outlook, MS Office 97, and anti virus software.
• Replaced overall network cabling with coaxial cables and BNC connectors with fiber optic cable and Cisco network switches and routers.
• PC Client support responsible for maintaining, purchasing, and securing office computers and other communication equipment.
• Responsible for network security working closely with the Network Control Division to ensure that data encryption through SSL and other secure protocols were followed according to military DOD standards.