SUMMARY:

• Senior Systems/Application Engineer with more than fifteen years of experience in the application of information and networking technology, emphasizing deployment and support of application technologies.
• I am an innovative, effective manager and team member with a commitment to excellence with the ability to define solutions to user, customer, and business technology requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Administrator/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for Redbox Instant Online application. The application utilized over a hundred of servers to provide seamless interaction from client to backend processes. The Orchestration Layer which I supported consisted of over 5o Linux servers to feed the application 8 mongo servers to track the users information, multiple CDN to distribute the content, several oracle servers to track the entitlements, 48 webservers to serve the content and 20 utility servers to process background jobs and 12 Window servers to serve Licensing concerns. As system administrator I provided support for both production and staging environments.

Confidential

Senior Administrator/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• System Administrator for VDMS ( Confidential Data Management Systems). Responsible for 2 datacenters located in Sacramento and Tampa. Comprised of 44 esx 4.1 servers hosting over 750 Vm s. Hosting a mix of Red Hat and Windows 2008 servers. Created a sync between datacenters using Unison. Generated daily reports on the Vcenters state of operations alerting to any possible issues, using Vcheck. Installed SSL s on all Esx hosts, (a undocumented procedure). Resolved trouble tickets using IPM ticketing system

Confidential

Senior Administrator/Engineer

• Responsible for the uptime of 39+ major websites.The environment uses 32 windows servers deploying ASP, ASP.NET and SQL server as the back end,. Additionally, it uses REHL5 and MYSQLhosted on 22 servers.

Confidential

Application and System Engineer for TPim (formally XMP, Metrica).

Responsibilities:

• 1st shift analysis of overall health of the systems
• Hourly monitoring based on canned reports that lead to reviewing and resolving system issues generated in the reports scripting automated Outlook solutions for managers and director’s needs.
• On call support for resolution of data issues using Nokia NetAct applications (Oracle and Java based)tools, defect management tracking systems.
• Used various trouble ticketing systems (HOMER, Remedy). System Monitoring with Big Brother.
• Responsible for multiple server systems including NT4.0, 2000, 2003, SQL Server 6.5/7/8 Oracle 9i database.
• Administrator of Timelink Management System, 140 Linux based time clocks with 2 Windows servers and separate Oracle Database.
• Support for legacy VB application for downstream processes including modification and redeployment.
• Promoted code migrations from dev to SIT (system Integration testing) to UAT (user acceptance testing) to Production, on both Windows and Unix platforms utilizing various source control applications and stringent protocols.
• Experience with Windows server configuration and administration that extends beyond day - to-day monitoring and maintenance activities. Knowledge and experience with server hardware components and internals as well as server build and configuration experience.
• Experience working in a multi-server environment with knowledge of clustering technologies and strategies.
• Migration of Medco spin-off, including customizing applications and transferal of technologies.
• Separated SQL databases, and upgraded SQL server 6.5 to 2000 and to 2003.
• Automation and scripting services for validation of payroll.
• Reporting projects from mainframe to SQL database, creating web interfaces using html and java.
• FTP transfers with encryption using PKI/Entrust/PGP to provide outside venders with payroll/benefits/HR reports for 30 + venders using multiple protocols and scripting languages.
• Designed and wrote vb.net applications for specific monitoring of third party applications.
• Designed and wrote vb.net applications for payroll support, verifications.
• Created automated process flow of data from Oracle People Soft Application to MS SQL Server & JD Edwards for General Ledger tie out.

Confidential

Project Based Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration and specification of servers and all related services for web applications.
• Redesigned LAN.
• Installed and configured firewall appliance (Watchguard).
• Technologies used: NT2000, RedHat, Jboss, J2EE, Tomcat, IIS, Postgres, SQL server and Watchguard Firewall

Confidential

System Engineer/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, installed configured network and applications.
• Installed configured and administrated a variety of servers including Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) 4.0/5.0/6.0, IPlanet 3.x/4.x, Apache, JBoss application server and Tomcat servlet engine. Performed performance tuning and various testing of application response.
• Designed, developed hardware specifications, installed, and administered local-area networks (LAN), completing cabling requirements, establishing communications protocols, resolving client and server issues, and providing broadband connectivity via DSL and T1 for various LANs.
• Installation and administration of databases including Oracle 8i, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Managed new version rollouts from development to staging to production utilizing CVS.
• Wrote documentation for the deployment of Qexchange a web based knowledge management system.
• Supported programmers by trouble-shooting applications, developing test plans and documenting bug status reports.

Confidential

System Administrator/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided daily administration and monitoring of NT, Solaris, and Linux servers for Lucent Technologies CyberCenter and Communities of Learners environments.
• Responsible for upgrading and patching operating system and application software.
• System Administrator for NT network consisting of 500+ nodes. Supported proxy and exchange servers and 3 domain servers. Performed migration from NT 4.0 Win NT 2000.
• Provided scalability and performance enhancements, and solved resource utilization issues for web based applications by designing a load balance multi-tiered system ensuring 99.997% up time for the web environment.
• Established test environments facilitating development of new applications and technologies, and
• Integrated E-Learning software from more than 50 various venders into custom LMS system thereby creating a unified and simple user interface.
• Supported users of a broad array of commercial and industry-specific software applications within Microsoft Windows NT and XP desktop environments, providing support to up to 6,000 users.
• System Administrator for a 20+ node Macintosh segment, including hardware, printer and software support and connectivity to network environment.

Confidential

System Administrator/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Administered, and deployed corporate enterprise applications.
• Tier 3 support for Helpdesk team supporting the CRM portal application.
• Provided daily administration and monitoring of NT and Solaris servers for Avaya's production environments.
• Responsible for upgrading and patching operating system and application software.
• Administered Avaya's Knowledge Management portal, which utilized Tomcat Servlet Engine, Iplanet Web Server, Oracle 8i Database, and AltaVista Search Engine.
• Technical lead for the migration of production portals from existing hardware/hosting facilities to new ones resulting in zero downtime of the site.
• Responded to management requests communicating and cooperating with a broad array of internal and external resources, in identifying solutions to hardware, software, communications, and networking problems leading to the consolidation of network servers.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained server environment for development, testing, staging, and production.
• Supported users of a broad array of commercial and industry-specific software applications within Microsoft Windows NT environments.
• Documented open user issues and managed user profile database to expedite resolution of problems, including use of help desk software providing enhanced tracking of user issues.
• Cultivated and maintained productive working relationships with users, superiors, and associates in fulfilling organizational technical support requirements.

Confidential

Construction Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Managed several work crews, and subcontractors for all fieldwork.
• Provided oversight for work crew production.
• Managed expenditure reports for budgets