SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of experience as an IT Specialist, Systems Engineer and Team Leader
• Actimize Fraud Detection Application Specialist
• Engineer with experience designing and supporting applications utilizing J2EE Web Services
• Experienced Linux and Windows Server administrator

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Others/Tools: EMC Clariion SAN Primavera P5MQ Veritas NetBackup 5.x/6.xCisco PIX Firewall 525 SQL RCM AISVeritas Enterprise VaultPKI Server JBoss J2EERed Hat ES 4 & 5Shell Scripting Suse Linux CVSNT SDLCMySQL XML Data Mapping

Middleware: Actimize WSDL SOAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Actimize Application Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for Java Web Services transaction processing for the Fraud Detection platform, to include batch processing. Supplied expertise deploying code releases, configuring application files and performed a complete line of product testing. Supported and tested Java Web Services using SOAPUI to send web request transactions to the applications and database.
• Designed complex SQL queries to identify signs of application reduced performance as well as trending analysis.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Actimize Application Specialist, Online Fraud Detection

Responsibilities:

• Working in eCommerce, Online Fraud Detection(OFD) team; I was a key member of the project team to move and enhance the Actimize application into a more robust Linux/AIX, JBoss and Oracle 11g environment.
• Designed a high availability, multi - tiered fraud detection application, dramatically increasing alert responsiveness and proving ability for substantial transactional growth.
• Responsible for high/low-level design documents supporting technology implementations.
• Implemented configuration changes to J2EE Application Server JVM’s.
• Generated Java Web Services SOAP requests utilizing SOAPUI to test web service configurations and modified associated XML as needed.
• Participated in and supported application testing to include (CIT, SIT and Tech Test). Utilized Quality Center to track testing efforts.
• Performed detailed analysis on both real-time and batch transactions (MQ messaging). Monitored MQ qdepth and stopped/started queues as necessary. Researched RCM scoring/alert issues, using transaction logs and database entries to resolve problems.
• Ran very specific SQL queries to analyze and sort data to identify issues with alerted transactions.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. Infrastructure Architect/Application Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Point person on open source project with CVSNT code repository/concurrent versioning system. Created and modified Perl and Shell scripts to meet business and technical requirements. Utilized MySQL 5.X for audit database.
• Provide comprehensive consultation to the business unit and IT management on all phases of the project development cycle.
• Design 3-Tier applications (Front-end, Middleware, Database) utilizing business requirements to deliver infrastructure that is in-line with corporate architecture guidelines.
• Lead overall infrastructure effort on new projects. Develop system architecture and provide system capacity forecast and performance analysis.
• Update DR plans and oversee DR testing.
• Work closely with business partners to identify and specify the complex business requirements and processes for diverse development platforms, computing environments, software, hardware, technologies and tools, etc.

Confidential

Sr. Systems and Application Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered Windows active directory and Red Hat Linux AS 4.0 application servers running Oracle Applications and databases.
• Installed and configured Oracle e-Business Suite.
• Wrote SQL statements to gather large amounts of data and then analyze the data and clean as necessary. Performed database updates and changes as needed.
• Responsible for capacity planning, data integrity and retention, which included planning for future capacity requirements as data continued being gathered from over 500,000 Ministry of Defense personnel.
• Installed and configured EMC Clariion CX-500 fiber channel SAN, utilizing Brocade FC switches. Utilized Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator for data replication offsite. Utilized EMC Navisphere for SAN management.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Technology Delivery Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Utilized SDI, RAPPS and PICCT tools to help accomplish my project tasks.
• Coordinated capacity planning projects in a large scale enterprise computing environment.
• Organized large server consolidation project utilizing VMWare technology to reduce physical server count.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered 60 application servers including Maximo, Primavera, Oracle Projects/Apps, and Citrix Metaframe XP.
• Worked on project team to integrate Maximo with Oracle Projects/Apps using IBM Websphere to be the primary web portal for insight into the Iraqi Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO).
• Installed and configured PKI Server for use with Exchange, Oracle Projects and Oracle e-Biz application suites.
• Configured 40TB, EMC Clariion CX-500 SAN for Exchange storage groups, file storage and Oracle database storage to include setting up storage groups, LUN’s, cloning, snapshots and disk backup. Utilized EMC Navisphere to administer SAN and monitored SAN with Visual SAN and Visual SRM.
• Utilized Veritas/Symantec Netbackup for data backup and disaster recovery for Oracle DB’s, Files and email. Created necessary scripts used to stop and restart various processes/services/databases for backup jobs.
• Configured DFS to merge multiple data volumes.
• Created and managed SAMBA/CIFS shares on Red Hat Linux servers.
• Worked within the Redhat X Server KDE. Installed and configured RPM’s for IBM Websphere, Tomcat and JBoss application servers.
• Configured and administered Active Directory enterprise for 1000+ personnel, including an Exchange Server 2003 cluster, Microsoft ISA Server, Outlook Web Access, NAS appliance and Dell/EMC CX5000 SAN solution. Configured Group Policies to ensure maximum security and application usability.
• Performed as the level 3 tier support for all desktop and server problems, including resolving all VPN/remote access issues relating to Outlook, Outlook Web Access and other production applications.
• Responsible for troubleshooting Exchange server problems when they arose including email routing failures. Worked with the Offline address book and Recipient Update Service.
• Designed and implemented a robust email and data archiving solution, utilizing Veritas Enterprise Vault and EMC Visual SRM.
• Installed and configured various satellite earth stations (VSAT) for voice and data communications.
• Implemented a full data center Confidential Symetra UPS solution with a capacity of 60Kva.

Confidential, Concord, NC

Network Supervisor/Help Desk Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Managed design and installation of network Network Associates Distributed Sniffer products (10/100/Gig/wireless) throughout network to perform packet analysis.Led a team of engineers and contractors in a $2.5 million dollar communications infrastructure expansion, including Cisco, Enterasys and Avaya products.
• Managed a 6-month project to segment network utilizing Enterasys core routers, resulting in increased manageability and network uptime.
• Managed a 600 desktop PC role-out, including vendor selection, testing and installation.
• Implemented Norton enterprise anti virus suite.
• Installed, configured and administered Windows 2000 server, Exchange 5.5 server and Terminal Services.
• Managed installation of Magic’s Total Service Desk for help desk and trouble ticket administration.
• Installed Microsoft SMS 2.0 throughout entire domain, automating many administrative functions.

Confidential, Sugar Grove, WV

Cryptologic Technician Maintenance/Senior Information Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Workcenter/group supervisor for direct support unit, performing installation and maintenance on Portable Electronic Support Measures communications equipment. Coordinated installation of complex communications and cryptographic equipment. Developed detailed installation procedures for cryptographic systems. Performed installations and maintained various secure communications equipment including
• Supervised the Automated Information Systems Division for the base of 400 personnel. Specialize in administration, implementation, and trouble shooting of network enterprise infrastructures. Installed and administered Windows NT Server, Novell 3 & 4 Servers. Migrated users from Novell to Windows NT. Supported Windows 95 & 98, Windows NT Workstation, Outlook clients and CC Mail, including storage management and anti virus
• Manage Confidential security protection measures for domains. Responsible for developing the technical expertise of Confidential technicians, which includes direction on various projects. Drafted information security procedures and ensured facility followed all Confidential guidelines and safeguarded classified materials in accordance with regulations. Performed installations and maintained various secure communications equipment including KY-58, KWR-46, KG-84 s and associated equipment.