Summary

• Proficient in Unix installation, Server Setup, Capacity Planning, Disaster Recovery Management and general System Administration tasks, experienced in performance tuning and troubleshooting, competent in shell programming having written numerous shell scripts.
• 20 years hands on experience with the AIX operating system.

Experience

Confidential

AIX System Administrator / Sr. Tivoli Storage Manager Admin

• Upgraded TSM 5.5 to 6.3.4
• Install / Configure new systems hardware for the IBM Pseries servers running AIX 6 and 7.
• Install /Update EMC Powerpath
• Installed IBM's Websphere Application Server and installed and configured IBM HTTP server for use with critical web applications.
• Create and maintain LPARS / DLPARS utilizing the IBM Hardware Maintenance Console.
• Trouble shoot performance bottleneck's using TOPAS, NMON, VMSTAT, IOSTAT
• Lead technician responsible for offsite disaster recovery test's at Sungard datacenter.
• Hands on administration of IBM 3584 tape library's
• Install /update/ configure TDP/SAP R3 on aix servers for Oracle database backups.
• Created shell scripts to ensure successful disaster recovery utilizing recovery plan file and system information.
• Created shell script to create AIX mksysb's from the NIM Server.
• Responsible for patching AIX servers and TSM servers.
• Created detailed disaster recovery document for the AIX / SAP environment.
• Install and configure RMAN to backup and recover non SAP servers running Oracle.
• Create and maintain disk storage pools.
• Perform periodic TSM database reorginazations to ensure optimal performance.
• Created client option set to exclude oracle data from system backups.
• Create policy domains, policy sets, management classes, and copygroups for accurate retention periods.
• Demonstrate leadership skills which include, Change Management, Teamwork, Diversity, integrity

Confidential

Sr. AIX/Unix System Administrator

• System Administration Functions include:
• Work as a consultant with the TSM group to create tape pools, disk pools, and retention policy's based on corporation requirements.
• Responsible for remediating all unix servers for yearly security audit which resulted in zero critical findings.
• Installed and configured SSH on over fifty AIX/HP servers to ensure tighter security standards.
• Ensuring server security settings are strong to satisfy SOX compliance.
• IBM Pseries SP2 System administration.
• Successful completion of a Five day offsite SUSE Linux Administration Course.
• Dynamic LPAR Creation and Maintenance via HMC.
• Migrated all SP2 nodes and stand alone Rs/6000s to IBM Pseries partitions.
• Configuration of NIM server. Remote AIX installation and upgrades using NIM server and centralized patch management using patchlink software.
• Backup recovery through TSM Legato. Created TSM backup
• Policies to ensure proper data retention and data recovery.
• Supporting Application and DBA groups to create and upgrade Oracle
• Database instances.
• Disaster recovery testing at remote hot site. Created NIM server and
• restored MKSYSB images for successful recovery of Oracle databases and critical applications
• Install and configure EMC Powerpath software on all LPAR's
• Interfaced with clients in capacity planning to better project long term growth used in determining hardware and disk purchasing requirements.
• Responsible for updating change control forms so management
• Can track critical operating system changes.

Confidential Sr. AIX/Unix System Administrator

• Responsible for all hardware and software recommendations at Corporate IT and remote sites.
• Installed and implemented all systems management software in the RS6000 environment, Tivoli, Maestro, Legato Networker, BMS Patrol, Remedy, and Unicenter.
• Responsible for disaster recovery and performance monitoring and planning.
• Setup 7133 and 7135 SSA disk subsystems with disk mirroring and Raid level 1-5 for disk redundancy.
• Created rule bases in Tivoli TME/TEC for integration with Remedy help desk to create automated trouble tickets.
• Customized shell scripts to monitor production Oracle databases and create trouble tickets in remedy.

Confidential

• Responsible for installing and implementing large systems management software on all platforms at customer sites.
• Components included security, scheduling, event console, report distribution, backup and recovery.

Confidential

• Installed and implemented Computer Associates CA-UNICENTER on all RS/6000's to function in a client server environment.
• Installed all UPS software to ensure timely shutdown of all databases in the event of commercial power outage.
• Responsible for writing and testing all shell script programming.
• Created Korn shell script to shutdown databases and perform nightly backup's using Cron scheduler.
• Implemented the ability to print reports from the IBM RS/6000's to corporate mainframe.
• Support for over 300 users on Token ring network using TCP/IP.
• Responsible for assisting users in using FTP and TELNET protocols.
• Implemented daily performance analysis reports utilizing sar data collection to track cpu, memory and I/O bottlenecks.
• Configured logical volumes to utilize disk mirroring to minimize system down time.

Confidential

Systems Analyst

• UNIX system administrator.
• Converted HP9000 system running MPX to the corporate computing platform.
• Created all monthly customer specific reports to show dollar usage by cost center.
• Created applications to receive customer orders via EDI to be processed electronically.

HARDWARE: IBM RS/6000 Power4,5,6,7 Servers-P770, P690, P670 P570.

• IBM RS/6000 - SP, Nighthawk, Winterhawk, High Nodes, Silver Nodes,
• S7A, S70, H50, H80, F50, 43P, SSA 7133 Disk Subsystem,
• ADSM Tape Library - 3494 and 3575, EMC HP SAN storage Systems,
• High speed network switch attached to SP2 nodes.

Software: UNIX AIX, HPUX, KSH, NFS, NIS, PSSP, HACMP

DNS, Sun Solaris, HACMP, Sendmail, Tivoli Storage Manager, Netiq, Pentasafe, Netview, Tivoli TEC, BMC Patrol, Remedy, Legato Networker, CA Unicenter, Maestro, Patchlink, TCP/IP, RAID 1 to 5.