SUMMARY

• Nine years of experience in a system validation role in a datacenter environment, with experience administering a mixed Windows, Linux and Macintosh environment, including administering a Microsoft Windows Active Directory domain.

Areas of Expertise

• Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Clear Linux and CentOS
• Debugging and troubleshooting.
• Remote systems management and monitoring.
• PowerShell, Python, BASH and shell scripting.

Core Competencies

• System Validation
• Enterprise Servers
• Desktop and Server Hardware
• Linux Server OS
• Windows Server OS
• Firmware & driver installation
• Updates/upgrades

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), CentOS and Ubuntu and other Linux operating systems. Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.x, 10, Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019.

Software: Python, BASH, Shell scripting. Linux KVM/QEMU. Sendmail, Postfix, Dovecot & Cyrus. Confidential Active Server Console (IASC). Confidential Integrated BMC. FOG PXE server. BIND DNS server. Microsoft Office. Confidential OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), Confidential OpenManage Essentials (OME) and Confidential Integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). Microsoft Hyper - V and PowerShell.

Hardware: PowerEdge servers, PowerEdge Storage, Server Board systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Linux Test Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Update BIOS, BMC, CPLD, RAID controller and other firmware.
• Installation, setup and maintenance of FOG (Free Opensource Ghost) PXE server.
• Setup and maintenance of BIND DNS server.
• Setup and maintenance of Linux DHCP server.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Use and creation of Python, PowerShell, Windows batch and Bash shell scripts for a variety of purposes.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Setup and use of PowerCode and Computing and Telecom Core and related hardware for flashing voltage regulator (VR) firmware.
• Use of TTK3 devices and software.
• Setup and use of USB Blaster II FPGA flash programmers and related software.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA, HSD-ES and ServiceNow.
• Setup I2C devices, such as Aardvark, Beagle and others.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.

Linux Test Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Update BIOS, BMC, CPLD, RAID controller and other firmware.
• Installation, setup and maintenance of FOG (Free Opensource Ghost) PXE server.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Use and creation of Python, PowerShell, Windows batch and Bash shell scripts for a variety of purposes.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Setup and use of PowerCode and Computing and Telecom Core and related hardware for flashing voltage regulator (VR) firmware.
• Setup and use of USB Blaster II FPGA flash programmers and related software.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA, HSD-ES and ServiceNow.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.

System Validation Technician IV

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Installation and use of Sendmail & Postfix mail transfer agents, and Dovecot & Cyrus IMAP servers.
• Update BIOS, BMC (iDRAC), CMC, Lifecycle Controller, CPLD, RAID controller and other firmware.
• Installation, setup and maintenance of FOG (Free Opensource Ghost) PXE server.
• Setup and maintenance of BIND DNS server.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Use and creation of PowerShell, Windows batch and Bash shell scripts for a variety of purposes.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Setup and use of USB Blaster II FPGA flash programmers and related software.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA and ServiceNow.
• Setup I2C devices, such as Aardvark, Beagle and others.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.

System Validation Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Installation and use of Sendmail & Postfix mail transfer agents, and Dovecot & Cyrus IMAP servers.
• Update BIOS, BMC, CPLD, and RAID controller and other firmware.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA and ServiceNow.
• Setup I2C devices, such as Aardvark, Beagle and others.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.

System Validation Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Validate Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) data storage devices.
• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Installation and use of Sendmail & Postfix mail transfer agents, and Dovecot & Cyrus IMAP servers.
• Update BIOS, BMC (iDRAC), CMC, Lifecycle Controller, CPLD, RAID controller and other firmware.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Use and creation of PowerShell, Windows batch and Bash shell scripts for a variety of purposes.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA and ServiceNow.
• Setup I2C devices, such as Aardvark, Beagle and others.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.

System Validation Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage & monitor various servers during testing to simulate real-world use of servers.
• Installation and use of Linux file servers using Samba and NFS.
• Installation and use of Sendmail & Postfix mail transfer agents, and Dovecot & Cyrus IMAP servers.
• Update BIOS, BMC, CPLD, and RAID controller and other firmware.
• Setup and maintenance of various server reference platforms.
• Setup and use of Dediprog devices, including EM100 Emulators and SF600 flash programmers.
• Use of various help desk ticketing systems, including JIRA, Agile and ServiceNow.
• Setup I2C devices, such as Aardvark, Beagle and others.
• Use of Kikusui PCR-LE power supply systems.
• Use of Yokogawa power meters.
• Use of electrical testing equipment such as multimeters.
• Create and edit Best Known Method (BKM) documents.