SUMMARY

• I have more than 8 years of experience in the field of systems administration and engineering. I have worked on UNIX servers bothAIX and Linux.
• One of my special interests is in virtualization, specifically VIOS/PowerVM and VMware. I have skills in system administration, build engineering, automation and meeting specific customer requirements through customization of their systems.
• Some of my customers have included Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential, My ultimate goal is to improve the existing client infrastructure through maintenance and automation initiatives, while providing the customer with exceptional service.
• Lastly, I am a great communicator and organizer.
• I am able to multitask well due to the nature of my previous contracts, which required multi - customer,24 X 7 production support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: AIX 5.3-7.2, other Unix flavors, Red Hat Linux 5-7, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, Oracle Linux.

Virtualization and Cloud Technologies: VIOS and PowerVM, Oracle VM, VMware, Cisco UCS, VLAN tagging, Shared Ethernet Adapters, Micro partitioning, NIM Server

Security and Monitoring: LDAP, Centrify, Active Directory, Splunk, NIS, Webmin, Nagios

Hardware: IBM P-Series, Dell, Wintel, Fujitsu, HP, HMC, HP-ILO, IVM, IBM SVC, Cisco, EMC Storage.

Storage: Virtual SCSI storage and adapters, VMware Storage Automation, Netapp, NAS, SAN, EMC, Veritas, VMotion, Big Data, Cloud Storage (various).

Server Automation and Scripting: HACMP, Linux native clustering, VCS/Veritas Clustering, Bash scripting, Shell scripting, HP Server Automation. Puppet, Crontab.

Applications and Software Support: HMC, Cisco UCS, Oracle DB, Microsoft 365, Lotus Notes, Active Directory, VSphere, McAfee, CRM, ERP, HP Voltage Secure Data, Splunk, Microsoft exchange, Oracle RAC configuration and clustering, HACMP clusters, Veritas Volume Manager, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, EBusiness Operations Applications, Payment Tech, RSA Data Protection Manage, Bladelogic, Nexus, Maximo, SD12, Websphere, Apache, Java, Middleware.

Industries and Customers: Financial Industry, Biotechnology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Migration Project Lead

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Worked on P2V and V2V migration short term project for AIX, Linux, and Windows servers.
• Linux OS installation and upgrade, OS problem resolution, application of OS fixes, installation of application software, administration of user accounts, system configuration, troubleshooting, system monitoring, system tuning, security updates, hardware maintenance, disk usage maintenance, etc.
• Built and configured new AIX LPARs
• Provided QA, migration, and implementation support and assistance for AIX, Linux, and Windows Servers.
• Recommended the implementation of VCenterVmotion for migration automation.
• IBM/HP Virtualization, Virtual I/O servers, Shared Ethernet Adapters, Virtual SCSI Adapters, Micropartitioning, AIX, and HBSS.
• Performed TL upgrades and OS migrations.
• Installed, maintained and upgraded RedHat and Centos virtual and physical servers.
• Automated patching of Linux servers using Bash and Shell scripting.
• Active directory integration with Linux servers.
• Provided capacity management and data center disaster recovery support and documentation, including long term planning for data center upgrades.
• Worked on ordering new hardware, purchase orders, and CI configuration for client hardware purchasing.
• Worked on secured NFS between various operating systems using nfsv4, Kerberos- krb5, and tunneling NFS through SSH.
• Provided post migration support, performance tuning and application troubleshooting from server side for AIX, Linux, and Windows Servers

Systems Engineer IV

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Worked for banking contracts and projects, specifically AIX infrastructure design and implementation.
• Supported scheduled testing of AIX environment with AIX 7.1 (6.1/7.2), PowerHA, GPFS WAS and Oracle RAC
• Built and configured new AIX LPARs
• Automated system administration daily tasks using cron, Bash and Shell scripts.
• Linux OS installation and upgrade, OS problem resolution, application of OS fixes, installation of application software, administration of user accounts, system configuration, troubleshooting, system monitoring, system tuning, security updates, hardware maintenance, disk usage maintenance, etc.
• Providing Level III support for AIX and Linux, for both internal servers and external customer servers.
• Working with Logical Volume Manager and creating of volume groups/logical and performed Red Hat Linux Kernel Tuning.
• Administering and provisioning RedHat, SUSE, and CentOS servers on IBM Softlayer Cloud, including backups and cloud storage.
• Proficient experience in using and configuring RedHat Satellite servers, Yum repositories and Troubleshooting activities.
• Working on build activities which involves building RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7servers in both Physical and Virtual platforms and procedure documentation.
• Involved in system capacity planning and troubleshooting issues related to new builds, performance and troubleshooting. Also was part of the updating/applying patches to the server using RedHat Satellite Server.
• VIOS/PowerVM builds from scratch, both servers and clients, and provided Level III maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Recommended the implementation of BigFix for automation purposes.
• Built more than 100 Power VM LPARs for various customers.
• Provided capacity management and data center disaster recovery support and documentation, including long term planning for data center upgrades.
• Helped implement Nagios and Opsview for additional monitoring of production environment.
• Assisted in recommendations for server automation technologies such as Puppet and Chef.
• IBM/HP Virtualization, Virtual I/O servers, Shared Ethernet Adapters, Virtual SCSI Adapters, Micropartitioning, AIX, and HBSS.
• Performed TL upgrades and OS migrations.
• Installed, maintained and managed AIX NIM, HP Ignite and HBSS for automated updates.
• Requested and implemented server automation and improvement using Puppet
• Active directory integration with Linux servers.
• Managed GPFS filesystems including upgrading, performance monitor underlying disk management through gpfs commandsas well as accessing gpfs filesystem from multiple GPFS clusters.
• Worked on secured NFS between various operating systems using nfsv4, Kerberos- krb5, and tunneling NFS through SSH.
• Provided daily support to customers through Service Now and JIRA ticketing tool, on basic tasks such as user configuration to advanced tasks such as Oracle RAC setup and patching scheduling.
• Worked on customer requirements for project demands, such as the setup of a 16 virtual VMware RedHat server environment, which included web, database, and application servers, load balancers, and security requirements.
• Worked on a 6 month customer project to setup a B2B proxy AIX server environment on the levels of test, development, staging, and finally production.

Unix Systems Engineer

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 10 engineers to complete biannual patching of RedHat and AIX servers, using Bladelogic automation and also RedHat Satellite Server.
• Built more than 250 AIX and Linux virtual and physical servers in testing, staging and production environments.
• Working with Logical Volume Manager and creating of volume groups/logical and performed Red Hat Linux Kernel Tuning.
• Administering and provisioning RedHat, SUSE, and CentOS servers on IBM Softlayer Cloud, including backups and cloud storage.
• Linux OS installation and upgrade, OS problem resolution, application of OS fixes, installation of application software, administration of user accounts, system configuration, troubleshooting, system monitoring, system tuning, security updates, hardware maintenance, disk usage maintenance, etc.
• Proficient experience in using and configuring RedHat Satellite servers, Yum repositories and Troubleshooting activities.
• Working on build activities which involves building RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7servers in both Physical and Virtual platforms and procedure documentation.
• Involved in system capacity planning and troubleshooting issues related to new builds, performance and troubleshooting. Also was part of the updating/applying patches to the server using RedHat Satellite Server.
• Worked on NFS file systems.
• Created Bash and Shell scripts for server automation purposes.
• Troubleshooting of Unix server and OS issues.
• Performed TL upgrades and OS migrations.
• Installed, maintained and managed AIX NIM, HP Ignite and HBSS for automated updates.
• Worked to improve team knowledge through trainings and transfer.
• Mentored both senior and junior colleagues.
• Attended weekly management meetings.
• Maintained as a team 99% uptime on all production servers.
• Implemented a shared database of knowledge for colleagues.
• Interviewed potential hires and made recommendations as to hire or not.
• Created change controls, documentation, and WLI’s to standardize team processes and approvals.
• Worked on monthly maintenance windows and weekly deploys with both fellow teammates and the customer DBAs.
• Travelled onsite as required to oversee data center migrations.
• Prepared for SOC II audit by arranging patching, automation, and security workshops.

Unix/Linux Engineer

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Worked for biotechnology, insurance and pharmaceutical companies and customers.
• Engineered, provisioned and provided Level III support for AIX, Windows, Linux and Solaris Servers, and provided 24x7 on call server support for Production and Development environments.
• Built many virtual environments from scratch on IBM VIOS/Power VM and VMware ESX-I, from scratch or from templates.
• IBM/HP Virtualization, Virtual I/O servers, Shared Ethernet Adapters, Virtual SCSI Adapters, Micropartitioning, AIX, and HBSS.
• Completed deadlines in a timely manner.
• Helped with data center capacity planning, maintenance, and AIX and virtual server migration.
• Took initiative to see change control from start to finish, including ideal performance turning and troubleshooting of AIX and Linux servers.
• Identifying and delivering project and customer specific requirement.
• Working with colleagues to develop customer service standards for pharmaceutical audits.
• Working with Logical Volume Manager and creating of volume groups/logical and performed Red Hat Linux Kernel Tuning.
• Administering and provisioning RedHat, SUSE, and CentOS servers on IBM Softlayer Cloud, including backups and cloud storage.
• Linux OS installation and upgrade, OS problem resolution, application of OS fixes, installation of application software, administration of user accounts, system configuration, troubleshooting, system monitoring, system tuning, security updates, hardware maintenance, disk usage maintenance, etc.
• Proficient experience in using and configuring RedHat Satellite servers, Yum repositories and Troubleshooting activities.
• Working on build activities which involves building RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7servers in both Physical and Virtual platforms and procedure documentation.
• Involved in system capacity planning and troubleshooting issues related to new builds, performance and troubleshooting. Also was part of the updating/applying patches to the server using RedHat Satellite Server.