OBJECTIVE:

• Seeking a varied and challenging position: Systems Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Cloud Architect, Security Architect, System Administration, Cloud Systems Administrator, Systems Integrator position requiring new and creative applications of technology to solve functional problems in a Unix Environment (LINUX, AIX, VMWARE, LPARS, Solaris CONTAINERS).

SUMMARY:

• BEA WebLogic Application Server installation, configuring maintaining.
• WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere process server.
• DNS Admin, Apache Configuration and admin, Sendmail, Qmail installation and configuration.
• Assisted conversion of Web project from Microsoft SQL Server on NT4.0, IIS, ASP to Oracle back end on Linux 6.2. using Servlets, Tomcat, Configured for use with WebLogic, Cold Fusion.
• Assisted in implementation of web (Java, JSP) & Oracle based Freight Bill Processing system.
• Installed & tuned Oracle RDBMS on a variety of platforms including: AIX, Solaris, HP - UX, LINUX, NT, DEC OSF (Alphaserver).
• Ability to effectively lead & motivate a systems development group, and to provide initiative and direction for project implementation within the budgeted time & cost
• Veritas Cluster and Solaris 2.7, Solaris 10
• Installed Veritas Cluster on Solaris 9, 10 systems for a National Client. Configured for raid
• Sun Solaris 8, 9,10 and Oracle 9, 8.1.6
• Installed Oracle 8.1.6 and Solaris 8 for various clients.
• Sun Solaris 8 and Oracle 8i.
• Installed Oracle 8i and Solaris 8.
• Sun Solaris 2.3 and Oracle 7.3
• Installed Oracle 7.3 Confidential EDS (Sun Solaris 2.3)
• Red Hat Linux 5.2, Qmail, Apache1.2. Oracle 7.3
• Installed Linux, Oracle Oracle 7.3 (Pentium PCs)
• DEC Alphaserver UNIX and Oracle 7.3
• Installed Oracle 7.3 Confidential EDS (DEC Alphaserver UNIX)
• DEC Alphaserver and Oracle 8.1.5
• Installed Oracle 8.1.5 on a DEC Alphaserver VMS System
• Sun Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.0.4
• Installed Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.0.4 Confidential EDS on Sun Server
• Red Hat Linux 7.0, BEA Weblogic, Oracle 9i
• WindowsNT 4.0 Oracle 8.1.5.
• Sun Solaris 2.8 and Oracle 8.1.6
• Installed maintained and supported Sun Solaris 2.8 and Oracle 8.1.6. internally on Sun E450 Server
• AIX 5.1 and Oracle 8.1.5
• Installed maintained and supported AIX 4.1 and Oracle 8.1.5.
• AIX 5.1 and Oracle8.1.6
• Installed AIX & Oracle for IBM
• AIX and Oracle 7.3
• Installed Oracle 7.3 with Parallel Server option on twin AIX servers
• Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.0
• Installed Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.0.
• Pyramid UNIX systems (various configurations, incld. NILE server) Sun SPARCservers and SPARCstations IBM RS6000 (J30 & R30), HP9000 series, i80x86 based XT, Confidential, Vesa Local, and PCI bus systems PDP11, Micro VAX-II & Micro.
• VAX 11/780, Autologic Typesetters & Page Image Processors, Burroughs B25s, Fujitsu (UNIX based) Mainframes, and other proprietary hardware like HCL 8bit systems, MMC 101, etc.
• Six Years professional IT experience in the Datacom/Telecom/Internet Experience.SS7, VoIP, VoATM, VoDSL, SNMP, SONET, FrameRelay, ISDN, TCP/IP, TDMA, CDMA, GSM, OSI, MPLS, Embedded Systems, Routing Protocols,
• Effectively and profitably manage an independent profit-center operation with emphasis on clear goal definition, strategic planning, and best practice, in areas such as systems development, solution selling, or systems support
• Motivated by the belief that every job well done, and a satisfied customer, is a potential for further career/ business advancement
• Countless hours of self-study through books, journals, and on-line forums, to always keep up-to-date with the latest developments and better practices of implementing IT solutions.
• Trouble Shooting, Research & Development, and Systems Support.
• Building DBA related SQL scripts to automate database monitoring, warning of high-water-mark situations, performance
• Rapid Prototyping of Systems and Business Applications using Sybase's Powerbuilder.
• Monitoring and tuning, and historical data capture for trend analysis and forecasting of systems resource requirements
• Designed Internet Classified Ad Feedback system. Led team implementing project. Trained staff in the use of Oracle & AIX.
• Designed, administered, and maintained ORACLE database front and back ends for a Sun OS client/server stock market trading system.
• Participated in the design and implementation of a Data Warehouse for a bank using Oracle. The Data Warehouse is now in operational status.
• Designed and implemented all integrative programming interfaces to a stock market trading system running on an ORACLE/Unix platform.
• Designed and implemented an al Management System using Oracle tools Crystal Reports & Powerbuilder.
• Architect Enhanced Yellow Pages for an ecommerce dotcom Venture. Administrator for an ORACLE database supporting over 150 developers and 30000+ users Standards and Methodologies:
• TDSS (Technologies for the Delivery of Software and Services): the proprietary standard of Computer Power Group (CPG), comprised of practices, methodologies, tools, & techniques, for implementing Software development projects CASE*Method: Oracle's standard methodology for the development and implementation of Systems & Software, supported by Oracle*CASE Tools (a complete set of tools to support all phases of Systems/ Software Development projects, including
• Strategy, Analysis, ER Modeling, Tasks & Deliverables, and Function Modeling)
• ISO 9000-3: International Standards Organization standard for Quality Systems/ Software Development & Software Configuration Management.
• Designed and implemented four complete applications and several upgrades for a software publisher. The work included expanding a database, a scheduling algorithm, object-oriented programming, and internet file transfer.
• Designed and implemented Oracle Front and Back ends of an in-house time & billing system in a Sun Solaris/NT Client Server networked environment.
• Designed & implemented premier Sales System for Advanced Group Sales for hotels and A.R.M.S. Food and Beverage system for restaurants. Used PRO-IV on IBM- Confidential under DOS & XENIX.
• Designed and implemented a complete accounting system for a Ecommerce client in Washington D.C.
• Consultant on retainer to Confidential , Inc. (CA). Involved in various aspects of bringing the PRO-IV IBM product to market.
• Designed and implemented intranet web site for videoconferencing. Wrote Visual Basic macros to generate and maintain HTML files.
• Participated in a group, which designed the Hardware and Software architecture of future bank information systems.
• Modeled Human Resources Management system for the IT Division of the Department of Transportation. Implemented on ORACLE back-end database.
• Project leadership, design, implementation, and maintenance of client/server-oriented ORACLE database applications for large university system.
• Project Manager for a work flow management and corporate database system running on a Sun Solaris based server using Oracle CASE tools for all aspects of the database design and implementation.
• Managed up to 14 programmers internally on various projects Confidential Inc.
• Managed 24 programmers for 2 1/2 years on an offshore project.
• Consultant on retainer to PRO-IV. Involved in various aspects of bringing the PRO-IV IBM product to market. Included: Assisted in Beta site implementation as well as product evaluations
• Managed software engineering Confidential a large bank. In charge of software development and maintenance. Methodologies: and accentuation. Standards of EDP Division: definition and enforcement. Case Tools: selection, implementation in the division. Used Suitcase software engineering tool. Responsible for Quality assurance of software systems.
• Project Manager of many banking applications: deposits, loans, salary & manpower, diamond bourse, checking accounts, pension funds, insurance programs, and others. Managed all project phases using project management tools: project initiation, preliminary design, systems analysis using CASE tools, programming and testing.
• Relational DBMS, CASE, RAD and other Development Tools and Programming Languages Oracle RDBMS ver 7.3.2, 7.2.3, 7.1.6, 6.0.36, and 6.0.27, SQL*Forms3, SQL*Menu5, SQL*Net, Pro*C, SQL*Loader,
• Oracle EXP & IMP utilities, Oracle AOL and the Concurrent Manager, Oracle*CASE Dictionary ver. 5.1, Oracle*CASE
• Designer 1.0, Oracle*CASE Generator exposure to Oracle Developer2000 and Designer2000 products, ERWIN, Delphi 2
• Client/ Server suite, MS Access, dBASE-III and Clipper, Foxbase, Protogen+, ProtoView, & SQLView, Layout for Windows, 'C' various flavors incld. UNIX platforms, Borland C/C++ 4.52, MS Visual C/C++ 2.2, Watcom C/C++ 10.6 w/
• Visual Programmer, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PASCAL, PROLOG, LISP, X-Windows with Xt tool-kit and HP
• Developed Client Server applications using PowerBuilder, Watcom, Sybase, and Oracle, Borland C++.
• 1-½ years of experience with Java, ActiveX, IIS and Apache Web server.
• Developed Graphical User Interface based packages on Microsoft Windows, OS/2, and UNIX.
• Developed robust, C++ source code using Borland's C++ compiler for Windows, Borland's application frameworks (OWL).
• Developed GUI using XVT, Protogen, Motif, X Windows.
• Developed customized static and Dynamic Link Libraries, and resource files using Borland's C++ compiler.
• Developed Database oriented applications using Confidential 's CTREE, PowerBuilder, Sybase, Oracle, Informix.
• Developed Java applets.
• Worked configuring Apache Web server on Linux as well as IIS server to test ActiveX controls.
• Developed a Graphical User Interface based Parser Animator on a DEC Station platform using X Windows, OSF/MOTIF, with POSIX compliant system calls for portability.
• Re-Engineered Berkeley YACC 1.8 into a Parser Animator Generator.
• Developed a platform independent software package using XVT, as the User Interface, Confidential 's CTREE as the database for an Confidential Corporation. The entire programming package was designed in C++ and assembly.
• Successfully designed computer programs for real-time Data Acquisition and Computer Interfacing of the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Instrument.
• Computation of Function points and Halsteads volume as well as McCabe's complexity to be used in Software Metrics. Written in Turbo-C.
• Designed Interrupt Driven Asynchronous Communication routines and written programs for MS-DOS Com port.
• VAX to PC Communication link using DCL and C.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Unix (Solaris 10, AIX 5.1,- 5.3, Linux, HP-UNIX), Novell (4.11, 5.0), BSD OS (7-9, OS X Server)

Databases: Oracle 8, 8i, 9i (Solaris/Linux/AIX), MYSQL, MS SQL Server 7 (NT 4.0/Win 2000), Sybase 7 - 11. (Unix).

Networking: Cisco routers and switches, Linksys and Ascend routers.TCP/IP, Ethernet, Domain Servers connected to Internet backbone through T1 and T3 connections, FTP, HTTP, DSVD, Kermit, PPP, Client/ Server, SQL*Net, TNS, X.25, Token Ring, Novell Netware, 3Com.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Systems Administrator/Systems Architect

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect projects involving ITSM Applications, Service Catalog Management, Configuration Management and automation workflows.
• ITSM/ITIL processes and solutions, CMDB Management, Processes and solutions.
• Installing, configuring, managing RHEL 6x, 7x Linux Systems.
• Openstack deployment.( Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, Neutron, Melange, Entropy)
• I have developed an automation framework for collecting metrics on installed servers.
• KPI ( Key performance Indicators) Metrics development on IT Datacenters.
• An openstack implementation of a stack of failover servers, failover DBs.
• License alerts are fed in to the automation framework and run to determine compliance. Includes mass server auditing, storing statistics and metrics,
• Experience with configuration management and related tools: Ansible, Puppet,

RHEL LINUX, AIX Systems Administrator/ Security Administrator/Architect

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Linux for new build environment using kickstart.
• Configuration of network equipment for newly builds servers.
• Virtual Machine administration on hypervisor, KVM.
• Installation and configuration of Solaris Zones.
• Database Administration support on Various platforms like Linux and AIX.
• Server Hardware support like Dell Power Edge, Hp Proliant, and Sun X series.
• Storage administration, Oracle, XIV, Sun Unified ZFS Storage.VERITAS and Sun Cluster Administration.
• Adding Disks and creating Slices and File system Administration.
• Disk replacement (Root disk / Data disk).
• Configuring and monitoring Disk mirroring, striping using LVM.
• NFS configuration & administration.
• Kernel re - configuration & parameter tuning.
• Monitoring & troubleshooting with performance related issues
• Managing all rebooting & part replacement activities.
• Managing upgrade of Linux and Solaris servers.
• Providing to Junior Staff.
• User Management & Administration.
• LDAP Administration.
• File system management.
• Ticket assessment on daily basis.
• Creating SOP (Standard Operating Procedure).
• Job Scheduling and Automating process using CRON & Confidential .RAID configuration.
• Installation of patches and packages.
• Configuring and managing network interfaces.
• AIX 5x 6x and 7x installation, upgrade, migration and troubleshooting,
• RedHat Linux installation, upgrade, migration and troubleshooting, experience with VMWARE, openstack, KVM Hypervisor for RedHat.
• Heavy departmental documentation writing and re-organization within corporate wiki.
• Run-of-business activities included DNS, Apache, WebSphere, Tomcat configuration management, RSA SecurID (ACE/Server) management, OS upgrades.
• Rotated 24/7 on-call support
• Upgrading firmware of managed machines, devices and HMC.
• Working experience of managing, troubleshooting IBM P5 and P6, P7 series hardware.
• Lead datacenter migration in large midrange environment.
• Extensive experience in micro Partitioning and (LPAR, DLPAR).
• Experience of creating standard and Virtual I/O client LPAR using HMC.
• Knowledge and hand on experience on Advanced Power5 and Power6, Power7 Virtualization.
• Partitioning and management Virtual I/O servers and clients
• Provide 24*7 supports for (SAP, Web Sphere, ERP, Oracle, DB2, TWS, )
• Supported huge partitioning environment with 75+ IBM p5 - 570 managed machine HMC.
• Expertise in creating and managing Dual Virtual I/O servers with SEA, MPIO and LNK aggregation.
• Knowledge and hands on experience installing and configuring LINUX.
• Experience of STORIX and TSM6.3 for backup and restore OS images on IBM p5/p6 servers.
• Planning and implementation of backup/recovery using NIM/Sysback./Storix
• Configuration SAN, SVC with IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS 800, DS4000)
• Install, configure, manage, NIM server and installing clients using NIM recourses.
• SAN Storage, Disk Management (LVM)
• Excellent skills in AIX System Administration and Management concepts and PowerVM
• Virtualization including, Installing and Building AIX Logical
• Partitions (LPAR). IBM power7, power6 and power5 hardware such as p 0 p720, p650,p670, p690 and p 0, p570, p520 and p510 Building and upgrading AIX OS from 5.1 to 6.1 and then to 7.1. Create LPAR's, configure SAN LUNS to Virtualized VIOS Servers Map virtual SCSI and virtual storage to VIO client
• LPAR's, Configure Shared Ethernet Adapters (SEA) . Schedule weekly backups of HMC critical console data as well as AIX backup to disk and tape.
• Upgraded 70+ P5, P6, P7 Server from AIX 6.1 to 7.1 in a production environment. Upgrade Hardware Management Console (HMC) firmware and software to 7.3.4. Manage local and SAN storage using IBM Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager in file system organization, allocation and maintenance, Configuration and installation of storage subsystem, backup/restore strategies, implementation and management and troubleshooting. My Technical expertise also includes strong administration and maintenance of NIM, mksysb, HACMP. Peripheral
• Experience with environments consisting of EMC Storage Arrays (DMX4/DMX3) Shark, DS-8000, STK Robotic Tape Libraries, 984x Microcode upgrade ACSLS Veritas Netbackup and EMC PowerPath. Assist with data database replication, migration and networking. Strong PERL Scripting and UNIXShell Scripting.

Systems Administrator/Application Analyst/Middleware Administrator

Confidential, Herndon VA

Responsibilities:

• Lead Engineer representing HP in successfully migrating over 12 custom FDA applications on Unix platforms to a new datacenter managed by HP. Duties included installation, maintenance, troubleshooting of applications & COTS products including Business Objects, Oracle Database servers, Weblogic and Oracle Application Middleware Servers.
• Provisioning Server space and Network configurations for LINUX, VMware, Solaris LDOMS, SAN management Server maintenance plans, firewall, LDAP configuration, setup, troubleshooting. Endpoint Protection, networking/setup for high volume transactions
• Solaris Systems configuration/LDOM configuration
• SAP Business Objects installation & integration on Solaris10 using Weblogic Middleware Application configuration, installation, troubleshooting.

Systems Administrator

Confidential, DC

Responsibilities:

• UNIX Systems Security, Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1, Solaris 8 & 10. configuration/installation of Tomcat, Apache, DNS, VNC, Squid, Samba, Apache ActiveMQ 4.11, Axway Activator, Synchrony Gateway B2B Enterprise.
• Administered a very high volume dot.com cluster on Linux servers running mysql, apache, PHP, perl and Ruby.
• Firewall management, Server security, Web Traffic analysis and reporting, MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Generator administration).
• NAGIOS administration & Monitoring.

Confidential, Washington D.C

Responsibilities:

• Unix systems security, Installing, configuring, maintaining Solaris 8, 9, 10. RH Linux, AIX, HP-UX. Jumpstart, Kickstart, NIM, IGNITE.
• Securing servers, Firewall management, Web Traffic analysis and reporting, MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Generator administration), Veritas Netbackup administration.
• Create signatures for the QualysGuard product to detect vulnerabilities in the areas of Databases, Applications, Operating System, TCP/IP Protocols and network devices
• Vulnerability tracking, Identify attacks, countermeasures.
• Diagnosing Operating system related issues.
• Installing, configuring, maintaining and enhancing operating system and system support software/hardware (AIX 5.3 - 5.3, TSM 5.1 - 5.3, SSA Disks, IBM DS8100, IBM pSeries 550, 570, p690, RS/6000)
• Design, Implement, and maintain multiple p690, 570 LPARs, I/O server using HMC, VMWARE on Redhat Linux OS.
• Developing ksh scripts necessary in automating systems management.
• Diagnosing and resolving systems related tasks in accordance with priorities setup in dealing with trouble tickets.
• System performance monitoring (tuning as necessary).
• System Hardening, SSH, PKI, SUDO.
• WebSphere Application Server 5.X/6.x
• WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.X/6.X
• WebSphere Portal Server 5.X, WebSphere Process Server 5.X.
• Write Jthon admin scripts to help admin WebSphere Application Server.
• Ensuring systems security and data recovery is always maintained.
• Set up and maintain WebSphere Network Deployment 5.1
• Set up, migrate, update and maintain multiple TSM Servers (Backup System) 5.1, 5.2,and 5.3 with ISC on AIX servers.
• Set up installation of AIX, LINUX using NIM
• Write TSM admin scripts to help admin job and generate report from TSM Tables
• Backup TSM DB, Restore TSM DB backup for Disaster Recovery testing
• Set up and maintain Content Manager OnDemand 7.1 on AIX server
• Set up, migrate and maintain IBM LDAP Server
• Configure, Tune, Deploy, Support WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Process Server application builds in accordance w/ established J2EE deployment standards.
• Design, Implement, and maintain multiple Web Servers for company's internal and external websites.
• Install and configure TPC for Data 2.3 to monitor multiple AIX and Databases
• Install and configure WSAM to monitor WebSphere

Confidential, Washington D.C

Systems & Application Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• System performance monitoring (tuning unix systems as necessary).
• Technical Proposal writing, Product evaluation and testing.
• Deployed multiple enterprise-level monitoring systems.
• Deployed a system/application inventory management system.
• Performed in-depth system analysis pertaining to application & system security.
• Solaris Linux admin. Sun Solaris/NT Client Server networked environment.

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Systems Administrator, Analyst and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Managed/Administered an assortment of Unix/Internet servers Confidential Northrop Grumman and local and Army co-location facilities.
• Deployed various BEA Web Logic, Apache, Tomcat, WebSphere, PHP/MySQL, LDAP, Systems design and development, Client Server architecture and design, business and financial process analysis and implementation, technology assessment, hardware and software integrated strategy definition and planning, large project management, security systems design and implementation based applications as needed for clients and in-house projects.
• Originated and sold the key concepts of a device independent front end support and application independence from data source.
• The prototype applications provide business logic control while navigating through an industry relevant object model.
• Developed new algorithms and techniques that solved complex problems. managed large scale/high transaction rate email, DNS/Bind, http/s and Informix RDBMS systems running on Solaris, HPUX, Linux, and FreeBSD, configured networks, and implemented detailed reporting and monitoring systems in Perl and SQL Sysadmin and minor DBA support for Oracle and Informix servers
• Linux System Administration,
• SRS (A Sun Microsystems internal enterprise management tool)
• Performed a variety of Unix Administration, Security, and web administration/ Development services for clients
• Experience supporting production systems and managing system enhancements and changes

Confidential

Systems Architect, Analyst and Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide general Systems administration support, Systems support on the VoIP (Voice over IP) Billing and Invoicing System. Including installations, operations programming and technical advice.
• Performed competitive analysis to determine the most desirable features for implementation the VoIP application enhancements.
• Project development and business requirements for proposed software and production enhancements of existing systems using ARC Project Management methodology and ISO9000 standard codes. Automated system using, PVCS, Powerbuilder 6.5, WindowsNT, Solaris.
• Developed Reports, external datawindows to access stored procedures, Logical and Physical Database design using CASE Method & Oracle*CASE tools, Producing Database Administration Site Documentation and Standards.
• Version migration of Oracle databases: v6 to v7, v7 to 8i Design, Build and Implement a global automated system for applying Oracle software patches to all Unix Servers overnight.

Confidential

Systems Analyst, Integrator and DBA

Responsibilities:

• Business requirements and documentation for enhancing an existing system.
• Developed Reports, external datawindows to access stored procedures.
• Installation of Oracle PC toolkits on client/server applications.
• High pressure 24hr Support of a large Oracle 7 /HP Unix application handling real-time and historical data for MIS.
• Liaison with Business Users, Development Staff and Operations.
• Administration of Oracle 7 database objects.
• Management Reporting.
• Recommend and implement performance enhancements.
• Application and System Support during daytime usage.
• Fault finding and resolution of overnight batch complications.
• DBA functions such as defragmentation, monitoring and control, RDBMS and application upgrades.
• Stabilize the System by delivering robust administration tools and procedures.

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst, Developer, Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Twenty-four years of professional IT experience, spanning 3 Continents, 7 Countries, and 15 Cities w/ diverse cultural and ethnic environments, among Best of the Best Multi-National organizations representing a broad spectrum of industry disciplines Ability to effectively communicate and work with persons of almost any social or professional background, in a small or large work group environment.