SUMMARY:

• He has extensive experience in Cyber Security; design, implementation, and administration of complex networked UNIX (Solaris, Linux) systems; and Windows based enterprises including all requisite ancillary equipment.
• This includes numerous enterprise applications and infrastructure hardware elements.
• He is managing lead administrator and Team Lead for UNIX, Windows, and all associated infrastructure elements for the DISO EIS - ISM contract at Confidential.
• He was also sole administrator for all UNIX systems and ancillary equipment at Confidential.
• At Confidential he managed all hardware and software related to managed-site hosting; reviewing and approving all managed sites and UNIX/Linux administration procedures worldwide.
• He developed a comprehensive review processes in conjunction with sales/marketing, and in-depth procedures for implementation of networked UNIX enterprise systems.
• His recent focus and been toward being the managing team lead for a diverse set of senior technicians and an expert Solaris administrator, but he is also adept at network storage (NAS), security administration, networking, backup/recovery, and network management and security.
• Additionally he has implemented and managed several enterprise web hosting and mail systems, DNS, load balancing, security management and other enterprise applications.
• Oracle/Sun/Solaris/Linux Administration/Management
• IA/Cyber Security Administration/Management
• Backup/Recovery: DR/COOP
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Network Administration/Security/Management
• DAS/SAN/NAS Storage Implementation

HARDWARE SKILLS: Oracle/Sun, Network Appliance, f5 Networks, EMC, Cisco, CAI Networks, Juniper, HP, Extreme, Lucent, IBM, SGI, Dell, plus others

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Solaris 1.4 through 11, NetApp OnTap 8.0, DNS/Bind, Sendmail, Samba, SMTP, SNMPv3, NMS, NSM, Office Automation (Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook), SyncSort Backup Express, Symantec/Veritas (Netbackup, Backup Exec, Cluster Server, Foundation Suite), DAS/NAS/SAN, among many others.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Senior Systems Technologist

Responsibilities:

• Senior Systems Technologist for PEO EIS ISM/RFMSS contract. Maintain and upgrade contract systems and software as required; to include 37 Solaris 10 based Sparc IV+/T2+ Sun systems, numerous data disk arrays totaling over 18+ TB of storage, 2 Cisco switches, 8 WebMux load balancers, 3 Console Servers, 2 Juniper firewalls and other ancillary equipment, plus integrated Oracle WebLogic based software applications across three disparate sites in 7 enterprise zones. Provided near 100% uptime across all zones.
• Manage 3-person team which includes application, windows, network, build services, security and UNIX/Linux administration
• Document all UNIX and infrastructure aspects of enterprise for client and customers
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all UNIX and cyber Security/Information Assurance matters
• Prepare and update equipment inventory and requirements including future needs analysis
• Assist SRA corporate team in all aspects networked UNIX systems.
• Maintain security posture IAW U.S. government standards and unique PII/HIPAA requirements.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Senior UNIX Systems Technologist

• Manage and take ownership of all systems (scripts, tuning, upgrades, repair, etc.) as the sole UNIX administrator of 53 Solaris (2.6 thru 10) and 5 Linux servers; including 2 SunFire 6800 and 4 Sun Enterprise 6500 servers increasing availability to virtually 100 percent.
• Administer 2 Network Appliance FAS940 SAN/NAS filers with 6+ terabytes of storage and the migration from more costly EMC based technology, doubling storage ROI.
• Configure, maintain and administer backup system consisting of SunFire V440 and Sun StoredgeTek C4 Tape Library with Symantec (Veritas) Netbackup Enterprise Edition for all UNIX and production windows Servers (5 W2K/W2K3) providing comprehensive compliant backups.
• Act as lead administrator coordinating efforts of Windows Administrator and Network Administrator improving efficiency and reducing personnel costs while building best of bread internal user support.
• Developed “Helpdesk” system for responding to user issues using open-source software providing an improved solution at no cost.
• Assist network engineer and windows administrator with general user issues for 90-100 users including: mail, VPN, printing, security, office automation and other matters.
• Documented configurations, processes and procedures, using MS Office tools and on-line applications (JIRA, Confluence, etc.) for enhanced training and increased professional readiness.
• Work with development, production support and database groups on salient issues regarding enterprise software (GPS, Weblogic, Sybase, VeriSign PGP, SecureFTP, etc.) integration.
• Administer and maintain various enterprise applications including: Bind 9.2.3, NIS+, Verisign PGP, Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), Symantec (Veritas) Netbackup Enterprise Edition, Netscape Enterprise Web Server and Netscape Messaging Server, Scalix Mail Server, Brivo Systems Security Access System, and numerous open-source (LDAP, MYSQL, Apache, OpenSSH, Perl, Java, etc.) applications normally handled by several different administrators.
• Develop and implement Disaster Recovery (DR) plan and assist in Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for use with auditors and regulators.
• Assist users with configuration and use of Internet Explorer, Thunderbird and FireFox as well as Outlook, Access and other office/web software.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Lead Internet Engineer

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Senior Operations Lead

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Senior UNIX Administrator

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD Senior Systems Analyst