SUMMARY:

• Accomplished IT professional with 25+ years of experience in Information Technology across Oil & Gas, Telecom, and Service Industries.
• Experienced in Unix/Linux System Administration, OS installation, configuration, performance tuning, monitoring, system analysis, design/development of mission critical applications, managing, creating, updating, supporting and implementing technology into high profile business initiatives.
• Confirmed expertise in combining business driven objectives with technology and systems savvy to create strategic and tactical direction focused on minimum investment and realistic solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• RHEL SLES Solaris HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, DNS, NIS, NIS+, SS7
• VMware HP - UX Scripting (bash, expect, perl, python) LVM, VxVM, VCS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Unix Linux System Administrator

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included installation, configuration, tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting & resolving issues related to HW, OS, and proprietary applications. Periodically conduct mentoring and coaching sessions for junior team members.
• Install/Configure/Patch Unix/Linux (RHEL, SELS, & Solaris 10) OS on HP & SUN Microsystem blade servers
• Automate building of Veritas file systems, utilizing Unix “bash & expect” scripting languages
• Configure & Tune Unix/Linux “kernel” parameters
• Configure, Troubleshoot, and Resolve network issues using Unix/Linux CLI tools
• Server Virtualization using VMware ESX 5.x
• Configure & Administer Solaris and Linux jumpstart & kickstart servers
• Written Shell Scripts to collect System performance Information, account information on a daily basis
• Develop scripts to automate “auditing” of installed systems
• Perform regression, negative/positive, and call flow testing to ensure integrity of installed systems
• Assist in development of tools to “clone” O/S installation of systems

Unix System Administrator

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for administration, maintenance, and monitoring of physical & virtualized Solaris servers, during data center migration at FDA.
• Manage Firmware Updates & Patch Installation process
• Support Veritas Netbackup environment administration and maintenance
• Participate in Change Control Board, Backup, and Storage Administration meetings

Unix System Administrator/Systems Integration Engineer

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included OS installation, configuration, and providing technical support to application teams and DBAs.
• Successfully completed Ericsson’s MSDP project for Sprint
• Successfully completed projects for the migration of 300+ Base Station Controller’s (BSC’s) and Position Determining Entities (PDE’s) throughout AT&T’s Central Region markets over to Ericsson’s Mobile Positioning System’s application SMPC-9.0 environment
• Successfully completed projects related to the installation and implementation of Ericsson’s Mobile Positioning System (MPS) application (SMPC-9.0) for AT&T, Alltel, and Cincinnati Bell Wireless

Unix System Administrator

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• As a member of Unix Technical Services team, responsible for building and deploying Solaris system, throughout AT&T’s data centers across the country.
• Developed scripts to automate the creation of multipath file systems using Veritas Volume Manager
• Built Veritas clustered and non-clustered UNIX servers
• Communicate completed projects to appropriate teams by following implemented processes and procedures

Unix System Administrator

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included installation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of HP-UX and Solaris 8 & 9 servers. Also responsible for installation, configuration, and maintenance of entire backup infrastructure of Ericsson Inc., account’s located within North and South America.
• Successfully completed the transformation project for the entire backup environment of Ericsson Inc., account’s Americas region consisting of 20+ sites located within North and South America
• Create/Upgrade scripts for copying data residing on Netapp filers at remote sites to be backed up to tape media locally
• Developed scripts to automate routine tasks

Unix System Administrator

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included installation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of HP-9000 servers in a 7x24x365 environment, used by manufacturing facilities located in USA, Mexico, and Malaysia . Also responsible for installation, configuration, and maintenance of third -party applications which receive, process, and populate data into Oracle databases on HP-9000 serves from applications running on Compaq-Alpha servers operating under Open-VMS operating system .
• Plan, Configure, and Manage Direct Access Storage devices (DASD), provided from Hitachi Storage Area Network (SAN) for the HP-9000 servers that are used for Oracle databases, applications, and operating system
• Develop, Implement, and Maintain system monitoring scripts, programs, and user interfaces using variety of scripting languages (Unix shell, Pearl, etc), as well as assist Application Support Staff with their Unix shell scripting needs
• Provide pertinent Technical Training for HP-9000 servers to our Global Command center Staff, which monitors the availability/connectivity of variety of servers, networks, switches, routers, gateways, etc., located throughout the globe
• Install, Configure, and Maintain system monitoring application (BMC-Patrol) to monitor availability and usage of vital system resources of the HP-9000 and Compaq-Alpha servers