SUMMARY:

Senior Level Systems Engineer with advance training and experience in IBM’s AIX Systems for more than 16 years. Platforms includes IBM RS/6000 Powervm, IBM pSeries, Power Systems Enterprise server technology. Experienced in architecture and design, implementation, administration, OS installations and upgrades, hardware and software configuration, logical partitioning and virtualization, problem determination/resolution and product evaluation. Developed and maintained tests and production systems in accordance with software and business requirements. Primary focus on Infrastructure and Distributed System Environments, virtualization, and provisioning.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Systems Design & Architecture
• Microcode and Software Installation
• NFS, JFS, JFS2DNS, LVM and GPFS
• Troubleshooting & Problem Determination
• Shell Scripting (Bourne & Korn)
• HACMP 5.3, 5.4 & 5.4.1, 6.1 powerha 7.1
• HMC, VIO, LPAR, DLPAR, and WPAR
• Systems Performance Monitoring
• Technical Support and Training
• NIM, Alternate Disk Installs, and JumpStart
• Implementing (LPM) Live Partion Mobility
• PowerVm with dual Vio setup

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior infrastructer/Architect Lead

Responsibilities:

• Install & support new application servers across production and non - production environments
• Provide input to team projects and suggest solutions in team meetings
• Ensure client applications meet established service level agreements and availability goal.
• Design, code, certify, integrate, analyze, and document new technology components or systems
• Complete end-to-end new technology component and/or system designs/certifications with no assistance from other engineers.
• Design J2EE web services running in UNIX, Linux, and Vmware environments
• Worked with appliaction server platforms (WebSphere, Tomcat, JBoss)
• Build VIO servers and LPARS utilizing HMCs on POWER4, POWER5, POWER6& POWER7, POWER8 technologies.
• Performed server builds on IBM’s p5,p6, P7, and P8
• Architected and designed OS platforms to replace current Sun Solaris Environment. To replace old Technologies
• Document procedures, application installations, and environment configurations
• Develop recommendations to correct product/service deficiencies and improve technical processes

Confidential

Senior Unix/AIX Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Performs UNIX systems administration and management of multiple servers in development, QA, production, Production Pilot and Participant Test environment.
• Migrated servers from power5 to power7. Also migrated fromstandalong servers to virtulized servers.
• Perform senior level AIX systems engineering and administration duties.
• Project management of multiple critical Distributed Systems Infrastructure projects.
• Perform new product evaluations and testing associated with distributed server systems environments.
• Utilize IBM System Planning Tool (SPT).
• Build VIO servers and LPARS utilizing HMCs on POWER4, POWER5, POWER6& POWER7 technologies.
• Performed server builds on IBM’s p5,p6, and p7
• Backup and upgrade HMC code and firmware levels.
• Perform IBM PowerVM to include Logical Partitioning, Micro-Partitioning and Dynamic Micro-Partioning (DLPAR) utilizing an HMC LPM
• Perform VIO operating system code updates utilizing CLI, as well as SMIT.
• Create, modify NIM/Jumpstart servers for multiple IBM.
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrades of OS on IBM eServers, pSeries, p5 and p6 running AIX 5L - 5.2, & 5.3 & AIX 6.1 7.1
• Exposure to VMWARE to install Solaris x86.
• Experience with IBM pSeries Systems servers in a SAN environment.
• Perform and configure SAN Boot on AIX servers.
• Perform software maintenance release updates for systems management.
• Engage in Service Center Incident, Problem and Change Management.
• Provides AIX technical support.

Confidential

Senior AIX Systems Engineer/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed and planning for migration strategies in an SAP, Oracle, Sybase, Websphere and EDI environment.
• Designed and build out of 62 LPARs and 6 VIO Servers on three p6 p595’s.
• Performed IBM PowerVM to include Logical Partitioning, Micro-Partitioning and Dynamic Micro-Partioning (DLPAR) utilizing an HMC.
• Performed VIO operations to allocate I/O resources to clients LPARs.
• Setup MPIO on VIO Servers and standalone servers
• Performed server-side SAN Storage operations.
• Migrated IBM ESS (Shark) Storage to HP 24000 SAN Storage.
• Performed data mirroring and data replication with SAN Storage local and geographically.
• Installated, maintained, and configured AIX 5.2, 5.3 and 6.1 builds with NIM.
• Conducted analysis, problem-solving and evaluation activities related to designing IT Optimization and Infrastructure Solutions.
• AIX performance and tuning implementations.

Confidential

Distributed Architecture -Unix/Senior AIX Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engaged Senior Discipline Architects from Core Architecture to assist with application-specific activities.
• Contributed to and validate the design of application hardware architectures.
• Engaged GTI Product Managers to understand and influence hardware product roadmaps.
• Communicated market trends and software technology innovations that may impact future architectural designs.
• Assessed an application’s security architecture based on ITRM policies and assist with any required remediation plans.
• Provided Technical Leadership and Organizational Support to Business Units.
• Ability to create, modify NIM/Jumpstart servers for multiple IBM/Sun architectures.
• Conducted analysis, problem-solving and evaluation activities on special topics related to designing IT Optimization and Infrastructure Solutions.
• Defined and determine solution design objectives relative to projects.
• Utilized IBM System Planning Tool (SPT).
• Built VIO servers and LPARS utilizing HMCs on, POWER5 and POWER6 technologies.
• Performed server builds on p690’s, p510’s, p520’s, p550’s, p560Q’s, p570’s and p595’s.
• Performed IBM Advanced Power Virtualization (AVP/PowerVM) to include Logical Partitioning, Micro-Partitioning and Dynamic Micro-Partioning (DLPAR) utilizing an HMC.
• Performed VIO operating system code update utilizing CLI, as well as SMIT.
• Hands-on experience installing and configuring AIX Operating systems, HACMP, GPFS, KEON/BoKs and LDAP.
• Performed hardware and Operating System certification on IBM eServers, pSeries, p5 and p6 running AIX 5L - 5.1, 5.2, & 5.3 & AIX 6.1.
• Installation, alternate disk install, maintenance, and configuration of AIX 5L and AIX v6.1 systems.
• AIX performance and tuning experience.
• Experienced with pSeries Systems and AIX in a SAN environment.
• Experienced in AIX v5 network configuration and maintenance methods.
• Prepared thorough procedural documentation and scripting of processes used by internal clients.
• Experienced with high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, technologies, tools and processes.
• Experienced with large-scale enterprise infrastructures, support practices, industry best practices, QA methodologies, and vendor interaction (engineering and support).
• Provided technical guidance to implementation staff members through out projects.
• Engaged in 3rd Level Support.

Confidential

UNIX Systems Engineer/Administrator/EDI Production Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and maintaining pSeries running AIX V4 and 5L in an HACMP environment and Sun Microsystems servers running Solaris 7, 8, 9, and 10, along with a very large scale server consolidation project.
• Performs OS installations, upgrades and software maintenance on both pSeries and Sun systems.
• Install and configure Apache webservers, Livelink search engines, WebLogic servers and TIDAL job schedulers.
• Perform server installs, hardware diagnostic and troubleshooting and maintenance on IBM and Sun systems.
• Involved in an ongoing server consolidation which includes applications and data migrations.
• Provides business units and trading partners with technical services.