SUMMARY:

• Over fifteen years of professional computer system experience. Provided superior technological solutions, design, and support, which built strong relationships between clients resulting in increased revenues. A highly valued team player, problem solver, extremely organized, and detail oriented. Very dependable, prompt, a self - starter, driven by a strong work ethic, and a desire to continue personal growth and knowledge.
• Proficient in Linux and Windows Systems Administration
• Research and implementation of new emerging technologies
• Ability to know how to troubleshoot software/hardware/network issues to identify where a problem is occurring
• Programming knowledge in Shell Scripting, Perl, Python, PHP, SQL, HTML, C#, CSS, XML, AJAX, DHTML,
• Experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of IT systems
• Large scale production systems and technologies, for example load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, and configuration management.
• Experience with hardware virtualization, service-oriented architecture, autonomic and utility computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)(vSphere, KVM/Qemu, Docker)
• Comfortable with database administration, working knowledge of SQL
• Experience working on critical, highly available web applications and APIs (redundancy, load balancing, automation)
• Experience in Data Analysis and supporting relational database development
• Extensive knowledge of client-side scripting and automation scripting
• Experience in applying analytical and problem solving skills to application design, understanding of project and application development life cycle
• NAS storage, SNMP, Routers/Switches/Firewalls (OSPF, BGP, Trunking, VLAN, VOIP, QoS), Blade Server Technology, Network Services (DNS, WINS, DHCP), Virtual Private Networks (SSL, IPSEC, PPTP, etc.)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• VMware
• Apache
• Tomcat
• MySQL
• Hadoop
• Nginx
• Memcached
• SMTP
• Postfix
• Nagios
• Munin
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Exchange
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Microsoft Cluster Services
• Microsoft Virtual Server
• MS Office Suite
• Adobe CS5/CS6
• Nimbus
• Symantec Endpoint
• Veritas
• Backup Exec
• Informatica
• Commvault
• MS Project
• Visio
• Opus
• AutoCAD
• Oracle
• SiteScope
• Citrix
• Cognos
• VPN
• FTP
• SSH
• SSL
• IPSEC
• Antivirus Software
• NetSuite
• Crystal Reports
• Quickbooks
• Filemaker Pro
• Peachtree
• Amazon Web Services
• PostgreSQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose, CA

System Engineer / Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Create, maintain, and upgrade internal Data Center Group Website
• Manage Cisco UCS Systems which includes Nexus 5548, 5596, 6248 and UCS B250 / B200 / C240 running CentOS or Red Hat
• Develop standalone apps for Internal site (events, file repo, analytics, etc..)
• Assist in team operations with building UCS cloud lab (Nexus, UCS, Hadoop)
• Help organize and promote Nexus and UCS product launches
• Architected and built Windows HyperV and VMware ESX/ESXi platforms on Cisco UCS and NetApp Storage
• Implemented LDAP (later AD) network single sign-on (SSO) for several business units allowing for sign-on to servers and internal sites
• Conducted proof of concept testing of various hardware and software solutions to improve the overall performance
• Managed servers in different geographic sites
• Develop shell scripts to automate administrative tasks
• Implemented documentation and training to support hardware and software systems
• Created several new server backup schedules based on business needs allowing for quick recovery in an emergency
• Implemented and created the full life cycle process for large-scale software development

Confidential, Jupiter, FL

System Administrator / Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design the server hardware and operating system infrastructure for complex systems on a UNIX and Windows platform
• Database administration, systems architecture and design, and extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) processes
• Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot file, email, and authentication servers, as well as Internet access and other networked services
• Provide tier 2/tier 3 advanced support for operations personnel on daily troubleshooting
• Provide expert technical assistance and consulting support to clients
• Maintain systems and the hosted services through monitoring, data backup, troubleshooting and proactive security measures
• Manage different types of complex technologies and services into a heterogeneous environment including those outside the operating system domain such as networking services, hot systems, and third party software
• Influence at account level and at customer management level
• Develop and write proposals and price out projects
• Apply rolling patches, perform code updates, implement new technologies
• Custom web application development using PHP, SQL, HTML, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal
• Linux and Windows Server Administration
• Develop backend solutions using SQL or relevant tools for reports, data extractions, feeds, batch programs etc.
• Video recording, editing and conversion, streaming, h.264
• Troubleshoot software and hardware for desktops and servers

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install and program Confidential Controls
• Setup and troubleshooting of servers in a multi-server farm environment
• Windows/Linux system & server administration
• SharePoint administration
• Provide technical and strategic guidance and documentation for disaster recovery, content migration, customization, authentication
• Provide expert technical assistance and consulting support to clients.
• Designed and maintain company website and customer databases
• Hardware installation and troubleshooting of routers, switches, hard drives, CPU, memory, LAN / WAN, motherboards, bios, power supplies
• Support and installation for peripherals including printers, scanners, faxes, wireless, PDA& blackberry, cellular internet cards, tape drives, flash drives, disk array controllers, UPS systems, plotter, network interface devices, tablet input devices, physical desktop connections
• Provided in office training for various devices and software