QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

As a UNIX administrator for over twelve years and over twenty total years of work experience, I have gained large-scale system administration experience and have contributed to numerous individual, team, and corporation-wide projects. My technical abilities, broad range of knowledge, and my ability to work effectively in and communicate with both the customer and computer application work groups have made me a great value to my employers.

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking challenging and rewarding employment in which I can utilize and improve my UNIX, high availability, and network expertise in an environment that encourages technical innovation and initiative.

TECHNICAL SKILL SUMMARY:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Programmer Analyst III

• Create new SFTP, HTTPS, and FTPS configured profiles for internaland external customers to enable them to send or receive treasury files or files of various formats to and from Regions
• Troubleshoot issues involving SFTP, HTTPS, and FTPS with customers
• Migrate internal customers to new application platform
• Install application software on Windows and Linux servers that enables the transmission
• of files

Confidential

Systems Engineer I

• Set up web sites on Linux and Sun Solaris virtual hosts
• Installed and configured Oracle on HP-UX servers and MySQL on SUSE Linux virtual hosts
• Installed and patched OS software and patches on Linux, HP, AIX, and Sun servers
• Installed and configured Solaris zones on Sun Solaris servers
• Modified kernel parameters to ensure that application software would run correctly on Solaris and HP-UX servers
• Set up user accounts on HP-UX, Solaris and SUSE Linux servers, utilizing SUDO for accounts needing root equivalent access to commands
• Performed backups and restores on HP-UX and Solaris servers
• Documented processes and procedures on Sharepoint for all UNIX and Windows servers in the UA OIT environment
• Represented UNIX system administrators on process improvement team

Confidential

Information Specialist II

• Installed Mac and Windows XP operating systems on Mac and PC systems in the Microbiology department
• Performed trouble shooting of software, hardware and network problems on over 130 computers in the Bevill and Shelby buildings
• Added new user accounts to Active Directory and ensuring that the account then has access to the UAB domain

Confidential

Senior HP UNIX Administrator,

• Administered over 60 HP-UX servers in a mission critical environment
• Utilized MC/ServiceGuard to maintain High Availability of Oracle, Egate and Tuxedo applications
• Performed initial operating system software checks to guarantee that no major alarms would occur when the new server was added to the network
• Performed application and operating system installs on multiple HP servers
• Worked full filesystem and other trouble-shooting issues on servers on the Defense Information Systems Agency network

Confidential

System Administrator,

• Kept servers current with required software and maintained change management guidelines on all updates of servers.
• Performed cold installation and upgrade of operating system software and related applications on HP-UX servers to make sure that the operating system software was current and under support by the HP vendor.
• Modified kernel parameters to ensure that all applications would operate correctly.
• Installed operating system patches on a quarterly basis to improve system performance.
• Created online documentation for application servers in order to aid Midrange Technical Services in trouble shooting alarm issues.
• Set up automated system image backups on servers and completed system image backups on which the automated run had failed so that there would be a backup available in case of a disaster recovery.
• Configured disks and extended them across the volume groups and logical volumes on servers to correct hardware failures or to add disk space when it was needed.
• Ensured that the application software on any server had failover capability so that there would be no application down time if there happened to be a hardware or software problem on the primary server.
• Added user accounts on servers and enabled password aging on these accounts so that users could log on to the servers and the passwords would expire after a certain period of time, complying with corporate security.

System Administrator Associate

Confidential

• Scheduled shipments and installations through a Data Distribution System DDS of software packages.
• Worked problem resolution issues in the installations in order to properly install the software.
• Created and worked tickets for alarms received for HP and Sun servers on the BellSouth network to proactively keep outages from occurring on application servers.
• Headed the Schedule Team for my work group and ensured that all shifts had good coverage.
• Created documentation for OTS group to prepare for auditing of the group and to adhere to ISO standards.

Help Desk

Confidential

• Answered the Help Desk by phone and email and passed problem tickets to appropriate people for resolution of the problem.
• Worked on a Help Desk study, conducting a survey of all Help Desk calls placed over a three-month period, to determine the usefulness of the Help Desk.
• Assisted users on Help Desk calls involving PCs and on various Microsoft Office software so that the users would be able to accomplish their regular work duties.
• Set up PCs on the network and downloaded from the network various software to be used so that the people who received the new PCs would have all of the necessary software installed on them.