SUMMARY:

• I am an IT/DevOPs professional with experience Unix/Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, SCO, DG, Solaris 2.6 - 2.11, HP-UX 10.2 - 11.0) as well as Microsoft Windows as a Systems Administrator. I am also experienced with WebLogic, iPlanet, and Apache/Tomcat, involving installation and configuration/application management. Also familiar with DNS, TCP/IP, shell scripting, and security management. I have excellent experience with Veritas Volume Manager, both from command line as well as GUI. In addition, I have also effectively led and worked within multidiscipline teams by communicating team goals and objectives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Database: C/C++, HTML, PROGRESS, SQL, ORACLE, INFORMIX

Operating Systems: Confidential Mainframe (MVS/ESA), MS-DOS, MS Windows (NT, 95-2012), UNIX (HP 10.2-11.0, Solaris 6-11, SCO, DG, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian

Software: MS Office Professional (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), MS Project, dBase

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington DC

Senior Systems Engineer DevOps

Responsibilities:

• Currently working on Confidential Confidential ( Confidential ) migration to AWS/Docker. Three phases of project, first phase is Enterprise Cloud assessment (200+ apps and over 2000 DB instances) as well as Proof of Concept migration. This is a lift shift of current Confidential Internet and intranet websites and CM (Percussion) to AWS and Docker. Utilizing AWS services such as EC2, ELB, VPC, DC, RDS, CloudFront, CloudFormation, auto-scaling, S3, IAM, etc. This is to be completed by Sept. 2Nd and 3rd phases of the project will be to migrate all 200 apps into AWS/Docker with Chef if contract is ed, starting in late Sept.

Confidential, Washington DC

S enior Systems Engineer DevOps

Responsibilities:

• Worked as senior systems engineer with DevOps team creating and building out websites for over 90 clients using Chef Automation (Chef server 11.2) on AWS (used knife/chef-client extensively for builds and troubleshooting). Sites were built on Ubuntu with nginx and Mysql/PHP and Wordpress. Used github as source repo for chef code and website buildouts.
• Employed Scrum/Jira methodology to coordinate tasks/tickets between teams. Used pingdom and Cloudflare to for monitoring and extra security on all sites. Registered domains using GoDaddy, Network Solutions, etc. Setup Google Mailboxes for clients. Also used Rackspace manual buildouts on CentOS/Drupal for a few clients. Okta administrator for SSO. Created test buildouts using chef on vagrant around VirtualBox and ESXi server.

Confidential, Washington DC

Senior Systems Engineer DevOps

Responsibilities:

• Worked as senior systems engineer with DevOps team creating and building out new environments on Openstack and AWS. Created a complete Openstack build with all components. Tasked with learning, creating and deploying new dev environments with technologies such as Cassandra, Riak, and Riak CS. Created new VMs templates for developers on Oracle VirtualBox and kvm. Responsible for deploying new company web site and maintaining all updates/patches. Worked with Puppet and Nginx as well.

Confidential, Bethesda, Md

Senior System Administrator/Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Systems Administrator for the Confidential ). In charge of all Unix/Linux machines which include both standalone (Oracle M5000/M8000/T4) and VMWare servers (HP ProLiant DL580s) which are running Solaris 9-10 and RHEL 5. Responsible for creating new RHEL VM’s (current ESXi version 5.0) and maintaining all current servers. Administration of applications/software on Solaris hosts includes Symantec VCS and Apache Tomcat. In charge of configuring and administration SiteScope monitoring and Netbackup master server (currently 7.0). Also developing and building new architecture with Amazon Web Services Cloud (AWS). Deploying Nagios for monitoring of current infrastructure.

Confidential, Vienna, Va

Senior System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Systems Administrator for the Confidential ( Confidential ). In charge of all Unix/Linux machines which include both standalone and VMWare servers on the Maritime Administration (MARAD) contract which are running Solaris 9-10 and RHEL 4-6. Responsible for creating new RHEL VM’s (current ESXi version 5.0) on Dell hardware (M1000 chassis/M710 blades) and maintaining all current servers. Responsible for
• Apache/Tomcat configurations on servers (web proxy, internal and external websites, etc), sendmail configurations, DNS records, Oracle DB (10 and 11), JBoss, OpenSSO, etc. Also worked with configuring storage on NetApp (OnTap 8.1.1, FAS3240, OnCommand System Manager 2.0) and Dell storage (EqualLogic PS6510). Used Nagios and Solarwinds for monitoring (run from Linux servers.)

Confidential, Mclean, Va

Senior Sytems Administrator/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the Team Lead Sr. Systems Administrator/Architect on solutions and designs for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In charge of all Unix machines which include intra/internet (Apache Tomcat), DNS servers (Bind 9.6.1-P3 in chroot), Cisco Ironport Email Gateways, Checkpoint Firewalls, Oracle DB and Oracle App servers, Cuadra DB servers, NetInsight, Oracle Forms, ColdFusion, proxy pac, and WebLogic. Integrated Veritas Clustering for Oracle DBs and Business Objects. Worked with Solaris 10 on M4000/M5000 and M6000 blade series for new architecture; current servers are Solaris 8-10 with variety of Sun Hardware. Also responsible for NetApp (FAS3140/3170) and SunStoredge, Brocade switches and fiber connectivity to hosts. Designing new architecture with Solaris Zones and LDOMs. Use Netbackup for backups and TriGeo for syslog events. Responsible for all Unix STIG’s (ie, Solaris 10, Apache Tomcat, BIND,etc) that must be implemented for FTC use. Work closely with various teams, such as DBA team, Windows, Security and OA. We also use Red Hat Linux on a few of our platforms such as external webservers and TriGeo appliances.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Senior Sytems Administrator/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Systems Administrator/Architect on solutions for Medicare projects for the states of Michigan and Washington. Working with such technologies as SUN (8-10), SunCluster, Veritas Netbackup, EMC Symmetrix, Apple XServe RAID, and RedHat Linux, Confidential WebSphere, FileNet, Cognos and Oracle RAC. Also worked on Sun Blades (LDOM), Jumpstart, Sun Volume Manager, and LDAP. Built out Confidential ’s Network Operations Center for management of all clients/internal devices.

Confidential, NYC, NY

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Set up client site with Optivity NMS to monitor all network devices (Nortel and Cisco). Configured Optivity to send email/pager alarms whenever traps/faults were discovered. Manually created traps for Cisco devices. Configured MRTG to monitor network devices, relaying such information as network usage, CPU performance, threshold levels, etc.
• Project lead at client site Confidential on architecting and implementing an automation process that updates all of Confidential customers phones. Working closely with Marketing and Operations as well as Development/QA to ensure this is rolled out on a timely manner.

Confidential, Dulles, VA

System Administrator/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Administrator of 1300+ plus SUN/HPUX/Red Hat server enviroment. Servers range in all types of hardware. Extensive experience with SAN (EMC and Clariion). Also work with new products such as Egenera and Netezza. Liason with web team for network and application issues. Lead Sarbaines - Oxley contact for security issues. Architect hardware/OS for future business applications internal to AOL HQ. Working knowledge of Oracle and Sybase.

Confidential, New York City, NY

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administrator of Windows 2000 servers and workstations, duties include installing, configuring, and maintaining Microsoft Active Directory, IIS, Exchange and Windows Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access). Also responsible for installing and configuring Mobile Account System (MAS), a proprietary application package used for tracking 50 + store sales and inventory, .

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

System/Database/Application Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administrator of Sun/Solaris (2.8) server for Research and Development team. Tasks include administrator for Informix database, Apache/Tomcat webservers, Iplanet (webserver, LDAP, messaging server on NT, 2000 and Solaris machines), WEBLOGIC (7.0) admin, and Veritas Volume Manager. Designed and built system from requirements given by R/D team. Also administrator for RedHat Linux (7.2) server with MySQL database. Also in charge of and assisting company with Microsoft SourceSafe, HummingBird Exceed, SmartFTP, StarOffice 5.2, and other applications/issues. Responsible for researching and purchasing new equipment/software for R/D team. Part of team that designed and created Medline database search engine which searches over 200GB data on medical citations. Involved with wireless/PDA exploration into future areas company wants to focus in. Lead in Radiator RADIUS server development. Administrator for WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server, which analyzes web traffic.

Confidential, MD

System Administrator/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• In charge of all HP-UX servers. Responsible for all maintenance, networking, and general management for the servers. Including database management (PROGRESS) and system upgrades (HP-UX 10.2 - 11.0 Cold Installs). Worked closely with HP support on system issues and developing a system recovery plan (clustering).

Confidential, McLean, VA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• On contract with Confidential as a Unix systems/application administrator. Responsible for all applications on HP/UX (10.2 -11.0) and Sun/Solaris(2.6) systems. Includes datafeeds, GUI functionality, user accounts, filesystems, backups, log files, and network configurations. Wrote shell scripts to monitor and alarm on system issues such as disk and memory usage. Provided 24x7 support for systems and applications. Familiar with SQL statements to query database.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Customer Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Hardware/OS Maintenance/Software Support for 4 divisions within company. Worked on Air Traffic Control Team traveling to different cities to install and upgrade Air Traffic computer equipment/cables. Part of Y2K team upgrading all software within company.

Confidential, Confidential, MD

System Administrator/Database Programmer

Responsibilities:

• System Administrator for Unix Network, with 200+ users in 15 different offices across the country. Performed installation, backup and recovery and worked closely with Director with shell scripting. Platforms: DG, SCO with knowledge of HP and Sun Solaris.
• Created a Windows NT network for Philadelphia office. Designed a new dispatch software program to run with this network. Project was basis to form a separate subsidiary company. Programmed in PROGRESS (database language) to update/fix many programs used by company employees. Also created programs to run reports for accounting and inventory. In charge of all computer hardware/software issues within company.

Confidential, Bethesda MD

Database Operations Support

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating and keeping accurate daily, weekly, and monthly reports of total claim and line volume from PBA databases for 30+ data entry and Quality Control staff for management and staff. Reports were used for billing and statistical purposes. Responsible for tracking everyday time of 60+ staff in 2 divisions, Operations and Customer Support. Daily reports given to management on time utilized by Operations staff, weekly reports for Customer support. In charge of creating a report that tracked errors made by data entry staff in PBA database. Weekly report given to management and staff indicating status.
• Made daily and monthly reports that tracked PPO claims and bills from database. Created numerous spreadsheets, graphs, and tables for management concerning statistical information on line and claim production, error percentages, and monthly comparisons.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Lead Computer Technician/Support

Responsibilities:

• In charge of all computer integration for all systems shipped to clients that entailed building, installing software and hardware, and reconfiguring each machine to each clients particular needs. Clients included Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, and many other major corporations and government agencies. Responsible for customer and technical support which also required on-site teaching and user to clients on software and hardware. In charge of company stockroom as well as all shipping and receiving. Company stockroom inventory valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Responsible for local network management and system administration.