SUMMARY

• Excellent technical skills and experience
• Strong practical and theoretical foundation in DOS, Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, HPUX, and Solaris operating systems

Restoration of a UNIX system including terminal set-ups, modems, printers, user accounts, network communications, remote line printing and restoring user data; HPUX 10.20 and 11.0, Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, and 2.8, Microwave, satellite, and T1 installation, operation and troubleshoot
Java Programming, Oracle SQL/PL, UNIX Shell Programming
System and Network Administration: Shell Variables Flow Control, Conditional Testing, Functions, Debugging, and Interactive Processing Techniques
Hands on training in setting up NFS and DNS
Administration, installation and configuration of the UNIX system software including TCP/IP network

Confidential, Dubuque IA 11/2011 - Present
IT staffing UNIX Administrator

• Administer NYCT/MTA and Amtrak Servers is a ticket base environment
• Install and configure Solaris 10 zones for Development, Stage, and Production environments.
• Linux 5, Solaris 10, and HPUX 11.11
• Administrating and applying patches to all servers.
• Writing ksh and bash scripts.

Confidential, Cleveland OH
UNIX Administrator 03/2010 - 09/2011

• Architect, design, implement and document all production and pre-production infrastructure solutions.
• Install and configure Solaris 10 zones for Development, Stage, and Production environments.
• Linux administer on RedHat 3, 4, and 5.
• Linux Ferdora 12.
• Install and configure Nagios for monitoring Linux Windows and Solaris servers.
• Migrating Oracle databases, application server, and web servers from Sun Enterprise server running Solaris 8 to SunFire server using Solaris 10.
• Administrating and applying patches to all servers.
• Writing ksh and bash scripts.

Confidential, Houston, TX 02/2007 - 04/2009
Contractor UNIX Administrator

• Architect, design, implement and document all production and pre-production infrastructure solutions.
• Migrating Oracle databases, application server, and web servers in a VCS environment, from Sun Enterprise server running Solaris 8 to SunFire server using Solaris 10.
• Administrating and applying patches to all servers.
• Server management including Veritas VM, Veritas Cluster Server and Sun disk Suite.
• Working close with NASA application development team providing technical expertise, support and guidance in a Development and Product environment.
• Linux administration on Redhat 3,4, & 5
• Linux administration on CentOS 5
• Linux administration on Redhat 5 running Veritas Netbackup 5 and VCS

Confidential, Dallas 11/2005 - 02/2007
Contractor UNIX Administrator

• Architect, design, implement and document all production and pre-production infrastructure solutions.
• Solaris 8 & 9 administrating includes installation, patching, and backups.
• Converting shell scripts and application that were using FTP to use secure FTP.
• Deploying application code for Tomcat from ClearCase in a Development, QA, and Production environment.
• Migrating Oracle, Tomcat, applications from Solaris 8 to 9 and upgrading hardware from Sun Enterprise Systems to Sun SunFire servers.
• Develop and implement plans for deploying new services in a highly automated environment.
• Converting shell scripts and application that were using FTP to use secure FTP.
• Deploying application code for Tomcat from ClearCase in a Development, QA, and Production environment.

Confidential, Dallas 07/2005 - 10/2005
Contractor UNIX Administrator

• Solaris 8 & 9 administrating includes installation, patching, and backups.
• Supporting Oracle Financial Servers data transfers.
• Sun hardware E250 to E10k
• Solaris version 8 to Solaris 10

Confidential, Dallas 05/2005 - 07/2005
Linux, HPUX, and Solaris System Administrator (Contractor)

• Administer web, MySQL Replication, and MapQuest servers using Redhat SuSe 9.x OSs.

Confidential, Dallas 11/2004 - 04/2005
Contractor UNIX Administrator

• UNIX Administrator for Sun E450 to SunFire 12k servers in a production environment
• Maintaining Veritas volume manager, Veritas Clusters, and Sun DiskSuite
• Adding users, servers, and printers in a NIS environment
• Configuration of Apache and TomCat EMC Clarion CX400/600/700

Confidential, Dallas 11/2000 - 11/2004
Advanced UNIX Administrator

• Solaris Use at EDS: Solaris Performance Tuning; Disk I/O; System File Update; Kernel Patch Updates; TCP/IC; Solaris Troubleshooting; Application Tuning; RAM Issues; Disk I/O Contingency; TCP/IP; Sun Solaris NDD tuning; DNS under Solaris; Adding and Removing Servers and New Zones; Installing Veritas Netbackup under Solaris; Tivoli Framework Installation, Configuration, and Distributed Monitoring Administration Under Solaris 2.8; NetView Installation, Configuration, Setting up TelAlert Paging Systems to use a Modem and SMTP under Sun Solaris; SAN Installation, Configuration and Administration on EMC and SUN/SAN environment; IPlanet Web and Application Server installation on Solaris; Weblogic installation on Solaris
• ADV. UNIX Administrator HP9000 series and Sun Enterprise servers 250 to 4800s, planned, designed, implemented, configured, patched, system monitored, backups, and DNS in project based lab/demo environment
• Statistics gathered data for system performance; analyzed, infrastructure, policies, and recommended corrective actions
• System design and integration with Tivoli Framework, CiscoWorks, Smarts InCharge, Jumpstart, NetView, Samba, and TelAlert paging system.
• Oracle 8i/9i client and server installation, administer and configure Sun and Brocade SAN switches along with Veritas disk and file system management on EMC CX600.
• Linux administrator RedHat 7-9.0
• Administer Tivoli Storage Management
• Using Volume Manager
• Removing files systems and file system troubleshooting
• Veritas Netbackup Administration
• Configuration of PowerPath
• Oracle 8i/9i installing, configuring, and disk layout; Kernel tuning; staging and installing Oracle applications.
• Linux Redhat 7.2/8.0 installation, configuration and administration
• Netsaint installation, configuration and administration
• Configuration of Apache and TomCat.
• Recommend new technologies to improve infrastructure

Confidential, Dallas 01/1998 - 11/2000
UNIX System Administrator/Analyst

• In a Telegence, Oracle and Tuxedo environment, responsibilities include maintaining
• Hewlett Packard servers D, E, F, K, N, T & V which are connected to EMC disks array.
• Creating charts using PerView. Analyzing cpus, memory, swap and disk usage.
• Creating and updating shell scripts for system reporting, cron and user interfacing and file system monitoring. OS upgrading and patching.
• Extensive Logical Volume Management LVM using Online JSF for creating and extending volume groups & logical volumes.
• Performing routine analysis and daily trouble shooting of market slowdowns using TOP, GLANCE, and SAR.
• Serving as Process Resource Manager PRM, Disaster Recovery SME Subject Matter Expert and Capacity Planning team member.

Confidential, Dallas 08/1998 - 10/1999
UNIX System Administrator

• Administration of HP9000 K and D series servers and workstations to include adding users, resource management, installation, configuration, backup and recovery operations, capacity planning and usage analysis, troubleshooting and system security.

Confidential, Dallas 091988 - ??/1998
Field Engineer

• Install, upgrade, service and evaluate DOS, Windows, MacOS, Sun IPX and SPARC
• workstations, Kodak Computer-operated Microfilmer.
• Provide technical support, training, advice and recommendations to customers and end users.
• Maintain and manage surplus parts inventory in excess of 300,000.

Associate of Electronic Engineering

Southern Methodist University-School of Engineering and Applied Science Unix System Administration Certification 1998
Apple Certified, A+ Windows and DOS
SA-202-S10 Adv System Admin for the Solaris 10 July 2007
SA-200-S10 Intermediate System Admin for the Solaris 10 June 2007
Oracle University Java Programming October 2000 Oracle University Introduction
to Oracle 8i: SQL & PL/SQL September 2000
Hewlett Packard Educational Services Hands-on with MC/Serviceguard December 1999