PROFILE
Strong leader with strengths also in telephony, network hardware, software troubleshooting, project managing and training of colleagues. Reliable IT professional with expertise in Systems and Network Administrating focusing on LINUX and UNIX platforms. Proven experience with thousands of end-users in a 24x7 support environment. Strong motivational skills and adaptability to an ever-changing computing infrastructure. Unique blend of software implementation and hardware installation.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris vers. 2.6 to 10, HP-UX vers. 9 to 11, Red Hat LINUX vers 7.3 to RHEL 5, SUSE LINUX 4.0.1 for Mac platform, Mandrake LINUX 10, Yellow Dog LINUX 9.3, Korn configuration and scripting, SSH, vmware, Nagios, SMTP, vmware ESX.
Data Hardware: All Sun hardware from Sparc to Enterprise systems, HP 9000, B-180, B-1000, Dell PowerEdge 850, 2450, 2550, 2850 and SC 1420. Motorola VME and cPCI Blade Chassis, MacIntosh G4 and G5. SCSI and IDE transports. Nortel Shasta ISP and Passport 7K and 15K phone-switching hardware. Cisco, Bay Networks and I-Touch terminal servers. IBM x3250 series, HP and UCS servers.
Networking: Configuration, installation and troubleshooting of Bay Networks Routers and Switches, Cisco router configuration, TCP/IP, RIP, OSPF, ATM configuration, IP subnetting, VOIP, Protocol Sniffing Software, DHCP, SSH

EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX August 2008 – February 2011
Linux Systems Administrator

• Configured and installed Nagios server for network-hardware monitoring.
• Implemented WSUS server to keep Windows servers virus free.
• Red Hat Linux Administration for 350 build and software servers.
• IBM and HP installation and configuration.
• Vmware administration on UCS and HP platforms with EMC storage.

Confidential Irving, TX October 2007 – July 2008
Solaris Systems Administrator

• Solaris 10 Administration Enterprise class servers.
• Solaris DiskSuite and Veritas disk partitioning and mirroring.
• Big Brother monitoring software configuration.
• Symantec backup client configuration.
• Gnu/Red Hat Linux Administration.
• Bash shell scripting.

Confidential Dallas, TX July 2007 - September 2007
Legato Backup Administrator

• Backup administrator with Legato software.

Confidential Carrollton, TX December 2006 - March 2007
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator

• Backup administrator with Legato software.
• Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 hardware and OS installation on Dell 2850s and 2950s.
• Solaris 10 OS installation and configuration on Sun Fire v440 and v880 platforms.
• Bash and Korn shell scripting.
• Server monitoring with Nagios software.
• Encrypted ssh and secure-key user administration.

Confidential Plano, TX July – November 2006
Systems/Network Administrator

• Installed and administered Sun Fire and Enterprise Sun hardware running Solaris 9 and 10 using Jumpstart.
• Administered DNS server.
• Updated all online test lab information.
• Administered Linux and Solaris terminal servers.
• Configured Solaris 10 zones.

Confidential Richardson, TX. 1997-2005
Systems/Network Administrator

• Systems Administration for production clients and servers and Network Administration of Bay Networks hubs and routers.
• Created and implemented Linux-based server lab for software testing saving the company $1 million per year in support costs.
• Achieved top status in the number of Solaris systems administration problems solved for entire Nortel Richardson campus.
• Managed and implemented monthly hardware and software upgrade and configuration projects.
• Hardware installation and repair Sun Enterprise class systems.
• Trained all colleagues at Nortel’s Richardson Lab Operations in Sun Solaris and LINUX administration techniques.
• Administered ATM, OSPF and RIP routing between proprietary, multi-interface hardware and data hardware.
• Spearheaded project to implement HP 9.0 on legacy servers with no operating system or hardware documentation.
• Maintained NFS file systems and UNIX clients for entire user community.
• Engaged in off-hour power projects to maintain data-client integrity before and after a power shutdown.
• Coordinated with software engineers a project adding Macintosh systems in place of Motorola VMEs for proprietary software testing.
• Leader of administration of GSM software and hardware engineering department.
• Oversaw NIS and DNS client configurations on Solaris and LINUX platforms.
• Configured special parameters at the system level for Solaris OS installations.
• Created and maintained metadevices and new packages for Solaris OS clients.
• Managed disk space for all NFS exported directories.
• Led the migration of all Motorola VMEs to a new ip subnet.
• Leader in documenting the installation and troubleshooting of tape-base HP-UX 9.0 for VMEs.
• Led the purchasing of Red Hat and Sun Solaris OS disks.
• Group leader for all UNIX and LINUX based systems on 24X7 basis.
• Prior seven year experience in Restaurant Management and Food-Service Management.

EDUCATION

UNIX Systems Administration/C-programming certification
Confidential, Richardson TX 1996
Bachelor of Journalism
Confidential Austin 1990
Certified Training Classes: Sun systems/network administration, ATM networking and troubleshooting, TCP-IP, Perl, Solaris 6 through 10, HP 9 and 10, Network Protocols, Inter-network Routing and Router Configuration

LANGUAGES: Proficient in written and spoken French