SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Versatile Systems Administrator with more than 15 years’ experience evaluating internal and external clients needs, recommending and implementing hardware and software, and maintaining systems and applications.

• Demonstrates initiative to recognize areas for improvement and ensure optimum functionality, productivity, and efficiency of technology.
• Communicates effectively with clients, management, and team members to develop project plans, monitor progress, and convey objectives.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Hardware: Sun Enterprise Server 15000/10000/6X00/5x00/4X00/3X00/2000/1000/450/420/280R/220, Ultra 1/2/10/60, Sun Fire 3800/4800/6800, Sun StorEdge, A5X00, A3X00, A1000, D1000, SparcStoreageArray Devices 1XX/2XX, SPARCstorage MultiPacks, Sun SPARCserver 6000/2000/1000, SPARCcenter 4000/2000, UltraSPARC 2/1, SPARCstation 4-690/4-490/4-390/4-330/4-670/4-370/20/10/5/2/1+/1/IPX/LX/Classic,Sun Disk Arrays, Sun Multipack, Decru

Software: Solaris 10/9/8/2.7/2.6/2.5.1/2.5/2.4, SSP 3.X, Sun VTS, SunOS 4.X/4.1.4, Veritas 2.X/3.X, Veritas File System 3.X, Vertias Cluster Server 2.X, Solstice Online Disk Suite 4.X, Solstice Backup, Oracle 7.X/8.X/11.X, Laser Forms Plus, Netscape Enterprise Server 3.X, AutoSys 3.X, iPlanet 5.X, Weblogic 6.X, Peoplesoft 6.1/7.X, Linux, DNS, NIS, NIS+, NFS, Netbackup, Legato, Volume Manager, VFS, NAS, SAN, RAID, EMC, BMC, Patrol, Coldfusion, Weblogic, Open Windows, CDE, UNIX Shells (C, Korn, Bourne), Sybase 11/10.X, Motif, X11, Heartbeat, Desk Set, Tivoli 3.1, ADSM 2.1.0.5, Remedy 2.0, Flashboard 1.1, Diplomat 2.0, Glance Plus, C2 Security, UUCP, TCP/IP, Informix, SunNet Manager, FDDI, SSH, JAVA, Legato 6.X, 7.X, Apache and Tom Cat Web Servers, IBM MQ Series and Direct Connect 5.x,6.x, TestTrack,

Confidential,Edison, New Jersey 3/09 - Present
Sun Solaris System Administrator / Project Manager
Supported Data Center Operations in a 24X7 environment which consisted of system builds, kernel patch upgrades,
software installation, account management, system & network troubleshooting and system backups.
Wrote shell scripts to automate system backups, log archival, daily tasks and processes.
Wrote documentation for maintaining systems, configurations, and operational instructions for server operation.
Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.
Building primary LDOMs and quest LDOMs on T5240 Sun servers for new development and production environments.
Manages projects from development to production implementation while working with vendors and clients.

Confidential, New York, New York 8/07 – 2/09
System Administrator
Worked as a SA in a Midtown based hedge-fund Company with over 300+ Sun Solaris/Linux servers providing day to day 24X7 support in a mission critical financial environments.
Implemented and maintained the companies operating system for Disaster Recovery where High Availability strategies where used at the host, network and datacenter levels where San technology used EMC and Clarion.
Made recommendations on performance, reliability, security and scalability by improving internal processes.
Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.
Managed technical projects with application groups, business partners, clients and vendors to deploy technology.
Designed and implemented technical solutions for the support and maintenance of servers and applications.
Performed system analysis, troubleshooting and tuning to maximize service availability using tools and shell scripting.
Setup primary LDOMs and quest LDOMs on T5220 Sun servers in the development environment.
Setup global and non-global Zones on Solaris servers for new projects and applications.
Upgraded and installed MQ Series from 5.x to 6.x on over 30+ Solaris servers performing customization, channel
configuration, security setting, triggers, restart and recovery procedures and administration tasks.

Confidential,Jersey City, New Jersey 2/05 – 8/07
Sun Solaris System Administrator/ Lead Backup Administrator

• Works in the Backup and Restore group responsible for company data restoration.
• Install, maintain and upgrade system software for Sun Solaris server environments.
• Install, maintain and upgrade Legato backup software and hardware running on Sun platforms.
• Responsible for client load balancing and availability for over 5000 clients with companywide backups.
• Works with clients to setup and configure operating system and database backups.
• Install, maintain and upgrade Decru encryption backup software and hardware.
• Manages technical support cases from inception to resolution.
• Performs system analysis and provides server recommendations.
• Provides 24/7 production support including special projects for Service Level Agreements.
• Collaborates with application groups, business partners and vendors to deploy new technology.

Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.

Confidential,Jersey City, New Jersey 1/04 – 12/04
Sun Solaris System Administrator

• Worked as a senior SA for the E-Commerce/Global Enterprise Technology Group under IBM support.
• Install, maintain and upgrade system software for Sun Solaris server environments.
• Worked with application groups, business partners and vendors to deploy new technology.
• Managed technical support cases from inception to resolution.
• Provided 24/7 production support for Service Level Agreements.
• Assisted the application support teams in the resolution of escalated issues with applications, Web servers and Oracle/Sybase database problems.
• Perform system analysis and system tuning recommendations.
• Provided administrative and technical support to internal and external customers.
• Evaluated third party hardware and software for the user environment.

Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.
Confidential,Edison, New Jersey 2002 - 2003
Sun Solaris System Administrator / Project Manager

• Install, maintain and upgrade system software for Sun Solaris server environments.
• Design, implement and troubleshoot applications with an Oracle database backend.
• Worked with application groups, business partners and vendors to deploy new technology.
• Manage technical support cases from inception to resolution.
• Perform system analysis and provide tuning recommendations.
• Configure disk space to fix customer requirements.
• Coordinate and support periodic Disaster Recovery exercises.

Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.
Confidential,New York, New York 1998-2002

• Served as senior Solaris Sun Unix system administrator for financial, human resource, and private client sector departments.
• Designed, configured, and deployed disaster recovery server consolidations and ensured company wide readiness for Y2K conversion.
• Installed and maintained Solaris Operating System and related software products, providing bug fixes and upgrades as required.
• Managed projects from development to production implementation, supervising up to four team members and facilitating meetings with clients, application developers, staff, and management.
• Developed tools and procedures to automate and enhance functionality of installed system software, providing diagnostic support and vendor interface for failing components.
• Evaluated and recommended hardware and software, and researched and implemented solutions to improve performance, security, scalability, and manageability.
• Provided technical assistance to application staff, exploiting and resolving problems encountered with software on Unix system.
• Coordinated consolidation of multiple applications onto one server, ensuring higher server performance and saving significant costs by eliminating unnecessary components.
• Set up and configured Sun Fire servers running Solaris 8 and Oracle 11.X for new projects and development.
• Collaborated with clients to determine technology needs and working budget, identify appropriate hardware and software, and ensure compatibility with Merrill Lynch systems.

Installed Solaris OS and related software products, Disk Suite, Veritas: Volume Manager, File System and Cluster.

B.S., Computer and Information Sciences