SUMMARY

• Seeking to secure a position as Senior Linux Operations Engineer - Data center Automation Engineer with Information Technology Industries where I can utilize my Computer Systems experience, Computer Engineering education, and interpersonal skills in a demanding high-tech environment, I am mostly interested working with implementation and integration of new technologies.
• I have extensive experience as a Senior/Lead Enterprise Systems Architect, particularly with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, Solaris, HU-UX, Confidential AIX, VMware Virtualization, OVM Systems Administration, and Systems Automation Programming using UNIX/Linux Shell, PowerShell, and VMware PowerCLI. I am also proficient in Windows Administration and Management, and Data Storage Management.
• Installation, configuration, and management of Linux (15+ years)
• Hands-on technical knowledge of Virtualization and Virtual infrastructure (10+ years)
• Installation, configuration, and management of VMware (6+ years)
• Installation, configuration, and management of Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) (3+ years)
• Installation, configuration, and management of Dell EqualLogic SAN (3 years)
• Installation, configuration, and management of EMC Data Storage (3 years)
• Installation, configuration, and management of Nimble Storage (1+ years) vSphere PowerCLI Scripting for VMware vSphere management (7+ years)
• PowerShell Scripting for QA/QC automation (4+ years)
• Veritas NetBackup Enterprise solutions (6+ years)
• Providing lead Operating Systems support for Linux/RHEL/SUSE/Solaris/HP-UX/AIX (15+ years)
• Supporting Oracle E-business suite application software support (3+ years)
• Auto Deployment OS (HP-UX/Ignite, Solaris/Jumpstart, RHEL/Kickstart, AIX/NIM) (10+ years)
• Centralize AIX LPAR and Server Management using NIM (3+ years)
• Developing UNIX system automation utilities using Bash/Shell scripting (15+ years)
• Managing System Services, Users and Groups, and Firewall (15+ years)
• Configuring and managing Local, and Network Printers (10+ years)
• Configuring Remote Access using secure SSH (10+ years)
• Configuring X11 forwarding (UNIX-to-UNIX and UNIX-to-Windows) (6+ years)
• Configuring NFS and Samba for remote filesystems sharing (10+ years)
• Configuring and managing Web Server, Email Server, and Sendmail (10+ years)
• Installing and configuring Linux KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) (6+ years)
• Managing UNIX filesystems, Volume Group/Logical Volume, and Swap Space. (15+ years)
• Hardware troubleshooting and systems maintenance (15+ years)
• Windows Admin (2012-R2, 2008-R2, 2003, 2000, 10, 7, XP, & NT) (15+ years)
• Apache/PHP/MySQL/Postfix/Sendmail/DNS/BIND (10+ years)
• Large scale IT Infrastructure environments (15+ years)
• Incident Management, and Change Request Processes (15+ years)
• Data center management, systems monitoring, systems security (10+ years)
• PowerCLI/PowerShell/Bash/Shell Scripts, C, C++, Fortran, Pascal, Visual Basic (15+ years)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Senior Linux Operations Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing Linux Operations Engineering support for RHEL7 and RHEL6 Linux Servers.
• Providing Engineering support for NexentaStor Data Storage Management Systems.
• Providing Engineering support for Confidential BigFix Patch Management System.
• Providing Engineering support for Globalscape EFT Enterprise System.
• Providing Engineering support for Reflection SFTP Servers.
• Creating Documentation for RHEL7 System Admin training.
• Creating Operational Manual for NexentaStor Data Storage Management.
• Creating Operational Manual for Confidential BigFix Patch Management System.
• Creating Operational Manual for Globalscape EFT Enterprise System.
• Creating Operational Manual for Reflection SFTP Servers.
• Developing PowerShell Scripts for automating process steps for DPS Production Failover/Failback SQL Database from primary site to DR site.
• Developing Linux shell scripts for updating primary and secondary DNS configuration on remote Linux/UNIX servers.
• Developing PowerShell, PowerCLI, and Linux bash scripts for system automation, including Infoblox DNS management, SQL Database servers Failover/Failback, etc.

Confidential, Plano Texas

Linux Engineering Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Provided RHEL7 Linux & Windows System Administration services to local businesses.
• Provided Wireless Local Area network and Remote System Support.
• Installed and configured new hardware, Operating Systems, software, and Network Equipment.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery plans, scripted data backups.
• Provided Linux & Windows Systems Security Services.
• Offered RHEL Certification System Admin training.

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Linux/Windows Admin, VMware Engineer, QA/QC Systems Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed PowerShell scripts for Production Ready QA/QC for Windows and Linux servers.
• Provided Support for VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 Systems.
• Managed Virtual Machines via vSphere Web Client.
• Managed and maintained Linux and Windows physical and Virtual machines.
• Performed QA/QC scan for Linux and Windows Physical and Virtual machines.
• Provided Operational Support for platform security at Confidential .
• Performed system updates and installed patches on Windows machines using MSPatch Tool.
• Performed Alert Management Framework (AMF) scan on Windows Machines.
• Performed ESM scan (Enterprise Security Manage scan) on Windows and Linux Machines.
• Responded to Incidents Work Request via NEXUS Help Desk ticket tracking system.
• Provided stability, and mitigate risk by following company’s policies, processes, and procedures.
• Actively collaborated with local, national, and international team members to provide globally consistent processes and procedures and provide innovative ideas.
• As a team member, managed 1000+ AIX Server, 11600+ ESXi Hosts, 200+ HP-UX Servers, 69000+ Linux Servers, 1300+ Solaris Servers, 200+ CentOS Servers, 650+ SUSE Servers, 59000+ Windows servers
• As a team member, provisioned 2000+ New Windows and Linux Virtual Machines every month
• As a team member, managed and maintained 150,000 UNIX, Linux, and Windows Virtual Machines worldwide

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Linux Admin, VMware Engineer, PowerCLI Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Provisioned, maintained, and managed RHEL6 Linux Virtual Machines.
• Managed 100+ VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 Hosts in multiple vCenters.
• Managed 1200+ VMware RHEL and Windows VM clients in multiple clusters.
• Managed Nimble Storage, provisioned and maintain VMware Datastores.
• Migrated data from EMC SAN to Nimble Storage.
• Provisioned, Configured, Managed, and Networked 40+ new Cisco B200 M3 blade servers.
• Managed Cisco Blade Servers using UCS Management Console and Cisco KVM Manager.
• Prepared and published VMware Admin training materials on Confidential ’s SharePoint Website.
• Provided for inbound technical support inquiries using Service Now Incident Tracking System.
• Maintained DNS for VMware vSphere Hosts and VM Clients.
• Developed PowerCLI scripts for VMware ESXi servers monitoring and optimization.
• Deployed McAfee Anti-Virus, implemented Anti-Virus Exclusions, and managed McAfee ePO Management Consoles.
• Developed automation procedures using Windows tasks manager and Robocopy to migrate Share Folders from a Windows 2003 server to a new Windows 2008 R2 server.
• Managed Active Directory identifying inactive users’ account and Share Folder.

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Linux Engineering Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Providing Linux & Windows System Administration services to local businesses.
• Providing Wireless Local Area network and Remote System Support.
• Installing and configuring new hardware, Operating Systems, software, and Network Equipment.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery plans, scripting data backups.
• Providing Linux & Windows Systems Security Services.
• Offering RHEL Certification System Admin training.
• Implementing data backups as Disaster Recovery plans.

Confidential, Florida

RHEL Linux/Solaris/HP-UX/OVM/VMware/ EqualLogic SAN Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, and managed OVM Xen Hypervisor Cluster Servers.
• Installed, configured, and managed VMware ESXi 5.0 Servers.
• Installed, configured, and managed RHEL physical servers.
• Performed data migration across UNIX/Linux (RHEL/OEL/Solaris/HPUX) servers.
• Managed user accounts, System Security, and Confidential Robotic Tape Backup Systems.
• Managed Dell EqualLogic PS6010 SAN Systems locally and remotely.
• Worked with hardware/software vendors to isolate faults and test configuration changes.
• Implemented server-networking security policies outlined by DRS.
• Managed Big Brother monitoring system to manage server activity and performance.
• Provisioned and managed cluster of 100+ Oracle Virtual Machines (OVM).
• Managed 200+ local and remote network printers.
• Installed and managed Veritas NetBackup disaster recovery system.
• Installed, configured, and managed Dell Rack Mount and Dell Blade Servers.
• Provided technical support to Oracle Database Administrators.
• Provided technical support for Oracle E-Business Suite R12 implementation.
• Provided for inbound technical support inquiries through Help Desk ticket tracking system.
• Provided LAMP stack support to Software Developers.

Confidential, Florida

Linux Engineering Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Providing Linux6 & Windows System Administration services to local businesses.
• Providing Wireless Local Area network and Remote System Support.
• Installing and configuring new hardware, Operating Systems, software, and Network Equipment.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery plans, scripting data backups.
• Providing Linux & Windows Systems Security Services.
• Offering RHEL Certification System Admin training.
• Implementing data backups as Disaster Recovery plans.

Confidential, Boca Raton, Florida

Linux/UNIX/Windows Admin, Client/Server Security Admin.

Responsibilities:

• Managed and maintained 1200+ UNIX/Linux and Windows servers.
• Provided Support to developers for DB2, Weblogic, WebSphyere, MQ, MySQL, SAP, PeopleSoft.
• Installed, configured, and managed VMware ESXi 3.1 Servers.
• Performed P2V conversion using VMware Converter.
• Performed data migration across UNIX/Linux and Windows platforms.
• Installed, configured, and managed RHEL, SUSE, AIX, Solaris, HPUX servers .
• Installed, configured Windows, TSM, AIX pSeries, and p570 Server .
• Setup HMC (Hardware Management Console) for AIX Servers.
• Managed UNIX Operating Systems on multiple hardware platforms.
• Managed Windows Operating Systems on multiple hardware platforms.
• Managed Users’ accounts, and network security policies.
• Managed LDAP, SSH, SUDO, and Active Directory.
• Managed Client/Server security policies.
• Managed OS updates and security patches for UNIX and Windows Servers.
• Setup Systems Remote Management Software (Exceed, Cygwin, Putty, VNC, SSH)
• Managed Windows Server Update Services (WSUS ) for 800+ Windows Servers.

Confidential, Daytona Beach, Florida

Linux Engineering Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Providing RHEL5 Linux & Windows System Administration services to local businesses.
• Providing Wireless Local Area network and Remote System Support.
• Installing and configuring new hardware, Operating Systems, software, and Network Equipment.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery plans, scripting data backups.
• Providing Linux & Windows Systems Security Services.
• Offering RHEL Certification System Admin training.
• Implementing data backups as Disaster Recovery plans.