SUMMARY:

• Twenty one years of highly qualitative technical expertise with positions in analysis, development, implementation, design, administration, and handling various responsibilities as Unix/Windows and Storage Systems Architecture, Engineering, and Administration.
• I am currently looking for a company where I can advance my skills and career along with giving myself room for future growth within the enterprise.
• Implementation experience with enterprise security packages identity management and federation systems (7 yrs) CyberArk/BoKS/Keon etc.
• Familiarity with industry compliance and security standards including PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and NIST
• Experience implementing security controls around ERP packages including Oracle and some SAP
• Familiarity with archive, backup/recovery and business continuity processes in distributed operations
• CISCO routers/Switches, Hub/Bridges, Installing add - on components, Citrix Server/clients
• Sun Hardware Competency including - V880, V480, V240, Blades, E3500, E4800, E6800, E/F10k/15k/25k
• Tape Backups (Veritas Netbackup and BackupExec), Adding printers, external modems, SCSI Cards, scanners etc
• Call Center Applications - T/MAP and Mitel Networks/e-smith SME application
• Laptops and PC x86 knowledge from Dell, IBM ThinkPad, Toshiba, AST, HP, CPQ
• Veritas Volume Manager/ FileSystem (3 - 5), and NetBackup 3.1/3.2/3.4GA/4/5/6/6.5/7
• SAN and NAS Technologies including iSCSI, Fibre Channel Adapter Configuration (HBA) for Emulex, JNI, Qlogic, STK, and Troika Vendors
• HP/STK/CPQ DLT/LTO/HCART/ACS type tape drives -- via SCSI & fibre HBA.
• Lucent/AT&T Identity Phone Switch Programming
• Fibre Channel Bridge/Router/Hub/Switch fabric configuration and zoning (Brocade, EMC, McData)
• ACS Programming of robotic tape library.
• UNIX csh, ksh, bash, sh, and perl shell programming.
• Programming Basic, Visual Basic, ASP, Perl
• Virtualization Products including VMWare ESX, Citrix XenServer, and Linux XEN

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

OS/Network: UNIX - HP/UX, Solaris 5/6/7/8/9/10,11 SCO, IRIX, AIX 4.3.2, 5L- 5.1 5.2 5.3 - 16 years experience

Linux: Redhat Enterprise RHEL 3,4,5,6,, Ubuntu, Fedora and other non rhel distros - 15 years, Microsoft DOS (all versions) - 18 years of total experience, Microsoft Windows 3.11/Workgroups 3.11 - 3 years experience, Microsoft Windows 95/98/XP/Pro/Home - 10 years experience, MS NT 4.0/2000 Professional/Server/ 2003/2008//2012/2013/7/8 Advanced/Enterprise - 16 years, Novell NetWare 4 & 5 - 7 years experience, DEC VAX/VMS - 5 years experience, ESX 3.5 - vSphere 4/5/5.5 - 7 years

Databases: Oracle for Disaster Recovery, MS SQL Server 7.0 for Disaster Recovery Oracle 8.1.7.4, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c Database Administration. Oracle Applications Server 11.5.10 Administration Oracle Data Warehousing, TOAD, Microsoft Access 97 thru 2010

Applications: Microsoft Office (Version 4.3, Windows 95, and Office 97/2000/2003/2008/2010 ) SAS 9.1.3, Remedy, BMC Tideway, Tivoli TEC and Monitoring, SunMC, Net-SNMP, Boks/Keon, Opsware (HP Automation, Peregrine, Symantec ESM, Microsoft Exchange 5.5, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Visio, MS Project, EMC Navisphere CLI, Veritas CLI, and Fibre Channel Switch CLI (Brocade and McData)Monitoring Apps Quest Foglight 5.6.5 to 5.6.10, MS-SCOM, Nagios including Zabbix and Zenoss, Tivoli, HPOpenview, and Dynatrace Internet Cloud Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Dreamweaver, Frontpage, MS Azure (1 yr), Amazon AWS (3 yrs) Implementation of AWS services in a distributed environments with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP

Security: Experience in IT security, compliance and risk management, including privacy, controls, etc. (7 yrs)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Clearwater, FL

Responsibilities:

• Architecture and Engineering committee for Linux and Solaris Systems for Confidential client S&P Global..
• Network Vulnerability Assessment for S&P Global.
• Patch bundle buildout, system build, and AMI creation and deployment activities for Amazon, VMWare, and physical hardware for the Confidential .
• Templating for AWS, Vsphere using AMI, OVF, VMDK
• Ansiblle configuration management, build, and automation deployment scripting for Confidential client S&P Global..
• System and Application product documentation as well as other white papers are often required for projects and produced monthly as needed.

Confidential, Palm Harbor, FL

Cloud Solution Architect and Linux/Unix/DB Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Currently provide architecture review, hardware quote via our reseller agreements in place.
• Linux system administration as well as Oracle 12c and 11g database support. DataGuard, Advanced Security, Oracle RAC and ASM implementation and technical writing with for QTR Clients and APC for US Navy and DISA Projects.
• Technical Writing of and instructional guides for RAC and ASM installation and configuration for DBA staff.
• Support and expand build out of nagios monitoring environment within memory care facilities as well as zabbix and nagios hybrid monitoring environments for select QTR clients.
• Cloud support architecture and server migration to AWS (S3, RDS, Route 53, SNS, VPC, EC2, ELB, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ElastiCache, TrustedAdvisor, SQS, Directory Service, WorkSpaces) and Azure platforms.
• Configured AWS Route 53 name services to route to remote websites. Created private VPCs and security groups for clients with SSL-VPN tunnel connections to on premise network.
• Built out the application database services utilizing RDS - Oracle, mysql, and hosted mongo database in EC2.
• RabbitMQ Administrator for java applications MQ message bus.
• Compliance for HIPAA. Solarwinds scans for HIPAA compliance. Admin for LDAP authentication to .Net sites via IIS and PAM for linux applications.

Confidential, Clearwater, FL

Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineering Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Architect, deploy, and support unique technology solutions based on ever-changing business requirements.
• Evaluate, create, communicate and guide adoption of technology standards and tooling across organization that optimize the technology infrastructure and processes. Use puppet for Ubuntu post build application configuration management.
• Educate users and other admin staff via Atlassian tools such as confluence documentation portal, jira for devops ticketing and epic issue tracking, and bitbucket/stash for SCM.
• Research and lead proof-of-concepts to assess and build new capabilities for StreamOne applications. Also work across architecture and security domains to innovate on capabilities and solutions across the enterprise (Cloud, Mobility, Integration, etc.). Run reports for SOX compliance via solarwinds.
• Support 24x7 global and deployment operations (software implementation lifecycle (SILC)) and break/fix running in Confidential Europe, IBM Softlayer, Amazon AWS (S3, RDS, Route 53, SNS, VPC, EC2, ELB, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ElastiCache, TrustedAdvisor, SQS, Directory Service, WorkSpaces), and Azure cloud platforms.
• Responsible for IT security, compliance and risk management, including privacy, controls in cloud platforms.
• Admin for LDAP and PAM authentication for web applications and linux servers.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Linux/Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Server build and file system security audit review. RHEL Satellite build out for automation using integrated Puppet and satellite 6 content deployment to support RHEL 5, 6, and 7 infrastructures. Also support oracle enterprise linux 5 and 6. This system is also used for quarterly patching of the dev, qa, and production linux environments. Administrator for the Nagios monitoring platform for windows and linux hosts.
• AWS Engineering (S3, RDS, Route 53, SNS, VPC, EC2, ELB, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ElastiCache, TrustedAdvisor, SQS, Directory Service, WorkSpaces).
• Engaged in multiple vendor POCs. Support vendors and the business through planning, review, and implementation as well as participate in decision making process for software and hardware acquisitions.
• Continuous documentation of processes on mediawiki. Support developers with continuous integration tasks utilizing git, Jenkins, and homegrown deployment tools in a jboss 6,7 environment running on Linux and Windows servers.
• Execute monthly and ad-hoc security audits for insurance provider requirements as well as HIPAA requirements.
• Act as on call engineer for outages and emergency issue triage for possible network, hw, application, and storage issues.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Systems Architect, Cloud/Linux Contract

Responsibilities:

• Implement and Support the Quest Foglight monitoring and alert management application which instruments the java web applications running on tomcat 7 as well as jboss 5,6, and 7 as well as Apache. Also monitor databases: MySQL, Oracle, MS-SQL, PostGres, and MongoDB. I also act as backup/secondary dba for the oracle environments. Applications running on RHEL 6 and 7 and build with kickstart/satellite/cobbler. Windows servers are 2008 and above built with WSUS or clone. Patch management via WSUS/SCCM-ConfigMgr.
• Support and build of the MS-SQL environments running on MS Cluster Server as well as the Oracle 11g and 12g databases and MySQL running on RHEL and CentOS. Implement LDAP for authentication for all windows and linux users as well as functional user accounts. Currently evaluating OpenIAM and Forefront Identity Management. Served as Rabbit MQ administrator. MQ used for video playback location data.
• Design and architecture of the staging, production, and lab Active Directory domains for a total of 1200 users and approximately 300+ computer system objects. I also design and maintain the DHCP systems for WSUS and kickstart as well as the DNS servers. Creating all forward and reverse network lookup zones, A records, CNAME, MTA, etc.
• Provide recommendations for IT solutions and review contracts with Confidential legal for sign-off.
• Change Management using JIRA and Agile Methodology. Owner of the GIT and other SCM systems as well as the backup (Asigra) and DR systems.
• Submit and review firewall, load-balancer (Citrix NetScaler and F5), SAN (3Par), and network requests (Cisco and Citrix) for those systems that are under managed services support via co-location agreement.
• Train new staff in methodologies, build process, security, and infrastructure and operations support.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Tech Ops Analyst, Solaris/Linux/ESX

Responsibilities:

• ECMS, On call support of approximately 4000 servers--JPMC, hBSC, and WAMU Solaris, Linux, and ESX Virtual environments.
• Shell/Perl Scripting, SAN/HBA Fabric Troubleshooting, Symantec Veritas Cluster Service (VCS), VxFS (filesystem), and VxVM (volume manager) troubleshooting, problem resolution and root cause analysis. Provide incident management along with chronic issue remediation planning and execution. Ensure all new build to production servers adhere to all standards via build checklists and procedures.
• Provide day-to-day remediation of risk and compliance issues in the environment. Escalate issues to vendors when required.
• Support and augment monitoring systems including Nagios, Tivoli, and HP Openview
• Support key technology initiatives including virtualization, data center, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
• Implementation experience with enterprise security packages identity management and federation systems utilizing CyberArk PW Vauting and Server Keonization via BoKS.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Product Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2k/2k3/2008 Server, Linux (Redhat 4/5 and Centos 4/5/FreeBSD/Fedora), Sun/Solaris Veritas Netbackup Data Center 4.5. Administrator for i365 EVault Backup Solution for hosting providers. Primary contact and admin for EMC Storage Environments which included Cx500, Cx700, and Celerra models. Also served as SME for Dell MD product line, Netbackup, VMWare ESX DR, and EMC.
• EMC storage systems were all fiber direct attached to Windows hosts. Navisphere was used for SAN management. Tools such as snapview, mirrorview, and replistor were not licensed by Confidential .

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2k/2k3, Linux (Redhat/Suse/Fedora), Sun/Solaris, Project Management, Development, Oracle Rac, Sun Cluster 3.1, Big Brother, Exchange, MSSQL, Networking, Apache, IIS, Veritas BackupExec and NetBackup 6.5, vxFS, vxVM, and ESXi. Creating and architecting DR and backup solutions, audits, etc. Supported AIX 5.2 Veritas Netbackup environment.
• Storage systems were comprised of EMC Clariion Cx500 and Cx700 series. Navisphere CLI and web utility were used for storage management. Licensed Navisphere add-ons included SnapView and MirrorView. Fabric management via Connectrix.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Unix/SAS Administrator

Responsibilities:

• SAS 9.1.3 user and security management within Management Console. SAS Analytics Platform tools such as Enterprise Guide and Enterprise Miner required daily maintenance to keep users connections to their oracle data libraries and other BI sources fresh and within proper security guidelines.
• Solaris passwd, group, and file permissions maintenance as well as AIX 5.2 and 5.3 VxVM and Netbackup admin.
• F-15K watchdog. ADW environment running on a Solaris 9 F15K Veritas clustered domain required daily intervention on multiple fronts due to high transactional loads. I was responsible for watching health of cluster nodes, resource groups, and file systems as well as class and policy build for Symantec Netbackup 6.1 environment.. I acted as a lead for the creation of change orders and outage notifications with thorough instructions to Data Center Operations teams.
• SAS 9.1.3 Hotfix and application patch installation was also a typical weekly duty.
• Served as a pseudo project manager at times and/or worked with different departmental project manager's on many initiatives which were under way at Allstate. Including but not limited to: Production Data Strategy, F15K domain replacement with mid-range hardware, Off Shore Data File Security Strategy, Data Security Strategy and File/SAS Data Set Archival Strategy.
• TOMCAT Web Server Administrator. TOMCAT provided web front end for all SAS Analytical Applications.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Unix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Solaris 8/9/10 server patch management. Shell scripting and programming, process debug, and perform any and all software upgrades to the Solaris servers. Server builds and planning along with Symantec/Veritas Volume manager and Netbackup 6.1 and 5. AIX 4.3 and 5 Veritas SAN and Netbackup Admin
• $85K-120K/yr reduction in VAR/Support Contract budget by leveraging my Formscape programming expertise to complete and maintain logic for shipping and AR document software. Thereby, no longer requiring VAR support.
• Trainer to Operations and Technical Services departments on issues ranging from production fail over recovery to Solaris and storage systems troubleshooting.
• SAN Administrator - Navisphere CLI and web gui. Performed Clariion Implementation model upgrades Cx3-5-7. Perform capacity planning and statistical usage research in order to submit purchase requests to executive leadership. Design and maintain storage raid group and LUN layout for all systems and services utilizing EMC Clariion Hardware as well as Sun StorEdge Arrays. EMC Snapview was used for QA DB snapshot capabilities. MirrorView technology was used for db backup and cloning which allowed for 100% database uptime. Connections to production servers utilized powerpath software. Non production systems utilized VxDMP in lieu of powerpath.
• Manage the operations of the Oracle production and data warehouse systems in Oracle Apps environment.
• Manage all enterprise production printers. Also responsible for writing all custom drivers and printer control code for all proprietary printers and custom labels.
• Chief liaison between all outside staff firms and enterprise such as TUSC Remote DBA, Forsythe, and MTI.
• Apache Web Server Administrator. Apache Web Services were used by all Oracle Application front end applications as well as nCAMP java custom front end applications.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing systems.
• Maintaining the SQL Database Server (creating groups and giving permissions), and DHCP Server.
• Installed and configured MS Exchange Server on NT and configured MS Outlook on laptops and desktops.
• Provide for technicians and field service personnel.
• Assist network analyst in planning and implementing network services using NT 4.0, Windows 95/2000/XP.
• Setting up WINS and DNS servers for resolution of host and netbios names.
• Designing, developing and installing the Wireless LANs.
• Supported all wireless network products.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing SQL Server 7.0 and creating SQL users with appropriate permissions
• Implementing and maintaining replication
• Scheduling unattended operations
• Managing and monitoring the use of disk space
• Involved in taking backups of the data for the Servers using Veritas NetBackup 3.2 and 4.0 and BackupExec
• Administrating local and remote Windows NT 4.0 servers

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Professional Services Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided support and counsel to new system admin employees of Williams Communications. Customer required mentoring of all E-class hardware, system procedure assistance, Volume Manager/DiskSuite, as well as configuration of the NetAppliance Storage Array.
• Engineered complete Netbackup 3.2 solution for e-Profile/American Express cockpit portal. Solution provided local and off-site DR solution for any worst case disaster scenario.
• Served as interim Systems Administrator for Scott’s Company.
• Assisted Motorola Confidential Team with the Enterprise 10K Cluster Rollout.
• Produced Sun Runbook for the E-10K Motorola Cluster Server Project and for Sears at IBM GS in Schaumburg.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical resource for the largest SAN utilizing Veritas NetBackup 3.2GA in the world. Thorough knowledge of Solaris 2.5.1/2.6.1/2.7.1 , AIX 4.3.2, Windows NT, and HP-UX device configuration was imperative.
• Implemented Veritas NetBackup 3.2 as an enterprise backup solution for the HP E-class systems, Sun Enterprise systems, RS/ bit systems, as well as Compaq and Dell Hardware running Window NT Server.
• Backups of over 80 terabytes were performed via fibre channel hba cards. Data traveled across an independent network separate from the enterprise network. This was possible via a complex fiber optic cable solution in which multiple Storagetek Hubs, Brocade Switches and SCSI bridges allowed shared access to over 120 STK 9840 tape drives.