SUMMARY:

System Engineer, Administrator, and Architect with more than a decade of experience as a solutions provider in the design, development, installation, troubleshooting and resolution of computer based systems and network infrastructure in Unix, Linux, Mac, and Windows environments.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Chief Technologist - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Code management via Stash (Bitbucket Server)
• Bug tracking and ticket management with Atlassian Jira
• Documentation via Atlassian Confluence
• Team communcitian and colaboration via HipChat
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Git workflow development
• R10K submodule development
• Ansible configuration development and release
• Anthill application deployment
• Infrastructure design and deployment
• Configuration management using Puppet, Chef, & CFEngine
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Python scripting and application development
• MySQL and PostgresQL database creation, upgrades, and maintenance tasks
• Deployment of regularly scheduled enterprise applications and packages
• Deployment of systems within Amazon EC2
• Setup and deployment of Electronic Load Balancers (ELB) within Amazon EC2
• DNS service deployment using Amazon Route53 services
• Standardized application and service deployment using Chef and Puppet
• Security remediation tasks
• User account creation and maintenance
• Active Directory integration for Linux & Unix based systems and applications
• Penetration testing
• Android app development
• Salesforce platform deployments

Confidential

Senior Linux System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Python scripting and programming
• MySQL and PostgresQL database creation, upgrades, and maintenance tasks
• Deployment of regularly scheduled enterprise applications and packages
• Deployment of systems within Amazon EC2
• Setup and deployment of Electronic Load Balancers (ELB) within Amazon EC2
• DNS service deployment using Amazon Route53 services
• Standardized application and service deployment using Chef
• Security remediation tasks
• User account creation and maintenance

Confidential

Senior Linux System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gitlab setup and deployment
• Code deployments via Ansible
• Code deployments via Cloudforms
• Automated environment deployment via Jenkins
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Curriculum development & application
• R10k Git submodule deployment
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Python scripting and application development
• MySQL database creation, upgrades, and maintenance tasks
• Deployment of regularly scheduled enterprise applications and packages
• Standardized application and service deployment using Puppet
• Security remediation tasks
• User account creation and maintenance
• Active Directory integration for Linux & Unix based systems and applications
• LDAP integration tasks (IDM)
• Deployment of virtual machines within RHEV-M cluster platform
• Customization of Puppet module deployment using The Foreman interface
• Customization of Puppet module deployment using Red Hat Cloudforms
• Consult the government customer in the correct workflow of an enterprise Devops platform

Confidential

Senior Unix System Engineer - Devops

Responsibilities:

• Team communication via Hipchat
• Documentation management via Confluence
• Ticket & bug tracking via Jira
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• MySQL database upgrades and maintenance tasks
• Deployments of regularly scheduled enterprise applications and packages
• Hadoop database upgrades, maintenance tasks and tuning
• Vertica database upgrades and maintenance tasks
• Cassandra database upgrades and maintenance tasks
• Development of application handbooks, runbooks and documentation
• Creation of site specific Puppet manifests
• Creation of site specific Chef recipes
• Creation of site specific CFengine manifests
• Use of Subversion for the maintenance of DevOps codebase
• Use of local and Enterprise Git for the maintenance of DevOps codebase
• Troubleshooting enterprise application issues based on logs and error output
• Creation of Icinga (Nagios) enterprise systems monitors
• User account and password management activities
• Mentor Junior team members in Linux based skills, scripting, and professional duties
• Participate in On-Call duties as needed
• Provide support and feedback to Development staff for application improvement purposes
• Infrastructure assessment and planning duties
• Virtual infrastructure capacity planning and managements
• Cassandra database upgrades and maintenance tasks
• Development of application handbooks, runbooks and documentation
• Creation of site specific Puppet manifests
• Creation of site specific Chef recipes
• Creation of site specific CFengine manifests
• Use of Subversion for the maintenance of DevOps codebase
• Use of local and Enterprise Git for the maintenance of DevOps codebase
• Troubleshooting enterprise application issues based on logs and error output
• Creation of Icinga (Nagios) enterprise systems monitors
• User account and password management activities
• Mentor Junior team members in Linux based skills, scripting, and professional duties
• Participate in On-Call duties as needed
• Provide support and feedback to Development staff for application improvement purposes
• Infrastructure assessment and planning duties
• Virtual infrastructure capacity planning and management

Confidential

Unix System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Complete daily maintenance of servers Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 6) Oracle Enterprise Linux (v. 6), and Microsoft Windows Server (2003, 2008, 2008R2)
• Daily user account and password management activities
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot hardware and software issues
• Work with vendors to field bids and facilitate the procurement process
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Installation and configuration of a Puppet configuration management server
• Creation of site specific Puppet manifests
• Implementation of Puppet manifests to automate system hardening procedures
• Installation and configuration of a VMware ESX 5 cluster
• Routine updates and configuration management of VMware ESX hosts and virtual machines
• System auditing tasks based on DoD and FISMA standards
• Set and test Operating System hardening procedures based on FISMA standards
• Infrastructure assessment and planning duties
• Virtual infrastructure capacity planning and management
• Implementation of Syslog server for daily log surveillance
• Follow trends within server based error logs in order create proactive solutions before problems occur
• Create and maintain VMware (ESX) virtual machines for both production and development purposes
• Install and configure server hardware
• Troubleshoot end user Issues on Linux servers
• Backup and recovery duties using Symantec NetBackup console
• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of a Nagios system monitoring console
• System Monitoring using a Nagios
• Daily Technical Support of Application Developers
• Web application and Framework R&D documentation
• Web application and Framework quality testing and assessment
• Configuration and maintenance of local Red Hat application repository mirrors
• Configuration and implementation of ClamAV based site-wide antivirus solution
• Design and application of Linux system rights management using Sudo
• Daily administration of DoE Salesforce CRM platform

Confidential

Unix System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Complete daily maintenance of servers and workstations running Sun Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 3, 4, 5, & 6) Oracle (Sun) Solaris (v. 10) and Microsoft Windows Server (2003, 2008, 2008R2)
• Daily user account and password management activities
• Installation & configuration of scientific computing & engineering applications such as Cadence, Mentor Graphics, PTC Windchill, Matlab, and AutoCAD
• Follow trends within server based error logs in order create proactive solutions before problems occur
• Create and maintain VMware (ESX) virtual machines for both production and development purposes
• Install and configure server and workstation hardware
• Troubleshoot end user Issues on Unix & Linux workstations and servers
• Backup and recovery duties using Symantec NetBackup console
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot hardware and software issues
• Work with vendors to field bids and facilitate the procurement process
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Configuration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Satellite Server
• Installation and configuration of a Puppet configuration management server
• Installation and configuration of a VMware ESX 5 cluster
• Routine updates and configuration management of VMware ESX hosts and virtual machines
• System auditing tasks based on APL and FISMA standards
• Set and test Operating System hardening procedures based on FISMA standards
• Infrastructure assessment and planning duties
• Virtual infrastructure capacity planning and management

Confidential

Unix System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Complete daily maintenance of servers and workstations running Sun Solaris (v. 9 & 10) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 3, 4, 5, & 6)
• Daily user account and password management activities
• Installation & configuration of scientific computing applications such as R, Matlab, and Cradle
• Follow trends within server based error logs in order create proactive solutions before problems occur
• Create and maintain VMware (ESX) virtual machines for both production and development purposes
• Maintain clustering nodes based on Red Hat linux and the Global File System (GFS)
• Install and configure server and workstation hardware
• Troubleshoot end user Issues on Unix & Linux workstations and servers
• Maintain Confidential 's SOA architecture
• Backup and recovery duties using EMC Networker Management console
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot hardware and software issues
• Work with vendors to field bids and facilitate the procurement process
• Bash Shell scripting and system automation tasks
• Perl scripting and system automation tasks
• Maintain and configure Cisco routers, switches, VPN's, and Pix firewalls
• Work with SAN and NAS devices to ensure storage levels for production and development purposes from manufacturers such as Sun Microsystems and Left Hand Networks
• MySQL and Postgres database development and administration
• Maintain NIS identification services in a production environment
• Create system images for testing and deployment purposes
• Sendmail and Postfix configuration and maintenance
• IPtables firewall configuration and maintenance
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly onsite and offsite backups in order to fulfill HIPAA compliance using the Bacula open source platform
• Quarterly security audits fulfillment
• LTSP client and server maintenance
• Regularly maintain caching and forwarding DNS servers (Bind)
• Develop and maintain local RHEL satellite server (Spacewalk)
• Design, build, maintain OHD's FreeBSD based ZFS storage solution
• Maintain and upgrade FreeBSD core operating systems
• Installation and upgrade of FreeBSD ports packages
• Configuration and maintenance of PFSense based firewall
• Configuration and maintenance of Monowall based firewall
• Configuration and maintenance of Astaro firewall

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support for the infrastructure of the Confidential
• Complete daily maintenance of servers running Unix (Solaris) and Linux (Red Hat & SUSE Enterprise)
• Follow trends within server based error logs in order create proactive solutions before problems occur
• Integrate Unix and Linux server & workstations into NIH's Active Directory environment
• Install and configure the computational components of dedicated scientific equipment
• Troubleshoot end user Issues on Unix & Linux workstations
• Troubleshoot network anomalies and report the results back to the dedicated network support staff
• Work with NIH Network staff members to create solutions to various connectivity problems
• Log my daily actions into the National Cancer Institutes's proprietary trouble ticket management database, Jed Magic
• Work with the support staff members of NCI, other institutions, and other organizations within the Confidential in order to resolve institution-wide problems
• Document the settings of both hardware and software configurations in order to provide a seamless reproducible networked computing environment for NCI and its system engineers
• Facilitate warranty hardware repairs for faulty and failing equipment to the original equipment manufacturers (OEM)
• Serve as a general repository of knowledge for end user inquiries about the state and configuration of the network infrastructure

Confidential

System Engineer / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical services for client companies ranging in size from SMB's to the Federal Government
• Complete security assessments for clients at the desktop, server, and network levels
• Provide wireless network integration to client sites including the initial planning & mapping of access points, diagramming of wireless network typology and radio frequency congruency, and the planning of additional wiring for such projects
• Firewall setup and maintenance of SonicWall, Netscreen, and Pix systems. Network design and troubleshooting. System administration for Windows, Mac, and Unix/Linux environments
• Routine maintenance of Unix (Solaris & AIX), Windows 2003, and Mac OS X servers
• LDAP integrations - Active Directory, Open Directory, and Netware
• Creation and maintenance of a Microsoft Sharepoint site
• Creation and maintenance of MySQL databases
• Initiating client backup strategies using tape, hard disk, NAS, and SAN based routines as well as scripting backups and using archiving software such as CommVault, Retrospect, and Veritas

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop a timeline to facilitate the reclamations project coordinating times, dates and personnel with local contacts within the company
• Coordinate with local facility project managers in order to inform employees of scope and range of project, as well as coordinate dates for reclamation of equipment
• Oversee team of IT personnel in their daily pickup and cataloging of equipment
• Organize & warehouse equipment by its perceived value and continued usefulness
• Coordinate the hauling of refuse equipment by with warehouse staff and a third party hauling company
• Facilitate the reimplementation of useful equipment in primary and secondary roles throughout the Allstate campus
• Instructed Cisco CCNA classes following guidelines setup by the vendor and the Board of of Baltimore County
• Taught Introduction to Technology Systems as per the MD State Department of Guidelines
• Instructed Students in the proper use of computer related technology & equipment
• Presented issues for which students used an instructor introduced problem solving model in order to solve those issues
• Emphasized critical thinking skills through the use of role-based scenarios for the students
• Familiarized students with currents events in the world of technology
• Maintained a classroom computer network consisting of workstations and dedicated server machines as well as keeping a catalog of related hand & power tools
• Maintained a database of student information and performance results