Objective

Key Technologies

Operating Systems: Red Hat/Centos Linux, VMware ESX/View,Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, Fedora Core, BSD UNIX, Network Appliance Data ONTap, Cisco ISO, Windows server and Active Directory, MacOS, FiberOS

Scripting: BASH, Korn, C-shell, Perl, sed/awk

UNIX software: postfix, qmail, ssh, Nagios, DNS BIND , NIS, GNU Tools, EMC Networker,IPtables,etc

Networking Equipment: Cisco Networking, Extreme Networks, Nortel Alteon

Design Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

Business Applications: Microsoft Office Suite

Security Applications: SPLUNK, NNTS Change Tracker Enterprise, Nessus, nmap, etc.

Network Administrator/Team Lead

Confidential

• Manage day-to-day IT operations of a data center, a disaster recovery site and two offices
• Worked with company ISO to develop company information security policies and standards.
• Wrote the company procedures supporting the policy and standards.
• Currently working with US DHS/CMS and the CMS qualified entity certification process for Onpoint to become a qualified entity NIST 800-53r4 : Have written most of the documentation
• Procured/use for log mining, SPLUNK for FISMA compliance
• Procured/use for change management, New Net Technologies, Change Tracker Enterprise for FISMA compliance
• Procured/use Tenable's Nessus for FISMA compliance
• Manage two other employees contractors throughout tenure
• Planned/executed several major company data center moves
• Managed move from physical desktops and servers to virtual on VMware ESX 4/5 infrastructure
• Implemented Microsoft Windows Active Directory and FreeIPA integrated for Single Sign-on
• Procured and implemented EMC Networker for tape backup
• Standardized company on Red Hat/CentOS Linux platforms for server infrastructure
• Procured/implemented numerous Network Appliance SAN/NAS solutions 32-bit and 64-bit units with over 200 TB of storage supporting production Oracle RAC systems, VMware guest OS and VDIs, and NAS
• Utilized Brocade switches for redundant SAN fabrics
• Configured and implemented Cisco 3750/2960 infrastructure in data center, DR site and two offices
• Replaced Linux-based firewalls with Cisco 5505/551x ASA firewalls
• Implemented Cisco-based WAN using 1800-series and 3900-series routers
• Refurbished Sun StorageTEK 6140 SAN to support VMware VDI infrastructure
• Implemented Request Tracker for ITSM/Helpdesk
• Designed/Implemented BIND-based DNS for internal and external
• Configured and used NAGIOS CACTI for monitoring
• Served as Tier 3 for help desk support, using Request Tracker and JIRA for ticketing.
• Rebuilt Re-released Apache/Tomcat servers
• Built MySQL cluster solution for new data intake system
• Maintain up-to-date open source software for external Dev/Test web servers
• Developed and maintained extensive infrastructure documentation
• Managed capital budget of > 250,000 annually FY2014

Confidential

• Working as part of a team maintaining/troubleshooting Nokia's new flagship phone application web site, store.ovi.com.
• ITSM Incident manager for Tier 3 support group
• Helped design and implement Nagios monitoring system in both production and staging environments on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Designed set of scripts for culling important logs php/httpd, etc.
• Part of 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Participating in developing and building multiple staging/test environments to mirror production
• Teaching introduction to Linux to Nokia employees weekly
• Teaching knowledge transfer to fellow team members bi-weekly
• Responsible for maintaining Tier 1 2 'Cookbook'
• Responsible for developing and maintaining incident, problem and availability reporting to upper management
• Extensive data analysis using keynote and NAGIOS for key performance indicator KPI reporting

Systems Consultant

Confidential

• Worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as independent sub-contractor as a systems administrator
• Working with small companies on short-term basis to install and maintain systems
• Build websites using Red Hat CentOS Linux,SUSE Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technology
• Sell and service POS/Credit Card terminals and processing service
• Install, Service Repair PCs, networking equipment and printers, including Dell, HP, etc.
• Various NAGIOS installations for small companies wanting monitoring

Linux/UNIX Systems

Consultant

Confidential

• SENIOR UNIX CONSULTANT
• Upgrade project for the Eracent agent on 2500 Solaris, AIX and Red Hat Linux hosts in a largely virtualized environment zones/LPars/VMWare in data centers in worldwide
• SAN-based environment EMC/Hatachi NetApp NAS environment
• Worked some with WebSphere
• Various projects involving Solaris, AIX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Day-to-day maintenance.

Confidential

• Independent Contractor for Linux/UNIX/Windows/networked systems
• Working with small companies on short-term basis to install and maintain systems
• Build websites using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux 10.x, Apache, MySQL and PHP technology
• Sell and service POS/Credit Card terminals and processing service
• Install, Service Repair PCs, networking equipment and printers, including Dell, HP, etc.
• Various NAGIOSInstallations for small companies wanting monitoring

Confidential

• Independent Contractor for Linux/UNIX IT/Hardware department at Tewksbury headquarters
• 50 VMWare ESX 2.5.x environment
• Worked in world-wide environment with a local data center of 100 servers
• Setup monitoring using Nagios
• Building patch management system for RHEL systems
• Heading project for upgrading numbers of servers from RHEL 3 to RHEL4.
• Installed and Integrated G4 Intel Macintoshes on MacOS X Tiger/Leopard with company NIS and Clearcase network

• Principle Independent Contractor for Linux/UNIX data center in Billerica
• Worked in world-wide environment with a local data center of 200 servers, and 1,200 world-wide
• Set up installation/patch management for RHEL 3, 4 Fedora Core infrastructure using yum PXE boot, with many of the RHEL systems on VMWare.
• Responsible for managing application servers
• Maintained application servers using JBoss and Tomcat
• Set up legacy HP/UX 11iv1 systems for special projects
• Assisted in day-to-day maintenance of company infrastructure
• Worked with Linux team to transition in to using nagios for monitoring critical services.

• Short term Consultant for Linux Team, working with environment of 200 servers, data centers in Framingham and Needham, Mass.
• 100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES AS 2.1 through 4
• All Hewlett-Packard DL-series hardware with iLO technology
• Responsible for a number of projects effecting US and overseas Stores backend processing
• Creating a new SMTP relay sever infrastructure for Stores/Internet Store processing to support in High Availability >1 million emails per day.
• High Availability RSA Key Management System for securing sensitive customer data for processing in Stores and Corporate Servers for settlement.

• 80 hands on work in 24 hour/7 days per week data center support part of on-call rotation
• Managed budget of > 150,000 annually
• Responsible for the entire data center operation including architecture and design, procurement, installation and configuration, monitoring and maintenance
• Installed and maintained multiple Nagios servers for monitoring
• Co-located in Billerica, inceptor.com was a 50 Red Hat Linux shop with Red Hat 6.2 through the latest ES AS in use, and 50 Solaris with Solaris 8 9. Networking and load balancing done with Nortel Alteons and Extreme switches. Occupied 12 racks, over 200 servers
• Responsible for building new infrastructure on Dell and IBM Blade chassis SAN switches
• A 80 VMware ESX with RedHat and CentOS Linux v. 3 4 on Dell and IBM Blade chassis
• Solaris on V-series Sun hardware
• Maintained middleware application services provided by Apache Tomcat
• Maintained Checkpoint NGAI R55 firewalls
• Backup to tape with Omniback by HP
• Responsible for moving equipment within the datacenter from one set of cabinets to another
• Helped maintain internal Windows 2003 services in office on a part-time basis
• Monitoring internal and external with NAGIOS
• Procured and maintained SSL certificates for customers in Alteon SSL accelerators
• Maintained EMC Clariion CX200 and CX700 with Navisphere
• Network Appliance F820 with 1 TB data storage

Manage Remote IT issues

• Set-up/Install new user desktops/servers with Windows XP/Linux Enterprise WS 3 4.
• Manage server infrastructure including Solaris 8-10 , Windows NT/2K/2003 server
• Part of 24/7 on-call rotation for about 100 servers in Nashua, and over 50 in Canton.
• Manage network issues for both offices, WAN, and wireless network
• Maintain Netbackup infrastructure
• Install new Solaris, Linux w/SAMBA , and Windows servers as needed
• Network Appliance Equipment F7x0 series equipment
• Document changes to Canton and Nashua environments
• Facilitated LAN/WAN Upgrade for both sites