Technical Experience

UNIX Systems Administrator with 19 years HP-UX systems administration PA-RISC Itanium , AIX, Red Hat, SUSE, SAN administration, HP Data Protector, NetBackup, HP XP12000, HP EVA, EMC Clariion, NetApp, Data Center Ops, IBM mainframe

Experience

Confidential

UNIX Systems Administrator/ IT Security Administrator

• Migrate HP-UX 11i physical servers to HPVM virtual machines using Ignite-UX
• Provide remote UNIX support for HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity Itanium servers HP iLO
• Build and customize SUSE and Red Hat Linux servers using VMware
• Monitored PCM scans and created trouble tickets using HP Service Manager to remediate security issues
• Perform network scanning and vulnerability assessments
• Recertify application, platform, and server security periodically
• Provide technical advice on access control, security models, disaster recovery, business continuity planning, and security awareness training

Confidential

HP-UX Systems Administrator

• Temporary 6-month contract
• Provided UNIX support for Itanium-based HP-UX Integrity servers rx4640
• Upgraded servers from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3
• Maintained high level of security for server and data access as required by US Army
• Installed and configured NetApp FAS2020 disk array with ONTAP 7.x

Confidential

Senior Analyst, HP-UNIX/SAN Administrator

• Provided HP-UX 11i support for HP-UX Integrity rx6600 and rx4640 servers
• Site-to-site replication using HP XP12000 Disk Array with CA Continuous Access
• Set up HORCM files for use with CA on XP12000
• Maintain and administer HP EVA Storage Array
• Backup and recovery using HP Data Protector
• Build new HP-UX Integrity servers and Windows 2003 servers
• Patch HP-UX and Windows systems using PatchLink
• Participate in Disaster Recovery exercises on location at the hot site

Confidential

Corporate UNIX Administrator/SAN Administrator

• Provided UNIX support for HP-UX 9000 servers PA-RISC
• Acted as main point of contact for HP-UX system issues for all company locations
• Implemented a fabric HP-UX SAN using Cisco 9216 MDS routers, HP ProCurve switches and EMC CX700 Clariion and Hitachi Thunder disk array
• Site-to-site data replication using EMC Clariion with MirrorView
• Created a tapeless backup system using Diligent VTF Open software with the EMC Clariion acting as a virtual robotic tape library within Veritas NetBackup
• Maintain high system availability using Veritas Cluster Server
• Backup system using Veritas NetBackup and Ignite/UX
• Participated in quarterly Disaster Recovery exercises using mirrored images at remote hot sites

Confidential

HP-UX Systems Administrator

• Temporary 2-month contract
• Installed HP Ignite/UX in order to create bootable system tapes for HP 9000 L and N-class servers
• Updated systems with latest patch releases
• Reconfigured filesystems to recover unutilized disk space and create new filesystems
• Wrote a small How To systems admin manual for the Oracle DBA before the contract ended since there would be no other systems administrator on-site upon my departure

Confidential

Senior UNIX Engineer

• Provided daily and on-call support for approximately 85 HP-UX and AIX systems
• Installed and configured new AIX 4.3.3 systems
• Upgraded HP-UX systems from 10.20 to 11.0
• Planned and participated in disaster recovery exercises to recover HP-UX and AIX systems at SunGard in Philadelphia

Confidential

Senior UNIX System Administrator

• UNIX Team Work Leader
• Performed HP-UX system installations, operating system maintenance, and network configuration of servers
• Negotiated system maintenance contracts. Saved company several hundred thousands of dollars by renegotiating outdated and overly-inflated HP service agreements
• Selected, ordered and installed new HP 9000 servers and related hardware and software
• Built and configured HP-UX servers on-site and had them shipped to remote locations in turnkey condition
• Installed and configured new backup and recovery procedures where previously none had existed using ADIC Quantum DLT robotic tape libraries and HP OmniBack II HP Data Protector

Confidential

UNIX System Administrator/Help Desk Analyst

• Provided HP-UX technical support to more than 150 remote sites throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam, totaling more than 2500 nodes
• Responsible for maintaining peak performance of the production AWIPS environment enabling National Weather Service meteorologists to accurately provide forecasts and warnings to the public
• Proactive network and event monitoring using HP OpenView IT Operations
• Maintained high-availability environment using HP MC/Service Guard

Confidential

UNIX System Administrator

• Responsible for all phases of HP-UX-based system administration including system upgrades, new system installations and operating system maintenance
• System security and monitoring using HP GlancePlus and HP OpenView IT Operations
• Upgraded HP-UX systems from O/S level 9.4 to 10.20
• Performed routine and on-going hardware installations and upgrades
• Used Veritas NetBackup for backup and recovery operations

Lead Computer Operator

• Operated IBM and Amdahl mainframes to process online, batch production and test jobs
• Promoted to UNIX Systems Administrator in 1995