SUMMARY:

• I am an experienced Confidential SME who has 37 years of total IT experience besides Confidential with technologies such as Systems and Network Engineering, AWS, Devops, Unix, Windows, Networking, Programming, Databases, Software, and Hardware.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SERVERS: IBM(RISC/mainframe), SUN(Sparc/Enterprise), HP(A - RP8400, Superdome), SGI, Dell

TAPE LIBRARIES: Exabyte, SUN 8/400, HP DLT 7000 8/1, Confidential LTO 3584, Quantum 4400

SAN & NAS: Sun SSA, HP EVA 5K, HP XP1024, NettApp, EMC, StorageTek, MSA 1K, MTI, XIOTECH, Hitachi, BlueArc NAS, 3Par, Pure Storage

NETWORK: Cat Switch 4500+, Router 2600+, Intel Switch, Brocade

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows, SCO-Unix, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux

CLOUD: AWS,Vmware, Proxmox, Citrix Xenhost

JUMPSTART: Linux Kickstart, Solaris Jumpstart, AIX NIMS, HP Ignite

APPLICATIONS: PGP, Samba, MQ, TWS, Autosys, SAS, NDM, Powerbroker, Ant

HELP DESK: Clarify, Remedy, Asset, Zendesk, SNOW

MONITORING: Tivoli,Big Brother,Patrol,OpenView, Opt Mgr,SSL Explorer,Nagios,Tripwire, Confidential, Netcool, Keynotes, Zabbix, Solarwinds,Sensu, Paper Trail

VERSION CONTROL: Clearcase, Subversion, Perforce, Git Hub

STORAGE: Confidential LVM, HP Logical Volume Mgr., AIX LVM, Confidential SRVM, Solstice

CLUSTERING: Confidential VCS, HP MC ServiceGuard,Linux LVS, Microsoft,HACMP

BACKUP: Legato, NetBackup, Omniback, TSM, Solstice, Data Protector, Commvault

ROUTERS & SWITCHES: Cisco,Intel,Brocade,Arista, Dell

LANGUAGES: SQL, Unix Shell, Perl, C, Tcl/Tk, Expect, Visual Basic, HTML,Cobol, WinBatch, Ruby, Python, JSON

DATABASES: Sybase, ORACLE, SQLServer, DB2, Access, MySql, Cassandra, Postgres

WEB SERVERS: Apache, Stronghold, JRun, WebLogic, IIS, WebSphere, I-Planet, Vignette, Tomcat

EMAIL: Exchange, Sendmail, Lotus Notes

FIREWALLS: Sun, Ipchains, Cisco, Check-Point-VPN, PIX, Netscreen

LOAD BALANCERS: F5 Big-IP, Foundry, Array Networks

DIRECTORY: Ventila, ldap, Kerberos, Win Active Directory

AWS: Cloud Computing and Virtualization

Devops: AWS automation (OpsWorks, CloudFormation), configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef) continuous delivery (Docker ), Vagrant, GithubMessaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebsphereMQ, SMS, SNS, SQS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mountain View CA

SME

Responsibilities:

• Working for the Confidential GSO security team to support the entire Confidential Enterprise Production and UAT environments working on overall Health Check (HC) for Confidential infrastructure and environment
• Performing Data Onboarding to Confidential from various sources
• Installation of Confidential applications and Add-Ons in production and UAT
• Set up Alerts in Production Confidential and documented it
• Trouble-shooting various Confidential problems
• Maintaining Confidential Indexer and Search Head Clusters
• Install SSL s on the 3 Search Heads
• Build dashboards for dlp, zscaler,firewall,sep,sourcefire, fortigate, CISO, cisco asa, juniper, netscreen, and Correlation
• Implemented Confidential Enterprise Security(ES) for SIEM for Security for Confidential Correlation of security device and application data.

Confidential, SAN RAMON CA

SME & AWS Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Hired as a Confidential Architect to re-implement Confidential ’s existing rudimentary Confidential environment running as a standalone Confidential architecture on the Ashburn Physical Data Center and also to provide a cost effective solution for Confidential production environment
• Implemented Multi-Site Confidential Indexer and Search Head Cluster over two separate AWS Regions namely US West and US East for Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
• Confidential architecture included multiple Indexers, Search Heads, Universal Forwarders, Master/Slave License Master, Master and Standby Indexer, Deployment server
• Presented to management Confidential analysis for data sizing, usage for storage requirements and configurations, and Detailed Storage analysis on Volumes for Hot, Warm, Cold Buckets
• Troubleshooting of data related problems with UFs and HFs running multiple OS platforms
• Worked on Data Filtering and reporting for Ad Hoc SPL queries and PIE charts of data
• Utilized HUNK as Datastax Cassandra Connector for Big Data logging for GE Predix back end Cassandra database
• Implemented Confidential ITSI for Predix Services SLA monitoring
• Implemented Confidential Enterprise Security for SIEM for Predix Services Security

Confidential, SUNNYVALE CA

SME

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Confidential Consultant for the Confidential ’s YSplunk team which was a part of the greater YST ( Confidential Search Technology) project
• Participated in stabilizing the logging work flows and ysplunk infrastructure
• Worked on re-configuration of YSplunk Searching and Reporting, Knowledge Objects, Administration, Add-On’s, Dashboards, Clustering and Forwarder Management
• Worked on YSplunk user security, management, authentication, and roles
• Management of Big Data filtering through Ysplunk and syslogs and eventlogs
• Supported AWS multi site regions for VPC Peering with CloudWatch and Confidential functioning, Alerts, and REST APIs

Confidential, San Jose CA

Architect SME/AWS Migration

Responsibilities:

• Hired as the main IT engineer to re-architect the Confidential network and migrate the company to AWS VPC public cloud
• Also, to implement a solid multi-site Confidential architecture to REPLACE exiting Icinga Nagios, Solar Winds, Key Notes, and CloudWatch, Paper Trail monitoring systems
• Confidential Indexer and Search Head DR Cluster utilizing many Universal Forwarders with Load Balancing including multiple platforms together with data redirected to a set of Heavy Weight Forwarders filtered and forwarded to Confidential ’s cluster of Indexers and Search Heads
• Utilized Confidential Scheduled Searches to filter data and implemented dashboards and pie charts
• Migrated the Confidential physical Data Center to AWS VPC Public Cloud
• Migrated and transitioned Cisco Network to AWS Direct Connect
• Migrated Vmware private cloud to AWS VPCs dual regions for USA and Ukraine offices
• Built automation using bash,perl,python/ boto, puppet manifests
• Migrated entire virtual machines to EC2 instances on to AWS

Confidential, Palo Alto CA

SME/AWS Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Project started with Implementation of AWS Cloud called NOKLOUD for Confidential after which Confidential was installed for security and logging
• Installation and Configuration of Confidential Cluster on NOKLOUD platform advanced security event detection and threat analysis
• Provided log/network/malware/device analysis and making recommendations for remediation of security vulnerability conditions
• Validated log sources and indexed data, search through indexed data to optimize search criteria using Confidential
• User management, authentication and security isolation through distinct roles
• Created custom alert schema, reports and custom dashboards and pie charts

Confidential, Fremont CA

Hosting Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary job to maintain the Hosting Site in Fremont for Confidential
• Responsible for software builds and hardware upgrades
• SupportingF5, Array Networks LB, Cisco switches, and server hardwareequipments
• Installed platformsSOLARIS, Vmware, Citrix Xenhost, Windows, Linux, HP-UX, AIX utilizing ABT
• Monitoring Tools withHP Openview & NNM plus HPSA Tools
• InstalledDell & HP Blade EnclosuresandAvocent Consoles
• Managed theVeritas NetbackupProduction server andQuantum DLT Tape Library
• ManagedNAS,HP EVA 4K SAN&Brocade switch&Blue ARC NASfor production data storage

Confidential, Palo Alto CA

Sr. System/Application Engineer

Responsibilities:

• included IAP ITG & PROD External and Internal hosting sites with Big IP F5 load balancers, Apache web servers, Weblogic WLI & FAST application servers, Oracle Database servers, Red Hat Linux 5.0 servers, Powerbroker servers
• Duties included troubleshooting application and networks, implementing unix shell and perl scripts for data manipulation, installation of version control Subversion software, documentation upgrades to the WIKI

Confidential, Fremont CA

Sr. IT Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked for Start-up Canadian Printing Company that prints the SF Chronicle
• Part of the team responsible for the entire implementation of the Confidential Network
• Implementation of entire IT infrastructure including AT&T back-bone network, Cisco VPN, Cisco Switches & Routers, AT&T WIFI
• Implementation and upgrade of the HP EVA4K SAN
• Installation of servers with Vmware ESX 3.5, SUSE Linux, Windows, Solaris 10
• Implmented Omniback or Data Protector backup server and clients
• Installed custom software for running Press system for vendors KODAK, CANNON
• Installed and supported the Media Wiki, Syslog, Nagios servers
• Development of PERL scripts for network data transfer interfacing with Mass Transit software

Confidential, Mt. View CA

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Duties included customer support 24x7x365 of Production systems
• Responsible for software builds and hardware upgrades
• ConfiguredF5, Cisco 6509 switch, Cisco 3825routers network equipments
• Installed platformsSOLARIS 10 sparc/x86, Vmware Virtual Center, Windows, Linux
• Monitoring Tools withNagios, Netcool, Confidential, Opt Manager, Keynotes
• InstalledSendmailRelay and CentralSysloginfrastructure
• Installed ProductionSolaris 10 LDOM,Zones, Flashnetwork for Savitrak
• InstalledDell BladesandAvocent Consoles
• Supported Web services such asApache, Tomcat, iPlanet, Weblogic, and renewing SSL certs
• Installed Production databasesOracle on Solaris and Mysql and Sqlserver on Windows
• SupportedHP/UX 11iVCSCluster servers Jupiter 1 & 2 for CCAD
• InstalledOmniback Data ProtectorBackup software for CCAD HP-UX servers
• SupportedOracle 10g MC Service Guard Clusterrunning onLinux
• Installed and managedMicrosoft Cluster Windows 2003 R2for Automation
• Primary Backup Architect installed, configured, and operated theVeritas NetbackupProduction server andQuantum DLT Tape Libraryand later on implemented Netbackup for Development Environment also
• Worked onshell, perl scriptsfor system builds, monitoring, support, operations,SOXaudits

Confidential, San Francisco CA

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Duties included software patching, kernel upgrades, o/s installs, and troubleshooting of problems after patching is completedDiverse multiple o/s platforms used such asSolaris, AIX, HP/UX, Linux, Vmware
• Worked onSOXcompliance audit of servers and applications
• Worked withsas, autosys, clearcase, ndmapplications
• Worked onSHELL and PERL scriptingfor custom software patching
• Supported identity & user management using WinActive Directory, LDAP, VAS, and Powerbroker
• Supported Cluster servers runningVeritas VCS and MC Service GuardandIBM Websphere MQ Series, TWS maestro, Oracle and DB2 databases

Confidential, Pleasanton CA

Sr. Unix Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of the CSC Unix team supporting the Washington Mutual’s Card Services network and infrastructure
• Duties included Server Migration,SOX AuditCompliance, Hardware and Software Support
• Additional duties included on-Call 24x7x365 for hardware and software support ofSolaris 10, Linux, AIX servers
• Migrated Banking Channels running onIBM MQ Seriesto IDC overseas
• Application support ofsas, autosys, ndm, TWS, clearcase
• BuiltVeritas Cluster Server VCSon Production servers for fail-over BR
• Built Web Content Infrastructure utilizingI-Planet, WebLogic, and Vignetteweb servers
• Worked as the only Unix Developer on the team modifying Production programs and scripts usingPERL, C, and Korn Shell
• Supported hardwareNASandHitachi SANand softwareVolume Managerfor disk space allocation
• SupportedVmware ESXenvironment runningLinuxand WAMU development network
• Primary person to implementVeritas Netbackupsolution on SUN Enterprise servers as backup and media servers responsible for supporting Netbackup for the unix group

Confidential, Hollywood CA

Sr. Unix Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performing duties as a Sr. Systems Engineer supporting Production, Technical Services, and Global Database Administrators
• Managing mixed environment ofHP-UX, IBM-AIX, Red Hat Linux, and Win 2K PDCservers running on Novell Netware Clients
• Performed daily Systems administration tasks such as upgrades, installs, and hardware upgrades
• ManagedIBM TSMBackup running on AIX using Confidential Jukeboxes
• Finished successfully Production SAN to SAN migration fromMTI and XIOTECH SANs to EMC Clarion
• Supported Motion Pictures Project on Production environment 24X7(HP-UX & Sun servers, ORACLE database, and Vmware servers)
• Added Confidential NFS mount points intoservice guardHP Clusterpackage and make it those file systems fail-safe.
• ManagedVeritas Netbackup4.5 running on Solaris using Sun SureStore & StorageTek Jukeboxes
• Installed ISEE SPOP server Upgraded existing “L and N class servers” to new rp8400 servers.
• Managed various RAID Storages including LUN management of storages EMC Symmetrics, XP1024, VA7410, FC60, XP512, EVA 5000, and StorageTek D280 & SAN HP Brocade 2400.
• InstalledOracle 9iRAC Clusters utilizing Etagonsoftware Converted existing NIS servers and clients to Trusted systems and make it those servers SOX compliant.
• WrotePERL and Shell scriptsfor automating routine activities.

Confidential, Roseville CA

Sr. UNIX Sys Admin

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the business, technical, testing, development, performance, regional teams using the international NLS WFM application with Confidential partners and third party legacy systemsSoftware Testing of WFM releases for life cycle of testingPERL, SHELL, WINBATCH, Tcl/Tk, Expectscripting
• Acted as test leader for WFM unit projects
• Worked withClarify, Sybase, Sql, HP-UX, SAS, third party apps
• Involved withSYBASE12.5 ASE transition toORACLE12
• Worked withHP MSA1000 SAN, HP EVA3K/44K/5000as part of support toOpenView
• Worked onVMwareESX Tealeaf Simulation environment for Customer Service

Confidential, Oakland CA

Sr. Systems Programmer/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided hardware & software support for Confidential Clinical Information System (CIS) running on Confidential mainframes as main layer and middle tier combinationAIX RISC Winter Hawks, H50, H70, Sun Ultra 10, HP Kserver minicomputers interacting with the CIS Client PCs runningWin 2K PDCs
• Installed and supported one-by-one web servers for Data Migration Utilities starting withJayRun, WebLogic, Apache, WebSphere running on Red Hat Linux Cluster servers
• Worked with test & production databases ofMysql, Oracle, and DB2, ( Confidential mainframe), MS-SQLSERVER on Vmwareas part of the process cycle
• Installed & designed various web sites for Clinical Content usingApache, HTML, and MS Front Page
• Data migrated mainly as custom formularies, baselets, and flow sheets in terms of family practice, pediatrics, Obgyn, General surgery, and internal Medicine usingPerl DBI, WinBatch, Expect, Tcl/Tk
• Another role of a a senior level IT consultant and part of highly specialized project teams of CMTUU designed to migrate critical medical data for doctors at Confidential Permanente and test production data
• Worked withActivePerl, PERL 5, UNIX shell scripts, C source code, API stored procedures, SQL,and various front end utilities PLUS utilizedOracle & MSA-Accessas part of the Utilities process cycle
• Designed a GUI interface for CMTUU onAIX (UNIX) middle tier for end users using TCL/TK, Perl/Tk
• SupportedSAPteam of Confidential corporate usingTogetherSoft Suiteand other applications
• Worked on Type 1 web based utilities usingJavaengines andJay Run web serversconnecting to Confidential mainframe variousDB2 databasemachines using DB2 CONNECT from AIX middle tiers

Confidential, San Jose CA

IT Manager Hands

Responsibilities:

• Helped Lara Networks to SPLIT Up with it’s sister company Empowertel Networks in terms of splitting up the IT entirely between both Companies
• Also, helped Empowertel Network’s IT personnel to solve their IT problems
• After the split helped the Lara Networks tomove it’s ENTIRE NETWORK Data Center to another location
• Performed the following tasks:
• Building NT RAS server, managing NIS Master, NFS Automount, DHCP, NetApps Filer.Installing & configuring numerous Sun & NT machines runningSUN Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7 & NT Workstation 4.0., Red Hat VALinuxworkstations
• ManagedCISCORouters, Check Point Fire-Wall, ISP connectivity, Intel Switches, Nortel pbx
• UNIX to NT networking, SAMBA servers, Netscape Servers, Re-built SendmailE-mail server for the company, Configured Apache Web Server & the intra-net company serversinstalledDisk Share Servers for NT to UNIXconnectivity & File Sharing, implemented network printers
• ImplementedLegato Backupserver on SUN E4500 & ETL1800 Tape Library
• Installed & supported Ms-Sqlserver on PCs and Oracle 8i on Solaris acted as company DBA
• ImplementedVeritas VCS cluster and SRVM volume managementfor high availability systems
• Finally helped Lara Networks in a secondMOVE to another location to a different city. Managed installation ofNT PDC/BDC/WINS/DHCP, Netapp F840 filer, various SUN servers namely Ent. 450, 4500, 220R, 420Rupgrading & installation, Tape Units,setup CISCO switch Catalyst 6500, Cisco Router 2600to new ISP T1 connection,DNS, re-setup UNIX/NT Customized Environment for users
• Involved inFire-Wall Check-Point & I-Planet, LDAPserver setups
• Supported client softwares such asBEA-Tuxedoprotocol andWebLogicweb server,WebmethodsIntegration Server, andClarifySolutions
• Helped Integration of network for Lara Buy-out by Confidential
• After buyout acted as primary backup architect of the company installed and configured hardware andNetbackupsoftware and Tape Library for data backup of Confidential client servers

Confidential, Palo Alto CA

Sr. Sys Admin

Responsibilities:

• Working in this start-up company as a PRIMARY IT person to support the entire company
• Responsibilities include InstallingWindows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, VA Linux Red Hat 6.1.3 On PCs
• ImplementedKick-Start VA LinuxInstallations
• ManagedDHCP, PDC, Exchage Mail servers
• ImplementedSecure Shell, Sudo, and Sambaenvironments. Installed & configuredStar Officeand other third party software on cross platform UNIX systems
• Built & installedLinux Routerusing LRP and Coyote Linux Routing Software for internal 10.0 masquerading IP network
• Installed & configuredWEBLOGICWEB Servers on UNIX. Also, implemented an integrated UNIX/NT environment usingCoUser Software

Confidential, Oakland CA

Sr. Unix Admin

Responsibilities:

• Employed in a start-up company as a team member of the Systems Engineering Group
• Responsibilities include writing of customPERLscripts to support Real Time Processing Environments
• Also, being used as a Backup On-SiteOracleDBA. Involved in the Oracle OFA Compliant Database Project
• Oracle daily responsibilities included creation of test QA databases,Oracle 8 installs, database EXPORTS/IMPORTS, trouble-shootingSQL*NET V2 & NET8at the MiddleJAVA/WEBLayer. Worked on System Security of allSUN Solaris 2.6-2.7, Red Hat Linux 5.2, and NT Server 4.0systems using SECURE SHELL protocol Clients used with Front-End SecureCrt 3.0 to access SSH Servers and Secure NetworkCiscoRouters. In addition, part of specialized team of personnel responsible for Software PUSH from QA and Staging Environments to the Production Environment involving CustomSHELL & PERLscripts to do the job
• Provided support to the development group for issues dealing withAPACHE & STRONGHOLD WEB servers
• Installed & implementedVERITAS NetBackupVersion 3.2 on numerous Master Servers & Slave Clients and played the role of the company’s Netbackup backup administrator
• Part of a team that implemented a Fail-Over Environment usingSolaris Jumpstart Servers, Confidential SRVM 2.0, Confidential VCS 1.1.
• ConfiguringSMTP between Exchange & UNIX Mail Hosts. PerformingHardwareMaintenance installingSCSI Drives, Tapes, NICsetc.
• ConfiguringLAN & setting up TCP/IPconnections to dedicated Servers onLongViewBoxes. Also, setting upNIS, DNS, NFS Automounter, DHCPon Confidential machines
• Installation & support of in-house Custom Application Software. ManagingFlexLm License Servers.
• Helped Integration of network for Xpede Buy-out by Confidential

Confidential, San Francisco CA

Sr. Systems Engineer & Architect

Responsibilities:

• System & Database Administration of SUNSolarisServers 690MP, 20, E3500 used primarily for EMI & GMI Power-Builder Applications
• Programming withPL/SQL, PERL, C, Pro-C, Tcl/Tk, Expect, Visual Basicon the Server’s Back/Front Ends. Implementation of 3270 Data Transfers betweenHP, PDP, & SUNBoxes
• Also,WAN/LANSupport given to Clients. Migration to a New Server Environment. Project Management of PG&E ‘s GASTRACC duties includeSys Admin, DBA, Network/ATM Support, Server Back-End System Programming C, PRO-C, PERL, PL/SQL, H/W Installs and Configuration, SUN SSA & Confidential Volume Manager 2.3+, SUN SSTL 8/400, Livingstone Port Masters of 50 Machines mainly SUN SPARC 2, 20, 690, and Enterprise 2000, 3000, 5000, 6000+ running Solaris 2.5+ O/S, ORACLE 7+
• Management ofEMAIL& primary and secondaryDNSservices betweenUnix, Banyan, NT Boxes, Legato & Solstice Backup servers. Also, Win NT Cubix Box, REPORT and FAX Servers. In addition,HP9000 K Series HP/UX 10.10Repositary Test Servers. Plus equal support to SH&C’s 5Win NT and Confidential RS-6000/AIX 3.x, 4.x Servers
• Duties included management of theDNS/NIS, Sendmail mailhost, Internet/Gateway/Firewall/Proxy, Web, SNA4, Legato Backup, and Exchange servers
• In addition, installation local &NIMS, Y2K of AIX RS-6000 servers AIX 3.x & 4.x. Also, setup and configuration ofNCDxterminals runningZ-MailClient S/W
• Installation ofSolaris 2.7running on Intel PCs. Installation ofORACLE 7.3.3 Servers on AIXplatforms. Worked withSamba, DHCP, and MS-Outlook. Programming withShell, Perl, and Tcl/Tk
• Managed PG&E Test Lab utilizing hardware & software system management of different platforms such as Mac, Sun systems running Confidential Volume Manager 2.3+, Windows and NT, AIX, HP-UX, OS/2 etc.
• Also, Database Server administration mainly ORACLE, Sybase, MS-SQLServer
• Managed the Primary OneWin NTNetwork andNISDomains for Test LAN
• Took part in redirection ofEMAIL between PC MS-Mail server, PC SMTP gateway, and SUN Sendmailservers to the test lab
• SYSCO, Fremont CA 3/Systems Programmer (Unix/Windows/Mainframe)
• System management of UNIX MACH-6 for order entry between mainframe, unix, and desktops
• ModifiedC source codeandSHELL scriptson Corporate written programs onSCO-UNIXandkermit
• Worked onNovell 3.x, Lantastic, and TCP/IP networks. Installed UNIX networkSNA for 3270and RJE communications to theIBM 4381mainframe
• Provided technical support to customers and company's sales personnel using laptops andWindows
• Programmed VOICE MEMO II and AT&T systems usingClanguage
• Involved in afiber-optic/WAN CSU/DSUnetwork project
• And installation of SWMS on a RS 6000/AIXsystem for the Warehouse and RF network
• Helped the company to MOVE Data Center from one location to another.