SUMMARY:

• A position as a Systems Analyst in a multi - platform environment with an organization desiring creative and innovative solutions to a wide variety of administrative challenges.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential RS/6000, Confidential xSeries and pSeries, SPARC Ultra, HP 9000, LinkProof, and PC

Operating Systems: HP-UX (10.2 & 11.x), Solaris 2.x, RH Linux (5.x - RHEL 7.x), SLES (9-11), Debian,Linux Gentoo Linux, Arch Linux, Confidential AIX 5L, and Windows NT4.0/2000/98/XP/7

Languages: Shell, Perl, HTML, C/C++, PL/SQL, Python, Java and JavaScript

Networking: TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, NTP, X.400/500, DAP/LDAP, DHCP, DNS, Samba, Apache, SSH, SSL, Routing and VPN

Firewalls: Gauntlet (5.0), CheckPoint NG, and iptables

Storage: NetApp, EMC Isilon, XioTech, MSA1000, CX500, EXP400/500

SAN: IPStor, Veritas

Backup Software: Legato, fbackup, tar

Directory Servers: OpenLDAP, Netscape Directory Server and MS Active Directory

Database: Oracle and MySQL

Mail: Exchange5.5, Postfix and sendmail

Ticketing systems: Cireson Portal, Request Tracker, Remedy and SalesForce

Misc: TS/SCI Level III Clearance (inactive) and Strong Analytical skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Linux/HPC Administrator

Confidential, Chapel Hill, NC

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate, install, and support software packages on a variety of systems.
• Install, configure, and maintain SLURM scheduling system.
• Install, configure, and maintain xCAT provisioning system.
• Maintain multi-VLAN 10G networking systems.
• Install, configure, and maintain Infiniband networking systems.
• Assist other staff members, graduate research assistants, post-doctoral research associates, and external collaborators in utilizing computational resources.
• Support and maintain large scale NetApp and EMC Isilon storage systems.
• Manage 12 node VMWare cluster containing over 500 virtual machines.
• Create CentOS based (versions 6 and 7) templates for rapid host deployment within the VMWare cluster.

Monitoring Application Developer/Client Support Lead

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose Oracle, MSSQL and Postgres database performance and connectivity related issues.
• Diagnose customer backend (Jack Henry, Fiserv, etc) banking related issues.
• Diagnose customer authentication system (Acitve Directory and OpenLDAP) related issues.
• Aid bank developers in extending internal functionality to interface with our SOAP APIs.
• Further development of Android/Tomcat (RESTful services based on Jersey) SMS monitoring solution to increase SMS performance statistics and overall monitoring capability.
• Further developed Nagios services for retrieving client SMS statistics from the RESTful based service.
• Developed RESTFul web service APIs to receive monitoring statistics via HTTPS from our non-VPN based clients.
• Developed JDBC based sqlclient with a query repository specific to our application for use in monitoring and support applications.

Unix Administrator (Contractor)

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

Responsibilities:

• Install RHEL 5.x and prepare a standard environment per Volvo IT standards.
• Support application installs and verify configuration.
• Convert ksh scripts to bash.
• Write custom perl SOAP monitors.
• Write java applications to replace legacy scripting where applicable.
• Monitor system capacity and adjust accordingly.
• Diagnose application and system performance as needed.

Support Engineer (Level 3)

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose Oracle, MSSQL and Postgres database performance and connectivity related issues.
• Diagnose customer backend (Jack Henry, Fiserv, etc) banking related issues.
• Diagnose customer authentication system (Acitve Directory and OpenLDAP) related issues.
• Aid bank developers in extending internal functionality to interface with Confidential ’s SOAP APIs.
• Developed Android/Tomcat (RESTful services based on Jersey) SMS monitoring solution to increase SMS performance statistics and overall monitoring capability.
• Developed Nagios plug-in for retrieving client SMS statistics from the RESTful based service.

Linux Administrator

Confidential, Clarksville, VA

Responsibilities:

• Install SLES 10.2 (32 and 64 bit) on Confidential xSeries Hardware.
• Configure OS and related applications to meet DHS security standards.
• Create an automated system build process for SLES hosts utilizing DHCP/PXE, AutoYaST and custom perl scripts to manage the install and configuration process.
• Integrate Linux hosts with Microsoft’s Active Directory for authentication via Quest Authentication Services.
• Integrate remote logging for all Linux hosts with ArcSight for security monitoring.
• Integrate Linux hosts with Sophos Management Server for virus scanning and management.

LAMP Administrator

Confidential, Durham, NC

Responsibilities:

• Wrote custom Java interface class to the single sign-on server (Shibboleth) for Java applications
• Managed and planned upgrade of:
• Jira
• Google Search Appliance
• Confluence
• MySQL databases
• Hannon Hill Cascade Server (CMS)

Linux Cluster Specialist

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities:

• Install RHEL/SLES on (75+) cluster nodes
• Configure and maintain DNS
• Configure and maintain NFS servers
• Configure and maintain high speed interconnect switches (Myrinet, Voltaire, Qlogic, and Cisco Gig-E)
• Install and maintain SAN disk storage on Confidential disk enclosures (Veritas)
• Install and maintain console servers for remote console access (MRV and Cyclades)
• Compile and install related storage and network drivers
• Install and manage the clusters via xCat
• Perform remote node operations via out-of-band management devices
• Test cluster operational functionality as well as hardware stress tests
• Write, follow and close defect reports

Senior Unix Systems Analyst/Jr. Oracle DBA

Confidential, Winston-Salem, NC

Responsibilities:

• Installed and maintained multiple (20+) UNIX/LINUX (HP-UX 11.00, Red Hat 5.x - AS 3.0) operating systems
• Installed and maintained Oracle RDBMS (8.1.6.2 - 9.2.0.4 )
• Migrated internet firewalls from Solaris/Gauntlet to Linux/CheckPoint NG
• Insured internet firewalls maintain integrity as well as 100% uptime
• Installed and supported Apache/Mod Perl Web Server and interface into ORACLE database via Perl
• Provided backup and recovery procedures for *NIX/Oracle servers
• Provided support for external customer interfaces (communications)
• Configured and administered domain name services
• Developed and supported redundant infrastructure
• Researched and resolved Oracle developer issues
• Provided design guidelines for development on *NIX
• Analyzed and selected 3rd party tools
• Wrote interface/automation scripts using Perl and/or Unix scripting languages
• Provided assistance with user support

Defense Message System (DMS) Controller/Systems Analyst

Confidential, Pearl Harbor, HI

Responsibilities:

• Managed both local and remote components via network management software (Enterprise View)
• Wrote shell and Perl scripts to automate routine tasks such as daily backup and routine tasks with CRON services
• Implemented backup strategy and disaster recovery plans as well as, performing daily, weekly, and monthly backup
• System performance tuning and kernel configuration, monitored CPU, memory usage, and disk I/O; identified and resolved problems to provide 100% server uptime
• Managed network services (rlogin, rcp, ftp, rsh)
• Wrote documentation for internal use and publicizing system changes
• Taught new employees introduction/advanced UNIX system administration tasks as well as introduction to shell programming