SUMMARY:

• An experienced Systems/Security Administrator working in a DevOps heterogeneous environments, including, CLOUD Foundation (AWS & Confidential Cloud Orchestrator Management Engine (CFME)) and Three - tier architecture client - server environments: UNIX, SOLARIS, AIX, HP-UX, zLINUX, Red Hat, SuSE, Oracle Unbreakable LINNX, Debian, Mandrake, AWS EC2 (Amazon Web Services), Cloud Foundation,, Free BSD, SGI-IRIX, DIGITAL-OSF-1, DGUX, TRU64, SAN, VM, z/OS, OS/390, DOS, MS, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Win7 and MS 2000/2003/2008 Servers. Experienced shell scripting and CHEF programmer. Expertise following ITIL standards in the administration, architecture, build out and configuration of mid range and PC and Cloud based computers networks and vlans. Robust DevOps background focusing directly on speed of delivery, agility and customer experience. Strong networking as it applies to server’s administration and advanced server troubleshooting skills. Proficiency in the support of, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, DB2 Data Base environments, Web Servers (supporting J2EE, Apache, Confidential HTTP Server, Jboss and Tomcat, WebSphere, Netegrity SiteMinder, OpenStack ) and Cisco LAN/WAN networks, Active Directory and LDAP. Network Backup,(Business Continuity Planning) Disaster Recovery, Patch Management, Security, Documentation, Change Control, Supervisory and Project responsibilities. Consistently recognized for responsive support, project leadership and extensive technical knowledge achieved by designing and deploying dozens of mission-critical applications and infrastructures. Display the ability to devise high quality solutions that guarantee the best possible customer experience. Highly experienced with virtualization/cloud computing environments, including the unique challenges of deploying and managing systems in cloud and N-Tier environments. Solid attention to detail, great organizational skills and the capability to work under pressure, to meet tight deadlines. Ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects. Continuously evaluate and automate infrastructure to improve performance and reliability writing shell and CHEF scripts for the administration, automation, provisioning and fault remediation of the IT infrastructure. Project responsible.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

LANGUAGES: CHEF, BASH, KSH, CSH & SH Shell Scripting, Ruby, PERL, C, SQL, MySQL, PHP, J2EE, HTML, FORTRAN, CADAM, CATIA, UNIGRAPHICS II, ANVIL 5000, CV-CADDS V, AutoCAD, MENTOR GRAPHICS, APT.

HARDWARE: Confidential RS 6000, SP2, PC's and compatibles, Confidential System z, Sun, HP, Silicon Graphics, Sequent, DEC VAX, PDP/11, Confidential 3000 series, TI, Adege, TEKTRONIC, CALCOM, EMC Symmetrix, Hitachi, NAC (Network Appliance Corp. ), Compaq, Dell, Confidential and compatibles, Foundry, Cisco, F5, Brocade Switches, SorageTek.

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Confidential /AIX, Red Hat, Openstack, AWS (Amazon Web Services), EC2, AWS Cloud Foundation, SUSE, Centos, Oracle Unbreakable LINUX, (Spacewalk), VMware/ESX/ESXi/Vblock, SUN/OS/SOLARIS, HP-UX, SGI/IRIX, DIGITAL/OFS-1, DGUX, TRU64, BSD & Systems V UNIX, LINUX, DOS, NT, WINDOWS 95/98/2000/3, VMS, VM, z/OS, OS/390, TSO, SPF, ISPF, IMS, CPM

UTILITIES: DNS, NIS, NIS+, NFS, PCNFS, SAMBA, NAS, SAN, FTP, BIND, Automounter, TCP/IP, SNMP, SNA, KVM, SENDMAIL, Postfix, EXIM, QMAIL, Squirrel Mail, SMS, LDAP, Active Directory, RSA, NDS, PPP, ISDN, EDM, SRDF, Solstice Disk Suite, Sun Clusters, iPlanet, X500, Veritas File Systems (VxVM), Veritas Volume Manager (LVM), VERITAS Clusters (VCS1), MC/Service Guard, Crontab, NIM for AIX, Kickstart for LINUX, Ignite for HP-UX and Jumpstart for Solaris installations, Red Hat Satellite Server Oracle unbreakable LINUX and Spacewalk, Vi, Apache HTTP Web Servers, VMware, Jakarta Tomcat, Legato, OmniBack, NetBackup, Autosys, CVS, VPN, SUDO, SSH, SSL, Solstice SyMON, HP OpenView/Glance/Glance Plus, MeasureWare, VMware, MS-Office, MS-Project, Visio, Xwindows, Lotus Notes, TSM (Tivoli Storage Manger), Veritas NetBackup, OmniBack, SAR, Autosys and Redwood Schedulers, Jira, Tripwire, Tiger, Snort, Cops, ISS, Kerberos, Satan, Swatch, TCP Wrappers, NIDS, Chef.

NETWORKS: LAN s, WAN s, TCP/IP, IPX, Token Ring, Ethernet, FDDI, SLIP, Neutron, Routing, SAN s, CITRIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principal - Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Consulting - Cloud & Infrastructure Services

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Lead Consultant, I have been contributing to different phases of the consulting lifecycle. I have been intensely involved in business process consulting; define the problems, propose and create the solution, develop, configuration and deployment of the overall solutions. Guide teams on project processes, deliverables and contribute to the proposal development, client and internal capability building and detailing the project scope. Shape value-adding consulting solutions that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.
• Since joining Confidential I have supported Confidential Cloud Orchestrator, and the use of the SoftLayer. I have also provided AWS solutions in cloud environments, utilized Red Hat Cloud.

Sr. Systems/Cloud Administrator/Security/Engineer

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Working in a zLINUX Cloud, eCommerce, Cloud Computing DevOps, Agile, environment, support Red-Hat (RHEL4/5/6/7), Openstack, server instance and SUSE (10/11) LINUX steady state environment, to include Production, UAT and Development environments. Supporting Software Installation, OS Maintenance (patching with Red Hat Satellite Server), Configuration management, of both servers and middleware to include but not limited to, DB2, Oracle, Tomcat, WebSphere, Netegrity SiteMinder, Confidential HTTP server. Participate in and lead Scrum Leader in architectural planning with other staff to design and optimize server solutions. Perform tuning activities to meet desired goals. OS Maintenance, maintain patching and security policies as directed by the organization. Work with Data and Change Control teams to make required configuration changes that are part of larger changes. Utilize VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS1) for High Availability. Plan and participate in Disaster Recover (BCD) exercises. Use Confidential 's Connect Director for Managed file transfer ("MFT") across platforms and the enterprise. Support test of Red-Hat Openstack, KVM, supporting CHEF. Utilize security skills to scan, test and hard servers in order to prevent unauthorized access. Maintain Tripwire. Continuously evaluate and automate the administration, provisioning and fault remediation of the IT infrastructure writ CHEF and Shell Scripts in support of this effort. Project responsibility.

Sr. LINUX Administrator

Confidential, Colorado Spring, Co

Responsibilities:

• Working in a primarily in ar RHEL LINUX environment, provide L3 support for Confidential Email messaging environment, consisting of Zimba mail server, Bizanga for message platform management, Bizimp for domain web crawler and Nagios for monitoring. Utilize (HP Opsware) HP Server Automation System (SAS) to provide provisioning, policy enforcement, compliance reporting, and patching of Window and Linux systems, HP Network Automation System (NAS) network device provisioning, policy enforcement, security lock-down, software management, and compliance reporting and HP Operations Orchestration software to provide run-book automation. Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems Administrator Generalist

Confidential, Springfield, MO

Responsibilities:

• Working in a zLINUX, VMWare/ESX/Vblock environment, support Red-Hat (RHEL4/5/6) server instance and SuSE (10/11) LINUX steady state environment, to include Production, UAT and Development environments. Supporting DB2, Oracle, Tomcat, WebSphere, Netegrity SiteMinder, Confidential HTTP server. Utilize Cluster Server for High Availability environment. Support Disaster Recovery planning and testing. Project responsibility.
• Working in an AIX 6.1, HACMP, VIO, FCM, GM, Cloud Computing environment work with transition team to stabilize environment for steady state support. Workout schedules for TSM backups of the Windows, AIX and LINUX servers, and VCB backup for the VMservers. Perform proof of concept for the LPM (Logical Partition Mobility), work with HACMP to stop/start managing and monitoring for maintenance window, work with Architects for build of test/development HACMP environment. Project responsibility.

Sr. Linux/UNIX Systems Engineer

Confidential, San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Workings with SuSE 10.2 Linux on z/VMM, Intel and Solaris 9 and 10 in a large enterprise Cloud Computing, DevOps environment configure and maintain z/VM Susie Linux in support of postal PTS (Postal Tracking System). Support Apache Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Oracle RDMS, Oracle/RAC, and DB2 data base servers, Tomcat, Control-M and MQ-Series in Production, Development, CAT and Stress environments. Train and support staff in maintenance and support of Linux on z/VM and assist in the development and implementation of postal standards, HTML, Shell and SQL scripts. Utilize Kickstart for LINUX and Jumpstart for Solaris server builds. Utilize Opsware for patch management. Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems Analysis

Confidential, Wichita, KS

Responsibilities:

• Working in a primarily AIX (4.2 to 5.3) (primarily P-Series Servers) environment, also BSD LINUX grid computing and Solaris in a Shark and Hitachi SAN environment. Support a large server farm and workstation environment. Support, SAMBA, Lawson, Oracle, DB2, SAP, Apache, Tomcat, CATIA, NIS, and numerous minor applications including 3-tier web applications. Participate in a 7/24 call rotation schedule, remote support, root cause analysis, patch management, systems and network monitoring. Support both local business unit (Cessna) and enterprise environments (Textron). Responsible for change control, project planning and project implementation. Participate in environment refresh (NIM installations) planning and execution. Perform TSM backup restores and scheduling. Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems Analyst

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Responsibilities:

• Lead support analyst for Linux Red Hat RHAS3 and RHAS4 on HP ProLiant servers (utilizing iLO, IPMI) in a clustered environment, Kickstart installations, (HP-UX) andWindows 2000 and 2003 server (VMware) support and security. Supporting Oracle9i & 10g Rack, SQL, Apache, JBOSS and Tomcat environment.Project involved a move from one data center to another. Support HP SANs, both EVA and MSA and NEXTSAN SATABEAST with Brocade switchesusingLegato and Veritas Backup Exec. For Network Backup, BCP/Disaster Recovery (Business Continuity Planning), in a 3-tier web environment DevOps environment. Remote support, root cause analysis, patches management, systems and network monitoring. Project responsibility.

Sr. UNIX/LINUX Administrator/Architect

Confidential, LA, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design architecture, Server security policies for the Los Angeles Superior Court Case Management Systems primarily on Solaris 9 & 10, (utilize Jumpstart) (SUN V240s, V490s & V890s) with one Red Hat RHAS4 LINUX and SUSIE LINUX Server. Install and support BEA WebLogic, SUN One Directory Server, SUN Java System Web Server, Netegrity SiteMinder, Netegrity Identity Minder, Adobe Web Output Pak 2.0.5, Adobe Document Server 6.0, Adobe Central Pro and Oracle 9i. Design the Backup solution and disaster recovery plan using Veritas Enterprise Manager and an ADIC tape library. Snap-shot/document progress and completed architectural picture. Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems/Network/Security Architect

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design new architecture and security policies for a Confidential network segment from the PIX firewall to the desktop (58 total devices including printers and scanners). The network includes a PIX 515 Firewall, Cisco 6506 hybrid switch, Solaris 6-10, utilizing Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File Systems (VxVM) with Sun StorEdge A5200 Arrays, Mandrake 9.2 Linux, Red Hat RHAS4, Debian Linux, SUSE LINUX, Free BSD,SGI/IRIX, Windows 2000 Server migrated to Windows 2003 Server (Compaq ProLiant 350 raid servers), SorageTek L9 tape library with Veritas NetBackup 5.1 (migrated from 3.5), JVC DVD Jute Box, Window 2000 migrated to Windows XP Professional and Solaris workstations on the desk top. Address all security issues, included port filtering, network address translation (nat), dmz zoning, virus and Spam protection, intrusion detection (IDS), guest networking, vlan/vpn configurations, single source sign-in (LDAP), RSA authentication and address all application compatibility issues. Interface with custom application vendors, VARs, scientists, engineers and desktop users to support all issues. Re-engineer a separate dedicated T1 connection from the SOC (Spacecraft Operations Center) thought a CISCO 2601 router direct attached to a Sun Enterprise 250. Snap-shot/document progress and completed architectural picture. Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Camarillo, CA

Responsibilities:

• In a Solaris 6-10, (utilize Jumpstart installations) HP-UX (utilize Ignite installations), AIX (utilize NIM installations) LINUX (utilize Kickstart installations), Windows 2000/2003 Server (Migration Project) and EMC Symmetrix environment, configure and administrate Big Brother, Veritas NetBackup (SorageTek L8 & L20 tape libraries), Veritas Volume Manger, Veritas File Systems (VxVM) and Veritas Clusters, both active/active and active/passive. Support EMC SANs, Jump Start, Kick Start, Oracle 7, 8, 9, 10g, Oracle Rack, and Sybase in a truly global environment. Day to day systems administration, special projects, Sendmail, SANs, printers and user issues etc… Project responsibility.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the systems and network architecture of Solaris, Red Hat Linux, Network Appliance and Windows 2000 servers, in a highly dynamic web hosting environment.
• Technical teams lead for a team of systems, network, security, web developers and administrators.
• Utilize Oracle data bases, NAS (NetApp FAS270 and FAS940), Red Hat 7.3 Clusters, Kickstart to automate Red Hat Installations, Veritas Database Edition for Oracle, Veritas File System, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Net BackUp, Veritas Clusters, Sun Clusters, Soltice Disk Suite, Zeus web servers and flash communications servers.
• Deploy system monitoring tools Big Brother. Single source sign on RS, LDAP (SUN One Directory Server 5.2 (IPlanet) and Netegrity SiteMinder.
• Administer Sendmail, DNS and security monitoring with Snort, Tiger, Tripwire, Cops, ISS, Satin, Swatch and NIDS. Project planning, documentation, change control and Business Continuity Planning (BCP/Disaster Recovery) and supervisor responsibilities. (Supervise 16 people on 3 shifts).

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Pensacola, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Architecture of the Navy’s internal web sites.
• Technical project lead and supervisory responsibilities for the infrastructure of the Navy’s internal web hosting.
• Utilize SUN and Cisco equipment for network and systems infrastructure, Sendmail and security (Snort, ISS, Tripwire, Satin, NIDS), single source sign in with RSA and LDAP, Sun One Directory Server 5.2.
• SUN One Directory Server (IPlanet) and Apache for web hosting, BEA WebLogic for Java Beans, Oracle data base and Veritas NetBackup for Business Continuity Planning.
• SUN Clusters, Soltice Disk Suite, for data management.
• Project management, documentation and Change Control responsibility. (Supervised 23 people on 3 shifts).

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Dell Servers running W2K Advanced Server with Active Directory, Confidential D, K, L and V class servers running HP-UX 10.20 and 11i utilizing MC Service Guard. Utilize Veritas NetBackup and OmniBack for daily backups and disaster recovery planning and implementation.
• Responsible for the architecture, server monitoring using Glance, security, firewall configuration (Cisco 515), LDAP integration, new servers configuration, support Oracle data bases, documentation and installation procedures of new servers.
• Utilize MS-Project and Visio to prepare project plans.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Development, Test and Production environments.
• Duties included, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Checkpoint firewall protection, for all UNIX Solaris (7 & 8), LINUX (Red Hat 7.2) and NT workstations.
• Utilize Veritas NetBackup to perform systems backup and (BCP) Business Continuity Planning (disaster recovery plan).
• Write and perform system and software configuration test plans, shell and Perl scripts. Document configuration and installation procedures for deployment to multiple U.S. Army mobile artillery weather direction support stations.

Sr. Systems/Security Administrator

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility included administration, architecture and security for all UNIX Servers, Windows Servers and Network Hardware, in a highly dynamic web/development environment.
• Additional responsibilities included Operations Management and Build Management.
• This effort was in support of AOL’s Calendar, Click to Add (CTA), Invitations, Proteus, Widget, Reminders and Banner tools.
• Responsible for Beta Development, QA and Production sites though User Acceptance Tests (UAT) and postproduction support, in the AOL Organizer Divlet.
• Maintain iPlanet Web/Portal Servers, LDAP (Sun One Directory Server), Netegrity SiteMinder, X500, Active Directory, Apache Web Server, Veritas NetBackup for (BCP) Business Continuity Planning (disaster recovery plan), shell and Perl scripts in support of these efforts.
• Build and support infrastructure architecture with JAVA and CITRIX support to include SAN’s, Network Appliance, Solaris 2.6 & 8, SUN Clusters, Red Hat Linux, IRIX and Windows 2000 platforms (approximately 50 servers in all) with Cisco, Foundry Switches and F5 BIGIP for networking load balancing.
• Security monitoring with Snort, Tripwire, ISS, Satin and Cops.

Sr. Systems/Security Administrator

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Development, Test and Production web environments. Duties included, Quality Assurance Build Engineer, Configuration Management, UNIX Solaris (6 & 8), SUN Clusters, HP-UX (10.20 & 11i) utilizing MC Service Guard, Red Hat LINUX, IRIX, NAC, EMC, Windows 2000, SAN, X500, LDAP, Active Directory & Oracle Database Production Release, Project Planning, and all infrastructure architecture, including utilizing Veritas NetBackup and OmniBack for Backup and (BCP) Business Continuity Planning (Disaster Recovery plan).
• Establish new Testing and Staging Environments and tools to link with existing Development and Production Environments.
• Create new server side tools to make content management more efficient.
• Configure new source code management software to encompass the content for all Confidential WebDev web sites utilizing CITRIX, iPlanet (Sun One Directory Server) and Apache Web/Portal servers, Cisco routers and switches and Checkpoint Firewall.
• Coordinate development team to prepare existing site content for migration to new Java-based technology.
• Install and tune Redwood Scheduler for best resource utilization.

Sr. Systems/Security Administrator

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design and Architect network infrastructure.
• Determine hardware and software solutions in a highly dynamic dot.com E-Commerce environment.
• Install and maintain Sun Enterprise (Solaris 8), SUN Clusters, RS 6000 (AIX 4.3.3), Red Hat LINUX and Windows 2000 Servers utilizing Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Veritas Volume and File Manager, Veritas NetBackup for backup and (BCP) Business Continuity Planning, (disaster recovery plan) X500, LDAP, Confidential s Catalyst 2900 switches, PIX Firewall and LocalDirector, F5 Networks BIGIP Controllers for load balancing and Nokia IP330 CheckPoint Firewall and Gauntlet Firewall supporting Oracle 8i, DB2, IBMHTTP (Apache) InfoSeek, InterWoven TeamSite (Data Deploy / Open Deploy), Netegrity SiteMinder, BEA WebLogic and Confidential Websphere configuration with Vignette for JAVA integration, Netscape iPlanet Web/Portal Servers hosting and integration.
• Monitor security with Snort, Tiger Tripwire, ISS and Satin.
• Install, maintain and support all software and hardware and development tools through deployment in Development, Test and Production environments though User Acceptance Test (UAT).

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Culver City, CA

Responsibilities:

• Architect UNIX servers and network issues in a dot.com environment.
• Install DiskSuite Raid 0 and Raid 5 Software on Sun Enterprise Servers running Solaris 7. Install Oracle, Remedy and proprietary software in support of this effort.
• Utilizing Sun Netra and Enterprise servers, Foundry Switches, build a Virtual Private Network. Document and turn the systems over to operations staff.

Sr. Security Administrator

Confidential, Long Beach, CA

Responsibilities:

• Maintain HP-UX, IRIX, Sun Solaris and DEC (Tru64) servers with Oracle, Sybase and IMS Databases.
• Install and support LVM, Veritas Volume and File Manager and Clusters, Solstice Disk Suite, Netscape SuiteSpot, Directory Server, LDAP (iPlanet Sun One Directory Server), Active Directory, X500, Sendmail, Messaging Server, Enterprise Server, Proxy Server (Netscape SuiteSpot is iPlanet before the name change), SAP Directory Servers, and Media Server, Apache Secure Web servers and Gauntlet Firewalls.
• Maintain Legato backup utilizing Autosys for scheduling and HP OpenView and Solstice SyMON to monitor and support the network.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Support all phases of UNIX Systems, Sun Solaris (Enterprise), AIX (SP2/RS6000), HACMP, Sequent, SGI IRIX, NAC, EMC, SAN environment.
• Install and maintain software for UNIX Servers, Netscape SuiteSpot, LDAP, X500 and Apache Secure Web Servers, Checkpoint firewalls, Lotus Notes, Billing DB2, Sybase and Oracle Databases.
• Utilize Veritas Volume and File Manager and Veritas NetBackup.
• Install and maintain Redwood Scheduler. Responsible for day-to-day operations, Disaster Recover Planning, Project Planning, Documentation and Change Control.

Systems Administrator

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Working in a predominantly HP-UX/DCE, MC Service Guard and EMC environment.
• Maintain an MC Service Guard clustered environment to protect mission critical applications.
• Organize multiple nodes in a clustered environment to maintain high available applications to LAN-attached clients. Support Oracle Databases.
• Perform systems maintenance and support in a seven/twenty-four climate.
• Support development, test, and production architectures.
• Develop shell scripts and implement test plans. Utilize EMC-EDM Data Management for backup solutions.

Systems Administrator

Confidential, Redondo Beach, CA

Responsibilities:

• Administer a large (300 nodes) heterogeneous environment in Solaris 2.5.1, Sun/OS 4.1.3 and HP-UX 9.07 & 10.02.
• User support network administration, setting up Sun E 00 and AuxpeX Servers.
• Administer SendMail, NIS, DNS, NFS, and Automounter schemes along with workstation standardization.
• Write scripts to standardize workstation configuration in a large campus type environment.
• Support various vendor applications to include Netscape SuiteSpot, Apache Secure Web Server, Framemaker, Ingres, Sybase, LineCalc, Cornerstone, Sonnet, Cadence, Libra, Maxwell Eminence, ProEngineer and numerous minor applications including Gauntlet and Tomcat Firewalls.

Systems Test Engineer/UNIX Administrator

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Write, perform and report ALPHA test scenarios.

System Administrator

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities:

• Administer an Ethernet UNIX environment, install and maintain HP-UX (9.05), SUN-OS (4.1), SOLARIS (2.4) and IRIX (5.3).
• Maintain NIS, NFS and Automounter across platforms.