SUMMARY

• Cloud Computing experience with IBM Blumix, Amazon Web Services(AWS), Elastic Compute EC2, Azure building and maintaining Org spaces, VM instances, deploying Applications and integrating with Siteminder and Internal applications
• Experience with Network devices, firewall, Cisci, cyberom, sonicwall, barracuda, DNS setup, Domain delegation, VMware NSX software defined network architecture
• Storage server experience with EMC hardware, VMAX All flash array, VNX, VPLEX
• Expert in Server Virtualization technologies as VMware ESXi, vSphere, Docker, Kubernetes, Solaris Containers, Citrix XEN, Oracle VM
• Experience with Cluster technologies and performance tuning in Apache Hadoop, Oracle GRID, Platform LSF, ETL Grid, Veritas Cluster server, Redhat Pacemaker clustering with GFS2 storage foundation
• Proficient in server administration and troubleshooting in UNIX, Linux, Windows, SUSE Linux, Active Directory, Domain controller, SQL, IIS, XEN
• Design experience of BigIP F5 load balancer with Local Traffic Manager, Global traffic manager, Nginx
• Well aware and practicing Project Methodologies as TOGAF, Agile, Waterfall, DevOps
• Database system administration with Oracle RAC, SQL, MongoDB, hadoop, Teradata, Redis In - memory DB, DB2, NoSQL
• Good understanding of Security domain with Active Directory, LDAP, Container Security
• Experience configuring and maintaining monitoring tools like OEM, Oracle ASR, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Hi Intensity computing experience with Oracle SuperCluster, ODA, Teradata, BigData
• Database virtualization and recovery experience in Delphix, Actifio, IBM SmartCloud
• DevOps tool chain setup with Github, Jenkins, nexus, New Relic, SONAR
• Infrastructure Automation experience wih Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Redhat Satellite, Morpheus
• Working knowledge of languages with Scripting in Shell, BASH, Python, Powershell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr Infrastructure Engineer/System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architect server layout for new application requirements involving Operating Systems as RHEL, Solaris, Windows, IBM Datastage ETL Grid
• TOGAF Certification course completed for application architecture design governance
• IT Software application issue tracking and resolution with effective use of resources from different organizations like Oracle, HPE, Verizon, AT&T.
• Teradata appliance installation and create DR plan with cloud offering
• Oracle T4/T5 LDOM Configuration and installation of non-production environments
• Collaboration with Enterprise services-Enterprise/Unix Virtualization, Network Security, Storage Allocation, Datacenter Power/Space Allocation
• Siteminder(Single Sign On), Active Directory integration per application requirements
• Application testing and integration using SOAP and REST API calls
• Monitoring tools install and configure on application servers, create dashboards - Splunk, Dynatrace, DSM
• Firewall Access - Design server architecture, document, request as per AA network topologies between different datacenter networks and color zones
• Creating documentation and Visio representations of server architecture per application and environment
• Working with external vendor companies for hardware/software deployments and maintenance
• Create and manage File Transfers(SnF, ELIT, MoveIT) between AA, US Airways systems and external customers to transfer transactional data
• Manage access to Jump/Terminal Servers for application team who need access to the non-production environments in datacenters
• Install and configure monitoring tools for performance analysis, PCI/PII compliance and File Integrity to detect possible breaches
• Design BigIP F5(GTM/LTM) configuration for load balancing and DR failover across datacenters
• Install and configure Oracle monitoring tools(OEM/ASR/RUEI) to monitor production environments and automated issue reporting
• Create access for external parties to connect over B2B secured network tunnel for application functionality
• Manage proxy services to allow externally hosted AA applications to work over secured public interfaces
• Operations Support for issues related to server architecture, network, hardware failures, configuration changes
• DevOps integration for existing applications for continuous Integration and Deployment using Github, Jenkins, Slack, Nexus
• Cloud computing experience with IBM Bluemix, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Server OS Cluster configuration and performance tuning using Veritas Cluster Services, Redhat Pacemaker, GFS2 Storage Cluster Foundation
• IBM Datastage ETL Grid deployment in datacenters and create DR plans
• Network Administration based on Security policies and different network zones

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Infrastructure Engineer/System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Oracle Super Cluster Installation-Network, Operating System Configuration, I/O Domain Design, Solaris Virtualization
• Oracle T4/T5 LDOM Configuration and installation of non-production environments
• VMware Virtualization - Installation and management of 5 node cluster running ESX 4.1
• Architect server layout for new application requirements involving Operating Systems as RHEL, Solaris, Windows
• Collaboration with Enterprise services-Enterprise/Unix Virtualization, Network Security, Storage Allocation, Datacenter Power/Space Allocation
• Siteminder integration per application requirements
• Middleware oracle client, jboss, apache tomcat, redis server installation and configuration
• Firewall Access - Design server architecture, document, request as per AA network topologies between different datacenter networks and color zones
• Creating documentation and Visio representations of server architecture per application and environment
• Working with external vendor companies for hardware/software deployments and maintenance
• Create and manage File Transfers(SnF, ELIT, MoveIT) between AA, US Airways systems and external customers to transfer transactional data
• Manage access to Jump/Terminal Servers for application team who need access to the non-production environments in datacenters
• Install and configure monitoring tools for performance analysis, PCI/PII compliance and File Integrity to detect possible breaches
• Design BigIP F5(GTM/LTM) configuration for load balancing and DR failover across datacenters
• Install and configure Oracle monitoring tools(OEM/ASR/RUEI) to monitor production environments and automated issue reporting
• Create access for external parties to connect over B2B secured network tunnel for application functionality
• Manage proxy services to allow externally hosted AA applications to work over secured public interfaces
• Implement new Infiniband connectivity for SuperCluster to run over 40G interfaces and resulting to 4 times increased speed for EBRS backups
• Operations Support for issues related to server architecture, network, hardware failures, configuration changes

Confidential, Houston, TX

Implementation Consultant/Hardware Expert

Responsibilities:

• SUN SPARC T4 Server Installation
• SUN ZFS 7420 Controller and Sun Shelf Installation
• SUN ZFS Cluster Configuration
• Hardware Troubleshooting, Motherboard replacement, Memory Riser Card replacement
• Oracle Service Request creation and work with Oracle Hardware Support for product replacement
• Brocade 300 Fiber Channel (FC) Switch Installation and Configuration

Confidential - Omaha, NE

Implementation Consultant/System Architect/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Ubuntu Client node Installation on SUN Hardware
• Implement Gateway Router between JMS Queue and class D communication channels
• Create scripts to automate Installation and configuration management of clustered servers
• Oracle Database Installation and configure tnsnames for remote database access
• Virtualize Physical Server to implement vmx using VMware Player
• Manage team of 25 testers in pre-production environment and train them on server configuration

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

System Administrator/Network Engineer/VERITAS Cluster Server Management

Responsibilities:

• UNIX/Linux/Solaris Server Management
• Networking, routing, dns master/slave configuration and management
• VERITAS Cluster Server Management, High Availability, Geo Redundancy, Volume management
• KSH/Perl/Bash Scripting
• Oracle Database management, Oracle Hardware Monitoring
• VMware, virsh virtualizer

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

System Administrator/Network Engineer/Implementation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Server Colocation - Hardware support, virtualization in XEN & VMware
• Complete Backup and Disaster Recovery(BDR) Solution, Bare Metal Restore (BMR) with virtualization and offsite backup support
• Datacenter Operations - monitoring using Nagios
• Work with 3rd Party software vendor in process of implementing/updating software resources
• Implementing Router/Firewall/Unified Threat Management Systems in Client Networks
• SQL Server Backup/Restore/Maintenance tasks

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supporting ESH (Environmental Safety & Health), Human Rights Business Areas
• Global Implementation of new projects and project lifecycle management
• Front line support for the initial period of project releases
• Coordinating different world areas for releases and project requirements on their technology platforms
• Providing reporting/auditing capabilities for the business after implementation
• Developing Automated testing tools for maintenance of the functionality