Summary

• Multi-skilled and detail-oriented individual offers a strong background in system administration, computer operations, personnel management, training, writing documentation, and programming. Currently seeking system administration opportunities in a stable environment.
• Strong experience in planning and implementation of projects of multiple types.
• Strong experience in gathering, analyzing, and reporting data.
• Sixteen years experience in system administration of Unix and Linux systems.
• Eight years experience in Windows server administration.
• Ability to research, plan, and implement computer systems for various functions.
• Experience with LAMP Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl applications and coding.
• Experience with ISO certification and quality systems.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Extremely strong learning skills that allow the addition of new duties with minimal downtime.
• Experience with configuration analysis and monitoring and with system auditing.
• Experience in software development, system development, application development, and the writing of documentation to support data systems operations.

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential

Title: Senior UNIX System Administrator

Duties include: Configuring and maintaining UNIX servers in support of Lockheed-Martin's customer requirements. Most servers run Oracle Solaris operating system. Perform system maintenance through patching. Considerable experience with Solaris zones, including migrating zones between host servers. Experienced with Oracle Weblogic application servers and various other middleware Tomcat, Jboss, Websphere, and Apache web server . Deploy new applications and new versions of existing applications per established policies. Write and maintain documentation of standard policies and procedures. Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.

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Title: UNIX System Administrator

Duties include: Configuring and maintaining UNIX servers in support of Lockheed-Martin's customer requirements. Perform system maintenance through patching. Deploy new applications and new versions of existing applications per established policies. Write and maintain documentation of standard policies and procedures. Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.

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Title: Websphere Administrator

Duties include: Configuring and administering Websphere servers in support of one of IBM's clients. Deploying new applications and/or versions of existing applications. Position was working remotely from home.

My manager was Roberto Vilchez.

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Title: UNIX/Linux Administrator

Duties include: Configuring, and maintaining servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux family of operating systems. Supporting systems running the Solaris, AIX, and HP/UX operating systems as required. Servers consist of a mix of physical and virtual machines, with the virtual machines running under VMware. Work with SAN storage on the servers using RHEL native multi-pathing and EMC PowerPath. Servers also mount file systems using NFS and CIFS protocols.

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Title: UNIX Systems Administrator

Duties include: Building, configuring, and maintaining servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux family of operating systems. Supporting systems running the Solaris operating system in an on-call capacity. Servers consist of a mix of physical and virtual machines, with the virtual machines running under VMware 3.5 and 4.0. Work with SAN storage on the servers using RHEL native multi-pathing and EMC PowerPath. Servers also mount file systems using NFS and CIFS protocols. Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for servers in our Louisville and Minneapolis data centers. Install and configure third-party software to support business goals. Software includes Oracle database software, JBoss application server, Collabnet Subversion, and other software for specialized functions.

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Title: Software Configuration Analyst

Duties include: Deploying applications to web servers and to shared file servers. Packaging applications to standard rpm for Linux and msi for Windows installation files. Writing and maintaining Perl scripts in support of company needs. Configuring software to build applications on dedicated servers. Moving files between servers, both Linux/UNIX servers and Windows servers in support of business needs. Configuring servers for application nesds and connectivity. Working with other teams to ensure all infrastructure is prepared for new applications and or additional servers.

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Title: UNIX System Administrator

Duties include: Build, configure, and operate systems running AIX Linux or FreeBSD to perform functions required to support business needs. Systems include application servers, database servers, DNS servers, SAMBA servers, DHCP servers, mail servers, a fax server, a print server, a remote access/VPN server, a network monitoring server, and intrusion-prevention/intrusion-detection sensors and analysis server. Use HTML, PHP, and Perl to build active web pages serving data held in MySQL databases. Tune all systems for top performance. Troubleshoot system hardware and software problems. Compile and configure new software on Unix and Linux based systems, such as Apache web servers, Jakarta-Tomcat Java servers, Linux kernels, and many other applications and utilities. Apply patches or upgrade software to address security or operational issues. Write and use Perl and shell scripts to monitor system performance and security issues, as well as automate administration tasks. Perform second-level Windows 98, 2000, XP tech support. Install and configure Windows operating systems for both desktops and servers. Maintain backups of data from all servers.

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Title: Test Engineer/Supervisor

Duties included:

Supervision of bargaining-unit test crews on off shifts to maintain progress toward test team goals. Training and coaching employees to increase their effectiveness. Maintaining and approving records for payroll and disciplinary purposes. Maintaining compliance with all company and governmental standards for safety, environmental emissions, and engine assembly and test. Performing monthly safety audits and acting on audit findings. Facilitating safety training by internal employees and/or external contractors. Performing system administration on the HP/UX and Windows NT machines and network within the test cells. These tasks included installing hardware and software, developing and implementing a backup and disaster-recovery plan, configuring and maintaining printers, maintaining and upgrading the system software via patches. Installing and compiling commercial applications used for data reduction on both HP/UX and NT systems. Maintaining application software in C, Perl scripting, and shell scripting. Supporting the engineering, management, and quality teams by gathering and compiling data for their use. This includes trend analysis of jet engine test performance, analysis and quantification of test failures, and test cell turn-around times. Tools used for this include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, Minitab statistical analysis software, other SQL databases, and proprietary software for data analysis and reduction. Maintaining compliance with OSHA and other safety regulations and procedures. Maintaining and supporting compliance with ISO 9000 certification and 6-sigma initiatives.

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Title: Specialist, Aero/Engine Test

Duties included:

Test planning. This included acquiring and scheduling equipment and personnel during setup and testing phases, defining sensor hookups, and insuring compliance with data quality standards. Communicating with engineering groups to insure that test team goals are met and that proper data is collected for the research and development program in question. Planning and accomplishing test cell/equipment upgrades. This included the change from MODCOMP minicomputer based systems to HP/UX based systems. Data system development, including programming and testing applications and utilities for new and existing data systems. Languages included FORTRAN and C. Porting FORTRAN code from MODCOMP systems to HP/UX systems. System administration of HP/UX systems throughout the Evendale complex. This included system backups, troubleshooting and problem resolution, shell scripting, compiling and installing software. Data quality assurance for all test programs. This included system and sensor calibration, maintenance, and data quality checks during testing. Setup and operation of analog and digital data systems. Member of safety committee, performing safety audits and having unsafe items repaired.

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Title: Senior Data Acquisition Technician.

• Duties were similar to above with the percentage of my time devoted more
• Toward operations, programming, and test planning, and away from supervisory duties.

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Title: Data Acquisition Technician

Duties were similar to above, with emphasis on sensor and system setup, calibration, and operation, as well as test planning. Duties included very little supervisory responsibility.