UNIX/Linux System Administrator Resume

Title
UNIX/Linux System Administrator

Primary Skills
UNIX/Linux System Administrator

Location
US-CA-El Dorado Hills

Posted
Apr-08-09

Professional An interesting UNIX/Linux System Administrator, System/Software Engineer or Systems/Operations Analyst
Objective position with challenges and opportunities to continue to advance my skills and to contribute to a company's success. I'm currently seeking a position in the Sacramento California area only. I'm available to start immediately.
Professional Nineteen years of UNIX System Administration experience on multiple platforms (Sun, SGI, IBM, HP).
Profile Nine years of Linux System Administration experience on multiple platforms (HP, Dell, Sun, SGI).
Experience in data center system management and operations. Experience supporting 7x24 production, test and
development environments. Experience in enterprise heterogeneous client/server environments.
Experience providing on-call, duty pager, evening and weekend support. Remote system administration experience.
Experience with system and storage capacity planning, performance tuning, integration and dynamic reconfiguration.
Experience with server/kernel performance tuning, system monitoring and system network interface load balancing.
Experience with data center system and data storage backups, disaster recovery and off site media storage.
Experience with change control processes, service level agreements and incident/problem management software.
Dedicated to excellent customer service. Self-direction, leadership and problem solving skills. Ability to prioritize and
work pro actively. Strong communication, documentation and teamwork skills.
Development and implementation of policies and standard procedures and other documentation.
Proficient in hardware and software troubleshooting and problem determination/resolution.
Professional DataDirect Networks, Inc., http://www.datadirectnet.com Field Applications Engineer
Experience 9351 Deering Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-TeraByte Nov 2007 - Apr 2008
Installation, configuration, racking, maintenance, monitoring, networking and support of DDN products (Storage) managed through Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Dell PowerEdge and HP Proliant servers were used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. Installation, configuration and support of data storage hardware (Fiber, NAS, SAN) and software. Support of customers in the Sacramento and San Francisco areas. Management of petabytes of storage space for multimedia, rich media companies such as Kodak Gallery, Shutterfly and Narrowstep.
Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, http://www.raytheon.com Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer II
2000 E. El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, CA 90245 310-647-1000 (UNIX System Administrator)
Security Clearance: Secret/SSBI Nov 2001 - Nov 2007
Installation, imaging, configuration, racking, maintenance, monitoring, networking and support of large data center of enterprise class UNIX/Linux servers (Sun, SGI, HP, Dell), workstations, desktops and software. Numerous client/server subnet networks. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (4 & 5) and Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (9 & 10) servers. Installation, configuration, racking and support of data storage hardware (Sun, SGI, SCSI, Fiber, NAS, SAN) and software. Support of multiple engineering groups on various government projects, 100+ users. Installation, configuration and support of engineering applications (Matlab, Tornado, VxWorks) and software development compilers. Managed data center backup and recovery operations utilizing Sun StorageTek and Qualstar LTO (1,2,3) tape libraries. Using both Symantec Veritas NetBackup and EMC Legato Networker software. Install, configure and support of several apache web servers. UNIX/Linux shell scripting to automate system administration tasks, system backup/restore management and user account management.
Aera Energy, LLC, http://www.aeraenergy.com UNIX System Administrator
10000 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93311 661-665-5000 Sep 1997 - Oct 2001
Installation, imaging, configuration, racking, maintenance, monitoring, networking and support of data center UNIX/Linux servers (SGI, Sun, HP, IBM, Red Hat), workstations, desktops and software. Large client/server environment. Installation, configuration, racking and support of data storage hardware (Sun, SGI, HP, SCSI, Fiber) and software. Managed enterprise data center backup and recovery operations utilizing Sun StorageTek tape (DLT, LTO) libraries and EMC Legato Networker software. Support of oil and gas visualization software on high performance computing servers. UNIX shell scripting to automate system administration tasks and user account management. Installation, configuration and support of HP Openview and CiscoWorks software used by helpdesk personnel. Support of 100+ users.
Silicon Graphics, Inc., http://www.sgi.com UNIX System Administrator
1140 E. Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 408-524-1980 Aug 1996 - Aug 1997
Installation, configuration, racking, maintenance, networking and support of data center UNIX servers (SGI),
workstations, desktops and software. Installation, configuration, racking and support of data storage hardware (SGI,
SCSI, Fiber) and software. Managed enterprise data center backup and recovery operations using EMC Legato
Networker software. Support of performance tuning software developers, requiring countless hardware and software
changes, performance tuning, load balancing and kernel modifications. Installation, configuration and support of
Apache web server. Support of 100+ users.
Lockheed Martin, http://www.lockheedmartin.com UNIX System Administrator
1329 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 866-LMC-2363 Sep 1995 - Aug 1996
Installation, configuration, maintenance, networking and support of data center UNIX servers (SGI, HP),
workstations, desktops and software. Small client/server environment. Managed data center backup and recovery
operations using EMC Legato Networker software. Support of software developers working on various government
projects. Install, configure and support of printers and plotters. Install, configure and support of several apache web
servers.
Dynamic Graphics, Inc., http://www.dgi.com UNIX System Administrator
1015 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 510-522-0700 Jul 1990 - Aug 1995
Installation, configuration, maintenance, networking and support of multi-platform UNIX workstations and software.
Managed data backup and recovery operations. Support of software developers developing visualization and data
mining software on SGI, Sun, HP, IBM, DEC and Data General systems. Support software developers and technical
support staff. Prepare software media for distribution to customers. Support of printers and plotters. Install, configure
and support of networking equipment.
Foundation Systems, Inc. Computer Operator
Sacramento, CA Aug 1988 - Jun 1990
Data Center operations on DEC VAX VMS Servers. Monitors systems and processes on servers. Client/Server environment with thin clients. Managed backup & recovery operations and off site media storage. Perform
troubleshooting on various hardware & software. Performed printer maintenance. Installation, configuration and
support of computers and terminals.
Technical Server/Workstation Hardware (Various Standalone and Rack-Mountable Servers and Workstations)
Proficiencies Sun Fire/Enterprise/Netra/Blade/Ultra/SPARC/x64/AMD, SGI Altix/Origin/Onyx/Fuel/Octane/Indigo/Indy, HP
ProLiant/Integrity/9000/900, IBM RS/6000, Dell PowerEdge Series
Operating Systems (UNIX System V, BSD, Linux Based)
Sun SunOS 4.1.x - 5.10, Sun Solaris 1 - 10, HP HP-UX 7.x - 11.x, IBM AIX 3.x - 4.x, SGI IRIX 4.x - 6.x,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 5, Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 9 - 10, Fedora, OpenSuSE,
DEC VMS/Ultrix/OSF1, Data General DGUX
File Systems (Non-Journaling, Journaling, Network)
Sun UFS, Sun VFS, SGI EFS, SGI XFS, HP HFS, IBM JFS, Linux ext2/ext3/ReiserFS, Veritas VxFS,
NFS, inode, umask, Metadata, Symbolic(Indirect)/Hard(Direct) Links, Access Control Lists, Journaling File
Systems, Swap Space Management, Samba, Hot-Swap
Installation Package/Patch Management
Sun Web Start, Sun suninstall, Sun Jumpstart, Sun Flash, Sun Live Upgrade, Sun Flarcreate, SGI inst,
SGI Live Installation, SGI Miniroot Installation, Novell SuSE Yast, Red Hat Package Management Tool,
Red Hat RPM, HP Cold-Install, HP Ignite-UX, IBM SMIT
Boot Loaders, PROM, System Controllers
Sun Openprom, Sun System Controller/Remote System Controller, SGI Miniroot, LILO (ELILO), GRUB,
Dual-Boot
UNIX/Linux Shells Programming/Scripting
Borne (sh), Korn (ksh), C (csh,tcsh), Bash, SSH UNIX/Linux Shell Scripting (sh, ksh, csh, bash)
UNIX/Linux Services & Networking Services
TCP/IP, NIS, DNS, NFS, BOOTP, Automount/Autofs, Sendmail, SSH/OpenSSH, NTP, DHCP, UUCP,
Telnet, Ethernet, Fiber Optic, LP/Lpr, HP JetAdmin, sudo, Shadow Passwords, SCCS, rsync, GNU, Vi/Vim,
ifconfig, iostat, netstat, route, traceroute, ping, inetd/xinetd, , fuser (process management), Samba (SMB)
Window Managers/Desktop Environments
Sun OpenWindows, Sun Java Desktop, CDE (Sun, HP, SGI), KDE, GNOME, Motif, X11, SGI 4DWM
Backup/Restore, Disaster Recovery
Symantec Veritas NetBackup, EMC Legato Networker, HP Omniback, Dump, Tar, Sun StorageTek Tape
Libraries, Qualstar Tape Libraries, Quantum, Tape Media (4mm, 8mm, DLT, LTO Ultrium)
Storage Management
LVM, RAID, DAS, NAS, SAN, Sun DiskSuite Volume Manager, Sun format, Veritas Volume Manager, SGI
XLV/XVM, SGI fx, TPSSM (Total Performance Storage System Manager), Red Hat Linux Disk Druid
Storage
Sun Storage Products, SGI InfiniteStorage Products, DataDirect Networks Storage Products (Petabytes), EMC Symmetrix/CLARiiON Storage Products, HP Storage Products, SCSI Attached Storage, Fiber Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN), Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
Miscellaneous Hardware
Printers (HP, Tektronix, Xerox), Plotters (HP, Versatek, Calcomp), X Terminals, Raritan (KVM, KVM-over-
IP), UPS (APC, PowerWare), Ethernet & Fiber Optic Devices & Cabling, NTP Devices (Datum)
Database Incident/Problem Management Security
Oracle Installation/Configuration BMC Remedy, SalesForce.com SSH, SFTP, OS Harding
Software License Management
Acresso Software FLEXlm License Management, Macrovision SAMreport License Reporting (retired)
Connectivity Intranet/Internet/Web Services
Hummingbird Exceed, Cygwin, Samba, Sun PC Netlink, PuTTY Apache, HTML, Java Enterprise Edition
Technical EMC Legato Networker Administration SGI Altix Server System Administration Hitachi SAN Administration
Training Veritas NetBackup Administration Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server UNIX Shell Scripting w/
Sun Fire 15K Server System Administration EMC SAN Administration sed/awk
Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 For Solaris (03/09)
Education CSU Sacramento, Sacramento CA, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Aug 1986 -- Jun 1990
ABET Accredited Program, Presidents' List and Deans' List Honors Multiple Semesters
College of the Sequoias, Visalia CA, Computer Science Major Aug 1984 -- Jun 1986
Tulare Union High School, Tulare CA, Graduated Aug 1980 -- Jun 1984
Affiliations LOPSA (League of Professional System Administrators) - Member USENIX SAGE -- Member
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) -- Member IEEE Computer Society -- Member
Additional Career Level: Experienced Years of Relevant Experience: 19 Travel: Up to 25% Relocate: No
Information Availability: Immediate Job Type/Status: Employee/Full Time Work Shift: Any References: upon request
Work Status: US Citizen Salary Requirements: Negotiable Target Locations: Sacramento, California Area

Certifications
BS Computer Science


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