Resume of UNIX/Linux System Administrator

Title
UNIX/Linux System Administrator

Primary Skills
UNIX, Linux, Backup/Restore

Location
US-CA-El Dorado Hills

Posted
May-12-08


Professional An interesting UNIX/Linux System Administrator, System Engineer or System Analyst position with
Objective 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.
Professional Nineteen years of System Administration experience on multiple platforms.
Profile Experience in data center system management and operations. Experience supporting production, test and
development environments.
Experience with implementation, maintenance and support of multiple server platforms including Sun, HP, IBM, and SGI.
Experience with performance tuning, system monitoring and load balancing.
Experience with data center backups, disaster recovery and off site media storage.
Experience with change control processes 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.
Experience supporting 7x24 production computing environments. Experience providing on-call and weekend
support.
Knowledge of standard System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and documentation methodologies.
Proficient in hardware and software troubleshooting and problem determination.
Professional DataDirect Networks, Inc. Field Applications Engineer
Experience 9351 Deering Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 Nov 2007 - Apr 2008
Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of DDN products (Storage). 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 Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer II
2000 E. El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, CA 90245 Nov 2001 - Nov 2007
Clearance: Secret/SSBI
Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of data center servers (Sun, SGI), desktops,
workstations and software. Support of multiple engineering groups on various government projects, 100+
users. Managed data center backup and recovery operations utilizing StorageTek and Qualstar LTO (1,2,3)
tape libraries. Using both Veritas NetBackup and EMC Legato Networker software. Support of engineering
software (Matlab, Tornado, VxWorks).
Aera Energy, LLC UNIX System Administrator
10000 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93311 Sep 1997 - Oct 2001
Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of data center servers (SGI, Sun, HP), desktops,
workstations and software. Managed data center backup and recovery operations utilizing StorageTek tape
libraries and Legato Networker software. Support of oil and gas visualization software on high performance
computing servers. Support of 100+ users.
Silicon Graphics, Inc. UNIX System Administrator
1140 E. Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Aug 1996 - Aug 1997
Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of data center servers (SGI), desktops, workstations
and software. Managed data center backup and recovery operations using Legato Networker software.
Support of performance tuning software developers, requiring countless hardware and software changes,
performance tuning, load balancing and kernel modifications. Support of 100+ users.
Lockheed Martin UNIX System Administrator
1329 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Sep 1995 - Aug 1996
Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of data center servers (SGI, HP), desktops,
workstations and software. Managed data center backup and recovery operations using Legato Networker
software. Support of software developers working on various government projects.
Dynamic Graphics, Inc. UNIX System Administrator
1015 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 Jul 1990 - Aug 1995
Installation, configuration, maintenance 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.
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. Managed
Backup & Recovery Operations and off site media storage. Perform troubleshooting on various hardware &
software. Performed printer maintenance. Setup/Install computers.
Technical Server Hardware
Proficiencies Sun Fire/Enterprise/Blade, SGI Altix/Origin/Onyx, HP ProLiant/Integrity/9000/900, IBM RS/6000, Dell
Miscellaneous Hardware
Printers (HP, Tektronix, Xerox), Plotters (HP, Versatek, Calcomp), X Terminals, KVM, UPS,
Ethernet, Fiber Optic
Operating Systems
Sun SunOS/Solaris, HP HP-UX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, DEC VMS/Ultrix/OSF1, DG DGUX,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop, Microsoft Windows
95/98/ME/XP/Vista
Installation Package/Patch Management
Sun Web Start, Sun suninstall, Sun Jumpstart, Sun Flash, Sun Live Upgrade, 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
File Systems
Sun UFS, Sun VFS, SGI EFS, SGI XFS, HP HFS, IBM JFS, Linux ext2/ext3/ReiserFS, Veritas
VxFS, NFS
UNIX/Linux Shells
Borne (sh), Korn (ksh), C (csh,tcsh), Bash
UNIX/Linux Services
TCP/IP, NIS, DNS, NFS, Automount/Autofs, Sendmail, SSH/OpenSSH, NTP, DHCP,
UUCP, LP/Lpr, HP JetAdmin, sudo, Shadow Passwords, SCCS, rsync, GNU, Vi/Vim
Window Manager/Desktop
Sun OpenWindows, Sun Java Desktop, CDE, KDE, GNOME, Motif, X11
Backup/Restore, Disaster Recovery
Symantec Veritas NetBackup, EMC Legato Networker, HP Omniback, Dump, Tar, StorageTek,
Qualstar, Quantum
Storage Management
LVM, RAID, DAS, NAS, SAN, Sun DiskSuite Volume Manager, Veritas Volume Manager,
SGI XLV/XVM, TPSSM (Total Performance Storage System Manager), Red Hat Disk Druid
Storage
Sun Storage Products, SGI Storage Products, DataDirect Networks Storage Products (Petabytes)
Programming/Scripting
Shell Scripting (sh, ksh, csh, bash)
Database Incident/Problem Management
Oracle Installation/Configuration BMC Remedy, SalesForce.com
Software Licensing
Macrovision FLEXlm License Management, Macrovision SAMreport License Usage Reporting
Connectivity Internet/Web Services
Hummingbird Exceed, Cygwin, Samba, Sun PC Netlink Apache, HTML, Wiki (MediaWiki)
Technical EMC Legato Networker Administration Hitachi SAN Administration
Training Veritas NetBackup Administration EMC SAN Administration
Sun Fire 15K Server System Administration UNIX Shell Scripting
SGI Altix Server System Administration Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
Education California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, CA
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Aug 1986 -- Jun 1990
ABET Accredited Program, Presidents' List and Deans' List
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 -- Member, League of Professional System Administrators
USENIX SAGE -- Member, USENIX Special Interest Group for System Administrators
ACM -- Member, Association for Computing Machinery
IEEE Computer Society -- Affiliate, IEEE Computer Society
Additional Current Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Years of Relevant Experience: 19
Information Availability: Immediate (Within a week) Job Type/Status: Employee/Full Time
Work Status: US Citizen, English (Native) Travel: Up to 25%
Target Locations: Sacramento, California Area Relocate: Yes
Salary Requirements: Negotiable
References Available upon request

Certifications
BS Computer Science


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