Sr VCS/Solaris Admin Resume

Title
Sr VCS/Solaris Admin

Primary Skills
VCS, Solaris

Location
US-CO-Pagosa Springs

Posted
Nov-25-08

Professional Summary:
- Over fifthteen years experience in Unix system administration, Unix system architecture
and system technical support.
- Experience managing complex application and system architectures.
- Extensive knowledge of software, networking, and hardware.
- B.S. degree in Computer Science

Computer Skills:
Software:
OS: Solaris 10, Solaris 9, Solaris 8,...,SunOS, SuSE
Programming: AWK, Bourne/C Shell, PERL, make, HTML
Veritas Applications: Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server
iPlanet/SunOne Applications: SunCluster, Directory Server(LDAP), Calendar Server, Messaging Server, Application Server, Web Server
Applications: Apache/Tomcat, OpenView, SVM/Disk Suite, Remedy, Legato Networker & ATL, x-win32, Oracle

Networking:
LDAP, NFS, NIS, DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP

Hardware:
SUN: E20K, F15K, F12K, 6900, 6800, 4500, 3800, 2900, T2000, V1280, V880, V480, 450, V440, 280, V100, 80, 60, 2, 1, Netras, Sparc2, IPC, IPX
Storage: Sun StorEdge 3310, 3511, D1000, Clariion 57xx, SPARC Storage 214, 110
Jukeboxes: Sun StorEdge L8, Exabyte 110, 220, 440

Employment History:
SUN Professional Services 1/04-2/04, 12/04, 11/05-2/06, 3/06-4/06, 8/06-9/06, 10/06-12/06, 3/07-4/07, 8/07, 2/08-3/08, 4/08-5/08
- Consulted implementation of VCS MQ series cluster.
- Dozens of VCS 4.1MP2 to VCS 5.0MP1 upgrades and SOP generated.
- Performance analysis and review of F15ks running Retek Merchandising.
- Architecture review and subsequent support of Insight's VCS implementation.
- DST patch deployment via tiger teams.
- Deployed Veritas Cluster Server over Oracle 10g for Capital Group.
- Authored and executed VCS test plan for GE Appliance.
- Fixed Veritas Cluster Server's over aggressive monitoring of IPMP
- Performance analysis of Informatica PTE environment (E20k and 6900s).
- Assisted with Grainger's SAP R/3 infrastructure upgrade and implementation in dev,qa, and prod environments through go-live.
- Provided Grainger with SAP infrastructure support for ~450 servers (F15k(s) - 240(s)) including numerous Veritas Cluster Server instances.
- Analyzed performance issues on 3800 vs V880 with SunOne proxy server which led to further assessment of Solaris IP multi-threading vs single-threading.
- Tiger team build and rapid deployment of ~100 servers (F12K, V1280, 480, 280) for Cingular.

SAIC 12/03
- Setup development and production DB servers on V480s with 3310 storage and L8 libraries.
- Apache, tomcat, net-snmp, perl, proftp compilation, installation and support.

Senior Solaris System Administrator
Sprint 08/02 -- 12/03
- 7 x 24 administration in a web hosting organization providing server and application support (Netscape/iPlanet/SunOne Web, Messaging, Admin, Directory, Proxy, Application) of 900+ servers from Netras T1 to SunFires 6800.
- Maintained numerous Veritas Cluster Server instances on Ultra 60s to SunFires 6800s.
- Created and managed segments/domains via platform for SunFire 3800, 4800, and 6800.
- Mentored junior sys admins on Veritas Volume Manager and SEVM tuning and changes.
- Performance/tuning, capacity planning, and patching.
- Provided third tier system support.

Senior Solaris System Administrator/Architect
Divx 09/99 -- 12/01
- Provided leadership for a 5-person team of UNIX system administrators.
- Architected, installed, and configured Veritas Cluster Server implementations using E4500s with Oracle and Apache agents over dual 57xx EMC Clariion arrays.
- Managed engineering domains composed of 100+ Solaris workstations and
E4500/E450 servers with multiple Sun StorEdge Arrays under Veritas VxVM.
- iPlanet/Netscape directory(ldap) and messaging server administration and tuning.
- Numerous builds of 220R/D1000s' under SEVM for colocation servers.
- Supported varied user communities of 100+ engineers/developers with day-to-day problems.
- Interfaced with vendors to evaluate and implement new software and hardware products.
- Performance and tuning of E4500s running Oracle instances.
- Installed and configured Annex terminal servers.
- Identified, troubleshooted, solved faulty Netscape NES shared library implementation.
- Upgrade corporate sendmail/listserv implementation.
- Iplanet/Netscape suite Y2K patching and upgrades.
- Setup and installation of multiple E250s for field office deployment.
- Upgraded Solaris to 2.6 and upgraded Veritas VxVM to 2.6.
- Installed and configured secure corporate ftp server.
- Provided supervision, training and mentoring for junior System Administrators.

Senior Solaris Infrastructure/Software Architect
Synopsys 10/98-7/99
- Architecture and implementation of system related projects for Synopsys.
- Y2K remediation (builds/installs) of sun/hp/sgi/ibm software repositories.
- Clean up of 2.5.1 and 2.6 jumpstarts (patches,packages, tuning, and tweaks) configured/implemented 2.7 jumpstart.
- Depotmeister - care and feeding of solaris/hpux/irix/aix software depots.
- Multiple Preventative Maintenance and Performance Tuning weekends in
which 200+ servers and 800+ workstations were added, changed, or synced.
- Vendor liaison with SUN for equipment, upgrades, repair, and maintenance.
- Provided third tier system support.

Senior UNIX System Administrator
Eastman Kodak Company 1/97-9/98
- Managed engineering domain composed of 100+ Solaris workstations and
SPARC 3000 servers with multiple SPARC Storage Arrays under Veritas VxVM.
- Infrastructure/capacity planning, and commissioning of several SPARC 3000,
and Exabyte (440, 220) jukeboxes.
- Oracle/IMAN system administrator -- shutdown, restart, and backup of
databases with performance monitoring and tuning.
- Setup and installed SPARC 3000(s) - hardware (SOC, EEPROM, SSAPROM, and
FOM upgrades), OS, patches, Y2K patches, VxVM stripping/mirroring of storage array.
- Complete overhaul of site's sudo - compiled/installed new rev, central sudoers, syslog changes.
- Implemented and administrated Budtool with jukeboxes as a backup/restore solution.
- Troubleshooted post installation E3000 serial device driver issue involving SNA Sunlink.
- Supported community of 200+ UG/IMAN mechanical engineers and designers.
- Provided training and mentoring for junior System Administrators.
- NIS/NFS file systems maintenance and FLEXlm licensing maintenance.

Senior UNIX System Engineer 8/96 - 12/96
AirTouch Communications
- Managed a LAN composed of multiple domains including 200+ workstations.
- Backup Administration - Legato Networker backup/restores, archive upkeep.

UNIX System Administrator EDS/Xerox 9/95 - 8/96
- Administrated engineering domain consisting of 500+ heterogeneous (Sun OS
4.1.x, Solaris 2.x) workstations, two Firstwatch (HA) SPARC 1000
application servers and SPARC Storage Array, and a SPARC 1000 database server.
- Backup Administration - Legato Networker backup/restores.

UNIX System Analyst University of Missouri-Rolla 8/91 - 5/94
- General setup and user support for Sun, SGI, HP workstations.

Military Experience:
Operations Supervisor/System Administrator 8/87 - 8/91
United States Navy
-Admin/Operator on Honeywell DPS6 running GECOS-3

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 1995
University of Missouri-Rolla

Certifications
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