Objective
Experienced Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer seeks senior level opportunity to contribute over 9 years experience in a positive team environment. Excel and passionate at serving internal and external customers.

SKILLS :
Enterprise Linux server administration like RH 7.0 to RHEL 3 and 4, ubuntu/debian ;

HP-UX and other UNIX administration ;

Windows server administration NT, win 2K, server 2003 ;

web server administration like IIS, Apache, asp ;

Security Analyst, Information Assurance ;

Firewall Administration like Checkpoint, iptables, Nokia, Firebuilder, Cisco PIX 501/515/525 ;

Infrastructure Integration or Routing or switching or VPN like Cisco, HP Procurve ;

Programming Languages : Perl or or C++ or or coldfusion or or Bash scripting ;

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning ;

Network Design like viso, dia ;

VMware ESX 3 virtualization or vmware server ;

High Availability solutions Windows server 2003, Red Hat Linux GFS 6.0 or RHCS ;

Certified Technical Trainer or courseware developer ;

Databases : Sql Oracle, Btrieve, mySQL ;

IBM Blade Server LS-20 ;

Enterprise Application support like Remittance Processing System, MS Exchange, Peoplesoft, Symantec IDS, Resource25, HP Data Protector 5.5 and 6 ;

University of Central Florida, US Navy, Florida Power and Light, US Army ADA, SBC, Texas Utilities, USMC, Gateway computers, Unisys, BellSouth, National Institute of Technology, Primedia, Electronic Arts, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell Network Services, US Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration

WORK EXPERIENCE :

Employment

2006 -  2007
Biometrics Systems Engineer/Security Analyst

Designed, configured and installed VMWare 3.0 ESX and vmware client or server solutions for test teams. Set up and managed entire DEVELOPMENT and SWIT environments, backup and restore and future capacity planning. Managed vm images through advanced network administration. Performed advanced troubleshooting and backup to Storage Area Network. Handled users and server configurations for mixed Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04 Windows Server 2003 domains. Recovered downed Linux machines. Built test Linux and windows machines for live customer demonstrations.

Perform Information Systems Security Officer function for multifaceted internal compliance across multiple programs and network domains, Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, Registered Traveler or Flyclear.com, AFIS networks and related subprograms. Administered/engineered mixed networks of HP-UX, SAM, disk space issues, patch and software management, backup and restore, NIS/yp and user administration. Administered integrated Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Linux and Windows Server 2003 networks, Hign Availability clusters. Provided network engineering services and troubleshooting to development team members. Worked with Storagetek SAN and other vendors for data storage solutions. Analyzed and documented risk factors regarding DR hot and cold sites. Advised management, development, SWIT and team members of strategies and best practices regarding compliance, ITIL and 800 26 remediation and associated test and documentation activities. Built DR networks for Hot/Cold site operations, according to client specifications and engineering standards. Reconfigured network routes to outside networks with Cisco 3030 VPN concentrators. Make network changes per protocol for FDOI, FBI AFIS, HSPD-12, Hazprint and other projects. Deployed tape backup and manage HP Data Protector backup and restore schedules of production and development networks. Worked closely with team leads, external vendors, configuration management and other users. Created policies and procedures in conjunction with management and power users. Administered production ESX, Vmotion and vmware servers, moves to/from production networks, production domains and apache web servers IDMS and CMS Servers. Secured and documented production networks during Ernst and Young and G and B Information Assurance audit processes. Wrote and upgraded departmental policies according to internal LM guidelines, Visible Ops/ITIL, TSA 800 26 and 800 53. Worked with developers and testers to migrate data from vmware linux partitions to new development environment.

2005 -  2006
Team Lead

Provide Enterprise Information Technology constructive training services to US Army or PEOSTRI clients/bases both CONUS and OCONUS. Provide Research and Development on emerging technologies. Design, implement, troubleshoot and test custom engineering Linux, hardware and security solutions for customers. Develop scripted software solutions for internal production use. Work with major vendors/subcontractors, HP, Lockheed Martin, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Red Hat for specific client projects/solutions. Manage internal Red Hat Linux kickstart server scripts for production installations.

Coordinate workload of team members and provide direction and procedures for their actions. Communicate with management and client facing customer for documentation, procedures and any other necessary information. Provide input for Information Assurance and network forensics decision making. Recommend hardware and software solutions for client and management, testing, reverse engineering and evaluation. Provide engineering/management IBM Blade Center LS-20 solutions for Warfighter s Simulation, Corps Battle Simulation and Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation COTS or GOTS deployments of Modeling and Simulation software for enterprise cost savings and consolidation, based on known good performance metrics. Configured Red Hat Linux like RHEL 3 or RHEL 4, SAN storage, Windows Server 2003, Oracle 9i, Cisco and related switching technologies for groundbreaking success. Provide client/server Oracle 9i/10g database support. Manage Engineering testbed for SELinux, vmware virtualization and Common Criteria Certification efforts. Create and fulfill backup and restore strategies for production software.

2005 British Aerospace and Engineering Systems King's Bay Naval Base, St.Mary's GA

Network Engineer

Analyzed network traffic for IDS violations on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Maintained connectivity and uptime to NIPRNET/SIPRNET/ NMCI integration, multiple domains, sites, networks, subnets. Varied support for distributed clients throughout local and remote Naval Bases, government, military, civil service, internal clients and Oracle 9i development CMMI environment. Analyze complex firewall rule sets for DNS/Exchange traffic. HP-UX 11.23 administration for development team. Served as a resource for other team members for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 deployments. Custom build/software testing prior to production usage. Network analyst for connectivity to remote WAN sites. Maintained and updated documentation/test procedures for DISA STIG requirements.

2004 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL

Programmer/Analyst

Technical Author and Coordinator, department-wide data migration involving backups, user support, policies and procedures for development team, general users and management team. Responsible for data migration ; mainframe to production PeopleSoft 7.6 to 8.0 Oracle 9i database. Analyze requests from varied departments and end users regarding database access issues, queries, reports and applications, utilizing AS/400 mainframe, Excel and Access 2000. Run transactions of Rational Robot SQA, vb script code debugging ; responsible for associated data migration, application performance and integrity. Deployed Fedora 2 or Red Hat Linux server for test scripting. Created training/documentation of software packages involving multiple platforms and user levels. Utilize People soft 7.6 Query Tool for Oracle HEPROD, HETRAIN and HEUCF environments. Authored technical courseware for ongoing deployment of myriad Resource25 Apache Tomcat software features, Web viewer functionality,. ppt,. pdf, living documentation, site links, training courses, web/user interface features and functionality and web data updates.

2001 -  2003
Instructional Designer

Technical author for ongoing revisions of UNIX/Linux/Cisco/Windows/Novell and other courseware. Performed hands-on Cisco Networking with Cisco 2900 routers and Catalyst switches. Secured and managed mixed LAN of SCO UnixWare and Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 8.0. Perform engineering, specification and set up for networks with IP, VLANs, routing and switching. Defined technical content in coordination with management and other course developers. Created and managed Cisco Wide Area Networks with SOHO routers and WAN switches. Researched, evaluated and developed new technologies, training methods and solutions. Governed Windows 2000 and Novell production LAN s utilizing IP and IPX/SPX design. Led classes covering Local Area Networking, Cisco and Unix/Linux. Performed network-based installs of Red Hat Linux 8.0 via ftp and http.

2000 -  2001

Education

Miscellaneous
2000 - 2001 Qwiz, Inc. Atlanta, GA
Web Server Engineer

Authored comprehensive company Security Policy and associated documentation : Disaster recovery, fault-tolerance, backup/restore, database, web policies, procedures, recommendations for management. Managed projects and tasks - TesCom web performance project - site changes with Dreamweaver 4, Flash, Photoshop 6, GoLive - press releases - performance tuning gifs/jpegs - Mac OS X - Access 2000 - browser compatibility- search engine optimization-. asp. html, Cold fusion, Frontpage 2000, Textpad, javascript, vb script - login/permissions - Arcserv 2000 backups - - SQL database tuning, QA bug fixes. Designed, documented and presented to management, a VPN solution with integrated web interface for remote access and telecommuting. Secured and engineered all external web interfaces : http://www.qwiz.com, ttps://www.qwizonline.com, ww. qwiztektest.com, www.qwiztek.com during company transformation to model as Application Service Provider. Deployed, secured, tested site with 128 bit Verisign SSL encryption - beta. qwiz.com, qa. qwiz.com. Technical writer for web/network entities, network design, IP addressing, subnetting utilizing Windows 2000 Pro/Server, SQL Server 2000, Visio 2000. Documented LAN/WAN, website, workflow. Led server colocation effort at UUNet ; configured Checkpoint Firewall-1 v. 4.1 for Internet WAN traffic like http, https/SSL, CHAP, TCP/IP, UDP, FTP. Remotely administered LAN with VNC 3.3.3 and pcAnywhere. Administered Windows 2000 Development server/IIS 5 and Linux Mandrake 7.2 client. Built Web/Database/Firewall production servers and RAID 5. Provided senior level troubleshooting of network design and protocols like DHCP, NAT, DNS, TCP/IP, NetBIOS, Telnet, UDP, VPN, http. Led company as point of contact during deployment of live java/EJB/J2EE/Jrun 3.x application. Translated technical company issues into layman s language for non-technical users.

Disaster Recovery : Designed and implemented backup and restore strategies utilizing HP Data Protector 5.5 and 6.0 vmware backups, bare metal OS backups and related efforts

Compliance : As Information Systems Security Officer, led a cross-program upgrade of all SOP documentation, TSA 800 26, 800 53 and FIPS 140 2 compliance.

Systems Engineering : Migrated entire Naval supply network from military base to field office. Solved problems of temperature, transportation, power, email, design, user issues, firewall administration.

Author, technical documents for Linux, networking, OS/software testing, IBM Blade Center ; Instructional Designer : created/maintained courseware for Cisco, Unix/Linux, Windows ILT training and related documentation

Performed data recovery on Biometric Enrollment stations. Managed multiple sectors of production and development environments. Built vmware server and ESX 3.0 servers ; managed instances and associated domains. Built DOI test system from bare metal.

Software Engineering : Led effort to port and reconfigure major simulation packages, : Lockheed Martin s Warfighter Simulation, Corps Battle Simulation and Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation M and S packages on IBM LS-20 Blade Server, p-series management server, Cisco routing/switching, Red Hat RHEL 3 and 4, kickstart installations like FTP, http, windows server 2003 domains, Oracle 8i and Win XP clients.

Worked with Reverse Engineering test efforts on multiple phases of classified projects.

Designed, tested and configured all hardware and software for Perforce clustered Development servers for High Availability Clusters utilizing Emulex hba's, Fiber Channel 3, Red Hat Linux AS 4.0, Red Hat Configuration Manager and Global File System 6.1

Technical Team Leadership : Architect, convince, educate, diagram and present material for technical and managerial review. POC for non technical department heads and outside companies.

Clearance : Currently hold SECRET, held TNAC/public trust.

Certifications : A+ Certified Hardware Technician, Cisco Certified Network Associate, Certified Technical Trainer, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, MCP Microsoft Certified Professional.

Founder - managed virtualization with SELinux/UML - ran site for Forensic Linux Users Group

Memberships : 1 Infragard, 2 Silicon Valley Linux Users Group

Operating Systems : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, White Box Linux, Helix, Knoppix, SuSE, FreeBSD, Trinux, Minix, Windows 2000, XP, Windows Server 2003, Novell Netware/NDS, SCO Unixware, Mac OS X, CentOS

Languages : html, Perl, C, C++, javascript, java, php, Bourne scripting, cold fusion, sed, python

Hardware : Hp Procurve series, DL585 DL385 Cisco 5500, 6500, 3800, 4000, 1150 CSS, 9300, PIX firewall, 3030 VPN Concentrators ; Qlogic switches, NetHSM, Dell, Sun, Storagetek, IBM LS-20 Blade Center, L-Guardian scanners, various card printers and readers

Software : RPS financial, Apache Tomcat, J2EE/JRun, Office, Nokia VPN, Sql Server 7 and 2000, MySQL, PeopleSoft 7.6/8.0, Cold fusion, Checkpoint Firewall - 1, College net Resource25, WARSIM, CBS, JCATS, Oracle 9i and 10g, CiscoWorks, ENCASE, PSK, Plone Content Management, Openoffice, vim, wordpress, ethereal, nmap, chkrootkit and other open source applications

Additional : Technical Writing, Network Design, Reporting, Server Administration, E-commerce web page design, Network General Sniffer, Training, Instructional Design, Small Business Consulting, Public Speaking, Leadership, R.N., Call Center, NOC, Spanish language, Medical, Supervisory, Network Security and IT Forensic Analysis and Investigations