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PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE ( EMAIL AVAILABLE Summary of Qualifications IT Management ~ Systems Administration ~ Storage SolutionsHighly-accomplished, senior-level Technical Manager and SystemsAdministrator with vast range of hardware/ software systems improvement,storage and business development skills and expertise acquired inengineering and higher education fields. More than 30 years of achievementstranslating business and technical requirements into innovative, cost-effective strategies and solutions that expand technical capability,increase operational efficiency and stimulate business/revenue growth.Outstanding communication and team leadership/motivational attributes. Core cOMPetencieSIT Leadership ( Systems Administration ( Project/Operations/ChangeManagement ( Needs Analysis ( Multiple Server Environments ( EMC/IBM AIXSolutions ( Configuration/Maintenance Support ( Systems Security/Reliability ( Disaster Recovery ( Storage/Backup Strategies ( BusinessAnalysis/Growth ( Process Improvement ( Data Center Operations ( CostControls ( Problem Solving ( Relationship/Team Building ( CustomerSatisfaction PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE22nd Century Technologies, Va July 2022-November2022Linux EngineerTechnical work was performed in a SCIF, so I have a TS/SCI. Looking forlocal work.Attain/Maximus, West Virginia 2020-2022Senior Systems AdministratorUS DOE, ContractorHands on Unix Systems Administrator used to build n number of servers toserver Federal applications. Designs were turned away by the US Governmentuntil finally the project was shelved indefinitely. Provided Linux andWindows support. Attain was acquired by Maximus, LLC in the spring of2021. Federal funding for this project ran out May of 2022 and thecontract was not extended.
Fusion Technologies, West Virginia 2019-2020Senior Systems AdministratorCJIS - DOJMember of the Cloud System Team working with architechting and moving ourmainframe environment to the Cloud. Primarily Unix and Ansible - AWS tasks. Software installation, debugging VM environmental/user issues in RHEL andCentOS. Unable to disclose detail.CGI, Washington DC 2018-2019Senior Unix ConsultantMember of the AIX (Unix ) support group working on contract for a divisionof the US Dept. of Justice. Primary support for installing and supportingAIX, TSM, GPFS, user account management thru ITIM, setting up backup SLAs,installing/configuring Splunk, HP-OWM, DNS adding/configuring disk, supportof VIO servers, etc. Current projects include moving DR site to analternate location and moving production to aother location. Creatingtechnical documentation. In summary total support of AIX 6&7 on P8-P9achitecture.Pittsburgh National Corporation (PNC) 2016-2018Senior Systems AdministratorMember of Midrange Operations Group providing L2 Unix support forapproximately 10,000 real and virtual servers. Predominately AIX, Linux andSolaris. The team provides comprehensive server management for Linux,Solaris, AIX, partnering with other PNC infrastructure service providers.UsingVMware Hypervisor to install virtual servers, Cyberark for SSO,ZenOss, Service Now and other system management tools. Our focus is: . round-the-clock systems support for midrange platforms; . engineering and configuration for midrange operating systems; . clustering and high-availability software configurations; . management of hardware and operating system vendor relationships; . obsolescence and refresh services for both hardware and operating systems;Computer Sciences Corporation 2015-2016Manager of System Administration . Managed a team of approximately 30 local and remote employees performing systems administration of, AIX, HPUX, Linux,Solaris and Windows in support of Boeing, Textron, Westinghouse and other air/shipbuilding contracts. Developed plans of improvement, annual reviews, hiring, firing, expectation setting, excellent listener and motivator. . Root cause analysis for failed system enhancements to determine whether it was a procedural or personal related, then worked with client to correct the problem. Involved with multiple SLAs, high level management meetings, Service Request monitoring, and working with daily metrics from the United States and around the world. . Held management meetings, staff meetings (Scrum), and managed operations. Directed growth of the team by mentoring staff, improving technical and communication skills, and recommending training. Evaluate team and individual performances against predetermined, measurable goals. . Security ambassador for the Pittsburgh office. On Call Technical Escalation Manager,Technical & Management Resources, Fairfax, Va2013 - 2015Systems Administrator . Povide technical support as AIX/Linux systems administrator on an FBI contract under the US Department of Justice. Support was provided under a national & and international scope and breadth. . Part of a team of UNIX/Oracle professionals supporting contract working with local & remote clients. Contractual obligations included customer andsupport and IBM hardware/software support. Daily interaction with technical staff, backup team,storage team and support for end user problem management. Attend daily Scrum and Change Managementteam meetings. . Installation, provisioning, and support of 130+ AIX P-series logical partitions in a virtualized environment supporting a 24x7 application . Typical tasks include account management, system integrity testing, networking,security,release management,testing and disaster recovery, systems integrity, error log analysis, hardwareand software configuration and customization, security compliance, problem resolution, and technical recommendations.BAE Systems, Mechanicsburg, PA 2008 -2013Systems Administrator . Provided superior technical leadership as information systems administrator for Trident Logistics Data System (LDS) in support of acquisitions, operations and integration planning for Ohio-class submarine refits. . Expanded organization-wide systems flexibility/capability through expert hardware and software systems management for hundreds of users at multiple operating sites. Performed release management/testing. . Ensured availability and integrity of information for all ships in Atlantic and Pacific fleets with comprehensive DoD Information Assurance (IA) compliance support for software, hardware, database and networks. . Improved security of communications by configuring WRQ Reflection Secure Shells and creating SFTP accounts. Configured public/private keys for data encryption. Generated reports accessible on IBM M-80. . Significantly increased systems uptime to 99.999% though ongoing maintenance of multi-architecture environment running on Windows and AIX enterprise servers. Provided local/wide area network support. . Optimized achievement of operational objectives through user account/application management, system-wide backups and disaster recovery plans. Managed legacy application in MF COBOL with Citrix Web interface. . Positioned primary applications for outsourcing to DoD computer systems using IBM pSeries running AIX V6.1 and Oracle 11g. Provided oversight of build-outs of new servers and migration of users and databases. . Introduced software storage solutions by developing a cataloging system with documentation to identify location. Deployed changes to test environment ported to production. Adding security mandated by DoD. . Valued as trusted leader and advisor, identifying, diagnosing and resolving end user issues and providing technical assistance to user applications programming staff. Built collaborative stakeholder relationships.4University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, MD2001 - 2008Manager, Office of IT, UNIX Distributed Computing Services . Served a pivotal leadership role as Manager of Distributed Computing Services overseeing a staff of 6 system administrators for operation/maintenance of 400+ servers for email, campus Web server and data base. . Established an Enterprise Storage and Backup group and generated $500K in annual revenue selling backup services by designing SANs. Purchased SAN technology/storage solutions through contract negotiation/competitive bidding. . Avoided disruptions and mitigated risk by designing/implementing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans for mainframe and mission-critical applications. . Led IT teams from Office of IT/other UMD departments and evaluated/recommended a Disaster Recovery vendor for IBM mainframe and hundreds of Unix and Windows servers. Prepared RFIs and RFQs. . Increased operational efficiency and reduced overall backup costs by consolidating 4 backup systems, including Legato, Tivoli, Tar scripts and a mainframe solution, into a single solution using IBM Tivoli Storage manager. . Fueled reductions in backup costs from $5 per GB to 40 cents per GB, saving significant sums for departments that require backups of terabytes of data. Wrote "how to" guide for setup/execution. Prepared customer SLAs. . Attracted customers and generated revenue by driving down costs of disk storage, achieved by purchasing IBM Shark and EMC Clariion SAN for Office of IT needs and charging customers only for raw disk space. . Enhanced storage capabilities with off-site storage in compliance with state mandate by establishing a second data center to bring a second tape robot online. Contracted with Iron Mountain to store tapes offsite. . Evaluated staff performance and fulfilled a key administrative role hiring, mentoring and developing staff. Complied with EEOC rules/regulations. Wrote position descriptions. Served on Change Management Board.West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 1996 -2001Manager of Datacenter Systems & Operations / Systems Administrator . Chosen for position of Manager of Datacenter Systems and Operations charged with building, staffing and operating a university-owned data center to house multiple university departments and administration. . Recovered $3 Million in annual costs of outsourcing data support by working in collaboration with IBM to build an IBM server site using IBM SP2 main servers, IBM tape robotic backups, SSA and SAN storage. . Managed staff of systems administrators and operators/data entry clerks, as well as budgeting/procurement, capacity planning and system upgrades for increased system availability and customer satisfaction. . Protected data by negotiating Disaster Recovery contract with Sungard and deploying Intruder Detection software and commercial firewalls. Worked with contractors/vendors to order all new state of the art technology. . Expedited purchase of millions of dollars of Enterprise servers, storage subsystems and services avoiding time-consuming competitive bidding process by negotiating directly with IBM/business partners, Pioneer, HL Heaster.Additional Professional History: Served as Lead SystemsProgrammer/Administrator for WVNet, installing HW/SW and providingtechnical support for Thinking Machines, CM5 parallel processor and AIX.Migrated applications. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTCertifications: Security + ( Linux +Professional Training: IBM AIX System Administration ( Tivoli StorageManager Training ( Basic Storage Area Networks (SANs) ( DoDTerrorism/Classified Information Training ( Navy Support Activity Training( Thinking Machines ( OTJ Training in Oracle 11GTechnical Skills: AIX Systems Administrator, encompassing hardware,software, installations, updates, patches, fixes, workarounds,documentation and training ( backups/restores, disaster recovery andbusiness continuity design/testing ( Windows Systems/Oracle Administrator (Unix system security ( RISC/SPARC architecture ( IBM/Sun/DEC/Linux Servers( very large tape robotics ( IBM LTO ( IBM SSA ( IBM/EMC SANs ( AIX ( MSOffice ( WhatsUp Systems Resource Monitoring ( Retina Security Scans (Symantec Server Backup SoftwareSecurity Clearance: TS/SCI (valid until 12-2024) EDUCATIONUniversity of Maryland, University College, College Park, MDWest Virginia University, Morgantown, WVCompleted 45 credit unitsComputer Systems Institute, Pittsburgh, PAAssociate's Degree with specialized curriculum, encompassing:Computer Systems, Business and Accounting Courses / GPA 4.0 Personal Accomplishments . Elected to Monongalias County Board of Education as Vice President . Appointed to the WV Psychologists Examiners Board by Gover Gaston Caperton and Gover Cecil Underwood . Appointed to Regional Educational Service Agency VII . Appointed to Morgantowns Traffic Commision by Mayor Charlene Marshall . Started Neighborhood Crime Watch in Morgantown Wiles Hill and Severna Park, Maryland . Represented 70 employees from WVNET to Higher Educations Board of Trustees and State Legislature. |
