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Objective:

Over 18 years of varied yet in-depth experience in the IT industry, from early pc s and LAN environments to the larger high-powered IBM RS6000 AIX and UNIX based systems. I have something very unique to offer to today s complex IT departments in that I have a strong history in the industry with a high level of experience in the IBM RS6000/AIX arena as well as other UNIX platforms. I would like to have the opportunity to showcase the knowledge and experience I possess by taking responsibility for the administration of a LAN/WAN/UNIX system in a progressive IT environment.

Experience:

Responsible for all areas of system Administration of 11 AIX systems including a 2 node SP2 system. Primary request was to assist in migration of 4.5gb EMC Symmetrix disks to 9gb Symmetrix disks on all systems and applications, rebuilding and standardizing layout and configuration on all AIX systems. Additional tasks included, assistance in moving system backup from IBM Sysback to EMC s EDM backup utility, writing scripts to automate shutdown and startup of Oracle and PeopleSoft in preparation for nightly backup processing, writing scripts to gather performance data for capacity planning in preparation for new IBM P690 regatta system. Was also asked to cleanup existing systems, tune for performance as time permitted, train other admin. on AIX/RS6000 systems, prepare disaster recovery materials for AIX systems, install new system, bring all systems up to date with regard to OS patches, as well as general system monitoring for errors, disk space, etc and assistance to DBA s and others as requested.

SUN Unix System Admin. assigned to EDS outsource project at PSEG in Newberry, NJ. Responsible for administration of approximately 52 SUN Solaris systems as part of SAP Basis team. Worked as system admin. with SAP Basis team to migrate SAP applications from older SUN 5000 s to newer model 5500 s and EMC Symmetrix/Connectrix fiber SAN. Used Veritas VM, VFS for storage management, TSM for backup/recovery.

AIX systems consultant assigned to Rechters, Inc., Garrison, NJ. Responsible for all aspects of AIX systems administration on 18 RS6000 systems. Including a 7-node SP2 system, remote administration of a 2-node HACMP complex in Las Vegas, and an S80 condor in NJ. Assignment was to maintain existing systems and install, configure, and tune S80 system running a large Oracle 8 ODBMS merchandising application. Administration duties included, backup system maintenance, performance tuning and monitoring, DNS configuration for entire site, OS maintenance patches, etc operations assistance, and 24 x 7 on call. Documented system hardware, software, and procedures for client. Managed hardware and software vendor contacts, including IBM service and support.

AIX system administration consultant assigned to Schering Plough Corp, Research Institute in Kennilworth NJ. Responsible for installation and maintenance SP2 systems. Responsible for general administration of systems after installation. Installed required Oracle components, Legato backup software and web application software. Worked as part of 3 man team to maintain all SP2 systems as well as 6 standalone RS6000 systems. After installation, worked primarily on performance tuning on numerous Oracle 8.i projects. In addition to general systems administration, installed applications for research teams, trained operations of Legato backup procedures and process scheduling. Participated in advisory group to recommend system configurations, application configurations, and to recommend corporation wide system management tools.

Responsibilities included general system administration of IBSC outsource customers. Assigned as primary administrator to single large account, and backup on other IBSC AIX clients. Assignment required 100 percent travel to participate in large SP2 implementation project. Responsible for system administration of existing IBM R40 RS6000, planning, implementation of SP2 system consisting of four high nodes, 2.7 terabytes of IBM SSA storage 560 individual disks , running AIX 4.2.1, and Oracle OPS 7.3.4. Configuration of large terabyte class database included configuration and maintenance of raw storage and IBM s VSD technology. Played primary role in tuning of Oracle OPS application including tuning of OS, memory, OPS, VSD s and other SP specific tuning parameters. Configured and maintained backup strategy for entire system on a high volume IBM 3494 tape library with 6 IBM 3590 tape drives using IBM s ADSM Oracle s EBU and Sysback . Responsible for documentation of storage, procedures, and policies regarding the overall RS6000 environment. Maintained LAN connectivity, DNS, NFS, NIS for SP2 and R40. Managed vendor contact, maintenance, and support services. Continued implementation project after decision to upgrade and move all systems to Dallas data center. Provided principal project management on planning for RS6000 systems including but not limited to capacity planning for CPU, Storage and environmentals. Designed new Oracle OPS table layout across SSA storage using combination of RVSD s, and raid 5 technology. Managed system move team in addition to maintaining existing SP2 in NJ. Provided system tuning, stabilization, setup and checkout of new system in preparation for turnover to IS team in Dallas.

Responsible for management and administration of midrange systems including 9 RISC 6000 systems running under IBM AIX 3.2.5 and AIX 4.1.4 in an HACMP environment, as well as a decision support application on a DEC ALPHA with Open VMS and a large scale optical archival system running on MS Windows NT. Maintained complete responsibilities for all aspects of user setup, support, as well as basic application support. Wrote shell scripts for management of backup, system monitoring and problem notification via message pagers. Installed and maintained async connectivity, LAN TCPIP connectivity, SNA/HCON, direct connect and LAN TCPIP printing. Trained additional operations personnel on backup, IPL and basic notification systems. Responsible for all aspects of the installation and maintenance of the St. John Hospital Physician Group s FPMG system in central Florida. Responsible for system maintenance of St. John Hospital HMO, Home Health, and Blood bank RISC systems from initial install to end user connectivity.

Software support team leader for approximately 1500 microcomputer users. Provided detailed training and support for users on standalone PC s and large Novell network. Responsible for 3 support specialists, installation of software on both standalone and network equipment. Responsible for standards for installs, support and training on all supported products. Participated in 6 week 24 hour on call rotation. Supported all standard off the shelf software as well as all in-house developed products and systems.

Education:

BS from Chadron State College, Chadron, Ne. May 1980. Major: Lifescience
Valentine High School, Valentine Ne. May 1975