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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Wearing many overlapping hats within the same organization.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Highlights included:Member of team that launched Go Daddy's new Managed Wordpress hosting platform, designed to simplify Wordpress installations for SMB's and web Professionals alike.Served as SME for a team pushing automation, CI/CD, and platform standardization into Go Daddy's hosting linux environments.Co-architected and implemented an automated.

Tempe, AZ

Chandler, AZ

Highlights included:Design and deployment of Odysseyware's first linux provisioning system utilizing tftp and kickstartDevelopment of standardized system build templates for use in rapid provisioning in multiple environmentsMigration of most pre-production environments from physical hardware to virtualized instancesDelivery of 4 new hardware platforms into.

Daily administration and operational support of approximately 250 linux systems, mixed virtual and physicalArchitecture, engineering, provisioning, and deployment of new systems and applications into the Glynlyon production environmentLiaison to development, Quality Assurance, Facilities, and Curriculum teams internally.Participant in weekly on-call.

On-site installation and support of Red Hat products on contractual basis with multiple clients in multiple locations and environments worldwide.Occasional classroom instruction and exam administration for customers participating in Red Hat Global Learning Services (GLS) courses.Participant on the Red Hat internal oracle Subject Matter Expert (SME).

ETIS: Operating Systems Support (OSS) Engagement Services; Responsibilities included:Evaluation of new project requests to determine scope (hardware, labor, continuing costs, etc)Coordination of OSS staff resources needed for the successful completion of new or ongoing initiativesCreation of build sheets and other engineering documentationCross training.

Day to day Primary administration of approximately 125 Linux servers running RHEL 2.1, 3, and 4Day to day secondary administration of an additional 150 Linux servers, backing up the primary administrator when necessaryDevelopment, testing and deployment of infrastructure tools and documentation aimed at automation of routine tasks to increase efficiency.

Solaris/AIX/Linux Systems administration and engineering within B of A's Card Services division.Day to day Primary administration of 25-30 Linux, AIX, and Solaris machines hosting a variety of applications for use by various lines of business within the bankCapacity planning and forecasting for Card platformsGeneral Linux SME for Card ServicesArchitect and.

Day to day Primary administration of 25-30 Linux, AIX, and Solaris machines hosting a variety of applications for use by various lines of business within the bankDay to day Secondary administration of an additional 15-20 Sun and IBM based platforms, backing up the primary administrator as necessaryCapacity planning and forecasting for card platformsGeneral.

Duties Included:Day to day administration of approximately 75 Sun Solaris machines, including development, testing, and production environmentsRegular releases of code from the testing tree to the customer facing production environmentMaintenance and tuning of Knowledgenet's Apache web servers to facilitate new product releases and code changesPerformance.

Duties included:Research and development of new services and applications intended to increase productivity of the Network Systems and Services (NSS) Department of Global Crossing IP Engineering.Mentoring and escalation point for junior administrators in the Internet Systems Administration arm of NSS.Extensive interdepartmental contact to facilitate.

Duties included:Administration of the Global Crossing SecurID / TACACS Servers for router security.Development and implementation of user access and use policies.Remote administration of approximately 175 Solaris, Linux, Irix, and FreeBSD servers.Performance tuning of same, including kernel and TCP/IP tuning.Hardware installation and removal on X86, SGI.

Duties Included basic entry level systems administration, including:User maintenance.Maintenance scheduling of equipment.Basic shell scripting (mostly Bourne and C shell).Assisting users with various problems.Installing and removing software.General hardware maintenance.