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Clients include working in the Global Operations Division of Network Operations Command Center for EMC-Mozy, EchoStar, FreeOSK and Ashworth Tax Took tickets covering all servers world wide Remotely troubleshot all servers, load balancers and Cloud balancers and ATMOS storage servers in the EMC network Deployed new Virtual Machines in more then one Vsphere environment, running on AWS Deployed and troubleshot Azure systems to the data center Troubleshot Apache and IIS webservers Troubleshot and deploy production video-streaming encoder servers in the EchoStar network Worked with remote engineers to resolve content distribution bottle-necks and issues Worked with the on-site storage engineers to resolve storage outages Interfaced with the executive management teams Troubleshot bash monitoring scripts Worked on tools written in Ruby, C++, bash, and python Contract was not renewed for budget reasons Replaced entire infrastructure at Ashworth Tax, Built new machines, updated protocols Skils: Linux, Cloud Storage, Database, Routers, Load Balancers, Web Servers, Bash, Jenkins, Ruby, AWS, Vsphere, Firewalls, Salt, Zenoss Reporting Tools, Docker, Splunk, GIT Repositories

Naples, Fl, Us

My position required that I straddle several queues. Primary focus was on the Europe, Mid-East, and Africa accounts. Secondary responsibilities were the American queues. I would interface with the customer/admins to troubleshoot and resolve their HPC issues, perform upgrades, all while managing expectations. My postion was eliminated after the third round of reductions in two years. Europe, Mid-East, Africa HPC/Grid/Cloud Support Engineer for Moab and Torque HPC Straddled two queues - Primary was EMEA, Secondary was the rest of the world Grabbed tickets as they came and resolved customer issues pertain to their HPC environment Worked with the DEVs directly to identify and fix software issues Worked with Linux Containers for local virtualization - much more lightweight than Vmware Replicated research environments using Oracle's VirtualBox virtualization software Worked with MPI tool kits to get customer parallel jobs to run Used Luster and other distributed file systems All systems were Enterprise grade, and the largest most complicated systems in the World Reported to a Director, no supervisor or manager While this job was different than others It embraced the core of Software Development

Found and Cultivated Client projects into Working ProjectsBack end programming and development for search engine optimization(SEO) and Search Engine MarketingBuilt SUSE server which included large RAIDS and exported it via SAMBA and NFS with LDAP authentication for users flat files and roving profiles.Coding object oriented PHP using CakePHP to generate Dynamic HTML running on PLSQL and MSSQL back ends with PHP and Linux scripting and CSS/AJAX formatting All the sites I developed are successful and doing well.Generated many Virtual Environments, Primarily using VMWare products, mostly for QA and Development. All are Enterprise grade.Built and Maintained an Oracle 10g RAC for YahooBuilt and Maintaned Debian server for a Satellite TV installation company.Maintained a P4 CVS and release management

Managed a Debian Linux NetworkManaged the roll-out of new hardware and softwareCoordinated the development of new software projects with the Dev TeamsCoordinated the roll-out of new web sitesRebuilt the production machines with Debian-Sarge. (Mail, DNS, Nagios)High availability web and database services. (MYSQL, MSSQL, Apache, PHP5)Built the QA and DEV environments running in a VMWare virtual machineBuilt a new high availability production facility at a co-location space, with hot replication back to the spare production site at the home office. (load balancers, OpenLDAP,VLAN)Served-up advertisement for 1024 online education schools, along with target marketing.Agile/SCRUM development methodologyMaintained a Subversion CVS with release managementUsed Nagios to monitor 80 machines(http, apps, mysql)

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The company went bankrupt.Developed a portable Linux based embedded server, about the size of a pack of cigarettes.Managed the roll-out of new softwareCoordinated new hardware features.Managed trade showsPorted standard Linux based applications to run on a Vertex II embedded processor.Apps included OpenOffice, gkrellm, sylpheed-claws, games, vpn(pki), xpdf, Skype. Developed demo applications for trade shows. (LDAP, Proxies, Mail, firewalls, VPN)Used Nagios to monitor production machines.Built/Maintained/Patched the Demo Linux ServersAgile/SCRUM development methodologyMaintained a Subversion CVS with release managementMaintained/Patched Solaris on the Sun Galaxy serverDeveloped VMWare virtual servers for testing

Managed 20 peopleBack end programming and developmentCoding PHP to generate Dynamic HTML running on a MSSQL back end with Javascript and Linux scripting Results can be seen at www.curvesinternational.com, www.curveswebsites.com, www.moleculef.com. e-commerce and Marketing oriented websites. All the sites I developed are successful and doing well.Built and Maintained an Oracle RAC for Abbot-Labs ImmunologyMaintained a monotone CVS and release management

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Various contract jobs

Primary job was to manage user accounts for both the "GAMES" and "ADMIN" networks, consisting of some 5000 accounts. Secondary responsibilities included troubleshooting PC hardware, print servers, and user issues

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Key part of the design team for the AS 400Primary duty was to troubleshoot and identify code breaks in the 40,000,000 lines of source code contained in the Service Processor. (similar to the BIOS in a PC)Identified hardware problems and replaced defective hardware.On call 24 hours a day.Worked with all models of the AS400 product line including NorthStar/Shrew/Vole hardware. Up to the new hardware yet to be officially released, code name Regatta.New hardware is supported under V5R2 release of code.Technologies worked with include J-TAG, RIO, SMP, Clustering, and LPAR (logical partitioning).Required to setup the networking for the various machines under tests.Inputting IP address, netmask, DNS servers and Gateway. Agile/SCRUM development methodologyRunning new network cable, patching new connections, and setting up routes.Patched AS400 Servers

Law, Torts And Constitutional Law

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