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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

Managed Operations of Multiple Classified Networks including the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF-DCGS).Solaris servers and clients in a collaborative environment.LDAP & accounts, HA(High Availability) clusters with heartbeat Backups/Clones, RAIDs, NFS v3, cable management, Imaging, Configuration Management, hardware, system troubleshooting.Microsoft Windows server 2003-8r2 and Windows XP-Vista.Active Directory, OU Management, Exchange, DNS, DFS, Group PolicyScientific LinuxSystem recovery, backups, configuration, System security. Apache.Maintained and troubleshot network infrastructure, cryptographic equipment, and switching systems.Coordinated outage resolutions with sources on local, national and international levels.Delivered optimal connectivity in mission-critical environment. Sudden downtime could cause mission failure, and possibly; loss of life in overseas contingency operations.

•Managed Operations of Multiple Classified Networks including the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF-DCGS).------Solaris servers and clients in a collaborative environment.-----------LDAP & accounts, HA(High Availability) clusters with heartbeat Backups/Clones, RAIDs, NFS v3, cable management, Imaging, Configuration Management, hardware, system troubleshooting.-----------Microsoft Windows server 2003-8r2 and Windows XP-Vista.-----------Active Directory, OU Management, Exchange, DNS, DFS, Group Policy------Scientific Linux-----------System recovery, backups, configuration, System security. Apache.------Maintained and troubleshot network infrastructure, cryptographic equipment, and switching systems.------Coordinated resolutions with sources on local, national and international levels.------Delivered optimal connectivity in mission-critical environment. Downtime could cause mission failure, and possibly; loss of life.Deliver optimal connectivity in mission-critical environments. Set up and manage secure user accounts, supervise transition of LAN classification levels, direct backups and clones. Coordinates with sources on local, national and international levels to resolve issues. Develop and implement operating procedures and maintain logs to track network events.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Cultivates a team which provides automated solutions to build, package, and deploy code and configurations. Solves complex problems to ensure repeatability, redundancy and scalability of deployment methodologies and give the work to the bots. Expert in Linux CLI. mid-level python programmer.Designs flexible, repeatable and scalable architectures using private and public cloud, and multi-cloud solutions. Migrated from on-prem, to AWS ec2, to containers in kubernetes in one year as business needs dictated.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Maintains uptime of various RedHat services on 1000+ servers in an internationally distributed network with a strong focus on both security and customer experience.Engineers, troubleshoots and maintains remote systems running RHEL5 and RHEL6 to ensure maximum uptime.Subject matter expert with operating Microsoft Windows and RedHat Linux in a heterogeneous environment.Engineers various solutions to streamline processes and mitigate security risks.Routinely automates repetitive tasks(with descriptive comments and standardized scripting practices) to increase the team's efficiency.Identifies security risks routinely and provides solutions to mitigate or manage the risk.Designs a RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Development Environment to streamline solution development.Builds custom RPMs to change functionality for existing software, including back-porting newer software and creating custom solutions to achieve specific tasks.Maintains enterprise services such as LDAP, Kerberos, and DNS.Provides solutions for advanced authentication mechanisms such as Kerberos cross-realm and two-factor authentication. Provisions systems with the Red Hat Satellite Server and builds specialized kick-starts to meet the organizational requirements.Subject matter expert with Subversion, and GIT for change management.Works with puppet to provide formal configuration-management.Strictly adheres to best-practices for troubleshooting and uses Root-Cause Analysis to isolate and prevent re-occurrence of issues.Mentors. trains, and supports junior administrators to cultivate a well experienced team with great ideas and clear vision for the future.Interfaces with external customers on a regular basis to help coordinate patching, troubleshooting, change management, and recovery procedures.Provides customer with excellent support for networking systems as well with experience with Cisco switches and routers, Cisco IOS, the OSI model, and routing protocols.

Pembroke, Ma, Us

•Performed distributed management of multiple nodes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux clusters running Rocks/Cobbler.•Configured rsyslog and Splunk to provide the customer with reader-friendly reports.•Designed and implemented complex CFEngine configurations which aligned hundreds of nodes on 8 Linux clusters to meet over 200 DoD security objectives without affecting production or workplace efficiency.•Provided customer with custom scripts in both bash and Perl.•Prevented production outage by resolving an input/output issue that was filling logs.•Resolved multiple configuration issues on Linux clusters.

•Provided systems support for USAF RedFlag war games------Supported the Image Product Library running on Solaris.•Provided Audio-Visual and Systems support for Threat Training Facility Conferences.------3 separate networks of differing security classifications and requirements.oInterfaced with POC’s to facilitate multiple daily events requiring varying/multiple security classifications and degrees of Audio-Visual, and IT Support.•Provided daily IT support for over 103 users between 3 office buildings.•Seamlessly re-imaged and provisioned 123 systems from Windows Vista to Windows 7•Supported the Unit Intelligence Training Program and associated software. •General Unit Support Projects.------Access Databases, SharePoint, websites, VBA and VBScripting. Supports the unit Ancillary Training Program, Intelligence Training, and general requirements as necessary in order increase workplace efficiency including databases, web sites, and scripting. Maintains an Automatic Data Processing Equipment(ADPE) account, maintaining 100% accountability of all allotted equipment, and providing continuity for the unit. Maintains the Air Combat Command 547th IS Sharepoint Site.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electronic Systems Technology

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Computer Science

Is, Information Systems

Comptia Security +, Information Systems Security

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diploma Programs