Responsible for automation of 400 security servers that monitor intrusions across General Electric worldwide. Write and debug Saltstack automation code in bash, python, jinja to deploy packages, configuration files, and to implement commands to servers. Also manage automation for network of 300 vms on AWS. Work and advise operations team on Linux administration and troubleshooting. Deployed Sensu network monitoring with self-healing to grid. Work with Splunk.

Capital One February 2015 to present. Application support specialist and AWS. Engaged in Amazon Web Services training and technology, specifically, the setup, administration, configuration, and automated build of RedHat Linux. Also configured elastic load balancers, EBS storage. Also built databases such as mysql and Oracle. Built Weblogic 11, Oracle db 11.VMware vCenter 5.5 and 6.0. Built virtual machines – VMWare 5.5, 6.0 -- from templates. On team to advise Capital One of AWS issues. Build basic AWS systems and wrote documentation explaining the process to corporate teams.

Responsible for data center escalation issues, including HP and Quanta database platforms, switch issues, servers and associated hardware such as Adaptec/HP/Megaraid controllers, motherboards, DIMMs, CPUs. Serve as on-call for night escalations of server failures. Act as liaison between data center operations team and customers. Trained entry-level engineers in advanced concepts of troubleshooting and Linux operating system skills. Wrote Python scripts. Amazon contract.

Syslogic Technical Services Inc., Ashburn Virginia. May 2012 to April 2014. Linux engineer. Built 300+ high-availability streaming video clusters on Verizon VMWare cloud, which included Telestream, Rhozet, Amberfin, Inter Baton, and Pulsar on Windows 2008 R2 platforms with Netapp 8.1 clustered storage and networked through Flex 10 architecture. Built and configured Linux Redhat Rhel 6 Splunk indexing /logging servers. Was Nagios monitoring admin for Verizon team – set up servers, clients, configurations, troubleshooting. Built and configured HP BL460c G6 blades. Built Oracle 12c database servers. Built database tables. Used Sequential Query Language (SQL) to test tables. Built Tomcat 6 and 7 servers. Wrote perl / bash scripts for system maintenance. Built WebLogic 11 application servers and worked with team to maintain administrative and managed nodes servers. Implemented Netapp storage for Oracle databases. Set up Soap testing system to test performance of application servers. Built VMware vCenter 5.5, ESXi 5 hosts. Configured NFS/CIFS storage on NetApp 8.1 and configured iSCSI volumes. All systems were virtual machines built on VMware ESX 5 using VCenter 5.0. Upgraded OS on HP Virtual Connect 3.7.0. Implemented group policies on Active Directory servers. Built clustered Linux/Windows servers. Verizon contract.

Stefanni, Richmond, Virginia, February 2012 to May 2012. Worked on Northrop Grumman Virginia Information Technology Agency contract. Troubleshot Powerpath multipath issues, Handle HP blade server DL 360 C outages. Reconfigured interfaces on servers. General maintenance duties on Oracle Enterprise Linux operating systems.

Agilex Technologies, Chantilly, Virginia, September 2010 to August 2011. Built, configured, implemented KVM virtual machine servers on Red Hat Linux for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Common Infrastructure Platform, a proof-of-concept project. Built, configured OVM VM server on Red Hat. Worked with VMWare ESXi 4 platforms and vCenter. Support Oracle database team. Installed modsecurity, mod_ssl, mod_php on Apache 2.2.17 servers. Built syslog server. Configured logrotate on servers. Developed scripts in bash and perl for password automation. Built Oracle Linux servers for Exalogic rack. Built Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Rhel 5 guests on KVM. Built several WebLogic 10.3.5 servers. Familiar with F5 load balancing. Wrote perl script to analyze database log connections file.

Unisys, Washington, D.C., March 2007 to July 2010. Linux engineer. Developed WebSphere web and application servers on Dell PowerEdge 1950s, 2950s. Developed password automation scripts. Do Linux maintenance on existing computer network. Veritas NetBackup 6.2.0 automation scripts, backups, restores, system troubleshooting. Installed IBM DB2 and worked with database administrator on setup up and maintaining databases. Developed network-wide Dell Open Manager IT Assistant SNMP-based server monitoring system. Built, configured, deployed Redhat Satellite Server 5.2.0. Built and deployed Kickstart servers for various Redhat OS versions. Was Hobbit admin for Unisys team -- built, deployed, and maintained this monitoring solution for datacenter at U.S. DOJ. Sun Directory Manager LDAP installation, deployment, troubleshooting. Set up VLANs on Cisco 4607 switch. Troublehoot layer 2 connectivity. Set up Ethernet connections to switch. Checkpoint firewall configurations. Held National Agency Check clearance. U.S. Department of Justice contract.

Bearing Point, Springfield, Virginia, November 2006 to February 2007. Engineer. Worked with virtual machine network, including database servers and Cisco 3500 switches. Built and configured VMware ESX 3.0 and VMware Virtual Server 1.0.1. Configured Vmotion on Redhat Linux AS 4 HP servers for migrations. Currently developing RHN Satellite server network. Do Linux maintenance on existing computer network. Bearing Point is a contractor to Department of Defense.

Federated IT, Stafford, Virginia, December 2005 to September 2006. Engineer. Designed Linux Redhat 4 servers for various projects. Built Solaris 10 OS for Sunfire V210 (SPARC) servers and for x86 platforms; installed OS and set up network connectivity, interface configurations, routes, DNS client. Built Windows 2003 servers, including teamed interfaces, SQL server installation, Service Pack builds, repair disk, connection to switches. Developed NetIQ monitoring network. Configuration work with Alteon 2424 switches, including interface-to-VLAN mapping, frame tagging and trunking implementations. Worked with Checkpoint firewall to add subnets to existing network. Apache configuration. SSL encryption/certificates. Set up stand-alone LDAP (SLADP) server. Troubleshooting on Department of Homeland Security Linux-based portal. Bash and perl scripting for alerting and auditing. FederatedIT is a sub-contractor to Battelle and Department of Homeland Security.

Raytheon, Greenbelt, Maryland, August 2000 to November 2005. Serve on operations staff at NASA. Responsible for identifying and troubleshooting LAN/WAN connectivity issues on Cisco/Bay/Juniper/3Com. Examine TCP/IP and UDP/IP layer connectivity issues. Use HP Open View SNMP monitoring software. Work in Sun UNIX environment. Troubleshoot OSPF and RIP issues. Isolate and resolve CSMACD issues. Write data monitoring software/GUIs using Perl and bash scripting. Have been cited several times for outstanding troubleshooting on behalf of NASA customers and users. Troubleshoot synchronous network connectivity issues on T1s and partial T1s. Work extensively to troubleshoot switches and hubs. Have configured Cisco 2516 routers. Held National Agency Check clearance. Raytheon is a contractor to NASA.