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Provide AIX and Linux support to our Manages Services customers.

Southfield, Mi

Southfield, Mi

Provided on-site AIX support for p655 High Performance Computing environment at Ford Motor Company. Additionally supported large key accounts implementing pSeries.• Served as Regional Designated Specialist for Oracle installations on System p. • Created system health check ksh scripts to verify pSeries system configuration and supported best practices• Captured and analyzed performance data from iostat, sar , vmstat, svmon, topas and nmon tools• Performance tuned AIX virtual memory using vmo and ioo for both HPC and database environments.• Participated in multiple AIX Certification exam writings sessions as a Power Systems Subject Matter Expert (SME)• Worked on benchmarks and trials for Oracle database on System p• Worked on PeopleSoft migration from HP UX to IBM AIX at Ford Motor Company• Provided technical expertise and system design for large SAP install at DTE on pSeries• Instructed AIX and LPAR training classes for competitive accounts that were moving to System p and new to AIX• Designed LPAR layout document for Power4/5 system to aid in the LPAR creation process and shared with the central region Technical Sales team

Southfield, Mi

Provided on-site AIX support for p655 HPC environment at Ford Motor Company- Regional Designated Specialist for Oracle on System p- Created system health check scripts to verify pSeries system setup- Captured and analyzed performance data from iostat, sar , vmstat, svmon and nmon tools- Performance tuned AIX virtual memory using ioo for both HPC and database environments.- Participated in many AIX technical exam writings as a AIX SME- Worked on benchmarks and trials for Oracle on System p- Worked on PeopleSoft migration from HP to IBM at Ford Motor Company- Provided technical expertise and system design for large SAP install at DTE on pSeries- Instructed AIX and LPAR training classes for competitive accounts that were moving to System

Troy, Mi

Recruited to manage corporate wide backup using Syncsort Backup software on Qualstar AIT library.• Standardized UNIX server environments to run AIX and IBM eServer equipment.• Implemented Oracle 8i database for bank financial applications.• Managed HACMP fail-over environment across two eServer S80 servers.• Served as Technical Lead for all UNIX environments.• Provided day to day technical support and problem resolution for UNIX systems hosting banking software environments.• Maintained and also migrated application workloads from HP UX and Sun Solaris to AIX.• Managed daily backups of servers and maintained off-site storage of recovery media.

Bloomfield Hills, Mi

Provided technical expertise for leasing application on RS/6000. Managed day-to-day system administration activities. • Converted local UNIX accounts to use NIS as corporate security infrastructure• Implemented RAID strategy for SSA attached disk for Informix database• Tuned AIX to support Informix and optimize I/O storage subsystem• Created automated backup and verified scripts for system backups using AIX mksysb • Created customized printer backend for system printers using Unix lpr• Optimized disk strategy by using software and hardware striping and RAID 1 for AIX systems

Farmington Hills, Mi

Promoted to corporate headquarters providing RS/6000 technical support for corporation with 14 locations. Work was completed on IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000, PCs, X-Terminals, AIX, TCP/IP, SNA, NFS and EDI• Managed EDI communications to trading partners to reduce paper and tape (4mm, 8mm. 9-track) updates.• Automated Sterling Connect/Mailbox to process files when dialup transmissions are complete using ksh scripting• Implemented RS/6000 hospital Cloverleaf interface engine to 14 hospitals in Michigan and Iowa• Implemented corporate wide TCP/IP addressing and communications via frame relay• Configured PC to access RS/6000, AS/400 and Novell Networks• Installed and configured NetWare for SAA Gateway to AS/400• Configured SNA communications between RS/6000 and AS/400• Created standards for backup, user profiles, and security for RS/6000• Administered and maintained RS/6000 servers for Interface engine and Cerner applications

Bachelor'S Degree, Data Processing

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Data Processing