A dedicated, self-driven Systems Engineer with 8+ years of Linux and Solaris systems administration experience, who combines hands-on technical operations and team management to successfully build and support enterprise-level projects. Extensive knowledge of colocation operations, as well as hardware/software configuration and maintenance - both physical and virtual. Integral team player, recognized for a willingness to go the extra mile, whether it's working with vendors at any hour, covering additional on-call duties for the team, or maximizing every minute of a remote datacenter visit to exceed planned objectives. Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with both management and technical teams.· Server administration: Red Hat / CentOS Linux, Sun / Oracle Solaris 10, limited Windows 200x Server· Server hardware: SPARC/x86 (Sun/Oracle), x86 (Dell PowerEdge, HP Proliant, IBM xSeries,custom server builds)· Storage: Sun X4500/X4540 “Thumper/Thor” storage server, ZFS, Netapp· Virtualization: Xen, Solaris Zones· Configuration Management: Kickstart, Yum, Cfengine, Netgroup-based scripts for command/file distribution· File servers: NFS, Samba· Mail servers: Qmail, Sendmail· Monitoring: CA SystemEDGE, Nagios · Scripting: Shell scripting, Perl· Dev Support: LAMP (Linux, Apache webserver, PHP (mod_php), MySQL), Tomcat· Backup: Legato Networker, CA ArcServe H/W: Sun StorageTek SL48, ADIC Scalar 100 stacker· Networking: VLAN, DHCP, & DNS, Iptables, Foundry/Brocade switches