Provides advanced technical services.

System install, linux-ha clustering, STIG/SCAP compliance, rhel7 support, IBM Blade center installs, IBM storage array (fibre-channel) configurations.

Storage deployment and maintenance, monitoring, Foreman/Katello i.e. Redhat Satellite 6.x deployment and configuration. Technical Linux/Unix support, general MS Windows support.

Built custom Redhat Linux kickstart installation kits for custom standalone platforms. Worked on Bacula as a standard backup system for isolated systems over 100Tbytes in size. Designed standalone kits for simple data recovery of standalone systems. Maintaining existing VMware environment and Hadoop cluster. Assisting engineers with Linux related issues. Provided technical support for building standalone Oracle based test and data analysis systems.

Supported both Linux workstations and servers. Deployed and maintained vSphere (3.0-5.x) now currently over 330 VMs (Linux and Windows). Developed HA storage solution with Linux clustering for VMware environment using Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) to provide seamless fail-over in disaster recovery scenarios. Assisted the deployment of Zenoss to monitor system environments. Deployed and maintained Nexsan Fibre-Channel storage arrays. Provided Remote Desktop as a standard service for all Linux systems through the deployment of XRDP. Debugged and modified open-source code then provided changes to the authors. Aided end-users with compilation support of various tools such as GNU GSL math libraries and Octave (MathWorks MatLab equivalent system). Helped users deploy application environments via VMs to customer sites for demonstrations. Worked with NFS, iSCSI and FC technologies for storage deployment. Deployed, configured and maintained Dell PowerConnect 10Gbit network switches for VMware vSphere network connectivity. Provided custom Redhat Kickstart configurations for various projects. Developed PXE build setup for HADOOP cluster. Deployed and verified TSM for Virtual Environments for backing up the VMs. Developed custom backup solution using Bacula for isolated 100TByte storage solutions.

Supported Solaris, Linux, Tru-64/Trucluster systems. Deployed Oracle-RAC on Compaq/HP TruClusuter platform. Also deployed Oracle-OPS with HP-UX (ServiceGuard)/clustered systems.Installed and maintained system-wide backup environment using LT0 technology. Deployed and maintain mid-size storage area network and arrays. Deployed and tested disaster/recovery systems and procedures. Installed,deployed and maintained network/system monitoring software (HP Openview) and it's Oracle backend database. Worked with DBA to improve system and database performance for all Oracle databases.

Deploying network equipment. Maintaining routers, switches and T1 modems (csu/dsu). Working with both Verizon and ATT to maintain connectivity to over 30 remote sites via X-25/X-29 protocols. Deployed remote network monitoring probes via "Network Instrument" software.

Maintained various desktops (Windows and Apple/MACs). Installed/deployed Oracle 7i for Windows applications. Migrated Oracle 6 to Oracle 7 data-structures for Waters HPLC instrumentation. Deployed and maintained Waters Millennium32 software environment. Maintained OpenVms, Linux,Windows and SGI IRIX operating systems. Installed/Debugged open source software. Deployed Cyrus/IMAP and SAMBA/CIFS to create an unified serving environment for all desktop users. Deployed/maintained DNS for research center. Designed,deployed and maintained network topology to support user community. Provided technical support to colleagues and staff.Installed and deployed network monitoring software (Cabletron/Arisma) Spectrum.

Migrated environment to OpenVMS from CDC NOS enviroment. Installed and deployed NNTP base news service for education community. Assisted telecommuncation staff with installation and maintenance of both local and remote (WAN) network equipment. Managed Cisco network routers and X-29 switches and terminal servers. Deployed and maintained freeware based network monitoring software (psi net). Installed and maintained Openview Cluster. Help maintained Ingres database server for DBA and spplications.

Supplied ad-hoc services for client on various of support issues.. Clients were:Babson College, Genetics Institute (now Wyeth), Genzyme, and Crosby Vandenburgh Group.

Continued support and maintenance of Spherical multiwire proportional gas x-ray detector used for protein crystallography. Design and implemented additional features for state of art x-ray detector.

Supported mid to large size VAX systems used by 300-400 medical personnel. Managed and instructed rotating staff of operators and technical support personnel to maintain backup and recovery system. Installed and maintain hospital network (Decnet and TCPIP based networks). Maintained microwave and fibre base WAN between research centers. Installed/maintained routers, repeaters, bridges and terminal servers throughout the hospitcal-wide network.Maintained third-party application software (Clinfo, SAS, Tapesys and Ingres) for the user community. Evaluted UNIX based operating systems (Sunos, AIX and ATT System V) for use in analyzing MIR/NMR data.