- Subcontracted to HP to support the Bridges system for the State of Michigan- Acted as primary system administrator for close to 100 Linux and Solaris boxes- Acted as technical guide to management when initiating new projects- Automated processes through scripts using languages such as Perl, Shell, and Python- Built, managed, and migrated virtual machines using VMWare and Oracle Virtualization for SPARC- Worked with development team to ensure the application would perform optimally in the environment- Assisted migration of systems to Active Directory authentication using Centrify- Took core dumps as needed to assist debugging efforts- Deployed Nagios monitoring infrastructure- Assisted with equipment purchase, deployment, and configuration- Interfaced with auditors to ensure PCI and IRS security requirements were met- Served in a 24/7 on-call capacity, ensuring production outages were minimized- Assisted with code releases and deployments- Managed massive database clusters with hundreds of terabytes of storage and terabytes of RAM per node- Assisted other groups in troubleshooting problems, often with software outside my expertise

- Supported a number of systems across two data centers running multiple Unix operating systems- Assisted with data migration to facilitate a trans-continental datacenter move- Configured zoning on Brocade and Cisco SAN switches- Successfully moved an entire SAN fabric from a distributed architecture to a core-switch architecture- Performed mapping, masking, and general storage operations using Symcli on an EMC Symmetrix- Served as a backup SAN administrator for an IBM DS8000 - Configured and supported real time data replication across multiple sites with SRDF, Clones, and BCVs- Participated in disaster recovery exercises three times yearly- Deployed and configured SAN historical performance monitoring tool using Cacti