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Provided day to day support for large client WebSphere Portal implementation and website ♦ Implemented strict DISA controls on AIX platforms ♦ Implemented custom monitoring for Application Servers ♦ Leveraged Tripwire solution to monitor security stance ♦ Created and managed platform documentation and SOPs ♦ Applied upgrades and patches to a variety of hardware and software products ♦ Managed Google Search Appliance solution ♦ Provided hardware and software direction for customer.Accomplishments• Maintained audit ready posture and received no findings• Implemented Tripwire security solution on AIX platform• Automated review and management of WebSphere logs for problem management• Played key role in migration from Portal 6 to Portal 8

Provided day to day Unix systems support and led the Unix support team in service delivery ♦ Interacted with customers, maintained and promoted growth in customer relationships ♦ Guided and assisted customers in reaching IT goals. Suggested improvements to customer’s landscape and aided in delivery of said improvements ♦ Created and adopted processes for service delivery ♦ Maintained systems to strict service level agreements and audit controls ♦ Assisted application teams and database administrators in designing and implementing new projects and solutions ♦ Performed changes, both hardware and software to environment and systems ♦ Applied security patches to address known concerns ♦ Handled problem escalation and resolution process ♦ Sought out and implemented time and money saving opportunities ♦ Prepared and executed disaster recovery plans ♦ Followed corporate change and problem management procedures ♦ Provided a good work environment and good leadership model for the support team ♦ Capitalized on team strengths and built solid support team to deliver quality service to customers ♦ Developed training materials and provided no cost training to team ♦ Self taught many subjects and made use of low or no cost training ♦ Routinely worked across geographical boundaries to deliver solutions ♦ Provided on-call support to multiple customers.

Senior Systems Administrator - Thomson Multimedia 1998-2001Served as AIX Systems group team lead ♦ Worked closely with applications groups, implementing new applications and troubleshooting application problems ♦ Administered IBM3494 tape library and ADSM backup software ♦ Interfaced IBM RS6000s with EMC disk arrays ♦ Installed and maintained both AIX and Solaris platforms ♦ Worked all aspects of troubleshooting problems, including hardware, software, and network ♦ Coordinated on call pager duties ♦ Coordinated projects and activities with DBA and applications support teams ♦ Assign projects to two contracted employees ♦ Maintain hardware housing critical business applications including Warehouse Management, Supply Chain, and Data Warehouse in development, test and production arenas ♦ Maintained over six terabytes of disk storage.

74F10 Programmer/Analyst - US Army 1992-1998Administered IBM mainframe, oracle databases and AIX systems supporting US Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center (EREC)’s operations ♦ Developed oracle applications to support move from IBM mainframe to RS6000 architecture ♦ Provided desk side support for EREC personnel ♦ Maintained COBOL code for EREC computer operations ♦ Created and taught training classes to military and civilian personnel.

Master Of Business Administration , Information Technology Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Technology

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Commandant’s List

Computer Science

Honor Graduate

Computer Science

Engineering

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha

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