Peter Blackburn Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Assist with the management and support of Unix/Linux servers that run custom services.Responsibilities:* Assist with the management and support of Unix/Linux servers.* Proficient technical skills around the Linux/UNIX operating system.* Follow guides to implement best practices, develop efficiencies, and improve department’s scalability.* The ability to work in a client facing, fast paced environment with minimal supervision and major responsibility.* Knowledge… Show more Assist with the management and support of Unix/Linux servers that run custom services.Responsibilities:* Assist with the management and support of Unix/Linux servers.* Proficient technical skills around the Linux/UNIX operating system.* Follow guides to implement best practices, develop efficiencies, and improve department’s scalability.* The ability to work in a client facing, fast paced environment with minimal supervision and major responsibility.* Knowledge of IT environments, technologies, system hosting infrastructure, including Cloud providers and their platforms is required.* You will work very closely with other groups to resolve problems, deploy and release new products and create solutions to provide world class service, solutions and support. Show less

Chicago, Il

Executes high-level system design, troubleshooting, and engineering support of multiple servers running UNIX platform in domestic/international locations. Facilitates UNIX, Solaris, Linux, cloud, and virtualization engineers; manages vendor relationships. Designs Solaris build process and Solaris & Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) set up process (System Configurator). Partners with security risk team on Solaris vulnerability analysis and environment applicability. Specializes in firmware… Show more Executes high-level system design, troubleshooting, and engineering support of multiple servers running UNIX platform in domestic/international locations. Facilitates UNIX, Solaris, Linux, cloud, and virtualization engineers; manages vendor relationships. Designs Solaris build process and Solaris & Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) set up process (System Configurator). Partners with security risk team on Solaris vulnerability analysis and environment applicability. Specializes in firmware evaluations and hardware certifications. Provides third-level Solaris and RHEL operating platform support to systems administrators, application support teams, and engineering teams across business groups for multiple systems.* Provided 10G CNA certification/configuration on Solaris 10, RHEL 5, and RHEL 6 platforms with VLAN tagged trunking over LACP LAGs.* Streamlined global business operations and reduced support time by leading first common build standardized staging for Solaris 10, using Perl, public programs, and public libraries.* Generated reproducibility, ease of updates, and reductions in System Administrator workload by leading the development of SUS (Solaris Update Service): an in-house solution for patch, package, and generic update deployment to Solaris 10 systems.* Reduced installation issues by certifying SPARC hardware platforms and firmware time-to-deployment releases to ensure compatibility and functionality.* Solved networking configuration, enabling the migration of old servers to consolidated new systems and subsequent reduction in operating risk and cost utilizing Oracle Solaris LDoms* Revamped next-generation network infrastructure with network engineers* Garnered extensive X86 hardware experience, including certification work with Dell M1000 Blade Chassis and M630 server blades Show less

Chicago, Il

Spearheaded large-scale Solaris and Oracle SPARC projects. Diagnosed and solved system issues. Supported Samba configurations, Sendmail, and internet mail routing. Created and maintained PERL and shell scripts for administrative functions. Advised in hiring process and mentored junior team members. Participated in setting local and global standards for name space, hardware, and UNIX OS. Interfaced with internal IT security group. Assisted with infrastructure integration during company mergers… Show more Spearheaded large-scale Solaris and Oracle SPARC projects. Diagnosed and solved system issues. Supported Samba configurations, Sendmail, and internet mail routing. Created and maintained PERL and shell scripts for administrative functions. Advised in hiring process and mentored junior team members. Participated in setting local and global standards for name space, hardware, and UNIX OS. Interfaced with internal IT security group. Assisted with infrastructure integration during company mergers. Provided third-level support for Solaris operating platform.Select Achievements* Enabled instant communication across global teams by developing, debugging, and rolling out custom global IRC (chat) infrastructure.* Built new Solaris Staging framework and UNIX System Configurator for provisioning servers.* Designed new SMTP email infrastructure comprised of centralized email servers and firewalled Internet Gateway servers for company email exchange with the Internet. Show less

Chicago, Il

Oak Brook, Il

Chicago, Il