Create and design infrastructure solutions for customers and Oracle.Create design and user acceptance test documentation and carry out of these tests.Install and implement design infrastructure solutions for customers.Provide unofficial training for customers which bought various new technologies from Oracle corporation.Provide support for customers installations.Installation of Oracle VM 3.x x86 and SPARC environments.Installation of Pillar Axiom 600 storage.Install… Show more Create and design infrastructure solutions for customers and Oracle.Create design and user acceptance test documentation and carry out of these tests.Install and implement design infrastructure solutions for customers.Provide unofficial training for customers which bought various new technologies from Oracle corporation.Provide support for customers installations.Installation of Oracle VM 3.x x86 and SPARC environments.Installation of Pillar Axiom 600 storage.Install and configure Brocade switches.Install of various Oracle infrastructure solutions to customers including but not limited to Oracle X86 servers, Oracle T3 and T4 servers, Oracle SL150 tape Libraries, Brocade switches, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris 10/11and M-series servers.Installation of Oracle clusters. Show less

Delivering Application Readiness Service on behalf of Sun Microsystems such as: Creating design documentation to assist with installation. Installing systems and creating test procedure plans to test installations.Certify Sun Clusters installed by Partner engineers. Give presentations on various Sun Technologies to customers. Troubleshooting of Sun Hardware and software. Deliver on site training for customers. Setup and installation of Sun hardware and software… Show more Delivering Application Readiness Service on behalf of Sun Microsystems such as: Creating design documentation to assist with installation. Installing systems and creating test procedure plans to test installations.Certify Sun Clusters installed by Partner engineers. Give presentations on various Sun Technologies to customers. Troubleshooting of Sun Hardware and software. Deliver on site training for customers. Setup and installation of Sun hardware and software virtualization products for customers including: Dynamic System Domains, LDOMS, ZFS and Solaris ZONES (Containers).Installation of Oracle VM for x86 (Versions 2.x and 3.x) Installation of Oracle VM for SPARC (Logical Domains versions 1.x and 2.x) Installation of various Fujitsu servers using ServerView. Installation and configuration of Fujitsu ServerView Central Management Station and agents on Fujitsu servers and storage. Implementation of Clustered solutions in South Africa as well as neighboring African countries such as Mozambique and Botswana. Delivering training courses for Oracle Corporation and Fujitsu. Respond to calls logged by Oracle Corporation to assist partners with professional services problems. Respond to calls logged by Oracle Corporation to assist in various brake fix tasks. Configure aliases, zones and zone configurations on SAN switchesConsolidate SAN environments. (Merging fabrics) Show less

Delivering Application Readiness Service on behalf of Sun Microsystems.Certify Sun Clusters installed by Partner engineers.Give presentations on various Sun Technologies to customers.Assist in troubleshooting of Sun Hardware and software.Deliver on site training for customers.Setup and installation of Sun hardware and software virtualization products for customers including: Dynamic System Domains, LDOMS, ZFS and Solaris ZONES(Containers).Performance, Capacity planning… Show more Delivering Application Readiness Service on behalf of Sun Microsystems.Certify Sun Clusters installed by Partner engineers.Give presentations on various Sun Technologies to customers.Assist in troubleshooting of Sun Hardware and software.Deliver on site training for customers.Setup and installation of Sun hardware and software virtualization products for customers including: Dynamic System Domains, LDOMS, ZFS and Solaris ZONES(Containers).Performance, Capacity planning and growth analysis using TeamQuest.Implementation of Clustered solutions. Show less

My duties as instructor consisted of training and certifying of Sun Partner Engineers. I had to create various training material for the courses that I presented. The courses include:Sun Sparc Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000/M9000+ server training.SunFire 12K, 15K, 20K and 25K Administration and troubleshooting.SunFire 3800-6900 Troubleshooting USIII/USIV product range.Installation of Sun Storage Traffic Manager Software (STMS).Internet Protocol Multi Pathing… Show more My duties as instructor consisted of training and certifying of Sun Partner Engineers. I had to create various training material for the courses that I presented. The courses include:Sun Sparc Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000/M9000+ server training.SunFire 12K, 15K, 20K and 25K Administration and troubleshooting.SunFire 3800-6900 Troubleshooting USIII/USIV product range.Installation of Sun Storage Traffic Manager Software (STMS).Internet Protocol Multi Pathing Software (IPMP).T3 and T3+ Administration and troubleshooting.Design and administration of Storage Area Networks using Qlogic switches.Sun Storedge 3120, 3310, 3320, 3510, 3511entry level Storage.Sun StorageTek 2510,2530,2540 entry level storage.Sun storageTek 6140, 6540 midrange storage.Sun StorEdge™ 6320 System and 6120 Array Support Readiness Training.Solaris Volume ManagerVeritas Volume Manager Show less

I was responsible to present the following courses to partners and customers:Enterprise 10000 Administration.SunFire 15000 Administration.Field Support Essentials Desktop to Enterprise server range.Elementary Storage from unipack to A5x00.Veritas Volume manager 3.x.Field support essentials Sunfire 280R to Sunfire 6800.Storage T3 and Storage Area Network switch.System Administration.A3000, A3500 and A3500fc administration.

Installation of Sun Solaris (Various versions), on various platforms ranging from SPARC Classic to Enterprise 6500.Minimal installation experience on E10000.Install and setup hardware devices at client sites including tape streamers, auto loaders, hard disks,multipacks, unipacks, print servers, printers, storage arrays, network arrays (A5x00) and A3500FC.Perform various System Administration tasks: Create and maintain ufs filesystems for use with Database and applications. Create… Show more Installation of Sun Solaris (Various versions), on various platforms ranging from SPARC Classic to Enterprise 6500.Minimal installation experience on E10000.Install and setup hardware devices at client sites including tape streamers, auto loaders, hard disks,multipacks, unipacks, print servers, printers, storage arrays, network arrays (A5x00) and A3500FC.Perform various System Administration tasks: Create and maintain ufs filesystems for use with Database and applications. Create and maintain user accounts.Problem determination and correction on SUN platforms.Development of shell scripts (Korn and Bourne shells)Assist clients in installation and use of following software: Sun Management Center, Solstice Backup and SPARC Compilers.Installation and configuration of disk management software including Solstice Disksuite, Veritas Volume Manager and Raid Manager.Create and maintain internal website to assist engineers.Software and hardware upgrades at client sites. Show less

Various Solaris and Sun Hardware administration tasks. Certified as Solaris System Administrator instructor for Solaris 7

Worked as a computer Operator on IBM mainframe for +- 4 years.In this period I progressed from junior operator to shift leader.My tasks included scheduling of production tasks, Problem determination, networks, backups, printing on high-speed laser printers, change control and motivating subordinates.