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Dallas, Texas, United States

• Problem resolution through analysis and troubleshooting technical issues and problems. I used deployment of solutions and workarounds to provide customer satisfaction. This included choice of solutions to mitigate.
• Classic VSI and Baremetal OS support. Host network configuration.
• Did some training and practical work with Kubernetes. Including creation, troubleshooting, and configuration of clusters.
• vCenter troubleshooting support
• Plesk and cPanel support
• VMware NSX support and training

Dallas, Texas

VMware RHEL 5.11 and 6.6 server based platform management and server creation. Oracle VM linux OS guest client creation (Fedora 23, Oracle Linux 7.2, and Ubuntu 15.10). Adding and resizing LVM space to VM based servers.Installation of vmtools to many RHEL 5 and 6 based servers. Linux OS upgrades and scheduled updates through the use of Spacewalk content.

Carrolton, TX

Administration and maintenance of Ubuntu and CentOS 64bit HP Proliant servers. Server updates through the yum tool. Mapping of servers, devices and circuits in the main server room. Creation of in house security monitoring tools, as well as Certificate aging monitoring software. Created an application to monitor the ATS switch (for power outages) at our.

Dallas, Teexas

Directed team responses to Change Management Requests or (CMARs)..Scheduling of team responses to database requests from other groups.Weekly team meetings to discuss problem fixes and new edicts from upper management.

Richardson, Texas

UNIX System/Integration Administrator for Teradyne Southwest Region (Texas and Arizona).

Reston, Virginia

System Enigineer/Administrator for a secure compartmentalized NIS NFS environment.

Seattle, Washington

Performed administrative, group equipment cost analysis and evaluation.Coordinated and controlled materials based Engineering documentation. To be added to Boeing's Design Manuals.Rebuilt this group from scratch after a major company layoff.

Renton, Washington

Accountable for update and availability of Material Process standards including selecting and categorizing sealants, lubricants, anodizing, and coatings for use on metallic aircraft surfaces in various environments. Updated aircraft plating and coating processes.