• Optimize performance and streamline operations by configuring Kickstart servers to automate custom profile installation, significantly reducing server installation time down to minutes.• Spearhead engineering, design, administration, management and converged infrastructure of high performance Linux environment, including comprehensive configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.• Collaborate with database and application administrators to swiftly identify and resolve problems and user issues.• Proficiently improve process of security and data recovery through facilitating custom integration of 3rd party monitoring tools, custom perl scripts, automated backup monitoring, EMC Data Domain implementation, and more• Utilize VMWare vMotion to expertly and efficiently move VMs from between datacenters.• Proactively identify future business needs and deliver IT solutions and support; perform essential kernel tuning, Spectrum Protect software installation, TSMVE for virtual environments, and Cisco UCS server provisioning.

• UNIX System Administrator who also provided application support, planned and configured numerous server installations for Sun and IBM systems. • Wrote, designed, and executed web interfaces, enabling users to place queries and check the status of Oracle databases.