Rick Nall

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Advisory Linux Administrator at GDIT, Inc. @ CSRA Inc
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Ocean Springs, Mississippi, United States, United States
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About Rick Nall

Manager, Consultant, Infrastructure design and support, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity, Trainer, Programmer

Rick Nall's Current Company Details
CSRA Inc

Csra Inc

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Advisory Linux Administrator at GDIT, Inc.
Rick Nall Work Experience Details
  • Csra Inc
    Sr. Aix Systems Administrator
    Csra Inc May 2016 - Present
    Falls Church, Va, Us
     Responsible for installing, securing, and maintaining DHS AIX Infrastructure for NCCIPS to have 24/7 access for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and US Citizenship and Immigration Services. IBM Power hardware running AIX. Models include p740, p770, p780, p795 and on PureFlex, p260 and p460 with software versions range from 5.3 to 7.2.
  • Infirmary Health Systems
    Manager, Technical Support
    Infirmary Health Systems Jul 2006 - Present
    Manage 4 teams consisting of 13 technicians that support Networking (6,000+ nodes), Windows Servers (400+ servers), Mainframe and Information Security for the largest non-profit hospital-group in the state.Managed implementation of VMware and Citrix environments to support server consolidation and provide support for EPIC Hyperspace thick-client. Personally responsible, hands-on, for the design, implementation, maintenance and tuning of EPIC EMR infrastructure, including AIX V6 and V7 on p570 and p770 in HACMP environments, and IBM Blade-Centers in the DR environment.Designed, implemented and maintain Enterprise SAN consisting of 200+TB of data supported by IBM 2145 SAN controllers and backed by DS4700, DS4800 and v7000 storage controllers. Implemented and maintain Enterprise Backup, managed by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backing up 400+ Windows servers.Resonsible for Information Security, in particular, ensuring HIPAA compliance through regular audits. Collaborated with other teams to devise HIPAA-compliant Mobile Device management and security strategies and select products. Tools used include Checkpoint Firewall and IBM qRadar, Fairwarning and Tivoli End-point manager. Selected, implemented and maintain Assureon HIPAA-compliant records archive.Perform planning and testing of Disaster Recovery, including design, site selection and implementation of DR site to provide fail-over capability for EPIC EMR and ancillary products. Spearheading a project to evaluate cloud-based offerings to enhance our DR capabilities.
  • General Dynamics Information Technology
    Advisory Linux Administrator At Gdit, Inc.
    General Dynamics Information Technology May 2017 - May 2021
    Falls Church, Virginia, Us
    Support Dept. Homeland Security’s Linux infrastructure of 900+ Servers, including installation, maintenance, security remediation, performance tuning, user support, and troubleshooting of servers virtualized in VMware and running on dedicated hardware. Releases of Linux range from V6 through V8 on Redhat Enterprise Linux and Centos. Create Ansible and Python-based scripts using API calls to automate new host provisioning in support of our DevOps efforts.
  • Cbi, Inc.
    Senior Consultant
    Cbi, Inc. Feb 1997 - Jul 2006
    As Senior Consultant I was responsible for the computing and networking environment of CBI, as well as locating, qualifying, pricing, and performing consulting engagements which range from AIX, UNIX engagementsl, DB2, and z/OS to Information security and training – both course development and delivery.Spoke at international and regional conferences.Co-authored an IBM Redbook about Tivoli Risk Manager and CheckPoint firewall integration (SG24-6036).
  • Ibm Washington Systems Center
    Ibm Sysytems Support Specialist
    Ibm Washington Systems Center Jan 1994 - Feb 1997
    Mainframe TCP/IP subject matter expert. Performed support line work for IBM Customers and staff through IBM’s technical support facility, ASKQ.Developed and presented courses on architecting Information Security engagements to IBM Business Partners.Did course development and taught courses on IBM FireWall and general Information security subjects.Performed beta testing of IBM SecureWay FireWall V3.Developed IBM firewall customer manuals.Designed and implemented testing schemes for a nationally published comparison of TCPIP performance between CISCO routers and IBM 3745's.Installation and maintenance of AIX and related products.
  • Us Bank
    Mainframe Telecommunications Engineer
    Us Bank Sep 1991 - Jan 1994
    One of a team of 4 responsible for configuration, maintenance, debugging and tuning of VTAM and NCP for a 14,000+ node SNA network. Solely responsible for installing, implementing, and maintaining MVS TCPIP. Devised utilities to replace manual configuration processes that improved accuracy and workflow.
  • Online Software, Inc
    Technical Trainer
    Online Software, Inc Mar 1986 - Sep 1991
    Taught VTAM, NCP and SNA Fundamentals courses in the US, England, Sweden and Belgium. Average student rating of 4.6 out of 5. Courses covered a field-by-field-level examination of SNA headers, VTAM application programming and VTAM and NCP configuration and tuning.
  • First Nation Bank Of Mobile
    Manager Technical Service And Support
    First Nation Bank Of Mobile Apr 1978 - Mar 1986
    For the largest bank in the metro area, managed a staff of 4 with budget and salary authority. Responsible for multiple mainframes running MVS with CICS and VTAM and NCP supporting a 40 branch banking system with a 24x7 uptime requirement.Supervised an on-schedule conversion of the Bank’s mainframe systems from VS1 to MVS with no unscheduled downtime while personally performing the MVS operating- system conversion.Temporarily served as Applications Manager with budget and salary authority for a staff of 16.
  • International Paper Company
    Mainframe Systems Programmer
    International Paper Company Jun 1973 - Apr 1978
    Systems Programmer:Wrote a series of BiSync communications programs in assembler for IBM SYSTEM7 process controllers to facilitate the on-time migration of the company’s mainframes to a new location.Wrote an application development suite in Assembler on IBM 390 running VS1. This system facilitated a very large increase in programmer productivity by eliminating the delay involved with key punching.Installed, maintained, and tuned the VS1 operating system on multiple IBM 370's as part of IP’s conversion from DOS VSE.Performed the planning, initial installation, maintenance and tuning of the MVS operating system on multiple IBM 370's as part of IP’s conversion from VS1, the first such conversion in Mobile County.Application Programmer:Converted VSE Cobol programs to run under VS1.

Rick Nall Skills

Disaster Recovery Security Troubleshooting Firewalls Network Security Ibm Aix Healthcare Information Technology Penetration Testing Windows Databases System Administration Enterprise Architecture Data Center Information Security Management Aix Web Application Penetration Testing Business Continuity Planning Linux Computer Security

Rick Nall Education Details

  • Southwest State Techinical College
    Southwest State Techinical College
    Information Technology

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