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San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Provide Database Service and Support in a Hybrid Cloud Environment for over 200 Instances.Automate Backup, Maintenance, and MonitoringWrite custom scripts to automate installation and upgrades.Performance Tuning and data management services

DBA for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Responsibilites include monitoring, backups, and software patching/upgrades.Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL5-7) support, and HP Hardware support for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.Monitor and Maintain US Courts Core Red Hat distribution, review security and bug fix updates, initiate testing, and push them out to the Satellite as required.Analyize system logs after crashes and outages to determine root cause.Write code (go language) to monitor systems with known issues, and help determine root cause.

Kansas, Ok

Build and release software packages into UAT and QA environmentsBuilt and maintained test environment for JPMorgan/Bear Stearns Back office merger project.Database management, perform database refreshes, and dumps as needed. Release stored procedures, and run data loads.Manage and monitor database replication for UAT environmentCoordinate DBA and SA and Storage work as needed.Write scripts to aid in management and monitoring of environments.Manage and install various off the shell products such as MQ, AMQ, Tomcat, Sybase Clients, JBoss, Websphere, etc.Special Projects - SA Support Role (2005 -2008)Develop web site to monitor and manage the development and UAT environments. This includes the ability to remotely start, stop, and status processes. Ensure that the web site provides adequate security measures. (PHP)Evaluate and perform proof of concept analysis on new software to see if there is a business case for utilizing software in the Environments Management Team. Maintain repository of software, and system snapshots. Develop method for comparing historical snapshots with current system state.Implement Motive, and Opsware software packages.Write java extensions to customize Motive for examining JPMorgan Systems and Applications.Write custom application to allow for automated refresh of a replicated data server environment. Write scripts to automate the release of new software packages to help ease SA workload.Project Management: Gathered requirements, developed statement of work for client to sign off on, and managed resources for an Alert Management system for JPMorgan.

Install and maintain UNIX hardware and Operating Systems (Solaris and AIX), including testing and applying patches. Ensure Enterprise systems are fault tolerant - mirroring file systems, enable multiple data paths to SAN with mpxio, or Veritas DMP.Install Jumpstart servers, and customize Jumpstart configurations. Utilize Flash Archives where appropriate.Manage system backups of Enterprise Systems.Manage Storage Systems (SAN) for all Enterprise Servers (Windows, Solaris, and AIX). Allocate storage and create file systems as needed. Utilize ShadowImage, and CCI software to duplicate production data for testing, and development. Equipment managed: Hitachi 9970's, Hitachi 9500's, and McData SwitchesWrite custom scripts to monitor servers, and critical processes, and page on call DBA, or SA.Write custom scripts to collect performance statistics from servers, and graph information for trending analysisDevelop UNIX policies and procedures for the IS Department.Write scripts to process audit trail data and email the reports to the Security Personnel.

Systems Administration for Solaris and AIX platforms.

Solaris Systems Admin for First Data during their data center move.

to manage a datacenter for a Sun Customer. Duties include systems administration, analysis of current environment, capacity planning, and aid in planning a migration to a new facility.Create Jumpstart server for quick disaster recovery.Create Flash Archive Images of B100 Blade servers for easy replacement.Support of E10K's, T1 Arrays, EMC DMX 1000, and StorageTek Tape Libraries

Solaris Systems Administrator for the IRS.

Note: SAIC bought out CST in May 2003Systems Administrator VIIContract for the IRS, working on Sun E10K's and F15K's with 1TB+ Oracle and Informix databases, on EMC storage arrays.Set up and maintain intranet web site; including development of web applications to track system changes, track/chart system availability (used to help meet SLA's), and alert administrators to potential problems. Used Apache/PHP/MySQL/Perl to accomplish this.Responsibilities include system monitoring, system documentation, system/security recommendations and implementation, backup and data recovery, application migration, and end user support.

Built Systems for web hosting, email hosting, and domain parking. These were HA systems with Load Balanced Linux servers on the front end, and a cluster of NetApp filers on the back end. Used Foundry ServerIrons for server load balancing.Created web interface to allow management of systems, specifically to allow non-administrators to add or remove services such as email accounts, DNS information, and web hosting configuration. Used a combination C, perl, and java to accomplish this, and stored user information in LDAP.Installed Solaris versions 2.5 through 8 on servers required for various OSS applications, also installed hardware/software - including powerpath for redundant paths to the EMC storage array.Setup 2 Extreme Alpine 3808's in our collocation facility for hosting customer servers, setup included BGP, bidirectional rate limiting, ESRP, and customer vlan configuration. Evaluate hardware, software, and appliances for connectsouth. Got evaluation equipment, or software when possible, setup and tested to see if they met our needs, as well as compared scalability, ease of administration, and cost. Report findings and make recommendations to the product development team.System and Network administration. This included day to day maintenance, as well as building new systems, and making recommendations for server model, memory, disks, and cpu's based on requirements. Also included installing/compiling and maintenance of software packages such as Oracle, Apache, CVS, GCC, and others.System and Network design. I was the system development portion of the admin team, I would install the initial system write any scripts or programs necessary, document, and train other systems administrators on the systems.

Write Web Application for online insurance enrollments using Java servlets.Setup and maintain Solaris 7 servers, including patches, software updates, and security fixes.Help to design network layout; maintain routers, switches, etc.

Responsibilities include budgeting for the I.T. Department, evaluating and purchasing hardware/software, assigning tasks to employees, evaluation and hiring of employees within the I.T. Department.Developer responsibilities include writing and maintaining C and Perl applications for OPUBCO, designing and building client web sites, documentation of procedures, porting data from non-web applications, troubleshooting, and keeping the department current with emerging technologies. Oracle performance tuning, backup and recovery, database design. Also write programs to scrub/insert/retrieve/edit data, extraction from other data sources, complex queries, and writing CGI's to access/search/edit database information via the web.Servers: Keep our operating systems updated (Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, NT, 95/98), update software when necessary (Oracle, MySQL, Perl, SSH, GCC, Apache). Stay abreast of security issues, add hardware, make hardware recommendations, assist with backup and recovery, hardware failure repairs, etc. Add storage for the archives when required - used A1000's for storage. Setup and Maintain Sun E3000 and several Ultra2's running Solaris 2.5.1 and Solaris 2.6.Misc.: Maintain routers, switches, hubs, and cabling. Administer dial up networking, mail servers, DNS, research and implement new technologies.

Responsible for monitoring all processes, reporting or resolving problems, tracking drive space, and performing backups. Operations at Indepth Data consisted of 14 DOS based PC's, 9 486's running Interactive UNIX, 5 Novell Servers, a Sun SPARC station, a Hewlett Packard, a RISC 6000 and a POWER PC both using AIX. This network of computers provided news, financial information, and financial statements about publicly held companies to customers around the country.

Worked in several test areas and became the Lead Operator over the Stress test area. Testing of hard drives was performed on both DOS and UNIX operating systems, and required knowledge of basic commands in those operating systems.

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