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A professional leader in the IT Services Delivery field with extensive experience in Customer/Client relations resulting in positive client interactions and rapid resolutions. A team leader that is highly versatile and thought provoking having a unique ability to work well both upwards and downwards in complex organizations. Manage team members effectively and efficiently to deliver positive results. History of working in highly technical environments including extensive experience with AIX and other operating environments. A clear focus to deliver positive results that meet strategic and tactical imperatives. Highly motivated, self-directed with inquisitive mindset for technical solutions that are new and with delivery in a managed risk environment.

Listed skills include Ibm Aix, Aix Administration, Unix Administration, Veritas Cluster Server, and 31 others.

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  Sr Systems Specialist – Operating Systems

  At&T

  Feb 1997 - Sep 2014

  AIX SYSTEMS ADMIN TEAM - Dedicated AIX Systems Administrator with over 70 concurrent server responsibilitiesKey Performance Activities: Senior Coordinator with IBM, Symantec, Oracle and EMC for remediation in response to ESCALATED OUTAGE/DEGRADATIONS ina 6000+ server environment Exceptional performance in maintaining systems with little to no mean time to repair (MTTR) Worked with various Project Managers coordinating & implementing new hardware and software projects Problem Identification and resolution under critical restraints Lead and coordinated work activities with other Systems Administration and Application teams (and Vendors) to insure a seamlesswork flow and 100% uptime performance Managed OS maintenance, OS upgrades, OS Patch level upgrades, Firmware, Microcode and Hardware. Built and managed AIX File Systems, including logical volume (LV) and volume groups (VG) Managed Network connectivity including TCP/IP and Fiber adaptors Executed AIX System level Backup and Restores via MKSYSB Managed system-wide redundancy using High Availability (HACMP and VCS) Proficient in AIX Shell Scripting Facilitated seamless failovers including management of disaster recovery activities Maintain and support Critical Application and Database Initiatives Backup / Restore High Performing and Critical Applications Led initiatives to standardize 3rd party applications such as JAVA & Connect Direct Managed and executed quarterly software patching mandates to include OS and Applications systems Collaborated with Infrastructure teams to facilitate SANS Storage including Dual Paths changes on Fabrics including ORACLE RACNetwork SwitchesAT&T EAST Team - Prodigy Services Company - AIX OS Systems environment Monitored, Coordinated & Resolved within a Triage support environment and AIX-OS Applications Coordinated Application Support of AIX OS maintaining Critical level uptime environments