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United States

United States

Chicago, Illinois, Us

· Led sysadmin team effort to reprovision 1366 bare metal machines as Kubernetes controllers and workers in 2022· Led sysadmin team effort to reprovision ~4k servers from older CentOS versions to CentOS/AlmaLinux 9· Responsible for 2 direct reports as well as coordinating work among other team members· Responsible for server and VM builds, maintenance, and support· Mentoring junior team members· Responsible for user access, including IPA and sudoers· Responsible for some basic Puppet implementation

Chicago, Illinois, Us

· Migrated legacy NetBackup 8.2 environment to a new NetBackup environment with AWS cloud storage· Migrated remaining legacy NetBackup 8.2 hardware to new infrastructure· Migrated a pair of Quantum Q-EKM servers running on Windows 2008 to Quantum SKM VMs· Responsible for server and VM builds, maintenance, and support· Mentoring junior team members· Responsible for user access, including IPA and sudoers· Responsible for some basic Puppet implementation· Researched and implemented Dell iDRAC 6/7/8/9 Active Directory integration· Cleaned up ~93% of a ~58k line sudoers file by removing inactive entries and migrating most of the rest into IPA; project involved a mixture of Perl, shell scripts, IPA CLI commands, and Splunk searches· Led an initiative that removed ~30k defunct internal DNS entries

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

· Responsible for TaxSys software development and maintenance

Reston, Virginia, Us

· Responsible for all aspects of backup and recovery in mixed physical and virtual environment (NetBackup 8 installations on Linux and Windows, including FS8600 NDMP, SQL Server (including 2012 AlwaysOn), Oracle, Greenplum, VMware, and client backups; StrongBox LTFS; SafeNet KMS for KMIP encryption; tape management; archives and restores; monthly restore tests)· Configured Windows Server Firewall security rules for various services· Successfully migrated OEL 5/6 CFEngine 2 to CFEngine 3 configuration while ensuring continuous operation and environment integrity· Experience implementing Puppet automation management for OEL 6, RHEL 6/7· Responsible for server design, deployment, maintenance, decommissioning, and lifecycle management in a high traffic segment network· Enforced security for Entrust GetAccess authentication software, providing SAML configuration and smart card PIV+Active Directory glue code· Created custom SolarWinds monitor for GetAccess· Responsible for Apache 2 vhost configuration, including rewrite rules· Assisted with NAS administration (Hitachi BlueArc, Dell FS8600)· Experience with Red Hat Satellite 6 configuration management to manage Linux enterprise licenses· Remediated system vulnerabilities discovered through SecurityCenter or Burp· Created custom Linux logrotate files for customer applications· Mentor Junior engineers and provided on-call support

Reston, Virginia, Us

· Acted as technical team lead and deputy team manager· Provided on-call support as needed· Wrote and maintained Perl litigation data import/export programs· Redesigned multi-platform billing software (OEL and Windows 7, Omega/iConect/Relativity, Perl/PL-SQL/T-SQL)· Deployed Debian Linux workstation with LVM+RAID1, Samba, mySQL, NFS, and X Windows

Redesigned the Norfolk & Southern Historical Society web site (http://norfolksouthernhs.org/)

· Replicated production reporting environment on development workstations· Apache 2 vhosts for each production Debian Linux server· Version compatible MySQL installation (4.x)· Adjusted reporting code to be portable across systems· Replicated Samba exports to Debian Linux and Windows XP workstations· Maintained customer data reporting software · Developed Quality Control Tool using AJAX, CSS, Perl, and Oracle · Responsible for Gentoo Linux and Windows XP (with Cygwin) development environment · Assisted with mixed Red Hat (7-9) and Debian (Etch) production environment

· Designed LAPP, OO Perl, and Mason-based Infrastructure Management System· System developed on Linux and hosted on FreeBSD· System development included configuring Apache 2 to support Mason· Assisted with general system administration· Installed Mambo CMS and dependencies on FreeBSD

San Jose, California, Us

· Administered Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 servers (including NFS and RAID)· Migrated CVS system from Windows 2000 Server/WinCVS to RHEL 3/CVS (included NSIS and Perl user migration scripts)· Refactored internal system monitoring and data reporting software systems · Layered XML configuration files · SOAP messaging to a .NET service · Capable of running on AIX, HPUX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows

· Developed portions of internal LAPP, OO Perl, and Mason-based Content Management System· Implemented co-branded and special news (9/11 and Olympics) sites with Mason· Created Photo Gallery on top of CMS· Created add-on Classified Ads system, integrated with CMS· JavaScript for ad clippings· Verity for ad search across CMS and Classified Ad collections· PL/pgSQL triggers to start search collection update process· 24x7 first-line support and product API training

· Created tag definition libraries for BroadVision to WebLogic migration· Created Oracle/server-side JavaScript user tracking system· Created CSS/server-side JavaScript help system· Maintained PennWell dental publications on BroadVision system

Auburn, Al, Us

· Extended web-based student information system designed by SCT Corporation· Designed and maintained Student Ticket Order System web interface