Unix Sys Admin

Sr IT Site Administrator, Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
(11/08-Present)
Restructure and manage IT asset allocation and distribution among US remote engineering sites.
Primarily responsible for IT operations at remote engineering sites – Austin/DFW TX, Draper UT, South Plainfield NJ, Waterloo, CA.
Support engineering IT systems at remote sites including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Tomcat, NIS, NetApp filers, multiple OS build machines, MSSQL, VMWare ESX, Cisco MPLS routing/switches, Nokia Firewall, NAV, Blue Coat Proprietary WAN optimization products (SG, Packet Shaper), SVN, local Perforce mirrors, Nagios, etc.
Implement local file servers and data backup/restore policy for remote sites using MS Server 2003 and Symantec Net Backup.
Build and document developers Ubuntu Linux desktop image and create enterprise wide deployment application using customized Clonezilla and PXE boot server.
Respond to service desk tickets (BMC Service Desk Express) from remote engineering sites related to IT assets.
Developed PHP application for corporate new hire welcome letter creation and distribution. Newest revision integrated asset tracking using MySQL DB, LDAP authentication and recipient verification against Active Directory.
Consult network, systems and support engineers at corporate headquarters (Sunnyvale, CA) with regard to production systems and monitoring. Heterogeneous environment primarily Solaris 10 (Canary,Oracle, Perforce,Openfire), MS Server 2003 (AD, DNS, DHCP), NetApp(FAS250,FAS3100), Oracle 10g (HR/sales applications), intranet (Apache/Drupal), Cisco MPLS/VPN.
IT Consultant/Contractor, DH Cathey Company:
(01/06-11/08)
Systems Engineer, Sector7 USA
Design and implement complete backup solution for existing Linux/UNIX servers using RSYNC over SSH to custom built FreeBSD NAS, NFS shares.
Principal Engineer for mid sized non-profit clinic migration project – Novell Netware to Server 2003 Active Directory. Configure and implement new Active Directory, file sharing, DHCP, DNS, Symantec Anti-Virus, MSSQL and WSUS servers. Install and configure VPN solution, backup plan and PIX firewalls.
Internal server maintenance/design: BIND DNS, OpenLDAP, Apache Internet/Intranet, Oracle 10g, CVS/SVC, Bugzilla, Nagios server monitoring.
Configure and install multi-platform hardware/software solutions on: HP3000/HP-UX A500/Titanium/RISC, AIX RS6000 and workstations, VMS on VAX/Alpha/DEC, Sun Solaris 10 as well as pre-release experimental machines from multiple hardware vendors.
Develop/implement Nagios server monitoring system on all Linux/UNIX based hosts
Internet/Intranet PHP/HTML development.
Internal email migration/configuration on remotely hosted Linux servers with local backup using POP/IMAP/SMTP services Sendmail/Dovecot.
Install/configure/maintain multiple instances of Oracle 10g on several hardware platforms for software development/migration projects.
Support developers/servers on large scale (10,000+ users) migration project: HP3000/MPE – HPUX Titanium using proprietary tools.
Extensive shell scripting, PERL scripting.
Support Windows desktops for in-house and remote testers/developers/principles.
Systems Administrator, Soka University of America
Administration, configuration and installation of HP/Proliant servers in Active Directory Domain, private university environment.
Responsible for the process of evaluating new solutions to improve operational efficiency and increase availability and stability of IT infrastructure.
Maintain high availability of corporate and student data and 100% uptime of information resources.
Assist with administration of Exchange 2003 server front-end/back-end servers and scheduled backup/restore processes.
Design, configure and implement Terminal Services solutions.
Design and implement structured and scheduled data backup/data restoration solution with CommVault Galaxy, LTO3 tape library, IP SAN over iSCSI.
Create testing/evaluation environment using VMWare ESX server as a backup platform for essential data center services.
Systems Administrator, Consolidated Streaming Inc.:
Provide system maintenance and administration, security backups, data restoration, security audits, SOHO/SMB network layout design, remote monitoring and maintenance, shell scripting, network and application documentation for multi-platform, multi-location systems in a LAMP stack environment.
Work closely with corporate management team, web development team and graphic designers as project manager for several SMB/SOHO businesses building web portals, Intranet and E-commerce web sites.
Systems Administrator, Interactive Computer Products, Irvine CA:
(09/03- 01/06)
Design, administer and maintain LAN/WAN configuration.
Install and manage hardware and Operating System configurations.
E-Commerce/web site development and implementation including search engine optimization.
Perform regular maintenance on all servers to ensure anti-virus definitions, BIOS, RAID firmware and Microsoft patches are up-to-date.
Electronics purchasing and electronic assembly documentation.
Develop and perform PowerPoint/Flash interactive presentations for Sales & Marketing benefit on behalf of IT Division.
Highly involved in launching new electronic products from conception to mass production.