Install, configure, and maintain HP-UX and SUSE Linux servers. Analyze and resolve problems associated with server hardware, operating systems, and application software. Monitor, diagnose, and repair UNIX related problems on servers. Act as a leader within the department, share ideas, assist in setting policies and procedures. Exercise autonomous judgment with strong emphasis on minimizing unplanned outages.

Significant Projects/Achievements

• Evaluated and implemented security configuration changes to UNIX systems based on established security policies and certification requirements.
• Designed and implemented "poor man's" failover scripts and procedures to support redundant servers when Serviceguard was considered too expensive and automatic failover was considered unnecessary.
• Designed and implemented highly available NFS and NIS services that were integrated into Serviceguard package control scripts.

Performed all aspects of UNIX (HP-UX) systems administration and engineering for customer on-site and hosted systems at American Automobile Association National Office. Recommended, planned, and implemented changes to UNIX computing environment.

• Evaluated, planned, and implemented system monitoring of hosted UNIX systems using Mercury SiteScope.
• Evaluated and implemented security configuration changes to hosted and on-site UNIX systems based on client policies.

Supported 500+ UNIX (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) servers in 24X7 data center as member of second level support team at Ford Motor Company. Performed all aspects of system administration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting for operating system and web servers.

Performed all aspects of UNIX (HP-UX) systems administration and engineering for customer on-site and hosted systems at John Deere Information Systems. Recommended, planned, and implemented changes to UNIX computing environment. Provided third level UNIX support and training to client's internal support teams.

• Developed and implemented new build process that consolidated three separate Ignite-UX tapes and automating time-consuming manual processes. Implementation included Ignite-UX server, SD-UX, DHCP, and POSIX shell scripts.
• Investigated and documented possibility of hosting legacy applications related to UNIX servers to customers on Internet without VPN. Involved extensive security considerations to develop recommendation.

Note: Visteon Corporation outsourced entire IT organization to IBM.

Performed all aspects of UNIX (HP-UX) systems administration for CAD workstations and plant floor application and database servers, physical Oracle DBMS administration, and Windows NT Server administration. Recommended, planned, and implemented changes to computing environment. Worked as member of information technology support group to support 600+ Windows desktop systems. Provided support to other Visteon plants that did not have local UNIX and Oracle database support personnel.

• Migrated plant web server from Windows2000 to Red Hat Linux. Implemented file sharing via Samba for Windows users needing access to edit web pages.
• Evaluated and implemented replacement of Hummingbird Exceed with Hummingbird Exceed onDemand. Saved nearly $90,000 in licensing costs by switching to web-enabled product for legacy UNIX-based plant floor applications.

Note: Auto parts supplier spin-off from Ford Motor Company.

Performed all aspects of UNIX (HP-UX) systems administration for CAD workstations and plant floor application and database servers, physical Oracle RDBMS administration, and Windows NT Server administration. Recommended, planned, and implemented changes to computing environment. Worked as member of information technology support group to support 600+ Windows desktop systems. Provided support to other plants that did not have local UNIX and Oracle database support personnel.

• Planned and implemented conversion from static IP addresses to dynamic IP addresses for desktop computers using DHCP on UNIX servers.
• Initiated, planned, and implemented refurbishment of UNIX server backup and recovery procedures to minimize outages in event of server failures. Procedures included using MirrorDisk/UX, Ignite-UX, and fbackup HP-UX utilities as well as Oracle RDBMS archivelog mode to facilitate online database backups for point of failure recovery.
• Initiated, planned, and implemented consolidation strategy for UNIX server environment to minimize maintenance and power costs. In twelve months, this effort to eliminate obsolete, malfunctioning, and underutilized equipment reduced active server inventory from twelve to seven.
• Initiated concept and developed two web browser interfaces, one to legacy overhead paging system and another for online submission of computer access requests, using Perl CGI scripts, JavaScript, and Apache web server.

Performed all aspects of UNIX (HP-UX) systems administration for CAD workstations and plant floor application and database servers, physical Oracle RDBMS administration, and Windows NT Server administration. Planned and implemented changes to computing environment. Worked as member of information technology support group to support 600+ Windows desktop systems.

• Planned and implemented migration of data between Oracle database servers for two applications to resolve Y2K compliance. Volunteering to become trained as Oracle DBA saved approximately $10,000 per instance per year that would have been needed to contract support.
• Coordinated migration of over 600 users from mainframe-based email system to Microsoft Outlook in four weeks. Information technology support group had no supervisor during this migration.
• Planned and implemented migration from OS/2 servers to Windows NT servers during leased computer rollout of over 600 desktop computers in six weeks.

Administered UNIX (HP-UX) servers at Ford Motor Company Saline Plant. Assisted client with use of UNIX in support of applications being launched at site.

• Wrote shell script to provide text-based menu system for users to run, view, and print SQL reports against plant's maintenance system's Oracle database.

Administered UNIX (SunOS and IRIX) systems for College of Pharmacy and Biophysics Research Division. Provided support for Windows and Macintosh computers on network. Acted as liaison to other campus departments regarding network.

• Integrated heterogeneous network of Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations using NFS and NIS.
• Migrated Sun workstations from X11R5 to X11R6. Required compiling, testing applications against, and deploying new X server software on production equipment with no interruption of service.
• Implemented email servers using IMAP, POP, and sendmail.
• Assisted in planning and implementing migration from campus mainframe to distributed computing environment.
• Created and maintained prototype web site using Apache web server.