LINUX/UNIX System Engineer

Donovan Spafford

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San Jose, California 951**-****-**

Phone 408-***-****

Email: ad5euq@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Experience

Extensive Experience as a Linux/UNIX System Engineer specializing in planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting Linux/UNIX and network systems as well as Linux/UNIX and support applications. Proven expertise in accomplishing projects with mission critical objectives and deadlines. Skilled at cross platforms and with various group and management styles. Exhaustive work in a 24x7 environment being on-call and carrying on-call devices. NETWORKING: Cisco UCS, routers, switches, access servers, & firewalls; Ethernet hardware, Shiva Fastpath5, Cabletron Hubs & switches, Webster MultiGateway, Farallon Star Controllers, communication servers, PIX, ASA, & Checkpoint Firewalls, AWS, U. S. Robotics Total Control modem, Alchemy CriptoClusters 500, Netgear Switches (& Hubs) Macintosh and PC networking, CLI video conference sys.

Linux/UNIX SYSTEMS: RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, BSD, Oracle/Sun Solaris, Pyramid, and PCs platforms running Linux

DESKTOP: LINUX Macintosh, SUN's PCs, NCD Xterms, desktop modems, Wyse terminals SOFTWARE: Cisco IOS, Linux/UNIX (SunOS 5.X, Solaris 2.X, Linux, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, RHEL)DOS, Windows(95, 98 NT, & 10) MacOS, HP Openview, XTACACS, Quarterdeck Mail, GIT, Sendmail, DHCP, DNS, Perl & Shell Scripting, Apache, Weblogic, Netscape Suitespot, Big Brother, Visio, Veritas, WebEx, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Samba, Twiki, Samba, Alliance, Remedy, JIRA, Confluence, XYMon Clearcase, CLI, VMWare ESXi, VSphere/VCenter, Mail Backup, RMAN Backup, Disk Based Backup

PROTOCOLS: FDDI, Ethernet, Frame-relay, leased & dedicated lines, ISDN, SMTP, TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, LDAP, IPX, DNS, DHCP, and Appletalk.

PROFILE

IT professional with over 15 years of demonstrated experience including expertise in data center support, desktop and customer service. Strong analytical skills with proven, effective and accurate problem solving ability. Excels at multi-tasking in fast paced 24x7 environments demanding proficient organizational and interpersonal skills. Confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels. Diligent, detail-oriented self-starter, and resourceful in completing projects.

Professional Experience

Tarana Wireless Incorporated – Milpitas, CA (Contractor) – for Tech Fuji LLC

Linux System Administrator – 01/2022 - PRESENT

Administrated Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, Linux systems, including end to end solutions. Worked with LDAP, NFS, DNS/DHCP, & with server virtualization (VMWare,) within AD environments. Worked with engineers to resolve OS/NW/tools issues with ticket filing systems; JIRA service ticketing system. Utilized various system administration & package management tools (RPM, Yum) . Worked on remote backup solutions and business continuity applications as well as with desktop and server environment setup & configurations with Ansible and Terraform. Experience with automation via GIT, Docker and Jenkins. Created software/scripts to automate production systems with Bash, & Perl, as well as handled storage devices (NetApp & Pure), and package management via apt/pip. Supported, managed & maintained a homogeneous mix of systems at global and local sites, including CAD workflows, licenses, visualized & physical servers and associated networking infrastructure (Cisco & Meraki switches and FortiGate Firewalls). Worked with Kickstart, and monitoring tools (Prometheus and Grafana).

American Petroleum Incorporated – Pittsburgh, PA (Contractor) – for Computer Enterprises Incorporated

Remote UNIX Administrator (System Engineer) – 10/2020 – 11/2020 (Remote)

Utilized my UNIX expertise and familiarity with Linux operating systems and my Shell/Bash and Perl skills to compile, install, upgrade and maintain numerous common applications such as Apache, MySQL, SSL, etc, to upgrade and refresh their FreeBSD Operation System. Designed/Developed administration scripts and procedures.

Travelzoo Incorporated – Mountain View, CA (Contractor) – for Robert Half Incorporated Linux System Administrator – 11/2018– 01/2019

Supported their Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows (Windows2003-12) environment maintaining their Symantec Tape & DBB backups, troubleshooting their environment and taking cases using JIRA regarding their local and international sites which were both bare metal and VMWare based servers. Maintained Storage and containers with Kubernetes, & Docker. Performed upgrades and updates on the various servers as required and provided basic upkeep of the same devices as requested/required. Utilized XYMon to Monitor their professional environment.

Google Incorporated – Mountain View, CA - (Contractor) – for Pyramid Consulting Incorporated

Linux System Administrator - 07/2018 – 10/2018

Supported APPOPS group working on cases (bugs) monitoring systems, writing scripts, and administrating system support for various in house applications and support groups using proprietary applications as well as Puppet, GIT, Google Cloud, on Linux Ubuntu and Redhat OS systems. Performed installation, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as well as installation and patches on systems as requested/required.

Google Incorporated – Mountain View, CA - (Contractor) – for Tek Leaders Incorporated

IT Technician - 11/2017 – 04/2018

Supported the computing and technology requirements for Google's Lab Group. Day to day responsibilities included the technical support of various productivity devices, servers, business applications, integration of devices, services, and general computing infrastructure requirements. Dealt with technical systems architecture, rack and stacking, and Linux (Ubuntu) operations to accomplish tasks. Prioritized and executed multiple tasks within a flexible working environment and adapted well to changing priorities. Administrative experience with Linux Ubuntu, GIT, Puppet, DHCP, wireless, telephony where personal productivity device integration is key. Interaction with Engineers working on bench testing and stress testing devices/OSes.

Cisco Systems – San Jose, CA

IT Engineer/Linux/UNIX System Administrator – 08/2010 – 06/2016

Responsible for the ongoing setup/configuring/maintain Linux & Solaris VM, Server, desktop, hardware/software support on site and various off-site locations which consists of but is not limited to: troubleshooting Linux/Solaris desktop hardware/software problems, opening cases with the vendor for support, perform asset management of desktop systems, kickstart/jumpstart and install new and repaired systems. Was proficient with first level Linux/UNIX system administration tasks & working mid-upper level customer support events providing 24x7 on-call support when needed both in the Data Center and at the desktop level including cloud level support. Dealt with security issues using PIX, ASA, & Checkpoint Firewalls. Supported various server level applications. Configuring and maintaining UCS devices VMWare ESXi via KVM applications. Dealt with day-to-day storage and mount issues. Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly, statistics for management.

Cisco Systems – San Jose, CA – (Contractor - Foundation Technologies Inc. )

Linux/UNIX System Administrator - 10/2005 – 08/2010

Responsible for the ongoing setup/configuring/maintain Linux & Solaris VM, Server, desktop, hardware/software support on site and various off-site locations which consists of but is not limited to: troubleshooting Linux/Solaris desktop hardware/software problems, opening cases with the vendor for support, perform asset management of desktop systems, kickstart/jumpstart and install new and repaired systems. Was proficient with first level Linux/UNIX system administration tasks & working mid-upper level customer support events providing 24x7 on-call support when needed both in the Data Center and at the desktop level including cloud level support. Supported various server level applications. Configuring and maintaining UCS devices VMWare applications. Dealt with security issues using PIX, ASA, & Checkpoint Firewalls, Also dealt with day-to-day storage and mount issues. Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly, statistics for management.

SUN Microsystems Incorporated - Mountain View, CA - (Contractor) – for Spherion Incorporated Senior System Administrator - 07/2004 – 12/2004

Supported the computing and technology requirements for Sun's Lab Group. Day to day responsibilities included the technical support of various productivity devices, servers, business applications, integration of devices, services, and general computing infrastructure requirements. Acted as the technical liaison between various IT Ops support groups, product groups, and business application groups, to troubleshoot, identify, fix/report, bugs/problems, and follow through to resolution/execution from network though Servers, Systems, down to the board level. Evaluated complex support situations and develop solutions. Knew technical systems architecture, and Sun IT operations to accomplish tasks. Prioritized and executed multiple tasks within a flexible working environment and adapted well to changing priorities. Worked with various operating systems; Solaris, Linux, Windows, MacOS, and Palm OS. Administrative experience with NIS, NFS, LDAP, Sun Java technologies, wireless, and personal productivity device integration is key. Wrote and troubleshot shell scripts.

Education and Training

Completed VMWare vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] Completed RHCSA Rapid Track Courses for Red Hat Enterprise 6 & 7

Completed OpenStack Bootcamp

Completed Splunk 6 Dedicated Virtual Searching and Reporting Courses

Completed SUN and other Linux/UNIX Courses. Completed Cisco Introduction to Router Configuration, Internetworking courses and the CCDA

Completed Novell System Administration Course. Grandview College, Des Moines Iowa, Majoring in Computer Science and Accounting. American Institute of Business, Des Moines, Iowa, Major: Computer Programming and Accounting.

Completed courses in Basic, Cobol, Assembler, and RPG II using an IBM system 34 and NCR system 8410. At American Institute of Business was an intern for one quarter as a computer programmer.

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