Project Manager System Administrator

MATTHEW PEDERSON

** *, ***** ******, *********** IL 60030

Phone : 847-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

AIX/LINUX SYSTEM ADMINSTRATOR

TECHNICAL BACKGROUNDS

PLATFORMS: IBM AIX,SUN SOLARIS,RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX,HP UNIX,MICROSOFT

WINDOWS

HARDWARE: IBM POWER5,POWER6 AND POWER7 SERVERS, IBM HMC, DELL POWEREDGE

SERVERS, SUN SPARC SERVERS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: KORN, BASH, PERL

STORAGE AND BACKUP: EMC NAVISPHERE, IBM TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: TCP/IP, INTERNET NETWORKING

Exceptionally qualified system administrator with shell programming

experience and project management experience. Dedicated, results-driven,

and energetic team leader overseeing all aspects of server administration

from initial buildup to day to day administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES (MAR 2010-CURRENT)

AIX/LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Sr. Aix Administrator in a 24x7 environment. SME for NIM on AIX and the

HMC's. Oversaw the development, implementation and final signoff for the

backup server project involving virtualization and introducing 10GB cards

and switches into the environment. Installed and maintained Power 5/6/7's

into the Discover environment.

MATTEL (NOV 2009-DEC2009)

LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Responsible for the installation of the Red Hat Satellite Server and

creating channels to push to dev,test, and production environments. Wrote

documentation to help the customer in setting up other satellite servers in

another environment.

EMC (FEB 2009-SEPT 2009)

TSM SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

AIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

STORAGE ARCHITECT

Responsible for the administration, installation, configuration, upgrade

and support of TSM on virtual tape using Clarion Disk Libraries.

Responsible for installing AIX and maintaining them to use in the backup

environment.

. Rotation to provide 24x7 on-call support to resolve any issues and

problems in a timely manner in a mission critical environment.

. Performed day to day administration of tsm including monitoring backups,

backing up mksysbs.

Southern Wine and Spirits (AUG 2008 - DEC 2008)

SENIOR AIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

RED HAT LINUX ADMINISTRATOR

TSM SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Responsible for the administration,installation,configuration,upgrade and

support of AIX operating systems and associated components. Perform

problem diagnostics and initiate problem resolution. In addition, perform

AIX based server product evaluations such as new operating system releases

and technologies to accommodate business requirements and server

consolidation efforts. Responsible for backup and recovery with TSM

including setting up lanfree for Oracle backups.

. Current environment: Twenty-three P550's,Four P520's, Two TSM servers

with assoc. tape libraries.

. Wrote ksh utility to automate mksysb. Created and maintained archive of

mksysb images on NIM server.

. Architected rollout of IBM P550's with AIX 6.1, HMC, VIO and AIX lpar

development.

. Responsible for installing Oracle on Linux and Aix servers and

implementing Oracle RAC across Red Hat Linux database servers

. Configured multiple logical subsystems utilizing IBM HMC, including LPAR

configuration, micro partitioning and sizing, dynamically change LPAR's

configuration profiles, resource allocation with thresholds, etc.

Installation, configuration, and management of TCP/IP protocol stack on

various versions of AIX, including LPAR and DLPAR configurations,

including configuration and management of all network communication

services.

. Oversaw Implementation and installation of Tivoli Storage Manager for

Main Site and Backup Site.

ADT Security Systems (2006-2008)

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

. Worked on the P650,P570, and P595. Configured Power4 and Power5 system

from install to finish including HMC,VIO and LPAR creation and

configuration.

. Environment:400 Lpars and 100 Redhat Linux running websphere, oracle,

seibel, mqseries.

. Installed and Performance tuned Websphere,Oracle and Mqseries.

. Backup TSM admin.

. Was Head Linux Admin with two sys admins working under me.

. Installed Redhat Enterprise Linux on Dell Poweredge servers and

maintained them in the system environment.

Fidelity National Financial (2005-2006)

SR. UNIX TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

. Worked on the Power4 series including 8 P650's.

. Oversaw the migration of smaller companies RedHat servers into our Aix

larger environment.

. Configured new P650's from build sheets using VIO,HMC's and Lpar

technology.

IBM (2003-2005)

PROJECT MANAGER

. Worked Project Management for IBM's Global Service Division.

. Led projects of capacity planning then implementing the design structure

of different customers.

. Maintained Service Level Agreements to make sure that web services stayed

operational 24/7.

. Clients included Aventis, GM, and McDonald's Corporation.

IBM (1999-2003)

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

. Handled System Administration tasks on different companies web servers

spanning operating systems of Aix, Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT/2000.

. Taught classes of Unix Essentials and Aix System Administration I.

. Was the Aix system administration level 2 team lead.

Medic Computers (1997-1998)

FIELD ENGINEER

. Installed and configured Aix and HP Unix into doctor's offices and

networked them into Cisco routers and switches so they could communicate

with the hospital.

United States Air Force (1994-1997)

AVIONICS TECHNICIAN

. Troubleshot F-16 UHF/VHF radios,navigation and radar threat warning

systems.

. Made Airman of the month twice during my tenure.

EDUCATION:

. Aix System Administration I & II

. Solaris Administration II

. Tivoli Storage Administration II

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