Engineer Manager
Resume:
Dan Ostrom
Cary NC
*******@*********.***
OBJECTIVE:
A position where more than 20 years experience as a Senior Unix Systems
Administrator (Solaris, LINUX, HP-UX, and IRIX) will contribute and allow
me to learn new skills to help my employer achieve their business
objectives.
HIGHLIGHTS:
. Building/configuration of kickstart/jumpstart/ignite servers to
facilitate building client machines
. Hardening of *NIX servers and clients against outside attacks (ssh,
tcpwrappers, removal of R-commands/telnet)
. Kernel performance optimization (Solaris/LINUX) for Oracle server
needs
. Build/configure/maintain Checkpoint firewalls (IPSO, patching,
rulesets)
. Building/configuration/maintenance of RedHat EL (3/4/5) servers, as
well as SUN 52xx, V215, V440, V490, and HP9000, RX8620 and RX4640
Itanium.
. Use Solaris Disk Suites to mirror system drives in jumpstart build
. Logical Volume Manager
. Administration of DNS Master and slave servers for 100+ clients (bind
8 & 9)
. Built and configured Amanda to utilized autoloaders for backing up
*NIX and PC clients on network(s) (using combination of ntbackup and
samba)
. Built/configured/maintained NAS (1TB), using 10 tape autoloader to
facilitate backups using Amanda
. Administration of AFS servers, for maintenance of user dataspace and
accounts.
. Administration of Kerberos for user authentication and tying into
Active Directory for PC accounts (one account login)
. Make hardware/software purchase recommendations to Dept. heads as
needed (3 yr. hardware life-cycle for budget planning)
. Build/configure/maintain NFS, AFS, DNS, Sendmail, NIS (server/client),
Apache
TECHNICAL SKILLS
. Hardware: SUN 280R, T5220, V880, V490, X4600, (multiple cpu), V215,
STK 2540/6140, M4000, HP9000/700 and Itanium (RX8620, RX4640), Dell
laptop, desktop and server class (PE4600), Mac G4, Overland Express
10&20 tape (DLT) autoloaders
. Software: LINUX RH ES/AS/WS (3,4 &5), SuSe 10, Fedora (all cores),
OpenBSD, Solaris 2.5.1 thru 10), HP-UX 8 thru 11.11x, IRIX, AIX (4.3,
4,4), TRUServer (Ultrix), Windows (2000, XP), MAC OS/X 10
. Shells/Tools: Bourne, Csh, Tcsh, Korn, Perl, awk, sed
EXPERIENCE
Sr. Systems Administrator: (October 2009 - Present) - UNCGA
. Lead Sys. Admin. for Disaster Recovery and Banner projects
. Built kickstart server for installation and use existing satellite
server for patch management
. Travel to 17 University affiliates to upgrade Puredisk from 6.5 to 6.6
. Configure SUN 2540/6140 arrays using CAM software, implement multi-
pathing for arrays
. Troubleshoot VxVM kernel issues (SuSE 10)
. Provide backup *NIX Sys. Admin for support for 17 University
affiliates as requested (patching, software installation, etc)
. Configure netbackup master servers, create SLPs and DR backup policies
. Configure/maintain Puredisk environment (DR)
. Maintain DELL blade center (24 blades)
. Configure ILOMs for X4150/4170 hardware
Sr. Systems Administrator: (January 2009 - Present) - Contractor
. Rebuilt SUN M4000 (global/ 4zones) after hard drive failure
. Reallocate LUNs from SAN after rebuild for M4000
. Install/configure CUPs printing system on (server on globals, client
on zones)
. Build 2nd M4000 with 2 inherited zones
. Configure ILOMs for remoter administration/access to console
. Configure Windows Services for UNIX to allow SUNs to mount Windows
server shares
. Create FLAR image backups of M4000 for DR purposes
UNIX Engineer: (December 2008 - July 2009) - BB&T
. Rebuilt kickstart and jumpstart infrastructures
. Expand swap and filesystem LVM's
. Opsware scripting (rosh) to update/maintain clients
. Install opsware, ITM, netbackup (nsr) and vmclient agents
. Configure VMWare clients
. Purchase recommendations for SUN M3K and M5K hardware
Sr. UNIX Contractor: (July 2008 - November 2008) - Tekelec
. Build and configure jumpstart server for environment
. Creating/maintaining user accounts.
. Tuning the kernel as required by applications
. Use hardware raid on SUN T5220's to mirror system drives
. Install/configure ILOM's for SUN boxes to use ssh for connectivity
. Work with Oracle DBA's to resolve printing issues
. Use HO Openview Service Center to resolve 3rd level tickets
. Help resolve sendmail isues
Sr. UNIX Contractor: (March 2008-June 2008) - LG&E
. Build and configure jumpstart and ignite server(s) for environment
. Creating/maintaining user accounts.
. Tuning the kernel as required by applications
. Use hardware raid on SUN T5220's to mirror system drives
. Install/configure ILOM's for SUN boxes to use ssh for connectivity
. Configure LOM's for HPUX hardware
Sr. UNIX Contractor: (November 2007 - March 2008)- Delta Dental
. Created "Golden Image" for HP-UX11.23, after applying STIGS and
running SRR checks. Utilized ignite for build clients with
"application and database" build formats.
. Creating/maintaining user accounts.
. Tuning the kernel as required by applications (Oracle, Weblogic)
. Securing/hardening of the HP-UX Operating Systems.
. Building Ignite server and creating custom clients in the HP-UX
environment.
. Troubleshooting miscellaneous problems with HP-UX.
. Build "Gold Images" for application/database servers.
. Use Veritas to "grow" logical volumes as needed by applications.
Sr. UNIX Contractor: (Aug. 2007 -October 2007 ) - BCBSND
. Build jumpstart server for Solaris 9/10 client imaging
. Use Solaris Disk Suites in jumpstart build to mirror system disk as
part of DRP.
. Make infrastructure/architecture recommendation to site Enterprise
System Architect
. Implement system security on servers, test and development boxes as
recommended in STIGS.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator: Ajilon Consulting (Jan. 2007 -July 2007)
. Maintain ignite/jumpstart servers/clients in testlab. Update both
ignite and FLAR images with patches as well installation/management
perl scripts used by client sites to built machines.
. Developed method of splitting/rejoining FLAR images to support FTP
(2gb limit) transfers to sites
. Disable R-commands/telnet and replace with ssh/sshd for security. Also
built private/public RSA keys to allow Trusted host to access clients
as root without requiring passwords on secure networks.
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator: University of Michigan (April 1996 - Dec
2006)
. FTE of University and member of group that provided fee-for-services
to units within the University. UNIX Systems Administrator at over 20+
sites on campus.
. Built and maintained Checkpoint Firewall and IPSO upgrades at 2
separate sites on NOKIA IP130 (TIDI and CASSINI projects)
. Install (using kickstart, jumpstart and ignite) clients (500+) at
various units
. Administration of AFS, Kerberos, NFS, NIS, DNS as well as 20+
infrastructure servers at units as well as LS&AIT group
. Creating User accounts and tuning the kernel for the application
securing/hardening of the HP-UX Operating Systems.
. Building Ignite server and creating custom clients in the HP-UX
environment.
. Troubleshooting miscellaneous problems with HP-UX.
. Install/configure/maintain Matlab, Mathematica, Ncar, FLEXLM License
manager packages for units as needed
. Many O/S upgrades at units for LINUX, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX and AIX
. Hardening of UNIX servers/clients using ssh and tcpwrappers
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator: Paranet (Nov. 1995 - April 1996)
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator: Fisher/Unitec (Aug 1992 - Nov. 1996)
Systems Engineer: EDS (June 1989 - Aug. 1992)
Independent Computer Contractor (Feb. 1986 - Nov 1988)
Various Companies IT Support: (1982 - 1986)
Education:
BA/DP - St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology (1975)
. Certificate: Project Management (University of Michigan - 1986)
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