Engineer Manager
Resume:
Aziz Khawaja
Plainfield, IL 60585
abhzwu@r.postjobfree.com
http://infotechpage.weebly.com
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Objective:
To obtain a challenging position in the area of Information Technology
industry as data architect or lead systems engineer/architect offering
challenge, where I could contribute my experience as a high a potential
engineer
Operating Systems:
UNIX Sun Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 10; Linux RedHat 5.x; HP-UX 11, AIX 5,
NetWare 4.x, AS/400 and OS/390, MVS and Windows 2003/2008 Server w/Active
Directory.
Network & Server Management:
. Designing, installation, configuration and deployment of UNIX and
Windows -based networks,
. SMS 2.0, HP OpenView, BMC Patrol, IBM NetView 5, Mamba for NT/2000,
NT/2000 and UNIX
. Performance monitoring and optimized tuning; administration and disk
management with Solstice
. DiskSuite; Storage Management with NetBackup and Storage System
Maintenance.
IT Management & Project Management:
. Managing IT projects since 2004 for SAS, FileNet, IBM Tivoli, Remedy
ITSM and Control-M
. Duties include setting up meetings, running meetings, writing and
distributing meeting minutes
. Determining resources required, interviewing candidates, vetting
vendors, and assigning tasks.
. Creating plans, executing project plans, and adjusting the plans as
necessary
. Preparing status reports and presenting to upper management
Application /Database Servers:
. SAS Enterprise 9.1.3 and 9.2 with Business Intelligence (Solaris
5.10); SMC and Enterprise Guide Solutions including light development,
data analysis with SAS tools and UNIX shell scripting
. SAS, SPSS, Excel and Access: 4 - 5 years experience in complex
statistical modeling
. SAS administrator/Programmer for SAS9
. Strong SAS numerical and analytical skills
. Good understanding of SAS statistical techniques and analytical site
forecasting methods
. Solve business problems, gather data, transform databases, perform
research analysis against data warehouse, interpret data and
publish/generate reports
. Proven organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills and
ability to work independently while being a good team player who
enjoys delivering high quality work
. Touched base with SAS Mainframe; SAS MVS MXG; SAS SPM
. ITSM 7, ARS Remedy Help Desk, Atrium/CMDB 7 and workflow development &
solution design
. Control-M/Enterprise Manager server administration including full
deployment on HP and Sun.
. IBM Filenet P8/ECM BPM and Content Security Document Management with
Imaging services.
. IBM Tivoli Netview administration including installation, deployment
and map management.
. Sage Timesheet Professional administration with installation and
deployment.
. Oracle Apex/HTMLdb administration, deployment and support with Oracle
10g database.
. Javelin Appia and Coppelia FIX messaging for financial exchange trade
systems.
System Backups / Web & Email:
. Veritas NT Backup 5.x
. Apache Tomcat, New Atlanta, Microsoft IIS, Exchange and Sendmail.
Network Security:
. Solid understanding of UNIX and Windows networking protocols and
IP/Networking, Check Point Firewall-1 4.x and WebSense 4.x
administration, Raptor firewall, E-Safe Protect Gateway
. Trend Micro for e-mail and content security, Norton v.1.01 for
Firewalls and v. 1.02 for Internet
. E-mail Gateways, Norton Anti-Virus, McAfee Anti-Virus, Anti-Virus for
Enterprise Security Solution.
. UNIX and Windows server hardening with security patches.
Programming Languages & Scripting:
. C, PLC, VB, Web scripting, batch programming, SAS, API coding, Perl
and C shell scripting.
Work Experience
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE Holdings, Inc.) - Chicago, IL
Sr. Software Engineer December 2001 - Present
. SAS-BI (9.1.3/9.2) systems engineer and supervisor for all SAS/EG
deployments, installations and administration. Light scripting and
development work; some data analysis included; SAS mainframe; data
warehouse research analysis; SAS SPM/MGX
. Lead engineering supervisor/manager for IBM Filenet Document
Management Application. Enterprise-wide deployment, coding, scripting,
administration and support. All previous upgrades and rollouts, system
changes, managing the staff (3-5) for timely delivery of projects,
accuracy, user requirements, project demos, presentations, testing in
development environment, production UATs, and complete administration.
. Lead engineer role in the enterprise infrastructure to supervise co-
workers in all the applications responsible for the group.
. Provide valuable solutions and techniques to automate to enhance
productivity.
. Software engineering, developing, debugging and supporting for
financial exchange systems
. Lead engineer for Javelin Coppelia FIX HA protocols, FIX HA Engines,
FIX HA scripting
. Screen Based Trading support and administration for the exchange.
. Lead engineer for full enterprise-wide development and administration
for BMC Remedy and ITSM applications
. Lead engineer for full installation, enterprise-wide deployment and
administration for BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager version 224/500,
6.1.02, 6.2.01, 6.3.01 and 6.4.
. Lead engineer for full support, administration, installation of the
product of IBM Tivoli Netview with map management.
. Lead support engineer for Sage Timesheet application support,
installation and administration.
. Support for Windows and Unix -based applications, installs, configure
and troubleshooting
. Administration for Sun Solaris and HP/UNIX systems
. Support for Exchange and Sendmail Email servers and requests
. Support and installation for BMC Patrol software
. Project management duties for the applications responsible
. Shell scripting and all technical documentation
Verascape, Inc - Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Sr. Systems Administrator March 2001 - September 2001
. Systems administration in Sun Solaris v. 2.7 and 2.8. Sun backups,
application installs, upgrades, Sendmail administration, Cyrus IMAP
configuration, Apache Web server administration, NIS and NFS
configuration and deployment, user account management and shell
scripting
. Check Point Firewall-1 Administration, logs, reports and maintenance
. Installation and configuration of platform-based speech servers with
Linux RedHat 6.2
. Deployment of Cisco routers, Foundry and Intel switches in LAN and
WAN. Configuration, administration and setting of VLANS and networks
in GUI and command-line modes. Network monitoring by logs and reports
. Systems and network administration in Windows 2000 servers. Active
directory administration, backups, upgrades, Antivirus protection and
management, Exchange 2000 server administration and deployment, user
accounts, permissions, quota, firewall and daily systems
administration for break/fix issues
. Rack-mounting servers, cabling, equipment management, wiring and
labeling
. Technical Documentation, communication w/ vendors, software packages
and training
Telenisus Corporation - Rolling Meadows, IL
Hosting Engineer December 2000 - January 2001
. System engineering and support for Unix based network, shell scripting
and automation
. Complete administration for NT 4.0/Windows 2000 and Sun Solaris 2.7
and 2.8
. Firewall & E-Commerce Security with Checkpoint FW-1 and Nokia IP440 &
IP650 running Check Point on Solaris 7
. On-call support and administration for Citrix Metaframe 1.8 and
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
. Integrating Windows NT 4.0/2000 with mainframe OS/390 Terminal
Emulation with reflection 7
. Backup and Storage with EMC, StorageTek and Veritas Netbackup
. Troubleshooting high-level network problems, router configuration,
switch management, NT and Sun servers staging, racking and cabling
. Customer interaction and Documentation
Charles Industries, Ltd. - Rolling Meadows, IL
Network Administrator April 1999 - November 2000
. Systems and network engineering, monitoring and troubleshooting in
LAN/WAN
. Build Unix and NT servers, configure, test, implement and deploy
. Router and switch configuration and troubleshooting
. Administering Sun Solaris 8 servers and workstations
. Ethernet network cabling and switching
. System backups on daily and weekly basis
. Installation, administration and monitoring of Oracle 8.x server
. Installation of SQL 7 for WebSense/Firewall-1 database reports
. Installation & administration of Microsoft Cluster Server and SQL
Server
. Migration of Novell NetWare to NT 4.0 for server and clients with user
data
. Design, implement, plan and document enterprise application deployment
for Pro/Engineer 2000, Norton Anti-Virus, Office 2000 and Reflections
7 using Fast Lane's Directory Manager and WRQ
. Mainframe OS/390 and AS/400 production support with Reflections'
Terminal Emulation
. Citrix Winframe 1.7 on Windows NT 3.51 support and administration
. Citrix Metaframe 1.8 integration w/Solaris 2.6; installation,
configuration and deployment
. Recommend, evaluate and purchase servers and network equipment
. Direct contact with vendor negotiations for purchasing equipment
. Troubleshoot miscellaneous day-to-day network related problems
. Supervise and train level I, II staff
. Follow standards and procedures for enterprise rollouts
. Check Point Firewall-1 engineering, administration, configuration and
monitoring
. Maintain, administer, modify network security and policy
. Intrusion Detection for LAN/WAN and Internet with scanning tools
. Exchange 2000 deployment and migrating NT member servers to Win2K
servers
. Test, evaluate and recommend SMS 2.0 for enterprise
. Test, evaluate and recommend Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
. Implement new technology, test, evaluate and configure
. Provide technical support for miscellaneous applications and hardware
. Managed to create procedures and technical documentation for disaster
recovery in local and wide area networking
AIG Corporation / Tek Systems, Inc - Chicago, IL
Consultant, LAN Administrator May 1998 - March 1999
. Systems Engineering and administration in LAN and WAN with network
support for large-sized network
. Provide network security using Checkpoint Firewall-1 and WebSense
. Administering Oracle Database on Sun Solaris 2.6 enterprise server
. Design, implement, configure Microsoft Exchange Server for enterprise
deployment
. Provide technical support to all staff levels, including senior
management
. Perform day-to-day administration with backups and remote access
. Perform deployment of enterprise applications for SMS (installation,
troubleshooting and support, MS-Office and Norton Anti-Virus
. Performed network monitoring and troubleshooting
. Weekly upgrades for various applications on servers
. Provide training to level I and II staff and prepare technical
documentation
Phoenix Duff & Phelps / RHI Consulting - Chicago, IL
Consultant, LAN Administrator March 1997 - April 1998
. Network engineering and administration in Windows NT, SunOS and Novell
NetWare 4.11
. Troubleshooting in various area of networking
. Provide e-mail and network security with Checkpoint FW-1 and CyberCop
. Light administration with Lotus Notes and cc:Mail
. Contacting vendors for purchasing network and desktop equipment
. Create system documentation form the change management perspective
utilizing various tools
. Create technical documentation of various software and hardware
configuration
. Setting up standards for the IT infrastructure in conjunction with
Manager
. Technical documentation and training
LTV Steel / Digital Staffing - Whiting, IN
Consultant, Field Engineer April 1996 - February 1997
. LAN/WAN engineering, administration and support for Windows NT and
Novell NetWare
. Router and switch management, deployment and design
. Enterprise deployment for various software and rollouts
. Troubleshooting on network equipment and servers
. Technical documentation and training
Leo Burnett / Aerotech - Chicago, IL
Consultant, Internet Coordinator October 1995 - February 1996
. Support provided for Windows and Mac applications
. Support provided for Internet browser (Netscape) and WWW utilities
. Network and end-user desktop troubleshooting
. Technical and procedural writing and documentation with training
Education
Purdue University - May 1999
Computer Information Systems/Technology
Karachi University - May 1989
B.SC. Honors - Mathematics, Statistics and Economics
Training & Certification
. BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager Administration training
. IBM Filenet Document Management / Content Security training
. BMC Patrol training
. BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.x training from BMC Software
. BMC Remedy Atrium CMDB 7.x training from Column Technologies
. BMC ITSM 7.5 training from Column Technologies
. Project Management courses from Northwestern University
. MCSE NT 4.0 training from Pro-Line Computers
. Sun Solaris 2.8 and 5.10 Administration I training Sun Microsystems
. Citrix Metaframe training from Progressive Network Solutions
. Check Point FireWall-1 CCSA & CCSE training
. RSA training from RSA Telenisus Corporation
. Certification of Computer Programming from Pakistan Petroleum
Institute
Residency: US citizen
References: Furnished upon request
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