Andrew J. Kingsbury
New Castle, PA 16101
724-***-**** (home)
401-***-**** (cell)
******.**********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: To advance to a more challenging technical position in the
Information Services industry.
EDUCATION:
9/70 to 6/76 Boston Latin School
SKILLS:
Software:
- Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8,9,10; HP-UX 9,10,11; HP MPE/XL; IBM
MVS; DC/OSX (Pyramid)
- Applications: Veritas VM/FS; CA-Unicenter TNG 1,2; HP Measureware;
Omegamon (IBM)
Hardware: HP 3000/9000/T500 midrange server; Sun (various midrange models,
incl.: 6800/6900, 480/490/ T2000)
PC OS/applications : Microsoft: Windows/Outlook/Excel/Word/Powerpoint, MS-
DOS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION:
Vendor Supplied:
- Veritas Volume Manager/File System 4; Sun Cluster 3; Sun Solaris 8/9;
HP-UX 10; Windows NT 4
In House/Online:
- UNIX Shell Scripting; sed/awk; UNIX Computer Security; Networking;
Perl
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1/1997 to 6/2009 EDS/Hewlett Packard Corp. Boston, MA
Systems Administrator
Team member who provided technical support for several UNIX-based servers.
Operating systems in use: Solaris, HP-UX. Duties included: machine and
software installation/upgrades; responded to and helped resolve customer
SW/HW issues and concerns of major client, Blue Cross of Massachusetts;
developed scripts to automate routine tasks such as hardware and security
status reporting and userid administration; implemented server changes with
client via in-house change control system
Updated and maintained server documentation
Served as problem coordinator in Quality Management System
Helped develop, test, and document disaster recovery plan for midrange UNIX
platforms
6/1996 to 1/1997 EDS, Boston, MA
Senior Computer Operator
Initiated and monitored online/batch processing/backup schedules for over
20 machines, including HP3000/9000, Pyramid, Stratus, and IBM
Interacted with external and internal customers as well as vendors/software
support personnel to ensure maximum systems availability; aided in problem
resolution and logging
Performed hardware/software fixes where appropriate
Created and maintained datacenter status reports and media tracking
documentation
8/1981 to 6/1996 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts/ Electronic
Data Systems (EDS)
Computer Operator / Console Operator
Ran nightly production batch schedules on IBM and Honeywell/Bull
mainframes. Performed startup/shutdown of online transaction processing
applications
Trained and supervised activities of other computer operators
Printed and distributed problem reports and report on daily production
status.