Manager Project
Resume:
Gregory Etmekjian
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403
*************@*******.***
PERSONAL SUMMARY
IT Professional with Infrastructure management skills in a medium sized
global enterprise. Core competencies are in Infrastructure management,
Systems administration of Windows and UNIX/LINUX servers, Storage systems
administration, Applications support, Data security/recovery and Data
Center operations.
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
Operating Systems:
Windows: NT, 2000, 2003
UNIX: Solaris, IRIX, HPUX, AIX
Linux: Red Hat, Centos
Hardware:
Windows Server platforms: HP, Dell, Compaq
UNIX Server/Workstations: Solaris, SGI, IBM, HPUX
NAS/SAN Platforms: Network Appliance, EMC, MTI, Andataco
Software:
Windows Domain Applications: Exchange Server, SMS server, Replication
Server,
Apache, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Wins
Windows Server Applications: MS SQL, IIS, VM Ware, MS Virtual Server,
Citrix, MS SharePoint, MYSQL and Trend Micro
server
Relevant varied Knowledge: High availability server, Fault tolerant
servers, VERITAS Storage Foundation, VERITAS
NetBackup, EMC NetWorker, NetVault, Samba,
Perl, OnTap, TCP/IP, NIS, CIFS, NFS, SSH, FTP,
SFTP, CUPS, Disk to disk backup systems, ghost,
Acronis, Nagios, Spectra Logic Tape libraries,
Brocade fiber switches, Cisco switches, Emulex
fiber cards, Raid controllers, Octel Voice Mail
systems and Nortel switches.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Web Entertainment Technologies Oakland, NJ Feb
2009 - present
Contractor responsible for Datacenters in Oakland, NJ and Smithtown, NY.
A direct report to the CTO and COO regarding the company
infrastructure, Datacenter, and Web hosting operations. Responsible for
maintaining and supporting corporate infrastructure including cabling,
hubs, routers, the LAN at each facility, the WAN between the two facilities
and providing internal support as needed.
Responsible for Datacenters operations that includes storage and backup,
server maintenance and configuration, applications and new product
offerings and level 3 customer support. Also coordinate and negotiate with
vendors for hardware, software and communications services.
Electronics for Imaging, Parsippany, NJ
Sep 1998 -
Oct 2008
EFI is the world leader in digital color print and enterprise print
management solutions.
Site Infrastructure Manager / Site Administrator
Responsible for the IT infrastructure in the EFI New Jersey facility
consisting of Windows AD and NIS domains with multiple Windows and
UNIX/LINUX servers and storage systems. Responsibilities included systems
administration of all components of the infrastructure encompassing systems
engineering, installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, storage
management, backup administration, Windows and UNIX Server Administration.
. Headed projects to standardize and document Remote site facility
configurations and best practices for facility management standards
within the EFI Remote site team consisting of Visio diagrams, Power Point
presentations and text files housed on a SharePoint server.
. Ensured capacity on all network components and developed a hardware
refresh plan for the facility systems to ensure systems availability and
to keep pace with user needs.
. Administered file systems on several SAN and NAS systems via CIFS, NFS
and VERITAS Volume Manager.
. Managed the backup architecture on several vendor products starting with
Networker running under Solaris and a locally attached Sun library.
. Migrated to Net Vault utilizing the existing hardware as part of a
corporate migration.
. Migrated to VERITAS Net Backup release 5.5 on a Linux system
consisting of Data Domain disk to disk system and Spectra Logic
tape library.
. Responsible for upgrading to version 6, the customization, failure
analysis and resolution of all backup related issues.
. Systems administrator on several generations of Solaris, Linux, AIX,
IRIX, Red Hat and HPUX servers.
. Provided engineering support for product development efforts by
engineering teams to include desktop support, server support, Clear Case
system and networking.
. Supported engineering groups in automating software releases within the
intranet by designed and implemented a Microsoft IIS server with an MS
SQL system backend to track bug reports and daily build histories and
distribute drivers and interpreters to the corporate users via the
corporate intranet.
. Migrated the system to more capable platform running Red Hat,
Apache and MySQL.
. Performed all SMS related activities including installing, configuring,
upgrading, creating collections and managed updates via SMS packages for
all Applications servers.
. Performed regular timely maintenance to minimize datacenter downtime and
achieved a 99% uptime on all systems.
. Performed all installation, maintenance and support functions on
telephone system, fax and printers within the facility.
. Created and maintained systems images for rapid cloning of developers'
workstations.
. Administered Microsoft Exchange server and Blackberry devices.
. Installed, configured and, maintained all storage hardware consisting of
multiple NAS and SAN systems serving Windows and UNIX systems.
. Built and administered multiple Red Hat LINUX Enterprise servers used by
the developers for their version control system.
Air Express International, Darien, CT
1998
NT Administrator (Contract)
Responsible for migration of server platforms from Novell to a Windows NT
based architecture. The project consisted of building, configuring and
testing servers.
. Designed the domain security model to meet corporate requirements.
. Designed and implemented the backup strategy and procedures documentation
for domain servers.
. Managed the migration of users from Novell to Window servers.
. Developed the disaster recovery procedures for the enterprise.
NBC Production Systems, New York, NY
1988 - 1997
Operations Specialist / Project Manager
Primary duties consisted of supporting data center operations, maintenance
and upgrading the core components of the News division's data center and
managed multiple high profile News Division remote operations nationally
and internationally.
. Provided data communication, software and hardware support for the News
division global network.
. Managed vendors and contract staff in migrating and upgrading of core
systems.
. Manager on-site operations of computer and communication resources for
live NBC News events throughout the world.
. Setup the news bureau in Dhahran Saudi Arabia that was the hub for NBC
news computer operations for Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
. Supported the interim daily operations on the CNBC Asia systems in Hong
Kong and trained a local hire for local support.
. Setup the facilities (network and software systems) for the translation
system by Guangzhou TV from Cantonese to Mandarin.
. Trained CNBC Asia system administrators in daily operations, networking
hardware and NBC systems and procedures.
EDUCATION
Montclair State University
BS, Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Bergen Community College
Associate of Applied Science, Data Processing
CONTINUING EDUCATION
. Sun Solaris Systems Administration
. Microsoft SMS server
. AMA Project Management
. VERITAS Volume Manager
. VERITAS, Net backup
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