Manager Management

Kobby Q. Grant

Columbia, MD *****

Home: 443-***-****

Cell: 202-***-****

Email:********@*****.***

SUMMARY:

I am a driven UNIX administrator with over 6 years of progressive and varied UNIX systems administration

experience. My goal is to continually further my expertise in my field, with pursuit of industry certifications in

addition to continuing education in this dynamic specialty. I bring with me a broad range of career experience,

outstanding communication and documentation skills. I am eager to join an organization that can benefit from

my skills, while allowing me to enhance my knowledge.

EDUCATION:

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

B.A-Business Management-2001

CERTIFICATIONS:

Sun Certified System Administrator Solaris 9 Current

Oracle 10g DBA Certified Associate (OCA) Current

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, RedHat Enterprise 5 Linux, SUSE Linux, Microsoft Windows

95/98/NT/XP/7/2000/2003/2008

Applications: Veritas Netbackup, Veritas Volume Manager, Oracle, PHP, Apache 1.3.x and

2.0.x,MySQL,VMware Server

Hardware: Sun E3500, E250, E450, Sun Fire V120,240,440,880,6800 Servers, Sun x4600, Sun StorageTek

2540, Sun blade system m6000, m8000, HP ProLiant DL380,585,785,ML150 servers, HP blade system c3000,

c7000 enclosure, IBM 3583 LTO Library, Spectra Logic T950 Library, Quantum Scalar i500, Iron Port

Appliance C300, NetApp FAS R200, 900, 2000 and 3000 series

Networking: DHCP, DNS, NAS, NFS, NTP, SAN, TCP/IP, LDAP, OpenLDAP

Security: AIDE, CHECKPOINT FIREWALL, JUNIPER FIREWALL, TRIPWIRE,

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Shell scripting (Korn, Bash), Perl

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

July 2008-present*Federal Trade Commission*Washington, D.C

UNIX Systems Administrator

My primary responsibility for this project was to provide immediate assistance in a busy production

environment. Coordinated with DBA's in maintaining and resolving database related issues.

Took on leadership role in a challenging task when a research department working on an X4600 server

Needed Stat Transfer application that only worked on SPARC based systems by creating Solaris zones

for Linux Centos to support the application. Timely met deadline for the configuration of DKIM(DomainKeys

Identified Mail) on Ironport Appliances for email authentication purpose. Extensive implementation and

Configuration of Sun Solstice Disk Suite, Veritas Volume Manager and LVM management.Configured

Volumes and LUNs on FAS 900, 2000 and 3000 series in a SAN clustered environment.

• Perform security administration on all servers using Tripwire, AIDE, Sudo, and tcpwrappers

• Built and Configured Apache Web Server with MYSQL and PHP

• Configured and managed Tomcat, Weblogic, ColdFusion and OpenLDAP

• Upgraded Veritas Netbackup from version 5.1 to 6.5

• Created full and differential policies for backup purposes using Veritas Netbackup

• Racked and configured FAS3140 in a SAN cluster to support UNIX and windows servers

• Administered NFS and NTP on Sun and SUSE Linux Servers

• Configured Sun StorageTek 2540 to a SunFireX4600 server

• Upgraded Solaris 8 servers to Solaris 10

• Configured Sendmail and Postfix on Solaris/SUSE Linux to support spam emails

• RAID 0/1/5, Samba, CIFS, DNS, MS Windows integration with Linux and Solaris

April 2004-June 2008*Comcast Cable Corp.*Silver Spring, MD

UNIX System Administrator

In this position I started out as a junior admin and transitioned to a lead role.

Exhibited outstanding interpersonal and communication skills in a team environment

and adapted very quickly to new technical concepts and responsibilities. I was recognized

for my keen attention to detail and problem solving skills. Responsibilities included

Implementation of system designs on Unix/Linux Hardware/Software infrastructure.

Maintained detailed documentation on implemented procedures such as; ZFS filesystems

Configurations, patch administration, Solaris whole root zones, network troubleshooting,

Monitoring and maintaining system logs, LVM configuration, hardware/software upgrades,

Data management (storage, backup, and restore), RHEL 4.x and 5.x installs and configuration,

and attending team and company meetings.

• Configuring Apache Web servers including aliases and virtual host containers

• Extensive LVM configuration

• Installation of RedHat, Solaris 8, 9, 10

• Mirrored root disk with SUN volume management and Veritas Volume Management

• Setting up additional filesystems with Veritas Volume Management from allocated T3 storage array system

• LDAP directory and email migration. Created and documented migration plan

• Used OpenLDAP on Linux and Solaris to provide global address book

• Performed filesystem security on Solaris and RedHat servers

• Monitored server performance using Teamquest

• Configured VMware server on development RedHat server to support Windows 2000 O.S

• Administered Veritas Netbackup

• Oracle 10g grid clustering on Solaris and SuSe Linux, Oracle RAC on Solaris and Linux

June 2001-March 2004*Blutech Inc*Woodstock, MD

UNIX/ORACLE Training Course/Helpdesk Associate

Simultaneously trained as a UNIX and ORACLE administrator while providing in-house Help Desk

standardized procedures.

Responsibility included call procedures and initiating/maintaining service call and trouble ticket records.

Perform additional duties as assigned by the Help Desk and Program Management.

• Answering phone calls and keeping daily activity logs

• Ensures quality service through accuracy and commitment to first call resolution

• Identifies and reports system-related service interruptions

• Administered database user accounts, including user rights monitoring and access

• Performed cold and hot backup of databases using Oracle's export utility

• Installation of ORACLE 10G on UNIX/LINUX and Windows platforms

References:

Available Upon Request

Contact this candidate