Manager Engineer
Resume:
PARESH A. PARIKH
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-***-**** ********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Over 15 years of IT experience as a UNIX System Administrator in the
Telecom, Financial, and Defense industries; extensive experience
administering Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP-UX systems. Setup and
troubleshoot VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM), Solaris Volume Manager (SVM),
VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS). Installed, updated, and patched Solaris and
Linux systems using Jumpstart, Kicktart, and Live Upgrade. Administered and
maintained DNS, HTTP, DHCP, FTP, SSH, NFS, NIS, ZFS protocols and services;
experience with zones, containers, and virtualization. Supported Data
Center relocation of a large telecommunications company; strong
communications skills and able to handle significant workload. Work
Status: U.S. Citizen. Clearance Status: Secret (inactive)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Hardware: Sun, Linux Systems, HP/9000 Series, IBM Blade Servers.
Operating Solaris 8/9/10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5, AIX 5.3,
Systems: 6.1, HP-UX 10/11/11i
Software: Oracle 9/10/11, Shell Scripting, DB SQL, Tomcat, Apache
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, Piscataway, NJ September
1997 - January 2010
Senior UNIX System Administrator (2006 - 2010)
Provided UNIX infrastructure support for the Mobile Phone Companies' Data
Platform; This platform provides data services (Web Browsing, Data Content,
Instant Messaging, picture mail, etc.) as well as provisioning and real-
time charging of mobile phone subscribers.
. Successfully deployed over 100 Sun, Linux, and AIX servers in a
Production and Test environment for multiple Mobile Virtual Network
Operators (MVNO's) in an extremely dynamic environment.
. Purchased and configured servers, load balancers, switches to support
project growth and new customer's initiatives.
. Configured and maintained over 40 production Red Hat Linux servers
running release 4/5.
. Configured file systems using Red Hat Linux LVM and VERITAS Volume
Manager.
. Configured Sun virtual servers using Zones and Containers, and ZFS.
. Configured SAN storage arrays with Brocade Switches using fiber channel
to various servers.
. Provided total customer support from Tier 2 up to vendor management to
implementation.
. Developed and customized shell scripts for improved systems monitoring
and automation.
. Performed Solaris Live Upgrades on clustered Sun Servers to reduce
downtime.
. Administered multiple VERITAS clusters in the production and test
platforms.
. Performed system administration duties using Veritas Volume Manager and
SUN Volume Manager.
. Supported backups using VERITAS NetBackup and implemented backup
schedule.
. Performed network troubleshooting on Linux using tcpdump and Solaris
using snoop utilities.
. Supported Tivoli Net Manager to monitor and track system traps and
heartbeat failures.
. Installed and maintained patches as per the Standard Operating
Environment (SOE) and the Technical Operating Environment (TOE).
. Maintained production validated servers to insure accuracy of software on
systems.
. Installed and administered Oracle Servers. Oracle administration tasks
include creating database instances, configuring listeners, maintaining
servers with multiple Oracle installations. Updated databases using SQL
scripts.
. Provided change control and change management of processes using Quality
Method of Operation (QMO) guidelines.
. Provided training and mentorship on Platform Administration for customers
and co-workers.
. Documented procedures and processes and maintained them on web site and
shared storage devices.
. Planned disaster recovery procedures for our production environment.
PARESH A. PARIKH
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Senior UNIX Administrator/Installation Specialist (1997 - 2006)
Supported the Installation Team's UNIX Platform, performed Server Setup,
Telcordia Application Installation and testing at global customer sites;
Performed demonstration and proof of concepts for many Telcordia Products
for various customers.
. System Administrator for the Installation Team's UNIX Environment running
on Solaris and HP-UX.
. Maintained a high-availability clustered platform for the Installation
Team testing.
. Provided turn-key solutions of Telcordia Products which included
procurement, setup, configuring, installing application, and shipping of
UNIX servers to customer sites.
. Provided technical consultation to clients regarding implementation of
many Telcordia Products.
. Developed solution implementation plans with clients in order to
facilitate the seamless integration of release upgrades within all
regions of a customer's production environment.
. Managed software installation activities of a small team of IT
implementation specialists that performed installations/upgrades of
Telcordia Products.
BEAR STEARNS & CO., Whippany, NJ
May - October 2007
UNIX System Administrator
Provided Tier 2 UNIX support on over 1200 Servers for Bear Stearns Global
Infrastructure; supported a team of administrators on the Linux IBM Blade
and Sun servers.
. Provided infrastructure support for internal customers, assisting with OS
and applications issues.
. Supported global operations of Bear Stearns trading systems in a 24x7
production environment.
. Installed, upgraded and applied patches for servers in a clustered and
non-clustered environment.
. Administered standalone and network installation, file system management,
backups, process control, user administration, and device management.
. Resolved a wide variety of complex system failures, troubleshooting
software, hardware, network problems, and monitoring and addressing
Service Center trouble tickets as required using Remedy.
. Oversaw and coordinated hardware functions such as hard drive removal,
print server configuration, performance optimization, and research and
installation of current patches, where applicable, including the
installation and support of storage peripherals.
AT&T RESEARCH, Florham Park, NJ
January - August 1997
Consultant - Lead UNIX System Administrator
Supported the Data Center Relocation for AT&T from Murray Hill to Florham
Park; This effort included planning and implementation of over 200 servers,
Tape Libraries and SAN Storage Arrays.
. Planned and implemented the Data Center relocation with Management and
vendors.
. Provided information for space planning, electrical distribution, and
logistics to many vendors.
. Responsible for infrastructure, assessment, procurement, planning and
execution of UNIX servers.
. Installed and maintained IRIX and Solaris environment supporting over 100
researchers.
C3I SYSTEMS, INC., Tinton Falls, NJ
January 1995 - December 1997
Systems Administrator/Engineer - Supported the US Army's Command, Control,
and Communications Division UNIX Platform for Modeling and Simulation
Environment
TELOS CORPORATION - Shrewsbury, NJ November
1993 - December 1995
Systems Engineer - Supported Department of Defense supporting the Modeling
and Simulation effort.
LOGICON- Eatontown, NJ (Presently Northrop Grumann) September
1991 - October 1993
Systems Engineer - Supported various projects for the US Army including
combat systems software modeling testing platform.
EDUCATION
BS, Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ,
1991
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