Project Management Engineer
Resume:
Douglas Peterson
McHenry, IL 60051
Phone: 815-***-****
Email: *******@*****.***
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Employment Objective:
A new challenge where I'll be given the opportunity to learn new skill sets, to leverage existing knowledge and be
part of a winning team.
Core Competencies:
UNIX Systems Administration in a High Capacity High Availability Enterprise UNIX environment.
Project Management and collaboration.
Excellent problem solving skills.
UNIX Disaster Recovery planning, documentation and recovery expert.
Employment History:
Feb. 01 - Present
Walgreen's Corporation
Lincolnshire, IL
Title: Senior UNIX Systems Administrator
Responsibilities: Senior Unix Systems Administrator.
Accomplishments:
Senior level Unix Systems Administration working on Solaris (8, 9 and 10), Linux (Red Hat Enterpise
Server and Suse) and VMware in a High Capacity High Availab ility Environment.
Server Virtualization and migration projects moving from Solaris to VMware or SUN Containters.
Project Management involving EMC Networker, server virtualization, new server builds and re -host
projects.
W ork closely with Database, Operations and off-shore staff.
Proficient in Veritas Storage Foundation and SAN disk management.
UNIX Disaster Recovery planning, documentation and implementation during over 2 dozen tests.
Performance tuning and monitoring.
Patch maintenance (SUN and Linux), change management and ticket resolution (Remedy).
Numerous Solaris, Veritas, Project Management and EMC classes and certifications.
Support remote servers at Distribution centers and stores.
Dozens of UNIX shell scripts including 'watchdog', used Enterpise wide for systems monitoring and
alerting.
Sep. 97 - Nov. 00
CTG (Computer Task Group) contracted out to IBM Global Services
Schaumburg, IL
Title: UNIX Systems Administrator
Responsibilities: UNIX Systems Administration for IBM and Sears Roebuck and Co.
Accomplishments:
Senior level Unix Systems Administration on NCR and AIX UNIX platforms working on the Sears
Contract.
All aspects of Systems Administration, including performance tuning and evaluation, server re -hosting,
daily ticket queue remediation in a high capacity environment.
W orked closed with Operations, Database and Developer staff.
Disaster Recovery testing.
BMC Patrol Monitoring.
Authored a webpage for testing IBM MQ series connections.
Oct. 94 - Sep. 97
Electronic Data Systems
Lake Forest, IL
Title: Advanced Systems Engineer
Responsibilities: Advanced Systems Engineer/UNIX administration. Administration.
Accomplishments:
UNIX Systems Administration on HP-UX, NCR and SCO for EDS Customer Moore Business Forms.
W orked closely with operations staff, database team and Disaster Recovery manager to insure systems
maintained optimal performance.
Developed shell scripts to help automate tasks.
April 90 - Oct. 94
Mark Williams Company
Northbrook, IL
Title: UNIX System Administrator - Tech Support Supervisor
Responsibilities: Performed system administration functions and supervised the Technical Support Department.
Accomplishments:
Managed the call center for technical phone support for the company. Supervised 3
individuals.
Performed sytem test builds and worked closely with developers to insure QA of various
aspects of the sofware being developed.
Oct. 89 - Jan. 90
NEC Technologies
Wood Dale, IL
Responsibilities: Managed the 2nd shift tech. support staff
Accomplishments:
Oversaw a team of 25 individuals.
Aug. 86 - May 89
Mindscape Inc.
Northbrook, IL
Title: Tech Support Manager
Responsibilities: Managed the tech. support call center.
Accomplishments:
Efficient handling of telephone technical support calls in regards to the numer ous software titles
published by Mindscape.
Supervised two other individuals.
W rote a weekly newsletter encapsulating the weeks call coverage and trends.
Education:
Accomplishments:
Multiple Sun Solaris, EMC Networker, Symantec Veritas Courses.
Project Management courses.
Multiple UNIX Computer Based Training Courses.
Basics in C Programming, '92.
Self taught in many areas of computer hardware and software.
Associate Applied Science, Journalism in 1981.
Other Skills:
W EB site design and implementation.
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