Post Job Free
Sign in

Manager Administrator

Location:
Burleson, TX
Posted:
February 28, 2013

Contact this candidate

Resume:

Mark Albertson

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

Address: **** ****** ***** *****

City: Burleson

State: TX

Zip: 76028

Country: USA

Phone: 817-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $114,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

See Resume

Educational Background:

See Resume

Job History / Details:

Mark L. Albertson

1008 Garden Ridge Dr. Burleson, TX 76028 Phone: 817-***-**** **********@********.***

Lead systems administrator

Self-motivated Lead Systems Administrator with over 20 years experience implementing complex systems for various Unix/Linux platforms in the aerospace (commercial / military) sector, seeking Systems Admin position at a company that values technical expertise and dedication.

Extensive experience installing and supporting varied Unix/Linux platforms including HP-UX, AIX, IRIX and CentOS as well as installing hardware for Linux/ HP-UX /AIX servers. Proficient at SAN & NAS administration, system troubleshooting and problem solving skills.

Possess Security Clearance with most recent being D.O.D. Secret; past clearances included D.O.D. Top Secret (with Special Access). Extensive work experience with defense sector (Northrop Grumman).

Record of success in working with various business units and application teams to support installation / configuration efforts. Comfortable being on-call / high availability to respond to issues.

Areas of Expertise

Unix Systems Administration

Analysis/Problem Resolution

Disaster Recovery

Troubleshooting

SOX Auditing

Project Management

Server Design/Implementation

Business Continuity

Storage Area Network (SAN)

De-duplication

Linux/ HP-UX /AIX Servers

Data Center Consolidation

Network App Admin (NetApp)

Server Installation

Network Attached Storage(NAS)

Technical COMPETENCIES

Technical Skills:

Unix Systems Administration for HP-UX, IBM-AIX & Linux; Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery; Server Design/Implementation; Network Appliance Administration (NetApp); Unix, CentOS, RHEL, HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 11.11 (11i v1), HP-UX 11.23 (11i v2), HP-UX 11.31 (11i v3) AIX 4.3, AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1, IRIX, switches, DNS, TSM, IBM, Hewlett Packard, vPar, LPAR, NTFS shares

Specialized Technical Training:

CentOS/RHEL through SteelPivot, Network Appliance Data ONTAP Advanced System Administration, HP-UX System Admin, IBM AIX System Admin, and SGI IRIX System Admin, and studying for the RHCSA exam

professional experience

First Data Corporation, Austin, TX 10/2012 - Present

Systems Administrator

Perform hardware installation/de-installation of Linux/Solaris/AIX Servers; DNS Administration.

Perform Linux/Unix user administration including Kerberos authorizations.

Conduct failure analysis/troubleshooting for Linux/Unix servers.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Dallas, TX 09/1998 - 07/2012

Lead Unix Administrator / Interim Manager

Responsible for capturing system requirements, creating implementation plans, installing / configuring servers, monitoring task and reporting outcomes to management.

Installed / configured CentOS & RHEL servers for use as Apache servers on KVM cluster.

Served as HP-UX focal point for planning, implementing and maintaining standalone and vPar HP-UX systems at multiple sites across the U.S. Many of these servers were for Oracle databases.

Contributed to implementation & support teams (AIX, HP-UX, Windows & Linux), including PeopleSoft, Hyperion, TeamCenter, Manufacturing Execution System (multi-site support), and Tivoli Storage Management.

Mark L. Albertson, Page 2

professional experience, Cont.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Dallas, TX (Cont.) 09/1998 - 07/2012

Lead Unix Administrator / Interim Manager

Created Standard Operating Procedures for Unix & SAN/NAS administration as well as security audits.

Gathered data for and participated in SOX Audit reviews and remediation`s.

Contributed technical expertise to SAP v4.6 Support Team (AIX with high availability cluster and multi-processing & Windows)

Reviewed and approved software change requests in a team environment.

Created training documents for Unix and Network Appliance support at remote sites.

Provided implementation and support in a team for the Global Collaboration Environment to house foreign nationals who access and modify subsets of contract deliverables (AIX, Windows & NetApp)

Supported Linux KVM cluster for engineering applications in a team setting.

Collated data on storage consumption and produced monthly reports. Projected when storage capacity would reach critical levels requiring additional NAS/SAN storage. Recommended upgrades.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, B2 Aircraft Division, Pico Rivera, CA 06/1983 - 09/1998

Lead Systems Administrator

Served as the group lead for the purchase of hardware/software assets used by Unix Support Organization and system administrator for various Local Area Networks (LANs).

Installed and configured Unix workstation hardware and software (system and application).

Created and maintained security document setting criteria under which a LAN will operate.

Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery procedures for Unix LANs.

Defined requirements for Unix workstation hardware, software and networking as a team.

Performed modifications to mainframe CADAM graphics code to provide customized functions.

Traveled to subcontractor sites to perform baseline installation of mainframe CADAM and software.

Troubleshot graphics problems that user groups` reported and made corrective modifications to code. Reassigned problem reports to appropriate programmer.

Responsible for software processing and analysis of methodology to examine how software systems could be modified. Moved to production status by focusing on software systems` configuration, functional quality, and technical quality.

Able to act as liaison / team lead between user groups, programming staff, and project security to determine specifications for software packages and methods of implementation.

education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Associate of Science in Engineering, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA



Contact this candidate