Systems Engineer/Administrator

Gary (Gang) Li

**** ** **** ****, **** Raton FL *3431

*******@*****.*** home: 561-***-**** mobile: 561-***-****

Expert Computer System Engineer/Administrator

Summary of Qualifications:

Extensive computer/network experience.

Experienced in UNIX system administration and system programming.

Expert in multi-vendor/multi-platform enterprise computing infrastructure.

Skilled in project management, system design and analysis.

Self-motivated and highly innovative problem solver.

Experienced in troubleshooting and crisis handling.

Fast/solid learning adapting to new tech many times and constantly in career.

Loyal and dedicated team contributor.

Skilled C/C++/Shell programmer.

Computer Skills:

Operating Systems: UNIX, AIX, Solaris, SunOS, Linux, BSD/OS, OSF/1, Windows.

Network: TCP/IP, SAN, NAS, NFS, NIS, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, LAN, WAN, SNMP, NDMP.

Hardware: IBM RS/6000, RS/6000 SP, 3494 Tape Library, Enterprise Storage Server 2105, SSA Disk Subsystem 7133, Network Appliance Filer, Brocade Fibre Channel Switch, StorageTek Disk Subsystem D178, L700 Enterprise Tape Library, Sun Enterprise Server, Disk Subsystem, PC Servers, Coraid Storage System, Intel Paragon XP/S, Hypercube iPSC/860, iPSC/2, Cisco Router/Switch.

Software: PSSP, HACMP, Tivoli Storage Manager, ADSM, NIM, Veritas Volume Manager, Data ONTAP, VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center 2012, StorageTek SANtricity Storage Manager, Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, MySQL, LVS, Resonate Central Dispatch, Apache, Netscape Web Server, Java, Tomcat, Jira, Perforce, FishEye, Code Collaborator, PingFederate, Brightmail Anti-Spam.

Programming Language: C, C++, UNIX Shell.

Professional Experience:

CyberGate/e.spire Internet Services/Affinity Internet, Inc./Hostway Corp. Jan 1995 – Aug 2016

(An Internet service provider and web hosting/service/application company)

Senior Systems Administrator/Systems Administration Manager/Systems Engineering Manager/Senior Technical Staff Member/Senior Systems Engineer

Designed, set up and managed networked UNIX/Linux servers, VMware systems, storage and backup systems.

Planned, implemented and maintained high availability systems for mission critical enterprise infrastructure, such as RS/6000SP, HACMP, TSM, NetApp.

Researched and acquired new emerging technologies for quality, capacity and performance improvement and automation, such as SAN, NAS, LVS, Cloud.

Configured and maintained UNIX operating systems and software packages on multi-vendor systems in enterprise environment of AIX, Sun Solaris, Linux, etc.

Planned and implemented server virtualization and migration, and data center move.

Managed and maintained R&D software Jira, Perforce, FishEye, Code Collaborator.

Built, managed and advised Systems Engineering/Administration groups.

Led and directed system architecture/engineering projects.

Provided expert assistance for development, QA and production environments.

State University of New York at Stony Brook Jul 1991 -- Dec 1994

Systems Administrator/Research Associate

Developed, debugged and maintained large software system.

Performed and managed large scale computer simulation using parallel computers.

Princeton University Sep 1990 – Jun 1991

Research Associate

The University of Wyoming Jul 1986 – Aug 1990

Research Assistant

The University of Chicago Sep 1983 - Jun 1986

Fellow/Teaching Assistant

Nankai University Feb 1982 – Aug 1983

Assistant Instructor

Education:

Ph.D. The University of Wyoming, 1990, Applied Mathematics.

M.S. The University of Chicago, 1985, Computational Mathematics.

B.S. Nankai University, 1982, Computational Mathematics.

Professional Training and Certification:

IBM Course AIX Advanced System Administration

IBM Courses HACMP Installation and Implementation, System Administration, Problem Determination and Recovery

IBM Courses Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation, Advanced Administration, Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager

IBM Courses Storage Area Network Introduction, Planning and Implementation

IBM Courses TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Implementation, Copy Services

Tivoli Certified Consultant -- Tivoli Storage Manager

Microsoft Course Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

Microsoft Course of Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

StorageTek Course Storage Area Network Concepts and Connectivity

SANS Conferences/Courses on System Administration, Network and Security

Professional Societies:

Association of Storage Networking Professionals

Awards:

Superstar Award, Hostway Corporation, 2007, 2008.

Employee of the Month, Affinity Internet, Inc., December 2006.

Outstanding Dissertation Award, The University of Wyoming, 1990.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

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