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Engineer Manager

Location:
Dacula, GA, 30019
Posted:
June 21, 2017

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Norman Barnum Jr

Lawrenceville • 678-***-**** (Mobile) • ac0x7d@r.postjobfree.com • https://www.linkedin.com/in/normbarnumjr

Summary

Systems Administration / Engineering • Customer Service / Support • Project Management

Information Systems Specialist experienced in the Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, Outsourcing, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery. Hosting / Managed Services and Airline industries analyzing, developing, installing and supporting various operating systems and applications. Designed and managed various sized Data Center installation projects which included Visio layouts with rackspace, hardware and cable/wiring diagrams.

Technical Skills

Platforms / Operating Systems

Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), AIX, Solaris, HPUX

Intel – Win – XP/NT/2000/2003/2007/2008,/2012 and associated peripherals.

Software /Applications / Utilities

CMIS, SCCS, CMS, PVCS, BMC-Patrol, ITPAM / CA Process Automation, HP-OpenView, OpenOffice, Lotus-Notes, Vantive, Remedy, Visio, PS-Service Center, MS-Office, MS-Access, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Office365, MS-Project, SharePoint, NFS, SAM, Ignite, TSM, Scalix, Renovo(Asigra), RDP, Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere, eVault, VMWare, Veritas Cluster Manager, AWS/Amazon Web Services, VNC, ssh, tar, cron, smit, sendmail, Box, SolarWinds, JBOSS, Subversion, LiveLink, FileZilla, WinSCP, MessageWay, STAR-CCM, OpenOffice, TeamViewer, NetApp’s OnCommand Insight, Eclipse, MS-Azure, PowerShell, WebEx. EMC UniSphere, ANSYS Simulation Software

Languages:

Bash, C, Perl, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Visual-Basic, SQL, XML, Python

Professional Experience

Agility Recovery Solutions - Atlanta, GA

Systems Engineer June 2016 – Feb 2017

Upgraded entire desktop and laptop inventory to Windows10 prior to free expiration date.

Built Windows2008/2012 servers which included adding/configuring memory, disk/RAID array’s,

various cards, etc.

Prepped H/W for Disaster Recovery testing and real declarations which included anything from a single pc, to dozens of pc’s, and/or servers, etc.

Environment: Windows 10, Windows Server 2008/2012, Linux- Ubuntu, VMware5.x

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CDC - Atlanta, GA

Systems Administrator (Contract Position thru Lockheed-Martin) Feb 2016 – June 2016

Responsible for all System Administration tasks in preparation to migrating from Solaris 10 to Linux RHEL6.

Installation of required packages and updates, user and group maintenance, responding to system alerts.

Disk space monitoring and maintenance. Due to all of the security and auditing reports, we were required

to condense, backup, and relocate voluminous audit related files.

PEN test preparation / remediation. Continually configuring and updating the systems per latest vulnerability findings.

Environment: Windows7 Windows Server 2008/2012, Linux- RHEL6.x, Unix - Solaris10, VMware5.x

H/W Dell Blades, Oracle / SunFire servers

AGCO - Atlanta, GA

Systems Administrator (Contract Position thru Agile) Nov 2014 – Dec2015

Working directly with the Project Managers for all assigned new projects and those already in production.

Attended build / design meetings to review current / future system builds.

Built both virtual and physical environments using the latest Cisco blade technologies, installed and

configured 3rd party 3D Modeling Applications (ANSYS, STAR-CCM+)

Stood up various flavors of Linux / Windows virtual machines using vsphere5.x

Worked closely with the Application Team to test and further configure various applications.

Adding local and service accounts and grant required permissions based on application requirements.

Adding / configuring servers and applications to Solarwinds to be monitored from anywhere around the world.

Part of a Global NOC responding and resolving tickets raised by the various monitoring groups.

Attending both scheduled and emergency Change Control CAB meetings.

Continually updating our Run Books and various other documentation for our GNOC.

Using SolarWinds and other various monitoring tools, setup, configured and repaired servers monitored globally for hardware status, network connectivity, and applications accessibility / status.

Environment: Win7/10 Win Server 2008/2012, Linux- RHEL6.x, CentOS6.x, Ubuntu14.x, VMware5.x

H/W Cisco UCS Blades, Dell PowerEdge Series

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Virima Technologies >> SITA - Atlanta, GA

Build / Systems Engineer (Contract Position thru Virima) Sept 2011 – July 2014

Reviewed detailed design documents and built both virtual and physical environments based on board approved designs and latest Reference Architecture (VMware5x, CA-PAM).

Installed / configured the OS (RHEL5x/6x), kernel updates, patches and 3rd-party applications utilizing various methods such as (satellite, rpm, sftp, rpm, wget, yum, etc).

Hardened all systems to bring to various levels of PCI compliance per build / customer requirements.

Utilized ITPAM (CA Process Automation ) tool which allowed us to automate the build and deployment process with custom templates.

Installed / configured web apps - (Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, MessageWay, Java,WebSphere-MQ).

Configured networking which included binding, iptables, DNS, DHCP, and FreeIPA.

Setup and configured ntp time synchronization based on environment and IPA settings.

Configured storage using nfs, Qlogic, and Veritas Cluster Manager on the server side. (Netapp)

Built and configured Oracle Database disk environments including Oracle RAC / Grid and tested with various scripts prior to handing over to the DBA’s.

Created and maintained all Service / User accounts (Oracle, Tomcat, Web, standard users, etc), while also maintaining sudo access for the various levels of required access.

Installed / configured various security and monitoring tools, i.e. (Ossec, BigBrother, Nessus scans).

Maintained automation scripts and report generators utilizing (shell, bash, perl, python, and XML).

Environment: WinXP Win Server 2003/2007/2008 Unix – RedHat/Solaris VMware ESXi 4/5x

H/W – IBM / Solaris Blade Systems

SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES, Smyrna, GA

Systems Engineer (Contract Position thru FirstPro) July 2010 – Sept 2011

Installed and configured the hardware, software, patches and peripherals for Windows and Vmware.

Main point of contact / support during Disaster Recovery exercises.

Inventoried our network of circuits using a Tag and Trace method in addition to all of our network equipment while working with various vendors on our IT Asset Disposition project.

Environment: WinXP/2000/2003/2008/, VMWare/ESX/ESXi, Network – Brocade, Cisco

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KAUFFMAN TIRE CORPORATION, Ellenwood, GA

Systems / Network Engineer (Contract Position) April 2011 – Sept 2011

Responsible for Windows / Unix administration in a clustered environment. Routine tasks included computer and user management, domain and group policy administration within Active Directory with the following operating systems (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, Solaris, Windows).

Installation / configuration of MS Office2010 (Office365 Cloud) in preparation for companywide migration.

ThinClient configuration and administration for ( Igel, Wyse, and HP) emulation running Linux and WindowsXP/7.

Remote support for all of our store POS systems using various remote tools (TeamViewer, VNC, RDP, ssh, and Webex) while also supporting 200+ various manufacture type (Ricoh, Kyocera, LexMark, Kodak) printers.

Email user support / administration using MS Outlook and Scalix .

Setup / configured of desktops, laptops, smart phones in addition to WiFi (MiFi Mobile Units).

Software installation including Operating Systems, patches and setup of various POS and Database applications.

System backups and restores using (NTBackup, Renovo Asigra Online-Cloud Backup, rsync and tar).

Environment: WinXP/2000/2003/2007/2008/Office365, Unix – RedHat/CentOS/Ubuntu/Solaris

SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES, Smyrna, GA

Systems Engineer Jan 2007 – July 2010

Routinely installed all hardware, software, patches and peripherals for real-time disaster recovery exercises. This included various mid-range Unix (AIX, HPUX, Linux, Solaris) Mainframe and AS/400 Operating Systems installations /configurations.

Conducted very detailed Pre / Post-Build Design Review (Q/A) meetings for All internal projects.

Engaged in onsite data-gathering while also providing presentations for our Professional Services and Consulting teams.

Designed and maintained network test plans and floor-layouts based on customer-supplied specifications.

Selected as the HPUX and VMS platform lead/owner while supporting all other Mid-Range and Windows platforms.

Project Manager for our ISO9001 and SAS70 internal audits, which exceeded target expectations.

Authored, managed, and maintained various documents types including Word, Spreadsheets, Visio Diagrams and PowerPoint Presentations in our (ECM) Enterprise Content Management system – LiveLink.Environment: WinXP/2000/2003/2008 Storagge HP-EVA8000, EMC VAX/VMS/Alpha, AS/400, Unix-AIX, Solaris, HP, Linux Network – Cisco / Brocade / Dell / F5

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SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES, Smyrna, GA

Hosting Specialist, Alpharetta, GA March 2002 – Jan 2007

Per customer designs, racked and cabled servers, networkwing, and peripherals, Installed various operating systems, tools, and applications.

Provided all levels of support for client issues either locally or utilizing any of the applicable remote methods while also working closely with the Applications and Network Groups to resolve more complex level-3 issues.

Coordinated with various groups to assist as required in performing system related changes, patch-updates/fixes, system upgrades, and enhancements as required by vendors, customers and compliance owners.

Provided detailed status updates, sometimes hourly or sooner during a crisis situations to affected customers and assigned technical teams via conference, phone, email, reporting, and case activities to meet and exceed SLA requirements.

Emerged as the local (onsite) Tivoli TSM storage administrator.

Environment: WinNT/2000/2003, UNIX – AIX / Solaris / HP / Linux, HP-BladeSystems, Cisco, SAN -HP / EMC

Networking-Brocade / Cisco / f5 / Juniper / Linksys

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Stanly Community College, VMware Version 5.5 vSphere 2015

CA Process Automation / Orchestration / ITPAM – Internal 2013

CFOT Fiber Optics Certification 2010

HPUX Administration I, II 2008

IBM AIX 5L System Administration & Implementation 2007

Red Hat Linux Administration, Network / Administration 2006

IT Project Management Certificate 2005

Silicon Valley Learning Center, Solaris Administration Certificate, 2002

Silicon Valley Learning Center, Java Certificate, 2001



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