Steven D. Buchanan JR.

**** ******* *** *** #***-196 Camarillo, CA 93012 C: 503-***-**** ac0zyo@r.postjobfree.com

United States Citizen – Veteran (October 2009 – October 2013)

Summary:

Seeking a position as a UNIX/Linux and Windows Administrator, where I can expand my existing knowledge, and provide value for my employer. 8+ years of experience

Clearance:

Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information Security Clearance (TS/SCI) with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI), dated 17 December 2009 (Currently in Renewal)

Certifications:

•CompTIA Security Plus

Training:

•Oracle/Sun Solaris 10 System Administrator I and II

•Decision Agent Operator Course

•Government Unix Application Operator and Administrator Course

•Information Transport Service (ITS) Integration Course

•Pursuing Bachelors of Science in Information Systems Management

•Syndeo Operator and Administrator Course (CentOS 6 Linux application for the Government)

•Linux LF101

Server Skills Protocol

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 CentOS 6 and 7

UNIX SUN Trusted Solaris 8

UNIX Oracle Solaris 10 and 11

EXT3 and EXT4 File Systems

ZFS File Systems

XFS File Systems

Fedora Linux

Debian Linux

Windows Server 2008 R2

MySQL 5.6

SUSE Linux

SQL 2000/2005

Windows Server 2003 R2

Microsoft Exchange

Oracle DB 11g + 12c

Sybase ASE 15.7

NETapp

NMAP

DST

RDP

SSH

Telnet

S/FTP

IPSec

Data Component

TCP/IP

NTFS File System Active Directory SMTP

ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 Domain Controller DNS

VCenter 6.0 Linux LDAP VPN

WAN/LAN EVCP

Microsoft Exchange NTP

Oracle ZFS Storage Array Appliance RSYSLOG

Oracle Integrated Lights-Out Management (ILOM) SMB

NFS

LDAP

SNMP

Employment Experience:

Engility Corporation March 2015 - Present

2001 Solar Dr, Oxnard, CA 93036

Supervisor: Wade Johnson, 805-***-****, ac0zyo@r.postjobfree.com

Brandes Associated Inc. September 2013 - February 2015

Fort Meade, MD 21113

Supervisor: Cal Carrera, 910-***-****, ac0zyo@r.postjobfree.com

United States Navy April 2009 – October 2013

Office of Naval Intelligence, Hopper Information Services Center

4251 Suitland Road Washington DC, 20395

Supervisor: Ken Rich, 301-***-****, ac0zyo@r.postjobfree.com

Experience:

Engility Corporation

Location: Point Mugu NBVC, California

Lead Linux Systems Administrator / Windows Administrator

oProficient with the Linux and Unix command line interface

oExcellent Linux Troubleshooting

oInstalled, administered and maintained Ubuntu, CentOS 6 and 7, Red Hat 6 and 7, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 operating systems on numerous virtual and physical machines

oHardening Linux and Unix machines to DISA STIG standards

oTroubleshot LAMP stack issues for customers

oSetup Openfire to work with Astrix and SPARK messaging client for VOIP as well as Instant Messaging usage

oSkilled in writing System and Application Documentation

oCreated local wiki entries to better inform collegues of how to fix common issues with Linux and different applications

oConfigured Linux interface and route configuration files to work with multiple networks

oWell versed with Linux sudoers file to initiate different ACLs for different types of users

oSetup GIT repository server on CentOS 7 with Giteye clients on Windows 7

oInstalled and configured openscap to scan Linux systems against DISA STIGS

oConducted daily, monthly and yearly PMAs (preventive maintenance). These PMAs include system patching, routine system backups and routine system hardening to STIG standards

oKnowledgeable with backing up systems and system directory structures utilizing Clonezilla, DD, RSYNC and TAR

oProvided a solution to the Government for an offline (closed loop network) Red Hat, CentOS and Debian Linux package repository to meet industry patching standards for government systems

oInitiated a solution for a SSO (single sign on) resolution for all Linux machines by synchronizing Linux LDAP with Active Directory essentially creating a simplified way of managing accounts and passwords

oConfigured McAfee VSE and Agent on all Linux machines to be “managed” by a single source instead of having to manually update DATs on each machine

oCreated automated BASH scripts on machines connected to the internet to pull different certified Linux package repositories to a local machine where I then offload the repositories to a closed loop network

oProficient with BASH Scripting

oManaged Linux host based firewalls. I would block traffic as well as only allow what we needed on the machines

oKnowledge of creating needed monitor and backup UNIX/LINUX shell scripts that runs in the CRONTAB environment.

oMet Government requirements to satisfy project goals and needs of different organizations

oSetup and configured Nagios Core (CentOS 7) network monitor to better improve the notification process when essential Linux, Windows, and network device systems loose connectivity, experience spikes in memory, run low on hard drive space, application ports are down (indicating issues with web applications) and server temperature.

oConfigured and installed ESXi Server 6.0 and tied in with virtual vCenter Linux appliance

oKnowledge of creating/backing up/ and modifying VMs in the ESXI environment

oSetup different networks on ESXI and integrated these networks with VMs

oVirtual server (Oracle VMware/vSphere) snapshot, networking, and operations experience.

oCreating VM Data stores on existing NFS File-Servers

oKnowledge with operations of various versions of Java JRE and JDK. This includes troubleshooting issues with java based applications using java troubleshooting applications like jconsole

oSetup and configured numerous Red Hat and CentOS systems. Including, configuring network, NTP, LDAP client, NFS client and local offline yum repositories for package updates

oSetup AD/DS services and joined Linux and windows machines to the domain

oConfigured port security, SNMP and remote system logging on Cisco switches

oDeployed windows machines to various users

oCreated BASH Shell scripts using VI editor to backup Oracle Databases and MySQL across multiple systems

oCreated NFS and CIFS shares on NETAPP and Oracle ZS3-4 File servers

oCreated network based user home directories that sit on a NFS Fileserver

Brandes Associates

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Linux Systems Administrator / Field Service Rep

oMaintain VM Space usage with our clustered ESXI server

oCreated, configured and maintained 40+ Windows and Linux VMs

oManaged snapshot usage with virtual machines

oConfigured devices for VMs

oProvided GOTs application (Syndeo) and application support to different FVEY and US government entities

oWorked with clients to install and integrate Syndeo into their environments

oMet with different agencies within the Intelligence Community to gain system requirements

oMet DISA STIG requirements by hardening software deployments

oDeveloped a system configuration, and Syndeo software installation BASH script the customers could use to automate the installation process of Syndeo without having to get involved with the configuration of the application, resulting in cutting down an hour installation to seven minutes

oWorked quality assurance by testing new product releases to ensure there were no newly integrated software bugs

oInstalled different JIRA products on Linux machines to be integrated with software deployments, personnel task completion and Service desk that the customers could reach to put in support tickets

oWorked with CentOS 6 and 7

oModifying files using VI and gedit

oConducted daily, monthly and yearly PMAs (preventive maintenance). These PMAs include system patching, routine system backups and routine system hardening to STIG standards

oKnowledgeable with backing up systems and system directory structures

oImplemented standard Linux operating procedures for system usage

oWorked as a liaison between our customers and the application developers

oConnected Jira, Jira Confluence, Jira AGILE and other Applications to each other as well as to MySQL Database

oConfigured MySQL Database for security and maximum Database read without error

oAdministration and Operation of MySQL and Oracle this includes creating/deleting database tables and schemas, creating remote and local users (all with different rights), MySQL backup and imports in both the GUI and CLI environments, Database queries, installing and uninstalling MySQL, and modifying the my.cnf file. (MySQL Configuration File)

United States Navy

Location: Office of Naval Intelligence Washington DC

Petty Officer 3rd Class – Lead Military Systems Administrator

oWorked on the watch-floor as a systems operator on numerous mission critical machines and with my knowledge of systems, quickly moved off of the watch-floor to the position of systems administrator

oMaintained and managed mission critical Trusted Solaris 8, Solaris 10 and Windows 2003 Servers. These systems had to have an uptime of 99%

oCreated Standard Operating Procedures for both operators and administrators on proper usage of these machines

oCreated a knowledge performance test that operators had to pass in order to receive a login to these systems

oWorked in a highly fast paced environment and performed Tier One support to the watch-floor

oRoutine backups and preventative maintenance of the systems

oPersonally trained 80 sailors on troubleshooting and operating of Unix applications

oIntroduced a training plan to help Operators and newly added System Administrators learn how each Messaging system worked at the Operator and System Administrator level.

oCreated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Operators and System Administrators to utilize when troubleshooting messaging systems errors.

oConducted field training on Boeings M3 (Multi-media Message Manager) and DMDS at multiple military sites to include Yokosuka Japan, Napoli Italy, and Norfolk VA.

oHosted Foreign Government Employees in complete training of Syndeo Intelligent Gateway

oTraveled to numerous different military sites in order to perform yearly system maintenance, backups and training

oWorked close with Northrop Grumman to acquire and perform application and trusted solaris 8 patching

oWorked with numerous contractors in the ITTF (Testing Facility) to test different software and how it ties into ITS (Message traffic flow through the Intelligence Community)

oWorked with military message traffic

oSupervised military systems administrators

oMet with division head daily to provide a systems status report

Education:

•Present 2015

(In progress)Cal Lutheran University, Bachelors in Computer Information Systems – Thousand Oaks, CA, US

•2010

United States Navy, Information Systems Technician, “A” School – Pensacola, FL, US

•2009

•United States Navy Boot Camp – Chicago, IL, US

•2009

•Liberty High School – Hillsboro, OR, US

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