Engineer Manager
Resume:
Thomas D Bear
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SKILLS
- 18 years experience in all phases of Unix/Linux server
installation/decommission
- Red Hat Linux (5 & 6), SuSE (10 & 11), HPUX (10, 11.11)
- Red Hat Xen virtualization, Red Hat KVM virtualization
- Red Hat Cluster - using Congo, system-config-cluster, command line
methodologies
- Strong knowledge of Logical Volume Manager
- Formal Symantec (Veritas) training; Netbackup, VxVM, VCS cluster
- VMware Knowledge (ESX 3.5, 4.0, ESXi5)
- SAN experience; EMC Symmetrix & Clariion, HP EVA, IBM FastT, Brocade
& McData switches
- HP Server Automation (Opsware). HP Operations Orchestrator system
tools
- DELL/QUEST QAS Active Directory for Linux
EXPERIENCE
First Data Corporation Greenwood Village, CO Dec 2010 -
Present
- April 2011 - Present: Founding member of the "Build" team tasked with
standardizing and automating new server deployments - both physical
servers and virtual servers in the VMware operation. Environments
include: RHEL5, RHEL6, SuSE10/11, Windows 2003/2008, CentOS.
Performed end to end build functions including all system tools and
applications. Responsible for all support of the
user/dba/development communities on newly built servers until such
time as the servers are in production. Functions provided, but not
limited to, rpm package management, user admin, kernel tuning, sudo
admin, QAS/AD authentication admin, filesystem administration. Lead
an active role in maintaining the ESX clusters, the server deployment
templates, and automating the build process with HP Orchestrator and
Opsware in cooperation with the engineering teams.
- Distributed Systems Engineer II - Dec 2010 - April 2011: member of
Linux support team provided all facets of technical support for
approximately 1,500 servers spanning RHEL, SuSE, HP-UX operating
environments. Provided support to the Oracle, DB2 and MySQL DBA staff
as required. Participated in rotating on-call to provide immediate
response to trouble tickets raised.
DB Schenker, Inc. Lakewood, CO Feb
2010 - Dec 2010
- Sr Open Systems Engineer - Provided all facets of technical support
for HPUX and RHEL operating environments. Provided support to the
Oracle and MySQL DBA staff as required. Performed patch and upgrade
installation for internal applications specific to the company
function. Performed allocation and configuration of SAN storage for
the UNIX platforms as required.
Reed Business Information Highlands Ranch, CO Oct 2006 - Feb 2010
- Sr Unix Engineer - Architected and implemented multiple upgrades and
enhancements of the Netbackup and Tivoli implementations at an
enterprise level encompassing approximately 500 servers. Provided
backup/recovery services for OS level (Unix & Windows), Oracle, MYSQL,
Sybase implementations. Designed and implemented multiple clusters
for Oracle and MySQL RHEL servers using Symantec VCS. Allocation and
set up of SAN storage to the various platforms including EMC CX4-120,
EMC CX600 using Navisphere interface, and HP EVA5000 using HP Command
View. Provided ongoing support and problem resolution for all HPUX
and RHEL Unix servers, support of Oracle / MySQL DBA's, and general
user community. Provided patching and maintenance support for all
UNIX platforms. Lead role in design and implementation of VMware into
the Reed environment. Maintain and enhance Big Brother monitoring
service to the NOC for the UNIX and VMware platforms.
Mincom, Inc. Englewood, CO Aug 2001 - Oct
2006
- Sr Unix Engineer - Provided all aspects of setup, implementation,
and maintenance of the HPUX environment. Provided OS level support to
the Oracle DBA team. Lead roll in the design and implementation of
the HP Data Protector (Omniback) enterprise backup solution, including
DR exercise functions. Technical lead on migration project of HP
XP256 SAN to HP EVA 5000 SAN. Provided tier 3 server support to the
software clients of the company in a managed services roll.
EDUCATION
University of Wyoming / Casper College Casper, WY 1981 - 1983
- Major - Business Administration
- Minor - Data Processing
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