Manager System Administrator

JAMES R. “BOB” GOODFRIEND

OAK PARK, IL *****

C 312-***-**** ***.**********@*****.***

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OBJECTIVE

ADVANCE PROVEN CAREER IN UNIX/LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, CLUSTER SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION,

AND SAN STORAGE MANAGEMENT. MAINTAIN A SENIOR POSITION WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY.

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

MS - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING. COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, FEB 2000

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BS - IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, MAY 1997, MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

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REDHAT CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN 2008, SOLARIS 8 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR 2003.

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ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: VMWARE FAST TRACK, VMWARE TROUBLESHOOTING,

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VERITAS NETBACKUP (ADVANCED), VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER, VERITAS CLUSTER SERVER,

SOLARIS SECURITY, SOLARIS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, EMC STORAGE MANAGEMENT.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

● 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH UNIX (14 IN ADMINISTRATION)

● CERTIFIED EXPERIENCE IN SOLARIS AND REDHAT. OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ALL FORMS OF

UNIX.

EXPERIENCE WITH ADMINISTERING ENTERPRISE CLUSTERING TOOLS. VERITAS CLUSTER SERVER,

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VMWARE.

EXPERIENCE ADMINISTERING 100TB+ OF STORAGE ACROSS ESX PLATFORMS (VMAXE)

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MAINTAIN ENTERPRISE-CLASS EMAIL CONFIGURATION (SENDMAIL WITH POSTINI/PROOFPOINT)

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MAINTAIN ENTERPRISE-CLASS BATCH PROCESSING SYSTEMS (TIDAL, AUTOSYS, CRON, CUSTOM)

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BUILT AND MAINTAINED AN ENTERPRISE SFTP HIGHLY SECURE SOLUTION, AND CUSTOM WROTE DATA

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TRANSFER TOOLS (SFTP, GLOBALSCAPE EFT)

ADMINISTRATION OF TCP/IP NETWORKS

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HIGHLY SKILLED AT PERL AND SHELL (BS, KSH, BASH)

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DNS, NFS, NIS, NTP, SSH, VI, XWINDOWS, JUMPSTART, NAGIOS, INFOBLOX

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TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR ALL INDICATED TOOLS INCLUDE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE,

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TROUBLESHOOTING, PATCHING, DOCUMENTING, MAINTAINING CHANGE CONTROL AND CHANGE

MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, AND CAPACITY/PURCHASE PLANNING.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/2000 – CURRENT AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

CHICAGO, IL

SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

● UNIX/LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IN A STAFF OF 5, MAINTAINING ~250 REDHAT SERVERS

(PRIMARILY VM’S) AND ~30 SOLARIS SERVERS (RUNNING VCS ON TOP OF ZONES)

● FIRST POINT OF CONTACT/TECHNICAL LEAD FOR NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS AND CORE APPLICATIONS,

INCLUDING SENDMAIL, TIDAL (BATCH PROCESSING), LAWSON (PAYROLL), PUBLISHING, DATABASE

LICENSING, SFTP, TIVOLI ACCESS MANAGER, NETBACKUP, VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER, NAGIOS,

AND ENDLESS OTHER TOOLS

● TECHNICAL LEAD FOR UPGRADE/MIGRATION OF ALL SOLARIS BOXES TO NEW DATACENTER

● BUILT, OVERHAULED, AND/OR DID PROJECT MANAGEMENT/PLANNING FOR NUMEROUS ENTERPRISE

CLASS CORE COMPONENTS, INCLUDING ABOVE MENTIONED COMPONENTS, COMPANY-WIDE VCS

ENVIRONMENT, AND VERSION UPGRADE OF ALL SOLARIS COMPONENTS.

● DESIGN INCLUDED MEETING ENTERPRISE SLA, CM, AND SECURITY STANDARDS

● PROVIDED 24/7 SUPPORT, IN ON-CALL ROTATION, AND FULL DAYS OVERNIGHT AND WEEKENDS AS

NEEDED

● INSTALLED, MAINTAINED, MODIFIED NUMEROUS BOTH CUSTOM AND COTS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, ON

A VARIETY OF HARDWARE PLATFORMS

09/1998 – 10/2000 LC WRIGHT, INC. COLORADO

SPRINGS, CO

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

(CONTRACT FOR BMDO MILITARY RESEARCH PROJECT -- SECRET CLEARANCE)

● USED PERL AND SH TO DEVELOP PROJECT-WIDE METRICS TRACKERS AND REPORTERS, USED FOR ISO

9000 CERTIFICATION

● INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED VERSION CONTROL SYSTEM USED FOR CONFIGURATION NOTIFICATION AND

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT.

● BACKUP SGI IRIX (UNIX) SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. JUNIOR ADMINISTRATION (PATCHING,

REBOOTS, USER MANAGEMENT, ETC)

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