Information Technology, Database, Unix Administration, Architecture

Paul O’Malley

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609-***-**** (Home)

732-***-**** (Cell)

****.*******@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Paul is a highly-experienced, senior-level DATABASE SYSTEMS ARCHITECT/TECHNICAL

LEAD specializing in database infrastructure deployments and administration on UNIX-based

Systems. He has over 20 years of experience managing UNIX Servers including IBM AIX,

Oracle Solaris, and Intel-based Linux servers and close to 10 years experience maintaining

Oracle databases (single instance and RAC). He has the ability to architect UNIX-based

database systems from the ground up and is well versed in implementation and configuration of

web servers, application servers, messaging, and security. He has a proven track record in

supporting large, complex environments. He has also demonstrated the ability to manage a team

and coordinate several projects concurrently with minimal supervision.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Information Systems cum laude St. Leo’s University, Tampa FL

Master’s Degree, Information Technology Kaplan University, Chicago, IL

Attended

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Kean University, Union, NJ Dean’s List

Graduate with Diploma in Computer Programming, Chubb Institute (GPA 97.6)

Over 20 years of successful direct support experience with accountability for availability.

Installation and support of Oracle databases, grid infrastructure, and grid control servers,

experience going back over 10 years.

Over 15 years combined development and support of high volume transactional systems.

Over 4 years combined design and support/administration experience in IBM Websphere

Built a Weblogic cluster and installed content management system at BlueFly.com (1year)

Over 20 years of Unix experience with Unix, Linux and Solaris. (expert level)

Over 15 years of combined programming/scripting experience, including Unix scripting in

Perl, Korn, Shell, and bash. (Guru level). Has written Java interfaces (mid-level).

Over 4 years of Websphere MQ messaging (IBM’s version of XML messaging)

Installation and support of Oracle databases and servers, experience going back over 10

years

Programming in PHP for web based applications (mid-level)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming JAVA, C, Korn/Bash Shell, Perl 5, SQL, HTML, PHP5

Languages

Java Technologies JAVA 1.4, JSP, JAVA Servlets

Databases Sybase 11.x, SQL Server 8.0, Oracle 9.x 11g, RAC

Oracle Grid, Grid Control, ASM

Application Servers Websphere, Weblogic, Oracle Application Server

Web Servers Apache, IIS

Version Control Tools SCM, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

Frameworks

Operating Systems Unix, Linux, Solaris, Windows, AIX

IDE Aptana, NuSphere PHPEd

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Federal Aviation Administration Atlantic City, NJ

2009 – Present

Database Team Lead (Solaris, Oracle, RAC)

Lead efforts for the installation and configuration of systems involving Solaris 10

(SPARC, x86), Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, Sun Cluster/Oracle Clusterware integration, and

Oracle 10g/11g RAC implementation using ASM and SAN technology. Lead efforts to build

new application infrastructures coordinating efforts across system engineering, development,

and database teams as needed while tracking and reporting progress.

Lead root cause analysis process when solving complex issues, especially regarding

Oracle cluster and PL/SQL application interaction with database. Provide on-call support for

database operations and issues.

Provide architectural support to the FAA Remote Monitoring Logging System project –

RMLS. Facilitates the establishment and implementation of standards and guidelines that

guide the design of technology solutions including architecting and implementing solutions

requiring integration of multiple platforms, operating systems and applications.

Provide regular communications to management regarding status of database operations,

status of critical issues affecting production, areas of potential improvement, and security

concerns.

Use Grid Control analyzers to monitor and analyze the performance of ad-hoc SQL and

PL/SQL scripts running through the database. Collaborate with development staff to tune poor

performing or long running scripts.

Paul O’Malley

12 Thorn Briar Lane, Burlington, NJ 08016

609-***-**** (Home)

732-***-**** (Cell)

****.*******@*******.***

Perform database administration tasks including user and role administration, capacity

and storage planning, performance monitoring and trend analysis, backup and recovery, and

troubleshooting to ensure high availability of database resources.

Responsible for evaluating and producing database tools for the various infrastructure

components. Utilize Oracle Grid Control for monitoring and analysis of Oracle database

products. Developed PHP applications for customized monitoring. Enhance platform

reliability through monitoring, tools, process and SQL tuning. Analyze AWR reports for

performance improvement opportunities. Utilize the Oracle Maximum Availability

Architecture (MAA) best practices.

Develop and document procedures for routine administration, monitoring, and

maintenance of critical infrastructure components. Mentor and guide less-experienced IT staff

in the application of these procedures and best practices.

Lead the implementation and roll-out of projects and/or work efforts and provide support

to user base. Ensure proper change controls are followed and perform impact analysis to

minimize disruption.

Applies system analysis techniques and conducts interviews with user community to

develop functional requirement specifications for new and existing systems and software

products. Actively participate in needs and requirements gathering activities as well as

determining the best way to meet user needs and application requirements.

Continuation of duties as described below

Hi Tec Systems, Inc., Federal Aviation Administration Egg Harbor, NJ

Senior Systems Architect (Solaris, Oracle, RAC) 2007 - 2009

Provide contract support to the FAA Remote Monitoring Logging System project –

RMLS. Work closely with vendors to evaluate & track bug fixes and service packs evaluating

both benefit and risk.

Analyze issues in design, configuration, data flow, and data state; Produce analysis and

design documentation for the RMLS system.

Lead the architecture, design, installation, and configuration of systems involving Solaris

10 (SPARC, x86), Sun Cluster/Oracle Clusterware integration, and Oracle 10g/11g RAC

implementation using ASM and SAN technology. Primary architect for deployment of Oracle

Grid Control monitoring infrastructure.

Develop documentation and technical artifacts to support the FAA System Development

Life Cycle (SDLC) such as system and functional requirements, rough order of magnitude

(ROM) estimates, project development plans (PDP), and project schedules.

Produced detailed analysis of current and proposed system specifications, hardware and

software installation and configuration support, and development of test plans for

hardware/software system level Govt. acceptance testing.

UnitedHealth Group Fort Washington, PA

Senior Systems Architect (Solaris, Websphere)

2004 – 2007

Provide architectural Java framework solutions utilizing Websphere 5, Tivoli Access

Manager for e-business, LDAP, MQ messaging, Oracle 9i/10g, SSL technology, and various

other Web technologies, including popular open-source technologies. Analysis of problems in

design, configuration, data flow, and data state.

Provide database and application integration support. Work with development teams to

establish proper connection strings and protocols, configure connection pooling, and develop

load balancing strategies.

Perform storage administration tasks including management of enterprise SAN resources,

allocation of logical storage units (LU’s), configuration of host adapters, and RAID

configuration.

Maintained the integrity of 2 major production government program systems pertaining

to the healthcare insurance industry. This includes troubleshooting, fixes, upgrades, DR

planning and testing. Provide after-hours support for code deployments, changes and general

support.

Responsible for architecting highly-available clustered solutions using load balancer

technology (F5) and application server plugin technology.

Ensured compliance with SOX controls, change management controls, and project

management procedures. Provided input to Change Control board for system change tickets.

Supervise a team of 4 technical professionals in implementing and maintaining Unix-

based solutions. Provide input for their technical growth and performance reviews.

Provide monitoring and capacity planning for Unix/Java-based framework solutions,

including server and database resources.

Paul O’Malley

12 Thorn Briar Lane, Burlington, NJ 08016

609-***-**** (Home)

732-***-**** (Cell)

****.*******@*******.***

Assist with efforts and provide detailed input in management meetings regarding the

future direction, planning, and maintenance of Java/Unix-based solutions. Coordinate efforts

across system engineering, development, and database teams as needed.

Bluefly.com New York, NY

Senior UNIX Administrator (AIX, Solaris, Linux) 2003 - 2004

Served as a key project team member for hardware acquisition, hardware installation, OS

installation and configuration of Solaris, AIX, and Linux enterprise systems.

Responsible for daily Solaris, AIX, and Linux system engineering, hardware and software

troubleshooting, system tuning and monitoring in a web-based .com environment using tools

such as Nagios, Cacti, and HP Insight Manager.

Responsible for standardizing a heterogeneous Unix environment using scripts designed

to synchronize, convert, and distribute critical files over various UNIX/Linux hardware

platforms. This includes DNS, Sendmail, NTP, Syslog, startup (rc) and authorization

configuration.

Lead administrator for migration of an Oracle database from a Solaris platform to a fully-

redundant Linux ES3 environment utilizing OCFS and SAN storage resources. Configured

network card teaming and failover.

Planning and application of OS level patches on Solaris servers.

Goldman Sachs New York, NY

Senior UNIX Administrator (AIX, Solaris) 2000 - 2003

Responsible for AIX operating system installation, hardware and software installation

and troubleshooting, and AIX system tuning and monitoring in a large, customer-oriented

brokerage environment.

Conducted evaluation and analyzed infrastructure performance to identify improvements

to meet IT computing capacity needs. Designed and developed a web-based system

monitoring tool, written in Perl 5, for use by the entire AIX system administration staff and

management.

Responsible for MQ installation, administration and troubleshooting on the

AIX/Windows NT platforms. Experience in using the Perl MQ libraries.

Responsible for installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of IBM Websphere

Application Server software in a clustered, enterprise environment. Work very closely with

Java developers to provide hardware/software support for their applications.

Coded several Korn/Perl scripts for gathering AIX system statistics and producing trend

analysis/system capacity planning reports.

Working knowledge of BIND/DNS, NIS, and name resolution technologies.

Experience with Tivoli Storage Manager for backup/recovery.

Wakefern Food Corp. Edison, NJ

Infrastructure Engineer (AIX) 1998 – 2000

Lead fellow team members through diverse AIX configuration issues and integration with

non-AIX components and technologies including SAMBA configurations, Java and HTTP

Server/Websphere configurations, F & H –series hardware configurations, performance

recording and analysis.

Key team member for configuration of new AIX servers and upgrade of existing AIX

servers using the IBM RS/6000 configurator.

Installation and Configuration of IBM Websphere Application Server environment on the

RS/6000 AIX platform. Configuration of SSL certificates and developing reloadable servlet

strategies for applications. Provide support for the JAVA development group.

Installation of Oracle DBMS Server and CCC/Harvest Change Management application

on the AIX platform. Also responsible for designing and coding a Web interface for this

application.

Provide second-level support for over 200 stores in an IBM AIX V4 environment.

Responsible for AIX system software upgrades and maintenance utilizing UNIX/AIX utilities

and Korn shell programming techniques. This responsibility also includes solving complex

operating system, communication, and networking problems as they arise, in a timely fashion.

Installation of Oracle DBMS Server and CCC/Harvest Change Management application on the

AIX platform. Also responsible for designing and coding a Web interface for this application.

Paul O’Malley

12 Thorn Briar Lane, Burlington, NJ 08016

609-***-**** (Home)

732-***-**** (Cell)

****.*******@*******.***

Provide second-level support for over 200 stores in an IBM AIX V4 environment.

Responsible for AIX system software upgrades and maintenance utilizing UNIX/AIX utilities

and Korn shell programming techniques. This responsibility also includes solving complex

operating system, communication, and networking problems as they arise, in a timely fashion.

Responsible for local server and AIX Operating System installations and upgrades in a

data center containing 30 RS/6000 servers and 12 Windows NT Pentium-class servers,

including single and multi-processor servers. Also responsible for creating AIX model tapes to

be used across many AIX servers for consistent, stable installations.

Responsible for troubleshooting complex application issues on the AIX platform and for

developing custom solutions for those issues, often requiring coordination of several vendors.

Some of these applications include PDX pharmacy software, Ateb IVR voice response

software, and Symbol wireless.

Responsible for AIX system performance monitoring and tuning as required utilizing

both command line utilities (vmstat, iostat, etc) and IBM Performance Toolbox v2 (AIX).

Responsible for in-house AIX system backups and disaster recovery utilizing IBM

Sysback/6000.

Responsible for upgrading the TELEMATE product that generates Internet Usage reports

based on firewall logs.

Responsible for Installation of the Microstrategy Environment on the NT platform.

Perform general UNIX/AIX and change management administration tasks, including

creation of users and groups, permission and ownership settings, definition of local and remote

printers, and TCP/IP communication settings.

Took the lead for configuring, ordering, and installing equipment racks for current and

new AIX servers. This project resulted in efficient management of AIX server and network

resources.

Familiar with installation and configuration of Ethernet and Token-Ring switches,

routers, and hubs.

Erisco, Inc. Union, NJ

Supervisor – Technical Support 1989 – 1998

Responsible for the supervision of several associates in a technical

support capacity to ensure smooth project flow and maintain

customer/client confidence.

Responsible for administration of IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Sybase

SQL Server systems; including hardware and software installation,

TCP/IP administration, troubleshooting, user maintenance,

configuration, and performance and tuning.

Responsible for implementing and maintaining a TCP/IP network

involving Windows NT 4.0/UNIX integration.

Responsible for installing and maintaining a Windows NT/Sybase

SQL Server client/server environment.

Responsible for evaluating and implementing an NT/UNIX

enterprise backup solution utilizing Legato Networker.

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