Senior Linux / UNIX Systems Admin./Engineer

THOMAS G. MOSES *******@*****.*** 678-***-****

SUMMARY:

• Results-oriented, Red Hat certified professional systems administrator with twenty five years of

experience in multi-platform systems administration is seeking a balanced, career opportunity

in systems administration, implementation, integration, security and technical services.

• Extensive qualifications in all facets of systems operations, installations, support and upgrades.

• Superior capability to troubleshoot and master new technologies.

• Able to listen, interpret and present company plans and objectives to field personnel.

• Provided meaningful feedback to team members and mentored peers.

• Applied technology to solve business issues, balancing technology, people and business constraints.

• Efficiently structured tasks, methods and projects through entire life cycle, conception to deployment.

• Interpreted client's needs into products and services and completed tasks to the client’s satisfaction.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• RHCSA

• HPUX System Administration

• BMC Patrol

• VCP, RHCE and AIX certifications in process

SKILLS:

• Linux Operating System (Red Hat Enterprise 4.x/5.x/6.x), Linux technologies (Java, Tomcat, Apache, Samba, Oracle ASM, EMC NetWorker, nic bonding, hpasmcli, hpacucli, ldap, lvm, clvm, ext3/ext4, ocfs2, gfs2, nfs3/nfs4), Virtualization (VMware Server, vSphere 4.0/5.0, ESX 5.x), UNIX (AIX 5.x/6.x, Oracle Solaris 11.x, HPUX 11i v1/2/3), General (tcp/ip, smtp/sendmail, dhcp, ssh, ftp, scp, ntp, http, dns/bind, nis+, security, networking, raid, zoning, wwn, san, nas, iLO, oba, HP SIM, HPSA, Splunk, hardware), Scripting (Bash and Korn shells).

EXPERIENCE:

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, Alpharetta, GA 2014 – Present

Senior Systems Programming Analyst

• Systems administration for 2500 servers (Red Hat, AIX, HPUX, Solaris) including high-availability multi-node clusters spanning all levels of support including operational tasks, change implementation, problem and incident management, system triage and recovery.

MCKESSON CORPORATION, Alpharetta, GA 2006 – 2014

Senior Linux/UNIX Systems Administrator

• Systems administration for 1500 hospital servers (Red Hat, AIX, HPUX) including high-availability and multi-node clusters spanning all levels of support including operational tasks, change implementation, system triage and recovery.

• SMIT, SAM, tar, frecover, fbackup, Storix, Ignite, mksysb, cron, user and printer administration, kernel regens, RPMs, yum, up2date, kickstart, TL fixes and patch bundles.

• Ensured properly secured systems and appropriate policies/monitoring using SELinux, password aging, firewalls/iptables, PAMs and hardware/software audit scripts based on application/database requirements.

• Monitored and responded to all events including routine operations and critical events using BMC Patrol, EMS, snmp, sar, glance, uptime, iostat, netstat, top, nmon, topas, tcpdump, strace and traceroute.

• End-user support via phone, e-mail and Remedy, CRM and Vantive call-tracking tools.

• Diagnosed and resolved issues using a KNOVA resolution DB, kdumps and SOSreports.

• Troubleshot and tested fail-over of Red Hat Clustering, hacmp, Service Guard and disaster recovery.

• PowerPath (EMC Clariion), mpio, rdac, eva, iSCSI, xiv, Secure Path, VA arrays and ssa.

• Assisted in configuring and deploying clustered Oracle 10g/11g RAC/CRS.

• Familiarity with Oracle databases and SQLPlus commands.

• Documented “blueprints” of system configurations. .

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Atlanta, GA 1996 – 2006

Senior Linux/HPUX Systems Administrator

• Installed, configured, upgraded, tested and supported HPUX and Red Hat operating systems and hardware in a very large-scale production environment consisting of nearly 1500 servers worldwide for several thousand end-users.

• In depth understanding of operations in a large data center.

• SAM, frecover, fbackup, Ignite, user / printer administration, kernel regens, patch bundles / point patching.

• Installed and configured HP Open View and Data Protector.

• Utilized proactive monitoring via measureware, glance, EMS, sar, uptime, netstat, top and Medusa.

• End-user support via phone, e-mail and Clarify and BLT call-tracking tools.

• Diagnosed and resolved issues using a KMINE resolution database and Q4 analyses.

• Installed, configured, troubleshot and tested fail-over of Service Guard and disaster recovery.

• Assisted in configuring and deploying Oracle 8i, 9i and 10g RAC using EMC and XP SANs.

• Change management and project management using Lotus Notes with a Service Request database.

• Interfaced with project managers, business analysts, developers and vendors.

MCI CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA 1994 – 1996

LAN Engineer

• Installed, configured, upgraded and supported LAN connectivity, e-mail, software and 3270 emulation.

• Maintained OS/2 and Windows laptops, PCs and file servers for several hundred end-users.

• Understanding of operations in a large data center.

IBM CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA 1993 – 1994

OS/2 System Administrator

• Installed, configured, upgraded, tested and maintained hardware and software (OS/2) on IBM token-ring.

BELL SOUTH, Atlanta, GA 1992 – 1993

Network Specialist

• Installed, configured, upgraded, tested and maintained hardware and software (MAC) on Apple-Talk networks.

SEQUENCE SUPPORT SERVICES, Princeton, NJ/Roswell, GA 1990 – 1992

Customer Engineer

• Installed, serviced and maintained hardware and DIS (Data Interpretation System) software on IBM and Metaphor file servers, communication servers, workstations, database servers, gateways and print servers.

• Supported several hundred local and remote end-users at Kraft Foods, Coca-Cola Corp., Johnson and Johnson, A.C. Nielsen, Parke-Davis and Maybelline Corp.

IBM CORPORATION, Manassas, VA 1989 – 1990

Hardware Engineer

• Serviced IBM PCs, PS/2s and peripherals for 2000 end-users.

CREIGHTON PREP HIGH SCHOOL, Omaha, NE 1984 – 1986

Teacher

• Conducted classes in basic and advanced Latin and mathematics.

• Used computer-aided instruction.

• Organized and coached the baseball team.

• Participated in student retreats.

BRANDON HALL SCHOOL, Dunwoody, GA 1982 – 1984

Teacher

• Conducted classes in basic and advanced Latin, Spanish and mathematics for learning-disabled students.

• Participated in student retreats.

AWARDS:

• Superb Excellence award for HPUX system management.

• HP Americas Y2K Project and Winning with Teamwork awards.

• Bronze Medal champion in TeamWorksMCI incentive program.

• WAY-TO-GO award from MCI technical services.

• Award for outstanding support of 25 Fortune 500 companies in an eight state area.

• Commendation of merit for efforts to voluntarily improve the quality of education at CDI.

• Outstanding evaluation for daily average repair of fifteen IBM machines.

• Commendation for 100% accuracy on spare-parts inventory.

• Highest performance rating on team for two years.

EDUCATION:

• Marshall University, Huntington, WV

o B.A. Degrees in Latin, Spanish and Education (conferred in 1982) (minored in German and Greek)

o Graduated magna cum laude and elected to numerous honor societies

• West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (1987-1988)

o Attained 30 credit hours toward a B.S. in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering.

o Secondary major in mathematics.

• Control Data Institute (CDI), Arlington, VA

o Associates Degree in Electronics and Information Science (conferred in 1989)

o Graduated with honors

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