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Engineer System Administrator

Location:
Canada
Salary:
60000
Posted:
September 15, 2015

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Resume:

Karl Gormley

* ******* ********,

Barrie

ON L*N 8G3 Phone: 705-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

Professional Summary

IT Administrator with 3 years’ experience in supporting mission critical applications on both Windows and Linux platform.

-Specialise in Unix\Linux OS based applications administration (RHCSA)

-Keen to work with open source technology

-Enthusiastic about working with and learning new technologies

I am a very enthusiastic person that thrives on learning new technologies and I strive to become a master in my field. I am self-motivated person who wants to work as part of a professional team where my contribution is valued and respected.

Professional Experience

Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities April 2015 - Ongoing

Systems Administrator

Joined as a Systems Administrator providing a helpdesk for all users as well as administrating Active Directory, Exchange, Sharepoint and other site specific applications. Processing tickets and contacting users to resolve issues such as:

-Network share connectivity and permissions

-Troubleshoot mail server issues, Email/user password reset

-Laptop/desktop repair and new builds

-Wifi troubleshooting and setup, cabling and switch/router configuration/VPN

-Printer install and troubleshooting

Seagate Technology, Derry, Northern Ireland 2012 – 2015

IT Systems Engineer

Joined as part of the application Support team, all supported applications are critical to the 24/7 manufacturing that takes place on-site. Worked closely with the wider IT department to ensure a 99.98% uptime was achieved. Other duties included:

-VMware 5.5 install, configuration, Management

-NAS, ISCSI setup/manage

-Racking/cabling of servers

-Develop scripts to pull metric data/monitor process and alert on key metrics

-Analysing metrics to assess performance/finding root cause of application and OS issues

-Research & spec hardware/architecture for new deployments

-Develop application architectures to support redundancy for a dual data centre model

-Develop automation of processes with full documentation

-Plan and execute DRP exercises

-Maintaining standards/enforcing best practices/documentation

-Providing on call support

Western Education & Library Board (WELB), Omagh, Northern Ireland 2010 – 2011

Computer Development - IT Technician – Internship

I joined as a IT Technician, main duties included providing a technical helpdesk for some 600+ end users, resolve issues such as:

-loss of network connectivity

-Printer issues

-User permission query’s

-Network shares connectivity/permission issues

-Managing the domain mail filter

-Administrating Active Directory with LDAP

-Daily backups

-Workstation builds/rebuilds

-Network patching

-Cisco switch replacement

Technical Proficiencies

Server/workstation:

Windows Server 2003-2012, VMware, RHEL7, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows7

Software Applications:

VMware VSphere 5.5, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Visual Studio, Microsoft Office

Development Language:

HTML, Java, COBOL, VB.NET, XML, ASP, MySQL, Shell Script, C

Education

Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland 2012

Bachelor’s Degree, Information & Communication Technology (Classification) 2:1

Professional Development Training

VMware 5.1 Install, Configure & Manage (VMW005)

Red Hat System Administrator I (RH124)

Red Hat System Administrator II (RH134)

Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop

Certificates

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Linkedin

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/karl-gormley/94/74/357



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