Terence M. Polzin

**** *. ******* **. *. Royalton, OH 44133 440-***-**** acs08y@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Experienced UNIX administrator with strong work ethic, specializing in operating system

installation and support. Meeting project deadlines and business objectives in a team oriented environment.

SKILLS

Hardware Platforms: HP 9000, IBM RS6000, IBM Power, HP DL380, EMC CX-700 AX4 CX4 VNX

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows, HP-UX, AIX, Red Hat Linux, SCO XENIX, SCO UNIX, Solaris CentOS, Fedora

Programming: IBM BAL, COBOL, C, C++, Bourne shell, Korn shell, bash shell, Perl, Awk

System Management: VNC, samba, Kickstart, ESX, NIM, EMC Unisphere, EMC Navisphere

Performance Tools: Topas, top, vmstat, sar

Firewalls / Security: Firewall-1, ipchains, iptables, OpenSSH, bind

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, HTTP, PPP, NNTP, LPD, DHCP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP

Printing: CUPS, JetAdmin

Professional experience

Olympic Steel, Bedford Heights, OH (May 2001-Present) Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Equipment: IBM Power 5 p550 (9133-55A)

Compaq Proliant G4,G5. G6, G7 servers

EMC CX-700, AX-4. CX-4 VNX, Brocade fiber switches

Spectra Logic T120

Environment: IBMAIX 5.3; 6.1

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4; 5; 6

Responsible for day-to-day administration duties of production and test environment UNIX and Linux machines

EMC SAN Administration

Vmware Administration

Backup Administration (Legato Networker)

Script maintenance korn shell, perl, awk

Performance monitoring

File system maintenance through logical volume management

Administration of new and existing user accounts and passwords

System security

Operating system maintenance and installation

Planned and performed alternate disk migration of AIX systems from v4.3.3 to v5.1; v5.1 to v5.3

Reduced upgrade downtime window.

Planned and performed migration of physical AIX machines to virtual environment

Dual VIO servers supporting 9 DLPARs (AIX & RedHat Linux)

Planned and performed implementation of NIM (Network Install Master)

AIX systems installed and maintained from a centralized host.

Mksysb images collected by NIM and backed up with NIM master

Planned and performed hardware upgrade and migration of AIX, application software and data.

Arranged for and purchased new systems.

Implemented disaster recovery procedures.

Responsible for negotiating hardware and software maintenance and other vendor contracts.

Responsible for hardware upgrade specifications, purchase and installation.

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Responsible for the installation, maintenance, upgrade and administration of Lawson Financial software.

Project team leader for upgrades of Lawson environment, security and applications since 2001

Assisted with Sarbanes- Oxley compliance documentation.

Auditors have certified Sarbanes-Oxley compliance since 2004.

Responsible for integration of various open source utilities into the AIX environment.

sudo, gpg, ssh, open ssl, gzip, bzip2, bash

Implemented DNS and DHCP services on RedHat Linux

Replaced aging NT server performing the same tasks.

Designed and implemented cross-platform (unix; linux; windows) file sharing

NFS; SAMBA on same platform integrated into Active Directory domain.

Responsible for upgrade Vmware vCenter Server from v. 4 to v. 5.5

Upgraded Vmware hosts from ESX v. 4.1 to ESXi v. 5.5

TREND Consulting Services, Eastlake, OH (October 1996- May 2001) Information Systems Consultant

Responsible for installation, maintenance and disaster recovery of clients UNIX environments.

Operating Systems included; Sun OS, Solaris, AIX, SCO Open Server, LINUX, and IRIX.

Responsible for daily administration of clients UNIX environments.

User account management

Application software installation and troubleshooting

Hardware management

Network management.

Responsible for the design and maintenance of clients Network Management Systems

Responsible for the design and maintenance of clients firewalls using LINUX and GAUNTLET firewall software

Responsible for operation system and of client’s billing application and maintenance programming associated with it.

Assisted several windows95 roll outs for clients.

Designed syllabus for in house introduction to UNIX class

Conducted introduction to UNIX class for staff and clients on several occasions

Acted as project manager for several new client projects involving networking and firewall installation and upgrades

Walthall & Drake CPA s Cleveland, OH (December 1995-October 1996) UNIX Systems Consultant

Responsible for clients UNIX systems

Trouble shooting

Hardware and software installation

Capacity planning

Upgrade planning

Disaster recovery planning and implementation

Client operating systems included AIX, SCO Open Server

Designed and coded web pages for clients and corporate web sites.

Wrote common gateway interface programs to handle forms on web pages in Perl.

Luria Brothers, Shaker Heights, OH (September 1983-December 1995) Information Systems Specialist

Promoted several times during company downsizing period

Mainframe system operator to Mainframe systems programmer trainee

Mainframe systems programmer trainee to Information Systems Specialist

System administrator for SCO XENIX system based in Burns Harbor, IN.

Responsible for trouble shooting

Hardware and software installation

Capacity and upgrade planning

Disaster recovery planning and implementation

Daily operations.

Wrote korn shell scripts to aid in systems administration for both SCO XENIX and HP-UX environments.

Wrote C language programs to maintain scrap yard inventory on Inforite hardware.

Established backup of remote system to test system via UUCP over X.25

Acted as backup computer operator during peak periods and end of month on HP9000

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Education

Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH

Normandy High School, Parma, OH

Training

Red Hat RHCE Fast Track

IBM AIX Administration I

IBM AIX Administration II

IBM Advanced System Virtualization

IBM Network Install Master

Vmware ESX 3 Administration

EMC Clariion SAN Configuration and Administration

SCO TCP/IP and NFS administration

SCO UNIX System V administration

SCO Basic System V communications

Hewlett-Packard Basic UNIX concepts

Certification

Red Hat Certified Engineer

Extracurricular Activities

Member of the Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier Club of Canada

Eagle Scout

Boy Scout merit badge councilor

Awarded Wood Badge Adult leadership training award from Boy Scouts of America

Awarded Boy Scout Commissioner Arrowhead honor

Awarded Boy Scout Commissioner's Key Award and District Committee Key Award

Awarded Boy Scout Distinguished Commissioner Award

District Award of Merit (Boy Scouts)

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