Support System Administrator

Steven Strother

Home: ***-430-***-**** Vine St. Brownwood, TX 76801 S *************@*****.***

UNIX Systems Administrator

Perform monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation for UNIX hardware platforms

● IBM R/S 6000 Certified Advanced Technical Expert

● Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Administration

● Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Support

● Certified Specialist - pSeries Installation, Backup and System Recovery

● Certified Specialist - pSeries Communications

● Certified Specialist - pSeries Performance and Systems Tuning DeVry Institute of Technology Irving, Texas 1995 to 1997 Associate of Applied Science Electronics

Honors: Dean’s List

Frontier Communications Senior Systems Engineer

August 2011 to December 2014

• Lead team of Application Support Specialists and System Administrators

• Architect, Manage and Administer new OAMP Gateway for Network Elements

• Manage Cisco Secure ACS (TACACS) application

• Create Disaster Recovery Plan for multiple data centers

• Create and maintain documentation and run books for all servers and applications

• Perform AIX migrations from AIX v4.3, v5.3 to AIX v6.1

• Perform monitoring, troubleshooting and performance-tuning for RS6000 servers S teve Strother Résumé

McLane, Inc. AIX Systems Administrator

April 2008 to November 2008

• Provide AIX and RedHat System Administration

• Install and build new servers in HACMP environment.

• Perform AIX migrations from AIX v4.3, v5.1 and v5.2 to AIX v5.3.

• Perform monitoring, troubleshooting and performance-tuning for RS6000 servers.

• Performed SAN Administration on IBM Shark DASD.

Cadbury-Schweppes Plano, TX Lead AIX System Administrator September 2006 to October 2007

• Provide AIX System Administration in Team Lead role.

• Participated in planning and execution of data center move.

• Perform AIX migrations from AIX v4.3, v5.1 and v5.2 to AIX v5.3.

• Perform monitoring, troubleshooting and performance-tuning for RS6000 servers.

• Performed SAN Administration on IBM Shark DASD.

• Represented AIX Team for Project Management.

• Represented AIX Team in Problem Management and Change Control meetings.

• Performed server consolidation

BRIT Systems Dallas, TX AIX System Administrator

July 2005 to June 2006

• Provide AIX System Administration for PACS, RIS and Teleradiology Industry.

• Build servers to customer specifications

• Perform HACMP migrations from version 4.x to version 5.0.

• Perform administration for SNA network for RS/6000’s.

• Perform troubleshooting and performance-tuning for RS6000 servers.

• Provide support for TSM backups.

• Provide support for HMC and CWS administrators.

• Support Web Servers running Apache, Resin, and Weblogic.

• Provide support to DBA’s for Oracle, Sybase, Informix and DB2.

• Participate in disaster recovery exercises.

• Support SAN group for fiber-attached DASD..

Engel Consulting Dallas, TX Level 3 System Administrator June 2004 to July 2005

• Provide AIX System Administration for SBC Communications in PSSP environment.

• Perform AIX4.3.3 migrations to AIX5L.

• Perform HACMP migrations from version 4.x to version 5.0.

• Perform administration for SNA network for RS/6000’s.

• Perform troubleshooting and performance-tuning for RS6000 servers.

• Provide support for TSM backups.

• Provide support for HMC and CWS administrators.

• Support Web Servers running Apache, Resin, and Weblogic.

• Provide support to DBA’s for Oracle, Sybase, Informix and DB2.

• Participate in disaster recovery exercises.

• Support SAN group for fiber-attached DASD.

Alliance Data Systems Dallas, TX Lead Systems Administrator April 2001 to April 2004

• Lead team of administrators at three different sites in daily business operations.

• Was responsible for maintaining over 100 AIX servers in mission-critical environment. S teve Strother Résumé

• Performed AIX upgrade from 4.3 to 5.2.

• Managed HACMP clusters and performed HACMP upgrades.

• Managed six Red Hat Linux Servers.

• Configured and supported SNA network for RS/6000’s.

• Supported Web Servers running Apache, Resin, and Weblogic.

• Supported Data Warehouse servers running Oracle, Sybase, Informix and DB2.

• Developed disaster recovery procedures and tested on semi-annual basis.

• Participated in server consolidation efforts to reduce number of servers.

• Worked with security auditors to maintain ISO Standards.

• Performed Due Diligence for new acquisitions.

• Attended Third Generation Management classes, Leadership academies, etc.

• Participated in Change Control and Problem Management.

• Received 10 SPOT Awards in three years.

• Received Chairman’s Excellence Award in 2004.

International Business Machines (IBM) South Lake, TX. Systems Analyst August ’97 to March 2001

• Provide expert phone support to senior systems administrators for AIX and SNA.

• Resolve boot issues, crashes and performance problems.

• Troubleshoot priority one issues involving Kernel, LVM, SRC, ODM.

• Extensive work with IBM SNA.

Daou Systems Ft. Worth, Texas System Support Analyst June ‘97 to June ‘98

• Provide desktop/network support for 5,000 + node UNIX and Windows NT network in mission critical environment.

• Job duties include troubleshooting operation systems (primarily IBM AIX and Windows ‘95 and WFW workstations).

• Install and provide support for software applications (Ms-office 4.3 Professional, Office ‘97, Word Perfect, Lotus Notes).

• Support Internet and Intranet configuration and troubleshooting.

• Setup and maintain RAS support for satellite facilities.

• Install and support various electronic mail applications (Ms Outlook, Exchange, and Microsoft Mail).

• Perform data recovery, virus detection and removal, and revive crashed hard drives.

• Maintain customer relations with high-profile clientele (Hospital Administrators, CEO’s, VP’s etc.) S teve Strother Résumé

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