Sr. System Administrator

EDWARD R. FUHR

Ben Lomond, CA ***** Home: 831-***-****

Cell: 408-***-****

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Sr. UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator

20+ years experience with UNIX and Linux Systems, including: RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Slack, FreeBSD, Solaris, with some AIX, HP/UX, and True64 UNIX.

Red Hat Certified System Administrator.

Knowledgeable with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2013.

Experienced with hardware and software troubleshooting, identifying root causes and applying fixes or workaround solutions.

Proficient with shell environments and interpreted scripting languages, including Bourne shell, C-shell, tcsh, bash, and perl; with some php and python.

Experienced with development and deployment of automation tools for common tasks using web interfaces and command line.

Experienced with cloud and virtual environments such as Xen, VMWare ESXi, Linux KVM, Hyper-v, Solaris LDOM, and FreeBSD jails and Bhyve.

Familiar with remote hardware management such as Redfish, IPMI, and ILOM.

Integration of UNIX, Linux, Mac and Windows systems, including Single Sign-In and shared network filesystems.

Experienced with monitoring and reporting software including Nagios, Deviec42, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Professional Experience

Fujitsu Network Communications 2004-2021

System Administrator IV

Site closure and transfer of over 2TiB of developer environments to remote location.

Consolidation and transfer of infrastructure and development environments between geographically distant locations, reducing shipping costs.

Migrated physical systems to virtual, reducing data center use by nearly 75%.

Integrated over 1,000 hosts to a new network after a corporate merge.

Provided engineering groups and infrastructure services support, including: Solaris 8, 10, and 11; RedHat Enterprise Linux and CentOS; Ubuntu; FreeBSD; Windows Server 2008, 2013, and Windows 10.

Researched, developed and implemented new systems and technologies for automation of common tasks and monitoring system resource usage.

Planned and executed system migration and integration from Solaris to Linux, and back-porting existing Linux tools to Solaris.

Lead backup and data recovery efforts, ensuring critical data was protected.

Independent Consultant 2003-2004

Provided UNIX and Windows desktop and server consultation, implementation and support.

Designed, developed and deployed shell and perl script tools for both web and command-line use to help automate and manage daily tasks.

Provided disaster recovery and prevention solutions, including backup solutions, designing robust storage solutions, and performing data recovery on failed media.

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 2002-2003

IS&T Systems Assistant

Provided general UNIX System Administration and end user support for both graduate students and faculty.

Designed and supported a Sun Solaris lab for student and faculty research, and RedHat Linux distributed clusters for a bioinformatics research lab.

Developed back-end management tools for bioinformatics and molecular biology research in clustered environments.

Implemented Single Sign-On solution across Solaris and Linux with existing Active Directory services.

Taos, Santa Clara, CA 2000-2001

System & Network Administrator

General UNIX System Administration, and system consultation and support for clients, both desktops and servers, with an emphasis on security.

Managed existing installations, as well as assist with system migrations, integration of new systems.

Deployment and management of new systems, including RedHat Linux and Sun Solaris 6, 7 and 8.

SJSU Computer Lab, San Jose, CA 1999

Mac/UNIX Administrator

Provided UNIX and MacOS system administration for heterogeneous networked environment.

Provided end-user support for MacOS and Windows 2000.

DeAnza Student Computer Lab, Cupertino, CA 1997-1998

Level I Technician

Provided UNIX System administration and end user support.

Educationand Certifications

Red Hat Certified System Administrator for Red Hat 7.

AAS Computer Programming, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE.

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