Systems Administrator Technical Project

TIM MANOCHEHRI

Sacramento, CA 916-***-**** ***********@*******.*** LinkedIn Profile

Senior Systems Engineer & Network Administrator

Dedicated and results-driven IT professional with 25+ years’ experience in technical project leadership, network administration, multi-site system migrations, and systems security. Brings a proven track record for success utilizing tactical troubleshooting to modernize, enhance, and optimize network solutions. Combines excellence in team leadership, employee training, and time management.

Oversaw 20 cross-functional employees to drive project success with strategic planning and on-time execution.

Completed significant data migration projects, condensing the required server space from 8 racks to 2 racks.

Veteran of the Marine Corps with the ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and achieve business objectives.

Core Skills

Linux Unix Solaris Windows VMware RedHat Ubuntu Debian CentOS Oracle Kickstart OpenVZ VirtualBox Proxmox VE Shell Scripting KSH Bash HTML C PHP Python MySQL Microsoft Office Suite Remedy HEAT Apache2 Service Now *.NET Servers Microsoft Servers Professional Skills Infrastructure Management Network Administration Systems Administration Enterprise Systems Management Technical Project Management Security Risk Mitigation Patch Management System Installations Systems Maintenance End-User Training Compliance Disaster Recovery Network Security Virtual Environments Vendor Management Leadership Data Migrations Integrations Configurations Testing Cost Reductions Business Process Improvements

CORE COMPETENCIES

Infrastructure Management Network Administration Systems Administration Enterprise Systems Management

Technical Project Management Security Risk Mitigation Patch Management System Installations Systems Maintenance

End-user Training Compliance Disaster Recovery Network Security Virtual Environments Vendor Management

Leadership Data Migrations Integrations Configurations Testing Cost Reductions Business Process Improvements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal System Administrator Oracle 2022 to Present

Leverage 30 years of familiarity with Linux administration. Manage Virtual and Bare metal across Us-gov systems. Open tickets for hardware failure. Open change tickets as required. Standard Linux Systems Administration duties.

Participate in a weekly on-call rotation.

Monthly patching of Exadata clusters, proprietary patching.

Participate in JIRA Ticketing system and Slack changes help daily.

Answer questions and give guidance.

Troubleshoot customer issues and/or system cries for help

Participate in calls during and outage or system disruption.

Assist in Non-Exadata OS patching of vms and some bare metal (Dom0).

Developed Inventory Database (mariadb) from Spreadsheet.

Sr. Engineer Spec-Systems Verizon 2019 to 2022

Leverage 15+ years of familiarity with Linux to manage Telco applications across Verizon’s business systems. Enhance systems infrastructure to meet seamless operation standards across availability, performance, and security. Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to improve processes, deploy applications, upgrade servers, and maintain complex systems.

Migrated Verizon applications and software to a new data center; gathered requirements, guaranteed data integrity, and resolved complex issues. Led DNS updates, IP changes, and capacity planning, completing the project within 1 month.

Reduced security risks by developing policies regarding disaster preparedness, recovery planning, and backup/recovery.

Updated Apache, PHP, Tomcat, and additional technologies, routinely modernizing systems infrastructure.

Network Systems Administrator Verizon 2017 to 2019

Automated and deployed scripts to improve Linux system functionality, reliability, and efficiency. Worked alongside application development teams to resolve issues and raise end-user satisfaction. Expanded file systems, oversaw network permissions, and complied with security guidelines. Optimized the network configuration to obtain superior uptime and support operations.

Built new VMware-based virtual environments and utilized PowerShell scripts to enhance automation.

Senior Unix & Linux Engineer Blue Shield of California 2006 to 2016

Installed and maintained Linux and Solaris OS by using VMware, Jumpstart for Solaris, and PXEboot. Administered servers, managing server upgrades, installations, provisioning, and client backups. Conducted extensive system analysis, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis to resolve infrastructure issues. Created shell scripts in KSH and BASH to improve Unix/Linux systems.

Developed a central repository for Unix and Linux users, utilizing MySQL, PHP, and shell scripts to maintain UID.

Introduced new technologies to streamline and standardize enterprise-wide Solaris and Linux OS patching.

Unix System Administrator HomeEQ Servicing 2001 to 2006

System Administrator / Lead Technician The Money Store 1996 to 2001

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Linux Unix Solaris Windows VMware Linux KVM RedHat Ubuntu Debian CentOS Oracle Kickstart

OpenVZ VirtualBox Proxmox VE Solaris Jumpstart Shell Scripting KSH Bash HTML C PHP Python

MySQL Microsoft Office Suite Remedy HEAT Apache2 Service Now .NET Servers Microsoft Servers

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MSCE)

Software Testing 101 Hung Q. Nguyen

Unix Training Sun Microsystems

Unix Training Hewlett-Packard

Unix Systems Administrator Hewlett-Packard

FileNet Systems Administrator

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