Victor Varela
619-***-**** **********@*****.*** Tucson, AZ 85705
PROFILE
U.S. Army Veteran and I.T. professional with over 10 years of experience in System Administration in Red Hat and Apache web servers, VMware, Nagios/Zabbix monitoring, Amanda backup, Windows Server, Active Directory, IIS, F5 BIG-IP LTMs, NetScaler, IBM, Dell and HP blade server management using iLO, iDRAC, CMC, Cisco routers/switches, Riverbed and PacketShaper WANOs, OSPF troubleshooting, fiber optic and Ethernet cabling troubleshooting, KIV-7M and TACLANE-Micro KG-175D encryptors
EXPERIENCE
Systems Administrator, Raytheon Mar. 2023 – Apr. 2025
Tucson, AZ
Assisted with upgrading server infrastructure in a SAP (Special Access Program) environment
Maintenance, STIGs of virtualized Windows Server 2019, 2022, RHEL 7 servers
Management of ESXi, vCenter and VMs, HP iLo remote management
Administration of NetApp appliance, shares, permissions, LDAP authentication
Management of SEP Manager, Splunk Indexer/forwarders, Ivanti server
Administration of software FlexLM license server and different license models
Systems Administrator, RCC – CONUS (Leidos) Jul. 2022 – Mar. 2023
Ft. Huachuca, AZ
Mitigated findings identified by ACAS/Tenable scanners of RHEL 6/7/8 servers
Completed OS STIG checklist requirements on RHEL 6/7/8 servers
Updated Red Hat Satellite server for patching, completed snapshots on vCenter prior patching
User account creation, management of the OS for RHEL servers
Network Engineer, VSolvit Mar. 2022 – Apr. 2022
Camp Pendleton, CA
Worked and prepared Juniper SRX340 routers and EX2300 for network upgrade
Worked with IT support team with inventory of existing hardware
TACNET Network Engineer, SAIC Dec. 2019 – Mar. 2022
San Diego, CA
Worked with Active Duty Military personnel and US Government employees to provide technical support to NAVWAR PMW160 (ADNS) fielded Tactical Networks in a fast and high energy environment
Perform system installations, configuration management enforcement, system sustainment and upgrades, distance support, and emergent Casualty Report (CASREP) support as needed in support of Naval Warfighters
Analyze issues in an enterprise WAN shipboard environment and decide best resolution
Provide root cause analysis and recommend permanent configuration changes
Troubleshoot OSPF neighbor adjacencies, QoS, multicast routing, latency and ACL issues
Configuration and troubleshooting of TACLANE KG-175D and KIV-7M dynamic SAs with shore
Troubleshoot Layer 1 issues with RF, fiber and Ethernet
Troubleshoot Red Hat Linux issues with backups, user account, OS health and RADIUS issues
Understanding of SATCOM components like modems, patch panels, serial interfaces and RF frequencies
Information Technology Specialist (25B), U.S. Army Jul. 2018 – Oct. 2019
Kuwait, Jordan
Management of Cisco ISR 4451 router/switch, configuration and troubleshooting of tunnels and VLANs
Troubleshooting of signal flow across different networks, TCP/IP routing problems,
Configure VoIP phones, manage Cisco Unified Call Manager,
Imaged systems w/ Microsoft SCCM, user account administration in Active Directory
Configured/troubleshot Satellite signal acquisition, data path transmission and related irregularities
Proficient with SNAP terminal, configured/troubleshot TACLANE-Micro KG-175D encryptor
Systems Administrator, GDIT/Spawar May. 2018 – Jul. 2018
San Diego, CA
Mitigated ACAS Findings identified by HBSS scanning of RHEL 6/7 servers
Deployed DISA STIG OS checklist requirements on RHEL 6/7 servers supporting various applications
Databases: MySQL and Postgres, installed packages and configuration
Configuration of RHEL system admin tools: Monit, LogWatcher and AIDE
Deploy new RHEL servers from baseline server, configured to join Satellite server, install updates with YUM
Systems Administrator, Blackhawk Network Mar. 2015 – Dec. 2017
San Diego, CA
Deploy new HP Proliant DL320e servers with CentOS 6/7 using Cobbler,
Nagios/NRPE and HP iLO configuration, backup/restores with Amanda
Configured small development environment in AWS, configured Apache virtual hosts, renewal of SSL certificates
Automation of tasks with Ansible, maintained server configuration with GIT, management of Bitbucket repos
Created SFTP accounts, managed DNS records, Windows 2012 R2 WSUS
NOC Analyst, QuickPlay Media Sep. 2013 – Mar. 2015
San Diego, CA
Proactively check health of applications and 24/7 Linux based infrastructure with Zabbix monitoring software
SSH to Apache web servers to run scripts, stop/restart services, kill hung processes, tail and analyze log files, edit configuration, change permissions and ACLs
Compressing log files with gzip, configuring system clock with NTP, unlocking user accounts.
Use of F5 BIG-IP LTMs and Oracle WebLogic to remove server pools from production in order to complete routine process
Initiate/administer conference calls, work with engineering teams to reduce outages, document details in ticketing system
CERTIFICATIONS
CompTIA Security+
CCNA Routing/Switching