Summary

Accomplished Systems Administrator/Hardware Engineer with proven competencies, which include:

* Equipment specification, installation and standards development

* Analysis related to the design, development, and implementation of hardware

* Innovative problem solving with exceptional interpersonal, analytical and communication skills

* Installation of new software releases, system upgrades, evaluation and installation of patches to resolve software related problems

* Performing system backups and recovery; data file maintenance and monitoring system configuration to ensure data integrity

* Telecom field concepts, practices, and procedures

Software / Operating Systems

HP-UX, SVR4, Linux, CentOS-3 (Red Hat Enterprise Edition 3.4 equiv), Windows 2003

Professional History

Migrations/Upgrade Engineer Tekelec Morrisville, NC 2005-2006

* Migrated customers from Sun E450’s and Sun Netra’s to proprietary platforms, installing both the OS (CentOS-3) and the required applications (All migrations completed within allotted maintenance windows while maintaining a 100% success rate)

* Successfully upgraded customers from obsolete software levels to up-to-date versions

* Developed in-house procedures, to make possible the back-out of an improperly migrated or upgraded server

* Supervision of hardware and software installation at client sites

* Monitoring of high risk customers, new installations, reporting and correction of irregularities

* Maintained a 24 x 7 on-call support, as part of a 6 person team

* Implemented security scans and reported on same for specific customers

* Maintained detailed records of all systems transactions

Lead Project Engineer LabCorp Burlington, NC 1999-2005

* Provided a complete project for the sales group, allowing restructuring of sales districts on the fly – saving the company $1+ million annually

* Instrumental in the restructuring of the internal change audit system, bringing it into compliance with SOX, as well as increasing system efficiency

* Implemented a project to replace and upgrade the interface servers in the LabCorp print shop and followed through with installation, run-up and testing of servers

Systems Engineer

* Successfully led a team in the conversion of a major computer system to an in-house system, creating a template for several other site conversions

* Team member in the conversion of several remote sites’ computer systems to an in-house system

* Supervised Linux team, providing budgetary estimates, and work schedules

* Developed scripts, written in C and Korn shell, to gather performance data and automate daily tasks such as backups, archiving, and scheduled reporting

* Maintained Intel/Unix systems and their peripherals, keeping usage records, and scheduling outside maintenance when necessary

* Installed Intel based (Dell & IBM) Linux and Windows servers, individual and blade chassis, in racks along with KVM’s, PDU’s and UPS’s.

Unix Systems Supervisor, ProE Manager Best Power, Inc. Necedah, WI 1992-1999

* Supervised Pro-Engineering team, providing budgetary estimates to the Director of engineering. Designed, specified and installed the UNIX infrastructure, hardware and O/S

* Designed, specified and installed UNIX infrastructure, hardware and O/S

* Developed and implemented technical improvements to system configuration and operation

* Worked directly with hardware vendors on the purchase of engineering computer hardware

* Developed scripts, written in C and Korn shell, to automate daily tasks for 23 designer/engineers on engineering CAD system

* Maintained an on-call system covering engineering work hours

* Established and maintained disaster recovery program with off-site storage

* Installed and maintained all CAD/CAM application software, such as Pro/Engineer, SDRC, AutoCAD and Corel/DRAW

* Created, developed and introduced enterprise-wide design and drafting standards for more than 20 engineering professionals and managers

Project Manager, Mechanical Designer (CADD) Northern Engraving Corp. Sparta, WI 1987–1992

* Designed, developed and detailed in-house machinery

* Established CAD standards for the R&D department

Education and Professional Training

Red Hat, Inc.:

RH133 – System Administration, RH253 – Networking and Security

Systemation Inc.:

Project Management

Parametric Technology Corporation:

Basic Design and Modeling, Advanced Assembly, Pro/PDM Database and Project Management, Cable and Harness Design

Hewlett-Packard: HP-UX training

Network Administration, Security, Tuning and Performance, Workstation Administration,

Migration 9x to 10.10

Global Knowledge:

Windows Server 2003

Western Wisconsin Technical College:

Basic and Advanced CAD Design and Operation

Sun Systems, Inc:

Solaris 2 System Administration

GEORGE MILES

E-Mail evyj9u@r.postjobfree.com

417 S. TIMBERGATE DR. • GIBSONVILLE NC 27249-8898 • Phone 336-***-****

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