REMOTE Solaris/VCS Systems Architect

Randall Slead

Pagosa Springs, CO *****

****.**.********@***********.***

Professional Summary:

- Over fifthteen years experience in Solaris system administration, Solaris system architecture

and system technical support.

- Experience managing complex application and system architectures.

- Extensive knowledge of software, networking, and hardware.

- B.S. degree in Computer Science

Computer Skills:

Software:

OS: Solaris 10, Solaris 9, Solaris 8,...,SunOS, SuSE

Programming: AWK, Bourne/C Shell, PERL, make, HTML

Veritas Applications: Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server

iPlanet/SunOne Applications: SunCluster, Directory Server(LDAP), Calendar Server, Messaging Server, Application Server, Web Server

Applications: VMware, Apache/Tomcat, OpenView, SVM/Disk Suite, Remedy, Legato Networker & ATL, x-win32, Oracle

Networking:

LDAP, NFS, NIS, DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP

Hardware:

SUN: E20K, F15K, F12K, 6900, 6800, 4500, 3800, 2900, T2000, V1280, V880, V480, 450, V440, 280, V100, 80, 60, 2, 1, Netras, Sparc2, IPC, IPX

Storage: Sun StorEdge 3310, 3511, D1000, Clariion 57xx, SPARC Storage 214, 110

Jukeboxes: Sun StorEdge L8, Exabyte 110, 220, 440

Employment History:

Arrrgggh October 2008 –

Consultant

- Provide technical support for the end-users, application support personnel, and developers

- Document standards, guidelines, and procedures

Arrrgggh

SUN Professional Services 1/04-2/04, 12/04, 11/05-2/06, 3/06-4/06, 8/06-9/06, 10/06-12/06, 3/07-4/07, 8/07, 2/08-3/08, 4/08-5/08, 10/08

-VCS/Netbackup project planning for Wells Fargo.

- Setup dev environment of Solaris 10 workstation on WMware.

- Consulted implementation of VCS MQ series cluster.

- Dozens of VCS 4.1MP2 to VCS 5.0MP1 upgrades and SOP generated.

- Performance analysis and review of F15ks running Retek Merchandising.

- Architecture review and subsequent support of Insight’s VCS implementation.

- DST patch deployment via tiger teams.

- Deployed Veritas Cluster Server over Oracle 10g for Capital Group.

- Authored and executed VCS test plan for GE Appliance.

- Fixed Veritas Cluster Server’s over aggressive monitoring of IPMP

- Performance analysis of Informatica PTE environment (E20k and 6900s).

- Assisted with Grainger's SAP R/3 infrastructure upgrade and implementation in dev,qa, and prod environments through go-live.

- Provided Grainger with SAP infrastructure support for ~450 servers (F15k(s) - 240(s)) including numerous Veritas Cluster Server instances.

- Analyzed performance issues on 3800 vs V880 with SunOne proxy server which led to further assessment of Solaris IP multi-threading vs single-threading.

- Tiger team build and rapid deployment of ~100 servers (F12K, V1280, 480, 280) for Cingular.

SAIC 12/03

- Setup development and production DB servers on V480s with 3310 storage and L8 libraries.

- Apache, tomcat, net-snmp, perl, proftp compilation, installation and support.

Senior Solaris System Administrator

Sprint 08/02 – 12/03

- 7 x 24 administration in a web hosting organization providing server and application support (Netscape/iPlanet/SunOne Web, Messaging, Admin, Directory, Proxy, Application) of 900+ servers from Netras T1 to SunFires 6800.

- Maintained numerous Veritas Cluster Server instances on Ultra 60s to SunFires 6800s.

- Created and managed segments/domains via platform for SunFire 3800, 4800, and 6800.

- Mentored junior sys admins on Veritas Volume Manager and SEVM tuning and changes.

- Performance/tuning, capacity planning, and patching.

- Provided third tier system support.

Senior Solaris System Administrator/Architect

Divx 09/99 – 12/01

- Provided leadership for a 5-person team of UNIX system administrators.

- Architected, installed, and configured Veritas Cluster Server implementations using E4500s with Oracle and Apache agents over dual 57xx EMC Clariion arrays.

- Managed engineering domains composed of 100+ Solaris workstations and

E4500/E450 servers with multiple Sun StorEdge Arrays under Veritas VxVM.

- iPlanet/Netscape directory(ldap) and messaging server administration and tuning.

- Numerous builds of 220R/D1000s' under SEVM for colocation servers.

- Supported varied user communities of 100+ engineers/developers with day-to-day problems.

- Interfaced with vendors to evaluate and implement new software and hardware products.

- Performance and tuning of E4500s running Oracle instances.

- Installed and configured Annex terminal servers.

- Identified, troubleshooted, solved faulty Netscape NES shared library implementation.

- Upgrade corporate sendmail/listserv implementation.

- Iplanet/Netscape suite Y2K patching and upgrades.

- Setup and installation of multiple E250s for field office deployment.

- Upgraded Solaris to 2.6 and upgraded Veritas VxVM to 2.6.

- Installed and configured secure corporate ftp server.

- Provided supervision, training and mentoring for junior System Administrators.

Senior Solaris Infrastructure/Software Architect

Synopsys 10/98-7/99

- Architecture and implementation of system related projects for Synopsys.

- Y2K remediation (builds/installs) of sun/hp/sgi/ibm software repositories.

- Clean up of 2.5.1 and 2.6 jumpstarts (patches,packages, tuning, and tweaks) configured/implemented 2.7 jumpstart.

- Depotmeister - care and feeding of solaris/hpux/irix/aix software depots.

- Multiple Preventative Maintenance and Performance Tuning weekends in

which 200+ servers and 800+ workstations were added, changed, or synced.

- Vendor liaison with SUN for equipment, upgrades, repair, and maintenance.

- Provided third tier system support.

Senior UNIX System Administrator

Eastman Kodak Company 1/97-9/98

- Managed engineering domain composed of 100+ Solaris workstations and

SPARC 3000 servers with multiple SPARC Storage Arrays under Veritas VxVM.

- Infrastructure/capacity planning, and commissioning of several SPARC 3000,

and Exabyte (440, 220) jukeboxes.

- Oracle/IMAN system administrator – shutdown, restart, and backup of

databases with performance monitoring and tuning.

- Setup and installed SPARC 3000(s) - hardware (SOC, EEPROM, SSAPROM, and

FOM upgrades), OS, patches, Y2K patches, VxVM stripping/mirroring of storage array.

- Complete overhaul of site's sudo - compiled/installed new rev, central sudoers, syslog changes.

- Implemented and administrated Budtool with jukeboxes as a backup/restore solution.

- Troubleshooted post installation E3000 serial device driver issue involving SNA Sunlink.

- Supported community of 200+ UG/IMAN mechanical engineers and designers.

- Provided training and mentoring for junior System Administrators.

- NIS/NFS file systems maintenance and FLEXlm licensing maintenance.

Senior UNIX System Engineer 8/96 - 12/96

AirTouch Communications

- Managed a LAN composed of multiple domains including 200+ workstations.

- Backup Administration - Legato Networker backup/restores, archive upkeep.

UNIX System Administrator EDS/Xerox 9/95 - 8/96

- Administrated engineering domain consisting of 500+ heterogeneous (Sun OS

4.1.x, Solaris 2.x) workstations, two Firstwatch (HA) SPARC 1000

application servers and SPARC Storage Array, and a SPARC 1000 database server.

- Backup Administration - Legato Networker backup/restores.

UNIX System Analyst University of Missouri-Rolla 8/91 - 5/94

- General setup and user support for Sun, SGI, HP workstations.

Military Experience:

Operations Supervisor/System Administrator 8/87 - 8/91

United States Navy

-Admin/Operator on Honeywell DPS6 running GECOS-3

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 1995

University of Missouri-Rolla

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