OBJECTIVE

To obtain a middle to high level career as an AIX/Linux administrator while developing challenging scripts in Perl, and Korn shell in a productive work environment, and developing my knowledge of AIX, and Linux, and the tools used with them.

COMPUTER SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

09/10 to 12/10 Iron Mountain (Sapphire Technologies)
Boston, MA
AIX Systems Administrator

• Added, and configured SAN storage to Power-6, and Power-7 blades, and P550 server.
• Configured P550 server with multiple LPARS using MPIO, and dual vio servers.
• Configured nim server on IVM LPAR on Power-6, and Power-7 blades.
• Standardized system logging.
• Migrated multiple LPARS from AIX 5.3 to AIX 6.1 including patching AIX technology levels, and service patch updates.
• Assisted in migrating IVMs, and VIOS servers on Power-6, and Power-7.
• Updated Perl script to automate database record updates.
• Documenting procedures.
• Migrated LPARs on IVM, and VIOS from local storage to SAN storage including setting up redundancy.

07/09 to 09/10 Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Senior AIX Systems Administrator

• Created, and maintained AIX vio servers, and LPARs in AIX 5.3, and AIX 6.1.
• Performed LPAR OS maintenance with NIM.
• Migrated LPARs from AIX 5.3 to AIX 6.1.
• Assisted in hardware upgrade from Power-5 to Power-6.
• Assisted in setup of live partition mobility on Power-6 systems.
• Used VMWare to create, and maintain Linux (Suse and Red Hat) environment.
• Documented printer setup procedures.
• Updated HMC OS.
• Performed VIOS OS updates.
• Updated firmware on Power-5, and Power-6 series boxes.
• Assisted in setup, and maintenance of HACMP clusters on AIX.

09/06 to 07/09 ProMutual Group
Boston, MA
Senior AIX Systems Administrator

• Led physical system and OS migration to p570s/5.3.  Performed this directly after joining the company.
• Documented, and revised all procedures.
• Participated in annual DR including updating documentation, and improving process.
• Automated daily tasks through korn and perl scripting.  Examples include: reporting invalid login activity, mailing errors from error report, removing old print files.
• Automated monitoring of system resources.  Examples include: automatically mailing of errors from error report, scripting monitoring disk usage on Linux boxes, using WebSM to monitor process availability, scripting monitoring print queue status, scripting monitoring of invalid login attempts.
• Administrated Red Hat Linux machines since February, 2008.
• Trained junior AIX administrator.
• Managed OS, and firmware updates to pSeries, and HMC.

09/05 to 09/06 First Marblehead
Medford, MA
AIX Systems Administrator

• Led project to use NIM to update and install systems including set up of NIM master/client environment.
• Wrote Korn and awk scripts to analyze security of AIX pSeries boxes.
• Led project to standardize security across AIX platforms.
• Led project for mirroring disks and maintaining bootlist in production environment.
• Led project for updating the micro-code for AIX and HMC machines.
• Maintained user environment including adding new users and groups, and creating filesystems.
• Installed and maintained LPARs.
• Resolved daily problems found in the system logs and reports including designing solutions to eliminate root cause.
• Documented procedures such as NIM installation.
• Provided training for other team members.
• Debugged Perl and Korn shell scripts.

06/05 to 09/05 Stop And Shop
Braintree, MA
AIX System Administrator Consultant

• Supported RS/6000 servers running AIX 4.3.3 and 5.2.
• Worked closely with Retail Help Desk and application development teams to provide level 2+ support in the diagnosis and resolution of technical problems escalated from the stores.
• Performed AIX system administration functions including user management, error report analysis, and hardware configuration.
• Installed new hardware and software as required.
• Scripted in Korn shell to automate system information gathering and administrative procedures.

03/01 to 02/04 IBM Corporation
Austin, TX
Quality Assurance And Tester Consultant

• Worked with various Power PC architectures including P-Series and performed acceptance testing on the AIX Unix builds.
• Provided weekly status reports to senior management regarding the acceptance testing.
• Tested remote installation (NIM) and IBM’s system management tools (WebSM and SMITTY) on AIX and Linux platforms.
• Automated the testing using Rational XDE Tester reducing human intervention and testing time by 25%.
• Performed migration testing from AIX 4.xx and 3.xx to current development levels of AIX - 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on RISC, non-RISC, and Regatta hardware platforms.
• Automated the testing process shortening it from four weeks to four days which saved the company a minimum of $70,000 annually.
• Assisted development team with resolving UNIX kernel defects, applied operating system patches, and provided status reports on software defects and functionality.
• Created test plans and documentation for LDAP installations and UNIX operating system migrations.
• Installed and tested LDAP directory client-server software on IBM AIX including encryption components.

09/00 to 12/00 IBM Corporation
Austin, TX
Quality Assurance And Tester Consultant

• Setup and tested LDAP directory client-server software on Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Windows NT, and Linux (Red Hat and Caldera).
• Installed operating systems for Sun Solaris, Windows NT, and Linux.
• Debugged Perl scripts used for setting up the testing environment.

06/96 to 05/00 Fidelity Investments
Boston, MA
Software Engineer (08/98 to 05/00)

• Developed Perl program to resolve trade disputes automating the process of searching for customer. This enabled the legal department to use the information provided to them to within hours of their request.
• Created Korn shell scripts to page support personnel during business hours to reduce notification time of excess CPU usage reducing notification time from over 1 hour down to 5 minutes.   The end result was far less down time for a multimillion dollar, real-time trading system and provided better capacity planning.
• Debugged and tested middleware for Java real-time trading system.

Technical Support Specialist (06/96 to 08/98)

• Performed 7x24 production support for Fidelity's live, electronic trading system on Stratus and Unix Sun Solaris operating systems.
• Tracked problems to resolution.  Duties included creating reports for upper management on status and proposed resolutions, gathering vital information to deal with the problem at hand, testing application fixes, and working with development team to ensure that proposed solutions were implemented.
• Created and updated training documentation and updated the department processes and procedures.  Gathered information from the development staff to create the first set of online documentation which improved efficiency and productivity of end-users and the department staff.
• Provided 7x24 training to various teams in the company.
• Created Korn shell scripts to automate application monitoring and machine recycling saving time and reducing human errors.
• Automated tabulating of data from remote systems for capacity planning involving creating a Korn shell script to ftp over files from remote boxes.  This allowed management to see the current machine utilization and accurately predict when hardware capacity expansion was required.
• Updated Korn shell script that improved nightly processing of updating accounts to use less disk space, improve error reporting, and improve the system performance by using multiply processes.  Reports ran in one sixth of the original time and no longer caused the machine to run out of disk space.

06/94 to 06/96 Instinet Corporation
Bedford, MA
Operations Technician

• Installed and maintained RSX11M+ and HP-UX9+ on real-time trading system.
• Applied kernel patches and software updates to the trading system.
• Installed and configured hardware on PDP-11's and HP UNIX servers.
• Documented support processes for emergency recovery of machines, correct application startup, updating software, and hardware installation.

EDUCATION

09/88 to 12/92 University of Lowell
Lowell, MA
BS, Electrical Engineering
Cumulative GPA: 3.12
Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu