Certifications:

VMWare Certified Professional (VCP4)

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VMWare Sales Professional (VSP4)
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VMWare Technical Sales Professional (VTSP4)
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VMware Certified Professional (VCP-310) *
IBM Certified Solution Developer
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CompTIA Security+
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Objective:
A VMware Architect/System Engineer or Project Management position where excellen
t analytical problem solving skills and a strong work ethic can enhance the comp
any's bottom line.
Summary:
VMWare VCP Certified for version 4
VMWare VCP Certified for version 3
VMWare Technical Sales Professional (VTSP4)
VMWare Architect and Design for 3.5 and vSphere 4
VMWare Customer System Evaluations, Capacity Planning.
VMWare Partner Solution Provider
IBM Business Partner
Security+ Certified
IBM WebSphere Certified Designer
Presentation and benefits of VMware 3.5 and 4.0 to over 20 prospective companies
.
Design, architecture, installation, consolidation for 3.5 and 4.0 for over 8 ent
erprise companies.
Multiple installations, configurations, and testing using VMware vCenter Site Re
covery Manager.
Multiple Blade technology experience:
IBM X-Series Blades (LS20/21 and HS20/21)
HP Blades C3000 (BL200, BL460/465)
Sun Blades (X6450, 8000)
Design, architecture, installation of VMware View for both 3.5 and 4.0.
Provided virtualization tools: including LabManager, VMWare Consolidated Backup
and Update manager.
Implemented of Websphere v 3.5 - 6.0 and Commerce v. 5.5. Implementation of NDM
.
Integration of LDAP within Websphere
Implementation of Development Lifecycle solution; including checkout procedure f
or scripts and Quality Assurance.
Wrote project plan and proposal to take over 22,000-user environment to be moved
from T.O.S.S to Lotus Notes 4.5.
Security implementation for SUN, AIX, HPUX, and Linux servers.
Disaster Recovery planning and implementation.
Experience:
Contractor for IBM (Global Services)
VMWare Engineer and Architect / Linux Administrator
October 2009 - Present
Shared Health: Installed, configured, QA, Administration of RedHat EL 4 and 5 se
rvers for customer account. Once Servers were built, they were turned over to m
e to validate, install necessary software (ISS, ESM, SRM), backups, and other ge
neral tasks. In turn servers were put into production. Ongoing support of thes
e servers while in production.
FEMA: Installed, configured, kernel tuning, and securing ESX 3.5 and on IBM Blad
e servers. Installation of ESX was on local storage and VMFS Datastores were on
SAN storage. There was no vCenter Server purchased or installed, all configurat
ions and troubleshooting did take place via the command line utilizing Linux and
esx-cfg commands.
BlockBuster Online: I originally built this account with ESX 2 and 8 IBM Blades
in 2003. This account was turned back over to me and now is built with VSphere
4 and 35 blades. I handle all aspects of the environment; Virtual Center, ESX,
Patches, Backups. 35 ESX Servers / 170 VMs. Disaster recover support for Bloc
kBuster and recovery.
Victoria's Secret: the current environment consists of 15 Sun servers, 13 T5220s
and 2 M5000s. Handle day to day maintenance, global and non-global zones.
I was the only VMWare expert on the team, so I handled all issues related to VMW
are and ESX. This includes disaster recovery situations, upgrades, and installs
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Mentor to India personnel to instruct Linux and VMWare. This included technical
sessions with personnel on how to use, install, troubleshoot, and tips and tric
k of Linux and VMware.

Contractor for GISC/STRATCOM

VMWare Engineer / Architect
April 2009 - September 2009
Installed, configured, kernel tuning, and securing ESX 4 on Sun Blade x6440. The
se blades use a NEM blade (10GB) HXGE driver, which was not available for ESX 4.
A driver for 3.5 had to be used and integrated with vSphere to allow connectivi
ty to storage. Due to this issue, I was unable to utilize iSCSI as a storage sol
ution. In place of iSCSI and lack of funding for HBA's, I was forced to use NFS
Datastore.
128 Blades vSphere (700+ VM's)
128 Blades ESX 3.5 (700+ VM's)
V Center was installed on a Windows 2003 64 Bit (SR2) blade to manage the ESX 4
servers and VM's. Approximately 25 VM's were managed for a development and QA en
vironment. I was unable to deploy the vSphere environment in a production or Int
ernet facing environment due to the lack of a DOD STIG that is not available for
vSphere. Tools that I have used include HA and DRS (Distributed Resource Schedu
ler, High Availability), Update Manager (Patch Management), and vMotion (to move
disks easily)
SRM to automate recovery to / from the AirForce Academy using NFS data store.
vSphere is rebranded version of VI 3.5, with more enhanced tools and the ability
to run servers over the internet (hence the Cloud Computing reference).
This position is to support the collaboration of agencies following the events o
f 9/11.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support SUN X6000 Blade Center with X6
440 Blades and 10GBe NEM Blades.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of SUN Unified Storage 7410 wi
th NFS storage to VMWare,
Installation, configuration, testing, support of VMware ESX server3.5 and Virtua
l Center running Solaris 10 x86, Linux (Centos and RHEL) and Windows 2003 (x86 a
nd X64) servers.
Extensive LVM in the Centos and RHEL for applications.
Current environment is 16 physical blades with ESX Server on Compact Flash drive
s. At the time of this resume there is currently 61 Virtual Machines of mixed OS
installs.
Applications / software include: DC's, Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2007, Oracle DB
's, FAST (Microsoft), Palantier, MS-CAD, Terminal Services.
VMware use of P2V, HA, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, Update Manager, Lab Manager, an
d VMWare Consolidated Backup.
LDAP integration with Windows Active Directory for AD authentication for use wit
h ESX Server and Virtual Center.
Use of DISA STIG requirements to secure all
Customer presentations on VMWare and server consolidation.
Documentation of the entire site, posted on SharePoint for customer use.
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Mainline Information Systems (CornerStone Systems)
September 2007 - March 2009
Sr Open Systems Engineer
This position was remote and telecommuting support as well as travel to several
customer sites.
Installation, configuration of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures (racked and non
racked). This installation included Intel and Integrity Blades with additional
storage.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of IBM System X; 3650, 3850, a
nd 3950 (MP).
Consolidation and Virtualization solutions for clients to help them reduce cost
and space.
Installation, configuration, testing, support, and documentation of Blade Center
with Blade Servers.
Installation, configuration, testing, support of VMware ESX server and Virtual C
enter running both Linux and Windows 2003 servers.
With VMware use of P2V, HA, Vmotion, and Storage Vmotion.
LDAP integration with Windows Active Directory.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003 i
n the same VMware environment.
Brocade Module and Switches
DS3400 Installation, configuration, testing, support, and documentation
Installation, configuration, and security setup for DataPower SOA.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of RedHat and SUSE Linux.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of IBM's TS line of tape libra
ries.
Architecture, Installation, and configuration of these same servers with SAN att
ached storage, including boot from SAN and LUN mapping.
Support of the middleware group with installations of WAS 6.0 and 5.1.
Support of SUN servers (including V and E12K).
Customer presentations on VMWare and server consolidation.
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Contractor for IBM Global Services October 2006 - August 2007
Transition Engineer
This position was remote and telecommuting support.
Support of the Ameriprise transition from American Express.
Architecture, Installation, Configuration, and troubleshooting of AIX P-series s
ervers with LPARS and HACMP.5.x.
Configuration of HACMP and San support for WAS Web, Application, and NDM environ
ments.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of ArcSight security software
with Oracle database.
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of Solaris 9 and 10. This incl
uded creation of soft partitions for application support.
BEA Weblogic installation, configuration, and support of 60 Sun servers with Web
logic installed. Products included: Weblogic Integration Server, Weblogic Serve
r, and Weblogic Portal.
Support for ear and jar files, which included troubleshooting of scripts as nece
ssary.
Architecture, Installation, and configuration of these same servers with SAN att
ached storage, including boot from SAN and LUN mapping.
Support of the middleware group with installations of WAS 6.0 and 5.1.
Support of existing WAS 6.0, 5.1, and 4.1 installations in production support en
vironment for brokerage trading.
Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Enterprise Ser
vice Bus (ESB), V6.0.2, to provide JMS 1.1 support and reduce disruption of serv
ice.
Installation and troubleshooting of multiple ear files on one server (instance).
Installation, configuration, testing, and support of the Adobe Document Services
with WAS 6.0.
90 warranty support for all applications that are turned over to the customer.
On Call support nightly for responsible projects.
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LSI Logic
April 2005 - October 2006
Sr Unix Engineer III
Architecture, Installation, Configuration, and troubleshooting of 142 RedHat Lin
ux Servers in 3 locations. Each location running LSF 6.1 (cluster software).
Architecture, Installation, and configuration of Sun (Solaris 7 - Solaris 9) and
HPUX (10.20 - 11i v2) servers.
Support of the engineering group; which includes, tool installs, mirroring of so
ftware, user accounts, troubleshooting, quarterly pm, and other necessary suppor
t to keep business running.
License server (triad) install, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Architecture, installation, and configuration of TelAlert 5.6 with Corporate Mes
senger 2.0 on Linux RedHat 4.0. Also configuration with Remedy and Nagios.
Sarbanes Oxley 404 IT Controls and Procedures implementation and audit.
Engineering software installs for emt and e2 modules.
Evaluation, testing, and recommendation for new hardware standard. HP and IBM we
re considered for this evaluation.
Hard drive technologies include: SCSI, SAS, SATA, PATA.
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CD-Telecom (AKA Cendant) April 2004 - April 2005
Sr Security Engineer
Evaluation of company's current security situation and made recommendations base
d on findings.
Architecture, Installation, and configuration of SSH Server and Tectia manager f
or company based security solution on Sun (Solaris 7 - Solaris 9), HPUX (10.20 -
11i v2), Linux, and Windows (Advance Svr and 2003).
Sarbanes Oxley 404 IT Controls and Procedures implementation and audit.
Scanned entire network (CISCO, SUN, HPUX, AIX, and Windows) via ISS RealSecure t
o find vulnerabilities. Based on finding repaired or created exceptions for each
item discovered.
Introduction of Linux based servers to environment as a cost savings measure.
Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of NetiQVigilEnt Security Manag
er and Password Manager.
Architecture, installation, and configuration of sudo (alternative solution to r
oot) on Sun, HPUX, and Linux.
Documentation of Security practices and standards for each platform (Linux, Wind
ows, SUN, HPUX, and AIX).
Implementation, configuration, and support for Checkpoint's Secure Platform.
Architecture, Installation, and configuration of McAfee for UNIX and Linux.
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Contractor for IBM ODCS

September 2003 - April 2004
Websphere, AIX, Linux Engineer
Installation, configuration, and setup of Linux (RedHat 8, 9, ES 3) and AIX 5.1
and AIX 5.2 environment on IBM X-Series, P-Series, and I-Series servers. This al
so includes on-call support and troubleshooting.
Installation, configuration, and setup of Windows Advance Server 2000 and Window
s 2003 server.
These installations above also include booting from SAN storage.
Architecture, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of WebSphere 4.06
- 5.0 (up to FixPack 2) and Commerce Server 5.5. Installation includes IBM HTTP
and Apache server.
Architecture, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of WebLogic 7.0 S
P4 - 8.1.
Installation, configuration, and setup of DB2 for WebSphere.
Found solution and documented same solution for LDAP authentication via IBM Blue
Pages to WebSphere.
Installation, configuration, and setup of VMWare ESX Server 2.0 and 2.0.1 for LP
AR's (virtual machines)
Troubleshooting installation, day to day problems, and application problems with
WebSphere.
Procure of SSL certificates from GeoTrust and installation of these certificates
.
Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of ProFTP,
Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of TSM backup solution for serv
ers via LAN and Fiber.
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Contractor for Accredo Health

September 2002 - January 2003
Sr Unix Engineer
Expertise on Tru64 5.1A running on GS160 and GS140 Hardware.
Expertise on IBM RS 6000 running AIX 4.3.2, 4.3.3 and 5.1. This includes install
ation, configuration, on-call support, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery.
Expertise on VMS running on Digital 4100.
Installation and testing of CA'sAutoSys.
EMC Symmetrix 3000 Family Enterprise Storage Systems, including ESN Manager, Con
trol Center.
Data center move from Kansas to Memphis.
Hiring and training of Operations staff.
Architecture, installation, and configuration of WebSphere 4.xx. Installation in
cludes IBM HTTP and Apache server.
Installation, configuration, and setup of DB2 for WebSphere.
Creation, security, database installation, logical and physical file system part
itioning, user administration, profile creation, table creation, and backup/reco
very strategies.
Responsibilities included hardware/software architecture, operating system insta
llation, configuration, tuning, administration, Hitachi and IBM DASD, disk array
configuration, MSSQL, load balancing.
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Contractor for IRS
May 2001 - July 2002
Systems Administrator / Security Analyst
Transition from NCR/MPRAS to SUN E10K and SunFire E15K servers.
Secured Electronic Filing (EMS) to GAO standards using ISS RealSecure, Lockdown
scripts, Cisco PIX, Raptor Firewall, and procedures developed and implemented by
myself.
Expertise on IBM RS 6000 running AIX 4.3.2 and 4.3.3. This includes installation
, configuration, on-call support, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery.
Expertise on Tru64 5.1A running on GS160 and GS140 Hardware
Responsible for Cisco Router and switching equipment. (2500-AS5300).
Expert in Cisco's IOS language for routers.
Expert in Sun Solaris 7 and 8.
Administrator of EMC Symmetrix 3000 Family Enterprise Storage Systems.
Responsible for communications between Trading partners and Internal Revenue Ser
vice
Implementation and administration of Nokia Appliances with Checkpoint Firewall.
Installation and administration of WebLogic.
Day to day operations monitoring electronic drains for failures. Upon failure re
spond, identify, and repair.
Responsibilities included hardware/software architecture, operating system insta
llation, configuration, tuning, administration, Hitachi and IBM DASD, disk array
configuration, load balancing, user
Creation, security, database installation, logical and physical file system part
itioning, user administration, profile creation, table creation, and backup/reco
very strategies.
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V-Tel Corporation
February 2001 - May 2001
Sr Network Engineer
Windows 2000, including Advance and Data Center Server. Configuring these server
s to work in a clustered environment and to communicate with wireless phones.
Testing of 128bit environment on SUN based hardware (Ultra 10, E250, E450, E6500
), running Solaris 7 and 8.
Administrator of EMC Symmetrix 3000 Family Enterprise Storage Systems.
Testing of Cisco Routing technology with ATM switch backbone.
CheckPoint Firewall 1 and Cisco PIX.
Implementation and administration of Nokia Appliances with Checkpoint Firewall.
WAP Technology for Wireless phones, including programming phones, and testing se
curity on wireless phones.
ARM Processor Technology, including installation and programming of processors f
or credit card transactions.
Motorola, Nokia, and Qualcomm programming of cellular phones for 128bit encrypti
on.
Design Network solution for Credit Card Transactions with 128bit encryption and
decryption.
SEOS/eTrust for securing the entire network and servers.
Implementation of ArcServe backup solution, including client agents for Linux, U
nix, SQL, DR, and MS Exchange Server.
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ICGate, Inc

September 2000 - February 2001

Sr Systems Engineer
Install and maintain RedHat Linux 5.2-7.0 in an ISP and Web Server environment.
Install and maintain dialup, ISDN, DSL customers on RedBack and Radius servers.
Architecture, installation, and configuration of WebSphere 3.5. Installation inc
ludes IBM HTTP and Apache server.
Installation, configuration, and setup of DB2 for WebSphere.
Secure environment and prevent intrusion with ISS, SSH, Kerberos, and Radius.
Install and maintain Firewall for Linux environment (ipchains).
Install and maintain 24/7 monitoring solution with paging support (BigBrother).
Java, JavaScript.
Installation and administration of WebLogic.
Investigate new technologies and solutions for Linux environment.
Maintain Cisco routers (2500 series).
Install and maintain RedBack server. RedBack server is used for DSL dial-up, it
uses a language variation of IOS called AOS.
Maintain primary and secondary DNS servers.
Install and maintain LDAP in a Linux environment to work with Windows clients
Backup Solutions for Linux (BRU, Dump, CPIO)
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Computer Horizons Corporation September 1996 - September 2000
Sr Systems Engineer / Project Manager
Installation, maintenance, and security for Sun E3000, E4500, E450, E250, Ultra1
0, and Ultra5.
Expertise on IBM RS 6000 running AIX. This includes installation, configuration,
on-call support, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery.
Ordering of necessary equipment from manufacturers including SUN, Veritas, and C
heckPoint.
Implemented HP / Database solution for order entry. This included a web-based ap
plication. The solution was a transition from a one K-series HP running UNIDATA
to a (MC SERVICEGUARD) Cluster running Oracle.
Handled all hardware and software associated with IBM 3290 and DEC including but
not limited to Hitachi, IBM DASD, and PMDF Gateway to Lotus Notes.
Administrator HP 9000 L, N and K series servers.
Administrator of HP MC/Service Guard for HP 9000.
OmniBack for Backup on HP Servers. OmniStore for image storage.
Administrator of EMC Symmetrix 3000 Family Enterprise Storage Systems.
Installed and maintenance of Checkpoint Firewall 1.
Remote and on site installs for NCR 7780 Scanners using OS/2 platform.
Administered Optical system on HP 9000 running HP-UX 10.20 and Oracle.
Regressive testing of new domestic and international billing system.
Y2K certified testing and comparisons.
Documentation of current and future systems and development.
Installation and maintenance of Citrix and Terminal Server for secure communicat
ions via banks through dialup and internet.
Instructor for Unix classes.
Responsibilities included hardware/software architecture, operating system insta
llation, configuration, tuning, administration, disk array configuration, load b
alancing, user
creation, security, database installation, logical and physical file system part
itioning, user administration, profile creation, table creation, and backup/reco
very strategies.
Placed at the follow companies: Emerge Interactive, DK Family Learning, Fedex, I
mageSoft Technologies, AT&T, Lockheed Martin, Cummins Engine Company, and ISR Gl
obal Telecom
Administrator of Tuxedo and Autosys.
Schedule Resources (FTE) for each aspect of a project where needed.
Produced Work Orders as needed for resources on each project.
Setup Security for Dot COM Company to include a sacrificial host, firewall, SSH,
and Kerberos.
Installed and maintenance of VeritasNetBackup.
Disaster Recovery.
Implemented solution for local, long distance, and data with the assistance of A
T&T.
Implemented switched network solution (Nortel Networks).
Implemented Helpdesk solution running Remedy. (Remedy Change Management and Reme
dy Web). This included installation, configuration, and administration.
Installation and administration of link between Remedy and Oracle.
Installation and administration of link between Remedy and HP Openview.
Java, JavaScript.
Installation and administration of WebLogic.
Implemented Development Lifecycle solution including checkout procedure for scri
pts and Quality Assurance.
OmniBack and OmniStore storage solutions.
Implemented SAN network for backup solution.
UNIX scripting and Development.
Administered NCR UNIX systems running System 5 Release 3.xx.
Internal support for Unix, NT, and Exchange Server.
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J Crew Retail

September 1995 - September 1996

Systems Administrator
Handled all hardware and software associated with HP 9000, R/S 6000, Sun Sparc,
and CSI/Unidata (pick based polling software).
Automated daily processes.
Setup and maintained NFS, Ethernet and Token Ring environment.
Installed, configured, and maintained 5 NT servers, 300 PC's, and 300 ASCII term
inals in 3 locations.
Software includes but is not limited to: Windows NT, MSOffice, Reflections, Term
ite, Procomm Plus, LVM, Solaris 2.4, FoxPro, Unidata, Pick, Comshare, Essbase, H
P-UX 9.xx-10.01, Windows 3.11-95, O/S 2, IBM Lan Server, and Netscape.
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Bonanza Trading September 1992 - September 1995
Telecom and Systems Administrator
Expertise in hardware and software for laptops, mid-range systems, and communica
tions peripherals, including but not limited to: R/S 6000, Altos, HP 9000, stand
alone PC, Windows NT / 3.xx - 95 Beta, Wordperfect, Lotus 123, MSOffice, Netsca
pe, and VOS (Voice operating system).
Installed, configured, trained, and maintained terminals and user environment of
75 clients.
Determined hiring requirements, training, and scheduling for 150+ employees.
Expertise negotiating with Union officials and employees.
Material handling systems and equipment.
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Education:
Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Phoenix