
Sr Systems Administrator at EWT
Greater Los Angeles Area

Sr Systems Administrator at EWT
Greater Los Angeles Area
Administration of the following:
- Redhat Enterprise Linux, SLES9, and HP-UX Unix
- Netapp Filer NAS and Novell iChain proxy appliances
- Bea WebLogic Server 8.1, Tomcat 4 java application servers
- Apache 1.x/2.x, Bind 9, and OpenSSH
- Proactive security measures ensuring system availability.
- Building rpms, PXE boot kickstart installation, mass automation
- Monitoring and preventative maintenance in 24/7 environments.
- Provisioning new Linux servers according to established standards.
- sh, bash, posix, and perl scripting.
Computer security, basic penetration testing, network security assessment, computer autonomy, systems administration, system hardening, intrusion detection systems.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
- EMC Clarion SAN administration
- Tuned algorithmic trading servers for low latency
- Managed infrastructure services dhcp, dns, and ldap
- Reduced single points of failure using open source software
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IAC; Entertainment industry)
October 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Linux Server and Storage Systems Administration in business critical fault tolerant infrastructure. Deploy new servers using automated tools such as Kickstart and PXE in a globally distributed network. Ensuring system disaster recovery procedures are in place and ready for execution as required. Design and develop extensive scripting and other automation tasks.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DALRQ.PK; Airlines/Aviation industry)
August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Web, proxy, dns, and application server systems administration. HP-UX Unix and SLES 9 Linux systems administration. Part of 24/7 oncall rotation. Apache web server configuration and performance tuning. Automated web application stress testing with metrics reporting ensuring future capacity needs.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
July 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 1 month)
Supported wartime requirements for imagery intelligence flying the Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. 480 combat flight hours including a year long overseas deployment. Web server lockdown according to NIST 800-44, Guidelines for Securing Public Webservers
Performed maintenance on the following equipment:
- Remote Video Terminal (RVT) running Redhat Linux 9 (lockdown, shell scripts)
- Solaris 7 Ground Control Station (shell scripts to automate various subsystems)
Computer Security, Information Assurance 2005 — 2005
36 Credit hours , Aeronautics , 2001 — 2001
Maintained a 4.00 GPA in studies related to aviation and military intelligence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Linux and Open Source Software taking over the world... Ball room, swing, and blues dancing, Krav Maga or any other form of Martial arts. Shooting.
Professional Certifications:
Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1
CompTia A+
CompTia Network+