Senior UNIX System Engineer
University of Washington • Seattle, WA (1995–1997)
| IBM ZV062 | Installing, Configuring, and Servicing z/VM for Linux Guests | (Feb 2006) |
| Sun ES-438 | Sun Cluster 3.1 Advanced Administration | (Feb 2005) |
| Sun ES-338 | Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration | (Feb 2005) |
| IBM | Oracle 10G RDBMS on Linux for zSeries Workshop | (Aug 2004) |
| IBM | z/VM Hypervisor Workshop | (Sep 2002) |
| Sun ES-420 | Sun Fire Enterprise Server Administration | (Jul 2002) |
| Sun ES-330 | Sun Enterprise Cluster Administration | (Sep 2000) |
| Sun ST-350 | Fault Analysis Workshop | (Aug 1999) |
| Sun ES-400 | Ultra Enterprise 10000 Administration | (Jul 1999) |
| Veritas | NetBackup for System Administrators | (May 1999) |
Expert level systems administration in highly complex, heterogeneous network environments. Solid understanding of IT business principles and practices. Strong communication skills. Brilliant troubleshooter.
| Platforms | AIX • EMC Symmetrix • Mac OS X • Solaris • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server • z/VM |
| Products | VM:Manager • PowerPath • TimeFinder • NetBackup • OpenLDAP • VxFS • VxVM |
| Networking | BIND • DHCP • DNS • HTTP • RSCS • SMTP • SSH • TCP/IP |
| Programming | Bourne shell • C • CMS Pipelines • Perl • REXX |
Cisco IOS • HP-UX • IRIX • LocalDirector • NEXTSTEP • Oracle • SunOS • Tru64 • Windows NT
ACF2 • DIRMAINT • Tivoli Enterprise Console
System Design Integration Specialist
Boeing • Bellevue, WA Aug 2005–Jun 2010
Senior systems programmer responsible for leading all aspects of virtualized Linux hosting service: system architecture, security, performance, maintenance, process improvement. Assist customer groups with maximizing effectiveness of hosted apps, including Apache, Tomcat, Websphere, Oracle, MySQL, SVN. Partner with IBM, ISVs to port applications to zSeries Linux. Mentor senior mainframe staff on Linux system administration. Maintain traditional CMS (z/VM) workload, process documentation, customer service bulletins.
Matured Linux hosting service from limited proof-of-concept phase to large-scale full production environment. Achieved phenomenal operational success through tight integration of z/VM and Linux features. Fully automated new server build process, reducing time to deploy new server image from 8 hours to several seconds. Constantly improved business processes: achieved 75% reduction in disaster test restoration times; accommodated 50% staff reduction while simultaneously improving service quality. Designed, deployed highly available LDAP service providing centralized administration of Linux accounts. Successfully integrated SAMBA file services with enterprise Windows Active Directory.
Senior UNIX System Administrator
Boeing • Seattle, WA Mar 2000–Aug 2005
Provided advanced system support and complex problem resolution for large team of system administrators maintaining 800+ exceptionally diverse Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, Dynix/ptx, Linux, and Apollo DOMAIN servers, workstations. Subject matter expert on Solaris, E10k, SunFire, Sun Cluster, EMC Symmetrix, VxFS, VxVM, NetBackup. Designed secure, high-availability system environments. Performed capacity and performance analysis. Published "best practice" technical and operational procedures. Mentored junior system administrators.
Designed, developed, documented, maintained custom system management tools for simplifying and automating administration tasks across all servers, including patch reporting, configuration contro, auditing. Developed bug fixes and feature enhancements for OpenSSH, Sun SSP 3.x, EMC TimeFinder. Built, packaged, distributed, maintained cross-platform open source software toolkit. Gained considerable fame as "the guy who can solve any problem."
UNIX System Administrator
Amazon.com • Seattle, WA Feb 1999–Feb 2000
Maintained all aspects of data warehouse environment, including Sun E10000, EMC Symmetrix, Cisco LocalDirector, PIX firewall, tape library. Administered Compaq AlphaServers providing online retail services, Sun development systems. Adhered to rigorous standards of availability, security, in 7x24 on-call rotation.
Conceived, documented, implemented comprehensive plan to reduce network infrastructure complexity in data warehouse environment, without sacrificing security. Developed utility to dynamically allocate tape library capacity for Redbrick RDBMS backup, increasing performance and system availability. Implemented remote system console access using Cisco Access Server products.
System Administrator
Geoworks • Seattle, WA Oct 1997–Feb 1999
Supported 35 engineers in complex system environment, within tight budgetary constraints. Responsible for all aspects of office technology in Seattle design center: SunOS 4, Windows NT, Novell IntraNetware 4 servers, workstations; LAN, WAN, ISDN, firewall, remote access; printers, copiers; telephone system.
Greatly enhanced stability of office network, servers, workstations. Developed web interface to PDC Budtool backup scheduler to grant developer control of workstation backups, reducing tape requirements by 40%. Proposed, planned, implemented core network upgrades, dramatically increasing LAN performance with minimal capital expenditure. Implemented secure VPN with firewall for development partners; concept proven with Linux IPFW and PPPoE; deployed in production with Cisco router.
Enjoy ice hockey; distance, freestyle inline skating. Play bassoon, piano. German, Danish language skills. Restore obsolete computers; collection includes over 250 systems spanning dozens of architectures and 40 years of technology history. Former NFL mascot. Collect molds, spores, and fungus.