Veritas
Netbackup backup system in a large network environment (version 2.1-7.0.1)
Apache web server administration
StorageTek ACSLS Robotic Control Software
McData EFCM
Cisco and Cabletron routers and switches
WindowsNT/LAN-Manager and Samba administration
Historic:
TCP/IP-Internet: Socks firewall, Kerberos 4 and 5
Netscape web server administration
Veritas
Volume Manager/Foundation Suite
FORE and Cisco ATM switches
SL/IP and PPP management
Many video conferencing systems over ISDN, ATM and other high speed networks
Apple LocalTalk/Ethertalk, Internet Gateway management, Appletalk Router management
Hardware:
Current:
Dell Server Hardware
Dell hardware RAID systems
SUN SPARCstations and Enterprise Servers
Intel-PCs; Dell, Apple, Generic
StorageTek (Powderhorn, SL3500, and ACSLS tape management software) libraries (in SCSI attached and a shared SAN environment) and standalone tape drives
Tape drives: StorageTek 9940B, LTO series
F5 load balancers
McData SAN Switches
Hitachi SAN
Historic:
HP Server Hardware
Netapp file servers (Nearstore and F series)
Various ATL, Breece Hill, Sun and Compaq tape libraries (in SCSI attached and a shared SAN environment) and standalone tape drives
Tape drives: DLT4000, 7000, 8000, SDLT220, SDLT320, STK 9840B, DAT
MTI, Sun, HP, Compaq, hardware RAID systems
MTI SAN storage
Intel-PCs; Hewlett-Packard (HP), Compaq, Gateway, IBM
Apple Macintosh (from Mac SEs to current Intel models)
Various Cisco and Cabletron/Riverstone switches and routers
Telephone systems and various network wiring installations and repair
PictureTel Venue2000 and Live50 systems, V-Tel TC-2000, Apple Video Conferencing, Technovision (Bitfield), Nemesys (FORE) ATV/AVA Motion JPEG over ATM fiber, and Cheetah MPEG video systems
Installation and rollout of 3 datacenter Veritas Netbackup 5.1 master server solutions to back up a variety of servers, ranging from HP/UX, AIX, Solaris Enterprise servers (e450s on up to e15k) and Microsoft servers
Created and maintained documentation of the process, including "dynamic" mapping tables that update automatically.
In depth performance tuning of differing tape technologies, STK 9940B and LTO2 technologies, by adjusting various Solaris kernel and Netbackup tuning parameters to find optimal settings.
Developing and implementing process improvements in the form of documentation and building new tools for operations group to use in daily management of the backup and disaster recovery system.
Responsible for testing and patching of the Netbackup software (both 3.4, 4.5 and 5.0) on the servers and clients; Solaris based servers and clients of Microsoft, HP/UX and Solaris enterprise servers, from e420s up to E10Ks.
Capacity Planning
Manage interaction of SAN HBAs and Solaris
Development and implementation of staged disk based backups and creating workarounds for bugs in the Veritas software.
Implementation and testing of vaulting system based on Veritas Netbackup
Developed scripts and tools to improve the backup process
Managed volumes, Q-Trees, snapshots and NFS exports on Netapp Nearstores
Contractor February 24, 2003 - February 29, 2004:
TEKsystems
Support of the HP/UX clients for multiple Veritas Netbackup masters, in multiple datacenters.
Developing and implementing process improvements in the form of documentation and building new tools for operations group to use in daily management of the backup and disaster recovery system.
Responsible for testing and patching of the Netbackup software (both 3.4, and 4.5) on the servers and clients.
Responsible for configuration and troubleshooting of SAN tape drives
Developing and implementing process improvements in the form of documentation and building new tools for operations group to use in daily management of the backup and disaster recovery system.
Responsible for testing and patching of the Netbackup software (both 3.4, and 4.5) on the servers and clients.
Brought in to review and improve a
Veritas Netbackup
backup system
Level 3 support of trouble tickets
Development of various scripts, utilities and a website to improve and monitor the system
Maintenance and troubleshooting of Solaris servers
Aid the level one and level 2 UNIX Administrators (act as level 3 UNIX tech when needed)
Gathering and parsing of statistics to load into a database for trending
Developed methods for managing large quantities of media (12,000+ tapes)
Senior Systems Engineer, July 1999- April 15, 2001: Utenzi (formerly Interlan Communications; Company no longer exists)
Designed, installed and maintained a
Veritas Netbackup
backup solution in a mixed Solaris, Linux, NT 4.0, and Windows2000 environment
Primary installation and support for Linux installations
Designed, implementation and maintenance of Solaris Jumpstart server for customer builds
Created and maintained a suite of web based utilities (shell script CGI and PHP) and command line scripts for monitoring, managing and reporting various aspects of the backup system
Compliled and generated custom Solaris packages for various software packages to be part of standard customer build
Troubleshooting various server and network problems on a daily basis
Development of a Kerberos 5 (Solaris SEAM) authentication scheme
Secondary support for customer SAN (primarily MTI) disk storage
Senior Operations Engineer, Jun 1997-July 1999:
Digex, Inc.
Architecture, installation and maintenance of a
Veritas Netbackup
backup solution for a large server farm (1000+ machines) of Solaris, SunOS, and Compaq WindowsNT servers onto several large ATL DLT libraries and custom tailored backup solutions for individual clients using a variety of tape libraries.
Installation and buildout of Solaris servers
Level 3 UNIX support
Diagnosing and fixing problems on a diverse group of Sun (Solaris) and Compaq (NT) servers
Created suite of web utilities, reporting tools, and internal scripts for the backup system
Troubleshooting network, routing and firewall problems
Spearheaded internal network upgrade to 100/1000Mbit Cisco switches to improve backup performance, with web based configuration system
Senior Installation and Repair Technician, Jan 1997-Jun 1997:
Virginia Tech
Duties included troubleshooting FORE and Cisco ATM switches, Cisco and USRobotics modem pools, installation and testing of assorted network interfaces, including ISDN, T-1s, and OC-3 fiber, the integration and testing of many video conferencing systems, including PictureTel, V-Tel and Apple systems, and developing an internal web site documenting the
Network Virginia
ATM network.
Systems Administrator, Feb 1996-Jan 1997: NRVnet (Company no longer exists)
Duties included the administration of Digital Unix, DEC Terminal Servers, Multi-Tech and USRobotics Modems, writing the Macintosh client software, the conversion to Kerberos 4 authentication, account maintenance, DNS maintenance, setup of a Linux based printer server, and re-wiring of the office phones and network.
Responsible for setting up and repairing various Macintosh, PC and Sun configurations, Windows NT and 95 administration and integration, and the installation and setup of a video editing station.
Job entailed the installation of SunOS, configuration of NFS, NIS, DNS and FTP services, as well as user account management.
Student Representative for Virginia Tech, 1991-1992:
Apple Computer
Duties included installation and maintenance of Macintosh computers on campus, managing Macintosh help desk, and writing the modem scripts to enable communication with the campus network.
Duties included installation and maintenance of the department's AppleTalk network and file/printer services, plus several Unix systems (SunOS and A/UX).
Related Experience:
Created and administer in-house computer lab
Set up a VMware environment, and run a "production" linux server with e-mail, web, file sharing, proxy and various other services
Implemented a Netbackup environment using disk based backup with de-duplication
Set up NAT service for internal machines and dual (internal and public) wireless networks
Built a "lab" for learning VMware, Cisco, Linux, Windows Server, and any other equipment of interest
Education:
Bachelors of Science
, Computer Science, December 1995, Radford University
Attended
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
, Computer Science, 1988-1992;1994