WORK EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
Enterprise Windows and UNIX Administrator experienced with complex software and hardware installations on client/server systems. Technical Expert on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), skilled at optimizing performance and troubleshooting software and hardware. Demonstrated strengths in security management and scripting. Hands on experience with: Client Server Architectures, IT Builds, Network Load Balancing Clustered Server Environments Hardware, GE Cimplicity SCADA, Clustered Web Farms Ethernet Networking, Active Directory, Clustering on Storage Area Networks (SAN) Hardware Troubleshooting
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software: VMWare Workstation, ACE, Microsoft IIS, Apache Web Server,
Microsoft Virtual PC & Server, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Bigfix
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, phpMyAdmin
Languages: VBScript, Perl Script, PHP Script, ASP, CSS
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (Server 2003, XP, Vista)
Linux (Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS)
CERTIFICATIONS
MCP for MS SQL 2000 Certification
MCP for MS Server 2003 Certification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INTEL CORPORATION, Chandler, Arizona 1996-2009
INTEL Inc., Chandler, AZ 2004 - 2009
Systems Administrator/Integrator/DBA for SCADA Information Systems Operations.
- Managed control systems for facilities including network, communications, database, server and client hardware, user management and alarm management. Optimized operating system performance, provided solutions to software and hardware problems that resulted in improved response times and increased reliability of control systems.
- Managed 600 client workstations and over 300 mission critical Windows 2003 Enterprise servers worldwide. This included Web, Database and SCADA application servers. Kept factory running with current security and update patches.
- Provided on site, remote on call support on a 24x7 basis for control systems hardware, software, functionality of control systems, HMI and IT for 8 global manufacturing facilities.
- Partnered with operations technicians to ensure data accuracy for instrumentation maintenance and calibrations including temperature, pressure and temperature.
- Created detailed Web site for 24x7 on call personnel, which allowed global team to connect to any server supported via ILO.
- Used Bigfix to patch/upgrade server and workstation operating systems and applications. Saved approximately 500 work hours each month by automating patch installs.
- Created Web/Database application to gather critical data from the SCADA systems, which was available to team members from their workstation and Web browser.
- Created VBScripts that gathered information and pinged all clients. Sent E-mail to inform team of system issues enabling them to identify equipment issues as soon as possible.
- Created an application to add/remove/update and delete users from the SCADA application upon changes to Windows 2003 Active Directory.
- Migrated MS SQL 2000 databases to MS SQL 2005, enabled upgraded Cimplicity application to work effectively.
- Maintained Organizational Units (OU) and Group Policy Object (GPO) policies for SCADA group ensuring that security access was accurately maintained.
- Maintained, upgraded, patched and serviced mission critical servers for SCADA applications in 24/7 datacenters that housed all production applications.
INTEL Inc., Chandler, AZ 1999 - 2004
Systems Administrator/Integrator for IT Enterprise Applications Engineering (EBC)
Supported IT Applications Systems infrastructure
- Maintained clustered servers on and off SAN infrastructure.
- Utilized Big IP for Network Load Balanced (NLB) Web server farms.
- Created Web site with Java script that showed server uptime over a moving 30 day period to meet 99.99 uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA).
- Installed Redhat Linux on Compaq servers for global Intranet Web farm utilizing PHP, phpMyAdmin, MySQL and Apache Web server.
- Maintained, upgraded, patched and serviced mission critical servers for IT applications in 24/7 datacenters that housed all production applications.
EMRO INC., Scottsdale, AZ 1994 - 1996
System Administrator/ Systems Engineer/Web Administrator
- Setup and maintained all Microsoft NT and Windows for Workgroups computer systems, network and all software.
INFORMATION ENTERPRISES INC., Phoenix, AZ 1993 - 1994
Help Desk Technician/Unix System Administrator
- Interfaced with nationwide customer base and quickly responded to requests for information and support regarding protocols, billing system and Local Area Networks (LAN).
- Utilized HTML, and setup HTTP servers for Mosaic.
- Functioned as document analyst and Shell Script Programmer (BASH, CSH).
- Wrote scripts and gathered meta-data (parameters) for on-line Web service
EDUCATION
Bachlors of Science and Business and Information Systems
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
TRAINING
Rio Salado Community College - Data Structures in 'C'
Rio Salado Community College - Introduction to 'C' Programming
United States Navy Electrician