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Jul. 2024United StatesActively looking for my next project and position in Information Technology/ Engineering preferably in a full time W2 position but not ruling out contracts for the right opportunities.
System Engineer
MGM Technology SolutionsSystem Engineer
Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024United StatesDesigning, developing and researching artificial intelligence models for stock and options trading based on machine learning and neural networks and lstm algorithms to achieve strategic stock trading strategies.
Systems Engineer/Software Engineer
Zebra TechnologiesSystems Engineer/Software Engineer
Nov. 2015 - Aug. 2024Lincolnshire, ILSupported and administrated the following, RHEL, Windows, MAC OS/X, ESXi, VMware. Worked with Windows active directory. I did complex scripting and programming in the following languages, C, Python, Perl, Bash, KSH, AWK, SED, SQL, PowerSHell, VB, Java, YAML, JSON, Terraform and other languages. Shared rotating on call for the enterprise with a group of 5 engineers. Used monitoring tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, etc. Automation with Ansible Tower and development in YAML. Cloud computing with AWS and development with AWS EC2, GCP and Azure.
Systems Engineer
WMS Scientific GamesSystems Engineer
Apr. 2015 - Nov. 2015Chicago, ILHeaded up a data center move for Scientific Games. Had to re-home 300 Servers Phys/Virtual. Also had to deal with SAN, HP, Dell Hardware and network gear. Operating systems I was responsible for were Redhat RHEL, Windows Server, ESX/ESXi, VMWare. The entire data center move took about 6 months. Additional responsibilites include MAC OS/X. Windows Server administration, Software development, testing, documentation.
Systems engineer
International Business SystemsSystems engineer
Jan. 2014 - Nov. 2015Chicago, IllinoisIdentity management. Responsible for Chrysler. Applications development of a custom identity management tool. Environment consisted of physical and virtual servers with Solaris, Aix, Linux, VMware esx. Supported and administered an environment of about 3000 servers. Account management, security, systems hardening and day to day support of the environment. Worked remote and onsite with team members in support of the server farms. Developed and maintained custom code consisting of bash, shell, korn, perl. Wrote enhancements to the software infrastructures.
Systems Engineer
OracleSystems Engineer
Apr. 2013 - Jan. 2014Quantico, VAContracted for Oracle Corporation for the United States Marine Corp implementing and administrating a system built for the Marine Corp. Deep knowledge and experience were required in the following areas: • ForteGate Firewalls • Network Security • Networking and network protocols. TCP/IP • VMWare / ESX – Virtualization of Linux environments, installation and administration. • VSphere • Redhat Linux – RHEL 5&6, Centos, Fedora • MAC OSX • HP Servers • NetApp Appliances – Ontap, BMC, Filer, Fiber • Shell Scripting, Perl • Technical Writing • Project Management
Systems Engineer
WalgreensSystems Engineer
Sep. 2012 - Apr. 2013Lincolnshire, ILContracted for Walgreens Corporation. Responsible for Unix, Solaris, Linux, and VMware servers. Architected, implemented and supported all Unix, Linux and VMware servers for the Walgreens Enterprise network. Role comprised of customer interaction, recommendations and implementation. Role was split with project work and real time support of the Enterprise. Deep knowledge and experience required in the following areas: • Oracle Solaris 9, 10 & 11 • T Series Hardware (Blades) • M Series Hardware • E25K LDOMS and Hardware • VMWare and Redhat Linux (RHEL) • Solaris Zones • ZFS • Veritas • Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) • EMC • Virtualization • V-Sphere • Sun Volume Manager
Systems Engineer/Government Consultant
OracleSystems Engineer/Government Consultant
Apr. 2012 - Oct. 2012Contracted for Oracle Corporation for the United States Marine Corp implementing and administrating a system built for the Marine Corp. Deep knowledge and experience were required in the following areas: • ForteGate Firewalls • Network Security • Networking and network protocols. TCP/IP • VMWare / ESX – Virtualization of Linux environments, installation and administration. • VSphere • Redhat Linux – RHEL 5&6, Centos, Fedora • MAC OSX • HP Servers • NetApp Appliances – Ontap, BMC, Filer, Fiber • Shell Scripting, Perl • Technical Writing • Project Management
Systems Engineer
Newark element14Systems Engineer
May. 2011 - May. 2012Chicago, ILAdministrated and supported Element 14’s enterprise. Supported Redhat, Oracle VM, Sun Solaris 9 & 10, Ecommerce Transactional Website environment. Traveled the United States supporting and implementing technologies at the U.S. bases and FBI. The enterprise I supported was comprised of the following. • Solaris 9, 10 Support, Implementation and Administration • Redhat RHEL 4, 5, Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu • OEL – Oracle Enterprise Linux • Redhat Cluster Implementations and Design • NetApp Filers Administration running ISCSI and Fiber • Brocade Switch Administration • Oracle OVM HA implementation • E-Commerce Support and Administration Real Time • Shell Scripting, Perl Programming • Endeca 6 Support and Administration • Apache Administration and Support • Oracle RAC 10g &11g • Solaris Zones by way of creation from Global, Flar and Rsync • Subversion • Akamai Administration • Websphere Administration • VMware VSphere
Systems Engineer
Department of Veterans AffairsSystems Engineer
Jul. 2009 - Oct. 2010Hines, ILPerformed administration and development with Solaris, Windows, Tuxedo and Oracle 10G. Developed systems programs in Perl, Shell and PL/SQL. Worked with Web Logic and Apache web server.
Systems Engineer
Rush University Medical CenterSystems Engineer
Jul. 2008 - Dec. 2008Primary responsibilities included administration and maintenance of Oracle 10g RAC, Unix, Solaris and Linux Redhat servers. Worked in the database group architecting and implementing new environments for Oracle 10g RAC for OLTP, Data Warehouse and shared server environments. Performed upgrades from 9i to Oracle 10g. Implemented Oracle RAC for a Data warehouse environment. Utilized data pump to populate and refresh new servers as well as an extract of DDL. Performed all tasks of Linux and Solaris administration. Used AS and RHEL 4 &amp; 5 and Solaris 10. Designed and implemented backup and recovery architecture.
Systems Engineer
United States Department of DefenseSystems Engineer
Dec. 2007 - Apr. 2008Waukegan, ILPrimary responsibilities included administration and maintenance of WebLogic servers. Responsible for implementation, configuration of Oracle 10g RAC databases SAN attached with CRS. ASM and multiple Oracle instances. Did day to day maintenance of Windows environment and administration of Windows as it related to Oracle and WebLogic. Other responsibilities included administration and maintenance of Unix, Solaris and Linux Redhat servers. Worked in the network group and implemented and configured HP Openview V10, along with SolarWinds and Cisco Works. Performed day to day administration of all Linux, Unix servers and maintained SolarWinds and Openview.
Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman CorporationSystems Engineer
Mar. 2007 - Jan. 2008Chicago, ILCity of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications UNIX Admin/Windows Admin/ Linux Admin/Oracle DBA Contract Responsible for 24X7 operation of a major mission critical system for public safety. System consisted of Oracle 10g RAC, HP-UX 11.3 and MC/ServiceGuard. Responsible for Operating Systems and Oracle database administration, implementation of new system converting from Tru64 to HP-UX. Northrop Grumman Corporation Systems Engineer 07/07 – 12/07 Oracle 9i & 10G RAC, • TRU64, • HP-UX 11i, • Brocade SAN Fabric, • Windows Server 2003, • RedHat Linux ES 3 • HP Openview, • Cisco, Server Hardware and configuration • Oracle 10G RAC Implementation, design and support
Systems Engineer
AllstateSystems Engineer
Jan. 2007 - Jul. 2007Northbrook, ILResponsible for support and administration, design and architecture of many Allstate Oracle databases. Architected and physical modeled an underwriting and risk database. Worked with developers and management to build and maintain database to specifications. Used ER/Win to build physical model and deploy. 01/07 - 07/07 • Oracle database and administration and data modeling. • Worked with ER/WIN to create and maintain data models for various in house and highly visible • Responsible for creation, support, installation and maintenance of Oracle 9i and 10g databases. • Performed administration and installation of Oracle RAC 10g databases and data guard. • Used and configured OEM, data guard, Toad, RAC • Programmed and developed in C, Perl, Shell, SQL, RMAN, SED and AWK.
Sr. Consultant/Oracle DBA/O/S Admin
TuscSr. Consultant/Oracle DBA/O/S Admin
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2007Responsible for 24 X 7 support of production mission critical Hewlett Packard, Solaris, Windows and Linux servers. Responsible for Veritas Cluster Manager, Veritas Foundation Suite, Logical Volume Manager, Sendmail, DNS. NIS, NFS. Responsible for production databases in a mixed Oracle environment comprised of 8i, 9i and 10g. Installed and configured RAC 10g with ASM, Veritas Cluster Server. Responsible for day to day administration of the Operating environments, monitoring, patching, development of best practices for Solaris 8, 9 & 10, HP-UX 10.20, 11.00 and 11i, Linux Fedora Core, Linux Enterprise Server, Linux 64 bit, Windows 2003 Advanced Server, Windows XP professional administration and upgrades, performance and tuning / O/S hardening of all platforms. Shell scripting in csh, ksh and bourne shell, Perl, C, SQL and PL/SQL to enhance our monitoring capabilities of our clients databases and server farms. Worked with Clarion and Symetrix EMC SAN configuration and administration including Navisphere, Snap View and Time Finder. Worked with many aspects of networking including firewalls and VPN clients. Some of the VPN clients include Microsoft PPTP, IPSec, Linksys VPN client, checkpoint, Cisco VPN and SSH. Administrated and monitored Oracle databases for 8i, 9i and 10g environments including RAC. Developed performance and tuning guidelines, backup and recovery with and without RMAN, implemented and configured new instance of Oracle. Also, addressed replication and standby server implementation as well as security and core RDBMS functionality via OEM and command line. Authored a chapter in a soon to be released book by TUSC on Operating Systems performance and tuning. Worked with high availability software such as Veritas Cluster Server, Life Keeper and MC/ServiceGuard. E xposure to HACMP. Project managed projects consisting of database implementations, server implementations, SAN implementations and configurations.
Systems Engineer
OpenwaveSystems Engineer
Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2005Responsible for a fifty node enterprise Sun server farm. Responsibilities included administrating servers and applications, databases residing on servers. Solaris 9 was the primary operating system used. Responsible for server management, upgrades, day to day Systems Administration. Veritas Foundations Suite, Veritas Cluster Server, Oracle 9i Administration, firewall analysis, Solstice Disk Suite, Jump Start, patching and upgrades. Oracle 9i and 10g administration included maintaining and supporting a database used by customer base. Responsible for Backup and Recovery, day to day administration, security and replication. Performed job function using OEM and command line interface. Application was implemented for wireless communications for use with Cellular handsets to enable web browsing. Application consisted of 23 Sun Solaris Nodes, Load Balancers, Radius Servers and more. EMC storage SAN network implemented and administrated with SYMCLI, PowerPath and utility console. Responsible for day to day operations, upgrades, patch management, backup and recovery of database and operating systems, performance and tuning of operating systems and databases. Supporting all of the web base servers for Nextel and Cingular Wireless browser based phones. These systems support 1,000,000 users nationwide and require 7/24/365 availability. Software was ported for Solaris, HP and AIX and certified against Oracle 9i. LDAP component was also used to query and update subscriber information. Familiar with SAN and NAS concepts and multi domain servers in HP and Sun. Managed teams and groups via project management and direct report. Teams consisted anywhere from 5 - 15 engineers mostly comprised of DBA's and System Engineers. Project managed projects into the Millions of dollars for clients of Openwave Systems. Used MS Project for the project management tasks. Managed and implemented VCS and MC/ServiceGuard in multiple node environments.
DBA
Family VideoDBA
Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2001Springfield, ILImplemented a 3 tier Oracle Financials 11G with Oracle 9i database solutions for Family Video. Performed audits and technical (not functional) of the operating environment. Performed performance and tuning, implementation, training and day to day responsibilities with the entire multi tier environment, Reported directly to the CFO and owners.
Systems Engineer
Chicago Stock ExchangeSystems Engineer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2001Chicago, ILActed as interim CIO for a trading firm at the Chicago Stock Exchange. Made IT decisions, recommendations, budgetary decisions for this firm. Administrated the Windows Domain consisting of 200 workstations, UNIX servers running on Solaris and RedHat Linux. Did some Intranet development for internal network and Internet. Configured and maintained Cisco routers and Checkpoint firewall. 01/00 - 12/00 • Administrated Oracle databases running on Solaris 8 used to store and analyze trading and financial • Configured backup and Primary Domain controllers. • Configured Cisco network gear for point-to-point communications to Internet and to Dempsey clientele. • Used Norton Ghost to reproduce system images. • Configured Linux Server with Red Hat 6.2 for DNS, pop3 mail, Samba and web server services. • Configured Apache web server to be used to serve the dempseyco.com domain. • NASDAQ applications and 2 Solaris servers serving a proprietary application called BRASS. • Check Point V4.0 firewall for network security. • Managed a group of about 10 technical engineers • Project Manager and participant for implementation of Network Operations: • Cisco routers and switches. the relational data model
HPUX Admin
AcxiomHPUX Admin
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1997Acxiom Corp, Downers Grove, IL Oracle DBA/Project Manager/Programmer/Solaris Admin/SAP Basis Admin Permanent 10/01 - 03/03 Responsible for support of an SAP system and the encompassing nodes. Administrated HPUX, Oracle and SAP Basis for an Axiom client. Responsible for implementation and support of SAP landscape consisting of Basis 4.6c, HP-UX, Solaris, VERITAS, VCS, MC/ServiceGuard and Oracle. Responsibilities: • Performed HP-UX and Solaris Systems Administration tasks for a large customer base • MC/ServiceGuard • SAP Basis 4.6C • VERITAS cluster manager • Performed SAP Basis administration with SAP Basis 4.6C. • Performed system installs, upgrades and multiple functions on a large landscape containing two database • C, Perl, Shell, SQL and PL/SQL. • Linux (Mandrake, SUSE and Redhat) for a 10 node network. • Managed and implemented VCS and MC/ServiceGuard in multiple node environment
Manager/Systems Architect
AccentureManager/Systems Architect
Mar. 1995 - Aug. 1998Chicago, ILManaged projects for Accenture. Directly reported to Associate Partner and managed 15 Accenture Engineers. Was a very high level technical resource for Accenture and was engaged on many client sites to implement, tune and troubleshoot issues involved with Solaris, HP-UX, Linux and Oracle. 03/95 - 08/98 Manager Permanent • Assisted customers in infrastructure configurations. Emphasis placed on all major UNIX platforms including HP-UX, Solaris, AT&T, and AIX, system design, configuration, performance and tuning and all aspects of UNIX and infrastructure. • Provided architecture, performance and tuning, and administrative services for Oracle and RDBMS issues. Provided Engagement teams with expertise in server platform sizing, client/server architecture validation, UNIX implementation strategies, application architecture review/validation, interoperability and connectivity strategies/validation, operation backup/recovery strategies, • Custom technical document write-up, overall client/server project quality reviews. Designed and developed numerous white papers and methodologies for Andersen internal use regarding Unix, System Hardware, • RDBMS Performance and Tuning guidelines, • vendor selection methodology for O.S., RDBMS, and server hardware, • RDBMS and server sizing, performance with various applications. • Managed various teams of DBA's, and systems engineers and administrators on Accenture (Andersen) engagements. • PL/SQL, PRO*C, triggers, stored procedures • Wrote "C" language programs using SCCS for source code control
Engineer
Motorola SolutionsEngineer
Jan. 1989 - May. 1995Schaumburg, ILInvolved with 3 groups at Motorola. Paging, Networking and Wireless Data. Was a systems and software engineer for new product development, support and did research and development. After retirement from Motorola I was brought back as a consultant 4 times to use the expertise and knowledge I acquired as an employee. Involved with technologies such as proprietary protocols, Oracle, HP-UX, Solaris, Cisco, Openview, and wireless data products used for many industries including transportation, EMS and fire, Police and public Safety to mention a few. Traveled onsite domestically and internationally to troubleshoot, implement and support client systems. Travel to Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Canada. Sr. Software Engineer / Sr. Network Engineer /Database Administrator / UNIX Systems Administrator • Developed network software modules to meet security guidelines specified by Motorola Corporate Computer Security. Project consisted of system and network-programming techniques in an HP-UX, Solaris, AIX and Apollo networked environment. • Performed extensive "C" programming, IPC techniques such as shared memory, socket I/O and pipes. • Used shell programming, Perl, awk, curses and sed to integrate new software modules. • Responsible for design, support and change control of the new software modules for a 300 node cellular network. • International Experience Includes: Middle East, Asia, Europe and Canada • Oracle support and implementation of new Systems • Cisco training, support and deployment of new technologies. • Research and development for manufacturing of cellular devices. • Application support and development of an application for the transportation industry called MADS or Motorola Automated Dispatch Systems. • Support, implementation and development of paging systems for international markets. • Application development of application running on Solaris with Motif, curses, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL. • Application support, Unix Support, Implementation and admin.

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