[Cialug] Sr. UNIX/Linux administrator

[Steve Forman <jaredsubman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a Sr. UNIX/Linux administrator currently looking for work in Des 
Moines and was wondering if anybody knew anybody who was hiring.
I've pasted my resume below. Feel free to forward it on and/or respond 
to me via e-mail. I really appreciate the help. Thanks!

*Steven R. Forman*

*3505 38^th St***

*Des Moines**, **IA** **50310***

*(515)284-8969*

*jaredsubman@xxxxxxxxx*


   SUMMARY

Sr. UNIX System Administrator

Level II Tech Support Analyst


 LAN Administration Support for Solaris, AIX, Linux, Tru64, SCO, and HP
 UNIX

NAS clustering with Netapp filer

Windows NT/2000/XP

Network System Support

Hardware/Software Installs, Repairs, Troubleshooting

End User Support & Training

Advanced Korn, C-shell, and Perl scripting

Documentation


   EXPERIENCE

*Sr. UNIX System Administrator*

11/03 – 5/04

Principal Financial Group – SAI people contract

   * Responsible for system administration and monitoring of 212 *AIX*,
     *Solaris*, and *Linux* servers
   * Created, customized and implemented *ITM* Resource Models for
     *TEC* *(**Tivoli** **Enterprise** Console)* monitoring
   * Wrote custom *Korn* shell scripts for *Tivoli* integration and
     exported them utilizing *Tivoli Workbench* in association with
     command line utilities.
   * Installed *Tivoli* endpoints and wrote a wrapper script to
     automate installation through SSH.
   * Upgraded *Tivoli* endpoints to the latest version on all the servers.
   * Wrote a backup checking script to query *(TSM) Tivoli Storage
     Manager *and performed backups and restores with *TSM*.**
   * Thoroughy tested *ITM Resource models* in various stages of the
     upgrade process.
   * Extensively documented entire process and potential pitfalls.
   * Wrote command line scripts to query *Active Directory* in both
     *UNIX* and *Windows*.
   * Monitored Helpdesk tickets via *Request Tracker* software and
     resolved end-user support issues

* *

*Sr. UNIX System Administrator*

1/01 – 6/03


 Department of Transportation – W.T.Chen contract

· Provided UNIX Hardware and Software Support and Implementation for 27 
*Sun Solaris* Enterprise Servers, *Tru64* and 4 *Red Hat Linux* SFTP servers

· Configured and maintained *Network Appliance* *NAS* through an *NFS* 
mount point.**

· Installed, configured, and supported *Red Hat Linux,* *Solaris*, and 
*Tru64* servers from scratch to full network implementation.

· Administrated Primary and Secondary *DNS* databases

· Wrote script to automate *DNS* and *reverse* *DNS* entries

· Upgraded *BIND *to current version.

· Configured Web and *FTP* sites using *Iplanet WebServer*, *Apache*, 
*Wu-FTP *and *Pro-FTP*

· Configured *LDAP *for *Sun ONE Directory Server *on *Ultra Sparc III*, 
*Sunblade* and *Sunfire* *Enterprise* *class* servers.**

· Installed, configured and managed *Secure Shell (SSH)* and *Secure FTP.*

· Applied security *patches*, updated *software*, *firmware* and *OS* 
levels.

· Assigned *virtual IP* addresses

· Assisted in migration of *VMS* to *Tru64 UNIX* platform by providing 
hands-on training to support co-workers

· Edited the *registry*, wrote *Visual Basic* and *NT *scripts, assigned 
*IP addresses* and installed *services* in *Windows NT/2000/XP*

· Performed backup and recovery operations using *Veritas Netbackup*

*Sr. UNIX System Administrator*

11/99 – 10/00


 Corning, Inc. – Darwin Partners

· Wrote and implemented full *archival* strategy

· Installed and configured *DECnet* on *Tru64 UNIX* servers

· Supported a *Red Hat LINUX* server which was used as an *NFS* mount point

· Installed and configured *DEC, Sun, Linux,* and *SGI* servers from box 
to full network implementation

· Added *hard drives*, wrote and modified *ksh* scripts, and maintained 
*hardware* for Fiber Optics project

* *

*System Administrator*

1/99 – 11/99


 State of North Carolina – New Boston Contract

* *

· Managed all functions and user operations for all of North Carolina’s 
15 state hospitals via Compucare’s Affinity software which ran on a 
*UNIX AIX* platform.
These included but were not limited to user creation, menu and group 
entry, system upgrade patches, midnight maintenance, release loads, and 
archive backup assistance in preparation for impending “go-live” roll-out.

· Wrote a series of *Korn shell scripts* designed to assist in 
monitoring daily operations procedures. These included a disk space 
checker, Backup monitor, performance analyzer, and system status 
reporter. The scripts also incorporated complex sed, awk, and perl routines.

· Wrote *Word 97* macros in *Visual Basic* to run terminal emulator 
scripts to automate releases, user operations, and system auditing.

· Supervised and supported team of 15 on-site Information Managers, LAN 
administrators, and help desk support staff to troubleshoot *Affinity* 
problems.

· Used *smit* utilities to monitor and enable printer queues.

· Coded *Novell* utility to capture local screen output and redirect it 
to network printer.

· Devised and developed method to implement *GUI version of Affinity* on 
a *Novell 4.1* network environment.

· Coded a *MUMPS* utility to navigate and e-mail error monitor report.

· Documented all administrative operations and functions, reported bugs, 
and provided immediate local support for project team

* *

*Level II Tech Support Analyst* 3/98 - 12/98

IBM/TSS - Autozone contract

· Managed, troubleshot, and implemented solutions for advanced
hardware and software related issues from 2500 stores utilizing *SCO UNIX
*administration skills.

· Utilized the *vi* editor to manipulate flat files and manually remove
corruption, restarted *cron* daemons, edited *printer* *drivers*, restored
files, killed hung processes, monitored systems, wrote *Korn* and
*Bourne* shell scripts to aid in routine preventative maintenance.

· *FTP*'*d* new executables from sister stores.

· Monitored disk space usage, troubleshot hardware issues including
scanners, disk drives, printers and other *SCSI* peripherals.

· Debugged *C code* to aid in locating source of corruption.

· Issues resolved included end of day, *file maintenance*,
replenishment order, inventory maintenance, *e-mail*, and overstock
problems.

· Also ran *Rumba* to access mainframe protocol.


   Computer Consultant

11/96 - 3/98

Allegheny Personnel Services

· Various computer positions through temporary agencies in the

anticipation of relocation. These included database management using

*Lotus Approach* and *Lotus 1-2-3 ver 5*, word processing with *Word 97*,

and CC:Mail. Manned a help desk operation on a *UNIX* platform, and

did *independent contracting* work doing installs, troubleshooting, and

setting up private business networks.


   UNIX System Administrator

1/96 - 10/96

Reed, Smith, Shaw, McClay Law Firm

· Maintained 4 servers for *Sun Solaris UNIX RS* *6000s* and 2 *Novell 4.1*
systems; duties included group adds, archiving, user creation and
modification

· Wrote *C-shell* scripts to aid in debugging

· Installed hubs, network cards, and operated *Xyplex* terminal server

· Monitored systems including *HP/UX* server, *RtFax* server, and *SGI*
*POP* mail server

· Performed routine backups (hourly, daily, and monthly) using *cpio*
and *tar* archives

· Assigned *Mac Layer* address, installed software, and upgraded pc's
to spec standards to make them network savvy

· Troubleshot printers, reset spoolers, and diagnosed printer issues

· Managed users in *Ecco*, and *PC Docs* administration

· Installed network patches, assigned printers to ports, and
installed exatest software on *UNIX* boxes at single user level
Checked partitions, disk space, quotas, changed passwords, assigned
rights, and modified permissions

· Responsible for troubleshooting *1000 node* network

· Backed up *SQL* server with *Windows NT*

· Operated *Windows 95* and *UNIX PINE* email system


   Archive Assistant

9/95 - 12/95

Buchannon Ingersol Law Firm

· Programmed in *DCL* and *QBASIC* in *Windows 3.1, VAX,* and *DOS* 
environments

· Restored, Converted and Imported documents into *SoftSolutions*


   EDUCATION

B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1994

University of Huron/Imperial College, London, England 1994


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