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jaynetorg@yahoo.com
䰀椀渀甀砀 匀礀猀琀攀洀猀 愀渀搀 䐀攀瘀伀瀀猀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀㰀戀爀㸀
Profile
吀愀氀攀渀琀攀搀 戀甀猀椀渀攀猀猀 瀀爀漀昀攀猀猀椀漀渀愀氀 眀椀琀栀 漀瘀攀爀 琀攀渀 礀攀愀爀猀 漀昀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀椀渀最 愀渀搀 䄀爀挀栀椀琀攀挀琀甀爀攀 攀砀瀀攀爀椀攀渀挀攀 椀猀 猀攀攀欀椀渀最 愀 昀愀猀琀ⴀ瀀愀挀攀搀Ⰰ 栀椀最栀氀礀挀栀愀氀氀攀渀最椀渀最㰀戀爀㸀
role in an organization whose lifeblood is Linux. If your projects require experience with leveraging various GNU
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Technical expertise includes needs analysis, system integration, implementing automation and deployment strategies, scripting &
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Experienced in taking the lead and being the go-to person, while also providing mentorship.
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genpuppet => Perl code that generates Puppet code from user input
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JayOS => A Linux distribution that builds itself from source using Makefiles and shell scripts
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http://freecode.com/projects/jayos/
䔀搀甀挀愀琀椀漀渀㰀戀爀㸀
Bachelor of Applied Computer Science / Minor in Technical Writing
䤀氀氀椀渀漀椀猀 匀琀愀琀攀 唀渀椀瘀攀爀猀椀琀礀㰀戀爀㸀
(see footnote)
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Career Experience
匀攀渀椀漀爀 䐀攀瘀伀瀀猀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀Ⰰ 伀昀昀椀挀攀 䐀攀瀀漀琀Ⰰ 䈀漀挀愀 刀愀琀漀渀Ⰰ 䘀䰀㰀戀爀㸀
2/2015 – 12/2015
∀†䌀爀攀愀琀攀搀 琀栀攀 椀渀昀爀愀猀琀爀甀挀琀甀爀攀 昀漀爀 愀 倀爀漀漀昀 漀昀 䌀漀渀挀攀瀀琀 瀀爀漀樀攀挀琀 眀栀椀挀栀 愀氀氀漀眀攀搀 攀愀挀栀 搀攀瘀攀氀漀瀀攀爀 琀漀 栀愀瘀攀 琀栀攀椀爀 漀眀渀 椀猀漀氀愀琀攀搀 攀渀瘀椀爀漀渀洀攀渀琀㰀戀爀㸀
for testing the latest trunk branch of the Office Depot e-commerce website.
∀†䐀攀氀椀瘀攀爀攀搀 琀栀攀 渀攀眀 椀渀昀爀愀猀琀爀甀挀琀甀爀攀 昀甀氀氀礀ⴀ搀漀挀甀洀攀渀琀攀搀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 搀椀爀攀挀琀攀搀 琀栀攀 瀀愀琀栀眀愀礀 昀漀爀 椀琀猀 椀渀琀攀最爀愀琀椀漀渀 椀渀琀漀 琀栀攀 挀甀爀爀攀渀琀 琀攀猀琀㰀戀爀㸀
environments. Also met with the Developer and Operations groups for Q&A sessions so that we could fine-tune its
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Architecture: The infrastructure consists of multiple Vagrant instances that run a pre-configured Websphere installation pulled from
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latest code in “trunk” via one Jenkins job, and another job which automatically deploys the artifact to their own Vagrant instance for
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opened, Vagrant and Docker were used instead.
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building custom OS X packages from them, and testing them for inclusion into the Casper configuration management system used for
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less than two hours.
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Senior Linux Build Engineer, The Weather Company, Atlanta, GA
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Worked in a DevOps role to build out and support the infrastructure components used in configuration management and continuous
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Created & maintained the Puppet git repo, and performed daily code reviews
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• Automated the deployment of all SUN applications
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Created extensive technical documentation and step-by-step HOWTOs for ease of onboarding new Engineers
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Tools: Amazon Web Services, Puppet/Hiera, Jenkins, Nexus, Git, Apache Tomcat, Nginx, Riak, Redis, RabbitMQ
䰀椀渀甀砀 䈀甀椀氀搀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀Ⰰ 倀愀瘀氀漀瘀 䴀攀搀椀愀Ⰰ 䌀栀愀洀瀀愀椀最渀Ⰰ 䤀䰀㰀戀爀㸀
Built a configuration management infrastructure using Puppet and SCM
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Wrote Puppet manifests from scratch to automate the creation and maintenance of various node types for the R&D Department
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• Used advanced Git concepts in order to manage the branching and merging of codebase between multiple developers
∀†䄀甀琀漀洀愀琀攀搀 琀栀攀 挀漀渀昀椀最甀爀愀琀椀漀渀 漀昀 戀漀琀栀 甀瀀猀琀爀攀愀洀 愀渀搀 氀漀挀愀氀 䐀攀戀椀愀渀 爀攀瀀漀猀椀琀漀爀椀攀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Set up MySQL master/slave nodes, and began to automate with Puppet and shell scripts
∀†倀攀爀昀漀爀洀攀搀 猀洀漀欀攀 琀攀猀琀猀 昀漀爀 琀栀攀 搀攀瘀攀氀漀瀀洀攀渀琀 琀攀愀洀㰀戀爀㸀
Tools: Puppet, Jenkins, Debian, Citrix Xen Center, Virtual Box, bash, Perl, Nexus, Nginx, lighttpd, reprepro, MySQL, apt
匀攀渀椀漀爀 匀礀猀琀攀洀猀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀Ⰰ ⠀洀琀⤀ 䴀攀搀椀愀 吀攀洀瀀氀攀Ⰰ 䌀甀氀瘀攀爀 䌀椀琀礀Ⰰ 䌀䄀㰀戀爀㸀
Instrumental in the implementation and rollout of two clusters, part of a highly-available web hosting Grid Service
∀†圀爀漀琀攀Ⰰ 琀攀猀琀攀搀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 椀洀瀀氀攀洀攀渀琀攀搀 倀甀瀀瀀攀琀 洀愀渀椀昀攀猀琀猀 昀漀爀 琀栀攀 洀愀椀氀漀甀琀 愀渀搀 猀礀猀氀漀最 挀氀甀猀琀攀爀 挀漀洀瀀漀渀攀渀琀猀 甀猀椀渀最 琀攀洀瀀氀愀琀攀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Managed resources for production and development virtual containers under Xen and Virtuoso environments
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Changed cluster node functions on-the-fly to accommodate fluctuations in network traffic
∀†唀猀攀搀 椀渀ⴀ栀漀甀猀攀 挀漀搀攀 瘀攀爀猀椀漀渀椀渀最 甀琀椀氀椀琀椀攀猀 琀漀 猀琀爀攀愀洀氀椀渀攀 琀栀攀 搀攀瘀攀氀漀瀀洀攀渀琀⼀爀攀氀攀愀猀攀 挀礀挀氀攀㰀戀爀㸀
• Worked tickets in the Jira queue related to projects for which I had previously taken responsibility
∀†䐀漀挀甀洀攀渀琀攀搀 瀀爀漀樀攀挀琀 猀琀愀琀甀猀 甀猀椀渀最 愀 䌀漀渀昀氀甀攀渀挀攀 眀椀欀椀㰀戀爀㸀
• Embraced a form of Scrum development methodology with three-week sprints
∀†吀攀猀琀攀搀 渀攀眀 瀀爀漀搀甀挀琀猀 愀渀搀 猀攀爀瘀椀挀攀猀 昀漀爀 䜀䄀 爀攀氀攀愀猀攀㰀戀爀㸀
Tools: Puppet, Hudson, Confluence, Jira, Subversion, Git, IPtables, MySQL, Apache, Debian, Xen, Virtuoso
䰀椀渀甀砀 匀礀猀琀攀洀猀 䔀渀最椀渀攀攀爀 䤀䤀䤀Ⰰ 匀栀漀瀀稀椀氀氀愀Ⰰ 䰀漀猀 䄀渀最攀氀攀猀Ⰰ 䌀䄀㰀戀爀㸀
11/2009 – 5/2010
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over 5,000 nodes running CentOS and RedHat Enterprise on Dell and SGI Rackable equipment
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• Worked closely with server provisioning, virtualization, and server monitoring/automation tools
∀†圀爀漀琀攀 愀渀搀 洀愀椀渀琀愀椀渀攀搀 倀攀爀氀 猀挀爀椀瀀琀猀 甀猀椀渀最 䌀䜀䤀 愀渀搀 䐀䈀䤀 洀漀搀甀氀攀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Was an active participant in the design/architecture of new solutions for various core technologies
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• Patched upstream vendor RPM packages and created packages out of internal repositories
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Key Accomplishments:
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exact motherboard location of the bad DIMM. I also matched the message with a regex expression that Swatch
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• Led the troubleshooting of and provided the solution to a multi-homed Proof Of Concept box whose NICs would
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with six NICS could be successfully repeated.
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• Utilized the kernel Inotify subsystem to create a set of Perl scripts that monitor inodes for changes (create, delete,
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• Wrote a web-based application using Perl which queries A10 load balancers configurations for current VIP status and
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Tools: OpenVZ, Puppet, Nagios, RT, Kickstart, CentOS, RedHat, Perl, Inotify, Swatch
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10/2006 – 9/2008
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Created an environment that provided a separation between development, test, staging, and production.
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kiosk states such as ATM communication errors, hardware faults, and general kiosk unresponsiveness
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with central operations
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Resolved network access and routing issues for kiosks deployed outside the Pay-Ease network
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promising new technologies under NDA
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Linux Integration Project
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• Designed a system for the deployment and administration of hosts within a large computer network from a single set of
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• The end result was an infrastructure where a new server can be installed and customized by simply adding its
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Contractor, Technical Analyst, State Farm, Bloomington, IL
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• Evaluated new products and technologies as they related to UNIX Security.
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2004 - 12/2005
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business partners that balanced security risks against the cost of doing business
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developers on how to avoid coding mistakes that leave programs open to compromise, including buffer overflows,
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Created security procedures for level one and two Skills Center personnel to follow. Examples include user
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• Gave mentoring to new team members and introduced them to the home-grown issuance system used to remotely
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Subject Matter Expert on Linux, shell scripting and C language programming
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• Wrote a back-end C program to keep track of multiple security policies with optional local policies for each host.
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and vi. Code highlights include binary trees, recursion, and a modular design to die for.
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codebase was approximately 3,000 lines consisting of a daemon listening over a socket, and a parser that translated eTRUST
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moving forward.
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Linux Projects / General Support
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• Migrated twenty HP-UX 10.x servers to Redhat Enterprise. Recompiled kernels to support custom hardware. Rewrote inhouse
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• Locked down production servers using TCP wrappers and host-based access. Disabled unneeded system services such as
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management to stay ahead of schedule and thousands of dollars within budget. Debugged a third-party Linux kernel
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Converted all login access from telnet and rlogin to SSH. Tunneled VNC connections over SSH for remote
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Provided support for 25+ mission-critical Linux boxes with several hundred users
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System Administrator, Lisle Technology Partners, LLC, Lisle, IL
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Managed the complexities of a network migration, including the installation of a T1 circuit, dual Linux firewalls, and a DMZ
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development activities of an expanding company.
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firewalls at each end. Built dual packet filtering Linux firewalls separated by a perimeter network
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LDAP with hosts on a DMZ network
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Installed real-time intrusion detection services and performed daily packet analysis using SNORT and ethereal.
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• Migrated MS Exchange email to an Open Source alternative based on POP3 and IMAP. Configured a web-based
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• Compiled Open Source software, and configured programming environments for developers. Installed backend Oracle
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secondary DNS servers and performed zone transfers
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Tools: Solaris, RedHat, Firewall-1, Nokia IPSO, Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, ipchains, OpenSSH, LIDS, MRTG, Sendmail, SNORT,
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Systems Engineer, Ameritech.net, Chicago, IL
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One of a team of five who provided 24x7 support to the Network Control Center. Was responsible for preventing and minimizing
洀愀樀漀爀 渀攀琀眀漀爀欀 漀甀琀愀最攀猀 眀椀琀栀椀渀 愀 昀椀瘀攀ⴀ猀琀愀琀攀 爀攀最椀漀渀⸀㰀戀爀㸀
Utilized quick and accurate decision making skills under tense situations.
䌀漀氀氀愀戀漀爀愀琀攀搀 眀攀攀欀氀礀 眀椀琀栀 琀栀攀 䐀椀爀攀挀琀漀爀 漀昀 䤀吀 愀渀搀 漀琀栀攀爀 猀琀愀昀昀 昀漀爀 爀漀漀琀 挀愀甀猀攀 愀渀愀氀礀猀椀猀 漀昀 漀甀琀猀琀愀渀搀椀渀最 猀攀爀瘀椀挀攀 椀猀猀甀攀猀⸀ 䤀洀瀀漀爀琀愀渀琀 挀甀猀琀漀洀攀爀猀㰀戀爀㸀
were often on a conference line with remote technicians during the analysis, and were briefed on the resolution or diagnosis of their
瀀愀爀琀椀挀甀氀愀爀 椀猀猀甀攀⸀㰀戀爀㸀
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倀爀漀瘀椀搀攀搀 氀攀瘀攀氀 ㌀ 猀甀瀀瀀漀爀琀 琀漀 氀攀瘀攀氀 愀渀搀 氀攀瘀攀氀 ㈀ 一伀䌀 琀攀挀栀渀椀挀椀愀渀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Applied corporate firewall policy changes using Firewall-1 on Sun Ultras
∀†䄀搀搀攀搀 昀椀爀攀眀愀氀氀 爀甀氀攀猀 愀渀搀 最攀渀攀爀愀琀攀搀 匀匀䠀 欀攀礀猀 昀漀爀 爀攀洀漀琀攀 甀猀攀爀 愀挀挀攀猀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Locked down DNS servers using TCP wrappers and host-based access
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Reduced SPAM on the NNTP servers
∀†䄀瀀瀀氀椀攀搀 欀攀爀渀攀氀 瀀愀琀挀栀攀猀 琀漀 匀漀氀愀爀椀猀 猀礀猀琀攀洀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Adjusted Solaris kernel tuning parameters for maximum performance
匀攀渀椀漀爀 唀渀椀砀 䄀搀洀椀渀椀猀琀爀愀琀漀爀Ⰰ 倀䰀䄀吀䤀一唀䴀 琀攀挀栀渀漀氀漀最礀Ⰰ 椀渀挀Ⰰ 伀愀欀戀爀漀漀欀Ⰰ 䤀䰀㰀戀爀㸀
1997 – 1999
䴀愀椀渀琀愀椀渀攀搀 琀栀攀 瀀攀爀昀漀爀洀愀渀挀攀 漀昀 愀 ㈀ ⬀ 渀漀搀攀 渀攀琀眀漀爀欀 愀猀 椀琀 爀攀氀愀琀攀搀 琀漀 洀甀氀琀椀瀀氀攀 漀瀀攀爀愀琀椀渀最 猀礀猀琀攀洀 瘀攀渀搀漀爀猀 愀渀搀 瘀攀爀猀椀漀渀猀⸀㰀戀爀㸀
Operating systems included Sun Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, IBM AIX, SGI Irix, and Digital DEC-Unix.
∀†䠀愀渀搀氀攀搀 栀愀爀搀眀愀爀攀 爀攀焀甀椀猀椀琀椀漀渀猀 愀渀搀 瀀甀爀挀栀愀猀攀 漀爀搀攀爀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Manually installed Sun hardware including drives, memory, and SCSI peripherals
∀†䴀愀渀愀最攀搀 挀漀爀瀀漀爀愀琀攀 昀椀爀攀眀愀氀氀 瀀漀氀椀挀礀 挀栀愀渀最攀猀 甀猀椀渀最 䘀椀爀攀眀愀氀氀ⴀ 漀渀 匀甀渀 唀氀琀爀愀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Performed security audits using Nessus, snoop, tcpdump, and tripwire
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• Administered a complex Sendmail server responsible for multiple domains
∀†䴀愀椀渀琀愀椀渀攀搀 攀砀琀攀爀渀愀氀 愀渀搀 椀渀琀攀爀渀愀氀 䐀一匀 爀攀挀漀爀搀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Managed backups and data recovery on a six-week rotation schedule
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Created disk partitions and slices on SCSI disks
䤀渀猀琀愀氀氀攀搀 伀爀愀挀氀攀 搀愀琀愀戀愀猀攀猀 愀渀搀 愀氀氀漀挀愀琀攀搀 搀椀猀欀 猀瀀愀挀攀 漀渀 刀䄀䤀䐀 猀琀漀爀愀最攀 愀爀爀愀礀猀㰀戀爀㸀
Installed VeriSign certificates for both Apache and Netscape Enterprise web servers
䌀漀渀昀椀最甀爀攀搀 䨀甀洀瀀猀琀愀爀琀 昀漀爀 猀攀爀瘀攀爀 椀渀猀琀愀氀氀猀 漀瘀攀爀 琀栀攀 渀攀琀眀漀爀欀㰀戀爀㸀
Database Online Technician, Kemper Insurance, Long Grove, IL
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• Prepared IBM RS6000s running AIX 4.x for development using CICS and MQ Series
∀†圀爀漀琀攀 挀甀猀琀漀洀椀稀攀搀 猀栀攀氀氀 猀挀爀椀瀀琀猀 琀漀 昀愀挀椀氀椀琀愀琀攀 搀愀琀愀 戀愀挀欀甀瀀㰀戀爀㸀
• Performed basic administration for new users
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Certified for MQ Series and CICS for AIX administration
䴀嘀匀 匀礀猀琀攀洀猀 倀爀漀最爀愀洀洀攀爀 䤀䤀㰀戀爀㸀
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
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Supported the diversified requirements of a State University by providing technical expertise for mainframe software and
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• Performed RACF security administration
∀†䔀砀琀攀渀猀椀瘀攀 攀砀瀀攀爀椀攀渀挀攀 眀椀琀栀 䨀䌀䰀Ⰰ 嘀吀䄀䴀Ⰰ 吀匀伀Ⰰ 䤀匀倀䘀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 䨀䔀匀㈀㰀戀爀㸀
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䌀爀攀愀琀攀搀 愀渀搀 愀挀挀攀猀猀攀搀 嘀匀䄀䴀 搀愀琀愀猀攀琀猀 眀椀琀栀 䨀䌀䰀Ⰰ 䤀䐀䌀䄀䴀匀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 漀琀栀攀爀 䤀䈀䴀 甀琀椀氀椀琀椀攀猀㰀戀爀㸀
• Maintained and customized system software under MVS/ESA 4.1
∀†圀爀漀琀攀 䌀䤀䌀匀 猀礀猀琀攀洀猀 瀀爀漀最爀愀洀猀 甀猀椀渀最 䄀猀猀攀洀戀氀攀爀Ⰰ 䌀伀䈀伀䰀Ⰰ 倀䰀⼀Ⰰ 愀渀搀 匀儀䰀㰀戀爀㸀
• Mentored students, analyzed system dumps, and assisted them with debugging
䈀愀挀栀攀氀漀爀 漀昀 䄀瀀瀀氀椀攀搀 䌀漀洀瀀甀琀攀爀 匀挀椀攀渀挀攀 ጀ†㘀 漀昀 ㈀ 挀爀攀搀椀琀 栀漀甀爀猀 攀愀爀渀攀搀㰀⼀瀀爀攀㸀㰀⼀搀椀瘀㸀
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