System Engineer for SIS, Inc. performing support primarily for Sun and Silicon Graphics customers. Support several long-term SIS clients with Unix and network administration as well as providing technical support for sales and initial installs. Involved in architecting and implementing highly automated installations and monitoring projects at large client sites. Provide high-level technical support for problem resolutions.
Platforms supported include Sun Enterprise 4000s and 450s and Silicon Graphics Origin 200s and 2000s. Includes maintaining Sun Competency and Silicon Graphics Certification.
Ongoing support for several other clients on a part-time basis. Support includes system and network administration as well as Internet firewall administration.
Unix system and network administration on a long-term support contract with Vastar Resources, Inc. Included support, upgrades, and new projects for Sun and Silicon Graphics servers and workstations including Ultra 6000s. Involved in evaluation and implementation of new technologies.
Implemented transition of 50gb of user data from a troubled Epoch HSM system. The transition had to maintain both the new NFS Enterprise 6000 server as well as the old Sun System 670MP over a 3 month period. The new solution using Veritas Volume Manager and File System on a Data General CLARiiON RAID rack gave much more reliability and faster service. Further ease of maintenance and flexibility was gained by converting to the use of automounter.
Assisted in Unix audit preparation by cleaning up system configurations and limiting access to root. Helped author the new security policies and procedures. Installed sudo as part of the security implementation. Auditors were impressed by the Unix security.
Spearheaded effort to utilize CDE to launch the 50+ applications available to users. This required a proof of concept that CDE could provide an easily maintained user-friendly interface. In charge of the final implementation and roll out to users.
Supported several other clients on a part-time basis. Support included system and network administration as well as Internet firewall administration.
Worked simultaneously on development and support projects. Support projects dealt mainly with Unix system and network administration. Development projects dealt mainly with Internet and other WAN and LAN connectivity issues.
Provided technical support for Berger Technology Integrators, Inc. (BTI). Evaluted client networking and system needs to recommend specific solutions for both hardware and software. Conducted studies to recommend options for clients. Assisted in system and network installations and support issues. Included maintaining Competency 2000 certification from Sun.
Internal system, network, and Web/Internet administration for Sun sytems running Solaris 2.4 in an NIS+ environment, Tektronix Xterminals, NT server with Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 clients. Began upgrade to Solaris 2.5 with CDE, WABI and Adminsuite. Installed and supported internal Internet email using Eudora Lite and NetManage Chameleon for POP Window's clients. Supported NCSA Web server software on a Sun server. Managed local IP addresses and assisted in DNS updates.
Involved in design of internal network and system strategies. Assisted in setting up system and network policies as well as forecasting future system and network needs to minimize changes and maximize technological benefits for the company.
Conducted technical interviews of potential employees. Assessed client requirements for new projects and conducted research where necessary to make further evaluation of client needs.
Supported multiple clients in areas of development, Internet issues, system administration, system integration, technical assessments, and training (both formal and informal).
Sun technical support for VAR sales including Competency 2000 certification from Sun.
System and network support including SunNet Manager support; on the job network instruction and troubleshooting; Internet consultation; and Internet and general system administration.
Support for 30 plus heterogenous Unix workstations in a research environment. In charge of security implementation and disaster prevention. Provided high-level consultation on NIS+ while working on integrating a Jumpstart/Autoinstall server into the network.
Oracle development doing special projects including reports, conversions, design, and screen development in a Unix/Novell/Windows client-server environment.
Helped in design and implementation of Access development attaching to Oracle. Designed and implemented mainframe uploads into the Access/Oracle environment.
Conducted technical interviews of potential employees. Assessed client requirements for new projects and conducted research where necessary to make further evaluation of client needs.
Provided technical training at customer sites in groups or in individual sessions on Unix topics such as System Administration and Shell Programming.
Technical lead for Sun System Integration from WangVS system project. Set up and administered production computers (Two SPARCcenter 2000s) and development computers (SPARCstation 10 and 12 SPARCclassics) along with the NIS+ servers (Three SPARCstations 5's). Engineered the systems and networks to handle 1000-user load from asynchronous terminals connected to Sun network terminal servers. Involved in WAN setup of 23 remote offices. Heavy Solaris 2.3 use including NIS+, JumpStart, and NTS. Worked with OpenVision HA (High Availability) in an effort to provide a failover server. In setting up the HA solution, Online DiskSuite and Veritas were used extensively.
Sun System and Network Administration including the setup and support of PC terminal emulations and PC/TCP an X server software (ExceedPlus) over an expansive Token Ring LAN running IBM LAN Requester. Backup Database Administration for Sybase on Sun servers. Responsible for developing and maintaining disaster recovery and system performance tuning plans.
Conversion written in c of government geological data to ARCInfo format on a Sun platform.
PC troubleshooting regarding remote terminal emulation to IBM mainframes.
Oracle application programmer using SQL*Forms, SQL*Menu, SQR, SQL*Plus to implement a database to track safety inspections on oil well field equipment at distributed sites. Application was developed on an integrated PC Novell LAN and Solbourne Unix database server. Responsible for coordinating requirements from two outside consultants and the in-house database manager.
Development and support projects in chemical research labs. Development projects ranged from developing in-house software packages to integrating various vendor software using c and FORTRAN over networks across various platforms like VAXes, Suns, Macintoshes, IBM PCs. Support projects involved system administration on VAXes, Suns, and Silicon Graphics. Everyday use of PC and network software was essential to projects. Responsible for making initial contact with clients to assess their needs and determine which people in computing services could best handle new projects.