David Smith
Senior Systems Administrator & Dev Ops Engineer
Santa Ana,CA
Summary
Dedicated Technology professional with a track record of fulfilling company objectives through consistent and organized practices who wishes to continue enhancing DevOps skills by building new and innovative solutions to assist businesses in resolving problems and automating work.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior System Administrator
NextGen Healthcare
Irvine, CA
12.2013 - Current
- Standardized job tasks and trained junior team members on industry best practices and standards.
- Completed reports detailing network and systems performance, costs and downtime issues.
- Created patches and solutions to fix bugs in existing applications.
- Evaluated latest technology innovations and adopted cost-effective, useful solutions.
- Orchestrated integration and communication of software upgrades.
- Developed programs to integrate and update software products and improve system compatibility.
- Automated nightly batch using Active Batch scheduler and created nightly jobs for database backups.
UNIX Administrator (Contractor)
Wells Fargo
Irvine, CA
07.2013 - 12.2013
- Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging, and production systems.
- Designed and evaluated WAN and LAN connectivity technologies.
- Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications.
- Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems.
- Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
- Handled several calls per day to address customer inquiries and concerns
LinuxDVT Engineer (Contractor)
Emulex
Costa Mesa, CA
10.2012 - 06.2013
- Developed, implemented, supported and maintained data analytics protocols, standards and documentation.
- Analyzed complex data and identified anomalies, trends and risks to provide useful insights to improve internal controls.
- Operated as part of a testing/diagnostics team tasked with testing of Emulex converged network adapters and storage products against the various UNIX and Linux operating systems through I/O testing for bandwidth and throughput as well as firmware installations.
- Configured systems using Fiber Channel, Fiber Channel over Ethernet and NIC protocols.
- Developed shell scripts for test automation for overnight testing and I/O stress testing.
Technical Project Engineer /Internap
Internap
Costa Mesa, CA
10.2007 - 08.2012
- Communicated with industrial equipment installers to deliver technical support throughout project execution.
- Liaised with company executives and project managers to acquire resources to move projects forward.
- Responsible for 200+ servers using Windows 2003/2008, FreeBSD and RedHat/CentOS/Ubuntu in a managed hosting environment
- This consisted of the initial design, build, and deployment of managed hosting environments designed for each of the customer’s needs and requirements.
- Created FreeBSD server to use as a bastion and FTP/TFTP server to support server deployments
- Utilized Windows Deployment and Kickstart for provisioning bare-metal servers for managed hosting environment using VMWare ESXi
Fire Controlman
United States Navy
08.1989 - 08.1995
- Promoted unit efficiency by conducting training seminars to educate subordinate personnel on effective equipment maintenance and troubleshooting methods.
- Maintained close contact with dispatch to receive and share information about current fires, equipment movements and incoming personnel.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunications
DeVry Institute
Long Beach, CA06.1998
Skills
- CompTIA A Certification
- Cloud Management
- Amazon Web Services
- Firewall Management
- CompTIA Security Certification
- CompTIA Network Certification
- MCSE Certification
- Cisco CCNA Certification
- Software Management
Timeline
Senior System Administrator
NextGen Healthcare
12.2013 - Current
UNIX Administrator (Contractor)
Wells Fargo
07.2013 - 12.2013
LinuxDVT Engineer (Contractor)
Emulex
10.2012 - 06.2013
Technical Project Engineer /Internap
Internap
10.2007 - 08.2012
Fire Controlman
United States Navy
08.1989 - 08.1995
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunications
DeVry Institute
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