Jay Bratcher
Cedar Park
Summary
Utilize my skills in a rewarding and challenging IT environment that allows for and fosters career growth.
Experienced with applying engineering principles to real-world problems, leading to impactful solutions. Utilizes analytical skills and technical knowledge to enhance operational efficiency. Track record of effective team collaboration and project completion, as well as working with vendors to enhance products used by our team.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineer Sr Analyst
Citi
07.2020 - Current
- Responsible for configuration and deployment of IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center running on s/390 platform. Deployment of RHEL servers managed by ICIC, Develop and implement Ansible automation for deploying and provisioning of RHEL servers, Openstack administration, troubleshooting for all s/390 Linux applications and users, SAN multipathing configuration for RHEL, LDAP authentication using SSSD for users and FIDs, general RHEL system administration, configuration and troubleshooting of RHEL servers. Responsible for compliance with Citi policies, and ensuring servers, FIDs, automation tools, and team processes are aligned with said policies.
System Analyst
Fortitude Systems
02.2020 - 03.2020
- Contractor for NCR. Worked with former Jetpay team on credit card transaction processing systems. Duties included installing and configuring Rundeck and Confluent / Kafka. Employment terminated due to COVID restrictions and massive contractor termination.
Senior Linux System Administrator / Subteam Lead
RavenTek
04.2018 - 01.2020
- Subteam lead for VBA Linux team at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Management of both physical and VM-based Linux servers running on Intel and IBM s/390 platforms. Focus has been primarily s/390 Linux since May 2013. Act as liaison to VA management, kickstart configuration and management, z/VM and IBM Wave server cloning, patch management, daily server maintenance activities, problem determination and resolution, help coordinate security remediation efforts, audit readiness; projects in which I have been involved include server inventory reconciliation, HyperPAV implementation on s/390 Linux, s/390 Linux standardization, documentation of s/390 Linux process, and standardization of various inter-team procedures.
Senior Linux System Administrator / Subteam Lead
Trowbridge & Trowbridge
01.2013 - 04.2018
- Subteam lead for VBA Linux team at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Management of both physical and VM-based Linux servers running on Intel and IBM s/390 platforms. Focus has been primarily s/390 Linux since May 2013. Act as liaison to VA management, kickstart configuration and management, z/VM and IBM Wave server cloning, patch management, daily server maintenance activities, problem determination and resolution, help coordinate security remediation efforts, audit readiness; projects in which I have been involved include server inventory reconciliation, HyperPAV implementation on s/390 Linux, s/390 Linux standardization, documentation of s/390 Linux process, and standardization of various inter-team procedures.
Technical Solution Manager
IBM
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Work with account teams, internal towers, and external vendors to develop technical solution and cost case for existing clients who are implementing new projects. Ensure that all tasks, software, hardware and labor required to implement the project are accounted for and sized properly. Also worked with the Technical Solution Architect to develop the final cost case as well.
Team Lead
IBM
10.2008 - 12.2010
- Led a small team of 3 - 5 Unix admins responsible for 3 commercial accounts. Duties included technical leadership, establishing plans for compliance with both IBM and customer policies and regulations, act as technical focal for all 3 accounts, and usual system administration activities (24x7 support, OS / firmware / software updates, problem resolution, change management, korn / bash / perl scripting, Power / pSeries virtualization, security compliance, SAN integration, HACMP management).
Systems Management Professional
IBM
11.2000 - 10.2008
- Unix system administration on 3 commercial accounts. Responsible for 24x7 support of a primarily AIX environment with a small amount of Linux (RHEL) and Solaris. Duties included OS / firmware / software updates, problem resolution, change management, korn / perl scripting, Power / pSeries virtualization, security compliance, SAN integration, HACMP management and Samba support.
Education
AAS - CIS Software Systems and Networking
Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX05.1998
Skills
- Redhat Linux administration
- ansible
- IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center / OpenStack
- Shell and perl scripting
- Team leadership
- Problem determination and resolution
- Linux virtualization (z/VM, some VMWare)
- Process development
- Project planning
- Engineering documentation
- System troubleshooting
- Ansible
Timeline
Engineer Sr Analyst
Citi
07.2020 - Current
System Analyst
Fortitude Systems
02.2020 - 03.2020
Senior Linux System Administrator / Subteam Lead
RavenTek
04.2018 - 01.2020
Senior Linux System Administrator / Subteam Lead
Trowbridge & Trowbridge
01.2013 - 04.2018
Technical Solution Manager
IBM
01.2011 - 01.2013
Team Lead
IBM
10.2008 - 12.2010
Systems Management Professional
IBM
11.2000 - 10.2008
AAS - CIS Software Systems and Networking
Amarillo College
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