+ Years of professional experience
JONATHAN E. KYEK
Kingston,Tn
Summary
Driven and versatile information systems professional with over 24 years of dedicated service in management, network, and systems administration. Exceptional technology skills combined with a proven ability to drive system performance, conduct contract negotiations, form strategic partnerships, and successfully implement and oversee complex projects. An insightful professional with a keen ability to evaluate and assess company needs to fit evolving technology standards. Demonstrated management skills that enhance productivity and drive sustained organizational performance. An established and successful background, working with multiple systems including installation, setup, virtualization, clustering, and networking.
Overview
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Work History
Sr. Linux Engineer
ORNL UT- Battelle
08.2020 - Current
- Build custom solutions and configurations to meet customer needs
- Mentor and help onboard new staff to ORNL and help them acclimate to policies and procedures to be successful.
- Built and maintained ARM development and production of SLURM clusters
- Help developers build HPC scripting to leverage ARM SLURM
- Act, as requested as ago-to for team, as team lead in their absence
- Actively assist other team members
- Perform routine system start-up and shutdown procedures and maintain control records.
- Install and repair hardware, software, or peripheral equipment, following design or installation specifications.
- Perform user modifications into ARM data systems according to guidelines
- Maintain Oracle ZFS system, adding pools and mount points monitoring system status and performance
- Monitor and manage all Linux Servers within control of ARM data center operations
- Maintain records of daily data communication transactions, problems and remedial actions taken, or installation activities
- Work on multiple projects including system migrations and upgrades
- Projects to implement new technologies as ARM evolves
- Backup and recovery operations
- Maintain documentation accuracy and relevancy.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd-level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Managed time efficiently to complete all tasks within deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions, and make decisions
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations
Linux Engineer
IIA / ORNL
09.2019 - 08.2020
- Perform routine system start-up and shutdown procedures and maintain control records
- Install and perform repairs to hardware, software, or peripheral equipment, following design or installation specifications
- Perform user modifications into ARM data systems according to guidelines
- Maintain Oracle ZFS system, adding pools and mount points monitoring system status and performance
- Monitor and manage all Linux Servers within control of ARM data center operations
- Maintain records of daily data communication transactions, problems and remedial actions taken, or installation activities
- Work on multiple projects including system migrations and upgrades
- Projects to implement new technologies as ARM evolves
- Backup and recovery operations
- Maintain documentation accuracy and relevancy
- Perform patch and software installations as required.
- Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability
- Designed and implemented system security and data assurance
- Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects and provided on-site direction for network engineers
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients
- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement
Information Systems MANAGER
QRS
04.2004 - 09.2019
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Managed team of technical staff that provided all internal and external IT support across organization.
- Optimized support operations by implementing a new CRM to manage and track customer issues and provide a better workflow for operations.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
- Implement technical support for voice services and equipment, such as SIP Trunks, voice mail systems, and custom SIP phone systems.
- Perform routine network start-up and shutdown procedures and maintain control records.
- Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations
- Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software, and operating system software
- Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures
- Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made.
- Research new technologies by attending seminars, reading trade articles, or taking classes, and implementing or recommending new technologies.
- Gather data about customer needs and use information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.
- Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
- Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
- Develop comprehensive disaster recovery plan.
- Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or authentication methods.
- Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations
- Played key role in on-going network design, reevaluation and optimization to keep pace with company growth
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance
- Applied cybersecurity best practices to information system standards, directives and guidance for personnel, monitoring compliance across organization
Education
PhD - Information technology, Candidate
University of the Cumberlands
2024
M.S - Information Assurance and CyberSecurity
Walden University
2020
B.S - Information Technologies Information management
Southern New Hampshire University
2018
Skills
- Linux Environment
- UNIX and Linux-based tools
- Windows Server 2008/2012/2016
- DNS / IPAM
- Exchange / Postfix
- Ngnix / IIS / Apache
- Network / Firewall
- Virtualization / Containers
- Ansible / Automation
- PostgreSQL / MariaDB / MS SQL
- NFS / ZFS / iSCSI
Timeline
Sr. Linux Engineer
ORNL UT- Battelle
08.2020 - Current
Linux Engineer
IIA / ORNL
09.2019 - 08.2020
Information Systems MANAGER
QRS
04.2004 - 09.2019
PhD - Information technology, Candidate
University of the Cumberlands
M.S - Information Assurance and CyberSecurity
Walden University
B.S - Information Technologies Information management
Southern New Hampshire University
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