1. System Administrator
David Bartlett
dlb9812@gmail.com
919-446-1181
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)
University of Akron, 1993
Honors, Awards and Certification
RedHat CertifiedEngineer
Special Training
Project ManagementSkillsTraining (CiscoE-Courseware)
VMware: VMWare 4.1 and 5.0
Cisco UCS:Install,Configure,Manage UCSBlade Servers
Veritas: VCS(VeritasClusterServer),Veritas Storage FoundationforSolaris,VolumeManager, Veritas
Filesystem, Netbackup
SUN:SystemsAdmin,Shell scripting,NetworkAdmin,FaultAnalysis,Clustering,Complex problemsolving
Openstack: Release versionsJuno,Liberty
Software patching/configuration: CFEngine,Puppet,Spacewalk, SALT,Ansible,Chef, home-grownscripts
Security: CiscoSecurityNinja,differentsecurityclassificationsandrequirements,opensource packages,
Splunk,Nagios
Virtualizationtechnologies: Virtualbox,KVM,Xen,SolarisZones,OpenStack,Docker,SunLDOMS
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Cisco Systems,Inc. April 1995 – May 2015
RTP, NC27709
UnixSystem Administrator/ProjectManager/Architect/Team Lead
 Design,manage,implementandmaintainCisco (CloudComputing) EnvironmentwithCiscoBandC
seriessystemswithCiscoMDSSAN switchesandEMC storage alongside VMware Software.
 Manage,implementandmaintain Linux,Solarisstandalonecomputingenvironments.
 Setupandmanaged large lab (~1000 end pointcomputersand~20 servers) designedtoproduce white
papers on selling,installing,andconfiguringCiscoproductsinreal worldscenarios
 SupportHA (HighAvailability) computeenvironmentwithSUN ClustercomputingandVeritasVCS
environments.
 Supportcompute environmentsfor Solaris,RedHatEnterprise Linux,andWindows
 SupportedlabwithSecretclassificationandITARenvironments
 Implementandwrite automationbashandPerl scriptsforlarge-scale computingenvironment.

2.  SetupKickstartLinux serversandSolarisJumpstartservers
 Implementsoftware:VeritasFoundationSuite,VeritasClusterFilesystem(VCS),VeritasVolume
Replicators(VVR),Netbackup,Storage Foundation, EMCAvamar (diskdeduplication)
 Lead,Collaborate andmanage the projectstoreduce cost and expenses
 ProjectManager,Engineer,andAdminstratorforsecure email solutionforGlobal GovernmentSolutions
Group
 ParticipatedindatacentermovesinChelmsford,Sydney,Brussels,RTP,andSJ
 Ledupgrade of desktopsforTAC worldwide
 Manage and implementDatacenteroperationsincludingplanningfornew installs,system
decommission,networking,SAN connections,andpower/coolingrequirementsunderastrict andtight
deadline with ChangeRequests.
 Manage and maintainPIX/ASAfirewall(ACLs) toreduce source code loss.
 Manage Apache (HTTP) environmentforproductionusingTeamsite forrevisioncontrol.
 Collaborate withotherteamsonproblemsolvingissues.
 Resolve DataCentermission-critical applicationsundertightdeadlines.
 Communicate issueswithtechsandmanagementstatusandresolution.
 Managed anddesign,implementandmaintainanautomatedbackupstrategyutilizingVeritas
Netbackup.
 Workedwithclientstoupgrade UCS bladesandchassis,andstorage inDCs.
 Negotiatedwithvendorsonlicensing,purchasesonlicensingforsoftware.
 SupportadvancedSolaris(Unix) userssupportonapplication,toolsandissues.
 Team player:Assist,Trainotherco-workers.
 Perform24x7 on-call page duty.
 Heldsecretclearance (supportedlabthatwasclassifiedasSecret) andsupportedanenvironmentthat
had ITARdata.
 Memberof a teamthat definedGlobal DatacenterGovernance.
 Workedwithclientstomove theirdevelopment,productsupport,andtestingintoTier1DCs
worldwide.
 PerformedPOCusingVintellatoenable Unix machinestouse ADas namingservice.
 CreatedwebapplicationtotrackIOSbugs
 Handledescalationsforthe teams.
 Wrote many scriptsoverthe years
 Scriptto merge automountmapsformotherteams intoourautomountmaps
 Scriptto manage usersusingNIS
 Scriptto manage usersusingLDAP
 Scriptto manage mailinglists(insecure environment)
 Scriptto backup local userdata on machines,upgrade the OS,andthenrestore userdata
witha single command
 Scriptto backup data (before Netbackupwasused)
 Scriptsto manage LDAP data
 Scriptsto manage NISdata
 PatchedBugzillatobe usedwithinoursecure space