1. HOWARD L. HALBERSTEIN
8304 Spruce Mill Drive/Yardley, PA 19067/267-234-8988
hhalberstein@gmail.com
Linux/UNIX Infrastructure Support Engineer
Dynamic Linux/UNIXSupport Professional lookingtoutilize my rootcause analysis experience and
Python/Shell/Perl codingskillsetsto improve the automation,utilization, monitoringandremediation of
enterprise systems. Interestedinjoiningateamthat isutilizingDevOPSprinciplesandemploying
“Infrastructure ascode”.
Core Skillsetsinclude: managingCentos, Ubuntu,RHEL,SUSE Linux andSolaris11 systems. Applying
Shell and Pythonscriptingtoautomate configurationtasksandexpedite systemdiagnostics. Complex
Log analysis,utilizingvisualizationtools suchasSpotfire andTableau toassistincorrelatingevents.
Familiar with: Chef,Ansible, Perl,Java, Splunk, CFEngine, Hadoop, Ceph, Machine Learningtechniques,
Firewall LogAnalysis, tuningHFT/LowLatencyTradingSystems, Citrix Netscaler, Powerbroker AWS,
CloudFormation,Git,Jenkins,AntandNagios.
Professional Experience
January2014 – December2015 Morgan Stanley New York,NY
Infrastructure Labs Engineer
Responsible forthe design, buildout,andadministration of MorganStanleyLabServices. MSLSbuildsand
managesIT infrastructure labsforitsApplicationDeveloperandInfrastructure Engineeringclients. Most
recentlyworkedoncreatingscaleddownlabversionsof MorganStanley’s production,secondaryandtertiary
data centers to facilitate more accurate testingof bare metal restore scenarios.
Managed labprojectsfromstart to finishutilizinga3x3 matrix to coverthe initiation,buildout,andhandoverof
the environments. Alongwithstandardtechnical itemswasresponsibleforpreparingandpresentingrequests
for funding, billsof materials,schedulingandcoordinatingequipment installationandprovidingongoingsupport
servicesif requested. Projectsincluded:
 Self-serviceVMs basedonHyper-V andhostedonBL Seriesblades tosupportWindows
Infrastructure engineering
 VMware clustersforquickdeploymentof CentosandUbuntuVMs to facilitate open-source tools
research
 Windows 2012 R2 Sandbox environmentsupportingWealthManagementdevelopmentneeds
 ServerdeploymentandautomationPOCutilizingQualisystemssoftware.
Technology configuredandadministeredincluded, HPBL SeriesbladesandVirtual Connect, VMware,Centos,
Ubuntu,WindowsOSinstallations,EmersonUMGterminal Servers,HP3par Storage,Pure Storage Arrays,Citrix
Netscaler,Cisco3048, Brocade San Switches,andChef managementsoftware
June 2013-December2013 Citibank Rutherford,NJ

2. Critical SystemsDisaster RecoveryCompliance Analyst
3 phasedapproachincludedanalyzinghardware inventoryandcapacitydata to determineif Citibank’smost
critical financial applicationswouldfullyperforminareal worldDR scenario. Applicationsthathaddeficiencies
duringthe analysisphase were thenfurtheranalyzedtodetermine whatwasneededtobringthemintofull DR
readiness. FinallyanApplicationandSubjectMatterExpertisemeetingwouldbe initiatedtodiscussthe
findings,confirmthe analysisandremediationplan,andthendeterminetimelinesforfull remediation.
May 2000 – October2012 Deutsche Bank New York,NY
Vice President,Manager Salesand Trading Production Support
AssistantVicePresident,Manager SysAdminsforUS FixedIncome ProductionSupport
AssistantVicePresident,SysAdminUS FixedIncome ProductionSupport
Managed a groupof 12 seniorUNIX SystemAdministratorssupporting the NorthAmerican SalesandTrading
infrastructure.The teamwasresponsible forbuilding,deployingandtroubleshooting2000+ Unix servers
runningthe Solaris,Linux andAIXoperatingsystems. Critical BusinessLinesincludedSecuritizedProductGroup,
GovernmentFixedIncome TradingandSettlement,EQand GM Research,StockLoan,EQand GM Risk,High
FrequencyTradingandClientReporting, Prime Services,andProgramTrading.
 Global TechnologyClinics
o Formedthe initial Global TechnologyClinicsteam andinitiatedmajordiagnosticand
remediationprogramswithmanyFrontOffice TradingApplicationsincludingAlgorithmic
Trading,Internal OrderBook,EquityExecutionServices,andProgramTrading
 Prime ServicesPerformance Tuning
o Analysisandperformance tuningworkallowedover2,000,000+ EUR worthof recently
purchasedinfrastructure tobe utilizedformyPrime Servicesclients.
 Dark Pool Performance Tuning
o Workingwiththe Internal OrderBook,wasable to eliminatethe 80,000 pausedsymbols
pertrading day.
 Prime ServicesInfrastructure Chargeback Analysis
o Helpedthe COOof Global Prime reduce theiroverall infrastructurebill 10% without
additional capital expenditure.
 Team Recognition
o 80% of my teamwas recognizedforexcellence andproactive work,byreceivingDeutsche
Bank’sRARE award.
 Data CenterMove
o Instrumental inorganizingthe move of ourentire 31 West 52nd
streetDataCenterserver
inventoryinMidtownNYto Parsippany,NJ.
 SOX Compliance
o Playedacentral role in helpingthe FixedIncome andEquitiestradingfloorsbecome SOX
compliant.Remediatedthousandsof non-compliantloginIDsandconfigurations.
Education Bachelorof Science,Universityof Florida,Gainesville,FL