- Ric Bradley has over 20 years of experience in HP-UX system administration including installing, upgrading, and configuring the operating system as well as performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. He also has experience administering Red Hat Linux systems in VMware environments. - He has expertise in HP-UX clustering with Serviceguard, virtualization technologies like vPars and nPars, SAN administration with HP 3PAR and EMC storage arrays, backup administration, and scripting. - He has worked as a team lead and managed projects involving server refreshes, consolidations, physical to virtual migrations, and data center migrations.

1. Ric Bradley
Plano, TX
rbradtx@verizon.net 972-955-4480
SUMMARY
• Computer Operating Systems: 20 Years HP-UX 8.x, 9.x, 10.x , 11.0, 11i v1-v3; 3 Years RHEL 5x, 6x, Currently 6.6
• System Administration:
HP-UX: Install and upgrade OS, LVM, , MirrorDisk-UX, performance monitoring, kernel tuning, system and application
troubleshooting, crash recovery, MC/SG HA, Serviceguard Extensions for SAP and Oracle RAC, nPars, vPars, Integrity
Virtual Machines, APA, Ignite-UX and SD; recovering and cloning systems across the network using an Ignite-UX server
with system images stored on SAN disk
Red Hat: Building VMware templates for cloning new systems; load OS via iLO and local datastore; confiugre LUN’s
allocated from NetApp SAN Storage; LVM file system creation, management and tuning; Network configuration;
DNS configuration; kernel tuning; install VMware Tools; application installation and configuration
• Virtualization: HP Itanium VM’s and vPars/nPars; VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise, vCenter
• Networks: HP-UX Diskless Clusters, TCP/IP, NFS, HA NFS, LAN9000, CIFS/Samba, APA, Teaming, Bonding
• SAN: EMC CX380/Navisphere - zoning, build RAID Groups, Bind LUN's, allocate/deallocate LUN's, build Storage Groups,
DMX/VMax: Ecc, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, CX/DMX Migration to VMax; build RAID Groups, Mapping/Masking
HP 3PAR: Zoning, Mapping, Masking, 3 Tier Dynamic Optimization, EVA to 3 PAR SAN Migration
• Backups: HP Data Protector
• Programming/Scripting Languages: SED/AWK, Korn/Bash Shell scripting and PERL
• Application Support: SAP, Oracle, Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, VMware vFabric tc Server, PowerBroker,Sudo
• Leadership: Team Lead of teams with members across the US and India; Mentoring and Training
Project Lead from conception to implementation on several major projects
• Security: SOX Compliance, PCI Compliance, ArcSight Logger implementation
• Data Center Migration, SAN Migration, Server Refresh and Consolidation, P2V and V2P
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Delphi Automotive/HP 07/2015 to Present
Sr. HP-UX/Red Hat Engineer
• Build HP-UX, Red Hat VMware VM's, RHEL stand alone servers, and Red Hat Oracle and SAP servers in North America,
Europe, and Asia per HP Specifications and Delphi Automotive requirements.
• Engineering Project Lead on 40 Red Hat 6.6 VM Builds across 6 ESXi Clusters
• RHEL for Oracle Server Builds including NIC Bonding
• Install all necessary HP tools on HP-UX servers and Red Hat VM's
• Build ESXi clusters on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen 8 Blades in a C7000 chassis; p420i RAID Controllers in RAID 1+0
configuration for internal drives; NetApp Storage
Dex Media/Tata Consultancy Services 05/2014 to 7/2015
Sr. HP-UX Systems Engineer and Team Lead
• Responsible for all facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large Oracle Environment on HP PA/ IA and Proliant
Blades/C7000 Chassis, ItaniumVM's, and Ignite Client/Server Infrastructure build
• HP-UX 11.0, 11.11, 11.23, 11.31
• Supported the migration of Oracle DB from HP-UX to AIX
• Configured and supported HP p420i Smart RAID Array Controllers configured to RAID 1+0
• Migrated root disk from local LUN to SAN LUN
• Supported Prod/Dev/Test and DR environments in Denver, CO remotely from Grapevine, TX
• Installation of new C7000 Blade Chassis, Virtual Connect, and BL860C i2 blades
• Used Ignite-UX for cloning new environments onto the new HP-UX Blades
• Utilized Update-UX and DRD clones for upgrade of HP-UX 11.23 to 11.31

2. • Project Lead from conception to completion: 10 new environments built entirely on HP Itegrity VM's version 6.1 on HP
BL860c Server Blades in C7000 Chassis with Virtual Connect; upgraded iLO, Chassis, and Interconnect Firmware.
This Physical to Virtual Migration saved Dex Media approximately 1 million dollars
HP/VisionIT 11/2013 to 05/2014
Sr. HP-UX/Linux Systems Administrator - Clorox Account & Nike Account
• All facets of HP-UX/Linux Systems Administration in a large SAP/Oracle environment on HP IA and
Proliant Blades/C7000 Chassis, rx3600 i2, IA VM's, SG Clusters with SG Extensions for SAP, HA NFS and VMware VM's.
• Servers and SAN located in three remote locations across the US
• Support Large Data Center and SAN migration for Production, Dev, Test and DR as well as DR POC and testing
JA Majors/Baker & Taylor 04/2012 to 11/2013
Sr. UNIX Systems and SAN Administrator
• All facets of HP-UX/RHEL Systems Administration in a large online book & e-book environment on HP IA Blades/C7000
Chassis, IA VM's, SG Clustered Superdome2's with P2000 to IOX plus ProCurve Interconnects, and HP Proliant Blades
• Support Web applications programmers and ADABAS/Natural DBA's
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn and Bash Shells, Perl
• OS patching and Firmware Updates
• Ignite-UX specialist - implemented Ignite Server and automated
• make_net_recovery to SAN across the HP-UX Enterprise
• RHEL 6 on VMware VM's with VCenter and ESXi on HP Proliant Blades
• SAN administration on HP 3PAR and migration from HP EVA to 3PAR
• HP Data Protector Backup Administration and support
• Architect and Implement remote DR solution using nPar's and IA VM's
Veterans Administration (Contractor: TEK Systems/Northrop Grumman) 10/2011 to 04/2012
Sr. HP-UX Systems Administrator/IT Technical Lead
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large Oracle RAC Environment across a landscape of over
100 OS instances. PA, IA, and HP Blades
• Support Weblogic application users and DBA's
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn/Bash Shells, Perl, SED/AWK
• DR/Ignite-UX specialist
• ServiceGuard Extensions for SAP and CFS
• Built test environment for Oracle clustered RAC with ASM using raw devices and raw lvols for Oracle CRS and database file
storage on HP-UX
• Server consolidation and Architect for system refreshes
Lennox International 10/2008 to 10/2011
Sr. HP-UX Systems Administrator/Secondary SAN Admin/IT Technical Lead
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large SAP/Oracle environment; Single SA of 120 OS instances.
Secondary SAN Admin: EMC CX380, DMX, and VMax
• Configure and maintain Integrity Virtual Machines running on HP-UX 11.31
• Automation and Monitoring scripting: Korn/Bash Shells, Perl, SED/AWK
• Configure and maintain Big Brother system for OS and application monitoring and email/page notifications
• CX3-80/DMX to VMax migration using Open Migrator and Open Replicator
• Oracle and SAP CI migration and server refresh and consolidation as well as Physical to Virtual migration
Raytheon for CSC 4/2008 to10/2008
Sr. HP-UX Systems Administrator
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large environment with HA and extensive virtualization with over 150
vPar's running SAP/Oracle

3. • Specializing in ServiceGuard Extensions for SAP HA
• Large data refreshes between landscapes using EMC BCV's
• Scripting to automate data refreshes and software distribution
• Using Ignite to build golden images and perform server cloning. Also building Software Distributor depots for patching and
deploying applications such as sudo
Perot Systems 4/2007 to 4/2008
Sr. HP-UX Systems Administrator/ Team Lead
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large environment with HA and DR. Design, Implementation,
Maintenance, Server and Data Migration, Server Consolidation
• Serviceguard implementation including SG Extensions for Oracle RAC
• Project Lead: Migrate, buildin, and support a large HP-UX server environment for the Department of Education
Migrated 48 HP-UX servers from Rockville, MD to Plano, TX; 90% of the total effort from me alone
• System performance tuning, monitoring, trouble shooting
• Using Ignite and building SD-UX depots for patching and software deployment
PepsiCo 6/2005 to 4/2007
Sr. HP-UX Sys Admin, Team Lead Enterprise Systems HP-UX, SAP HA Specialist
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Administration in a large SAP environment across several landscapes with HA and DR.
Configuration, Implementation, Maintenance, and Support
• Specializing in Serviceguard Extensions for SAP and HA NFS
• Team Lead of 3 HP-UX Systems Engineers building and supporting a large SAP HA/DR environment consisting of
150+ HP Servers
• System performance tuning and monitoring using HP Glance Plus, PerfView, and OVPM
• Configure nPars. Moving to vPars, iCOD, PPU, WLM, and Virtualization
• Leading Ignite and patching strategies using Ignite and SD servers
• Project conception, management and reporting
Bank of America, Richardson Data Center 10/1999 to 6/2005
VP; Systems Engineer, Architecture and Analysis; HP-UX Tech Team Lead
• All facets of HP-UX Systems Admin including Oracle DB tuning at OS level, Disk hardware/software, OS and Application
Upgrades, Data Base migrations
• Team lead and mentor of 4 HP-UX Systems Administrators coast to coast
• Build 4 Omniback/Netbackup MC/SG Clusters coast to coast. Clusters also used as Ignite Servers and mail relays
• System performance tuning, monitoring, and capacity planning using HP Glance Plus, Perfview, ISEE, SCM and KCWEB
• Configured nPars and vPars on 2 rp8400 servers and implemented MC/SG across nPars. Configured Integrity Superdomes
• Upgrades to 11.0, 11i v1-v2, including patching and firmware upgrades
• Systems Security support for SOX and PowerBroker. Performed PowerBroker Administration prior to the formation of
the PowerBroker Administration team
• System architecting and system upgrades/migrations
EDUCATION & TRAINING
• Central New Mexico Community College:
Associate of Applied Science in Electronics Technology Degree - minor in Computer Science
• Certificate in Digital Electronics
• Advanced ANSI C and Borland C++ Programming
• Intel 80X86 Assembly Language Programming with DOS function calls
• HP Training Center and HP-UX Online RAIL Classes
• Advanced System Administration, MC/SG, Advanced MC/SG, Glance Plus, PerfView, OV NNM, Ignite-UX,
as well as HP World 2001 - 2004
• Upgrading to HP-UX 10.x, HP-UX 11.0 and HP-UX 11i v1-v3

4. • Theory of Operation of HP PA-RISC Microprocessor
• System Performance and Tuning and System Troubleshooting
• HP-UX Partition Management with nPars and vPars
• HP-UX Resource Management with PRM and WLM
• HP-UX 11i v2 on HP RP (PA-RISC) and RX (Integrity Itanium) servers
• SAP Fundamentals
• HP Blades
• HP Itanium Virtual Machines
• HP-UX 11i v3