Experience

Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior System Engineer

  • Jan 2023 - Present


tZERO Group, Inc

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Infrastructure & Site Reliablity Architect

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2021

  • Managed a team of 5 IT engineers responsible for delivering IT services such as redundant Active Directory identify management, storage solutions, high-availability VMware solutions, and Microsoft Exchange and SQL services, for corporate, UAT and clients in North America. • Led teams (ranging from servers, storage, network and middleware with architects for each group) with initiative to lower cost per Operating System and enterprise services by 5% annually with improved processes and technology. • Transitioned the entire enterprise from the use of physical servers over to a private cloud and converted applications to use virtualization technology. • Designed and reviewed infrastructure solutions with governance board reviewing project's compliance with standards. • Communicated with client's line of business to ensure tactical projects were in-line with their strategic goals • Responsible for refining data center strategy and aligning resources to execute strategy • Translated business goals, feature concepts and customer needs into prioritized product requirements and use cases Show less



SpeedRoute

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Unix Senior Systems Engineer

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Designed, implemented, and deployed corporate geographic Disaster Recovery data centre, utilizing cost effective Rsync solution, for mission-critical corporate applications. • Designed and implemented tools and utilities managing and deploying the IT Software Applications Development, Test and Production environment. Solid understanding of software engineering life cycle and process. • Exceptional knowledge and experience on Apache, PHP, Tomcat/Java App, MySQL DB; configuring and supporting Apache/PHP/MySQL, SSL, Tomcat • Expert DNS/SMTP/Sendmail knowledge and experience. Designed and implemented the DNS migration from Unix Bind DNS onto AD/DNS in heterogeneous environment. • Solid knowledge and experience on RedHat Enterprise Linux, 4.x, 5.x, MRG. • Solid skills on Unix core services and applications such as NIS, NFS, automount, DNS, DHCP, Samba, Senmmail, Apache, NTP, sudo, Jumpstart, SSH, Rsync. • Highly motivated to maintain top-notch technical skills; Cool under high pressure. • Deployed and Configured Sun Cluster HA for Sybase Database and NFS server; Configured Veritas Volume Manager, Sun and Veritas Cluster Volume Manager, with Sun Cluster. • Supported software engineering development, testing, and releasing and rollback processes • Solid knowledge of PKI, Entrust Digital Certificate. Show less



Qubit Financial Technology

• Windows Senior Systems Administrator

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2012

  • Manage projects from a technical engineering standpoint and provide reports and clear communication on status and issues • Perform a senior engineering role in the development, planning, preparation and ongoing disaster recovery readiness for the Email Platform. • Work closely with network, application, and middleware teams to support Windows based product installations, customizations, and deployments • Closely worked with procurement team to lower servers purchase costs • Works independently designing and developing new Windows System solutions • Coordinate with the Platform Engineering team to develop integrated work flows for our Server Administration team • Work with multiple Teams internally and interaction in a development environment a plus • Assist in technical engineering programs to implement and maintain operations support • Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications. Show less



Order Execution Services Holdings, Inc.

• United States
• Investment Banking

• System Administrator

  • Sep 2000 - Feb 2007

  Hired as a full-time systems administrator to manage and maintain a 1000+ critical mixed server environment (Windows/Unix/Linux), ensuring 99.9% or better uptime. Evaluate, monitor and enhance IT infrastructure with an emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, security, data confidentiality and system integrity. Key Contributions: • Reengineered company's systems setup, establishing automated server generation routines, optimizing system performance, installing upgrades/patches, establishing system monitoring and maintaining security protocols. • Ensured that all server hardware, operating systems, software and procedures aligned with organizational standards and strategic business plan. • Increased team productivity and automated repetitive tasks by using batch files and Unix/Linux Shell scripts. • Ensured 100% file availability across systems by integrating NFS/Samba with Veritas Technology. • Acted as escalation point for troubleshooting advanced network/systems issues; consistently earned 100% issue-resolution scores by providing excellent service to internal and external customers. • Trained employees across multiple departments on network operations including log-in procedures, network management software, permissions, printing issues, security and use of software. Show less